Automatic money dispensing machine

Claim 2

A driving system for dispensing money in an automatic money dispensing machine, which comprises: indication means for indicating the amount of money to be dispensed and producing an indication signal in correspondence thereto; storage means for storing said indication signal produced by said indication means; a money storage section comprising money storing portions each containing money of a respective monetary kind; a money dispensing means comprising a selection section for selecting the required storing portion of said money storage section, and a money dispensing section for dispensing the money form said selected storing portion; a monetary kind selection control means for successively selecting the monetary kinds to be dispensed from the storage content of said storage means; a driving means for positioning said money dispensing section of said money dispensing means at a money storing portion selected by said selection section of said money dispensing means, and a driving control section disposed in interworking relationship witH said storage means, said money dispensing means, said monetary kind selection control means, and said driving section, in such a manner, that the amount of money to be dispensed by said dispensing means is controlled in accordance with the storage content of said storage means, and said driving control section is controlled by said monetary kind selection control means in accordance with the selection thereof thereby to control said driving section of said dispensing means.

Claim 3

A driving system for dispensing money in an automatic money dispensing machine: which comprises an indication means for indicating the amount of money to be dispensed and producing an indication signal in correspondence thereto; storage means for storing said indication signal produced by said indication means; a money storage section comprising a plurality of money storing portions each containing money of a respective monetary kind; a single money dispensing means for dispensing money from at least one of said money storing portions of said money storage section so that either money is dispensed in one monetary kind or in a combination of plural monetary kinds respectively; a comparison circuit for comparing, with respect to each monetary kind, the money dispensed from the money dispensing means with the money amount corresponding to the indication signal stored in said storage means so that a coincidence signal is produced when the compared amounts coincide with each other with respect to each monetary kind; a monetary kind selection control means operating in response to said coincidence signal for successively selecting the monetary kind to be dispensed; a driving means for positioning said single money dispensing means at a money storing portion of said money storage section, said portion corresponding to the monetary kind selected by said monetary kind selection control means; and a driving control means disposed in interworking relationship with said money dispensing means and said driving means so as to stop the dispensing operation of said dispensing means and to operate said driving means in accordance with the control signal from said monetary kind selection control means thereby to position said dispensing means at another one of said storing portions of said money storing section, said storing portion corresponding to the next monetary kind to be dispensed.

Claim 4

A driving system for dispensing money in an automatic money dispensing machine: which comprises an indication means for indicating the amount of money to be dispensed and producing an indication signal in correspondence thereto; storage means for storing said indication signal produced by said indication means; a money storage section comprising a plurality of money storing portions each containing money of a respective monetary kind; a single money dispensing means for dispensing money from at least one of said money storing portions of said money storage section so that either money is dispensed in one monetary kind or in a combination of plural monetary kinds respectively; a comparison circuit for comparing, with respect to each monetary kind, the money dispensed from the money dispensing means with the money amount corresponding to the indication signal stored in said storage means so that a coincidence signal is produced when the compared amounts coincide with each other with respect to each monetary kind; a monetary kind selection control means operating in response to said coincidence signal for successively selecting the monetary kind to be dispensed; a driving means for positioning said single money dispensing means at a money storing portion of said money storage section, said portion corresponding to the monetary kind selected by said monetary kind selection control means; and a driving control means disposed in interworking relationship with said money dispensing means and said driving means so as to stop the dispensing operation of said dispensing means and to operate said driving means in accordance with the control signal from said monetary kind selection control means thereby to position said dispensing means at another one of said storing portions of said money storing section, said storing portion corresponding to the next monetary kind to be dispensed.

Claim 5

A driving system as claimed in claim 1, said system being provided with a plurality of first switching means and a plurality of second switching means, said plurality of first switching means each being respectively operated by signals corresponding to each respective monetary kind and produced in accordance with the indication signals stored in the storage means, and said plurality of second switching means being operated by money dispensing positional signals with respect to each respective monetary kind correspoonding to the operated first switching means, and normally closed contact sides of said first switching means being connected to one another in cascade and normally open contact sides of said first switching means being connected to corresponding contact sides of said second switching means, thereby to produce signals through respective loops on the normally open contact sides for driving the money dispensing means.