JP5033592B2 - Coin handling machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a coin processing machine.

In a banknote processing machine, a banknote can be deposited and withdrawn from both the clerk side and the customer side (front side and rear side) (see, for example, Patent Document 1), and a large amount of banknotes is deposited from the customer side. In addition, there is one that can dispense a small bundle of banknotes from the clerk side (for example, see Patent Document 2). In addition, in the desk-type coin depositing and dispensing machine for the counter, the coins can be deposited and withdrawn from the clerk side, and when the coins are dispensed, the customer side can also dispense with the belt conveyor (for example, patent documents) 3).
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 63-159994 JP 2007-193742 A JP 2007-249803 A

  By the way, there existed a request to install the same coin processing machine in parallel with the banknote processing machine which can be traded from the both sides of an attendant side and a customer side as mentioned above. And in the development of such a coin processor, simplification of the apparatus configuration is desired.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing machine that can simplify the apparatus configuration even if transactions can be made from both sides.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a one-surface side inlet provided on one surface side of the fuselage, and immediately below the one-surface side inlet, and is introduced into the one-surface side inlet. A deposit counting means for receiving and identifying coins, counting the deposit, the other side inlet provided on the other side of the machine body, and the other side inlet can be disposed directly below the other side inlet. Storing the coins thrown into the storage, and storing and transferring the stored coins toward the other-side drop opening provided directly above the deposit counting means, and when the coins are inserted into the one-side inlet A one-side shutter that opens the one-side inlet and closes the other-side inlet and closes the one-side inlet and opens the other-side inlet when coins are inserted into the other-side inlet. It is characterized by having a body.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the one-surface-side inlet and the other-surface-side dropping port are provided adjacent to each other, and the one-surface-side shutter body is formed of a substantially horizontal plate. It is characterized by being supported so as to be horizontally movable between one side and the other side of the aircraft.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the storage and transfer means includes a cylindrical side wall frame that is open at the top and bottom, and the side wall frame that is directly below the other surface side inlet. A moving means for moving between a position and a position immediately above the other-side drop port, a section from a position immediately below the other-side drop opening to a position immediately before the other-side drop opening, a lower portion of the side wall frame It has the receiving plate part which closes opening, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects, the one-surface-side shutter lock means for locking the one-surface-side shutter body at a position where the one-surface-side inlet is closed. The one-surface-side shutter body is locked at a position where the one-surface-side input port is closed by the one-surface-side shutter lock means at least during a transaction processing period through the other-surface-side input port.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it has an other side shutter body that opens and closes the other side inlet.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to claim 5, further comprising other-surface shutter locking means for locking the other-surface shutter body at a position where the other-surface-side inlet is closed, and at least the one surface. During the transaction processing period through the side insertion port, the other side shutter body is locked by the other side shutter lock means at a position where the other side insertion port is closed.

  The invention according to claim 7 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the deposit counting means distributes coins into appropriate deposit coins and improper deposit coins based on an identification result, A chute means for dropping and guiding the unsuitable coins distributed by the deposit counting means to the one surface side, a one-side return portion provided on the one surface side below the chute means, and a lower side than the chute means. The other surface side return portion provided on the other surface side of the side, and provided between the upper position of the one surface side return portion and the upper position of the other surface side return portion, and is released from the chute means And a sorting and conveying means for selectively guiding the deposit-improper coins to the one-side return portion and the other-side return portion, and the sorting and conveying means includes a cylindrical guide portion that opens up and down. A cylindrical wall portion that opens up and down, and the cylindrical wall portion A conveyance guide body having a slidable bottom plate that opens and closes the lower opening, and the conveyance guide body can guide the coins from the chute means to the one-surface-side return section by the cylindrical guide section. The position, the position where the coin from the chute means can be received on the bottom plate in the closed state by the temporary storage unit, and the coin of the temporary storage unit can be guided to the other surface side return unit by opening the bottom plate And a driving means for moving to a proper position.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 7, wherein the conveyance guide body includes bottom plate locking means for locking the bottom plate at a position where the lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion is closed, In the vicinity of the other surface side return part, when the conveyance guide body moves from the one surface side return part side to the other surface side return part side, the bottom plate lock releasing means that releases the lock by the bottom plate lock means, and the lock is released. And opening opening means for opening the lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion by sliding the bottom plate, and sliding the bottom plate when the transport guide moves from the other surface side return portion side to the one surface side return portion side. An opening closing means for closing the lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion is provided.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to claim 8, wherein the opening opening means is unlocked by the bottom plate locking means when the transport guide body moves toward the other surface side return portion. Further, an opening engaging piece is engaged with the bottom plate, and the bottom plate is stopped with respect to the moving conveyance guide body, thereby opening the lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion.

  The invention according to claim 10 is the invention according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the opening closing means is provided with an engagement piece for closing on the bottom plate when the transport guide body moves toward the one surface side return portion. The bottom opening of the cylindrical wall portion is closed by stopping the bottom plate with respect to the transport guide body that moves.

  The invention according to claim 11 is the invention according to claim 10, wherein the closing engagement piece is swingably supported so as to approach and separate from the conveyance guide body and engages with the bottom plate. The cylindrical wall portion is urged in a direction to move, engages with the bottom plate when the conveyance guide body moves to the one-surface-side return portion, and stops the bottom plate with respect to the conveyance guide body that moves. After the lower opening is closed, the engagement with the bottom plate is released by being pressed and swung by the bottom plate moving integrally with the conveyance guide body.

  The invention according to claim 12 is the invention according to any one of claims 7 to 11, further comprising sensor means for detecting a transport position of the transport guide, and based on detection of the sensor means, the transport When the guide body is in an intermediate predetermined range between the one-surface-side return portion and the other-surface-side return portion, the transport guide is moved at a high speed by the driving means, and the transport guide body is moved from the intermediate predetermined range. When it is outside, the conveyance guide is moved at a low speed by the driving means.

  The invention according to claim 13 is the invention according to any one of claims 7 to 12, wherein at least during the transaction processing period through the one-surface-side insertion port, the transport guide body is placed in the transport guide body. The cylindrical guide portion is characterized in that the coin from the chute means is located at a position where it can be guided to the one-surface return portion.

  An invention according to a fourteenth aspect is the invention according to any one of the seventh to thirteenth aspects, wherein the conveyance guide body is disposed in the conveyance guide body at least during a transaction processing period through the other surface side inlet. The temporary storage unit is characterized in that it is positioned at a position where coins from the chute means can be received.

  The invention according to claim 15 is the invention according to any one of claims 7 to 14, wherein at least during the transaction processing period through the other-side input port, the other-side input port by the deposit counting means. When it is determined that the deposit counting and distribution of the coins inserted more have been completed, the transport guide body is moved toward a position where the temporarily stored coins can be guided to the other surface side return unit. It is said.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the deposit counting means for receiving, identifying and counting the coins is provided directly below the one-side insertion slot, the coin is inserted into the deposit counting means via the one-side insertion slot. be able to. Further, the storage and transfer means is disposed immediately below the other-side inlet and stores the coins that have been thrown into the other-side inlet, toward the other-side drop opening provided immediately above the deposit counting means. In order to transfer, the coins inserted through the other-side insertion slot can be transferred to the deposit counting means. Therefore, it is possible to conduct transactions from both sides of the one side and the other side. Moreover, the one-side shutter body opens the one-side inlet when the coin is inserted into the one-side inlet, and closes the other-side dropping slot, and opens the one-side inlet when the coin is inserted into the other-side inlet. Since it closes and the opening on the other side is opened, it is possible to prevent an insertion error in which coins from input ports other than the input side are input to the deposit counting means with a simple configuration.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the one-surface-side inlet and the other-surface-side outlet are provided adjacent to each other, the length of the one-surface-side shutter body can be shortened, and the substantially horizontal plate Since the one-surface-side shutter body formed of the body is horizontally moved between the one-surface side and the other-surface side of the airframe, the configuration can be further simplified.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when coins are thrown into the cylindrical side wall frame located at a position directly below the other side side inlet, the side wall frame is moved by the moving means. In this case, the section from the position directly below the other side inlet to the position immediately before the other side outlet, the lower opening of the side wall frame is the receiving plate part. And the lower opening of the side wall frame body is released without being closed by the receiving plate portion, and the coin is dropped to the deposit counting means through the other surface side opening. Therefore, the storage and transfer means can be configured simply.

  According to the invention of claim 4, in order to lock the one-surface-side shutter body by the one-surface-side shutter lock means at the position where the one-surface-side input port is closed, at least during the transaction processing period through the other-surface-side input port, It is possible to surely prevent coins from being erroneously inserted into the deposit counting means from the one-side inlet during the transaction processing period through the other-side inlet. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent an insertion error from the one-side input port.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 5, since it has the other surface side shutter body which opens and closes an other surface side inlet, it closes to the other surface side inlet by closing the other surface side inlet with the other surface side shutter body. It is possible to prevent coins from being inserted. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent an insertion error from the other-side input port.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, at least during the transaction processing period through the one-surface-side insertion port, the other-surface-side shutter body is locked at a position where the other-surface-side insertion port is closed by the other-surface-side shutter lock means. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent coins from being erroneously inserted from the other side inlet during the transaction processing period via the one side inlet. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent an injection error from the other-side input port.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 7, if a conveyance guide body is located in the position which can guide the coin from a chute means to the one surface side return part by the cylindrical guide part, it will be distributed by a deposit counting means, and a chute means A deposit-improper coin that is guided to drop on one side can be guided to the one-side return unit. Further, when the conveyance guide body is positioned at a position where the coin from the chute means can be received on the bottom plate in the closed state by the temporary storage portion, the deposit is distributed by the deposit counting means and guided to fall to the one side by the chute means. Inappropriate coins can be stored in the temporary storage unit. Then, the transfer guide body is moved so that the coin in the temporary storage unit is positioned at a position where it can be guided to the other surface side return unit by the opening operation of the bottom plate and the bottom plate is opened to return the unsuitable coins to the other surface side. Can be guided to the department. Therefore, after enabling the transaction from both sides and simplifying the apparatus configuration, it is possible to reliably convey the coins to the coin return units on both sides without causing stagnation. In addition, inadequate deposit coins are guided to the one side by the chute means and guided to the one-side return unit by the cylindrical guide part of the transport guide, so that the improper deposit coins are immediately returned to the one-side return unit. Can do. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the processing time of the processing through the one-side inlet. In addition, a cylindrical guide unit for guiding the unsuitable coins to the one-side return unit in the transport guide body and a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the unsuitable coins and transporting them to the other-side return unit are separately provided. Since it is provided, it is easy to control the opening and closing of the bottom plate of the temporary storage unit.

  According to the eighth aspect of the invention, since the bottom plate can be locked at the position where the bottom opening of the cylindrical wall portion is closed by the bottom plate locking means, the coin received from the chute means to the temporary storage portion is returned to the other side. It can be reliably conveyed to the part side. Further, when the conveyance guide body moves from the one-surface-side return portion side to the other-surface-side return portion side, the bottom plate lock releasing means releases the bottom plate lock by the bottom plate lock means, and the opening opening means is thus locked. The released bottom plate is slid to open the lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion. Thereby, a deposit improper coin can be guided to the other surface side return part. Thereafter, when the conveyance guide body moves from the other surface side return portion side to the one surface side return portion side, the opening closing means slides the bottom plate to return to the state of closing the lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion.

  According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the opening opening means engages the opening engagement piece with the bottom plate unlocked by the bottom plate locking means, and moves toward the other surface side return portion. On the other hand, since the lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion is opened by stopping the bottom plate, the driving force applied to the conveyance guide body by the driving means is used, and a drive source dedicated to the opening operation of the bottom plate is not required.

  According to the invention of claim 10, the opening closing means has a cylindrical shape by engaging the engaging piece for closing with the bottom plate and stopping the bottom plate with respect to the conveyance guide body moving toward the one-surface-side return portion. Since the lower opening of the wall portion is closed, the driving force applied to the conveyance guide body by the driving means is used, and a driving source dedicated to the closing operation of the bottom plate is not required.

  According to the invention of claim 11, the closing engagement piece is engaged with the bottom plate when moving to the one-surface-side return portion of the conveyance guide body, and the bottom plate is stopped with respect to the moving conveyance guide body so as to be cylindrical. Since the bottom opening of the wall portion is closed and then the engagement with the bottom plate is released by being pressed and swung by the bottom plate moving integrally with the conveyance guide body, the bottom plate by the closing engagement piece From the closing operation to the disengagement of the closing engagement piece from the bottom plate can be performed using the driving force applied to the transport guide by the driving means.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 12, when a conveyance guide body exists in the intermediate | middle predetermined range between the one surface side return part and the other surface side return part, a conveyance guide body is moved at high speed by a drive means, Since the transport guide is moved at a low speed by the driving means when it is outside the intermediate predetermined range, the time required to move the transport guide can be shortened while alleviating the impact at the time of stopping.

  According to the invention of claim 13, at least during the transaction processing period through the one-surface side slot, the conveyance guide body can be guided so that the cylindrical guide portion can guide the coin from the chute means to the one-surface-side return portion. Therefore, it is possible to guide the deposit-improper coin that is guided to fall by the chute means during the transaction processing period through the one-side insertion slot to the one-side return unit.

  According to the invention of claim 14, in order to position the conveyance guide body at a position where the temporary storage portion can accept coins from the chute means, at least during the transaction processing period through the other-side insertion slot, A deposit-improper coin that is guided to drop by the chute means during the transaction processing period through the other-side insertion slot can be received in the temporary storage unit.

  According to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, at least during the transaction processing period through the other-side inlet, it is determined that the deposit counting and distribution of coins inserted from the other-side inlet is completed by the deposit counting means. Sometimes, the transport guide body is moved toward a position where the temporarily stored coins can be guided to the other surface side return unit, so that it is possible to immediately guide the unsuitable coins to the other surface side return unit.

A coin processor of one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
A coin processing machine 1 according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is installed in a bank or other financial institution store, and is installed in parallel with a banknote processing machine (not shown). It constitutes.

  Normally, a store of a financial institution is divided by a partition wall W into a clerk side space Sa in which customers are restricted and only a clerk or other clerk can come and go, and a customer side space Sb such as a lobby in which a customer can go and go. Yes.

  And the coin processor 1 of this embodiment will be arrange | positioned ranging over these staff side space Sa and customer side space Sb. If the clerk-side space Sa side from the partition wall W is the clerk-side region portion 11A and the customer-side space Sb side from the partition wall W is the customer-side region portion 11B, the coin processing machine 1 is connected to the clerk-side region portion 11A and the customer side region portion 11B. An internal mechanism is shared by the side region portion 11B to perform processing on coins. A partition plate 13 that divides the clerk side region 11A and the customer side region 11B is erected on the upper portion of the coin processor 1. In the coin processor 1, the partition wall W and the partition plate 13 make it impossible to operate the clerk side region portion 11A from the customer side space Sb, and the customer side region portion 11B cannot be operated from the clerk side space Sa side. ing. In the following, the clerk side of the coin processor 1 is the front side of the fuselage (one side of the fuselage), and the customer side is the rear side of the fuselage (the other side of the fuselage).

  The coin processing machine 1 can perform various processing such as deposit processing of rose coins and withdrawal processing of rose coins in the clerk side region section 11A on the front side of the fuselage, and the customer side region section on the rear side of the fuselage. In 11B, only the process of depositing loose coins is possible. That is, the coin processing machine 1 functions as a lobby depositing machine capable of depositing money for a customer, and functions as a cashier capable of performing various processes such as depositing / dispensing processing for an attendant.

  In the clerk side area 11A on the front side of the machine body, a clerk side input port (one side side input port) 16 that accepts deposit of rose coins by the clerk at the time of deposit processing on the clerk side, fake coins and the like from the received rose coins, etc. A deposit reject box 17 that can be attached to and detached from the airframe 10 so as to be able to be taken out by the clerk so as to be able to take out the non-payable coins that have been identified as being unfit for the deposit, and that the coins can be withdrawn to the clerk during the withdrawal process A dispensing box 18 that can be attached to and detached from the machine body 10 is provided.

  The customer side area 11B is identified as a deposit-inappropriate coin from a customer side slot (other side slot) 21 that accepts the receipt of rose coins by the customer during the deposit process on the customer side, and among the received rose coins. And a deposit reject port 22 for rejecting the coins so that they can be taken out by the customer.

  As schematically shown in FIG. 2, the coin processing machine 1 has a customer-side shutter mechanism 25 that opens and closes a customer-side insertion slot 21 and a hopper temporary store 26 that receives coins inserted into the customer-side insertion slot 21. is doing.

  The coin processor 1 also includes an clerk-side shutter mechanism 30 that opens and closes the clerk-side inlet 16, a hopper 31 that accepts coins that are inserted into the clerk-side inlet 16, and a bottom surface of the hopper 31 that forms the clerk-side inlet. Identifying the authenticity and denomination of the coins fed one by one from the turntable 33, the feed board 32 on which the coins thrown in 16 are placed, the turntable 33 receiving the coins fed by the rotation of the feed board 32 From the deposit identification unit 34 that counts by denomination, the deposit temporary storage 35 that temporarily stores the proper coins identified as true from the identification result of the deposit identification unit 34, and the identification result of the deposit identification unit 34 It is guided by the conveyance guide body 36 that can temporarily store the unsuitable coins identified as false, the above-described deposit rejection port 22 that receives the coins temporarily stored in the conveyance guide body 36, and the conveyance guide body 36. Accept the currency and a payment reject box 17 as described above.

  Moreover, the coin processor 1 classifies and stores the coins temporarily stored in the temporary deposit box 35 according to the type of money, and the return box 41 that accepts the coins temporarily stored in the temporary deposit box 35 in a returnable manner. And a withdrawal safe 42 that stores the coins temporarily stored in the temporary deposit box 35 according to the type of money and stores them so that they can be withdrawn, and a withdrawal identification that counts while identifying the denomination of the coins fed out of the withdrawal safe 42. Part 43, a withdrawal temporary storage 45 that temporarily stores the coins identified by the withdrawal identification unit 43, and a collection box 44 that stores the coins identified by the withdrawal identification unit 43 via the temporary withdrawal 45. The above-mentioned withdrawal box 18 that accepts coins temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage 45, a withdrawal rejection box 46 that accepts coins temporarily stored in the withdrawal temporary storage 45, and a control unit 47 that controls the whole. have. Note that the withdrawal temporary storage 45 can temporarily store coins released into the withdrawal box 18 and coins released into the withdrawal reject box 46. In addition, the deposit reject box 17, the storage 40, the return box 41, the collection box 44, the withdrawal box 18, and the withdrawal reject box 46 are detachable from the machine body 10.

  And the coin processing machine 1 transfers a coin as shown by the thick line in FIG. 2 at the time of the customer side payment process which a customer deposits a coin. That is, when an operation input for starting a deposit process is made to a customer side operation unit provided in a bill processing machine (not shown) facing the customer side space Sb, the control unit 47 opens the customer side shutter mechanism 25. Then, coins are inserted by the customer into the hopper temporary store 26 from the customer side input port 21, and the control unit 47 moves the hopper temporary store 26 and closes it after closing the customer side shutter mechanism 25. The coins are collectively sent to the hopper 31 and the supply board 32. And the control part 47 will supply the coin received from the hopper temporary storage 26 by the supply board 32 to an appropriate amount to the turntable 33, and the supplied coin is conveyed to the deposit recognition part 34 one by one by the turntable 33. Let The deposit identifying unit 34 identifies and counts the denomination of the coin, and the control unit 47 transfers the coin identified as a fake coin, that is, a deposit-improper coin, to the transport guide body 36 based on the identification result. The coins identified as coins are classified into denominations and temporarily stored in the temporary payment deposit box 35. Then, in a state where all the coins on the supply board 32 are distributed to the conveyance guide body 36 and the temporary deposit storage 35, the control unit 47 causes the deposit inappropriate coins of the conveyance guide body 36 to be discharged to the deposit rejection port 22. Then, when an approval operation is input by the customer, the control unit 47 stores the coins of the temporary payment depository 35 in the storage 40 according to the denomination. When the cancel operation is input by the customer, the control unit 47 guides the coins in the temporary deposit box 35 to the return box 41, and then allows the coins to be taken out from the return box 41. Returned to. Thereby, the deposit appropriate coins are counted and stored by denomination.

  In addition, during the clerk-side deposit process in which the clerk deposits coins, the coin processor 1 transfers the coins as indicated by the thick lines in FIG. That is, the controller 47 opens the clerk-side shutter mechanism 30 when an operation input for starting the deposit process is made to the clerk-side operation unit provided in the banknote processing machine (not shown) facing the clerk-side space Sa. Then, coins are thrown into the hopper 31 from the clerk-side loading port 16 by the clerk, and the control unit 47 causes the supply plate 32 to supply the coins in the hopper 31 to the turntable 33 by an appropriate amount. The coins thus made are conveyed one by one by the turntable 33 to the deposit recognition unit 34. The deposit identification unit 34 identifies and counts the true / false of the coin and the denomination, and the control unit 47 transfers the coin identified as an improper deposit based on the identification result to the deposit reject box 17 via the transport guide 36. Then, the coins identified as the deposit appropriate coins are classified into denominations and temporarily stored in the deposit temporary storage 35. Then, in a state where all the coins on the supply board 32 are distributed to the deposit reject box 17 and the temporary deposit deposit box 35, the control unit 47 allows the clerk to take out the unsuitable coins from the deposit reject box 17. Then, when an approval operation is input by the clerk, the control unit 47 stores the coins in the temporary deposit box 35 in the storage 40 according to the denomination. Thereby, the deposit appropriate coins are counted and stored by denomination.

  Moreover, the coin processor 1 transfers a coin as shown by a thick line in FIG. That is, when the operation input for starting the organizing process is input to the clerk-side operation unit provided in the banknote processing machine (not shown) facing the clerk-side space Sa, the control unit 47 opens the clerk-side shutter mechanism 30. Then, coins are thrown into the hopper 31 from the clerk-side loading port 16 by the clerk, and the control unit 47 causes the supply plate 32 to supply the coins in the hopper 31 to the turntable 33 by an appropriate amount. The coins thus made are conveyed one by one by the turntable 33 to the deposit recognition unit 34. The deposit identification unit 34 identifies and counts the true / false of the coin and the denomination, and the control unit 47 transfers the coin identified as an improper deposit based on the identification result to the deposit reject box 17 via the transport guide 36. Then, the coins identified as the deposit appropriate coins are classified into denominations and temporarily stored in the deposit temporary storage 35. Then, in a state where all the coins on the supply board 32 are distributed to the deposit reject box 17 and the temporary deposit deposit box 35, the control unit 47 allows the clerk to take out the unsuitable coins from the deposit reject box 17. When the approval operation is input by the clerk, the control unit 47 stores the coins in the temporary deposit box 35 in the return box 41, and the clerk takes out the coins from the return box 41. As a result, the deposit appropriate coins are counted by denomination and delivered to the staff.

  Further, during the loading process in which the clerk loads the coins for withdrawal, the coin handling machine 1 transfers the coins as shown by the bold lines in FIG. That is, the controller 47 opens the clerk-side shutter mechanism 30 when an operation input for starting the loading process is given to the clerk-side operation unit provided in the banknote processing machine (not shown) facing the clerk-side space Sa. Then, coins are thrown into the hopper 31 from the clerk-side loading port 16 by the clerk, and the control unit 47 causes the supply plate 32 to supply the coins in the hopper 31 to the turntable 33 by an appropriate amount. The coins thus made are conveyed one by one by the turntable 33 to the deposit recognition unit 34. The deposit identification unit 34 identifies and counts the true / false of the coin and the denomination, and the control unit 47 transfers the coin identified as an improper deposit based on the identification result to the deposit reject box 17 via the transport guide 36. Then, the coins identified as the deposit appropriate coins are classified into denominations and temporarily stored in the deposit temporary storage 35. Then, in a state where all the coins on the supply board 32 are distributed to the deposit reject box 17 and the temporary deposit deposit box 35, the control unit 47 allows the clerk to take out the unsuitable coins from the deposit reject box 17. When the approval operation is input by the clerk, the control unit 47 stores the coins in the temporary deposit box 35 in the safe deposit box 42 according to the denomination. As a result, the deposit appropriate coins are stored in the withdrawal vault 42 according to denomination for withdrawal.

  Moreover, the coin processor 1 transfers the coins as shown by the thick lines in FIG. That is, an instruction of the type and number of coins to be withdrawn is input to the clerk side operation unit provided in the banknote processing machine (not shown) facing the clerk side space Sa, and an operation input for starting the withdrawal process is performed. Then, the control unit 47 causes the designated denomination and number of coins to be paid out from the withdrawal vault 42, and the withdrawal identifying unit 43 identifies and counts the fed out coins. Then, the control unit 47 separates the withdrawal appropriate coin and the withdrawal inappropriate coin from the identification result of the withdrawal identification unit 43 and temporarily stores them in the withdrawal temporary storage 45, and the withdrawal appropriate coin is designated. When the same number of sheets are transported to the temporary withdrawal 45, the proper withdrawal coins are stored in the withdrawal box 18 and the unsuitable coins are stored in the withdrawal reject box 46. Thereby, the clerk takes out the withdrawal appropriate coin from the withdrawal box 18.

  Moreover, at the time of the collection | recovery process which collect | recovers all the coins of the safe deposit box 42 according to a staff member's instruction | indication, the coin processing machine 1 transfers a coin as shown with a thick line in FIG. That is, the control unit 47 feeds out all coins from the safe deposit box 42, and the withdrawal identifying unit 43 identifies and counts the fed out coins. Then, the control unit 47 separates the withdrawal appropriate coin and the withdrawal inappropriate coin from the identification result of the withdrawal identification unit 43 and temporarily stores them in the withdrawal temporary storage 45, and all the coins are temporarily withdrawn. When transported to the warehouse 45, the withdrawal appropriate coins are stored in the collection warehouse 44 and the unsuitable withdrawal coins are stored in the withdrawal reject box 46 from the temporary withdrawal bank 45, respectively. As a result, the clerk takes out the withdrawal appropriate coin whose amount has been fixed from the collection box 44.

  The upper structure of the coin processor 1 is as shown in FIG. On the front side of the machine body with respect to the partition plate 13, the supply plate 32 described above is provided on the partition plate 13 side, and the rotary plate 33 described above is provided opposite to the partition plate 13 of the supply plate 32. Opposite to the partition plate 13 of the turntable 33, a bent-shaped transport path 50 is provided for transporting coins fed one by one from the turntable 33. That is, the conveyance path 50 includes an upper flow path 51 that extends from the turntable 33 opposite to the partition plate 13 and an intermediate path that extends from the opposite side of the upper flow path 51 toward the turntable 33 along the partition plate 13. 52 and a lower flow path 53 extending in the direction of the partition plate 13 from the side opposite to the upper flow path 51 of the intermediate path 52.

  The conveyance path 50 is provided with a material sensor 55 of the above-described deposit recognition unit 34 for detecting the material of the coin in the upstream flow path 51 on the turntable 33 side, that is, on the upstream side. A camera 56 of the deposit identification unit 34 for detecting an image is provided. The deposit identifying unit 34 identifies the coin from the detection result of the material sensor 55 and the image of the camera 56. In the transport path 50, a reject unit 58 is provided on the downstream side of the camera 56 in the intermediate path 52 to drop coins that have been identified as deposit-improper coins from the transport path 50 based on the detection result of the deposit identification unit 34. . Further, the transport path 50 is provided with a sorting unit 59 on the downstream side of the reject unit 58 for sorting the appropriate coins that have not been dropped by the reject unit 58 by denomination and transferring them to the temporary deposit box 35. . The sorting unit 59 includes a plurality of dropping holes for dropping coins of corresponding denominations.

Further, the customer side inlet 21 described above is provided on the rear side of the machine body with respect to the partition plate 13.
As shown in FIG. 8 (b), below the transport path 50, a reject chute 61 that guides, on the front side of the fuselage, the unfit coins that have been dropped from the transport path 50 by the reject unit 58, and a reject chute. A distribution transport mechanism (distribution transport means) 62 for guiding the unsuitable coins from 61 to the deposit reject box 17 and receiving the unsuitable coins from the reject chute 61 and transporting them to the deposit reject port 22 on the rear side of the machine body; Is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the upper surface of the coin processor 1 is orthogonal to the front plate portion 65 on the front side of the machine body and extending substantially horizontally and from the rear edge portion of the front plate portion 65 in the front-rear direction. The front standing plate portion 66 rising up, the rear plate portion 67 extending substantially horizontally from the upper edge portion of the front standing plate portion 66, and the rear edge portion of the rear plate portion 67 perpendicular to the front-rear direction. A rear side standing plate portion 68 that is lowered is provided, and the clerk side loading port 16 is formed on the front side standing plate portion 66 side of the front plate portion 65. Further, the customer side insertion port 21 is formed on the rear standing plate portion 68 side in the rear plate portion 67.

  And the machine body front side of the above-mentioned hopper 31 and the supply board 32 is located directly under the staff side insertion port 16. Here, the hopper 31, the supply board 32, the rotary board 33, the conveyance path 50, the deposit identifying unit 34 and the reject unit 58 shown in FIG. 8 identify the coins that have been thrown into the clerk-side slot 16 and count the deposits. A distribution counting mechanism (payment counting means) 70 is provided.

  Below the rear plate portion 67, a storage and transfer mechanism (storage transfer means) 72 is provided that can store coins input from the customer-side input port 21 and transfer them to the hopper 31 of the deposit counting mechanism 70. The storage and transfer mechanism 72 has a receiving plate portion 73 that extends horizontally below the rear plate portion 67 and above the hopper 31. The receiving plate portion 73 extends from a position that covers the customer side inlet 21 from below to a position in front of the hopper 31, and the hopper 31 is interposed between the receiving plate portion 73 and the front standing plate portion 66. A drop opening (an other-side drop opening) 74 is formed so as to open upward. The drop port 74 is adjacent to the clerk-side insertion port 16 with the front standing plate portion 66 interposed therebetween.

  The storage and transfer mechanism 72 has a rectangular cylindrical side wall frame 76 that is open at the top and bottom, and the side wall frame 76 has a lower opening 76 a formed by the receiving plate portion 73, so that the customer side inlet 21 can be opened. The section from the position immediately below to the position immediately before the drop opening 74 is closed. In addition, the storage and transfer mechanism 72 is driven by a motor to move a side wall frame moving mechanism (moving means) 79 that moves the side wall frame 76 between a position directly below the customer side loading port 21 and a position directly above the dropping port 74. Have. The hopper temporary store 26 described above is configured by the side wall frame 76 and the receiving plate portion 73 that closes the lower opening 76a.

  That is, in the state where the side wall frame 76 of the hopper temporary store 26 is positioned immediately below the customer side inlet 21 by the side wall frame moving mechanism 79, coins are placed in the side wall frame 76 via the customer side inlet 21. As a result, the inserted coins are stored in the temporary hopper storage 26 composed of the side wall frame 76 and the receiving plate portion 73. From this state, when the side wall frame 76 of the temporary hopper 26 is moved toward the drop port 74 by the side wall frame moving mechanism 79, the stored coins are transferred toward the drop port 74. When reaching the position directly above the drop opening 74, the lower opening 76a closed by the receiving plate portion 73 is opened by the drop opening 74. As a result, the stored coins are moved from the drop opening 74 directly below the drop opening 74. It is dropped into the hopper 31 of the provided deposit counting mechanism 70.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10, the receiving plate portion 73 protrudes upward so that the coin does not enter the gap between the side wall frame 76 of the temporary hopper 26 and the receiving plate portion 73, and the side wall frame 76. A plurality of ridges 77 extending in the moving direction are formed, and a groove 78 into which the ridges 77 are inserted is formed in the lower part of the side wall frame 76.

  The clerk-side shutter mechanism 30 provided at the clerk-side inlet 16 is a plate body extending substantially horizontally between the front plate portion 65 and the hopper 31 and moves horizontally between the front side of the fuselage and the rear side of the fuselage. A clerk-side shutter body (one-surface-side shutter body) 81 supported in a possible manner and a clerk-side shutter body moving mechanism (not shown) that horizontally moves the clerk-side shutter body 81 by a driving force of a motor. As shown in FIG. 8 (a), the clerk-side shutter body 81 is formed with a concave portion 83 that is recessed toward the rear side on the front side of the body, and an opening portion is provided in the middle predetermined range on the rear side of the body as shown in FIG. 84 is formed. As shown in FIG. 11, the clerk-side shutter body 81 opens the clerk-side inlet 16 at the concave portion 83 by positioning the concave portion 83 directly below the clerk-side inlet port 16, and opens the opening 84 from the drop port 74. Also, the position where the drop port 74 is closed by the intermediate plate portion 85 between the recess 83 and the opening 84 by being positioned on the rear surface side of the machine body, and the recess 83 is located more than the clerk side input port 16 as shown in FIG. Positioning the front side closes the clerk-side insertion port 16 with the intermediate plate portion 85, and positioning the opening portion 84 directly below the dropping port 74 allows movement to a position where the dropping port 74 is opened at the opening portion 84. It has become.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the clerk-side shutter mechanism 30 includes a clerk-side shutter lock mechanism (one-side shutter lock means) 88 that locks the clerk-side shutter body 81 so that it cannot be opened at a position where the clerk-side insertion port 16 is closed. Have. The clerk-side shutter lock mechanism 88 includes a latching solenoid 89 provided in the vicinity of the end of the clerk-side shutter body 81 at the position where the clerk-side insertion port 16 is closed, and a lock that moves up and down by driving the latching solenoid 89. Member 90.

  When the clerk-side shutter body 81 is in a position to close the clerk-side insertion port 16, the lock member 90 is in contact with the end of the clerk-side shutter body 81 on the rear side of the machine body, and the rear side of the clerk-side shutter body 81 on the machine body side. That is, movement in the opening direction is restricted. When the latching solenoid 89 is driven from this state and the locking member 90 is lowered as shown in FIG. 11, the clerk-side shutter body 81 can be moved in the rear side, that is, in the opening direction. In this state, the clerk side shutter body moving mechanism (not shown) opens the clerk side shutter body 81. Further, after the clerk-side shutter body moving mechanism closes the clerk-side shutter body 81, the latching solenoid 89 is driven to raise the lock member 90 and lock the clerk-side shutter body 81 in the closed state again.

  This clerk-side shutter lock mechanism 88 is used during the customer-side deposit process for depositing the coins from the customer, that is, at least during the transaction process period through the customer-side slot 21, as shown in FIG. During this transaction processing period, the latching solenoid 89 is always kept in the non-driven state so that the body 81 is locked at a position where the clerk side insertion port 16 is closed and the drop port 74 is opened.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the customer-side shutter mechanism 25 provided in the customer-side insertion slot 21 is composed of a plate body extending substantially horizontally between the rear plate portion 67 and the side wall frame body 76, and the front side of the machine body. A customer-side shutter body 94 (other-side shutter body) supported so as to be horizontally movable with respect to the rear side of the machine body, and a customer-side shutter body movement (not shown) that horizontally moves the customer-side shutter body 94 with the driving force of the motor. Mechanism. The customer side shutter body 94 is movable between a position where the customer side inlet 21 is opened and a position where the customer side inlet 21 is closed.

  The customer-side shutter mechanism 25 has a customer-side shutter lock mechanism 96 (another-side shutter lock unit) that locks the customer-side shutter body 94 at a position where the customer-side insertion port 21 is closed. The customer-side shutter lock mechanism 96 includes a latching rotary solenoid 97 provided in the vicinity of the end portion of the customer-side shutter body 94 at the position where the customer-side inlet 21 is closed, and a rotation shaft of the latching rotary solenoid 97. The lock member 100 has a claw portion 99 that extends from 98 to the front side of the machine body and protrudes upward at the front end.

  When the customer-side shutter body 94 is in a position to close the customer-side insertion slot 21, as shown in FIG. 9, the lock member 100 comes into contact with the customer-side shutter body 94 from below, and its claw portion 99 has the customer-side shutter body. 94 is in contact with an edge portion on the front side of the machine body, and restricts movement of the customer side shutter body 94 in the front side of the machine body, that is, in the opening direction. When the lock member 100 is rotated by driving the latching rotary solenoid 97 from this state, the claw portion 99 is lowered as shown in FIG. 12, and the customer-side shutter body 94 can be moved in the front direction of the machine body. In this state, a customer-side shutter body moving mechanism (not shown) opens the customer-side shutter body 94. Further, after the customer-side shutter body moving mechanism (not shown) closes the customer-side shutter body 94, when the latching rotary solenoid 97 is driven, the lock member 100 is rotated upward and the customer-side shutter body 94 is moved again. Lock in the closed state.

  This customer-side shutter lock mechanism 96 is used during clerk-side deposit processing, depositing processing, and loading processing for depositing coins from the above-mentioned clerk, that is, at least during the transaction processing period through the clerk-side inlet 16. During these transaction processing periods, the latching rotary solenoid 97 is always maintained in the non-driven state so that the shutter body 94 is locked at the position where the customer side inlet 21 is closed.

  When the coin processing machine 1 is in the standby state, as shown in FIG. 9, the clerk-side shutter body 81 is in a position to close the clerk-side insertion port 16 and is locked by the clerk-side shutter lock mechanism 88, and the customer-side shutter. The body 94 is in a position to close the customer side inlet 21 and is locked by the customer side shutter lock mechanism 96, and the side wall frame 76 of the temporary hopper 26 is located directly below the customer side inlet 21.

  When the customer-side payment process is started from this standby state, the control unit 47 unlocks the customer-side shutter body 94 by the customer-side shutter lock mechanism 96, and the customer-side shutter body moving mechanism (not shown) 12, the customer-side shutter body 94 is moved to the open position. As a result, the customer side inlet 21 is opened. In this state, when the customer inserts coins into the customer side insertion slot 21, the coins are stored in the hopper temporary store 26 in which the side wall frame 76 is disposed immediately below the customer side insertion slot 21. Then, the control unit 47 returns the customer side shutter body 94 to the position where the customer side insertion port 21 is closed again by a customer side shutter body moving mechanism (not shown), and locks the customer side shutter body 94 by the customer side shutter lock mechanism 96. Then, as shown in FIG. 13, the side wall frame moving mechanism 79 moves the side wall frame 76 of the temporary hopper 26 to the front side of the machine body. When the side wall frame 76 moves to the position of the drop opening 74, the clerk-side shutter body 81 closes the clerk-side insertion opening 16, the opening 84 is aligned with the drop opening 74, and the drop opening 74 is opened. Therefore, the coins stored in the side wall frame 76 are discharged into the hopper 31 of the deposit counting mechanism 70. Thereafter, the controller 47 starts driving the supply board 32, the rotary board 33, the conveyance path 50, and the like, and the side wall frame moving mechanism 79 returns the side wall frame 76 to the standby position on the rear side of the machine body.

  During the customer-side deposit process, the clerk-side shutter lock mechanism 88 locks the clerk-side shutter body 81 at a position where the clerk-side insertion port 16 is closed and the drop port 74 is opened.

  Further, when any one of the clerk-side deposit process, the organizing process, and the loading process is started from the standby state, the controller 47 unlocks the clerk-side shutter body 81 by the clerk-side shutter lock mechanism 88, An unillustrated clerk-side shutter body moving mechanism moves the clerk-side shutter body 81 to the open position as shown in FIG. As a result, the clerk side insertion port 16 is opened. In this state, when the clerk inserts coins into the clerk-side insertion slot 16, the coins are discharged into the hopper 31 of the deposit counting mechanism 70 directly below the clerk-side insertion slot 16. Thereafter, the control unit 47 returns the clerk side shutter body 81 to the position where the clerk side loading port 16 is closed again as shown in FIG. 9 by the clerk side shutter body moving mechanism (not shown), and the clerk side shutter lock mechanism 88 The side shutter body 81 is locked, and the drive of the supply board 32, the rotary board 33, the conveyance path 50, etc. is started.

  The customer side shutter lock mechanism 96 locks the customer side shutter body 94 at a position where the customer side insertion port 21 is closed at least during any of the clerk side depositing process, the organizing process and the loading process.

Next, the distribution transport mechanism 62 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 8A, the reject unit 58 of the deposit counting mechanism 70 is disposed in an intermediate path 52 provided on the front side of the machine body of the transport path 50, and is dropped from the transport path 50 by the reject unit 58. As shown in FIG. 8 (b), a reject chute (chute means) 61 extends downward on the front side of the machine body so as to guide the coin to be moved to the front side of the machine body.

  As shown in FIG. 14, a reject box loading unit 105 that opens to the front side of the machine body is disposed vertically below the discharge port 61 a at the lower end of the reject chute 61. A reject box (one surface side return part) 17 is loaded so as to be able to be pulled out. And the above-mentioned deposit rejection port (other surface side return part) 22 is arranged on the rear side of the machine body with the deposit reject box 17 and substantially the same height. Therefore, the deposit reject box 17 and the deposit reject port 22 are provided below the reject chute 61.

  The deposit rejection box 17 has a bottom plate portion 107 that extends horizontally and a substantially cylindrical surrounding wall portion 108 that rises from the peripheral edge portion of the bottom plate portion 107 in a state of being loaded in the reject box loading portion 105, and has an upper opening. The rear side is aligned with the discharge port 61a of the reject chute 61 in the horizontal direction. The deposit reject box 17 is pulled out from the reject box loading unit 105 and removed from the machine body 10.

  The deposit reject port 22 has a bottom plate portion 110 that extends substantially horizontally and a substantially cylindrical surrounding wall portion 111 that rises from the peripheral edge of the bottom plate portion 110, and an opening portion 112 at the lower portion of the surrounding wall portion 111 on the rear side of the machine body. Is formed. In addition, an opening / closing plate 113 that opens and closes the opening 112 is supported at the deposit reject port 22 so as to be rotatable about an upper rotation shaft 114, and the opening / closing plate 113 is lowered vertically by its own weight, and the opening 112 is opened. Close.

  A sorting and conveying mechanism 62 is disposed between the reject chute 61 in the vertical direction, the deposit reject box 17 and the deposit reject port 22. The distribution transport mechanism 62 includes a travel guide portion 117 extending in the longitudinal direction of the machine body, and the transport guide body 36 described above that can travel on the travel guide portion 117 by rolling of a roller 118 provided at the lower end. The transport guide 36 is moved horizontally in the longitudinal direction between the deposit reject box 17, that is, the position between the deposit reject box 17 and the reject chute 61, and the position above the deposit reject port 22. Mechanism (drive means) 119.

  The drive mechanism 119 includes a pair of pulleys 121 disposed on the front side and the rear side of the body, an endless drive belt 122 wound around the pulleys 121, and a drive belt 122 by driving one pulley 121. The conveyance guide body 36 is fixed to a part of the drive belt 122. As a result, the conveyance guide body 36 reciprocates on the travel guide unit 117 via the drive belt 122 by forward and reverse rotation of the motor 123.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the conveyance guide body 36 has a rectangular frame-shaped surrounding wall portion 125, and a front side partition plate 126 and a rear side partition plate 127 that partition the inside of the surrounding wall portion 125 inside the surrounding wall portion 125. Is provided. A cylindrical guide portion 128 that opens up and down is formed between the front partition plate 126 and the front portion of the surrounding wall 125, and the rear partition plate 127 and the rear portion of the surrounding portion 125 on the rear side of the body. A cylindrical wall portion 129 is formed that opens up and down and receives the unsuitable coins discharged from the reject chute 61. The transport guide 36 is provided with a bottom plate 130 that is slidable in the front-rear direction and opens and closes the lower opening 129a below the lower opening 129a of the cylindrical wall portion 129. The cylindrical wall portion 129 and the bottom plate 130 constitute a bottomed cylindrical temporary storage portion 131 that temporarily stores the deposit-improper coins released from the reject chute 61.

  The conveyance guide body 36 includes a bottom plate locking mechanism (bottom plate locking means) 134 that locks the bottom plate 130 at a position where the lower opening 129a of the cylindrical wall portion 129 is closed and restricts the opening. The bottom plate locking mechanism 134 is rotatably provided at a lock member 136 provided on the surrounding wall portion 125 so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft 135 and an end of the lock member 136 on the rear side of the machine body. It has a guide roller 137 and a spring member (not shown) that urges the lock member 136 in the direction in which the guide roller 137 rises. The lock member 136 is in contact with the upper surface of the bottom plate 130 in the closed state, so that the rotation due to the bias of the spring member is restricted. In this state, the claw portion 138 that protrudes downward from the end portion on the front side of the body. Thus, the closed bottom plate 130 can be engaged with the front side of the machine body, and the sliding of the bottom plate 130 in the opening direction is restricted and locked. In addition, when the guide roller 137 is pressed downward, the lock member 136 swings in a direction in which the claw portion 138 is raised, and the sliding restriction in the opening direction of the bottom plate 130 is released. The lock member 136 is provided on the guide roller 137 side outside the surrounding wall portion 125, and the claw portion 138 side is formed in the opening portion 139 formed in the surrounding wall portion 125 between the front partition plate 126 and the rear partition plate 127. Can enter the inside of the surrounding wall portion 125 and engage with the bottom plate 130. The surrounding wall 125 is provided with a stopper 140 that protrudes toward the rear side of the machine body. This stopper 140 restricts the movement of the bottom plate 130 toward the rear side of the body relative to the surrounding wall portion 125. The distance between the claw portion 138 of the lock member 136 and the stopper 140 is longer than the length of the bottom plate 130 in the same direction, and the bottom plate 130 can be slightly slid between them. The bottom plate 130 always closes the lower opening 129a of the cylindrical wall portion 129 regardless of the position.

  When the conveyance guide body 36 is positioned at the front-side guide position shown in FIG. 15 in which the cylindrical guide portion 128 is disposed directly below the reject chute 61, the unsuitable coins discharged from the discharge port 61a of the reject chute 61 are cylindrically guided. Guided by the unit 128 and dropped into the deposit reject box 17. Further, when the conveyance guide body 36 is located at the temporary storage position shown in FIG. 16 in which the temporary storage portion 131 is disposed below the reject chute 61 and slightly below the front guide position relative to the front guide position, the release chute 61 is released. The deposit-improper coins discharged from the outlet 61a are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 131. The airframe 10 has a front side guide position sensor 141 for detecting that the conveyance guide body 36 is located at the front side guide position, and the conveyance guide body 36 is located at the temporary storage position. A temporary storage position sensor 142 to detect and a front side speed control sensor (sensor means) 143 to detect that the conveyance guide body 36 is located slightly on the rear side of the machine body from the front side guide position are provided. In addition, a stopper 144 is fixed to the body 10 on the front side of the body so as to abut against the bottom plate 130 of the transport guide 36 and restrict the movement of the transport guide 36 from the temporary storage position to the front of the body. Yes.

  The conveyance guide body 36 that has received coins on the bottom plate 130 in the closed state of the temporary storage section 131 at the temporary storage position described above is moved to the rear side of the machine body, that is, to the deposit rejection port 22 side, as shown in FIG. As described above, the machine body 10 has a guide roller 137 in contact with the guide roller 137 of the bottom plate locking mechanism 134 that moves from the deposit rejection box 17 side to the deposit reject port 22 side together with the conveyance guide body 36 in the vicinity of the deposit reject port 22. A fixed position lock switching plate (bottom plate lock releasing means) 145 that lowers and releases the lock of the bottom plate 130 by the bottom plate lock mechanism 134 is provided. The lock switching plate 145 is formed with an upwardly inclined surface 146 on the front side of the machine body, and the guide roller 137 is lowered by the inclined surface 146.

  Further, in the vicinity of the deposit rejection port 22 of the machine body 10, the bottom plate 130 is engaged with the bottom plate 130 whose lock of the bottom plate lock mechanism 134 is released by the lock switching plate 145, and the bottom plate 130 is slid with respect to the cylindrical wall portion 129 to form a cylindrical shape. An opening engagement piece (opening opening means) 148 that opens the lower opening 129a of the wall portion 129 is provided in a fixed position. In other words, the engagement piece 148 for opening is aligned with the bottom plate 130 and is provided in the vicinity of the end of the wall 111 of the deposit reject port 22 on the front side of the machine body, and the conveyance guide body 36 is disposed at the deposit reject port. When moving toward the wall 22, the bottom wall 130 is brought into contact with the bottom plate 130 unlocked by the bottom plate locking mechanism 134, and the bottom plate 130 is stopped with respect to the other parts of the transport guide 36 that moves. The lower opening 129a of 129 is opened. The conveyance guide body 36 that moves toward the deposit reject port 22 opens the lower opening 129a of the cylindrical wall portion 129, and at the rear side guide position where the coins in the temporary storage unit 131 can be guided to the deposit reject port 22. To position. That is, when it is located at the rear side guide position shown in FIG. 18, the conveyance guide body 36 discharges the deposit-improper coins in the temporary storage unit 131 to the deposit reject port 22. The airframe 10 has a rear surface side guide position sensor 150 for detecting that the conveyance guide body 36 is located at the rear surface side guide position on the rear surface side of the airframe, and the conveyance guide body 36 is slightly airframe from the rear surface side guide position. A rear side speed control sensor (sensor means) 151 for detecting the position on the front side is provided. In addition, a stopper 152 is fixed to the machine body 10 on the rear side of the machine body so as to abut against the conveyance guide body 36 and restrict the movement guide body 36 from moving from the rear side guide position to the rear side of the machine body.

  Further, in the vicinity of the deposit reject port 22 of the machine body 10, when the transport guide 36 moves from the rear side guide position on the deposit reject port 22 side to the deposit reject box 17 side, it engages with the bottom plate 130 as shown in FIG. An opening closing mechanism (opening closing means) 154 that closes the lower opening 129a of the cylindrical wall portion 129 by sliding the bottom plate 130 with respect to the cylindrical wall portion 129 is provided.

  The opening closing mechanism 154 includes a closing engagement piece 156 that is swingably supported around a rotation shaft 155, a spring member 157 that urges the rear surface side of the closing engagement piece 156 downward, A stopper (not shown) that restricts the limit of rotation of the closing engagement piece 156 by the spring member 157 is provided. The closing engagement piece 156 is formed with a claw portion 158 protruding upward at an end portion on the front side of the body, and as shown in FIG. 18, the bottom plate in the opened state of the conveyance guide body 36 at the rear side guide position. With respect to 130, the claw portion 158 is located on the front side of the body. At this time, the closing engagement piece 156 is in contact with the stopper, and the height of the tip of the claw portion 158 is adjusted to the height of the bottom plate 130 of the conveyance guide body 36. In addition, the front surface of the claw portion 158 is an inclined surface 159 that is inclined forward and downward. As a result, the closing engagement piece 156 is swingably supported so as to move the claw portion 158 close to and away from the conveyance guide body 36 and attached to the bottom plate 130 by the spring member 157. It is energized.

  The opening closing mechanism 154 conveys the distance between the rotation shaft 155 and the claw portion 158 of the closing engagement piece 156, the distance between the rotation shaft 155 and the spring member 157, the urging force of the spring member 157, and the like. When the guide body 36 moves toward the deposit rejection box 17, if the closing engagement piece 156 is engaged with the open bottom plate 130, the bottom plate 130 is stopped with respect to the other parts of the transport guide body 36 that moves. As a result, the lower opening 129a of the cylindrical wall portion 129 is closed, and then pressed against the stopper 140 by the bottom plate 130 that moves integrally with the other parts of the conveyance guide body 36, thereby closing the engaging piece 156 for closing. Is set so as to swing against the urging force of the spring member 157 and disengage from the bottom plate 130. The opening closing mechanism 154 is provided with a sensor 160 that detects the swing of the closing engagement piece 156.

  After the bottom plate 130 closes the lower opening 129a of the cylindrical wall portion 129, for example, the guide roller 137 of the bottom plate locking mechanism 134 is separated from the lock switching plate 145, and the lock member 136 is moved as shown in FIG. The claw portion 138 is lowered by an urging force of a spring member (not shown) and can be engaged with the bottom plate 130. In addition, since the upper surface of the claw portion 158 of the closing engagement piece 156 is an inclined surface 159, when the conveyance guide body 36 moves toward the deposit rejection port 22, it is pressed by the bottom plate 130 and descends. The transfer guide 36 is allowed to pass without hindering the movement, and after passing, it is returned by the urging force of the spring member 157 to engage with the bottom plate 130.

  Then, when the customer deposits the coin, the customer side operation section provided in the banknote processing machine (not shown) faces the customer side space Sb, and when the deposit processing start operation input is made, The unit 47 confirms whether the conveyance guide body 36 is at the front side guide position or the temporary storage position. As shown in FIG. 15, when the front end is at the front side guide position detected by the front side guide position sensor 141, the drive mechanism 119 is driven and the front end of the transport guide 36 is detected by the temporary storage position sensor 142. It moves to the temporary storage position shown in FIG. When in the temporary storage position, the transport guide 36 is left as it is.

  In the customer-side deposit process, in the deposit counting mechanism 70 described above, the coins inserted into the temporary hopper 26 from the customer-side slot 21 are identified by the deposit identifying unit 34 via the supply panel 32 and the rotating disk 33. Accordingly, the coins identified as the false coins, that is, the coins that are not suitable for depositing by the deposit identifying unit 34 are received from the reject unit 58 through the reject chute 61 onto the closed bottom plate 130 of the temporary storage unit 131 of the transport guide 36. Is done.

  When all the coins on the supply board 32 are distributed to the conveyance guide body 36 and the temporary deposit box 35, the control unit 47 drives the drive mechanism 119 at a high speed to move the conveyance guide body 36 toward the rear side guide position at a high speed. When the conveyance guide body 36 is detected by the rear side speed control sensor 151 at a position before the rear side guide position, the control unit 47 switches the drive mechanism 119 to drive at a lower speed than before. . Then, the conveyance guide body 36 moves toward the rear side guide position at a lower speed than before. In the initial stage of this low speed movement, as shown in FIG. 17, the guide roller 137 of the bottom plate locking mechanism 134 provided in the conveyance guide body 36 comes into contact with the inclined surface 146 of the position-fixed lock switching plate 145 and descends by the guide. Then, the lock member 136 is swung in a direction in which the claw portion 138 is raised, and the claw portion 158 of the closing engagement piece 156 gets over the bottom plate 130 by the inclined surface 159. By the rocking movement of the lock member 136, the engagement of the claw portion 138 with the bottom plate 130 is released, and the sliding restriction in the opening direction of the bottom plate 130 with respect to the conveyance guide body 36 is released. Further, when the claw portion 158 of the closing engagement piece 156 gets over, the claw portion 158 is engaged with the front side of the body of the bottom plate 130 by the urging force of the spring member 157. The timing of unlocking the locking member 136 and the timing of engagement of the closing engagement piece 156 are slightly earlier in the engagement of the closing engagement piece 156.

  When the conveyance guide body 36 further moves toward the rear guide position, the position-fixing release engagement piece 148 comes into contact with the bottom plate 130 at a timing immediately after the lock member 136 is unlocked, and the conveyance guide moves. The bottom plate 130 is stopped with respect to the other part of the body 36, and as shown in FIG. 18, the lower opening 129a of the cylindrical wall part 129 is open | released. Thereby, the coin temporarily stored in the temporary storage part 31 falls and is discharged | emitted by the money_receiving | payment rejection port 22. FIG. When the rear surface side guide position sensor 150 detects that the conveyance guide body 36 is located at the rear surface side guide position, the control unit 47 stops the drive mechanism 119 and reverses it at high speed. The customer takes out the deposit-improper coins returned in a lump from the deposit reject port 22. The control unit 47 can also reverse the driving mechanism 119 after stopping for a certain period of time when the rear guide position sensor 150 detects that the conveyance guide body 36 is located at the rear guide position. In addition, at the time of reverse rotation, it is not immediately reversed at high speed, but while the conveyance guide body 36 is detected by the rear surface side speed control sensor 151, it is reversed at low speed, and the conveyance guide body 36 is rotated at the rear surface side speed control sensor 151. Can be reversed at high speed when it is no longer detected.

  By reverse rotation of the drive mechanism 119, the conveyance guide body 36 moves from the rear side guide position toward the temporary storage position at a high speed, but the claw portion 158 of the closing engagement piece 156 is provided on the bottom plate 130. Since it is engaged with the front side, the bottom plate 130 is stopped, and as shown in FIG. 19, the lower opening 129a of the cylindrical wall portion 129 of the moving conveyance guide 36 is closed. At substantially the same time as the closing, the guide roller 137 of the lock member 136 is swung by the guide of the lock switching plate 145 to lower the claw portion 138 and restrict the movement of the bottom plate 130 in the opening direction. Further, after the lower opening 129a is closed, the bottom plate 130 comes into contact with the stopper 140 and moves integrally with the other parts of the conveyance guide body 36. As a result, as shown in FIG. The piece 156 oscillates against the urging force of the spring member 157 to escape and allows the bottom plate 130 to move. When the bottom plate 130 passes, the closing engagement piece 156 returns by the urging force of the spring member 157.

  When the conveyance guide body 36 is detected by the front-side speed control sensor 143 at a position before the temporary storage position, the control unit 47 switches the drive mechanism 119 to drive at a lower speed than before. Then, the conveyance guide body 36 moves toward the temporary storage position at a lower speed than before, and as shown in FIG. 16, the temporary storage position sensor 142 indicates that the conveyance guide body 36 is positioned at the temporary storage position. If detected, the control unit 47 stops the drive mechanism 119.

  In addition, when the clerk deposits coins, when the clerk deposits coins, during the sorting process and during the loading process, the clerk side operation unit provided in the banknote handling machine (not shown) faces the clerk side space Sa If it is made, the control part 47 will confirm whether the conveyance guide body 36 exists in a front side guide position, or a temporary storage position. When the front end is at the temporary storage position detected by the temporary storage position sensor 142, the drive mechanism 119 is driven to move the conveyance guide body 36 to the front side guide position where the front end is detected by the front side guide position sensor 141. . When in the front side guide position, the transport guide 36 is left as it is.

  In the clerk-side deposit process, the organizing process, and the loading process, the coins inserted into the hopper temporary storage 26 from the clerk-side slot 16 in the above-described deposit counting mechanism 70 are deposited via the supply board 32 and the rotary board 33. The coins that are identified by the identification unit 34 and are identified as fake coins, that is, coins that are not suitable for depositing, are discharged from the reject unit 58 to the cylindrical guide unit 128 of the transport guide 36 via the reject chute 61. Then, it is guided by this cylindrical guide part 128 and accommodated in the deposit reject box 17. The clerk pulls out the deposit reject box 17 and takes out the unsuitable coins returned to the deposit reject box 17.

  As described above, the distribution transport mechanism 62 is configured so that the transport guide 36 is set to the deposit reject box 17 based on the detection of the front-side speed control sensor 143 and the rear-side speed control sensor 151 that detect the transport position of the transport guide 36. When the conveyance guide body 36 is surely moved at a high speed by the drive mechanism 119 and the conveyance guide body 36 is outside the intermediate predetermined range on the front side in the conveyance direction. The conveyance guide body 36 is moved at a low speed by the drive mechanism 119.

  In addition, the distribution transport mechanism 62 is configured to store the transport guide 36 in the temporary storage unit during the customer-side deposit process for depositing the coins from the customer, that is, at least during the transaction process period through the customer-side slot 21. 131 is positioned at a temporary storage position where coins from the reject chute 61 can be received, and thereafter, it is determined that the deposit counting and distribution of the coins inserted from the customer side inlet 21 by the deposit counting mechanism 70 have been completed. At this time, the conveyance guide body 36 is moved toward the rear side guide position where the temporarily stored coins can be guided to the deposit rejection port 22.

  In addition, the distribution transport mechanism 62 performs the transport guidance during the clerk side deposit process for depositing coins from the clerk described above, during the organizing process and during the loading process, that is, at least during the transaction process period through the clerk side loading slot 16. The body 36 is positioned at the front side guide position where the cylindrical guide portion 128 can guide the coins from the reject chute 61 to the deposit reject box 17.

  According to the coin processing machine 1 of the present embodiment described above, the hopper 31 and the supply board 32 of the deposit counting mechanism 70 that accepts and identifies coins and counts the deposits are provided directly below the clerk-side inlet 16. Coins can be thrown into the deposit counting mechanism 70 via the clerk side slot 16. In addition, a storage and transfer mechanism 72 is disposed immediately below the customer-side insertion slot 21 to store coins that have been input to the customer-side insertion slot 21 and is provided directly above the hopper 31 and the supply board 32 of the deposit counting mechanism 70. Therefore, the coins inserted through the customer side insertion port 21 can be transferred to the deposit counting mechanism 70. Therefore, transactions from both the front side and the rear side are possible. Moreover, the clerk-side shutter body 81 opens the clerk-side slot 16 when coins are inserted into the clerk-side slot 16 and closes the customer-side drop slot 74 so that the clerk-side shutter body 81 is closed when coins are inserted into the customer-side slot 21. Since the insertion port 16 is closed and the customer-side dropping port 74 is opened, it is possible to prevent an insertion error in which coins from input ports other than the input side are input to the deposit counting mechanism 70 with a simple configuration.

  In addition, since the clerk-side insertion port 16 and the drop port 74 are provided adjacent to each other, the length of the clerk-side shutter body 81 can be shortened, and the clerk-side shutter formed by a substantially horizontal plate. Since the body 81 is horizontally moved between the front surface side and the rear surface side of the airframe 10, further simplification of the configuration can be achieved.

  Further, when coins are inserted into the temporary hopper 26 in which the side wall frame 76 is positioned directly below the customer side inlet 21 via the customer side inlet 21, the side wall frame 76 is moved to the side wall frame moving mechanism. 79, it is moved in the direction of the customer side loading port 21. At that time, the section from the position immediately below the customer side loading port 21 to the position immediately before the dropping port 74, the lower opening 76a of the side wall frame 76 is a receiving plate. When it is closed by the portion 73 and moved to the position of the drop opening 74, the lower opening 76 a of the side wall frame body 76 is released without being closed by the receiving plate portion 73, and the coin is dropped to the deposit counting mechanism 70 through the drop opening 74. . Therefore, the storage and transfer mechanism 72 can be configured simply.

  Further, at least during the transaction processing period through the customer-side input port 21, the clerk-side shutter lock mechanism 88 locks the clerk-side shutter body 81 at a position where the clerk-side input port 16 is closed. Thus, it is possible to reliably prevent coins from being erroneously inserted into the deposit counting mechanism 70 from the clerk-side insertion slot 16 during the transaction processing period. Therefore, it is possible to surely prevent an insertion error to the clerk side insertion port 16.

  Further, since the customer-side shutter body 94 that opens and closes the customer-side input port 21 is provided, closing the customer-side input port 21 with the customer-side shutter body 94 prevents coins from being inserted into the customer-side input port 21. it can. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an input error to the customer side input port 21.

  In addition, at least during the transaction process through the clerk-side inlet 16, the customer-side shutter body 94 is locked by the customer-side shutter lock mechanism 96 at a position where the customer-side inlet 21 is closed. Thus, it is possible to reliably prevent coins from being erroneously inserted from the customer-side insertion slot 21 during the transaction processing period via. Accordingly, it is possible to reliably prevent an insertion error to the customer side input port 21.

  Further, when the conveyance guide body 36 is positioned at a position where the coin from the reject chute 61 can be guided to the deposit reject box 17 by the cylindrical guide portion 128, it is sorted by the deposit counting mechanism 70 and is moved to the front side by the reject chute 61. A deposit-improper coin that is guided to fall can be guided to the deposit-reject box 17. Further, when the conveyance guide body 36 is positioned at a position where the coin from the reject chute 61 can be received on the bottom plate 130 in the closed state by the temporary storage portion 131, the transfer guide body 36 is distributed by the deposit counting mechanism 70 and is moved to the front side by the reject chute 61. It is possible to cause the temporary storage unit 131 to store the deposit-improper coins guided to fall. Then, when the transport guide 36 is moved to place the temporary storage unit 131 at the position of the deposit reject port 22 and the bottom plate 130 is opened, it is possible to guide the deposit inappropriate coin to the deposit reject port 22. Accordingly, it is possible to make transactions from both sides and simplify the apparatus configuration, and it is possible to reliably convey coins to the deposit reject boxes 17 and the deposit reject ports 22 on both sides without causing stagnation. In addition, the improper deposit coin is guided to the front side by the reject chute 61 and guided to the deposit reject box 17 by the cylindrical guide portion 128 of the conveyance guide 36. Therefore, the improper deposit coin is immediately applied to the deposit reject box 17. Can be returned. Therefore, the processing time of the processing through the clerk side insertion port 16 can be shortened. In addition, a cylindrical guide 128 for guiding the unsuitable coins to the deposit reject box 17 in the transport guide 36 and a temporary storage unit 131 for temporarily storing the unsuitable coins and transporting them to the deposit reject port 22. Since they are provided separately, the opening and closing of the bottom plate 130 of the temporary storage part 131 can be easily controlled.

  Further, since the bottom plate 130 can be locked at the position where the bottom opening 129a of the cylindrical wall portion 129 is closed by the bottom plate locking mechanism 134, the coins received from the reject chute 61 to the temporary storage portion 131 are transferred to the deposit rejection port 22 side. It can be reliably transported. Further, when the conveyance guide body 36 moves from the deposit reject box 17 to the deposit reject port 22 side, the lock switching plate 145 unlocks the bottom plate 130 by the bottom plate locking mechanism 134, and the release engagement piece 148 Thus, the bottom plate 130 that has been unlocked is engaged and slid to open the lower opening 129a of the cylindrical wall portion 129. Thereby, it is possible to guide the deposit-improper coin to the deposit-reject port 22. Thereafter, when the conveyance guide body 36 moves from the deposit reject port 22 toward the deposit reject box 17, the closing engagement piece 156 of the opening closing mechanism 154 engages with the bottom plate 130 and slides it so that the lower portion of the cylindrical wall portion 129 is moved. The opening 129a is returned to the closed state.

  Further, by engaging the release engagement piece 148 with the bottom plate 130 unlocked by the bottom plate locking mechanism 134, the bottom plate 130 is moved against the other part of the conveyance guide body 36 that moves toward the deposit rejection port 22. Since the lower opening 129a of the cylindrical wall portion 129 is opened by stopping, the driving force to the conveyance guide body 36 by the driving mechanism 119 is used, and a driving source dedicated to the opening operation of the bottom plate 130 becomes unnecessary. .

  Further, the opening closing mechanism 154 engages the closing engagement piece 156 with the bottom plate 130 to stop the bottom plate 130 with respect to the other part of the conveyance guide body 36 that moves toward the deposit reject box 17. Since the lower opening 129a of the cylindrical wall portion 129 is closed, the driving force applied to the conveyance guide body 36 by the driving mechanism 119 is used, and a driving source dedicated to the closing operation of the bottom plate 130 becomes unnecessary.

  Further, the closing engagement piece 156 engages with the bottom plate 130 in an open state when the conveyance guide body 36 moves toward the deposit rejection box 17 side, and stops the bottom plate 130 with respect to the conveyance guide body 36 that moves, thereby The lower opening 129a of the wall portion 129 is closed, and then the engagement with the bottom plate 130 is released by being pressed and swung by the bottom plate 130 that moves integrally with the conveyance guide body 36. From the closing operation of the bottom plate 130 by the engagement piece 156 to the detachment of the closing engagement piece 156 from the bottom plate 130 can be performed using the driving force applied to the conveyance guide body 36 by the drive mechanism 119.

  Further, when the conveyance guide body 36 is in a predetermined intermediate range between the deposit reject box 17 and the deposit rejection port 22, the drive guide 119 moves the conveyance guide body 36 at a high speed so that the conveyance guide body 36 is more than the intermediate predetermined range. Since the conveyance guide body 36 is moved at a low speed by the drive mechanism 119 when it is outside the front in the movement direction, the time required for the movement of the conveyance guide body 36 can be shortened while alleviating the impact when stopped.

  Further, at least during the transaction processing period through the clerk-side insertion slot 16, the conveyance guide body 36 is positioned at a position where the cylindrical guide portion 128 can guide the coins from the reject chute 61 to the deposit reject box 17. Inappropriate coins that are dropped and guided by the reject chute 61 during the transaction processing period through the clerk-side insertion slot 16 can be guided to the deposit reject box 17.

  In addition, at least during the transaction processing period through the customer-side input port 21, the conveyance guide body 36 is positioned at a position where the temporary storage unit 131 can accept coins from the reject chute 61. Inappropriate coins that are guided to drop by the reject chute 61 during the transaction processing period can be received by the temporary storage unit 131.

  Further, when it is determined that the deposit counting and distribution of the coins inserted from the customer-side input port 21 by the deposit-counting mechanism 70 has been completed at least during the transaction processing period through the customer-side input port 21, the transport guide 36 Is moved toward a position where the coins temporarily stored can be guided to the deposit reject port 22, it is possible to immediately guide the unsuitable coins to the deposit reject port 22.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The external appearance of the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention is shown, Comprising: (a) is a front side perspective view, (b) is a rear side perspective view. It is a functional block diagram showing a coin processor of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram showing a coin processor of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram showing a coin processor of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram showing a coin processor of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram showing a coin processor of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram showing a coin processor of one embodiment of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The coin processor of one Embodiment of this invention is shown, Comprising: (a) is a top view of the principal part, (b) is a side view of the principal part. It is upper part sectional drawing which shows the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. 9 which shows the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is upper part sectional drawing which shows the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is upper part sectional drawing which shows the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is upper part sectional drawing which shows the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a side view of the distribution conveyance mechanism which shows the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the body front side of the distribution conveyance mechanism which shows the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the body front side of the distribution conveyance mechanism which shows the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the body rear surface side of the distribution conveyance mechanism which shows the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the body rear surface side of the distribution conveyance mechanism which shows the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the body rear surface side of the distribution conveyance mechanism which shows the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the body rear surface side of the distribution conveyance mechanism which shows the coin processing machine of one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Coin Handling Machine 10 Airframe 16 Engagement side slot (one side slot)
17 Deposit Reject Box (One-side Return Department)
21 Customer side inlet (other side inlet)
22 Receipt reject port (other side return section)
36 Transport guide 61 Reject chute (chute means)
62 Sorting and transport mechanism (sorting and transporting means)
70 Deposit Counting Mechanism (Deposit Counting Means)
72 Storage and transfer mechanism (storage and transfer means)
74 Drop opening (Drop opening on the other side)
76 Side wall frame 76a Lower opening 79 Side wall frame moving mechanism (moving means)
81 Staff side shutter body (one side shutter body)
88 clerk side shutter mechanism lock mechanism (one side shutter lock means)
94 Customer side shutter body (other side shutter body)
96 Customer side shutter lock mechanism (other side shutter lock means)
119 Drive mechanism (drive means)
128 cylindrical guide portion 129 cylindrical wall portion 129a lower opening 130 bottom plate 131 temporary storage portion 134 bottom plate locking mechanism (bottom plate locking means)
143 Front side speed control sensor (sensor means)
145 Lock switching plate (bottom plate unlocking means)
148 Opening engagement piece (opening opening means)
151 Rear side speed control sensor (sensor means)
154 Opening closing mechanism (opening closing means)
156 Closing engagement piece

Claims (15)

One side inlet provided on one side of the aircraft,
Deposit counting means provided immediately below the one-side insertion slot, accepting and identifying coins inserted into the one-side insertion slot,
The other side inlet provided on the other side of the aircraft,
It can be arranged directly under the other-side inlet, stores coins thrown into the other-side inlet, and directs the stored coins to the other-side outlet provided directly above the deposit counting means. Storage and transport means that can be transported,
When inserting coins into the one-side inlet, the one-side inlet is opened and the other-side dropping port is closed, and when inserting coins into the other-side inlet, the one-side inlet is closed and A coin processing machine having a one-side shutter body that opens the other-side drop port.   The one-surface-side inlet and the other-surface-side dropping port are provided adjacent to each other, and the one-surface-side shutter body is formed of a substantially horizontal plate, and is horizontally moved between the one-surface side and the other-surface side of the body. The coin processor according to claim 1, wherein the coin processor is supported. The storage and transfer means includes
A cylindrical side wall frame that is open at the top and bottom;
Moving means for moving the side wall frame body between a position immediately below the other-surface-side inlet and a position directly above the other-surface-side dropping port;
3. A section from a position immediately below the other surface side inlet to a position immediately before the other surface side opening, and a receiving plate portion that closes a lower opening of the side wall frame. Coin handling machine.   The one-surface-side shutter lock means for locking the one-surface-side shutter body at a position where the one-surface-side input port is closed, and at least during the transaction processing period through the other-surface-side input port. The coin processing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the one-surface-side shutter body is locked at a position where the one-surface-side insertion port is closed.   5. The coin processing machine according to claim 1, further comprising an other-surface-side shutter body that opens and closes the other-surface-side insertion port.   It has an other side shutter lock means for locking the other side shutter body at a position where the other side inlet is closed, and at least during the transaction processing period through the one side inlet. 6. The coin processing machine according to claim 5, wherein the other side shutter body is locked by a shutter lock means at a position where the other side insertion slot is closed. The deposit counting means distributes coins into a deposit appropriate coin and a deposit inappropriate coin based on an identification result,
Chute means for dropping and guiding the unsuitable coins distributed by the deposit counting means to the one surface side;
One surface side return portion provided on the one surface side below the chute means,
The other surface side return portion provided on the other surface side below the chute means,
An unfit coin that is provided between the upper position of the one-surface-side return section and the upper position of the other-surface-side return section and is released from the chute means is returned to the one-surface-side return section and the other-surface-side return section. A sorting and conveying means for selectively guiding
The sorting and conveying means includes
A conveyance guide body having a cylindrical guide portion that opens up and down, and a temporary storage portion that includes a cylindrical wall portion that opens up and down and a slidable bottom plate that opens and closes a lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion;
The conveyance guide body is positioned on the bottom plate where the coin from the chute means can be guided to the one-surface return part by the cylindrical guide part and the coin from the chute means is closed by the temporary storage part. 2. A drive means for moving the coins of the temporary storage unit to a position where the coins of the temporary storage unit can be guided to the other surface side return unit by opening the bottom plate are provided. The coin processing machine according to any one of 6. The transport guide has a bottom plate locking means for locking the bottom plate at a position where the lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion is closed,
In the vicinity of the other side return part,
A bottom plate lock releasing means for releasing the lock by the bottom plate locking means when the transport guide body moves from the one surface side return portion side to the other surface side return portion side;
Opening opening means for opening the lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion by sliding the bottom plate released from the lock;
An opening closing means is provided for sliding the bottom plate to close the lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion when the transport guide body moves from the other surface side return portion side to the one surface side return portion side. 8. The coin processing machine according to claim 7, wherein   The opening opening means moves by engaging an opening engaging piece with the bottom plate unlocked by the bottom plate locking means when the transport guide body moves toward the other surface side return portion. The coin processing machine according to claim 8, wherein the bottom opening of the cylindrical wall portion is opened by stopping the bottom plate with respect to the transport guide body.   The opening closing means engages a closing engagement piece with the bottom plate and stops the bottom plate with respect to the moving conveyance guide body when the conveyance guide body moves toward the one-surface-side return portion. The coin processor according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion is closed.   The closing engagement piece is swingably supported so as to be close to and away from the conveyance guide body and is biased in a direction to engage with the bottom plate, and the one surface of the conveyance guide body When moving to the side return portion, the bottom plate is engaged with the bottom plate, the bottom plate is stopped with respect to the moving guide body, and the lower opening of the cylindrical wall portion is closed, and then moved integrally with the transport guide body. The coin processor according to claim 10, wherein the coin processor is released from being engaged with the bottom plate by being swung by being pressed by the bottom plate.   Sensor means for detecting the transport position of the transport guide body, and based on the detection of the sensor means, the transport guide body is in an intermediate predetermined range between the one surface side return portion and the other surface side return portion. In some cases, the transport guide is moved at a high speed by the driving means, and when the transport guide is outside the intermediate predetermined range, the transport guide is moved at a low speed by the drive means. The coin processor according to any one of claims 7 to 11.   At least during the transaction processing period through the one-surface-side insertion slot, the conveyance guide body is positioned so that the cylindrical guide portion in the conveyance guide body can guide the coin from the chute means to the one-surface-side return portion. The coin processing machine according to claim 7, wherein the coin processing machine is positioned.   At least during the transaction processing period through the other-surface-side insertion port, the transport guide body is positioned at a position where the temporary storage section in the transport guide body can receive coins from the chute means. The coin processor according to any one of claims 7 to 13.   When it is determined that the deposit counting and distribution of coins inserted from the other-side insertion slot is completed by the deposit counting means during the transaction processing period through at least the other-side insertion slot, the conveyance guide body The coin processing machine according to any one of claims 7 to 14, wherein the temporarily stored coin is moved toward a position where the coin can be guided to the other surface side return unit.

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