JPH0922488A - Cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A sub-drawer that cannot be opened unless a key is used is provided to store high-value banknotes, etc., and to minimize damage in the event of a theft. [Structure] A sub-drawer different from a cash register cash drawer / receipt / payment cash dispenser is provided, a locking device is provided, and a bill storage unit 7 is provided therein. A bill insertion slot 8 is provided on the front surface of the bill storage unit, a sensor 11 is provided therein to detect the insertion of a bill, the roller 12 is rotated to take in the bill, and a denomination is identified by a denomination identification sensor 13, Depending on the denomination, the transport path switching plate 14 is rotated by the shaft 15 to any of the upper, middle, and lower shafts, the bills are transported, and the roller 16 is further rotated to transport the bills on the transport plate 17 by denomination. The bills are stored in the bill storage box 19 by denomination. A counter 18 is provided on the transfer plate 17 to count the number of bills, and the required amount of money is displayed on the display unit.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cash register, and in addition to a drawer used for receipt and payment of sales money and change, a sub-drawer which is not opened by an operation such as cash registration is provided to store high-value banknotes, etc. Regarding what minimizes damage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some cash register drawers are designed to open automatically when cash is registered at the time of sales. Various cash drawers, from high-yen bills of 10,000 yen to 1-yen coins, are available. It is common to store money. For this reason, a large amount of cash is stored in the drawer just before the end of business hours on the day when there is a large amount of sales, and if a theft accident occurs during such a time, it will cause serious damage. Preventing theft is an important issue as it will be incurred. As measures against this, for example, high-value banknotes are put in a safe or the like provided separately from the drawer, or the inside of the drawer has a two-tiered structure, and high-value banknotes that are not required for change are stored in the lower tier. There are some measures that have been taken to keep them invisible, but it is difficult to grasp the amount of money if they are stored in another safe. In addition, it is difficult to prevent robbing when the drawer is opened because the lower banknote can be taken out by removing the upper bank in the drawer having the upper and lower two-tier structure.

[0003]

In view of the above, the present invention is provided with a sub-drawer having a locking device in addition to a main drawer which is opened by a cash registering operation, and the sub-drawer is provided with high-value bills and the like which are not required for change. The purpose is to store and keep the damage in the case of a theft accident to a minimum.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a bill having a suction function for inserting a bill in the cash register with a sub-drawer that is not used for receipt and payment of money / changes. (EN) A cash register having an insertion opening, an identification unit for identifying a bill inside the bill insertion opening, and storing the bill identified by the identification unit in a sub-drawer.

[0005]

With the above-described structure, in the cash register according to the present invention, high-value banknotes and the like that are not used for change can be operated by a cash registering operation which is provided separately from the drawer used for receiving and paying money at the time of sales. Insert into the bill insertion slot of the sub drawer that will not open. The sensor detects the bill inserted into the insertion slot, operates the suction device to suck the bill into the inside, identifies the denomination with the denomination identification sensor, and uses the conveyance path switching plate to identify the bill on the conveyance path corresponding to the denomination. To be transported and stored in the banknote storage box according to the type of money. In addition, the bills conveyed by the counting unit provided on each conveying plate are counted, and the number of coins (amount of money) is displayed for each denomination by a required operation.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a cash register according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of essential parts of an embodiment of a cash register according to the present invention, and FIG.
And FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the banknote storage part. In FIG. 1, 1 is a cash register main body, 2 is a keyboard, 3 is a display unit for displaying the amount of sales, and 4 is an output unit for receiving receipts. 5 drawers, 6 are sub drawers, drawer 5 is used for receipt and payment of money at the time of normal sales which is automatically withdrawn by cash registration operation of keyboard 2, sub drawer 6 is provided with locking device 9, and keyboard It is designed not to be opened by the cash registration operation of 2. Reference numeral 7 denotes a bill storage portion provided in the sub drawer 6, and reference numeral 8 denotes a bill insertion slot for storing the bill in the bill storage portion 7.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 11 denotes an optical sensor, which emits infrared light, for example, and detects the insertion of a bill through the insertion slot 8 based on a change in reflected light. 12 is a transfer roller, which is a sensor 11
Is rotated in the direction of the arrow by the signal from and the bill inserted through the insertion slot 8 is transferred to the right in the figure. A bill identification sensor 13 identifies the denomination of a bill passing below. When a bill or the like that cannot be discriminated by the bill discriminating sensor 13 is inserted from the insertion port 8, the transfer roller 12 is rotated in the opposite direction of the arrow to feed the bill or the like back to the insertion port 8. A conveyance path switching plate 14 rotates a shaft 15 based on a signal from the bill identification sensor 13 and rotates it to a position of 14a, 14b or 14c as indicated by an arrow. Reference numeral 16 denotes a transfer roller that rotates in the direction of the arrow and transfers the banknotes transported by the transport path switching plate 14 onto the transport plate 17. 18 is a counter,
The number of bills on the carrier plate 17 is counted. 19a, 19b and
Each of the banknotes 19c is a banknote storage box, which is provided in a multi-tiered manner at the top and bottom to store the banknotes transported by denomination.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which the bill storage boxes 19a, 19b, and 19c are arranged in a row in the front-back direction (left-right direction in the figure), and each symbol in the figure has the same function as each symbol in FIG. It is a thing. By thus arranging the bill storage boxes in the front-rear direction, the height of the bill storage portion 7 can be compressed.

Next, the operation of the cash register according to the present invention will be described. The drawer 5 is for storing sales cash that is opened by cash registration operation of the keyboard 2 (key operation such as "current balance"), and the sub drawer 6 is a drawer that cannot be opened unless the locking device 9 is operated with a key. The sub-drawer 6 is provided with a bill storage unit 7 for storing and storing high-value bills that are not used for change. That is, cash payments due to normal sales are stored in the drawer 5, and when a high-value banknote is received, the banknote storage section 7 of the sub-drawer 6 is stored at any time.

As shown in the side views of the main parts of FIGS. 2 and 3, the bill storage unit 7 has the bill storage boxes 19a, 19b and
19c is provided so that, for example, 10,000-yen bills, 5,000-yen bills, and 1,000-yen bills can be stored according to the type of money. Banknote insertion slot 8
Insert banknotes into. An optical sensor 11 is installed inside the bill insertion slot 8.
Etc. are provided to detect that a bill has been inserted by a change in reflected light. Based on this detection, the transfer roller 12 is rotated in the direction of the arrow to convey the bill to the right. The conveyed bill enters under the bill identifying sensor 13 and identifies the denomination of the bill.
The bill identification sensor 13 is, for example, a magnetic sensor type that has been conventionally installed in an automatic vending machine or the like, detects a magnetic printed pattern of a bill, and determines the authenticity of the bill and the type (denomination) of the bill. Identify. Then, according to the denomination, the transfer path switching plate 14
Rotate on the axis 15. For example, the position of 14a for 10,000 yen bills, the position of 14b for 5,000 yen bills, and the 14c for 1,000 yen bills.
Fix at each position. The leading edge of the bill is the transfer roller 16
It reaches (any of the three), is sent by the transfer roller 16, passes on the carrier plate 17, and enters the bill storage box 19. The intervals between the transfer roller 12 and the transfer roller 16 (three places) are set within the length of the banknotes of any denomination. A counter is provided on the carrier plate 17, the number of banknotes passing on the carrier plate 17 is counted, and by the required operation, for example, the display unit 3 displays, for each denomination, denomination × number or denomination and amount. To be displayed. In the example of FIG. 3, the bill storage box 19c is a transfer roller.
This is an example in which the transfer roller 16 is not required on the carrier plate because it is close to 12, and the carrier plate for the bill storage boxes 19a and 19b is also used.
Although an example in which the transfer roller 16 is provided only at one place on the 17 is shown, the transfer roller may be added depending on the degree of inclination of the transfer plate 17.

When the banknotes stored in the banknote storage section 7 are required, the locking device 9 of the sub drawer 6 is unlocked and taken out. The cash register is usually heavy, and by fixing it to a table or the like by an appropriate method, it is possible to prevent the cash register body from being carried out with bare hands.
When a theft accident occurs, even if the cash in the drawer 5 is stolen, the bills stored in the sub-drawer 6 can be escaped from the theft and the damage to the money can be minimized.

In the above description, the banknotes currently in circulation in Japan are actually three types of 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen, so these three types are identified and stored by denomination. However, when different banknotes are issued, the transport path switching plate
The rotation angle of 14 is changed, and the transfer roller 16, the conveyance path 17, the counter 18, the banknote storage box 19 and the like are added to correspond.

[0013]

As described above, according to the cash register of the present invention, a sub-drawer that cannot be opened without using a key is provided, and high-value banknotes and the like that are not needed for change are stored in this sub-drawer. Therefore, it is possible to minimize the damage of money in the case of a theft accident.Also, since the denomination is identified by the bill insertion slot and the number of coins is counted and stored, it is possible to open it without opening the sub drawer. It is easy to use because you can know how much money is stored and you can make up for the inconvenience that cannot be opened without a key.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main part of an embodiment of a cash register according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a main part of a bill storage unit of an embodiment of a cash register according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of a main part of a banknote storage unit of another embodiment of the cash register according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Cash Register Main Body 2 Keyboard 3 Display 5 Drawer 6 Sub Drawer 7 Banknote Storage 8 Banknote Insertion 9 Locking Device 11 Sensor 12, 16 Transfer Roller 13 Money Type Identification Sensor 14 Conveyor Path Switch 17 Conveyor 18 Counter 19a ~ 19c Banknote Storage box

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A cash drawer is provided with a sub-drawer that is not used for receipt and payment of money and change, a bill insertion slot having a suction function for inserting bills is provided on the front surface of the sub-drawer, and bills are identified inside the bill insertion slot. A cash register provided with an identification unit so that the banknotes identified by the identification unit are stored in the sub drawer. 2. A conveyance in which a denomination identification sensor for identifying a denomination of a bill is provided inside the bill insertion slot, and a conveyance path of the bill is switched based on a signal from the denomination identification sensor behind the denomination identification sensor. 2. A cash register according to claim 1, wherein a path switching plate is provided, a bill storage box for storing bills conveyed respectively behind the respective conveyance passages is provided, and the inserted bills are stored in the bill storage box by denomination. . 3. The cash register according to claim 2, wherein the banknote storage boxes are vertically arranged in multiple stages. 4. The cash register according to claim 2, wherein the banknote storage boxes are arranged along the front-back direction. 5. The cash register according to claim 2, 3, or 4, wherein a counting unit for counting banknotes is provided on each of the transport paths to count the transported banknotes by denomination. 6. The cash register according to claim 5, wherein a display unit is provided, and the count value by the counting unit is displayed for each denomination. 7. The sub-drawer is provided with a locking device, claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, claim 4, claim 5.
Alternatively, the cash register according to claim 6. 8. The sub-drawer is provided below a main drawer opened by a cash registering operation or the like, claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, claim 4, claim 5, claim 6, or claim 7. The described cash register.