Automatic money-dispensing system

• US 3,908,894 A
• Filed: 10/16/1973
• Issued: 09/30/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Akio Ueba, Hideto Shigemori, Yoshihiro Hatanaka
• Original Assignee: Akio Ueba, Hideto Shigemori, Yoshihiro Hatanaka
• Inventors: Hatanaka, Yoshihiro, Shigemori, Hideto, Ueba, Akio
• Primary Examiner(s): Cook, Daryl W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kilgore, Robert M.
• Application Number:
  US05/406,869
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 235/61.7B,61.6E,61.7R,61.11E,61.9A,61.6R,61.11R,61.11D 172/22 194/4 340/149A,146.3K 200/46R
• US Class Current: 235/381
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/20 Controlling or monitoring the operation of devices; Data handling
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/24 Managing the stock of valuable papers

Abstract

An automatic money-issuing system adapted to automatically issue bank notes and a necessary amount of money of predetermined denominations with the aid of a tape information input or a manual input, which comprises a device adapted to indicate an amount of money to be paid, a circuit storing a signal from the device, a means to issue bank notes or coins, a circuit adapted to compare the amount of money issued with the amount of money indicated, and a device adapted to stop the operation of the device issuing money by a coincidence signal issued from a comparison circuit.

Claims

1. An automatic money dispensing system for dispensing a quantity of money, which comprises:

data input means automatically operatively responsive to input data fed thereto representing the quantity of money to be dispensed, and providing a first set of output signals representative thereof;

manually operable input means for manually designating the quantity of money to be dispensed and providing a second set of output signals representative thereof;

money dispensing means operatively associated with said data input means and said manually operable input means for dispensing the quantity of money in response to a respective one of said first set and second set of output signals; and

input switching means operatively associated with said data input means and said manually operable input means for selectively switching said first set of output signals and said second set of output signals to said money dispensing means, whereby said money dispensing means selectively dispenses the amount of money in response to a selected respective one of said first set and said second set of output signals.

2. An automatic money dispensing system for dispensing a quantity of money, which comprises:

data input means automatically operatively responsive to input data fed thereto representing the quantity of money to be dispensed, and providing a first set of output signals representative thereof;

manually operable input means for manuaLly designating the quantity of money to be dispensed and providing a second set of output signals representative thereof;

money dispensing means operatively associated with said data input means and said manually operable input means for dispensing the quantity of money in response to a respective one of said first set and second set of output signals, said money dispensing means including;

storage means for storing a respective one of said first set and second set of output signals selectively applied to said money dispensing means by said input switching means and providing output signals representative thereof;

money issuing means operatively responsive to the output signals of said storage means for issuing money piece by piece according to the stored signals stored in said storage means, which stored signals pertain to the quantity of money to be dispensed; and

input switching means operatively associated with said data input means and said manually operable input means for selectively switching said first set of output signals and said second set of output signals to said money dispensing means, whereby said money dispensing means selectively dispenses the amount of money in response to a selected respective one of said first set and said second set of output signals.

3. An automatic money dispensing system as claimed in claim 2 wherein said first set of output signals from said data input means and said second set of output signals from said manually operable input means are applied in the same code signal to said input switching means.

4. An automatic money dispensing system as claimed in claim 3 wherein said money dispensing means further includes comparing means for comparing the amount of money issued with the amount of money represented by the signals stored in said storage means, and means for stopping the operation of said money issuing means in response to a coincidence signal issuing from said comparing means.

5. An automatic money dispensing system as claimed in claim 4 wherein said data input means is automatically responsive to taped input data fed thereto, which taped input data contains information relating to the quantity of money to be dispensed, said data input means comprises reading means for reading data relating to the quantity of money to be dispensed on said taped input data, and said manually operable input means comprises designating means manually operable by an operator of the money dispenser for designating the quantity of money to be dispensed.

6. An automatic money dispensing system as claimed in claim 5 wherein said manually operable input means comprises:

designating means for designating the amount of money to be dispensed and providing a decimal coded signal representative thereof; and

first converter means for converting said decimal coded signal into a binary coded signal which corresponds to a signal of said second set of output signals, and applying the binary coded signal to said input switching means.

7. An automatic money dispensing system as claimed in claim 6 in which said data input means comprises a second converter means and a read means, said second converter converting a signal delivered through said read means into a binary code signal which corresponds to a signal of said first set of output signals, and applying the binary code signal to said input switching means.

8. An automatic money dispensing system as claimed in claim 2 wherein said storage means comprises:

a temporary storage section for temporarily storage a respective selected one of said first set and second set of output signals from said input switching means and providing corresponding output signals of each signal in said first set and said second set of output signals and a further storage section operatively connected to said temporary storage section for successively storing each of said corresponding output signals introduced from the temporary storage section and controlling an operation of said moneY issuing means so that the quantity of money is issued piece by piece; and

a pulse generator operatively associated with said data input means, said manually operable input means, said temporary storage section and said further storage section for causing the stored signals of said temporary storage section to be successively introduced to said further storage section.