JPH0693261B2 - Onboard equipment support structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of use] The present invention relates to a support structure for on-board equipment, and more specifically, it is rigid like an automatic vending machine or a money changer, and is used for replenishing banknotes, collecting sales proceeds, and at the time of failure. The present invention relates to a support structure for a device mounted on a device that requires repair, maintenance, and the like, for example, a mother body such as a bill validator.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in vending machines and currency exchange machines, work for the above-mentioned purposes is frequently performed.
Due to its structure and installation location, the side that performs and maintains the banknotes and coins (hereinafter referred to as maintenance direction) and the space for such work and maintenance (hereinafter referred to as maintenance area) are generally used. It is limited, and special processing must be performed when the equipment installed in these devices requires a plurality of maintenance directions.

FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B show an example in which a bill validator is installed in the money changer. In these figures, 1 is a housing of the money changer, 2 is a control unit, 3 is a coin storage device, and 4 is a coin dispensing device. In the case of the present example, bill discrimination is performed in a space below the control unit 2 of the housing 1. The machine 5 is installed.

However, in the case of this example, the maintenance area A is limited to the hatched side, and 6 is a maintenance door that can be opened to the front side, and thus when handling the bill validator 5 to be maintained, First, the maintenance door 6 is opened. On the other hand, the bill validator 5 is configured as shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, and in the bill validator 5 for maintenance, as shown in FIG. 4A,
The front member 5A can be opened in the arrow B direction, the upper member 5B can be opened in the counterclockwise C direction as shown, and the rear member 5C can be opened in the arrow D direction.

Therefore, in order to perform work and maintenance on such a bill validator 5, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 5A, support brackets 7 are erected on both sides of the bill validator 5 to distinguish bills. The machine 5 can be tilted around the rotation fulcrum 8 provided on the support bracket 7, and the discrimination machine 5 as a whole can be tilted as shown in FIG. 5B.

That is, when it is tilted to the state shown in FIG. 5B, the bill validator 5 is held in this state by the stopper 9 provided on the support bracket 7. Therefore, in this state, the member 5B is moved in the C direction. Also, the members 5C can be opened in the D direction and the work associated with them can be performed. Further, the member A can be opened in the B direction in the state shown in FIG. 5A. Reference numeral 10 is a locking means for preventing the bill validator 5 as a whole from falling.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, in the case where the maintenance area A is on the front surface of the device as in the above example, the maintenance can be performed as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, but as shown in FIG. A coin transporting device 11 and a coin dispensing port 11A are installed on the side of the bill validator 5 which is a device, and the bill validator 5 is further provided.
A coin payout device 4 is provided behind the device, and the maintenance area A and the maintenance direction are devices (in this example, a money changer).
In the case where the bill validator 5 is limited to the rear side, the bill validator 5 is arranged in the front away from the maintenance area A. Therefore, even if the base 12 itself on which all of these devices are arranged and mounted is pulled out in the arrow E direction. Even if it does, the banknote validator 5 cannot directly perform the maintenance operation as shown in FIG. 4A.

The object of the present invention is to select the rational position because the operation for maintenance and handling can be performed even in the above-mentioned case, and accordingly, a relatively degree of freedom can be obtained in setting the mounting position of the mounted device. It is to provide a small-sized, space-saving mounted device support structure.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention is mounted on the base of a mother device, and a plurality of functional members can be opened in different directions from the viewpoint of maintenance and handling, and the opening direction is the above-mentioned direction. In a support structure for mounted equipment which is restricted in the mother device, the mother device is provided with a maintenance door that allows the base to be pulled out horizontally from the mother device, and the maintenance door is provided between the base and the mounted device. A turning table that supports the mounted device so that the mounted device can be swung in the horizontal direction is interposed, and the mounted device is swung in any direction by opening the maintenance door and pulling out the base. Is.

[Work]

According to the present invention, the maintenance door is opened, the base is pulled out in the horizontal direction, and the turning table is turned in the horizontal direction.
The installed equipment on the table can be swung to the desired position, and the maintenance operation can be performed by opening the mechanical member in this state, so the installation setting position of the installed equipment is restricted by the maintenance direction. There is no.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail and specifically with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which 101 is a revolving table which is interposed between a base 12 on the apparatus main body side as a support structure and a fixed base 102 of a bill validator 5 which is an on-board device. is there. The revolving table 101 has a revolving pivot 103 fixed to the center thereof, and is rotatably supported by a fulcrum guide 104 provided on the base 12 side. Reference numeral 105 denotes a disc portion attached to the lower surface side of the revolving table 101, 106 a holding plate for keeping the disc portion 105 in slidable contact with the base 12, and 107 a holding plate for allowing the disc portion 105 to slide. 106
Ring members for properly maintaining the space between the base 12 and the base 12 are laminated on both surfaces of the disk portion 105 and are sliding plates for smoothing the sliding.

In the support structure of the mounted device thus configured, the device is held in the upright state by the slidable disc portion 105, and the pivot 103 rotates the bill validator 5 as the mounted device around it. You can Also,
Although not shown, the turning table 101 is provided with a stopper device that can be locked when it is in a normal position, and operates so as to restrain the turning in that state, and the state is detected by a sensor. can do.

FIG. 2 shows an example in which the turning means as shown in FIG. 1 is applied to the money changer shown in FIG. In addition, in FIG.
From the state shown in the figure, install the base 12 in maintenance area A for maintenance.
The state of being pulled out along the arrow E to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line is shown, and the maintenance door 6 is in the opened state for such maintenance operation.

That is, in such a state that the hardening dispenser 4 and the bill validator 5 which are the interior equipment for each base 12 are drawn out to the maintenance area A, the sides and the upper side of the bill validator 5 are exposed to the maintenance area A. Become. Then, the bill validator 5 is turned 90 degrees in any direction indicated by an arrow F through a turning means as shown in FIG. The movable functional members 5A, 5B and 5C (see FIG. 4A) exposed to and can be opened in the directions B, C and D, respectively.

Further, as described above, in the turning means shown in FIG. 1, since the stopper that penetrates the base 12 and the disk portion 105 at the normal position is provided, it is determined whether the turning means is returned to the normal position. It is possible to detect by the sensor provided in relation to.

In addition, in the embodiment described above, the case of the bill validator mounted on the money changer was described, but the application of the present invention is not limited to such an example, and a plurality of directions for maintenance etc. It is needless to say that the present invention can be widely applied to an apparatus in which a device requiring maintenance is mounted and the direction of maintenance is limited.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the mother device is provided with the maintenance door that allows the base to be pulled out from the mother device in the horizontal direction, and the mounted device is provided between the base and the mounted device. Is mounted so that it can be swung horizontally, the maintenance door is opened, and the base is pulled out to swivel the mounted device in any direction. When installing the equipment on the mother device, the installation position can be set freely, and there is no difficult constraint on the space around the mother for maintenance and handling. Degree of freedom, and
It is now possible to keep that space to a minimum.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an example of the structure of a turning means according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the operation when the present invention is applied to a money changer, and FIG. Front view of the money changer, FIG. 3B is a view of FIG. 3A seen from the line PP, FIG. 4A is an operation view of each functional member of the bill validator mounted on the money changer, and FIG. 4B is FIG. 4A is a front view, FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are side views for explaining the operation when the bill validator is operated for maintenance in the money changer shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. It is a top view which shows arrangement | positioning of each apparatus in the money changer of a different form. 1 ... Housing, 5 ... Banknote validator, 6 ... Maintenance door, 12 ... Base, 101 ... Turning table, 102 ... Fixed base, 103 ... Pivot, 104 ... Support point guide, 105 ... Disc part, 106 …… Presser plate, 107 …… Ring member, 108 …… Sliding plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of functional members which are mounted on a base of a mother device and can be opened in different directions from the viewpoint of maintenance and handling, and the opening direction is restricted in the mother device. In the support structure for the mounted device, the mother device is provided with a maintenance door that allows the base to be pulled out from the mother device in the horizontal direction, and the mounted device is horizontally swung between the base and the mounted device. A supporting structure for an on-board device, wherein a revolving table that can be supported is interposed, and the on-board device is swung in a free direction by opening the maintenance door and pulling out the base.