JPH0548070U - Banknote storage and payout device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] An automatic vending machine that can also use 1,000-yen bills and high-value bills. The device can be made compact to reduce the installation space, and the 1,000-yen bill can be recycled for change and exchange. Improve operation accuracy. [Structure] With the same insertion slot for high-value banknotes and 1,000-yen bills, they are loaded into each dedicated stacker, and the 1,000-yen bill stacker also serves as the hopper of the roller friction mechanism. At the same time, the 1,000-yen bill is transported to the payout port, and if a chain or jam occurs, the bill will be stored in another locker.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention is a high-priced device that can be installed in general vending machines including bill storage and payout devices, particularly game machines such as pachinko and slot machines, fares such as long distance buses, and various services such as karaoke. The present invention relates to a bill storage and payout device that enables the use of bills.

[0002]

[Background of the invention]

 Generally, the above-mentioned various automatic vending systems are premised on the use of coins, and in recent years, it has become possible to use 1,000-yen bills. However, most automatic sales systems cannot directly use high-value banknotes such as 10,000-yen and 5,000-yen notes, and it was necessary to exchange the high-value banknotes all day long. In addition, even if the money changer is used to recycle 1,000-yen bills and stock high-value bills, the equipment becomes large and requires a large installation space, and the mechanism is complicated, resulting in high failure rate and high cost. It was something that became a problem.

Therefore, the applicant can pay attention to such points and use 1,000-yen bills and high-value banknotes. The 1,000-yen note and high-value banknotes can be carried into different stackers, and the 1,000-yen note can be changed. We have developed a banknote storage / payment device that can be recycled for currency exchange. However, the recycling of 1,000-yen bills takes time until the end of work if the counting of the number is started after there is a switch input for change or currency exchange, which is not preferable when there are many people in a line, and there is no chain or There is a possibility that a count error may occur when an abnormality such as a jam occurs.

[0004]

[The purpose of the device]

 The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above-mentioned problems, and by solving the problems, it is possible to count the 1,000 yen bills for recycling in advance and make them stand by, so that the required number of coins can be paid out in a short time. Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote storage / payout device that is compact and does not take up space, and can be operated with high accuracy.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve this purpose, the bill storage / dispensing device according to the present invention is configured to divide a bill, whose authenticity and denomination are discriminated by a sensor, into large bills and 1,000-yen bills and to store them in respective stackers. The above-mentioned 1,000-yen bill stacker also functions as a hopper as a roller friction mechanism that recycles the entered 1,000-yen bills for change and exchange. The roller friction mechanism sequentially sends the 1,000-yen bills one by one. The feature is that the required number of 1,000-yen bills are stocked in advance at the payout exit, or they are immediately carried out by a rotating drum with vanes.

[0006]

[Action]

 With the above configuration, the 1,000-yen bills can be recycled, while the high-value bills can be stocked, the payout time for change and 1,000-yen bills for exchange can be significantly shortened, and the incidence of misses can be greatly reduced. In addition, the equipment will be compact and the installation space will be small.

[0007]

【Example】

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a bill storing and dispensing device embodying the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of a bill transport mechanism, FIG. 3 is a side view of a roller friction device, FIG. 4 is a plan view, and FIG. Is a plan view showing the tip of the partition receiving plate, FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the rotary drum with vanes, and FIG. 7 is a side view of the vanes.

In these figures, 1 is a bill insertion slot, and the bill insertion slot 1 has an optical activation sensor 2.2 for activating a mechanism and an optical activation sensor for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of a bill. A sensor group 3, 3, etc. is provided. This sensor group 3.3 is compactly assembled within a size of at least 50 mm. When the activation sensor 2 is turned on by inserting a bill, the transport mechanism 4 including belts and rollers is driven to load the bill into the inside, but the memory attached to the main board 5 and the sensor group are loaded. If it is determined to be a counterfeit bill by comparison with the data from 3.3, the transport mechanism 4 reverses to eject the counterfeit bill into the insertion slot 1.

When the inserted bill is a 1,000-yen bill, the position of the above-mentioned transfer mechanism 4 is confirmed by a stopper sensor 6 at the back of the device, and the position is sent to a stacker / stacker 7 below the transfer mechanism 4, In the case of high-yen banknotes such as 1,000-yen bills and 10,000-yen bills, they are rolled up and conveyed by a guide at the back of the apparatus, the position is confirmed by a stop sensor 8, and then sent to a high-yield bill stacker 9. In addition, a mechanism that separates denominations and discharges them out of the device can be provided.

A pressing device using a rack 10 and a pinion 11 is used as a mechanism for storing the bills in each stacker 7/9, and the push-down plate 12 or the push-up plate 13 is interlocked depending on the driving direction of the pressing device. , The banknotes are pushed one after another.

Further, the 1,000-yen bills are stored in the above-mentioned stacker 7 and are sequentially recycled for change and exchange. The recycling system uses a roller friction mechanism, and the stacker 7 also serves as a hopper as the roller friction mechanism. The 1,000-yen bill is received by the cross-shaped impeller 14 that rotates in a counterclockwise direction in which one end partially enters the inside of the stacker 7 when entering the stacker 7 that also serves as a hopper, and after being received horizontally for a while, It is designed to drop one by one.

A banknote guide plate 15 is formed on the hopper / stacker 7 and guides a 1,000-yen bill in a fixed direction. From the banknote guide plate 15, three eccentric rollers 16, 16 ... Are sequentially floated and sent. Further, main rollers 17 and 17 are provided at the drop opening of the hopper / stacker 7, and a small-diameter winding roller 19 and 19 is rollingly contacted to the main roller 17 and 17 through a roller guide 18 to make a 1,000-yen bill. Are sequentially involved and sent. In the figure, numeral 34 is a sensor for detecting the fullness of the 1,000-yen bill, and numeral 35 is a sheet number sensor for notifying that the remaining sheet number is low.

Further, in the figure, 20 and 20 are non-rotating control rollers, and the thickness of a 1,000-yen bill that always passes is checked so that they can be fed one by one. Further, the small-diameter roller 21 rollingly contacting the winding rollers 19 and 19 is arranged so that one end of the falling 1,000-yen bill is lifted up so that the 1,000-yen bills are caught one by one. ..

The 1,000-yen bill wound by the main rollers 17 and the winding rollers 19 and 19 is fed along the arc-shaped guide 22. The main rollers 17, 17 are arranged coaxially with the drums 24, 24 connected to the slapping motor 23, and most of the surface area of the 1,000-yen bill comes into contact with the drums 24, 24 and is wound up. However, the drums 24, 24 are provided with auxiliary rollers 25, 25 that rotate in synchronization with each other, so that even if the main rollers 17, 17 are hindered, a 1,000-yen bill sending operation can be obtained. It is like this.

A counter sensor 26 using near infrared rays is attached to a part of the arc-shaped guide 22 so as to count the number of 1,000-yen bills passing therethrough, the density of banknotes, defective banknotes, and chains and jams. It is designed to detect such abnormalities.

At the end of the arc-shaped guide 22, a receiving plate 27 for receiving the sent 1,000-yen bill is provided. The receiving plate 27 has a fork-shaped tip and is bent upward to smooth the receiving operation, and its rear end communicates with the payout opening 28. The receiving plate 27 is pivotally supported at the base end, and when an abnormality such as a chain of 1,000-yen bills or a jam is detected, the receiving plate 27 is pivoted upward as shown by an imaginary line and is formed below it. The tip of the arc-shaped guide 22 is exposed to the locker portion 29, and the 1000-yen bill in which the abnormality has occurred is canceled and the count is sent to the locker portion 29. That is, the receiving plate 27 also serves as a partition plate for the stacker of the 1,000-yen bills for change or exchange and the locker section 29. A fork-shaped portion is also formed on the guide plate 30 formed above so that the tip of the fork-shaped portion is released when the receiving plate 27 pivots.

On the other hand, FIG. 6 shows a rotary drum 31 with a vane that can be attached to a roller friction mechanism, and a plurality of vanes 32. A clip 33 for holding is formed on each vane 32 to prevent the 1,000-yen bills from being scattered. When this rotary drum 31 with vanes is used, the number of 1,000-yen bills is not counted in advance and the standby is performed, and the required number is immediately dealt with and supplied to the payout port. Even in this case, the lockers corresponding to the chains and jams are installed in the same manner.

In any case, the roller friction mechanism is 0 ． It is a high-speed operation that can handle 10 thousand-yen bills in 7 seconds, and there is almost no waiting time. Although the high-value bills are taken out from the stacker 9 at the end of business, the 1,000-yen bills can be taken out from the payout opening 28 by continuously rotating the roller friction mechanism fully. In this embodiment, the sensor is based on the optical system. However, it goes without saying that the sensor can be used by any other means. Furthermore, the 1,000-yen bills sent from the hopper / stacker 7 are preset and counted as 9 coins for change when inserting 10,000-yen bills, 4 for inserting 5000-yen bills, or 10 for currency exchange. However, it is also possible to select a frequently used one for this number.

In addition, a mechanism for stacking a plurality of banknotes and sequentially sending the banknotes can be attached to the insertion slot 1 described above, and a device for switching the transport mechanism 2 can be attached to enable cancellation and withdrawal. Furthermore, if it is jointed with a coin mechanism, the selling price can be set finely and the change can be easily paid out.

Further, the above-mentioned transport mechanism 4 and roller friction mechanism may be of a cassette type, and only those portions may be freely exchanged and detached for maintenance or the like.

[0021]

[Effect of the device]

 The bill storing / dispensing device according to the present invention is configured and operates as described above. As a result, the time for paying out change and exchange money is shortened and the accuracy is high. In addition, since the mechanism is integrated and the number of parts is small, the device is compact, has a wide range of applications, and can be supplied at a low price.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an apparatus embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a transport mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a roller friction mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a roller friction mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a tip of a receiving plate.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of a rotary drum with vanes.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the vane.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Banknote Inserting Port 4 Conveying Mechanism 7 Hopper and Stacker 9 High-price Banknote Stacker 12 Pushdown Plate 13 Pushup Plate 14 Cross-shaped Impeller 16 Eccentric Roller 17 Main Roller 19 Insertion Roller 20 Control Roller 21 Small Diameter Roller 22 Arc Guide 24 Drum 25 Auxiliary Roller 26 Count sensor 27 Support plate 29 Rocker part 31 Rotating drum with vane 32 Vane 33 Clip

Claims (6)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A bill having a genuineness and a denomination discriminated by a sensor is divided into a high-price bill and a 1,000-yen bill, and a transport mechanism for storing the bills in each stacker is provided. The hopper is also used as a roller friction mechanism for recycling the bills for change and exchange, and the roller friction mechanism has a mechanism for sequentially sending one thousand yen bills one by one, and the necessary number of thousand yen bills are stocked in advance at the payout port. A bill storage / payout device characterized in that it is carried out or immediately carried out by a rotating drum with vanes. 2. A width of at least 100 mm and a height of 4
Within 00 mm and within 250 mm, the discrimination area is 50
The banknote storage / payout device according to claim 1, wherein the banknote storage / payout device is set to a compact whole device of mm. 3. The vane attached to the rotary drum is provided with a clip for holding.
Alternatively, the bill storage and payout device according to claim 2. 4. A bill storage / payout device according to claim 1, further comprising a locker portion for a 1,000-yen bill that has an abnormality such as a chain or a jam. . 5. The count of 1,000 yen bills paid out is 750 mm.
A bill storage / dispensing device according to claim 1, 2 or 3 or 4, wherein a near-infrared sensor having a size of up to 1500 mm is used. 6. The mechanism according to claim 1 or claim 2 or claim 3 or claim 3, further comprising a mechanism for sequentially swinging down the conveyed and pressed 1,000-yen bills one by one on a stacker that also serves as a hopper. The bill storage and payout device according to claim 4 or 5.