JPH077463B2 - Automatic money changer - Google Patents

Description

Description: (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an automatic currency exchange machine for tubular coins, such as those used in banking operations, and more particularly to a high currency exchange processing capacity with a fast currency exchange processing speed. The present invention relates to an automatic money changer.

(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 a plurality of storage shelves arranged in multiple stages by denomination. Then, a coin take-out hanger device equipped with a plurality of hangers that rotate in a loop is provided opposite to these storage shelves, and a desired tubular coin is taken out by rotating each of the above-mentioned hangers.

However, of the plurality of hangers of the hanger device, the standby position of the first hanger, which is set at the beginning to serve as a starting point for counting the tubular coins to be taken out, is set at the front stage of the plurality of storage shelves provided in multiple stages ( It is initially set to the one at the beginning of coin removal). For this reason, each time the exchange operation is started, the first coin hanger must be moved to the position of the predetermined storage rack to be taken out, before the tubular coin can be taken out.

That is, for example, when a cylindrical coin with a high frequency of exchange requests is stored in the intermediate portion between the coin take-out start end side and the coin take-out end side, the first hanger is moved to the storage position and is taken out here. Further, since the cylindrical coin has to be further moved to the end side of the coin withdrawal, there is a problem that the withdrawal time is long, the processing capacity of the money changer is low, and the withdrawal efficiency is poor.

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic money changer capable of shortening the take-out time of cylindrical coins by forming a money change processing structure corresponding to denominations with high frequency of money change requests. And

(D) Means for Solving the Problem In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to a coin storage unit formed by arranging storage shelves storing tubular coins according to denominations in multiple stages from the storage shelves. An automatic money changer with a hanger device for storing coins provided with a plurality of hangers for picking up tubular coins, wherein the storage rack corresponding to the coin take-out starting end side of the hanger device has a low demand for money exchange. For storing coins of various types, cylindrical coins of denominations frequently requested for exchange are stored in a storage rack corresponding to the coin takeout end side of the hanger device, and denominations of high denomination for exchange are stored. Of the plurality of hangers of the hanger device, the first hanger, which is set at the top position as a starting point for counting the tubular coins to be taken out, is brought close to the shelf and put on standby. Is characterized in that.

(E) Operation According to the above configuration, when the cylindrical coin of the denomination with the high frequency of exchange requests is taken out, each of the plurality of hangers starting from the first hanger rotates from its standby position to move the first hanger. The tubular coin is removed from the storage shelves immediately adjacent to it, and the desired tubular coin is removed with the minimum movement amount.

(F) Effects of the Invention As a result of the above, according to the present invention, a cylindrical coin of a denomination with a high frequency of exchange requests is stored in the storage shelf corresponding to the coin takeout starting end side, and at the top of the plurality of hangers. Since the first hanger waited close to the above-mentioned storage rack, the first hanger and other hangers were activated immediately when the hanger device was driven during the currency exchange operation for picking up tubular coins of denominations with high frequency. Will take out the cylindrical coin from the side storage shelf,
There is no waste in the movement of the hanger, and efficient discharge processing operation can be obtained.

Therefore, the take-out time is shortened, the waiting time for the customer is surely shortened, and the currency exchange machine has a high processing capacity.

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

The drawings show an automatic money changer, and in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the automatic money changer is composed of a coin storing section 11 and a coin extracting section 12, and the coin storing section 11 is 10 yen / 50 yen inside. ·Ten
Cylindrical coin 13 in which various coins of 0 yen and 500 yen are packed in units of 50
Are stored in the storage shelves 14 arranged in a multi-tiered manner in the vertical direction for each type of gold, and tubular coins are inserted from the front end withdrawal portion 15 of the storage shelves 14.
13 are taken out one by one.

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 therein are arranged so as to roll toward the front end withdrawing portion 15 side, and in the front-back direction. The guide rail 16 and a guide roller (not shown) are provided so as to be slid so that the slide operation can be performed.

Furthermore, the storage shelf 14 is a denomination with a high frequency of exchange requests (10 yen.
(0 yen) storage shelves are arranged on the upper side (coin removal end side) close to the coin discharge box 17 side described later, and denominations with low frequency of exchange requests (50 yen / 500 yen) on the lower side (coin removal start side) ) Arrange the storage shelves. As a result, denominations that are frequently requested to be exchanged are located near the coin discharge box 17 on the upper side, and the take-out transfer time is shortened based on the fact that the take-out distance from the storage shelf 14 to the coin discharge box 17 is shortened. It is trying to make it. In the figure, 100 yen storage shelves 14a are arranged in 5 steps and 10 yen storage shelves 14b from the upper side.
5 stages, two 50-yen storage shelves 14c and two 500-yen storage shelves 14d are arranged in parallel in a total of 14 stages.

A locking member 20 having a first locking piece 18 and a second locking piece 19 is fixed to one side surface of each of the storage shelves 14 described above, and the first locking piece 18 is a coin storage portion. The storage rack 14 is locked by being locked to the rear end of the stopper lever 21 pivotally mounted on the fixed wall 11a of the storage rack 11.
The front end extraction unit 15 of is stopped at the standby position. Also, the second
When the locking piece 19 is locked to the stopper piece 22 fixed to the fixed wall 11a of the coin storage portion 11, the front end extraction portion 15 of the storage rack 14 is stopped at the extraction position.

In order to move the storage rack 14 forward and slide it to the extraction position, the engagement between the first locking piece 18 and the stopper lever 21 is released, and the storage rack 14 is automatically lowered by its own weight.

The above-mentioned stopper lever 21 receives the biasing action of the spring 21a, and the lever rear end portion is always in contact with the lower surface of the stopper piece 22 and locked, and the operation pin 23 attached to the lever tip portion is By pushing up, the rear end of the lever is disengaged from the first locking piece 18. The push-up operation of the operation pin 23 is performed by a kicker device described later.

The above-mentioned coin take-out section 12 has a hanger device 24 for taking out and operating the tubular coin 13, a coin discharge box 17 for receiving the taken-out tubular coin 13 and a coin collecting box 25.

In the hanger device 24 described above, the chain 28 stretched between the upper and lower sprockets 26, 27 is installed opposite to each other along the front end extraction portion 15 side of each of the storage shelves 14 ... Coins
A large number of hangers 29… for removing 13 are attached at regular intervals, and these hangers 29… rotate in a loop shape to form a cylindrical coin 13.
Are continuously taken out (rotate counterclockwise in the figure).

Then, the cylindrical coin 13 taken out by the hanger 29 is conveyed upward, and the cylindrical coin 13 is transferred by the hanger reversing action of the upper part.
13 rolls and is transferred to the coin discharge box 17.

In this case, the first of the plurality of hangers 29, which is set at the beginning, is the starting point for counting the tubular coins to be taken out.
The standby position of the hanger 29a is brought close to a denomination with a high frequency of exchange requests, and is placed in standby. For example, it is set in the front stage of the 10-yen storage shelf 14b. As a result, the first hanger 29a is located in front of the 10-yen storage shelf 14b in advance for each exchange operation.
For example, when exchanging money for 10-yen coins, the cylindrical coin 13 is immediately taken out from the 10-yen storage rack 14b and processed at high speed.

Therefore, the first hanger 29a is not moved to the position of the 10-yen storage shelf 14b from the lower end reversing portion, and the hanger transport time is surely shortened. In addition, the first hanger 29a,
The hanger and the hanger at the preceding stage are separated from each other for a predetermined period in consideration of the taking-in property of the cylindrical coin 13.

Further, for the hanger device 24, a predetermined storage rack 14 requested for exchange is selected, and a kicker device 30 for sliding the storage rack 14 to the extraction position, and for returning the storage rack 14 to the original standby position. The pusher device 31 of FIG.

The kicker device 30 moves in the up-down direction parallel to the transfer direction of the hanger 29, and the kicker 32 protruding at the tip of this device corresponds to the operation pin 23 of the stopper lever described above and locks the stopper lever 21. To release. As a result, the storage rack 14 is slid to the extraction position.

Further, the pusher device 31 is provided with a long pusher plate 33 arranged corresponding to the front end faces of all the storage shelves 14 ... By pushing out the plate 33, the storage shelves 14 are retracted to the original position. Returned to the position.

The standby setting position of the first hanger 29a is positioned by the first detection sensor S1 detecting the flag 34 attached to the chain 28. Also, the number of cylindrical coins to be taken out is counted based on the standby setting position. Also, the standby position and the selected position of the kicker device 30 described above are
Positioning is performed by the output values of the second detection sensor (not shown) and the encoder 35.

Further, the cylindrical coin 13 released by the hanger reversal action of the upper part is rolled and released on the chute 36, and the discharge detection switch 37 is arranged on the upper part of the chute 36.
The switch 37 detects the release of the cylindrical coin 13, and the number of releases is counted and confirmed by this detection signal.

In the figure, S3 is a third detection sensor that photoelectrically detects the presence or absence of a cylindrical coin from above and below. Reference numeral 38 denotes a coin collecting device, which collects the cylindrical coin 13 left uncollected in the coin discharging box 17 into the coin collecting box 25 arranged below the cylindrical coin 13.

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

In the first step 51, when the customer's required money type to be exchanged and the quantity thereof are input and operated, the second step 52 moves the kicker device 30 to the storage shelf 14 of the money type corresponding to the input signal. Then, the storage rack 14 is pulled out to the front. As a result, the storage rack 14 is pulled out to the extraction position, and in the third step 53, the cylindrical coin 13 inside the pulled-out storage rack 14 is drawn.
The presence / absence of “No” is detected by the third detection sensor S3, and if it is not housed, the transaction is stopped, and if it is housed, the hanger device 24 is driven in the fourth step 54 and it is pulled out to the front part. From the front end extraction section 15 of the storage shelf 14, from the first hanger 29a
When the hanger 29 starting with ... moves upward, the cylindrical coin 13 is pulled out. In this case, in the case of a denomination with a high exchange request frequency of 10 yen or 100 yen, the amount of upward movement of the hanger 29 is small, and therefore the discharging process is performed in a short time. Then, the tubular coin 13 that has been removed is
The coins are transferred from the reversing part of the upper hanger 29 to the coin discharging box 17 via the chute 36. Such take-out operation is repeated,
When a predetermined exchange process is performed and the exchange release process according to the customer's request is completed in the fifth step 55, the sixth step 56 waits for a certain time for the customer to remove the coin delivery box 17, and then the seventh step. At 57, the pusher device 31 is operated to return the storage rack 14 to the original standby position and the first hanger 29a and the kicker device 30 are returned to the original position in preparation for the next exchange operation.

As described above, the storage shelves of 10 yen and 100 yen, which are frequently requested to be exchanged, are arranged in the vicinity of the coin discharge box side, and the first hanger is also brought close to the storage shelves and put on standby. Therefore, it is possible to surely shorten the time for taking out frequently used denominations.

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 24, the first hanger corresponds to the first hanger 29a, the denominations with low exchange request frequency are 50 yen and 100 yen, and the denominations with high exchange request frequency are Although it corresponds to 10 yen and 100 yen, the present invention is not limited to the configurations of the above-described embodiments.

[Brief description of drawings]

 The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an automatic money changer, FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part of the automatic money changer, and FIG. 13 …… cylindrical coin, 14 …… shelves 24 …… hanger device, 29a …… first hanger

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A hanger device for storing coins comprising a plurality of hangers for picking up tubular coins from the storage racks to a coin storage section in which storage racks storing tubular coins by denomination are arranged in multiple stages. In the storage shelf corresponding to the coin take-out start side of the hanger device, a cylindrical coin of a denomination with a low exchange request frequency is stored, and the coin take-out end side of the hanger device In the storage shelf corresponding to, the cylindrical coins of denominations with a high frequency of exchange requests are stored, and in the storage shelves of the denominations with a high frequency of exchange requests, a tubular shape to be taken out of the plurality of hangers of the hanger device. An automatic money changer characterized in that a first hanger, which is positioned at the beginning of the coin, is set to approach and stand by to serve as a starting point for counting coins.