Settlement apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10121332-B2
Application number	US-201615347851-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2016
Priority date	Nov 20, 2015
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

A settlement apparatus includes a case body; a coin inserting slot, provided at the case body, which receives a deposited coin; and a concaved shape money placement portion, arranged at the case body, which has a money placement surface on which the deposited coin which is received by the coin inserting slot is temporarily placed at the bottom surface portion thereof, wherein the money placement surface is connected to the coin inserting slot in a width direction of the case body and the money placement portion is located across a center of the case body in the width direction thereof to slide the deposited coin on the money placement surface toward the coin inserting slot.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A settlement apparatus comprising:
a case body;
a coin inserting slot, provided at the case body, which receives a deposited coin;
a coin depositing/dispensing device, provided in the case body, which stores the deposited coin received through the coin inserting slot and dispenses the stored coin;
a concaved shape money placement portion, arranged at the case body, which has a money placement surface on which the deposited coin which is received by the coin inserting slot is temporarily placed, wherein
the money placement surface is formed on a bottom of the money placement portion such that the money placement portion is connected to the coin inserting slot in a width direction of the case body and the money placement surface of the money placement portion is formed horizontally, and
the money placement portion is arranged across a center of the case body in the width direction and the deposited coin is slid on the money placement surface toward the coin inserting slot in the width direction, and

a bill inserting slit that receives a bill that is to be stored in a bill depositing/dispensing device provided in the case body and a bill dispensing slit that dispenses a bill from the bill depositing/dispensing device, wherein
the bill inserting slit and the bill dispensing slit are provided below the coin inserting slot of the case body, and
in the width direction, there is an overlap between a position of the coin inserting slot and a position of the bill inserting slit and the bill dispensing slit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the money placement portion includes a sheet, on which an explanation of a use state of the money placement portion is displayed, attached to the money placement surface thereof.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a detection unit that detects an object placed on the money placement surface; and
an informing section configured to inform that there is an object placed on the money placement surface if the detection unit detects the object immediately after completion of payment.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the settlement apparatus is a checkout apparatus on which customer performs settlement by himself or herself.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the case body further comprises side surfaces on both ends of the case body in a width direction; and
the coin inserting slot is located close to one of the side surfaces of the case body, and the money placement portion is located close to another of the side surfaces of the case body.

6. A settlement apparatus comprising:
a case body;
a coin inserting slot, provided at the case body, which receives a deposited coin, the coin inserting slot including square shaped four oblique surfaces respectively inclined downward toward a center of the square and an elongated hole, formed at the center of the square, through which the deposited coin is dropped;
a coin depositing/dispensing device, provided in the case body, which stores the deposited coin received through the coin inserting slot and dispenses the stored coin;
a concaved shape money placement portion, arranged at the case body, which has a money placement surface on which the deposited coin which is received by the coin inserting slot is temporarily placed, wherein
the money placement surface is formed on a bottom surface of the money placement portion such that i-t the money placement portion is connected to the coin inserting slot in a width direction of the case body and the money placement surface of the money placement portion is formed horizontally,
the deposited coin is slid on the money placement portion toward the coin inserting slot in the width direction, and
the elongated hole has longitudinal edges intersecting a direction in which the deposited coin is slid toward the coin inserting slot; and

a bill inserting slit that receives a bill that is to be stored in a bill depositing/dispensing device provided in the case body and a bill dispensing slit that dispenses a bill from the bill depositing/dispensing device, wherein
the bill inserting slit and the bill dispensing slit are provided below the coin inserting slot of the case body, and
in the width direction, there is an overlap between a position of the coin inserting slot and a position of the bill inserting slit and the bill dispensing slit.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
the case body further comprises side surfaces on both ends of the case body in a width direction; and
the coin inserting slot is located close to one of the side surfaces of the case body, and the money placement portion is located close to another of the side surfaces of the case body.

8. A settlement apparatus comprising:
a case body;
a coin inserting slot, provided at the case body, which receives a deposited coin;
a coin depositing/dispensing device, provided in the case body, which stores the deposited coin received by the coin inserting slot and dispenses the stored coin;
a concaved shape money placement portion, arranged at the case body, which has a money placement surface at a bottom surface thereof connected to the coin inserting slot in a width direction of the case body and the money placement surface of the money placement portion is formed horizontally, wherein the deposited coin which is received by the coin inserting slot is temporarily placed;
a coin dispending dish, provided below the coin inserting slot and the money placement portion of the case body, which receives coin dispensed from the coin depositing/dispensing device; and
a bill inserting slit that receives bill that is to be stored in a bill depositing/dispensing device provided in the case body and a bill dispensing slit that dispenses bill from the bill depositing/dispensing device, the bill inserting slit and the bill dispensing slit being provided below the coin dispensing dish of the case body, wherein
in the width direction, there is an overlap between a position of the coin inserting slot and a position of the bill inserting slit and the bill dispensing slit.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the coin dispensing dish is located at a further front side in a depth direction of the case body beyond the coin inserting slot and the bill inserting slit and the bill dispensing slit are located at a further front side in the depth direction of the case body beyond the coin dispensing dish.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , further including a receipt dispensing table, provided above the coin inserting slot and the money placement portion of the case body, which supports a receipt relating to a commodity sales processing.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein the receipt dispensing table is a protrusion that projects from the case body, and
wherein the apparatus further comprises a door provided at the case body to be turned in an upper/lower direction to expose the inside of the case body, and the money placement portion is provided at such a position as to interfere with the protrusion in a state in which the door is turned upward to expose the inside of the case body, and a depth of the concaved shape portion of the money placement portion is set to such a depth as to be able to avoid collision against the protrusion.

12. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the case body further comprises side surfaces on both ends of the case body in a width direction; and
the coin inserting slot is located close to one of the side surfaces of the case body, and the money placement portion is located close to another of the side surfaces of the case body.

Assignees

• Toshiba Tec Kk

Inventors

• Susaki Akiko
• Shishido Norifumi

Classifications

• G07D1/00

  Coin dispensers (devices delivering paper currency G07D11/00) · CPC title

• G07D11/14

  Inlet or outlet ports · CPC title

• G07F19/205

  Housing aspects of ATMs · CPC title

• G07D11/16

  Handling of valuable papers (within containers G07D11/13) · CPC title

• G07D5/04

  Testing the weight · CPC title