JPH0821094B2 - Automatic money changer - Google Patents

Description

Description: (a) Technical field to which the present invention pertains The present invention relates to an automatic money changer, such as is used in banking operations, and more specifically, can accurately grasp the remaining amount of a cylindrical coin. Regarding automatic money changer.

(B) Conventional technology Conventionally, this type of automatic money changer stores cylindrical coins of 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 500 yen, etc., according to the denomination, in a storage shelf that is vertically arranged in multiple stages. , Cylindrical coins are taken out from these storage shelves and released.

In this case, in terms of transaction management, it is necessary to hold a cylindrical coin of a transmissible storage amount on the storage shelf, but as an example of this, set a near end value or end value on the storage shelf,
Based on these setting signals, there is a replenishment management means for ensuring that a tubular coin is replenished each time.

However, in this case, a frequent replenishment-corresponding operation is required for each storage shelf, resulting in a low operation rate, and inefficient use of funds in the storage shelves arranged in a plurality of stages.

There is also a remaining amount detecting means for detecting the remaining amount by pulling out the storage shelves arranged in multiple stages one by one, but in this case, the detection time becomes long, and all the storage shelves pulled out are returned to the original standby position. There was an unsuitable problem that the load resistance of the returning mechanism for returning increased.

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention The present invention can accurately detect the total remaining amount of one denomination including the other accommodation shelves based on the detection of the remaining amount of one shelving. The purpose is to provide an automatic money changer.

(D) Means for Solving the Problem The present invention provides a plurality of storage shelves for storing a predetermined amount of tubular coins of the same denomination for each denomination, and a plurality of storage shelves for each denomination from these storage shelves. Is an automatic money changer that discharges cylindrical coins according to a preset discharge order for the storage rack of, and detects the remaining amount of the cylindrical coins for a certain denomination, according to the set discharge order. When the cylindrical coins in the storage rack are detected, and when the cylindrical coins are detected for the first time, it is determined that the cylindrical coins in the storage rack after that are not released and there is a predetermined amount, and all the coins of the same denomination are detected. It is characterized in that it is an automatic money changer provided with a calculation means for counting the remaining amount.

(E) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, when detecting the remaining amount of the cylindrical coin for one denomination, the cylindrical coin in the storage rack is detected in accordance with the set discharge order, and the cylindrical coin is detected. When is first detected, it is possible to determine that the cylindrical coins in the storage shelves thereafter are not discharged and have a predetermined amount, and to count the total remaining amount of the same denomination.

Therefore, it is possible to accurately grasp the storage state of coins by detecting the remaining amount of one storage rack that first detects the cylindrical coin without detecting all the storage racks.

Further, it is not necessary to pull out and restore all the storage shelves one by one, and the overload on the return mechanism is eliminated, and the operation is always smooth.

In addition, even if the near end value and the end value are detected during operation, it is possible to continue operation as it is because the remaining amount that can be traded is grasped, and the operational efficiency of funds can be surely improved. .

(F) Embodiment of the Invention One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail 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 for each denomination in the storage shelves 14 ... Which are vertically arranged in multiple stages, and the tubular coins 13 are taken out one by one from the front end withdrawing portion 15 of the storage shelves 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 therein are arranged so as to roll toward the front end withdrawal portion 15 side, and at the same time as the withdrawal position and the standby position. It is provided so that it slides in front of and behind the position.

In addition, the storage shelf 14 is a denomination (10 yen
The storage shelves for 100 yen) are arranged on the upper side near the coin discharge box 17 side, which will be described later, and the storage shelves for denominations (50 yen / 500 yen) that are less frequently requested for exchange are arranged on the lower side. 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 rack 14 to the coin discharge box 17 is shortened. It is trying to make it. In the figure, the 100 yen storage shelf 14a is
5 stages of 10-yen storage shelves 14b, 2 steps of 50-yen storage shelves 14c, 500
The circular storage shelves 14d are arranged in parallel in two rows of a total of 14 rows.

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.

The hanger device 16 described above includes the upper and lower sprockets 19, 20.
A chain 21 stretched between the pair of storage shelves 14 is provided along the front end extraction portion 15 side of each of the storage shelves 14, and a number of hangers 22 for extracting the cylindrical coins 13 are fixed to the chain 21 at regular intervals. Mounted on the hanger 22 ...
Continuously remove 13 (rotate counterclockwise in the figure).

Then, the tubular coins 13 extracted by the hangers 22 ... Are conveyed to above the hanger device 16, and then the tubular coins 13 are separated from the hangers 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 amount requested for exchange 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

The kicker device 25 moves in the vertical direction parallel to the transfer direction of the hanger 22 and stops at the storage rack selection position, and the kicker operation of this device causes the storage rack 14 to slide 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 ... By pushing out the plate 27, the storage shelves 14 are retracted to the original position. Returned to the position.

The standby setting position of the first hanger 22a of the hanger device 16 is positioned at a fixed position when the first detection sensor S1 detects the flag 28 attached to the chain 21. Also, the standby position and the selected position of the kicker device 25 are
Positioning is performed by the output values of the second detection sensor (not shown) and the encoder 29.

Further, immediately before the above-mentioned hanger inverting section 23, a cylindrical coin
A counting detection switch 30 for counting the number of passing passages of 13 is provided, and the contact 31 of this switch 30 contacts and detects the cylindrical coin 13 placed and conveyed by the hanger 22, and counts this detection signal. By doing so, the number of taken out pieces can be accurately counted.

Further, third detection sensors S3, S3 are arranged at upper and lower positions corresponding to the take-out position of the storage shelf 14, and these sensors S
In 3 and S3, the presence / absence of the cylindrical coin in the selected storage rack 14 is confirmed by photoelectrically detecting from above and below.

Furthermore, these storage shelves 14a ..., 14b ..., 14c ...
When detecting and confirming the remaining amount of the cylindrical coins 13 stored in 14d, first, determine the discharge setting order of the storage shelves 14 for each denomination, and for example, sequentially withdraw from the lower storage shelves. To release. Then, at the time of detection, the storage shelves 14 ... Are withdrawn in this withdrawal order, and the cylindrical coins 13 ... Within the shelves are detected by the third detection sensors S3, S3.

As a result, it is possible to grasp the remaining amount in the storage rack 14 that has been pulled out, and it is possible to grasp that the storage racks 14 of the same denomination in the upper tier thereafter are in a non-released full state. The total remaining amount can be accurately counted. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the total remaining amount of the same denomination only by taking out one storage shelf for each denomination.

When the storage rack is pulled out from the lower side, if the storage rack is empty, the upper storage rack is sequentially withdrawn until a cylindrical coin is detected. On the contrary, when pushing back the drawn-out multi-stage storage shelves to the standby position, the storage shelves can be returned with a light load because the storage shelves are empty.

In the figure, reference numeral 32 denotes a coin collecting device, which collects the cylindrical coin 13 left uncollected by the coin discharging box 17 into a coin collecting box 18 arranged below the cylindrical coin 13.

Figure 2 shows the control circuit block diagram of the automatic money changer, CP
U41 controls each circuit device according to the program stored in ROM42, and stores and reads the control data in RAM43.

In the automatic money changer configured as described above, when the requested denomination to be exchanged and the quantity thereof are designated by the customer's input operation, the lowest storage rack 14 of the denomination corresponding to the input signal is provided.
Then, the kicker device 25 moves and the storage rack 14 is pulled out to the front.

Thereby, the storage rack 14 is pulled out to the extraction position, the hanger device 16 is driven, and the cylindrical coin 13 is automatically moved by the upward movement operation of the hanger 22 from the front end extraction section 15 of the storage rack pulled out to the front. Pull out.

Then, the extracted tubular coin 13 is transferred from the hanger reversing unit 23 to the coin discharge box 17 via the chute 24 while the number of taken out is counted by the counting detection switch 30 in the process of transporting the hanger 22. .

Such a take-out operation is repeated, a predetermined exchange process is performed, and when the exchange discharge process according to the customer's request is completed, after waiting for a certain withdrawal time for the coin discharge box 17, the pusher device 26 operates. The storage rack 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 operation.

Next, the processing operation for detecting and confirming the remaining amount of the above automatic money changer will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

Now, when the replenishment button is pressed to check the remaining amount of the denomination in the cash storage shelf, based on this pressing operation, in the first step 51, the lowest storage shelf of the denomination, for example,
Set the selector on the lower side of the 100 yen storage shelf 14a. Then, in the second step 52, the lowermost 100-yen storage rack 14a is pulled out, and in the third step 53, whether or not the tubular coin 13 remains in the pulled-out 100-yen storage rack 14a. The third detection sensor S
If it is detected in 3, S3 and it does not remain, in the fourth step 54, after confirming that it is not the uppermost storage shelf of the same denomination, in the fifth step 55, this empty storage shelf 14a is removed. In the sixth step 56, the selector is moved up one step to correspond to the upper storage rack 14a of the same denomination for pushing back to the original standby position, and then the second step 52 and subsequent steps. Do. In this case, the tubular coin 13 does not remain in the pulled-out 100-yen storage rack 14a, and this withdrawal operation is repeated, so that the uppermost storage rack 14a
If it is determined that, in the seventh step 57, the cylindrical coin of the same denomination is replenished based on the fact that there is no remaining amount of the denomination, and then in the eighth step 58, the data of the storage rack 14a is stored. After adjusting the map, in the ninth step 59, the replenished storage rack 14a is made to stand by at the original stand-by position. When such a replenishment confirmation operation is performed for each denomination and is performed for all denominations in the tenth step 60, the detection confirmation operation ends, and the remaining amount of all denominations is accurately grasped. You can

By the way, in the above-mentioned third step 53, if the cylindrical coin 13 remains in the withdrawn 100-yen storage rack 14a at the bottom, in the eleventh step 61, the remaining amount is the same as the previous storage rack data. If it is different, it is the eighth step.
After jumping to 58 and initializing the data in the storage rack, the subsequent processing is performed. On the other hand, if they are the same, in the twelfth step 62, it is confirmed whether or not the near end value or the end value signal was issued during the previous remaining amount confirmation operation, and even if these signals are issued, it is still If there is a tradeable remaining amount in the upper storage shelf, consider the operational efficiency of funds and use the previous near-end value and end value data as is in step 13 63 to deal with the release. Then, after jumping to the eighth step 58 and initializing the data in the storage rack, the subsequent processing is performed.

As described above, based on the detection of the remaining amount of the tubular coin in one storage rack, it is determined that the subsequent tubular coins in the storage rack of the same denomination remain unreleased. Therefore, the total remaining amount can be counted.

Therefore, the storage state of coins can be accurately grasped by detecting the remaining amount of one storage shelf without detecting all the storage shelves.

Further, it is not necessary to pull out and restore all the storage shelves one by one, and the overload on the return mechanism is eliminated, and the operation is always smooth.

In addition, even if the near end value and the end value are detected during operation, it is possible to continue operation as it is because the remaining amount that can be traded is grasped, and the operational efficiency of funds can be surely improved. .

[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 block diagram of a control circuit of the automatic money changer, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart of remaining amount detection confirmation processing operation. . 13 …… Cylindrical coins 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d …… Storage shelves by denomination S3 …… 3rd detection sensor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of storage shelves for storing a predetermined amount of cylindrical coins of the same denomination are arranged for each denomination, and preset from the storage shelves for each denomination to the plurality of storage shelves. It is an automatic money changer that discharges cylindrical coins according to the discharge order, and detects a cylindrical coin in a storage shelf according to a set discharge order when detecting the remaining amount of the cylindrical coin for a certain denomination. However, when the cylindrical coin is first detected, it is determined that the cylindrical coins in the storage rack after that are not released and a predetermined amount is present, and an arithmetic means for counting the total remaining amount of the same denomination is provided. Automatic money changer.