JP3361718B2 - Coin processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin processing device used in financial automation equipment .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a financial automation device , for example, a coin processing device of an automated teller machine has a coin insertion slot on an operation panel, and the coin inserted into the coin insertion slot is taken into a coin unit to perform coin processing. To do. Further, a coin box is provided on a front door (hereinafter referred to as a door) located below the operation panel, and return coins are discharged from the coin unit through a coin duct to the coin box on the door side.

By the way, when refilling or collecting coins, the door is opened and the coin unit is pulled out to refill or collect coins. Therefore, the coin duct is provided on the door side together with the coin box.

[0004]

In the conventional coin processing device, when the coin unit or the like is pulled out with the door halfway, the coin unit or the like interferes with the coin duct to open the coin duct. There is a problem in that there is a risk of damage and contact with the protruding coin duct, resulting in injury.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a coin processing device in which a coin unit or the like does not interfere with the coin duct when the coin unit or the like is pulled out, and there is no risk of injury due to contact with the protruding coin duct. Has an aim.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, in the coin processing apparatus of the present invention, a coin duct is rotatably provided in the vicinity of the upper part of the coin box and rotates integrally with the handle of the door. With the operation of the handle bracket,
The coin duct rotating mechanism for storing the coin duct in the door is provided on the back side of the door.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The same reference numerals are given to elements common to the drawings. 1st Embodiment FIG. 10: is a schematic diagram of the automatic cash handling apparatus seen from the side, FIG.
1 is a schematic view of the automatic cash handling apparatus as seen from a plane. A financial automation device, for example, an automated teller machine 1 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the operation panel 2 has a coin insertion slot 3, and the inserted coin is a coin unit 4 for performing coin processing.
Is taken into.

The front door 5 at the bottom of the operation panel 2
A coin box 6 (hereinafter referred to as a door 5) is provided, and return coins are discharged from the coin unit 4 through the coin duct 7 into the coin box 6 on the door side.

By the way, when replenishing or collecting coins, the door 5
Open and pull out the coin unit 4 to refill or collect coins. Therefore, the coin duct 7 is provided on the door side together with the coin box 6.

By the way, the automatic cash handling apparatus 1 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a bill unit 8 and the like are provided in addition to the coin unit 4, and when replenishing or collecting bills and coins, a handle 9 provided on the front surface side of the door 5 is rotated to release a lock mechanism described later. Then, the door 5 is opened and the coin unit 4, the bill unit 8 and the like are pulled out in the direction of the arrow A to replenish and collect bills and coins. Therefore, the coin duct 7 is provided on the back side of the door 5 together with the coin box 6.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part structure according to the present invention when the door in a closed state is viewed from the back side, and FIG. 2 is a main part according to the present invention when the door in an open state is viewed from the back side. It is a perspective view of a structure. 3 is a detailed view of the lock mechanism, FIG. 4 is a detailed view of the coin duct rotating mechanism, and FIG. 5 is a ZZ arrow view of the coin duct rotating mechanism shown in FIG.

On the back side of the door 5, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in addition to the coin box 6 and the coin duct 7, a lock mechanism 10, a coin duct rotating mechanism 11 and a handle 9 are provided.
A handle fitting 12 is provided that rotates integrally with the handle fitting 12. As shown in FIG. 3, the handle fitting 12 is fixed to the shaft portion 9a of the handle 9 with a bolt 13.

The lock mechanism 10 includes an arm 14 that extends in the direction of arrow D-E and an arm 15 that extends in the direction of arrow F-G.
A lock plate 16 having a shape, a lock pin 17 that is provided on the arm 14 and is inserted into and removed from a lock receiver on the main body side, which will be described later, and bolts 18 and 19 that support the lock plate 16. The lock pin 17 is fixed to the tip of the arm 14 so as to project in the arrow E direction. Further, the bolts 18 and 19 are attached to the back surface of the door 5 with a predetermined gap, and have a long axis in the direction of arrow D-E so that the arm 14 of the lock plate 16 is provided.
To the slide holes 20 and 21 provided on the
It is loosely fitted through 3.

The arm 15 of the lock plate 16 is provided with a guide hole 25 which is loosely fitted to a pin 24 which is fixed to the handle fitting 12 and pivots around the shaft portion 9a of the handle 9 in the direction of arrow BC. is there. When the pin 24 rotates in the direction of the arrow B, it abuts against the edge 25a of the guide hole 25 and locks the lock plate.
When the pin 16 is moved in the direction of arrow D and the pin 24 is rotated in the direction of arrow C, it abuts against the edge 25b of the guide hole 25 and moves the lock plate 16 in the direction of arrow E.

The coin duct rotating mechanism 11 is sandwiched between the arms 14 and 15 of the lock plate 16 as shown in FIG.
Moreover, it is arranged above the coin box 6. As shown in FIG. 4, the coin duct rotating mechanism 11 rotatably supports the base plate 26 fixed to the back surface of the door 5 and the coin duct 7 above the coin box 6 by the support shaft 27. Bracket 28 secured to the base plate 26
A slider 29 sliding on the base plate 26 in the direction of arrow F-G, and a slider 3 rotatably supported at one end and the other end by the coin duct 7 and the slider 29, respectively.
0 and 31.

The base plate 26 has a handle fitting 1
2 is fixed to the shaft 9a of the handle 9 and the arrow B-
An escape hole 33 is provided so as to be loosely fitted to the pin 32 that rotates in the C direction.

The slider 29 is slidably mounted by shoulder rivets 35 and 36, as shown in FIG. 5, in an elongated hole 34 provided in the base plate 26 along the direction of arrow F-G. . The slider 29 is rotatably provided with a shaft 37 to which the other end of each of the stations 30 and 31 is fixed.

Further, the slider 29 is provided with a guide hole 38 which is loosely fitted in the pin 36 of the handle fitting 12, as shown by a broken line in FIG. When the pin 36 rotates in the direction of the arrow B, it abuts against the edge 38a of the guide hole 38 and contacts the slider 2
9 is moved in the direction of arrow F, and when the pin 36 rotates in the direction of arrow C, it abuts the edge 38b of the guide hole 38 and moves the slider 29 in the direction of arrow G.

As shown in FIG. 5, the other ends of the steers 30 and 31 are rotatably mounted on brackets 39 fixed to the coin duct 7 by shoulder rivets 40 and 41, respectively.

Next, the operation will be described. When a bank clerk rotates the handle 9 of the door 5 in the direction of arrow B when replenishing or collecting bills, as shown in FIG.
2 contacts the edge 38a of the guide hole 38 of the slider 29,
The slider 29 is moved in the direction of arrow F, and as shown in FIG. 5, the coin duct 7 is rotated to the position shown by the alternate long and short dash line.

At the same time, as shown in FIG. 3, the pin 24 of the handle fitting 12 rotates in the direction of arrow B and abuts against the edge 25a of the guide hole 25 of the lock plate 16 to move the lock plate 16 in the direction of arrow. Move in the D direction and lock pin 17
Remove from the lock receiver on the main unit side (unlocked state).

[0022] be pulled out the bill unit 8 opens the door 5 in the direction of arrow A, the coin duct 7 as shown in FIG. 2 is a door
Since it is parallel to 5 , the coin duct 7 and the bill unit 8 do not interfere with each other.

Next, when the bills are replenished and collected, the bill unit 8 is pushed back to the main body side for storage, the door 5 is closed, and the door 5 is closed.
When the handle 9 is rotated in the direction of arrow C, the pin 32 of the handle fitting 12 abuts against the edge 38b of the guide hole 38 of the slider 29 as shown in FIG.
And the coin duct 7 is rotated to the position shown by the solid line as shown in FIG.

At the same time, as shown in FIG. 3, the pin 24 of the handle fitting 12 rotates in the direction of arrow C and abuts against the edge 25b of the guide hole 25 of the lock plate 16 to move the lock plate 16 in the arrow direction. Move in the E direction and lock pin 17
Insert into the lock receiver on the main unit (locked state).

According to the first embodiment, since the coin duct rotating mechanism for accommodating the coin duct in the door is provided on the back side of the door, the coin unit, the bill unit, etc. are pulled out. There is no danger of the bill unit or the like interfering with the coin duct, damaging the coin duct, or contacting the protruding coin duct to cause injury.

Second Embodiment FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view showing the lock mechanism of the second embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line YY of FIG. 6, in which the lock pin is locked on the main body side. The unlocked state is shown in which it is removed from the receiver. The locking mechanism of the second embodiment differs from the locking mechanism of the first embodiment in that a detent mechanism is provided, and the other mechanisms are the same as those in the first embodiment.

The detent mechanism 50 includes a fixed bracket 51,
It has a moving bracket 53 in which the detent pin 52 is implanted, a guide bracket 54 for guiding the detent pin 52, and a bias spring 55 provided between the fixed bracket 51 and the moving bracket 53.

The fixed bracket 51 having a step-bending shape has one step surface fixed to the back surface of the door 5, and the guide bracket 5 having a U-shape on the other step surface having a predetermined step.
The fixing portion of No. 4 is fixed with a screw 56.

The detent pin 5 is attached to the guide bracket 54.
2 has a guide hole for guiding the moving bracket 5
A detent pin 52 that is planted in 3 is movably fitted to the back surface of the door 5 in the direction of arrow HI perpendicular to the back surface of the door 5. A bias spring 55 is arranged between the movable bracket 53 and the fixed bracket 51. In this embodiment, a compression coil spring is used as the bias spring 55, and a pin 57 for preventing spring escape is provided on the side of the moving bracket 53 in the direction opposite to the detent pin 52.
The moving bracket 53 has a step-bending shape in which a push-down surface 53a that comes into contact with the main body side housing is provided on the same side as the detent pin 52.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a locked state, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an unlocked state. A block 6 that constitutes a lock receiver 59 that locks / unlocks the door 5 by inserting / removing the lock pin 17 into / from the housing 58 on the main body side.
0 and 61 are fixed.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIGS. In the locked state in which the lock pin 17 is inserted into the lock receiver 59 on the main body side, as shown in FIG. 8, the pushing surface 53a of the moving bracket 53 contacts the edge of the housing 58 on the main body side to compress the bias spring 55. Then detent pin 5
2 is moved in the direction of arrow I to a position where it does not interfere with the arm 14 of the lock plate 16.

As described in the first embodiment, when the handle is rotated, the arm 14 of the lock plate 16 is moved in the direction of arrow D from the position of the two-dot chain line as shown in FIG. The lock pin 17 is removed from the lock receiver 59 on the main body side to unlock the door 5.

When the door 5 is opened, the moving bracket 53 is pushed in the direction of arrow H by the bias spring 55 as shown in FIG. 7, and the detent pin 52 is locked by the lock plate 16.
The arm 14 is moved to a position where it interferes with the arm 14. Therefore, the lock mechanism 10 holds the unlocked state by the detent mechanism 50.

When the door 5 is closed after the bills have been replenished or collected, the pressing surface 53a of the moving bracket 53 again comes into contact with the edge of the housing 58 on the main body side, compresses the bias spring 55, and detents the detent pin. 52 to the arm 14 of the lock plate 16
Move in the direction of arrow I to a position where it does not interfere with.

When the handle is rotated, the lock plate 1
The arm 14 of 6 moves in the direction of arrow E, and the lock pin 17 is inserted into the lock receiver 59 on the main body side to lock the door 5. According to the second embodiment, even if the handle is tried to be turned or the door is impacted when the door is opened.
Even if the coin duct 7 tries to rotate due to this, the detent mechanism 50 holds the lock mechanism 10 in the unlocked state, so that the coin duct collides with a bill unit or the like, or is injured by contacting the protruding coin duct. It has the effect of eliminating fear.

[0036]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. The coin duct is rotatably provided near the top of the coin box,
A coin duct rotating mechanism for accommodating the coin duct inside the door according to the operation of the handle metal fitting that rotates integrally with the handle of the door is provided on the back side of the door, so that the coin unit can be pulled out when the coin unit is pulled out. There is no danger that the coin duct will interfere with each other and damage the coin duct, or that the protruding coin duct will come into contact with and cause injury.

Further, since the lock mechanism is provided with a detent mechanism that protrudes in a direction perpendicular to the back surface of the door in the unlocked state and holds the unlocked state, the handle is turned when the door is opened. Or the door is shocked
Even if the coin duct tries to rotate due to it, the detent mechanism keeps the unlocked state of the lock mechanism, so there is no risk of the coin duct colliding with the banknote unit or contacting the protruding coin duct, resulting in injury. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view (a state in which a door is closed) of a main part structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view (a state in which a door is opened) of a main part structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a lock mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view of a coin duct rotating mechanism.

5 is a ZZ arrow view of the coin duct rotating mechanism shown in FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view showing a lock mechanism according to a second embodiment.

7 is a sectional view taken along the line YY of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a locked state.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an unlocked state.

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the automatic cash handling apparatus as viewed from the side.

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the automatic cash handling apparatus as viewed from above.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Automatic cash handling device 4 coin unit 5 doors 6 coin boxes 7 coin duct 10 Lock mechanism 11 Coin duct rotation mechanism 12 Handle bracket 29 slider 30 and 31 stations 50 Detent mechanism

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A coin processing device for ejecting return coins from a coin unit on a main body side for coin processing to a coin box on a door side through a coin duct, wherein the coin duct is rotatably provided near an upper portion of the coin box. And a coin duct rotating mechanism for accommodating the coin duct inside the door in association with the operation of the handle fitting that rotates integrally with the handle of the door, on the back side of the door. Wherein said coin duct turning mechanism, stearyl which one end is rotatably supported on the coin duct - and with the operation of the handle bracket, the other end of the stay to the rear surface of the door The coin processing device according to claim 1, further comprising: a slider that is moved along the door to house the coin duct in the door. 3. A lock / unlock state in which the door has a lock pin that is inserted into and removed from a lock pin receiver on the main body side, and moves in a direction intersecting with a moving direction of the slider in accordance with a rotating operation of the handle fitting. The coin processing device according to claim 2, further comprising: 4. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the lock mechanism includes a detent mechanism that projects in a direction perpendicular to the back surface of the door in an unlocked state and holds the unlocked state.