JPH0210476B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a bill receiving device for a vending machine such as a telephone card vending machine, which is devised to be able to receive a large number of bills.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of banknote receiving device has a type in which banknotes are stored vertically in an overlapping state, and the overlapping banknotes are stored in a staggered state in which they are alternately shifted vertically (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-237592). (see), 2
A method in which banknotes are stacked at different angles in order to distinguish different types of banknotes and distinguish them by type (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 57-1999)
(See Figure 4 of Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 73491), and a format in which two or more types of banknotes are discriminated, separated into upper and lower locations for each type, and received in an overlapping state (See Figure 3 of Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 73491/1983). ), a format in which two or more types of banknotes are sent and stacked in an irregular order (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57
(See Figure 2 of Publication No. 73491) are known.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the banknote receiving apparatus described in the above-mentioned prior art, the first type receives banknotes in a vertically stacked state, so that the banknotes are often stacked in a state where the banknotes are folded at the places where the banknotes have a tendency to fold. This is not desirable, and although all parties including the same person can use one type of banknote of a specific amount, in such a case, there will be a lot of unnecessary parts, and it is not desirable to use a telephone card for sale of a fixed value telephone card. It has defects such as being unsuitable for use in a vending machine.

In addition, telephone card vending machines are mainly installed in extremely narrow spaces such as telephone boxes with small internal volume, and for this reason, it is necessary to use a bill receiving device that is built into the telephone card vending machine. It is desirable that the device be configured so that it can store a large number of banknotes despite its small size.

The present invention allows banknotes to be properly stored without folding, and
It is an object of the present invention to provide a new bill receiving device for a telephone card vending machine that is suitable for specific denomination bills of various types and can accommodate a large number of bills despite its small size.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the bill receiving device in the telephone card vending machine of the present invention has a front opening type outer casing equipped with an opening/closing lid 2 in which a slit 5 for inserting one specific denomination bill 4 is opened. 3, a horizontal U-turn conveyance path 8 with a ticket inspection device for transporting banknotes 4 received from an insertion slit formed in the outer casing 3 and whose lower side portion is used as a temporary storage part 9 for banknotes 4; an electric timing belt device configured to sandwich and move banknotes 4 arranged along the turn feed path; upper and lower surface plates 21, 21' provided continuously below the temporary storage section 9;
A front-open book storage section 20 surrounded by left and right side plates 22, 22' and a rear side plate 23 and having a cross-sectional area of the same size as a banknote, and a left and right side plate 22,
A pair of U-shaped members 24, 2 facing inward and lateralized on the horizontal line below the temporary receiving portion 9 on the inner surface of the 22'.
4', and a U-shaped member 2 in the main receiving section 20.
4, 24', a banknote placement plate 26 having a width wider than the width of the drop passage 25, which is inserted horizontally and vertically movable, and the lower surface of the banknote placement plate 26 and the upper surface of the lower plate 21. A conical coil spring 27 with a large diameter is inserted between the left and right edges of the banknote placement plate 26 in pressure contact with the lower surface of the U-shaped members 24, 24', and A pair of front and rear vertical supports 28, 28' provided, and a support post 28,
28' via the slider member 30 to the left plate 22.
The front-back plate 29 is attached to be able to move vertically along In between, there is a bill pressing plate 34 which is arranged to be horizontally movable up and down, has its front end fixed to the front end of the front-rear plate 29, and has a width slightly narrower than the horizontal width of the drop passage 25.

〔Example〕

The embodiment shown in the figure has a key 1 and a lockable opening/closing lid 2.
A slit 5 for inserting banknotes 4 of a specific amount (1000 yen in the case of this embodiment) and a slit 7 for sending out a telephone card 6 are opened at required locations on the opening/closing lid 2. A horizontal U-turn passage 8 for conveying banknotes 4 received from the insertion slit 5 is formed inside the outer casing 3, and the lower side portion of this U-turn passage 8 is connected to a temporary storage section 9 for banknotes 4. and a banknote feeding motor 10 along the U-turn feeding path 8.
A worm gear 11, a worm wheel 12, a timing pulley for feeding 13, a timing belt for feeding 14, a timing pulley for transmission 15, a timing belt for transmission 16, a guide plate 17, a pinch roller 18, and a ticket inspection device (not shown) are provided. In addition, a main receiving section 20 having a cross-sectional area of the same size as the banknote 4 is continuously provided below the temporary receiving section 9, so that the temporary receiving section 9 and the main receiving section 20 are arranged on the upper and lower sides. It is divided by the plates 21, 21', the left and right plates 22, 22', and the rear plate 23, and a pair of left and right plates are placed on the horizontal line below the temporary storage part 9 on the inner surfaces of the left and right plates 22, 22'. The letter-shaped members 24, 24' are fixed inward to form a passage 25 for dropping the banknotes 4, which is slightly narrower than the width of the banknotes 4, between the temporary storage section 9 and the main storage section 20, and also for the main storage. A banknote placement plate 26 having a width wider than the horizontal width of the drop passage 25 is arranged in the section 20 so as to be vertically movable in a horizontal direction. A large-diameter coil spring 27 is inserted to press the left and right edges of the banknote placement plate 26 against the lower surface of the U-shaped members 24 and 24', and a coil spring 27 is inserted between the left and right edges of the banknote placement plate 26 to press against the lower surface of the U-shaped members 24 and 24'. A pair of vertical supports 28, 28' are erected, and
A front-rear plate 29 that moves up and down along the left side plate 22 is attached to 8' via a slider member 30, and this front-rear plate 29 is moved up and down by a motor 31, a crank plate 32, and a link 33, and the temporary receiving portion 9 A banknote pressing plate 34 having a width slightly narrower than the horizontal width of the drop passage 25 is disposed on the upper side so as to be movable horizontally up and down.
The banknote handling section 35 is constructed by fixing the front end of the banknote pressing plate 34 and the front and rearward facing plate 29 so that they can be integrally operated. 7
Stacking stand 3 for telephone cards 6 in the corresponding place
7, and on top of this stacking table 37, left and right walls 38,
38' and the rear wall 39, and a border member 41 is fixed to the front edge of the surrounding frame 40 to form a discharge slit 42 for only one telephone card 6. A weight plate 43 for weighting the stacked telephone cards 6 is removably inserted therein, and a sliding groove 44 long in the front and back direction is provided in the stacking table 37.
A feed-out piece 46 with a guide rod 45 having a hook step 46' that engages with the rear edge of only the lowest telephone card 6 on the stacking table 37 is fitted in such a manner that the feed-out piece 46 can be moved back and forth. is moved back and forth by a motor 47, a crank plate 48, and a link 49, and furthermore, both left and right sides 5 of the edging member 41 are
0,50', a narrow plate 51 is disposed between both ends of the discharge slit 42 and corresponding locations, and this narrow plate 51
A horizontal pin-shaped shaft 52 is integrally protruded from the upper end of both the left and right edges of the frame member 41, and the pin-shaped shaft 52 is fitted into the shaft hole 53 provided in the left and right sides 50, 50' of the hemming member 41 so as to be freely rotatable. When the telephone card 6 is discharged from the discharge slit 42, the tip of the telephone card 6 pushes away the hem of the narrow plate 51, and the vertical movement rod 54 is pinned to the left wall 38 of the surrounding frame 40. 55 and an elongated hole 56 to be slidably supported in the vertical direction, and a finger hook 57 is provided at the upper end of the vertically movable rod 54, and a finger hook 57 is provided at the lower end of the vertically movable rod 54. A telephone card processing section 59 is constructed by folding the hooks 58 that penetrate into the lower surface of the edge of the card 6, and furthermore, an indicator 61 for displaying the operating state and a sample holder 63 are provided on the opening/closing lid 2. and discharge number display paper 6
A push button switch 66 for testing the operation of the banknote processing section 35, a push button switch 67 for testing the operation of the telephone card processing section 59, and a discharge number counter 68 are provided on the front surface of the lower part of the telephone card processing section 59. and an operation test indicator lamp 69, and a power supply box 70 above the telephone card processing section 59.

In the figure, reference numeral 72 denotes a switch for changing the number of cards, which switches between dispensing one 1000 yen telephone card and dispensing two telephone cards worth 500 yen, and 73 denotes a switch 72 for changing the number of cards, which swings up and down about a fulcrum 74.
75 indicates a banknote guide member.

The above embodiment is operated entirely by a sequence-controlled electric circuit, but since the electric circuit is common, a detailed explanation thereof will be omitted. It also comes with a security device such as a security buzzer, but this will also be omitted.

That is, with the above configuration, the telephone card seller stacks a large number of 1,000 yen telephone cards 6 on the stacking stand 37, places the weight plate 43 on top of them, and opens and closes the opening/closing lid. 2 with a key and waits, and the purchaser also inserts a 1,000 yen bill in an extended state into the insertion slit 5 and inserts it from the delivery slit 7.
All you have to do is wait for a 1,000 yen telephone card to appear and pull it out. In addition, when a 500 yen telephone card is set on the stacking table 37, the seller needs to set the switching lever 73 to the 500 yen side, and the purchaser also needs to set the switching lever 73 to the 500 yen side, and the purchaser should also place the one card that came out of the sending slit 7. I have to remove the 500 yen phone card and wait for the second one to come out.

[Function] When the 1000 yen banknote 4 is inserted into the insertion slit 5 and the tip of the banknote 4 reaches the entrance of the U-turn feed path 8 as described above, the banknote feed motor 10 starts operating and the banknote is inserted into the insertion slit 5. 4 to the temporary storage part 9 by the worm gear 11, the worm wheel 12, the timing pulley for feeding 13, the timing belt for feeding 14, the timing pulley for transmission 15, the timing belt for transmission 16, the guide plate 17 and the pinch roller 18.
, and then transfer the banknotes 4 to the U-shaped members 24, 24'.
A banknote feeding motor 10 is mounted on a bridge in a bridge state.
When the timing belts 14, 16, etc. stop, the banknote pressing member 34 moves to the motor 31, the crank plate 3, etc.
2. The link 33, the slider member 30, and the front-back plate 29 are operated to descend and push down the banknote 4 in the bridge state, and in the middle of this pressing down, both side edge portions of the banknote 4 touch the U-shaped members 24, 24. ' The banknotes 4 are guided by the banknotes 4 and bent into an L-shape, then returned to the original horizontal state and entered the book storage section 20, where the banknotes 4 are placed on the banknote placement plate 26.
The banknote 4 is clamped by the banknote pressing member 34, and after descending to the bottom while being held in this position, the banknote 4 rises again and the upper surface of both side edges of the banknote 4 is pressed against the lower surface of the U-shaped member 24, thereby pressing the U-shaped member 24. The banknote 4 is held by the banknote holding plate 26 and the banknote holding plate 26, and after this holding, the banknote pressing member 34 further rises and stops on the temporary receiving section 9, waiting for the next banknote to come in.

As described above, the U-shaped member 24 and the banknote placement plate 26
When the bill 4 is held, the motor 47, crank plate 48, and link 49 start operating to move the sending piece 46 back and forth, and when the sending piece 46 moves back and forth, the hook stage is The part 46' pushes the lowest telephone card 6 on the stacking table 37 from behind and discharges it into the discharge slit 42, and pushes away the hem of the narrow plate 51 with the tip of the discharged telephone card 6 to form the discharge slit 7. Half of the telephone card 6 is made to protrude from the opening/closing lid 2.

Note that when a 1,000 yen telephone card is placed on the stacking table 37, the sending piece 46 moves back and forth once and stops, and when a 500 yen phone card is placed on the stacking table 37, it moves once. After the first one is removed, it moves back and forth again, making two consecutive back and forth movements, and then stops.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, the banknotes 4 inserted into the insertion slit 5 are received on the banknote placement plate 26 as described in the above operation. It has the effect of being

Notes: a) Since the outer casing 3 is a front-opening type and the main storage section 20 is a front-opening type, it is easy to collect the banknotes 4 received in the temporary storage section 20, and b. Lateral U-turn path for conveyance. 8, a temporary storage section 9 and a main storage section 20 are installed on the lower side of the main storage section 20, and a back and forth plate 29 for vertical movement of the banknote pressing plate 34 is installed on the side of the main storage section 20.
Similarly, there is a front-to-back plate 2 on the underside of the book accommodating part 20.
9 is provided with an electric crank device for vertical drive, which is advantageous for miniaturization. Surface plate 22,
22' and the rear plate 23, and the cross-sectional area is the same size as the banknotes, and the banknotes 4 to be received are received in a neat line with the edges aligned, making it convenient for collecting the banknotes. Yes, d When pressing down the banknote 4 with the banknote pressing plate 34, the upper horizontal part and the lower horizontal part of the U-shaped members 24, 24' squeeze the left and right edges of the banknote 4 twice, so that the banknote 4 does not break. There is very little risk that the banknotes will be received in a state in which the banknotes are placed in the banknotes.
6 can be pushed down to a position approaching the lower surface plate 21', and can accommodate a large number of banknotes considering the volume of the main storage section 20, and f is dedicated to a type of banknotes of a specific amount. Therefore, there is no need for a mechanism for stacking banknotes inconsistently or a mechanism for dispensing money as in the above-mentioned conventional type, and the structure is simple and can be provided at low cost.
Supports 28 and 28' are used to move the bill pressing plate 37 up and down.
Since the slider member 30 and the crank device, which move along the axis, are used, the operation is reliable and highly reliable, and there are few failures.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure shows an embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is an overall perspective view, the second figure is a perspective view with the lid open,
Figure 3 is a sectional view of the main part along the line A-A in Figure 1, Figure 4 is a sectional view of the main part along the line A'-A' in Figure 1, and Figure 5 is a sectional view of the main part in Figure 1 A''-- FIG. 1...Key, 2...Opening/closing lid, 3...Outer casing, 4...Banknote,
5...Slit for insertion, 6...Telephone card, 7...
Delivery slit, 8... Feeding path, 9... Temporary receiving section, 10
... Bill feeding motor, 11... Worm gear, 12
... Worm wheel, 13... Timing pulley for feeding, 14... Timing belt for feeding, 15... Timing pulley for transmission, 16... Timing belt for transmission, 17... Guide plate, 18... Pinch roller,
20... Book receiving part, 21, 21'... Upper and lower surface plate, 22,
22'...Left and right side version, 23...Rear side version, 24, 24'...
U-shaped member, 25... Falling path, 26... Bill placement plate, 27... Coil spring, 28, 28'... Support column, 2
9... Forward-facing plate, 30... Slider member, 31...
Motor, 32... Crank plate, 33... Link, 34
...Banknote pressing plate, 35...Banknote processing section, 37...Stacking table, 38, 38'...Left and right walls, 39...Rear wall, 40,
Surrounding frame, 41...Edging member, 42...Discharge slit, 4
3... Weight plate, 44... Sliding groove, 45... Guide rod, 4
6...Sending piece, 46'...Hooking stepped portion, 47...Motor,
48...Crank plate, 49...Link, 50, 50'
...Both left and right sides, 51...Narrow plate, 52...Pin-shaped shaft,
53...Shaft hole, 54...Vertical movement rod, 55...Pin, 56
...Elongated hole, 57...Finger hook part, 58...Hook part, 59...Telephone card processing part, 61...Indicator, 62
...Sample, 63...Insertion part, 64...Paper, 65...Insertion part, 66, 67...Test push button switch, 68...
Discharge number of sheets counter, 69...Display lamp, 70...Power box, 72...Switch for changing number of sheets, 73...
Switching lever, 74... fulcrum, 75... guide member.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A front-opening outer casing 3 equipped with an opening/closing lid 2 having a slit 5 for inserting a single banknote 4 of a specific amount;
A horizontal U-turn path 8 for transporting banknotes 4 with a ticket inspection device and a horizontal U-turn path 8 for transporting banknotes 4 received from an insertion slit formed in the outer casing 3 whose lower side portion is used as a temporary storage portion 9 for banknotes 4. An electric timing belt device configured to pinch and move banknotes 4 arranged along a road, and upper and lower surface plates 21, 21' and left and right surface plates 22, 22 that are continuously provided below the temporary storage section 9. ' and a rear face plate 23, and a front-open book storage part 20 whose cross-sectional area is the same size as a banknote;
The banknote 4 is formed by fixing a pair of left and right U-shaped members 24, 24' facing inward on the lower horizontal line of the temporary storage section 9 on the inner surfaces of the left and right side plates 22, 22'. Banknotes with a width wider than the horizontal width of the drop-in passage 25 and the drop-in passage 25 inserted horizontally and vertically movably in the area below the U-shaped members 24, 24' in the main receiving section 20. plate 26 and banknote placement plate 2
6 and the upper surface of the lower plate 21, the left and right edges of the banknote placement plate 26 are inserted into the U-shaped members 24, 24'.
A conical coil spring 27 with a large diameter is inserted in a press-contact state to the lower surface of the left panel 22, and a pair of front and rear vertical supports 28, 28' are provided on the outside of the left side plate 22.
For vertically driving the front-rear plate 29 attached to the columns 28, 28' via slider members 30 so as to be able to move up and down along the left plate 22, and the front-rear plate 29 installed below the lower plate 21'. An electric crank device, a horizontally movable vertical plate 2 is disposed between the upper plate 21 and the temporary storage part 9, and the front end thereof is a plate 2 facing forward and backward.
A bill receiving device for a telephone card vending machine, characterized in that the bill holding plate 34 is fixed to the front end of the telephone card 9 and has a width slightly narrower than the width of the drop passage 25.