JP6940438B2 - Coin processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a coin processing device capable of discharging coins to a withdrawal port.

Generally, vending machines, vending machines, ticket vending machines and the like are provided with a coin processing device. The coin processing device has a function of sending coins in a coin container as change to a withdrawal port on the front surface of the device (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

A coin payout portion for collecting the coins sent to the withdrawal port is attached to the edge of the withdrawal port on the front panel of the device. The user takes out the coin in the coin payout unit as change.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2010-9256

By the way, the coin processing device may have a coin continuous discharge function of sequentially and continuously sending the coins in the coin container to the withdrawal port regardless of change. In this case, a large number of coins are accumulated in the coin payout unit.

The coin continuous discharge function is a function for an administrator for collecting the coins in the coin container. The coin continuous discharge function is a convenient function for the manager because it does not require the work of taking out the coin container from the main body.

When a large number of the coins are sent out to the withdrawal port, if the operation of taking out the coins from the coin payout portion is delayed, many of the coins stay in the passage connected to the withdrawal port in the main body. In this case, there is a possibility that the coin may leak from the gap of the passage or overflow from the passage. It is desired that such inconvenience can be avoided in the coin processing apparatus.

Further, from the viewpoint of making the device compact and suppressing the manufacturing cost, it is desirable that the inconvenience such as the coin leaking from the gap of the passage can be avoided by the simple structure as much as possible.

An object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing device that avoids inconveniences such as leakage of coins from gaps in a passage when a large number of coins are sent to a withdrawal port by a simple configuration as much as possible.

The coin processing device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a coin container, a coin unloading device, a front exterior member, a coin guide portion, and a seat member. The coin container is provided in the main body and stores a plurality of coins. The coin unloading device is provided in the main body and sends out the coins in the coin container to the front side of the device. The front exterior member is a member that is attached to the main body, forms the exterior of the front surface of the device, and has a withdrawal port for the coins sent out from the coin unloading device. The coin guide portion is connected to the lower plate portion and the lower plate portion protruding from the lower edge of the withdrawal port to the main body side of the front exterior member, and is connected to the lower plate portion from both side edges of the withdrawal port to the main body side. It has a pair of side plates overhanging, and guides the coins sent out from the coin unloading device to the withdrawal port. The sheet member is connected to the pair of side plate fixing portions fixed to the pair of side plate portions and the pair of side plate fixing portions, and projects toward the main body side from the pair of side plate portions. It has a pair of body-side overhangs that fill the gaps between them, and is flexible.

The coin processing device according to another aspect of the present invention includes the coin container, the coin unloading device, the front exterior member, the coin guide portion, and a flexible sheet member. The sheet member has a pair of side plate fixing portions, a pair of side plate extending portions, and a connecting portion. The pair of side plate fixing portions are portions fixed to the pair of side plate portions. The pair of side plate extension portions are connected to the pair of side plate fixing portions and project upward from the pair of side plate portions to form a pair of side walls facing each other together with the pair of side plate portions. The connecting portion is connected to the pair of side plate extension portions.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a coin processing device that avoids inconveniences such as leakage of coins from a gap in a passage when a large number of coins are sent to a withdrawal port by a simple configuration as much as possible. ..

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an automatic checkout machine including the coin processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a coin processing device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control unit in the coin processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a side view of a coin payout unit in the coin processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of an inner coin payout portion in the coin processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an inner coin payout portion in the coin processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a side view of a coin payout unit in the coin processing apparatus according to the second embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The following embodiments are examples that embody the present invention, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

[First Embodiment: Automatic settlement machine 1000]
As shown in FIG. 1, the coin processing device 10 according to the first embodiment constitutes a part of the automatic payment machine 1000. The automatic checkout machine 1000 includes a coin processing device 10 and a bill processing device 20. Note that in FIG. 1, a part of the automatic payment machine 1000 is not shown.

In FIG. 1, a portion surrounded by a thick dashed line is a coin processing device 10, and a portion surrounded by a thick alternate long and short dash line is a bill processing device 20. In addition, in FIG. 1, the coin processing apparatus 10 and the bill processing apparatus 20 are arranged in a state in which a part of each is overlapped in the front-rear direction.

Further, the automatic checkout machine 1000 also includes a control device 5 common to the coin processing device 10 and the bill processing device 20 (see FIG. 2). In FIG. 1, a part of the automatic checkout machine 1000 is drawn by a virtual line (two-dot chain line).

The coin processing device 10 has a coin collecting function for collecting the coins 9 inserted into the coin insertion unit 11 into the main coin container 30 or the spare coin container 39, and the coins 9 in the main coin container 30 as change to the coin payout unit 43. It has a coin payout function to discharge coins.

Similarly, the bill processing device 20 has a bill collecting function for collecting bills inserted into the bill entrance 61 into a bill container (not shown) and a bill payout function for discharging the bills in the bill container as change to the bill entrance 61. And.

The automatic checkout machine 1000 shown in FIG. 1 includes a coin insertion section 11, a coin payout section 43, and a bill entrance / exit 61 on each of the first front surface 101 and the second front surface 102 on the opposite side thereof. The first front surface 101 and the second front surface 102 are also the front surfaces of the coin processing device 10 and the bill processing device 20, respectively.

[Coin processing device 10]
As shown in FIG. 1, the coin processing device 10 includes two coin receiving devices 1, a coin loading device 2, three coin deposit / withdrawing devices 3, a spare coin container 39, a coin unloading device 4, and 2. It is provided with one coin payout unit 43.

The coin loading / unloading device 2, the three coin loading / unloading devices 3, the spare coin container 39, and the coin unloading device 4 are provided in the main body 99 of the automatic checkout machine 1000. The main body 99 of the automatic payment machine 1000 is also the main body of each of the coin processing device 10 and the bill processing device 20.

As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic checkout machine 1000 includes two front exterior members 100 attached to the main body 99. The two front exterior members 100 are members that form the exterior of the first front surface 101 and the second front surface 102.

For example, it is conceivable that the front exterior member 100 is a metal member. The front exterior member 100 is formed with a deposit port 100a and a withdrawal port 100b. The two front exterior members 100 are also members that form the exterior of the coin processing device 10 and the banknote processing device 20.

One of the two coin insertion portions 11 is attached to the front exterior member 100 forming the first front surface 101, and the other is attached to the front exterior member 100 forming the second front surface 102.

In the following description, the outer surface forming the first front surface 101 or the second front surface 102 of the front exterior member 100 is referred to as an outer surface 100x, and the inner surface facing the main body 99 is referred to as an inner surface 100y ( (See FIG. 2). The outer surface 100x and the inner surface 100y are also the front surface and the back surface of the front exterior member 100, respectively.

The coin insertion portion 11 is attached to a portion of the front exterior member 100 where the deposit port 100a is formed. The deposit port 100a is an opening that penetrates the front exterior member 100 from the outer surface 100x to the inner surface 100y.

The coin 9 inserted into the outer surface 100x side of the front exterior member 100 in the coin insertion portion 11 passes through the deposit opening 100a due to its own weight to the portion on the inner surface 100y side of the front exterior member 100 in the coin insertion portion 11. Moving.

Each of the coin deposit / withdrawal devices 3 includes a main coin container 30 capable of accommodating a plurality of coins 9, and a coin discharge device 33 for discharging the coins 9 from the main coin container 30. The main coin container 30 is divided into a first storage chamber 31 and a second storage chamber 32 by a partition wall 310.

Since the coin processing device 10 includes three main coin containers 30, it has three first storage chambers 31 and three second storage chambers 32. The first accommodation chamber 31 has a larger volume than the second accommodation chamber 32. The three first containment chambers 31 and the three second containment chambers 32 each accommodate a predetermined type of coin 9.

In the following description, the coin 9 housed in the first storage room 31 is a coin that is used more frequently as change than the coin 9 housed in the second storage room 32. The type of coin 9 is determined according to the use of the automatic checkout machine 1000, the area where the automatic checkout machine 1000 is installed, and the like.

For example, the coins 9 stored in the first storage room 31 are 1-yen coins, 10-yen coins and 100-yen coins, and the coins 9 stored in the second storage room 32 are 5-yen coins, 50-yen coins and It is possible that it is a 500 yen coin. Of course, the types of coins 9 stored in each of the first storage chamber 31 and the second storage chamber 32 are not limited to this.

The coin receiving device 1 includes a coin insertion unit 11 and a coin identification device 12. The coin identification device 12 identifies the type of coin 9 inserted into the coin insertion unit 11. For example, the coin identification device 12 determines one or more of the size, weight, and material of the coin 9, and identifies the type of the coin 9 according to the determination result. The coin identification device 12 transmits the identification result of the type of coin 9 to the control device 5.

The coin loading device 2 transports the coin 9 that has been inserted into the coin insertion unit 11 and has passed through the coin identification device 12 to a predetermined loading position P0. In the present embodiment, the coin loading device 2 transports the coin 9 to a plurality of loading positions P0 according to the type of the coin 9.

The plurality of carry-in positions P0 are positions above the first storage chamber 31 and the second storage chamber 32 and one spare coin container 39 in the three main coin containers 30.

For example, it is conceivable that the coin loading device 2 is a belt conveyor. In this case, the coin carry-in device 2 includes a rotatably supported carry-in belt 21 and a carry-in motor 22 for rotating the carry-in belt 21.

When the carry-in motor 22 rotates in the forward direction, the carry-in belt 21 conveys the coins 9 inserted into one of the two coin insertion portions 11 to the carry-in position P0. Similarly, when the carry-in motor 22 rotates in the reverse direction, the carry-in belt 21 conveys the coin 9 inserted into the other of the two coin insertion portions 11 to the carry-in position P0.

The carry-in belt 21 is arranged along a plurality of carry-in positions P0. The carry-in belt 21 is in contact with the upper surface of the coin 9 and transports the coin 9 while sliding it on the transport plate 24.

The coin loading device 2 further includes a plurality of gate mechanisms 23 corresponding to the plurality of loading positions P0. Each of the gate mechanisms 23 includes a shutter 231 arranged at the carry-in position P0 and an actuator 232 such as a solenoid that displaces the shutter 231.

The shutter 231 is a member that can be displaced between a closed position for closing the opening formed in the transport plate 24 and an open position for opening the opening. The actuator 232 temporarily displaces the shutter 231 from the closed position to the open position according to the control signal of the control device 5.

If the shutter 231 above the first storage chamber 31 is opened while the carry-in belt 21 is carrying coins 9, the coins 9 fall into the first storage chamber 31 through the opening of the transport plate 24.

Similarly, if the shutter 231 above the second storage chamber 32 is opened while the carry-in belt 21 is carrying coins 9, the coins 9 fall into the second storage chamber 32 through the opening of the transport plate 24. ..

Similarly, if the shutter 231 above the spare coin container 39 is opened while the carry-in belt 21 is transporting the coin 9, the coin 9 falls into the spare coin container 39 through the opening of the transport plate 24.

The coin ejecting device 33 ejects coins 9 one by one from the main coin container 30 as change. Each of the coin ejection devices 33 has a first rotating plate 331 forming the bottom of the first accommodating chamber 31, a second rotating plate 332 forming the bottom of the second accommodating chamber 32, a first rotating plate 331 and a second rotating plate 332. It is provided with a rotary plate drive mechanism 330 for rotating the rotary plate. The rotary plate drive mechanism 330 includes a discharge motor 330a and a discharge gear mechanism 330b (see FIG. 2).

The first rotating plate 331 is rotatably supported at the bottom of the first storage chamber 31 of the main coin container 30. The second rotating plate 332 is rotatably supported at the bottom of the second accommodating chamber 32 of the main coin container 30.

The rotary plate drive mechanism 330 rotates the first rotary plate 331 and the second rotary plate 332. That is, the first rotary plate 331 and the second rotary plate 332 rotate by transmitting a rotational force from the discharge motor 330a through the discharge gear mechanism 330b.

The discharge gear mechanism 330b includes a first one-way clutch and a second one-way clutch (not shown). The first one-way clutch rotates the first rotating plate 331 only in the first rotation direction, and the second one-way clutch rotates the second rotating plate 332 only in the second rotation direction.

When the rotary plate drive mechanism 330 rotates the first rotary plate 331 in the first rotation direction, the coins 9 in the first storage chamber 31 are ejected one by one to the coin unloading device 4. When the rotary plate drive mechanism 330 rotates the second rotary plate 332 in the second rotation direction, the coins 9 in the second storage chamber 32 are ejected one by one to the coin unloading device 4.

The coin unloading device 4 conveys the coins 9 discharged from one or both of the first storage chamber 31 and the second storage chamber 32 to the coin payout unit 43 as change. That is, the coin unloading device 4 sends out the coin 9 in the main coin container 30 to the first front 101 side or the second front 102 side.

For example, it is conceivable that the coin unloading device 4 is a belt conveyor. In this case, the coin unloading device 4 includes a rotatably supported uncarried unloading belt 41 and a unloading motor 42 that rotates the unloading belt 41.

When the unloading motor 42 rotates in the forward direction, the unloading belt 41 conveys the coin 9 to one of the two coin payout units 43. Similarly, when the unloading motor 42 rotates in the reverse forward direction, the unloading belt 41 conveys the coin 9 to the other of the two coin payout units 43.

One of the two coin payout portions 43 is attached to the front exterior member 100 forming the first front surface 101, and the other is attached to the front exterior member 100 forming the second front surface 102.

The coin payout portion 43 is attached to the edge of the withdrawal port 100b in the front exterior member 100. The withdrawal port 100b is an opening that penetrates the front exterior member 100 from the outer surface 100x to the inner surface 100y.

The coin 9 conveyed by the coin unloading device 4 to the portion on the inner side surface 100y side of the front exterior member 100 of the coin payout portion 43 passes through the withdrawal port 100b by its own weight and is outside the front exterior member 100 of the coin payout portion 43. It moves to the part on the side surface 100x side.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control device 5 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 51, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 52, a secondary storage device 53, a communication device 54, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bill processing device 20 also includes a bill transport mechanism 63. The banknote transport mechanism 63 can transport the banknotes inserted into the banknote inlet / outlet 61 to the banknote container. Further, the banknote transport mechanism 63 can transport a part of the banknotes in the banknote container to the banknote inlet / outlet 61 as change.

Further, the bill processing device 20 also includes a bill identification device 64 provided in the bill transport path in the main body 99 (see FIG. 1). The bill identification device 64 identifies the type of bill to be carried in the main body 99 after being inserted into the bill entrance 61. The bill identification device 64 transmits the identification result of the type of bill to the control device 5.

The CPU 51 executes a computer program stored in the secondary storage device 53. As a result, the CPU 51 operates as a coin deposit control unit 51a, a bill deposit control unit 51b, a change amount calculation unit 51c, a coin withdrawal control unit 51d, and a bill withdrawal control unit 51e.

The RAM 52 is a computer-readable volatile storage device. The RAM 52 primarily stores the computer program executed by the CPU 51 and data to be output and referenced in the process of the CPU 51 executing the computer program.

The secondary storage device 53 is a computer-readable non-volatile data storage device. The secondary storage device 53 can store the computer program and various data. For example, a flash memory or an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) may be adopted as the secondary storage device 53.

The communication device 54 executes communication with a host device (not shown) according to a predetermined communication protocol. The CPU 51 transfers data to and from the host device through the communication device 54.

The coin deposit control unit 51a acquires the identification results of the types of coins 9 from the two coin identification devices 12 and controls the carry-in motor 22 of the coin carry-in device 2. Further, the coin deposit control unit 51a transmits the identification result of the type of coin 9 to a predetermined host device through the communication device 54.

Specifically, the coin deposit control unit 51a rotates the carry-in motor 22 in the direction corresponding to the acquisition destination of the identification result of the type of coin 9. Further, the coin deposit control unit 51a controls the actuator 232 in the direction of opening the shutter 231 at the carry-in position P0 corresponding to the identification result of the type of coin 9. As a result, the coin 9 falls into the first storage chamber 31 or the second storage chamber corresponding to the identification result of the type of the coin 9.

However, when it is detected that the first storage chamber 31 or the second storage chamber 32 corresponding to the identification result of the type 9 of coins is full, the coin deposit control unit 51a opens the shutter 231 corresponding to the spare coin container 39. The actuator 232 is controlled in the direction. As a result, the coin 9 falls into the spare coin container 39.

For example, it is conceivable that a level sensor (not shown) is provided in each of the first accommodation chamber 31 and the second accommodation chamber 32. In this case, the level sensor detects whether or not the coins 9 have been piled up to a predetermined full level in each of the first storage chamber 31 and the second storage chamber 32.

It is also conceivable that the coin deposit control unit 51a counts the cumulative number of coins 9 carried into each of the first storage chamber 31 and the second storage chamber 32.

The bill deposit control unit 51b acquires the identification result of the type of bill from the bill identification device 64 included in the bill processing device 20, and controls the motor included in the bill transport mechanism 63. Further, the bill deposit control unit 51b transmits the identification result of the type of bill to the host device through the communication device 54.

In the following description, of the first front surface 101 and the second front surface 102, the bill entrance / exit 61 serving as the insertion slot for the bill whose type is identified by the coin identification device 12 or the bill identification device 64 which has identified the type of coin 9. One of the sides where is present is called the front of the deposit side.

The change amount calculation unit 51c acquires the identification result of the type of the coin 9 and the type of the banknote from the two coin identification devices 12 and the banknote identification device 64, and calculates the deposit amount. Further, the change amount calculation unit 51c receives the settlement amount from the host device, and calculates the difference between the deposit amount and the settlement amount as the change amount. Further, the change amount calculation unit 51c sets the type and number of change bills corresponding to the change amount and the type and number of change coins 9.

The coin withdrawal control unit 51d determines the discharge motor 330a to be operated and the rotation direction thereof according to the type of coin 9 for change set by the change amount calculation unit 51c. Further, the rotation speed of the discharge motor 330a is controlled according to the number of change coins 9 set by the change amount calculation unit 51c.

Further, the coin withdrawal control unit 51d rotates the discharge motor 330a in the direction corresponding to the front surface of the deposit side. As a result, the coin 9 for change is discharged to the coin payout unit 43.

The bill withdrawal control unit 51e controls the motor and actuator included in the bill transport mechanism 63 according to the type of bill for change set by the change amount calculation unit 51c. As a result, the bills for change are discharged to the bill entrance 61.

By the way, the coin processing device 10 has a coin continuous discharge function of sequentially and continuously sending coins 9 in the main coin container 30 to the coin payout unit 43 regardless of change. In this case, a large number of coins 9 are accumulated in the coin payout unit 43.

For example, the coin withdrawal control unit 51d executes the coin continuous discharge control when it detects that a predetermined special start operation has been performed on the administrator operation unit (not shown). The special start operation includes an operation of designating one of the three first containment chambers 31 or one of the three second containment chambers 32 as the target containment chamber.

In the coin continuous discharge control, the coin withdrawal control unit 51d rotates the unloading motor 42 corresponding to the target storage chamber in the direction corresponding to the target storage chamber until a predetermined end event occurs.

For example, the first example of the end event is that a coin sensor (not shown) has detected that the target containment chamber has been emptied. Further, in the second example of the end event, the unloading motor 42 is rotated by the number of rotations corresponding to the cumulative number of unloading sheets counted for the target storage chamber by the coin deposit control unit 51a.

By performing the coin continuous discharge control, the coin unloading device 4 sequentially and continuously sends out the coins 9 in the three main coin containers 30 to the first front 101 side or the second front 102 side regardless of the change. It is possible.

The coin continuous discharge function is a function for managers for collecting coins 9 in the main coin container 30. The coin continuous discharge function is a convenient function for the administrator because it does not require the work of taking out the main coin container 30 from the main body 99.

When a large number of coins 9 are sent to the coin payout unit 43 by the coin continuous discharge function, if the operation of taking out the coins 9 from the coin payout unit 43 is delayed, many coins 9 are connected to the withdrawal port 100b in the main body 99. Stay in the aisle. In this case, there is a possibility that the coin 9 may leak from the gap of the passage or overflow from the passage. It is desired that the coin processing apparatus 10 can avoid such inconvenience.

Further, from the viewpoint of making the coin processing device 10 compact and suppressing the manufacturing cost, it is desirable that the coin 9 can avoid inconveniences such as leakage from the gap of the passage by using the simple structure as much as possible.

The coin processing device 10 includes a coin payout unit 43 that can avoid inconveniences such as the coins leaking out from the gap of the passage when a large number of coins 9 are sent out to the withdrawal port 100b by a simple configuration as much as possible.

[Coin payout unit 43]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the coin payout unit 43 includes an inner coin payout unit 44 and an outer coin payout unit 45.

The inner coin payout portion 44 is a portion of the coin payout portion 43 on the inner side surface 100y side of the front exterior member 100. The outer coin payout portion 45 is a portion of the coin payout portion 43 on the outer surface 100x side of the front exterior member 100.

The outer coin payout portion 45 is a hard member made of synthetic resin attached to the edge of the withdrawal port 100b in the front exterior member 100.

As shown in FIG. 6, the outer coin payout unit 45 has a coin receiving unit 45a for storing coins. Further, the outer coin payout portion 45 also has a movable cover portion 45b capable of opening and closing an opening above the coin receiving portion 45a. The user or the administrator opens the movable cover portion 45b and then takes out the coin 9 from the coin receiving portion 45a.

In the present embodiment, the outer coin payout portion 45 is a transparent member. As a result, the user or the manager can visually recognize the coin 9 in the coin receiving unit 45a. As a result, the transparency of the outer coin payout unit 45 contributes to prevent the user or the manager from forgetting to take the coin 9 in the coin receiving unit 45a.

It is also conceivable that the movable cover portion 45b is a transparent member, and the coin receiving portion 45a is a member having an opaque color such as yellow or orange that makes the coin 9 stand out.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the inner coin payout unit 44 includes a coin guide unit 441 and a seat member 442. The coin guide portion 441 is a hard member made of synthetic resin attached to the edge of the withdrawal port 100b in the front exterior member 100.

The coin guide portion 441 has a lower plate portion 441a and a pair of side plate portions 441b. The coin guide unit 441 guides the coin 9 sent out from the carry-out belt 41 of the coin carry-out device 4 to the withdrawal port 100b.

The lower plate portion 441a is formed so as to project from the lower edge of the withdrawal port 100b of the front exterior member 100 toward the main body 99. The lower plate portion 441a is inclined diagonally upward from the front exterior member 100 toward the lower part of the carry-out belt 41.

That is, the lower plate portion 441a is inclined diagonally downward from the lower part of the carry-out belt 41 toward the withdrawal port 100b. Therefore, the coin 9 sent out from the carry-out belt 41 of the coin carry-out device 4 falls on the lower plate portion 441a, and further slides down on the lower plate portion 441a due to its own weight. As a result, the coin 9 passes through the withdrawal port 100b and further moves into the coin receiving portion 45a.

The pair of side plate portions 441b are connected to the lower plate portion 441a and are formed so as to project from both side edges of the withdrawal port 100b of the front exterior member 100 toward the main body 99. In the present embodiment, the lower plate portion 441a projects toward the main body 99 from the pair of side plate portions 441b.

The pair of side plate portions 441b prevents the coin 9 from spilling from the lower plate portion 441a. The inside of the coin guide portion 441 is a part of the passage leading to the withdrawal port 100b in the main body 99.

As described above, the coin guide portion 441 is a hard member. Therefore, in order to prevent interference between the pair of side plate portions 441b and the frame 99a of the main body 99, the pair of side plate portions 441b are arranged with a gap between the frame 99a of the main body 99. The size of the gap is determined in consideration of the dimensional tolerances of various members such as the coin guide portion 441 and the front exterior member 100.

The number of coins 9 sent out by the coin unloading device 4 as change is not large. Therefore, when the coin unloading device 4 sends out the coin 9 as change, the coin 9 does not stay in the coin guide unit 441. In this case, there is no inconvenience such as the coin 9 leaking from the gap between the pair of side plate portions 441b and the frame 99a of the main body 99, or overflowing from the coin guide portion 441.

On the other hand, when a large number of coins 9 are sent out to the withdrawal port 100b by the continuous coin ejection control, if the operation of taking out the coins 9 from the coin receiving portion 45a of the coin payout portion 43 is delayed, many coins 9 are sent to the coin receiving portion. It stays in 45a and in the coin guide 441.

When the coin 9 stays in the coin guide portion 441, the coin 9 leaks from the gap between the pair of side plate portions 441b and the frame 99a of the main body 99, or overflows from the coin guide portion 441. There is a risk.

The sheet member 442 prevents the coin 9 from leaking from the gap between the pair of side plate portions 441b and the frame 99a of the main body 99, and overflowing from the coin guide portion 441.

The sheet member 442 is thinner and more flexible than the pair of side plate portions 441b. Therefore, the seat member 442 is softer than the coin guide portion 441. For example, the sheet member 442 is a sheet-shaped member containing polyethylene terephthalate as a main component.

The sheet member 442 is an opaque member. For example, it is conceivable that the seat member 442 is a black member.

The seat member 442 has a pair of side plate fixing portions 442a, a pair of side plate extension portions 442b, a connecting portion 442c, and a pair of main body side overhanging portions 442d. The sheet member 442 is a member obtained by bending a flat sheet-like member.

The pair of side plate fixing portions 442a, the pair of side plate extension portions 442b, and the pair of main body side overhanging portions 442d are formed along the vertical direction. On the other hand, the connecting portion 442c is formed along the horizontal direction.

The pair of side plate fixing portions 442a are portions fixed to the pair of side plate portions 441b. For example, the pair of side plate fixing portions 442a are fixed to the pair of side plate portions 441b with an adhesive, screws, or the like.

The pair of side plate extension portions 442b are connected to the pair of side plate fixing portions 442a and project upward from the pair of side plate portions 441b. The pair of side plate extension portions 442b together with the pair of side plate portions 441b form a pair of side walls facing each other. That is, the pair of side plate extension portions 442b is a portion that extends the side walls on both sides of the passage of the coin 9 formed by the pair of side plate portions 441b upward.

In the present embodiment, the pair of side plate extension portions 442b have different shapes. The shape of each of the pair of side plate extension portions 442b is determined according to the shape of the opposing portions of the main body 99. Therefore, it is conceivable that the shape of the pair of side plate extension portions 442b is the same.

The connecting portion 442c is a portion connected to the pair of side plate extension portions 442b. The connecting portion 442c is a reinforcing portion that prevents the pair of side plate extension portions 442b from being deformed outward by the pressure received from the coin 9.

The lower plate portion 441a, the pair of side plate portions 441b, the pair of side plate extension portions 442b, and the connecting portion 442c form a wall surrounding the withdrawal port 100b.

In the present embodiment, the seat member 442 further has an inner side surface fixing portion 442e connected to the connecting portion 442c. The inner side surface fixing portion 442e is formed along the vertical direction.

The inner side surface fixing portion 442e is a portion fixed to the upper portion of the withdrawal port 100b on the inner side surface 100y of the front exterior member 100. For example, the inner side surface fixing portion 442e is fixed to the inner side surface 100y of the front exterior member 100 with an adhesive, screws, or the like.

The inner side surface fixing portion 442e more reliably prevents the pair of side plate extension portions 442b from being deformed outward by the pressure received from the coin 9.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the bill identification device 64 is arranged above the main body 99 side with respect to the withdrawal port 100b. The bill identification device 64 includes an optical device 64a such as a camera that captures bills.

If the light outside the coin processing device 10 passes through the withdrawal port 100b and enters the optical device 64a, the banknote identification device 64 may erroneously recognize the banknote. In the present embodiment, the connecting portion 442c is also a light-shielding portion that blocks the path from the withdrawal port 100b to the optical device 64a.

In the present embodiment, a part of the connecting portion 442c projects toward the main body 99 from the pair of side plate extension portions 442b.

The pair of main body side overhanging portions 442d are connected to the pair of side plate fixing portions 442a and are portions protruding toward the main body 99 side from the pair of side plate portions 441b. The pair of main body side overhangs 442d fills the gap between the pair of side plate portions 441b and the main body 99.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the pair of main body side overhangs 442d fills the gap between the pair of side plate portions 441b and the frame 99a of the main body 99.

The pair of main body side overhangs 442d prevents the coin 9 from leaking from the gap between the pair of side plate portions 441b and the frame 99a of the main body 99.

The sheet member 442 is a flexible member having flexibility. Therefore, even if the pair of main body side overhangs 442d come into contact with the frame 99a of the main body 99, there are inconveniences such as damage to the seat member 442 or the inability to correctly attach the front exterior member 100 to the main body 99. Does not occur.

In FIG. 6, the speaker 81 included in the coin processing device 10 is shown by a virtual line. The speaker 81 outputs an alarm sound, a message voice, or the like. The speaker 81 is provided on the main body 99 side with respect to the front exterior member 100. For example, the speaker 81 is attached to the inner side surface 100y of the front exterior member 100.

A plurality of holes 442f smaller than the coin 9 are formed in the pair of side plate extension portions 442b of the seat member 442. As a result, the sound output from the speaker 81 can easily propagate to the outside of the coin processing device 10 through the plurality of holes 442f and the withdrawal port 100b.

The exterior member of the coin processing device 10 is required to have high waterproofness. Therefore, the front exterior member 100 is not formed with a dedicated hole for propagating the sound output from the speaker 81 to the outer surface 100x side.

Further, since the diameter of the hole 442f is smaller than the diameter of the coin 9, the coin 9 does not leak to the outside of the sheet member 442 through the hole 442f.

In the present embodiment, the pair of side plate extension portions 442b is a portion of the seat member 442 that does not block the path from the withdrawal port 100b to the optical device 64a. On the other hand, the hole 442f is not formed in the connecting portion 442c. As described above, the connecting portion 442c is a portion that blocks the path from the withdrawal port 100b to the optical device 64a.

As shown above, if the coin processing device 10 is adopted, when a large number of coins 9 are sent out to the withdrawal port 100b, the coins 9 leak out from the gap of the passage, or the coins 9 are the coin guides. It is possible to avoid the occurrence of inconvenient situations such as overflowing from 441.

Further, by adding the seat member 442 to the coin guide portion 441, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of an inconvenient situation such as leakage of the coin 9.

Further, by adding the seat member 442 without replacing the parts such as the coin guide portion 441, it is easy to improve the existing hardening treatment apparatus not provided with the seat member 442.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, the coin processing apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 7. In FIG. 7, the same components as those shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 are designated by the same reference numerals.

The coin processing apparatus according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which the seat member 442 of the coin processing apparatus 10 is replaced with the sheet member 442P.

The seat member 442P has a configuration in which a pair of side plate extension portions 442b is omitted from the seat member 442. Like the seat member 442, the seat member 442P has a pair of side plate fixing portions 442a, a connecting portion 442c, and a main body side overhanging portion 442d.

In the seat member 442P, the connecting portion 442c is connected to the pair of side plate fixing portions 442a. Further, in the example shown in FIG. 7, the connecting portion 442c has a partially bent plate shape. The connecting portion 442c of the sheet member 442P also serves as a light-shielding portion that blocks the path from the withdrawal port 100b to the optical device 64a.

When the height of the pair of side plate portions 441b in the coin guide portion 441 from the lower plate portion 441a is sufficiently high, the seat member 442P may be adopted.

[Third Embodiment]
The coin processing device according to the third embodiment has the same configuration as the coin processing device 10, but the hole 442f is omitted from the sheet member 442.

The present embodiment may be adopted when it is not particularly required to facilitate the sound of the speaker 81 to propagate to the outer surface 100x side of the front exterior member 100.

[Fourth Embodiment]
In the sheet member 442 of the coin processing device 10, a plurality of holes 442f are formed in both of the pair of side plate portions 441b.

However, it is conceivable that a hardening treatment apparatus including a sheet member 442 in which a plurality of holes 442f smaller than the coin 9 are formed only on one of the pair of side plate portions 441b is adopted as the fourth embodiment.

[Fifth Embodiment]
In the sheet member 442 of the coin processing device 10, a plurality of holes 442f are formed in a pair of side plate portions 441b.

However, it is conceivable that a hardening treatment apparatus including a sheet member 442 in which a plurality of holes 442f smaller than the coin 9 are formed in the connecting portion 442c is adopted as the fifth embodiment.

In the present embodiment, the bill recognition device 64 including the optical device 64a is arranged at a position on the extension line of the path from the withdrawal port 100b to the first side plate extension portion which is one of the pair of side plate extension portions 442b.

In the present embodiment, the connecting portion 442c is a portion of the seat member 442 that does not block the path from the withdrawal port 100b to the optical device 64a. On the other hand, holes 442f are not formed in at least the first side plate extension portion of the pair of side plate portions 441b. The first side plate extension portion is a portion that blocks the path from the withdrawal port 100b to the optical device 64a.

1: Coin receiving device 2: Coin loading / unloading device 3: Coin loading / unloading device 4: Coin unloading device 5: Control device 9: Coin 10: Coin processing device 11: Coin insertion unit 12: Coin identification device 20: Banknote processing device 21: Carry-in belt 22: Carry-in motor 23: Gate mechanism 24: Transport plate 30: Main coin container 31: First storage chamber 32: Second storage chamber 33: Coin discharge device 39: Spare coin container 41: Carry-out belt 42: Carry-out motor 43 : Coin payout part 44: Inner coin payout part 45: Outer coin payout part 45a: Coin receiving part 45b: Movable cover part 51: CPU
51a: Coin deposit control unit 51b: Banknote deposit control unit 51c: Change amount calculation unit 51d: Coin withdrawal control unit 51e: Banknote withdrawal control unit 52: RAM
53: Secondary storage device 54: Communication device 61: Banknote entrance / exit 63: Banknote transport mechanism 64: Banknote identification device 64a: Optical device 81: Speaker 99: Main body 99a: Frame 100: Front exterior member 100a: Deposit port 100b: Withdrawal Port 100x: Outer surface 100y: Inner surface 101: First front 102: Second front 231: Shutter 232: Actuator 310: Partition 330: Rotating plate drive mechanism 330a: Discharge motor 330b: Discharge gear mechanism 331: First rotating plate 332 : Second rotating plate 441: Coin guide portion 441a: Lower plate portion 441b: Side plate portion 442, 442P: Seat member 442a: Side plate fixing portion 442b: Side plate extension portion 442c: Connecting portion 442d: Main body side overhanging portion 442e: Inner surface Fixed part 442f: Hole 1000: Automatic payment machine

Claims (8)

A coin container provided inside the main body to store multiple coins,
A coin unloading device provided in the main body and sending out the coins in the coin container to the front side of the device.
A front exterior member attached to the main body, forming the exterior of the front surface of the device, and forming a withdrawal port for the coins sent out from the coin unloading device.
A pair of side plates that are connected to the lower plate portion and the lower plate portion that project from the lower edge of the withdrawal port to the main body side of the front exterior member and that project from both side edges of the withdrawal port to the main body side. A coin guide unit that has a unit and guides the coins sent out from the coin unloading device to the withdrawal port.
It is connected to the pair of side plate fixing portions fixed to the pair of side plate portions and the pair of side plate fixing portions, and projects toward the main body side from the pair of side plate portions to fill the gap between the pair of side plate portions and the main body. A coin processing device including a pair of body-side overhangs and a flexible sheet member. The sheet member
A pair of side plate extension portions that are connected to the pair of side plate fixing portions and project upward from the pair of side plate portions to form a pair of side walls facing each other together with the pair of side plate portions.
The coin processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a connecting portion connected to the pair of side plate extension portions. A coin container provided inside the main body to store multiple coins,
A coin unloading device provided in the main body and sending out the coins in the coin container to the front side of the device.
A front exterior member attached to the main body, forming the exterior of the front surface of the device, and forming a withdrawal port for the coins sent out from the coin unloading device.
A pair of side plates that are connected to the lower plate portion and the lower plate portion that project from the lower edge of the withdrawal port to the main body side of the front exterior member and that project from both side edges of the withdrawal port to the main body side. A coin guide unit that has a unit and guides the coins sent out from the coin unloading device to the withdrawal port.
With a flexible sheet member,
The sheet member
A pair of side plate fixing portions fixed to the pair of side plate portions,
A pair of side plate extension portions that are connected to the pair of side plate fixing portions and project upward from the pair of side plate portions to form a pair of side walls facing each other together with the pair of side plate portions.
A coin processing device having a connecting portion connected to the pair of side plate extension portions. Further equipped with an optical device provided in the main body,
The sheet member is an opaque member and
The coin processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the lower plate portion, the pair of side plate portions, the pair of side plate extension portions, and the connecting portion form a wall surrounding the withdrawal port. The coin processing device according to claim 4, further comprising a transparent coin receiving portion that is attached to the edge of the withdrawal port on the outer surface of the front exterior member forming the front surface of the device and that stores the coins. A speaker provided on the main body side of the front exterior member is further provided.
No holes are formed in the portion of the sheet member that blocks the path from the withdrawal port to the optical device in the pair of side plate extension portions and the connecting portion, and a plurality of parts smaller than the coin are formed in other portions. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the holes are formed. Claims 2 to 6 further include an inner side surface fixing portion which is connected to the connecting portion and is fixed to an upper portion of the withdrawal port on the inner side surface of the front exterior member facing the main body. The coin processing apparatus according to any one of the above. The coin unloading device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the coin unloading device can sequentially and continuously deliver the coins in the coin container to the front side of the device regardless of change. Coin processing equipment.

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