JPH0677277B2 - Automatic money changer - Google Patents

Description

Description: (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an automatic money changer for tubular coins, such as those used in banking operations, and more specifically, to accurately prevent excessive release of tubular coins. The present invention relates to an automatic money changer for regulatory control.

(B) Conventional technology Conventionally, this type of automatic money changer is 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 500 yen.
Cylindrical coins, such as circles, are stored in multi-tiered storage shelves by denomination, and a coin pick-up hanger device equipped with multiple hangers is placed opposite these shelves to move in a loop. It is provided so that the cylindrical coins can be sequentially taken out one by one by rotating the hanger.

However, in such an exchange processing operation, the hanger device is driven to take out the cylindrical coin for each transaction, and at the same time as the taking-out operation is finished, the first hanger is set to return to the original standby position. Then, in preparation for the next exchange process, if a cylindrical coin is unexpectedly placed on the hanger after the last picking operation due to malfunction or external vibration, the hanger device In conjunction with the standby operation, the unexpectedly placed cylindrical coins are also discharged to the customer side.

For this reason, it is conceivable to dispose a counting detection sensor at the discharging position and equip an erroneous discharge collecting means for collecting a cylindrical coin when an erroneous discharge is detected. There is a problem that normal tubular coins other than the released tubular coins are also collected, the amount of collection during the collection operation is large, and the processing capacity of the money changer is significantly reduced.

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention Therefore, the present invention considers that when a currency coin is unexpectedly placed on a hanger in a stage subsequent to the hanger that has taken out the required amount of currency exchange, it is treated as an excessive tubular coin. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic money changer that can be collected without being discharged, and that the collection process can be performed without lowering the processing capacity of the currency exchange process.

(D) Means for Solving the Problem The present invention is arranged so that storage shelves in which tubular coins are stored according to denomination are arranged in a multi-tiered manner on the coin storage side, and tubular coins are taken out from the storage shelves. Therefore, a hanger device having a plurality of hangers that rotate and move in a loop shape, and a coin hanger device that sets a standby position on the hanger device, and a coin discharging unit that is connected to the take-out side reversal position of the hanger device and discharges a cylindrical coin to the customer side. , A coin collecting unit that is connected to the take-out side reversing position of the hanger device to collect a tubular coin, and a tubular coin that is sent from the take-out side reversing position of the hanger device to the coin discharging unit and the coin collecting unit. Switching means for switching, detection means for detecting an excessive tubular coin placed on the take-out side hanger, and the tubular coin finally taken out after each exchange process was discharged to the take-out side reversing position of the hanger device. At this point, the hanger device is temporarily stopped and controlled, After the exchange transaction is completed, the hanger device is re-driven to return the hanger to the standby setting position, and based on the detection means detecting the presence of excessive cylindrical coins in the hanger on the take-out side, It is an automatic money changer equipped with a control means for switching and driving the switching means to the coin collecting portion side to collect an excess of tubular coins in the coin collecting portion.

(E) Operation In the present invention, when the control means discharges the cylindrical coin that is finally taken out in each exchange process to the take-out side reversal position of the hanger device, the hanger device is once stopped and controlled. After stopping the ejection operation of the cylindrical coins by the hanger, and after the exchange transaction is completed, the hanger device is re-driven to control the hanger to return to the standby setting position, and at the same time, the excessive amount of cylindrical coins in the take-out side Based on the presence being detected by the detection means,
The switching means is switched and driven to the side of the coin collecting unit to control the excess coins to be collected by the coin collecting unit.

(F) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, since the driving of the hanger device for discharging the cylindrical coin is temporarily stopped at the end of the discharging operation of the cylindrical coin finally taken out in each exchange process, the final operation is performed. The discharging operation of the hanger conveyed after the take-out hanger is stopped.

Therefore, even if an uncounted excess cylindrical coin is placed on the hanger after the final take-out hanger, it is prevented from being discharged excessively by being regulated to be discharged.

Further, in this case, since the driving of the hanger device is stopped at the end of the discharging operation of the cylindrical coin, it can be discharged with the minimum discharging operation required for the exchange processing, and the discharging operation of the hanger is efficient and efficient. The motion is obtained. Moreover, since the take-out time of the hanger device can be shortened and exchange transactions can be carried out immediately, the automatic exchange machine has a high exchange processing capacity.

(G) Embodiment One embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The drawing shows an automatic money changer, and in FIG. 1, this automatic money changer is composed of a coin storing section 11 and a coin removing section 12,
The coin storage unit 11 has cylindrical coins 13 in which various coins of 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen are packaged in units of 50, and a storage shelf 14 in which the coins are arranged in a multi-tiered manner in the vertical direction. Is stored in
The cylindrical coins 13 are provided one by one from the front end withdrawing portion 15 of the storage rack 14.

The above-mentioned storage rack 14 is provided in the shape of a long box with an open upper surface, and the cylindrical coins 13 stored in this storage rack 14 are arranged so as to be slanted so as to roll toward the front end withdrawal portion 15 side, and withdrawal position and standby. It is supported so that it slides back and forth with respect to the position.

The above-mentioned coin take-out unit 12 internally includes a hanger device 16 for taking out and operating the tubular coin 13, a coin discharge box 17 and a coin collecting box 18 for receiving the taken-out tubular coin 13.

In the hanger device 16 described above, the chain 21 stretched between the upper and lower sprockets 19 and 20 is installed opposite to each other along the front end extraction portion 15 side of each of the storage shelves 14 ... A large number of hangers 22 for removing the coins 13 are attached at regular intervals, and these hangers 22 rotate in a loop to form a cylindrical coin 13
Are continuously extracted (rotate counterclockwise in the figure).

Then, after the tubular coin 13 that has been extracted by these hangers 22 is conveyed above the hanger device 16, the tubular coin 13 is removed from the hanger 22 at the upper hanger reversing section 23.
It rolls on the chute 24 and is transferred to the coin discharge box 17.

Further, for this hanger device 16, a storage rack 14 of the denomination requested to be exchanged is selected, and a kicker device 25 for sliding the selected storage rack 14 to the extraction position, and the storage rack 14 is returned to the original standby position. And a pusher device 26 for returning.

The kicker device 25 moves in the vertical direction parallel to the transfer direction of the hanger 22 and stops at the selected position of the storage rack, and by the kicker operation of the kicker device 25, the lock of the storage rack 14 at the standby position is released, The storage rack 14 is slid to the extraction position. Further, the pusher device 26 is provided with a long pusher plate 27 arranged corresponding to the front end faces of all the storage shelves 14 ...
14 is retracted and returned to its original standby position.

The standby setting position of the first hanger 22a of the hanger device 16 is positioned at a fixed position when the flag 28 attached to the chain 21 is detected by the first detection sensor S1. Also, the standby position and the selected position of the kicker device 25 are
Positioning is performed according to the output values of the second detection sensor S2 and the encoder 29.

Further, immediately before the above-mentioned hanger inverting section 23, the cylindrical coin 13
A count detection switch 30 for counting the number of passing
The contact 31 of the switch 30 comes into contact with and detects the cylindrical coin 13 conveyed by the hanger 22, and the number of picked-out coins is accurately counted by counting the detection signal.

In the figure, S3 is a third detection sensor, which photoelectrically detects the presence / absence of the cylindrical coin 13 in the selected storage shelf from above and below to confirm whether the transaction is possible. Reference numeral 32 denotes a coin collecting device, which collects the tubular coin 13 that has been forgotten in the coin discharge box 17, and arranges the cylindrical coin 13 that has been taken out due to an error through the coin discharge box 17 and below it. The coins are collected in the provided coin collection box 18.

By the way, with respect to the hanger device 16 described above, when the cylindrical coin 13 finally taken out in each exchange process is discharged from the hanger reversing portion 23, the hanger device 16 is temporarily stopped and controlled. As a result, the hanger device 16 can not only release the hanger 22 with a minimum necessary trading operation without wasteful movement, but also
The discharging operation via the hanger 22 conveyed after the final transaction hanger is regulated to prevent the cylindrical coin from being excessively discharged.

In this case, the stop control means temporarily stores the mutual positions of the storage rack from which the cylindrical coin is finally taken out and the corresponding hanger, and the hanger 22 moves by a predetermined pitch and the hanger 22 moves. The stop control is performed at a position where the cylindrical coin 13 is discharged after reaching the reversing unit 23.

Then, the ejected cylindrical coin 13 is taken out from the coin ejection box 17 and one transaction ends, but after the transaction ends, the hanger device 16 is re-driven to move the hanger 22 to the original standby setting position. Return to.

At the time of this return operation, within the hanger after the final take-out hanger,
When the counting detection switch 30 detects that there is an excessive tubular coin placed under the influence of malfunction or external vibration, the excessive tubular coin is transferred via the coin collecting device 32. The coin discharging box 17 collects coins in a coin collecting box 18.

Figure 2 shows the control circuit block diagram of the automatic money changer, CP
U33 controls each circuit device according to the program stored in ROM34, and inputs the control data to RAM35.

The shutter device 36 is a shutter that covers the upper surface of the coin discharge box 17.
Open and close 17a.

The operation state of the automatic money changer thus constructed will be described with reference to FIG.

In the first step 51, the requested amount of money to be exchanged and the quantity thereof are designated by the customer's input operation, and in the second step 52, the cylindrical coin 13 of the denomination corresponding to the input signal is stored. A shelf 14 is selected, and in the third step 53, the kicker device 25 is driven for the selected storage shelf 14 to pull out the storage shelf 14 to the front. As a result, the storage shelf 141
Is pulled out to the front withdrawal position, and in the fourth step 54, the cylindrical coin 13 in the pulled out storage rack 14
Presence / absence is detected by the third detection sensor S3, and if it is not stored, another storage shelf 14 is selected again. As a result, if it is not stored, the transaction is stopped, and if it is stored, In the fifth step 55, the hanger device 16 is driven to remove the cylindrical coin 13 from the front end extractor 15 of the storage rack 14 pulled out to the front by the automatic withdrawal operation associated with the upward movement of the hanger 22. Then, the extracted tubular coin 13 is shot by the hanger reversing unit 23 while the number of taken out coins is counted by the counting detection switch 30.
Transferred to the coin discharge box 17 via 24. Then, in the sixth step 56, a predetermined cylindrical coin according to the customer's request.
When 13 is taken out from the storage rack 14, the hanger that was finally pulled out from the storage rack 14 in the seventh step 57.
When 22 reaches the hanger reversing unit 23 and discharges it, the drive of the hanger device 16 is temporarily stopped and controlled. As a result, all the tubular coins 13 to be traded with the customer are released, and in the eighth step 58, the number of released tubular coins 13 and
If the numerical value matches the input set number, the shutter 17a is opened in the ninth step 59 to allow the customer to take out the cylindrical coin 13, and the tenth step 60 allows the customer to remove the cylindrical coin 13 from the coin discharging box 17. Coin 13
, The shutter 17a is closed, and then the pusher device 26 is operated to store the shelves in the eleventh step 61.
14 is returned to the original standby position, and the first hanger 22a and the kicker device 25 are returned to their original positions to prepare for the next exchange process.

In this case, the hanger device 16 is re-driven to move the first hanger 22a.
When returning to the original standby setting position, in the twelfth step 62, is there an excessive uncounted cylindrical coin in the hanger 22 conveyed after the final take-out hanger?
Whether or not there is an excessive tubular coin is detected by the counting detection switch 30, and it is determined that it has operated normally, and the process ends, but when the presence of an excessive tubular coin is detected, in step 13 of step 13 , The excessive cylindrical coins detected are rolled on the chute 24 by the hanger reversing unit 23 and once discharged to the coin discharging box 17, but the coin collecting device 32 is operated and the coin collecting box below it is operated. Collection process to 18.

If the number of discharges taken out by the hanger 22 is different from the set input number in the above-mentioned eighth step 58, the tubular coin 13 discharged from the hanger 22 is collected in the fourteenth step 64, and the first operation is performed again. To exchange money.

As described above, the overhanging of the cylindrical coins is properly regulated by the two-step processing operation of the hanger device for each transaction, that is, the discharging process operation and the collecting process operation that also serves as the returning operation after the discharging.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the cylindrical coin of the present invention corresponds to the cylindrical coin 13 of the embodiment, and hereinafter, similarly, the storage rack corresponds to the storage rack 14 and the hanger. The device corresponds to the hanger device 16, the coin discharging part corresponds to the coin discharging box 17, the coin collecting part corresponds to the coin collecting box 18, the hanger corresponds to the hanger 22 and the first hanger 22a, The take-out side reversing position corresponds to the hanger reversing section 23, the switching means corresponds to the coin collecting device 32, the detecting means corresponds to the counting detection switch 30, and the control means corresponds to the CPU 33. Is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

 The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of an automatic money changer, Fig. 2 is a control circuit block diagram of the automatic money changer, and Fig. 3 is a flowchart of the automatic money changer. 13 …… Cylindrical coin, 14 …… Storage rack 16 …… Hanger device, 17 …… Coin discharge box 18 …… Coin collection box, 22 …… Hanger 23 …… Hanger reversing part, 32 …… Coin collection device 33… …CPU

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of storage shelves in which tubular coins are stored according to their denominations are provided in opposition to a coin storage side in which a plurality of storage shelves are arranged, and are rotated in a loop to remove the tubular coins from the storage shelves. A hanger device that includes a hanger and has a standby position set on the hanger, a coin discharging unit that is connected to a take-out side reversing position of the hanger device and discharges a cylindrical coin to a customer side, and a take-out side reversing position of the hanger device. A coin collecting unit for collecting the cylindrical coins by connecting to the coin collecting unit, a switching unit for switching the cylindrical coins sent from the take-out side reversing position of the hanger device to the coin discharging unit and the coin collecting unit, and a take-out side hanger. Detecting means for detecting excess cylindrical coins placed on top, and temporarily stopping the hanger device at the time when the last ejected cylindrical coin for each exchange process is discharged to the take-out side inversion position of the hanger device. Control and after the end of the exchange transaction, Based on the fact that the hanger device is re-driven to return the hanger to the standby setting position and the detection means detects the presence of excess cylindrical coins inside the hanger on the take-out side, the switching means is moved to the coin recovery part side. An automatic money changer equipped with control means for switching and driving to collect excess cylindrical coins in a coin collecting section.