JP5835816B2 - Cash drawer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cash drawer.

  A cash drawer (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as “drawer”) is used by being incorporated in a cash register or a POS device. A cash case is detachably accommodated in the cash drawer drawer. Various proposals have been made as methods for accommodating money cases. Among them, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a lock mechanism that locks a coin case in a non-detachable manner in a drawer having a money case and a detachable coin case mechanically engaged with the money case, and forcing the coin case. Merchandise sales with execution declaration means for making a release execution declaration and unlocking means for releasing the lock mechanism (unlocking) when the drawer is in the open state and the forced release execution release declaration has been made A registered data processing device is disclosed.

  In the merchandise sales registration data processing apparatus of Patent Document 1, the coin case mechanically engaged with the money case is in a state where the money case and the coin case are in a condition that the drawer is in the open state and a forced detachment execution declaration is made. The locked state is released. When the locked state is released, the coin case can be removed from the money case. In this state, when the price received from the customer is the highest bill (10,000 yen bill), the bill can be stored in the second bill housing part provided at the lower part of the coin case.

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  By the way, in the structure of a general cash drawer, it can be locked when the drawer is closed regardless of whether the money case is accommodated in the drawer. For this reason, whether or not the money case is accommodated has to be confirmed once by performing some operation to open the drawer, which makes the confirmation work complicated.

  Due to the above circumstances, you may forget to store the money case in the drawer before the start of work, or forget to collect the cash in the cash drawer after the end of work with the cash drawer drawer closed. There was also.

  Therefore, the present invention solves the above problems. Specifically, an object of the present invention is to provide a cash drawer that can visually recognize that a money case is not accommodated in a drawer without performing a special operation.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a drawer that houses a money case, and a lock mechanism that locks the drawer by closing the drawer when the money case is housed in the drawer. In a state in which the case is not accommodated, a cash drawer having an unlocking mechanism that avoids locking of the drawer by the locking mechanism is obtained.

  In the present invention, the cash drawer drawer is not closed unless the money case is accommodated in the cash drawer drawer, and the drawer cannot be locked. For this reason, the cashier and the store employee can visually recognize that no money case is accommodated in the drawer without performing any special operation.

It is a figure explaining a structure and operation | movement when the money case is not accommodated in the drawer | drawing-out of a normal cash drawer. (A) is a sectional side view showing a state before the cash drawer drawer is locked, and (b) is an enlarged perspective view showing the cash drawer locking mechanism except for the upper part of the cash drawer body case. FIG. (C) is a sectional side view showing a state in which the drawer of the cash drawer is locked, and (d) is an enlarged view of the locking mechanism in the state of (c) except for the upper part of the cash drawer main body case. It is a perspective view. It is a figure explaining operation | movement at the time of accommodating a money case in drawer | drawing-out of the cash drawer shown by FIG. (A) is a cross-sectional side view showing a state before the cash drawer drawer is locked, and (b) illustrates the locking mechanism in the state (a) except for the upper part of the cash drawer body case. It is a perspective view. (C) is a side view of a cross section showing a state in which the drawer of the cash drawer shown in FIG. 2 (a) is locked, and (d) is a diagram of (c) except for the upper part of the cash drawer body case. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the lock mechanism in a state. It is a figure which shows the structure when the money case is not accommodated in drawer | drawing-out of the cash drawer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a sectional side view showing a state before the cash drawer drawer is moved to a locked position, and (b) is a cache in the state (a) except for the upper part of the cash drawer body case. It is a figure which expands and shows the lock mechanism of a drawer. (C) is a sectional side view showing a state in which the drawer of the cash drawer is not locked, and (d) is an enlarged view of the locking mechanism in the state of (c) except for the upper part of the cash drawer body case. It is a perspective view shown. The side view and perspective view of a cash drawer are shown. It is a figure explaining a structure and operation | movement in case a money case is accommodated in drawer | drawing-out of the cash drawer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a sectional side view showing a state immediately before the cash drawer drawer is locked, and (b) is an enlarged perspective view showing the state of the lock mechanism except for the upper part of the cash drawer body case. . (C) is a sectional side view showing a state in which the drawer of the cash drawer is locked, and (d) is an enlarged view of the state of the locking mechanism in the state of (c) except for the upper part of the cash drawer body case. FIG. It is a figure explaining the unlocking mechanism of this invention in detail. (A) And (b) is a perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and demonstrates the rotation spacer of an unlocking mechanism, (c) And (d) is a side view which shows the operation | movement of a rotation spacer in detail.

  In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, a commonly used cash drawer will be described first.

  The normal cash drawer 101 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a structure that can accommodate the drawer 102 in the cash drawer main body case 101-1, and is provided at the back of the cash drawer main body case 101-1 that accommodates the drawer 102. A fixing portion 9 is provided. When closing the drawer 102, the drawer 102 is moved in the direction A in FIG. 1 to the fixing portion 9 provided on the back side of the cash drawer main body case 101-1 that houses the drawer 102. At this time, the drawer side frame 104 is guided by the cash drawer main body case 101-1. Thereby, the drawer 102 can be closed and locked. 1 and 2 show only the portion of the cash drawer 101 related to the present invention.

  The difference between FIGS. 1 and 2 is a diagram showing a case (FIG. 1) and a case (FIG. 2) in which the money case 3 is not accommodated in the drawer 102, and other parts used. Therefore, the configuration of a conventional cash drawer that is normally used will be described below with reference to FIG. FIGS. 1A and 1B show a cash drawer at a stage before the drawer 102 is closed, and FIGS. 1C and 1D show a cash drawer after the drawer 102 is closed. As shown in FIG. 1B, on the back side of the drawer 102, a drawer back side frame portion 105 is erected in a direction perpendicular to the A direction of the drawer. Further, on the surface portion 106 on the back side of the drawer back side frame portion 105, a fixed stop shaft 8 and a stopper contact portion 11 are provided at a position away from the stop shaft 8. In the form illustrated in FIG. 1B, the stop shaft 8 is provided near the center of the surface portion 106 of the drawer back side frame portion 105, and the stopper contact portion 11 is located in front of the drawer 102. It is provided below the surface portion 106 of the side drawer back side frame portion 105. That is, the drawer back side frame 105, the stop shaft 8, and the stopper contact portion 11 constitute a part of the drawer 102, and these parts are connected to the cash drawer along with the drawer 102 as the drawer 102 moves. It can be moved within 101.

  On the other hand, the fixed portion 9 has a stage 24 provided with a hook lever 12 and an open lever 15 at a position facing the stop shaft 8. The stage 24 is fixed to the back side of the cash drawer main body case 101-1. Further, the stopper 10 is fixed to the back side of the cash drawer main body case 101-1 at a position facing the stopper contact surface 11. That is, the fixing portion 9 is formed by a stage 24 having a hook lever 12 and an open lever 15 and a stopper 10, and the fixing portion 9 is provided on the back side of the cash drawer main body case 101-1 housing the drawer 102. Is provided.

  Further, the lock mechanism 7 is constituted by the hook lever 12, the open lever 15 and the stop shaft 8. The hook lever 12 has two ends, and has a hook lever claw 14 at one end. The hook lever claw 14 is engaged with an open lever 15 urged by a biasing means (not shown) in the B direction perpendicular to the A direction of the movement of the drawer 102, and the movement of the hook lever 12 is It is restrained. At the end of the other hook lever 12, a hook-like portion 13 for engaging with the stop shaft 8 is provided. Further, the hook lever 12 is pivotally supported by a hook lever rotating shaft 12-1, and is biased by a biasing means (not shown) in the clockwise X direction so that it can be rotated in the X direction and the opposite direction. It is configured.

  Next, a normal cash drawer locking mechanism will be described with reference to FIG. A normal cash drawer drawer 102 is urged in an opening direction opposite to the A direction by an urging means (for example, a coil spring) (not shown). As shown in FIG. 1C, when the drawer 102 is closed in the A direction against the urging force, the stopper contact surface 11 of the drawer 102 contacts the stopper 10, and the drawer 102 contacts the stopper. The surface 11 and the stopper 10 are configured to stop at a contact position.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1D, when the stop shaft 8 comes into contact with the hook lever 12, the open lever 15 moves to the opposite side to the B direction, and the engagement between the open lever 15 and the hook lever claw 14 is achieved. At the same time, the hook lever 12 rotates counterclockwise with respect to the X direction about the rotation axis, and the stop shaft 8 and the hook-shaped portion 13 are engaged and locked. ing. Furthermore, at the same time that the stop shaft 8 and the hook-shaped portion 13 are engaged, the open lever 15 is accommodated in the hook lever notch portion 16 provided at a position different from the hook lever claw 14. For this reason, the hook lever notch 16 and the open lever 15 come into contact with each other, and the rotation of the hook lever 12 is restricted.

  The normal cash drawer is locked by the same operation as the cash drawer 101 illustrated in FIG. 1 even when the money case 3 illustrated in FIG. 2 is accommodated. That is, the normal cash drawer 101 is configured to be locked when the drawer 102 is closed to the back regardless of whether the money case 3 is accommodated in the drawer 102.

  Next, a cash drawer according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The cash drawer 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 has a configuration in which additional components are provided in addition to the configuration of the cash drawer 101 shown in FIGS. Have. That is, in a state where the money case 3 according to the present invention is not accommodated in the drawer 2, even if the drawer 2 is closed, the cash drawer 1 is in the unlocked state 27 (see FIG. 3D), and the lock is avoided. The 3 and 4 show only a portion of the cash drawer 1 related to the present invention.

  In a state where the money case 3 is not accommodated in the drawer 2 of the cash drawer 1 of the present invention, in order to realize the unlocking mechanism of the cash drawer 1, a circuit which will be described later is provided on the back side of the drawer 2 attached to the cash drawer. An unlocking mechanism having a moving spacer 17 is further provided. As a result, when the money case 3 illustrated in FIG. 3 is not accommodated, the unlocked state 27 in which the lock is not applied even if the drawer 2 is closed is prevented, and the lock can be avoided. It has become.

  3A to 3D show a state in which the money case 3 is not accommodated in the drawer 2. Similar to the cash drawer 101 described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the drawer 2 is urged in an opening direction opposite to the A direction by an urging means (not shown) such as a coil spring. When closing, the drawer 2 is pushed in the direction A against the urging force. Further, the drawer 2 can be opened in the direction opposite to the A direction. The drawer 2 can be opened and closed by the drawer side frame portion 4 being guided by the cash drawer body case 1-1. Further, on the back side of the drawer 2, a drawer back side frame portion 5 is erected in a direction perpendicular to the A direction of the drawer.

  Further, a stopper abuts the surface portion 6 on the back side of the drawer back side frame portion 5 below the fixed stop shaft 8 and the surface portion 6 of the back side frame on the near side of the drawer 2 away from the stop shaft 8. Part 11 is provided. Further, a rotation spacer 17 is provided on the front surface side of the stopper contact portion 11 (that is, on the fixed portion 9 side).

  FIG. 5B shows an enlarged view of the rotation spacer 17. The rotation spacer 17 is composed of three parts. That is, the rotation spacer flap 20 on the top of the rotation spacer 17, the rotation spacer rotation shaft 18 having convex pins on both sides of the rotation spacer 17, and the rotation spacer at the lower position. A block unit 19 is provided. The rotation spacer block portion 19 is the most heavy portion of the rotation spacer 17. For this reason, unless a force is applied to the rotation spacer 17, the rotation spacer block portion 19 is suspended by gravity as shown in FIG.

  The drawer back side frame 5 shown in FIG. 5A has a notch 28. Two brackets 22 fixed to the back frame portion are provided on both sides of the notch portion 28. Through the notch 28, the top of the rotation spacer 17 can protrude forward of the drawer. A circular opening 23 is provided at the center of the bracket 22 described above. A rotating spacer rotating shaft 18 of the rotating spacer 17 is supported on the circular opening 23. Between the two brackets 22 of the drawer back side frame portion 5, a notch portion 28 for the rotating spacer flap portion 20 is provided. With this configuration, when a force in the Z direction is applied to the upper portion of the rotation spacer flap portion 20 around the rotation spacer rotation shaft 18, the rotation spacer block portion 19 is centered on the rotation spacer rotation shaft 18. It can be rotated in the Y direction.

  Here, referring also to FIG. 3C, in a state where the money case 3 is not accommodated in the drawer 2, the money case 3 is placed so as to straddle the drawer back side frame part 5 only on the rotating spacer flap part 20 side. Projects to the receiving side. On the other hand, the lower end 21 of the rotation spacer flap part 20 is inclined so as to face obliquely downward toward the money case 3 accommodation side. That is, the drawer 2 of the cash drawer 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the drawer back frame 5, the stop shaft 8, the stopper abutting portion 11, and the rotation spacer 17. These parts can be moved in the cash drawer main body case 1-1 together with the drawer 2 as the drawer 2 moves.

  On the other hand, the fixing portion 9 has a stage 24 including a hook lever 12 and an open lever 15 at a position facing the stop shaft 8. The stage 24 is fixed to the back side of the cash drawer main body case 1-1. Further, a stopper 10 is fixed to the back side of the cash drawer main body case 1-1 at a position facing the rotation spacer block portion 19. That is, the fixing portion 9 is formed by the stage 24 having the hook lever 12 and the open lever and the stopper 10, and is provided on the back side of the cash drawer main body case 1-1.

Next, the unlocking mechanism of the cash drawer of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The cash drawer drawer 2 of the present invention is urged in an opening direction opposite to the A direction by an urging means (for example, a coil spring) (not shown) as in a normal cash drawer. 3A shows a stage before the drawer 2 is closed in a state where the money case 3 is not accommodated in the drawer 2, and the money case 3 is accommodated in the drawer 2 as shown in FIG. In the absence, the rotation stopper block 19 and the stopper 10 are in a positional relationship facing each other.

  FIG. 3C shows a state in which the drawer 2 is closed in the A direction and stopped at a position where the rotation stopper block portion 19 and the stopper 10 come into contact with each other. FIG. 3D shows a situation where the stop shaft 8 and the hook-like portion 13 are not engaged when the drawer 2 stops at a position where the rotating spacer block portion 19 and the stopper 10 come into contact with each other. That is, in a state in which the money case 3 is not accommodated in the drawer 2, even if the drawer 2 is closed in the A direction, the rotation spacer block portion of the rotation spacer 17 is engaged before the stop shaft 8 and the hook-shaped portion 13 are engaged. Since the drawer 2 is stopped by the contact between the stopper 19 and the stopper 19, the drawer 2 cannot be locked, and the unlocked state 27 (see FIG. 3D) is entered, and the drawer is locked. It will be possible to avoid.

  On the other hand, in the state in which the money case 3 is accommodated in the drawer 2, the money case 3 pushes the rotating spacer flap portion 20 in the Z direction as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). Thereby, the rotation spacer block portion 19 rotates in the Y direction (see FIG. 5D) around the rotation spacer rotation shaft 18.

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 5D, when the money case 3 (not shown) is accommodated in the drawer 2, the rotation spacer flap portion 20 is rotated counterclockwise by the money case 3. Accordingly, the lower end 21 of the rotating spacer flap portion stops at a position facing directly below the bottom portion of the cash drawer 1.

  In this state, the rotational spacer flap part 20 and the drawer back side frame 5 are parallel to each other.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4A, in a state where the money case 3 is accommodated in the drawer 2, the rotation spacer block portion 19 is located in a space apart above the stopper 10. That is, when the drawer 2 is closed in the A direction, the block portion 19 of the rotation spacer and the stopper 10 do not come into contact with each other, so that the stopper 10 comes into contact with the stopper of the drawer back side frame 5 as shown in FIG. The drawer 2 can be closed to a position where it contacts the surface 11. In this state, the lock state 26 (locked state) of the cash drawer 1 can be maintained by performing the same operation as described for the normal cash drawer 101 described above.

  When opening the drawer 2 of the cash drawer 1 of the present invention, the control unit of the POS terminal device (not shown) operates a solenoid (not shown) so that the open lever 15 is opposite to the direction of the B direction. The engagement between the open lever 15 and the hook lever claw 14 is released and the drawer starts to move in the opening direction, and the engagement between the hook lever hook 13 and the stop shaft 8 is released.

  The cash drawer according to the embodiment of the present invention described above is visually recognized from the outside without any special operation when the money drawer is not accommodated in the drawer of the cash drawer in the store after closing. be able to. For this reason, it is also effective in crime prevention.

  Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention can be applied to a cash drawer or a cash drawer alone installed along with a POS terminal device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,101 Cash drawer 1-1, 101-1 Cash drawer main body case 2,102 Drawer 3 Money case 4,104 Drawer side frame part 5,105 Drawer back side frame part 6,106 Surface part 7 Lock mechanism 8 Stop shaft 9 Fixed portion 10 Stopper 11 Stopper contact surface 12 Hook lever 12-1 Hook lever rotating shaft 13 Hook-shaped portion 14 Hook lever claw 15 Open lever 16 Hook lever notch portion 17 Turning spacer 18 Turning spacer rotating shaft 19 Rotating spacer block portion 20 Rotating spacer flap portion 21 Lower end of rotating spacer flap portion 22 Bracket 23 Circular opening 24 Stage 25 Money case lower end 26 Locked state 27 Unlocked state 28 Notch portion X X direction Y Y direction Z Direction A A direction (direction of closing the drawer)
B Direction in which the open lever is urged

Claims (4)

A drawer containing the money case;
In a state where the money case is housed in the drawer, the drawer has a lock mechanism that locks by closing the drawer,
In a state where the money case is not accommodated in the drawer, the drawer has an unlocking mechanism for avoiding locking by the locking mechanism of the drawer ,
The unlock mechanism includes a rotation spacer provided on the back side of the drawer, and includes a stopper provided on a fixing portion of the cash drawer main body case,
Further, in the state where the money case is housed in the drawer, the unlock mechanism is configured such that a stopper provided in the fixing portion located at the back of the drawer and the rotation spacer of the unlock mechanism abut on each other. The drawer can be locked, and when the money case is not accommodated in the drawer, the stopper provided on the fixing portion and the rotation spacer come into contact with each other to lock the drawer. The cash drawer is characterized in that the drawer is kept in an unlocked state . The locking mechanism is serial placement of the cash drawer to claim 1 provided on the rear side of the drawer. The lock mechanism includes a stop shaft provided on the back side of the drawer, and a hook lever that engages with the stop shaft and locks the drawer at a position opposed to the stop shaft. If, cash drawer of claim 1, characterized in that it comprises an open lever to unlock the drawer by the hook lever. The rotation spacer rotates about a rotation axis, and in a state where a money case is accommodated in the drawer, the rotation spacer reaches a position where it does not come into contact with a stopper provided in the fixed portion located at the back of the drawer. rotation and, in the state in which the money case is not accommodated in the drawer, to claim 1, characterized in that pivoted to a position where the stopper abutting provided on the fixing portion positioned at the back of the drawer The cash drawer described.

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