JPH0789387B2 - Storage device for the number of fishing tags of a bill validator - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Industrial applications]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is mounted on an automatic vending machine (abbreviated as a vending machine) or the like, can accept bills of a plurality of denominations, and stores bills in a bill validator configured to manually refill low bills as bills. A device that stores the number of sheets. In particular, the present invention relates to a fishing tag number storage device for a bill validator that always holds the number of stored low-price bills so as to maximize sales opportunities. In the drawings below, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

[Prior art]

As a method of replenishing low-price bills (fishing bills) in this type of bill validator, a special switch for replenishment is provided to put the bills into the replenishment mode and to insert the low-price bills. There was a method of manually replenishing replenishment bills directly to the department.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, in the former method described above, the identification machine counts the number of inserted bills, but it takes time to replenish (for example, it takes 4 seconds to replenish one bill, 30
It takes about 2 minutes to replenish the sheets. ),
Further, the latter method described above has a problem in that the number of replenished bills cannot be accurately known (however, a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a fishing tag makes it possible to know whether or not there are several dozen low-price bills in the storage portion). Therefore, in the latter case, even if there is a fishing tag, the sensor that detects the presence or absence of the fishing tag may determine that there is no fishing tag, and at this time there is a problem that the fishing tag cannot be effectively used. Therefore, the object of the present invention is to initialize the number of low-value banknotes manually replenished in the storage unit of the banknote validator, and update the setting value for each receipt and withdrawal of low-value banknotes thereafter.
As a result, by providing the fishing tag number storage device of the banknote identification machine equipped with the fishing tag number storage means for storing the number of low-value banknotes currently stored in the storage unit, the fishing tag can be quickly replenished and replenished. The purpose is to make it possible to use exactly the number of fishes that have been made as fishing tags.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention stores a billing unit that identifies and accepts banknotes of a plurality of denominations, a low-value banknote accepted by the classifier, and a plurality of low-value banknotes that are manually refilled collectively. Along with, a low-value banknote storage unit that can dispense the stored banknotes, a high-value banknote storage unit that stores the high-value banknotes received by the discrimination unit, and whether or not a predetermined number of banknotes or more are stored in the low-value banknote storage unit. A bill validator equipped with an empty detection sensor for detecting whether or not the bill validator is connected to the bill validator via a data transmission path, and is provided with input means for inputting data, via the data transmission path. In a bill number storage device of a bill validator, which comprises a vending machine control unit for controlling sales while communicating.
A fishing tag number storage means for receiving and storing the number of low-value banknotes to be manually replenished via the data transmission path, and updating the number of storages of the fishing tag number storage means for each receipt and withdrawal of the low-value banknotes. The bill validator is provided with an updating means and a fishing bill number transmitting means for transmitting the stored number of the fishing bill number storage means updated by the updating means through the data transmission path, and the manually replenished low amount Replenishment number transmitting means for inputting the number of bills by the input means and transmitting the number through the data transmission path, and fishing tag for receiving the number of bills stored in the fishing tag number storage means via the data transmission path. When the number of bills receiving means and the empty detection sensor a predetermined number of bills or more are detected, the empty detection sensor detects the number of bills within a predetermined number when the high-value bills are received. In addition to enabling the sale that requires, when the empty detection sensor does not detect the storage of a predetermined number of banknotes or more, the number of bills received by the fishing tag number receiving means when the high-value banknotes are received The sales control means for enabling the sale requiring the change is provided in the control section.

[Action]

According to the present invention, the number of low-value banknotes that have been manually replenished in the storage unit manually is stored in the banknote validator by data transmission, and the fishing tag is paid out with reference to the number.

【Example】

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a bill validator embodying the present invention. In the figure, the bill validator 40 is roughly divided into a discrimination unit 30, a low-value bill storage unit 19, and a high-value bill storage unit.
It consists of 20. Here, the high-value banknotes are banknotes composed of 5,000 yen banknotes and 10,000 yen banknotes, and the low-value banknotes are 1,000 yen banknotes. The discriminating unit 30 is mainly composed of an input port 31, a transport mechanism 32, and a bill sensor 33 provided in the middle of the transport mechanism 32 and configured to detect the characteristics of bills. Since the discrimination unit 30 is well known, detailed description thereof will be omitted. The low-value banknote storage unit 19 is a conveyance path that extends mainly in the direction in which banknotes are ejected from the ejection port of the discrimination unit 30--vertically downward in the figure.
21, a storage box arranged on the right side of the transport path 21, and a storage drive section also arranged on the left side. The transport path 21 is formed by the surface of the transport belt 8 wound between two transport pulleys 7 provided at both ends in the banknote transport direction and the left side surface of the transport guide 4. Then, the bill is sandwiched and conveyed between the conveyor belt 8 and the pressing roller 7a that is in contact with the conveyor pulley 7 via the conveyor belt 8 and is conveyed. The storage is formed between the right side surface of the conveyance guide 4 and the left side surface of the pressing plate 6 pressed against this surface by the spring 6a. Move to the right. The housing drive unit mainly includes a motor frame 11, a drive motor 12, two cam shafts 13 connected to the motor frame 11, and cams 14 attached to these. The storage unit composed of the storage box and the storage drive unit described above has exactly the same configuration for both low-value banknotes 19 and high-value banknotes 20. In addition, the discrimination unit 30, the low-value banknote storage unit 19, the high-value banknote storage unit
Both 20 are attached to the base 1. As described above, among the bills accepted by the bill validator 40, the low-price bills are stored in the 19 storage units and the high-price bills are stored in the 20 storage units. The banknotes stored in the storage units 19 and 20 can be taken out by opening the back cover of the back of each storage unit. Next, when replenishing low-value banknotes, the back lid CV1 of the low-value banknote storage unit 19 is opened as shown in FIG.
To be replenished in a batch. At this time, the number of bills to be replenished is counted in advance. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram including the bill validator 40 and the control unit 02 of the vending machine, L is a data transmission line connecting the validator 40 and the control unit 20, and in this case, the transmission line L is 6 It is composed of a book signal line. The control unit 02 controls the vending machine while performing necessary communication with the bill validator 40 via the transmission line L. Further, the bill validator 40 executes an operation to share the bill on the basis of a command given from the control unit 02 via the transmission line L. Further, M1 and TR are fishing tag number storage means and fishing tag number transmission means as partial functional units of the bill validator 40. In the present invention, the RAM in the bill validator 40 is controlled by the control unit 02.
The number of replenishment of the low-value banknotes 10 is initially set in the fishing tag number storage means M1 via the data transmission line L. That is, the number of replenished sheets is once input to the control unit 02 by the ten-key 03 of the control unit 02, and the input number is converted from the control unit 02 to the bill validator 40 and transmitted by data transmission. Next, the bill validator 40 stores the supplied replenishment number data in the built-in fishing tag number storage means M1 and operates as described later in combination with the empty detection sensor described below. FIG. 4 is a principle view of the empty detection sensor (fishing tag outage detection sensor) 100. The drawing shows the sensor taken out from the low-price bill storage unit 19, and FIG. 4A is a side view thereof. FIG. 2B is a view seen from the rear side of the identifying device 40. The sensor 100 is configured to turn on / off the photo interrupter 104 via the actuator 103 according to the thickness of the stored low-value banknotes 10 to determine the presence / absence of the banknotes 10. However, the thickness of the banknote 10 is considerably different between the case of a government-sealed ticket and the case of a ticket in the market (about 1.3).
It is extremely difficult to accurately detect the remaining number of bills with this sensor. Therefore, the banknote 10 is about
Even if about 20 sheets remain, the empty detection sensor 100 may detect that there is no fishing tag. Now, the operation of the main part of the present invention in combination with this empty detection sensor will be described. When the empty detection sensor 100 is OFF (the fishing tag is present), the control unit 02 determines that at least 10 low-value banknotes 10 are present, and the discriminator 40 recognizes that the high-value banknote, for example, 10,000 yen, has been received. , And sends a command to the discriminator 40 to dispense nine low-value banknotes (thousand yen). When the empty detection sensor is ON (no fishing tag), the control unit 02 receives the number of fishing tags stored in the above-described number of fishing tags storage means M1 from the identifying device 40 through the number of fishing tag transmission means TR, and It operates by paying out for the number of sheets. For example, if the number of stored memory is four, up to four thousand yen bills will be paid out. Therefore, it is possible to sell 5000 yen bills and pay out four thousand yen bills as fishing tags. Send a command to machine 40 to pay out four thousand yen. The above-mentioned stored number of sheets is controlled inside the discriminator 40 such that one is subtracted for each payout of low-value banknotes and that number is added if the low-value banknotes are inserted and collected.

【The invention's effect】

According to the present invention as described above, the fishing tag number storage means for receiving and storing the number of low-value banknotes to be manually replenished via the data transmission path, and the storage number of the fishing tag number storage means for the low-value banknotes. The bill validator is provided with an updating means for updating each receipt and withdrawal, and a bill number transmitting means for receiving the number of bills stored in the bill number storage means updated by the updating means through a data transmission path in the bill validator. The number of low-value banknotes to be input by the input means, and the replenishment number transmission means for transmitting the number through the data transmission path, and the number of fishing tags for receiving the storage number in the fishing tag number storage means through the data transmission path When the receiving means and the empty detection sensor detect the storage of a predetermined number of banknotes or more, it is possible to sell the change requiring a change within a predetermined number detected by the empty detection sensor when a high-value banknote is received. In addition, when the empty detection sensor does not detect the storage of a predetermined number or more, it is possible to sell which requires change within the number received by the number of bills receiving means when a large amount of bills is received. The control means is provided in the control unit, and the number of low-value banknotes to be manually replenished is initially set in the fishing tag number storage means, and the number is updated to be used for controlling whether or not to sell. Even when the bill is stored in a state where it is not detected by the empty detection sensor, the low-value banknote is effectively used as change and the sales opportunity can be increased. Then, by switching the control of whether to sell or not to sell depending on the detection state of the empty detection sensor, if the manual replenishment number is not set and the number stored in the fishing tag number storage means is cleared due to a power failure, etc. Even if there is, since the same control as that of the conventional empty detection sensor only is performed, it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience in handling.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram as an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a method of replenishing low-value bills, FIG. 3 is a principle diagram of an empty detection sensor, and FIG. 4 is a bill validator side. FIG. M1: Number of bills storage means, TR: Number of bills transmission means, L: Data transmission path, 02: Control section, 03: Numeric keypad, 10: Low-price bill (fishing bill), 19: Low-price bill storage section, 20: High-price bill Banknote storage, CV1: back cover, 100: empty detection sensor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A discriminating unit for discriminating and accepting bills of a plurality of denominations, a low-denomination bill accepted by the discriminating unit, and a plurality of low-denomination bills to be manually replenished collectively, and paying out the stored bills. Possible low-value banknote storage section, high-value banknote storage section for storing high-value banknotes received by the discrimination section, and empty detection sensor for detecting whether or not a predetermined number of banknotes or more are stored in the low-value banknote storage section. And a bill validator equipped with a bill validator and a bill transmission machine connected via a data transmission line, and an input means for inputting data, and controlling sales while communicating via the data transmission line. And a control unit of the vending machine, which is a storage device for storing the number of bills of the paper misidentifying machine, which stores the number of low-price bills to be manually replenished by receiving via the data transmission path. Updating means for updating the number stored in the fishing tag number storage means each time the low-value banknote is received and paid out, and the number stored in the fishing tag number storage means updated by the updating means via the data transmission path. A bill number storage means for transmitting the bill number storage means is provided in the bill validator, and the replenishment number transmission means for inputting the number of the low-price bills to be manually replenished by the input means and transmitting the number through the data transmission path. When the number of banknotes receiving means for receiving the number of banknotes stored in the number of banknotes storage means via the data transmission path and the empty detection sensor detect the storage of a predetermined number of banknotes or more, the high-value banknotes are It enables sales that require change within a predetermined number detected by the empty detection sensor when received, and the empty detection sensor stores a predetermined number of banknotes or more. When the detection is not made, the control is provided with a sales control unit that enables a sale that requires change within the number received by the fishing tag number receiving unit when the high-value bill is received. And a bill number storage device for a bill validator.