Checkout apparatus

A method for a checkout apparatus, comprising:

• drawing out a bill change machine from an inside of a housing of the checkout apparatus;
• drawing out a coin change machine from the inside of the housing in a same direction as a direction in which the bill change machine is drawn out;
• if the bill change machine is drawn out, locking the coin change machine with a lock component so that the coin change machine is unable to be drawn out;
• and
• if the coin change machine is drawn out, locking the bill change machine with the lock component so that the bill change machine is unable to be drawn out,
• the method further comprising:
• inhibiting the coin change machine from being drawn out with a coin draw-out preventing mechanism if the bill change machine is drawn out;
• and
• inhibiting the bill change machine from being drawn out with a bill draw-out preventing mechanism if the coin change machine is drawn out, wherein
• the coin draw-out preventing mechanism integrally includes a bill pusher that comes into contact with the housed bill change machine and a coin hook, the contact of the bill pusher and the bill change machine is released and the coin draw-out preventing mechanism rotates if the bill change machine is drawn out, and the coin hook locks to the coin change machine and locks the coin change machine to be unable to be drawn out, and
• the bill draw-out preventing mechanism integrally includes a coin pusher that comes into contact with the housed coin change machine and a bill hook, the contact of the coin pusher and the coin change machine is released and the bill draw-out preventing mechanism rotates if the coin change machine is drawn out, and the bill hook locks to the bill change machine and locks the bill change machine to be unable to be drawn out.

A semi-self-service point of sales terminal, comprising:

• a commodity registration apparatus configured to execute commodity registration processing for a commodity;
• and
• a payment processing component, comprising:
• a bill change machine provided on an inside of a housing and configured to be drawn out from the housing;
• a coin change machine provided on the inside of the housing and configured to be drawn out from the housing in a same direction as a direction in which the bill change machine is drawn out;
• and
• a lock component configured to, if the bill change machine is drawn out, lock the coin change machine so as to be unable to be drawn out, and if the coin change machine is drawn out, lock the bill change machine so as to be unable to be drawn out,
• wherein the lock component includes a coin draw-out preventing mechanism configured to inhibit the coin change machine from being drawn out if the bill change machine is drawn out and a bill draw-out preventing mechanism configured to inhibit the bill change machine from being drawn out if the coin change machine is drawn out, and wherein
• the coin draw-out preventing mechanism integrally includes a bill pusher that comes into contact with the housed bill change machine and a coin hook, the contact of the bill pusher and the bill change machine is released and the coin draw-out preventing mechanism rotates if the bill change machine is drawn out, and the coin hook locks to the coin change machine and locks the coin change machine to be unable to be drawn out, and
• the bill draw-out preventing mechanism integrally includes a coin pusher that comes into contact with the housed coin change machine and a bill hook, the contact of the coin pusher and the coin change machine is released and the bill draw-out preventing mechanism rotates if the coin change machine is drawn out, and the bill hook locks to the bill change machine and locks the bill change machine to be unable to be drawn out.