JPH0954847A - Bill validator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To immediately judge whether a paper money discrimination device is under paper money processing or can be used by the user of an automatic vending machine by providing a shutter mechanism for inhibiting the insertion of next paper money during the discrimination processing of paper money. SOLUTION: A solenoid 2 for driving a shutter mechanism is arranged below a paper money conveyer 10, a long bar part 5b of a lever 5 connected through a freely turnable articulation 4 to the terminal part of a shaft 3 to be axially moved by the solenoid 2 is extended out of a paper money discrimination device 8, and a shutter 6 fitted to the terminal part of the long bar part 5b is arranged below a paper money insertion slot 9. When a first paper money 11 is inserted from the paper money slot 9, the solenoid 2 is operated, the shaft 3 is pulled back to the side of main body 2a of the solenoid 2, the lever 5 is turned through the articulation 4, and the shutter 6 is passed through a window 9b of the paper money insertion slot 9 and protruded from a paper money inserting plane 9a, At this time, it is reported to the user by the characters of 'under processing' or the like stuck on the surface of the shutter 6 that a paper money can not be inserted to the paper money discrimination device 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill validator which is provided in an automatic vending machine or the like and identifies bills.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional bill validator that cannot continuously insert bills in a bill validator provided in an automatic vending machine will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
[Fig. 6] is a partial side sectional view of a conventional bill identifying device.

In FIG. 4, the bill insertion portion of the bill identification device 12 is provided with a bill insertion slot 13 for smoothly inserting the bill 11 and a bill conveyance device 10 for conveying the bill 11 into the bill identification device. There is.

Then, a user who uses the bill validator 12 to purchase a product at the vending machine is a bill insertion slot 13
When the banknote 11 is inserted from the banknote 11, the banknote 11 is transported by the banknote transport device 10 into the banknote identification device 12.

At this time, when the user inserts two or more bills 11 into the bill validator 12, until the first process (the process of identifying bills and storing them in the bill storage box) is completed. Banknote transport device 10 so that the next banknote is not inserted
To stop the transportation.

[0006]

The conventional bill validator is constructed as described above. That is, even if the banknotes are continuously inserted, the banknote transport device is stopped until the processing of the first banknote is completed, and therefore the next banknote is not accepted. Therefore, the user may be confused because he cannot determine when to insert the next bill.

[0007]

Therefore, according to the present invention, there is provided a bill validator which is provided with a shutter mechanism for prohibiting the insertion of the next bill during the bill validating process,
Alternatively, in the shutter mechanism, a drive unit provided in the bill discriminating apparatus, one end of the drive unit is attached to the drive unit, and the other end moves up and down by the operation of the drive unit. Provided is a bill identifying device including a shutter attached to an end portion of a lever that moves up and down and that opens and closes a bill insertion opening by moving the lever up and down.

[0008]

When the first banknote is inserted through the banknote insertion slot and conveyed to the banknote conveyor, the banknotes are identified.
At this time, stop the conveyance of the bill by the bill conveyance device,
The insertion of the next bill into the bill validator is prohibited.

When the first bill is inserted into the bill validator, the solenoid is actuated and the shaft is pulled back to the body of the solenoid. And by the movement of this axis,
The lever, which is connected to the shaft via the free joint, rotates about the support shaft. That is, the end portion of the long rod portion of the lever to which the shutter is attached moves upward. Then, the shutter projects through the window of the bill insertion slot to the bill insertion surface to prohibit the insertion of bills. When the bills are identified and the bills are stored in the bill storage, the solenoid operates again and the shaft moves in a direction extending from the solenoid main body side. By this movement of the shaft, the lever connected to the shaft via the free joint rotates about the support shaft. That is, the end portion of the long rod portion of the lever to which the shutter is attached moves downward to allow the insertion of bills.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a side view illustrating the operation of the shutter mechanism according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partial side sectional view of the bill validator according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the bill insertion slot.

In FIG. 1, a shutter mechanism 1 includes a solenoid 2 which is a drive unit, a shaft 3 which moves axially when the solenoid 2 operates, and an end of the shaft 3 via a free joint 4. It is composed of a lever 5 connected to the end and a shutter 6 attached to the other end of the lever 5. The lever 5 includes a short rod portion 5a and a long rod portion 5
It is composed of b and is formed in an L shape. One end of the short rod portion 5a is attached to the shaft 3 via a free joint 4.
Then, one end of the long rod portion 5b is attached to the plate-shaped shutter 6. A support shaft 7 is provided and fixed at the intersection of the short rod portion 5a and the long rod portion 5b. The lever 5 can be rotated and moved around the support shaft 7 as a fulcrum.

Further, the solenoid 2 is mounted so as to swing to some extent in response to the movement of the shaft 3.

When the solenoid 2 is actuated, the shaft 3 moves in the axial direction. For example, when the shaft 3 moves in a direction extending from the main body 2a of the solenoid 2, the free joint 4, that is,
The connecting portion between the shaft 3 and the lever 5a is bent so that the lever 5
Rotates about the support shaft 7. At this time, the shutter 6 attached to the end of the long rod portion 5b moves downward. When the shaft 3 moves in the direction of being pulled back to the body 2 of the solenoid 2, the free joint 4, that is, the shaft 3 and the lever 5a.
The connection portion with and is unfolded, and the lever 5 rotates about the support shaft 7 as a fulcrum. At this time, the shutter 6 attached to the end of the long rod portion 5b moves upward.

In FIG. 2, the bill insertion portion of the bill discriminating device 8 and the bill conveying device 10 are provided in the bill insertion portion as in the conventional case.
Is provided, and the solenoid 2 is disposed below the banknote transport device 10. Also, the long rod portion 5b of the lever 5
Is extended from the bill validator 8, and the shutter 6 attached to the end of the long rod portion 5b is arranged below the bill insertion slot 9. A window 9b is provided on the bill insertion surface 9a of the bill insertion slot 9.

When the first bill 11 is inserted through the bill insertion slot 9, the bill 11 is conveyed to the bill conveying device 10 to identify the bill 11. At this time, the next banknote 11 is prohibited from being inserted into the banknote recognition device 8. Then, when the first bill 11 is inserted into the bill validator 8, the solenoid 2 operates,
The shaft 3 moves so as to be pulled back to the main body 2a side of the solenoid 2. The movement of the shaft 3 causes the free joint 4
The lever 5, which is connected to the shaft 4 via, rotates about the support shaft 7 as a fulcrum. That is, the end of the long rod portion 5b of the lever 5 to which the shutter 6 is attached moves upward. Then, the shutter 5 passes through the window 9b of the bill insertion slot 9 and projects from the bill insertion surface 9a. This makes the banknote 1
The insertion of 1 can be prohibited.

In FIG. 3, when the shutter 6 is protruding from the bill insertion surface, that is, when the bill is being processed in the bill discriminating device 8, the surface opposite to the surface of the shutter 6 to which the lever 5 is attached is shown. By sticking a character such as "suspended" or "processing" on the surface, that is, the surface of the shutter 6 that can be seen from the side of the user who uses the vending machine, the banknote identification device 8 can be informed of the banknote to the user. Can be communicated that cannot be inserted.

[0017]

According to the present invention, a user who uses an automatic vending machine can immediately determine whether or not the bill validator is in the process of bill handling.

[0018]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view illustrating the operation of a shutter mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial side sectional view of the bill validator according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a bill insertion slot.

FIG. 4 is a partial side sectional view of a conventional bill identifying device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Shutter mechanism 2 ... Solenoid 3 ... Shaft 4 ... Free joint 5 ... Lever 6 ... Shutter 7 ... Spindle 8, 12 ... Banknote recognition device 9, 13 ... Banknote insertion slot 10 ... Banknote transport device 11 ... Banknote

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bill identifying device for identifying a bill, comprising a shutter mechanism for prohibiting the insertion of the next bill during the bill identifying process. 2. The shutter mechanism includes a drive unit, a lever having one end attached to the drive unit, the other end being moved up and down by the operation of the drive unit, and the lever being moved up and down. A bill identifying apparatus, comprising: a shutter attached to an end portion, the shutter opening and closing a bill insertion opening by vertical movement of a lever.