JPS5813398Y2 - Handling equipment for banknotes, etc. - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention is a banknote handling device that includes a reader such as a vending machine, an automatic money changer, an automatic deposit machine, and an ID card reader, which handles banknotes, and has an insertion slot for banknotes and a return machine. The present invention relates to a handling device having a mouth.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a conventional banknote handling device.

A forward-opening recess 52 for operating banknotes is formed at a required location on the front surface of the body 51 of the banknote handling device, and a banknote insertion slot 54 is opened at the lower part of the rear surface of this recess 52, and a banknote return slot 55 is opened at the upper part of the recess 52. ing.

Further, a bill insertion stand 57 is provided on the lower surface of the recess 52 and projects forward from the insertion opening 54 .

A bill inserted into the device from the bill insertion stand 57 through the insertion port 54 is checked for authenticity and type by a bill checker (path shown), and then wound around a temporary storage drum.

After inserting banknotes, if a purchase button or the like is pressed, the device's normal product sales process, money exchange process, etc. will be executed, but if a return button is pressed, the banknotes will be ejected from the return port 55 to the outside of the device. .

By the way, in such a bill handling device, when the inside of the operation recess 52 is viewed from the front of the device, two openings, the secondary bill insertion slot 54 and the return slot 55, are visible, so the user can select which opening to open. It is difficult to know whether to insert a banknote, and the banknote may be inserted into the return slot 55 by mistake.

In particular, since the return port 55 is located above the insertion port 54 and closer to the user's eyes E, it is easier to make a mistake.

This invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is intended to provide a bill handling device in which there is no risk of a user accidentally inserting a bill or the like into the return slot.

Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described in detail based on FIGS. 1 to 6.

In FIG. 1, a banknote handling device 1 such as a vending machine, an automatic money changer, or an automatic deposit machine is installed at a required height above the floor F. A bill receiving and returning unit 3 forming an operating recess 2 is attached.

The front panel 1a is provided with an operation button, a return button, and other customer service members (all illustrated paths) necessary for banknote handling operations.

A banknote insertion slot 4, which is horizontally rectangular when viewed from the front, is located at the bottom of the vertical rear surface 3a of the unit 3, and the upper sloped surface 3b (front closing plate)
Similarly, banknote return slots 5 each having a horizontally rectangular shape when viewed from the front are opened.

A side edge 5a of the return port 5 in the longitudinal direction thereof. 5b are located in front and behind each other, and these side edges 5a.

5b, the side edge 5b (hereinafter referred to as the lower edge) that connects to the part of the inclined surface 3b below the return port 5 is the inclined surface 3.
The side edge 5a (
Inner side of the device 1 than the upper edge (hereinafter referred to as the upper edge), that is, the upper edge 5
It is located further back than a.

Further, the lower edge 5b is at a position equal to or higher than the upper edge 5a.

A bill checker 6 for determining the authenticity and type of banknotes is arranged behind the unit 3 in the device 1, and the bill checker 6 has a banknote insertion stand 7 that projects forward.

The bill checker 6 is movable back and forth on the support frame 8, and when in the forward position, the insertion stand 7 extends forward through the insertion opening 4, and its tip protrudes slightly beyond the front plate 1a of the device 1.

Normally, the bill checker 6 and the insertion table 7 are fixed at the front position as shown.

If a bill becomes jammed in the bill passage opening (not shown) of the insertion base 7 or at any other location, the bill checker 6 and the insertion base 7 are moved rearward in order to remove the jammed bill.

At the rear position, the tip of the insertion table I reaches further back than the insertion opening 4.

As will be described later, the insertion port 4 is provided with a shutter in order to prevent a hand or finger from being accidentally jammed into the insertion port 4, which opens when the insertion table 7 is pulled out backwards, resulting in injury.

The Nyatta is also attached to the return port 5.

Furthermore, a banknote processing mechanism 9 is disposed within the device 1, and between the bill checker 6 and the processing mechanism 9, and between the processing mechanism 9 and the return slot 5, there are many rollers and a banknote processing mechanism 9 between these rollers. Banknote transport paths 10 and 11 made up of suspended transport belts
is installed.

The banknotes inserted into the insertion table 7 are first sent to a bill checker 6, where their authenticity and type are determined.

If the inserted bill is a counterfeit bill, the bill is immediately returned from the bill checker 6 to the insertion table 7.

Bills determined to be figurines by the bill checker 6 are transferred to the conveyance path 10.
It is then sent to the processing mechanism 9, where it is temporarily stored.

When the return button provided on the front panel 1a is pressed while the banknotes are stored in the processing mechanism 9, the banknotes in the processing mechanism 9 are conveyed to the return port 5 through the conveyance path 11, and 5 into the recess 2.

If the predetermined banknote handling operation is completed without pressing the return button, the banknotes in the processing mechanism 9 are sent to the banknote storage box via another conveyance path (not shown).

Now, since the user of the banknote handling device 1 stands in front of the device 1 and operates the device 1, the user's eyes E are usually the return slot 5.
It is in front of and above.

It is necessary for this user to be able to clearly see the bill insertion stand 7 and the insertion slot 4.

However, the lower edge 5b of the return port 5 is closer to the device 1 than the upper edge 5a.
Since it is located inward and at a height higher than the upper edge 5a,
When the user looks at the return slot 5, only the upper edge 5a is visible and it is unclear whether the return slot 5 is there.

For the user, the return slot 5 only appears as a single horizontal line (upper edge 5a) and the existence of the return slot 5 is not known to the user, so there is a situation where the user accidentally inserts a bill into the return slot 5. This cannot occur, and the bill must be inserted into the insertion table 7.

If the average height of the user of the banknote handling device 1 is 160crIL, the distance from the top of the human head to the eye E is usually 1Ocrr.
Since the height H of the upper edge 5a of the return port 5 from the floor F is preferably 150 cIrL or less.

It is convenient for handling operations that the difference in height between the return port 5 and the insertion table 5 is selected to be about 5 to 10 cIrL.

The specific structure of the bill receiving and returning unit 3 is shown in FIGS. 2 to 5.

The unit 3 is composed of an upper and lower horizontal frame member 12, left and right side plates 13, an upper rear plate 14, a lower rear plate 15, and a bottom plate 16.
is provided.

The left and right ends of both rear plates 14, 15 and bottom plate 16 are bent at right angles and joined to left and right side plates 13, and are reinforced by auxiliary members 18, 19, 20 passed between both side plates 13. There is.

The rear plate 14 is arranged so as to be inclined upwardly toward the front at an angle of about 45° with respect to the horizontal plane.

The rear plate 15 is bent approximately at the center, and the upper half is held in an inclined position parallel to the rear plate 14, and the lower half is held in a vertical position.

The rear plate 14 and the sloped upper half of the rear plate 15 form an inclined surface 3b (see FIG. 1), and the vertical lower half of the rear plate 15 forms a vertical rear surface 3a.

The front end portions of the rear plate 14 and the bottom plate 16 are bent vertically and fixed to the frame member 12 with set screws.

The rear end of the bottom plate 16 is also bent downward and is fixed to the lower end of the vertical lower half of the rear plate 15 with a set screw together with an auxiliary member 24 to be described later.

The left and right side plates 13 have mounting flanges 13a at their front ends.

Such a unit 3 can be assembled by inserting bolts into mounting holes formed in the frame member 12 and the flange 13a with the open front portion thereof aligned with the opening 21 formed in the front plate 1a of the device 1. It is fixed to the front plate 1a.

The rear plate 14 and the rear plate 15 that constitute the inclined surface 3b of the unit 3
It is parallel to the upper half of the .

The lower end of the rear plate 14 is bent upward toward the rear, and the upper end of the upper half of the rear plate 15 is bent backward, and a gap is created between these ends to form the bill return slot 5. .

The bent portion at the lower end of the rear plate 14 is the upper edge 5a of the return port 5, and the bent portion at the upper end of the rear plate 15 is the lower edge 5b of the return port 5.
It is.

The lower edge 5b is located at a position higher than the upper edge 5a by h.

Therefore, in this unit 3, the return port 5 is not only located above the return port 5 but also from the same height position as the return port 5.
Even when looking at the screen, only the upper edge 5a of the return slot 5 can be seen.

In FIG. 2, the upper edge 5a is represented by a solid line, and the lower edge 5b is represented by a broken line.

The bill insertion slot 4 is opened in the vertical lower half of the rear plate 15.

A shutter storage opening 17 is also formed in the bottom plate 16.

The shutter 22 is formed from a flat support surface 22a, a closing surface 22b connected to the flat support surface 22b and having an arc-shaped cross section, and both side surfaces 22c.

The auxiliary member 24, which is fixed at its lower end, first extends horizontally toward the front and rises vertically from its tip.

A hinge attachment piece 24a is cut and raised from the horizontal portion of the auxiliary member 24, and an engagement piece 24b that protrudes laterally is formed at the upper end of the front vertical portion of the member 24.

The gloss vine 22 is rotatably attached by a hinge 25.

One connecting piece of the hinge 25 is connected to the support surface 22 of the glossy vine 22.
a, the other connecting piece is sandwiched between the mounting piece 24a and the spacer 26, and the mounting piece 24a and the hinge 25
The other connecting piece, the spacer 26, the rear vertical portion of the bottom plate 16, and the lower end of the rear plate 15 are strongly fastened together by tightening bolts.

A spring 27 is housed within the hinge 25, and the spring 27 biases the gloss 22 in a direction to close the insertion opening 4.

The shutter 22 is provided with a locking mechanism to keep it closed.

This locking mechanism consists of two clamping pieces for the shutter 22.
A support member 28 attached to the inside of the side surface 22c, a sliding body 29 slidably held between the clamping pieces of the support member 28, and a leaf spring 30 attached to the support surface 22a of the shutter 22. , and the above-mentioned engaging piece 24b.

A roller 31 is provided at the end of the supporting surface 22a of the sliding body 29, and a retaining piece 32 with an engaging piece 24b extending therefrom is formed at the opposite end.

The free end of the leaf spring 30 is located at the tip of the end of the sliding body 29 facing the engaging piece 32 .

The support surface 22a of the shutter 22 has an opening 33 through which the roller 31 moves forward and backward.

When the bill insertion stand 7 is pulled out inside the device 1, the shutter 22 is rotated by the spring 27 in the direction of closing the insertion slot 4, and a part of the support surface 22a of the shutter 22 hits the upper part of the insertion slot 4. and held in the closed position (fourth,
(See Figure 5).

Since the leaf spring 30 pushes the sliding body 29 toward the roller 31, the roller 31 protrudes outward from the shutter 22 through the opening 33.

In this state, the engaging piece 32 is located just above the engaging piece 24b, so even if an attempt is made to rotate the shutter 22 in the opening direction, both the engaging pieces 32, 24b collide and the shutter 22 does not move.

When the insertion table 7 is pushed forward, the tip of the insertion table 7 first hits the roller 31 and moves the sliding body 29 forward against the force of the spring 30, so that the two pieces 32, 24b are disengaged.

Then, since the shutter 22 is pushed by the tip of the insertion table 7, the shutter 22 rotates in the direction of opening the insertion port 4.
It extends from the opening 17 of the bottom plate 16 to the bottom of the bottom plate 16 .

Although the shutter 22 is biased in the closing direction by the spring 27, it is held in the open position because the support surface 22a touches the lower surface of the insertion table 7 (see FIGS. 2 and 3).

The gloss 34 of the return port 5 has brackets 34a on both sides, and is pivotally connected to a shaft 35 using the brackets 34a so as to be openable and closable.

When the device 1 is in use, the shutter 34 is in a position that opens the return port 5, as shown by the solid line in FIG. be moved by

Note that the upper edge 5a and the lower edge 5b of the return port 5 may be at the same height, and the rear plate 14 and the upper half of the rear plate 15 do not necessarily have to be parallel.

FIG. 6 shows a modification.

Unlike the device 1, this coin handling device 41 is not provided with a recess for handling banknotes.

A part 41b of the front plate 41a extending from the bill insertion slot 4 to the bill return slot 5 is formed to be slightly inclined upward and backward,
The lower edge 5b that connects to the part 41b (front closing plate) of this front plate is located inward of the device 1 than the upper edge 5a that connects to the part of the front plate 41a (front closing plate) that is above the return port 5. are doing.

Further, the lower edge 5b is located at a slightly higher position than the upper edge 5a.

In this case as well, if the user is in front of the device 1 and the return port 5
If you look at the return slot 5 from the same height as or from a position higher than the return slot 5, you will only be able to see the upper edge 5a of the return slot 5, and you will not be able to see the existence of the return slot 5, so you will accidentally insert a bill into the return slot 5. This will prevent situations where this happens.

It goes without saying that this invention can be applied not only to bill handling devices such as vending machines and automatic money changers, but also to ID card and other card reading devices.

As explained in detail above, according to this invention, in a banknote handling device in which a horizontally rectangular return slot is provided above the banknote insertion slot, from the user's perspective, there is only one return slot. Since the return slot is made to appear as a horizontal line, the existence of the return slot cannot be visually recognized, and there is no possibility that the user will accidentally insert bills or the like into the return slot.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 6 show an embodiment of this invention, with Figure 1 being a schematic vertical cross-sectional view showing the overall configuration, and Figures 2 to 5 showing the specific configuration of the bill receiving and returning unit. Fig. 2 is a front view, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, Fig. 4 is a front view showing a part of the banknote insertion slot when it is closed, Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the same, and Fig. 6 is a modified version. FIG. 7 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view showing an example. FIG. 7 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view showing a conventional example. 1.41...Banknote handling device, 1a, 41a...
...Front plate (front closing plate), 4...Banknote insertion slot, 5...Banknote return slot, 5a...Above the return slot of the front closing board A side edge that connects to a certain part (
Upper edge), 5b... Side edge (lower edge) that connects to the part below the return opening of the front closing plate.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] (1) In a banknote handling device that has a banknote insertion slot and a horizontal rectangular return slot above it on the front, the two side edges are arranged in front and back of each other in the longitudinal direction of the return slot. one side edge that is connected to a portion of the front closing plate of the handling device that is located below the return opening, and the other side edge that is connected to a portion of the front closing plate that is above the return opening. When the return port is located inward of the device, and one side edge is at a height higher than the other side edge, and the return port is viewed from the front of the handling device and at a height higher than the return port, The return opening is a single horizontal line formed by the other side edge of the device for handling banknotes. (2) The height of the other side edge of the return slot is 15mm from the floor.
Scope of utility model registration claim No. 1 (1) which is 0 crrL or less
) Handling equipment for banknotes, etc. described in item 2.