Settlement apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10672235-B2
Application number	US-201916507107-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2019
Priority date	Nov 20, 2015
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

A settlement apparatus contains 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; 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, wherein the money placement surface is connected to the coin inserting slot in a width direction of the case body and is formed flatly, and the money placement portion is arranged across a center of the case body in the width direction.

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; 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, wherein
the money placement surface is connected to the coin inserting slot in a width direction of the case body and is formed flatly, and
the money placement portion is arranged across a center of the case body in the width direction.

2. The settlement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the money placement portion is provided at a position that is deeper than a bill inserting slit in a depth direction of the case body.

3. The settlement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the money placement portion is provided at a position that is deeper than a bill dispensing slit in a depth direction of the case body.

4. The settlement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the money placement portion is provided at a position that is deeper than a coin dispensing dish in a depth direction of the case body.

5. The settlement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the money placement portion is provided at a position that is deeper than a reject dish in a depth direction of the case body.

6. The settlement apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a bill inserting slit, wherein
the coin inserting slot and the bill inserting slit are provided at positions between which there is an overlap in the width direction of the case body.

7. The settlement apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a bill dispensing slit, wherein
the coin inserting slot and the bill dispensing slit are provided at positions between which there is an overlap in the width direction of the case body.

8. The settlement apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a bill inserting slit, wherein
the bill inserting slit is provided below the concaved shape money placement portion in a height direction of the settlement apparatus.

9. The settlement apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display/operation unit, wherein
the display/operation unit is provided above the concaved shape money placement portion in the height direction of the settlement apparatus.

10. The settlement apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a scanner, wherein
the scanner is provided above the concaved shape money placement portion in the height direction of the settlement apparatus.

11. The settlement apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
the scanner is provided between the display/operation unit and the concaved shape money placement portion in the height direction of the settlement apparatus.

Assignees

• Toshiba Tec Kk

Inventors

• Susaki Akiko
• Shishido Norifumi

Classifications

• G07F19/205

  Housing aspects of ATMs · CPC title

• G07D5/04

  Testing the weight · CPC title

• G07D1/00

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

• G07F19/202

  Depositing operations within ATMs (depositing in general G07D11/00) · CPC title

• G07G1/0018 Primary

  Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means · CPC title