JPH0474512B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in a safe for storing sales proceeds and the like.

For example, stores that are open late at night, such as gasoline service stations, require safes to store sales proceeds for safety.

This is because banks are not open at night, and it is necessary to protect money from robberies and fires.

Taking these circumstances into consideration, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a safe that can rationally and safely store currency other than change coins, including high-value bills, when using a sales data input/output device (POS) having a register function. It is about providing.

However, according to the present invention, the purpose of the lever is to provide a fireproof chamber, which is the main body of the safe, under the floor, provide a door for taking out coins in the fireproof chamber, and locate the door near the sales data input/output device that controls opening and closing of the door. This is achieved by providing a coin slot on the floor via a tube rising from the fireproof room.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the safe of the present invention in a gasoline service station, Fig. 2 is a vertical side view, and Fig. 3 is a circuit diagram, in which 1 is a refueling machine 2,
2' is a sales data input/output device (POS) connected to . . . 3 is a safe according to the present invention.

In the illustrated example, the refueling machines 2, 2'... are fixed type, and as is well known, the refueling pipe that communicates with the underground tank is housed in the exterior 4, and the refueling pump, motor, and flow meter are attached here, and the exterior A refueling hose 6 having a nozzle valve 5 is connected to the refueling pipe outside 4. A nozzle hook 7 for hanging the nozzle valve 5 is provided on the side of the exterior 4, and a nozzle switch 8 that is operated by hooking and unhooking the nozzle valve 5 is arranged near the nozzle hook 7.
A flow rate pulse transmitter is attached to the flow meter, and a refueling amount indicator 9 is provided on the front of the exterior 4.

On the other hand, POS1 is usually placed in the office 10,
It has a built-in control device (CPU) and a storage device, and also has an input section such as a keyboard 1a and a card reader 1e, an output section such as a display 1b, and a printer 1C. 20
It receives an output signal related to refueling data via the card reader 1e, reads the card using the card reader 1e, inputs sales data for products other than oil using the keyboard 1a, and issues slips using the printer 1C, stores and tallies sales data by product, etc. It handles sales processing. This POS1 has a register function,
The main body is equipped with a cash box 1d.
A switch 11 that operates when the cash box 1d is opened or closed is provided at the POS 1.

The main body of the safe 3 is a fireproof chamber 12 provided under the floor 10a of the office 10, and the upper end of a tube 13 rising from the fireproof chamber 12 above the floor 10a is used as a money slot 14, into which a solenoid or the like is inserted. A lid 16 is provided which is driven to open and close by a lid opening/closing device 15.

Further, a door 19 equipped with a lock device 17 that is unlocked by operating the POS 1 and a lock 18 that is unlocked by a key 21 is provided on the upper surface of the fireproof room 12, and this door 19 is located below the lid 10b that is provided on the floor 10a. to be located.

As shown in FIG. 3, the lid opener 15 is connected to the switch 11, and the lock device 17 is connected to the switch 22, which is closed by operating the POS 1.

Next, to explain how to use it, when you operate the POS 1 when gasoline or other products are sold, the sales processing such as issuing a slip from the printer 1c is carried out, and the cash box 1d is opened to store the change inside. You will be able to withdraw money.

When this cash box 1d is opened, the switch 11 is closed in conjunction with this, the lid opener 15 is energized, the lid 16 is sucked, and the coin slot 1 is pulled in.
4 can be opened.

Thereupon, the money received from the customer, except for the money needed for the next change, is inserted into the money slot 14 and stored in the fireproof chamber 12 via the tube body 13. Furthermore, when the cash box 1d is closed, the switch 11 is opened, the suction action of the lid opener 15 is stopped, and the lid 16 is closed, making it impossible to insert coins.

Note that instead of controlling the opening and closing of the lid opener 15 by the switch 11 that operates in conjunction with the opening and closing of the cash box 1d, the lid opener 15 is controlled by a signal sent from the POS to the opening/closing mechanism of the cash box.
Opening/closing control may be performed.

To take out money from the fireproof room 12, the person in charge of unlocking the card is read by the card reader 1e, and when the unlocking number is input from the keyboard 1a, the switch 22 is closed and the locking device 17 is unlocked.

Next, remove the floor cover 10b and lock 18 with the key 21.
All you have to do is turn the key to unlock it, open the door 19, take it out, close the door 19, operate the POS, and lock it.

As described above, the safe of the present invention has a fireproof chamber, which is the main body of the safe, provided under the floor, a door for taking out coins in the fireproof chamber, and coins inserted onto the floor through a tube rising from the fireproof chamber. Since the opening and closing of the door is controlled by operating the sales data input/output device, the fireproof chamber, which is the main body of the safe, is located under the floor, and the coin slot is located above the floor, making it easy to put coins into the safe. Since the money is processed through this money slot, unnecessary money is not left in the cash box of the sales data input/output device, which improves the security of cash storage, especially in stores that operate late at night. I can do it.

Additionally, money can be removed from the safe through a door whose opening and closing are controlled by POS operations.
Only the person in charge who knows how to unlock the POS can open the door and take out the coins, ensuring complete control and increasing safety.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the safe of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the same, and FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram. 1... Sales data input/output device, 1a... Keyboard, 1b... Display, 1c... Printer, 1
d... Cashier box, 2,2'... Refueling machine,
3...Safe, 4...Exterior, 5...Nozzle valve,
6... Refueling hose, 7... Nozzle hook, 8... Nozzle valve, 9... Refueling amount indicator, 10... Office, 10a... Floor, 10b... Lid, 11... Switch, 12... Fireproof room, 13... Pipe body, 14...
Coin slot, 15...lid opener, 16...lid.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A fireproof room, which is the main body of the safe, is provided under the floor, a door for taking out coins is provided in the fireproof room, and the safe is located near a sales data input/output device that controls the opening and closing of the door.
A safe characterized in that a coin slot is provided on the floor via a tube rising from the fireproof chamber.