EP0157094A2 - Distributeur monétaire pour marchandises ou pour services - Google Patents

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EP0157094A2
EP0157094A2 EP85100756A EP85100756A EP0157094A2 EP 0157094 A2 EP0157094 A2 EP 0157094A2 EP 85100756 A EP85100756 A EP 85100756A EP 85100756 A EP85100756 A EP 85100756A EP 0157094 A2 EP0157094 A2 EP 0157094A2
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cash register
housing
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light source
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Gert Dipl.-Ing. Miller
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Scheidt and Bachmann GmbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/06—Coin boxes

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  • the invention relates to a vending machine or service machine with a selection device for the desired goods or services as well as with a checking and cashing device for coins and / or banknotes and with a computing unit for determining prices and data, the deposited coins or banknotes in a removable cash register are collected, the presence of which is necessary for the start-up of the machine is monitored by photoelectric monitoring elements both at the cash register and at the housing accommodating the cash register, the signals being forwarded to the computing unit for evaluation.
  • Vending machines or service machines of the type described above are known, for example in the form of vending machines for tickets or tokens, cashier machines for dispensing liquid fuels and parking garage machines for monitoring the respective period of use of parking lots and parking garages.
  • the removable cash registers of such vending machines or service machines are removed either at regular intervals or when a predetermined filling level communicated by the machine itself is reached and replaced by empty cash registers. In order to guarantee the proper functioning of the vending machines or service machines, the presence of the respective cash register is monitored.
  • the presence of the cash registers is monitored either by microswitches which are actuated directly by the cash register or indirectly via a lever system, or by mechanical-electrical plug contacts, some of which are on the removable cash register and the other part of the inside of the machine housing are arranged.
  • Photoelectric monitoring elements in the form of photocells are also known.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a vending machine or service machine of the type described above, which is equipped not only with a wear-free, but also tamper-proof monitoring for the presence of the respective cash register for coins and / or banknotes, which encodes if necessary can be.
  • the solution to this problem by the invention is characterized in that at least one optical waveguide is arranged in the removable cash register, the input of which is acted upon by the light beam of a light source arranged in a fixed part of the automatic machine when the cash register is properly inserted and the output of which is directed to an in the automatic machine arranged photosensitive receiver is directed.
  • a monitoring device device created, which has no mechanical and therefore no parts subject to wear, since only optical signals are transmitted without contact between the machine and the removable cash register.
  • Both the optical waveguide arranged in the cash register and the light source and receiver arranged stationary in the machine housing have a negligibly small space requirement. They are inexpensive and can be installed easily.
  • the monitoring device according to the invention is tamper-proof, since the light signals emitted by the light source cannot be simulated during the entire operating time of the machine.
  • the light source and the receiver side by side in the housing of the machine to eord- g net, wherein the optical waveguide is U-shaped installed in the cash register.
  • a light-emitting diode is used as the light source and a photo transistor as the receiver.
  • the light source can emit light signals of a certain wavelength, which according to a further feature of the invention can be clocked to increase the security against counterfeiting.
  • the vending machine or service machine surrounded by a housing 1 comprises a selection device for the desired goods or service in the form of a plurality of operating and selection buttons 2.
  • the machine is equipped with cashing devices for coins and banknotes Mistake.
  • 1 shows a coin slot 3 and a bank note slot 4, which are each arranged in the front of the housing 1.
  • a price display 5 and a flap for goods issue 6 are also arranged on this front side.
  • a coin validator 7 is arranged below the coin slot 3 and, after checking, transfers the coins into a remaining money store 8. As soon as the storage spaces of this remaining money storage 8 are occupied, the coins enter the coin cash box 9 arranged below the residual money storage 8. This coin cash box 9 can be removed from the housing 1 of the machine.
  • bank note box 10 which essentially corresponds to the coin box 9 and also is removable.
  • the banknotes fed to the banknote insert 4 are checked for authenticity by a downstream checking device 11 before they reach the banknote cash register 10.
  • the control of the vending machine and service machine is designed such that it can only be put into operation if both a coin box 9 assigned to this machine and a bank note box 10 are properly located in the housing 1 of the machine. The presence of the two cash registers 9 and 10 is thus monitored.
  • the device for this monitoring is shown in a schematic vertical section through the lower part of the housing 1.
  • the illustration shows a light source 12 assigned to each cash register 9 or 10 and a receiver 13 arranged next to this light source 12.
  • the light signals emitted by the light source 12 are fed to the input of an optical waveguide 14 which is arranged in the side wall of the respective cash register 9 or 10 is and the output of which is opposite the receiver 13, so that the light signals emitted by the light source 12 are fed via the optical waveguides 14 arranged in the cash register 9 or 10 to the respective receiver 13, which forwards the received signals to the computing unit of the machine for evaluation.
  • the light source 12 and receiver 13 can be arranged side by side in the housing 1 of the machine.
  • a light-emitting diode is preferably used as the light source 12 and as a receiver 13 uses a photo transistor.
  • the light sources 12 can emit light signals of a certain wavelength, for example an infrared or ultraviolet light.
  • a further security against manipulation can be achieved in that no continuous light beam is emitted from the light source 12, both at normal and at a certain wavelength, but rather light pulses clocked at a specific frequency, which can be checked for correctness in the computing unit.

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
  • Inspection Of Paper Currency And Valuable Securities (AREA)
  • Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)
  • Cash Registers Or Receiving Machines (AREA)
EP85100756A 1984-02-07 1985-01-25 Distributeur monétaire pour marchandises ou pour services Withdrawn EP0157094A3 (fr)

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DE3404185 1984-02-07
DE19843404185 DE3404185A1 (de) 1984-02-07 1984-02-07 Warenverkaufs- oder dienstleistungsautomat

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EP0157094A2 true EP0157094A2 (fr) 1985-10-09
EP0157094A3 EP0157094A3 (fr) 1986-02-19

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DE (1) DE3404185A1 (fr)
DK (1) DK35285A (fr)
FI (1) FI850262A7 (fr)
NO (1) NO850446L (fr)

Cited By (2)

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EP0268333A3 (fr) * 1986-11-19 1989-08-23 Alcatel N.V. Système commandé par pièces de monnaie
WO1997029461A1 (fr) * 1996-02-09 1997-08-14 Ermes Riet Appareil ameliore, plus particulierement sous la forme d'une tirelire electronique, pour recevoir de l'argent et pour le liberer de maniere programmee

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DE3532804A1 (de) * 1985-09-11 1987-03-19 Kluessendorf Heinrich H Gmbh Speichervorrichtung zur aufnahme von muenzen oder dergleichen und banknoten oder aehnlichen materialstreifen
US5507378A (en) * 1994-11-03 1996-04-16 Tricom Corporation Coin box receptacle

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DE2612269C3 (de) * 1976-03-19 1981-12-17 Günter Wulff-Apparatebau GmbH, 1000 Berlin Einrichtung zur Überwachung der Stromkreise münzbetätigter Spielautomaten o.dgl..
GB2013332A (en) * 1978-01-28 1979-08-08 Plessey Co Ltd Improvements in or relating to optical detecting arrangements
SE413118B (sv) * 1978-03-21 1980-04-14 Lundblad Leif For verdehandlingar och/eller verdeforemal avsedd lasbar kassett, box eller dylikt, samt ett kassetten omfattande holje

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0268333A3 (fr) * 1986-11-19 1989-08-23 Alcatel N.V. Système commandé par pièces de monnaie
WO1997029461A1 (fr) * 1996-02-09 1997-08-14 Ermes Riet Appareil ameliore, plus particulierement sous la forme d'une tirelire electronique, pour recevoir de l'argent et pour le liberer de maniere programmee

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FI850262L (fi) 1985-08-08
FI850262A0 (fi) 1985-01-21
EP0157094A3 (fr) 1986-02-19
DE3404185A1 (de) 1985-08-08
DE3404185C2 (fr) 1987-06-11
DK35285A (da) 1985-08-08
FI850262A7 (fi) 1985-08-08
NO850446L (no) 1985-08-08
DK35285D0 (da) 1985-01-25

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