JP2575214Y2 - Fare box bill storage device installed in transportation - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention is applied to, for example, a fare box of a one-man bus, and relates to a bill storage device for storing the inserted bill in a safe after discriminating the authenticity of the inserted bill.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, when a bill is inserted and the authenticity of the bill is identified, the bills are transported and stored in a safe one by one by a bill transport mechanism.

[0003]

Conventionally, since bills from the bill validator are transported and stored one by one directly in a safe, processing time for one bill takes a relatively long time, and passengers pay fare. Alternatively, when banknotes are to be inserted one after another for currency exchange, a long processing time may cause passengers to wait and trouble. Further, since the bills are thin and soft, there is a great possibility that jamming (jam) will occur during the transportation, especially when the bill transport path is relatively long.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Transportation by this invention
The bill storage device installed in the fare box
A bill validator for identifying the authenticity of a bill, and the bill validator
The exit direction of the banknotes is provided close to the exit
Paper discharged from the above exit by the bill transport means extended to
Conveys banknotes and stores the transported banknotes in a banknote storage box
Bill storage means to be provided and provided in close proximity to the bill storage means
And the bills stored by the bill storage means are sequentially stacked.
Storage box for bills to be stored and stored, and storage box for bills
Storage box transport means for transporting the goods to the front of the safe shutter
And the banknotes conveyed in front of the safe shutter.
The pay box, a storage box storing means for storing in said safe, a tool
Be prepared.

[0005]

FIG. 1A shows an example in which the present invention is applied to a fare box. A coin slot 12 is provided on the upper surface of the fare box 11, and coins inserted into the slot 12 are discriminated and counted by a coin counting device 13, stored in a denomination storage unit for each denomination, and received from the denomination storage unit. The overflowing coins are stored in the safe 14. Fare box 1
A bill inlet 15 is provided at the upper part of one side surface of the bill 1. The bill inserted into the bill inlet 15 is sent to the bill validator 16, and its authenticity and the amount are discriminated. When inserted for currency exchange, the control board 17 pays out a coin corresponding to the amount of the inserted bill from a coin storage unit in the coin counting device 13 to a payout port (not shown).

In this invention, a bill storage box 18 is provided near the exit of the bill validator 16 so as to be vertically movable. The banknotes issued from the banknote recognition device 16 are stored in the banknote storage box 18 by the banknote storage device 19. When the operation of the bus on which the fare box 11 is mounted is completed, the bill storage box 18 is moved to the safe 1 by the bill storage box transport device 21.
4 and moved to the safe 1 by the storage box storage device 22.
4 is stored in the storage box storage space 23. The above control is performed by the control board 17.

Next, specific examples of each section will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1B and 1C, the bill storage box 18 is a thin rectangular box, and one surface of a large area thereof is open, and the inner surface of the back plate facing the open surface is opened by a spring. The receiving plate 25 which is biased to is movably housed. The peripheral edge of the stored bill 27 is pressed and held by the receiving plate 25 on the collar 26 formed inside the open surface.

In this example, a bill 27 comes out from the bottom of the bill discriminating device 16 downward, and the bill 27 is conveyed downward with both sides sandwiched by a pair of bill conveying belts 28. At this time, the bill 27 is guided and positioned by the bill transport guide 29 in the width direction. The bill storage box 18 is positioned such that the bill 27 conveyed by the bill transport belt 28 and the open face of the bill storage box 18 are closely opposed to each other. When one end of the crank 31a is rotated once by the motor 31, the bill presser plate 32, which is in close proximity to the central portion of the bill 27 whose both sides are sandwiched by the bill transport belt 28, is driven by the other end of the crank 31a for bills. Storage box 18
After being pushed in against the biasing force of the spring 24,
It is returned to its original position. At this time, the bills 27 held by the bill transport belt 28 are stored in the bill storage box 18. The bill storage device 19 is constituted by the bill transport belt 28, the motor 31, the pressing plate 32, and the like. Bill storage device 1
9. The banknote storage box 18 may be another known one.

FIG. 2 shows a specific example of the bill storage box transport device 21.
A and B show. Vertically extending guide plates 33 are erected facing both outer surfaces of the bill storage box 18, and vertically extending guide grooves 34 are formed on the guide plates 33, respectively. The protrusions 35 are respectively inserted from both outer side surfaces of the box 18, and the bill storage box 18 is guided by the guide plate 33 and can be moved up and down. In the middle of the two guide plates 33, a transport belt 36 is provided in close proximity to the locus of the outer surface of the back plate of the bill storage box 18 moving, and an L-shaped mounting member 37 is attached to the transport belt 36. The bill storage box 18 is placed on the L-shaped placement tool 37. When the transport belt 36 is driven to raise the mounting device 37, the bill storage box 18 is also raised. Conversely, when the mounting device 37 is lowered, the bill storage box 18 is simultaneously lowered by its own weight.

As shown in FIG. 2C, for example, the storage box storage device 22 opposes the storage box storage space 23 of the safe 14 and has a pair of bill storage box insertion plates 3 on both sides of the transport belt 36.
8 are arranged, and the bill storage box 18 is stored in the storage box storage space 2.
When the sheet is conveyed to a position opposing to 3, the one end of the crank 39a is rotated once by the motor 39, and the insertion plate 38 is moved toward the storage box storage space 23 by the other end of the crank 39a. The back plate of the box 18 is pushed, and the bill storage box 18 is pushed into the storage box storage space 23, after which the insertion plate 38 returns to its original position. At this time, a notch 40 is formed in the guide groove 34 so that the projection 35 comes out of the guide groove 34.

A bill storage box push-out plate 41 is provided in the back of the storage box storage space 23 so as to face the entrance, and when the motor 42 rotates one end of the crank 42a once, the push-out plate 41 is moved by the other end of the crank 42a toward the entrance. , And the bill storage box 18 stored in the storage box storage space 23 can be pushed out of the safe 14 onto the placing tool 37. Fig. 2 shows the doorway of the storage box storage space 23.
As shown in D, the shutter 43 is attached, and the motor 44 is driven to open and close the entrance of the storage box storage space 23 by the shutter 43.

This invention can be applied not only to fare boxes but also to bill processing in general vending machines.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, the bill storage box 18 is provided near the exit of the bill validator 16, so that the identified bills are stored directly in the safe 14. The bill can be stored in the bill storage box 18 in a relatively short time. Therefore, even if bills are inserted one after another for currency exchange or for freight, the bills can be processed one after another, so that customers do not have to wait.

Further, the bill storage device 1 for the bill storage device 1
The transport path of the banknotes to the banknote 8 is considerably shorter than the case where the banknotes are directly transported to a safe, and the banknotes are less likely to jam in the transport of the banknotes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A is a diagram schematically showing an example of a fare box to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 1B is a side view showing a specific example of a bill storage box 18 and a bill storage device 19, and FIG. It is a perspective view.

2A is a side view showing a specific example of the banknote storage box transporting device 21, FIG. 2B is a plan view thereof, FIG. 2C is a side view showing a specific example of the storage box storage device 22, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a space 23 side.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A bill discriminating device for identifying authenticity of an inserted bill, and provided near an outlet of the bill discriminating device, wherein the outlet
The above-mentioned exit is provided by the banknote conveying means extended in the direction of discharging the banknote.
Transports the bills ejected from the
A bill storage means for storing the bill in the bill storage box, and a bill storage means provided in close proximity to the bill storage means;
The above-mentioned bills in which bills stored from the tier are stored one after another
Transport box and the above-mentioned bill storage box to the front of the shutter of the safe
Storage box transfer means, and the storage box for bills transferred in front of the shutter of the safe
And a storage box storing means for storing in a safe, a fare box bill storage device provided in transportation .