JP3299412B2 - Coin deposit and withdrawal cylinder device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin receiving / dispensing cylinder device for storing deposited coins, dispensing the stored coins as dispensed coins, and having a function of temporarily storing deposited coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A coin dispensing and dispensing apparatus is a circulation type coin dispensing and dispensing machine installed in a financial institution, or a vending machine, an automatic medal lending machine, a money changing machine (financial machine) installed on a street or a floor of a building. (Including those installed in institutions), etc.
Stores deposited coins (collectively referred to as coins inserted in vending machines, automatic ball-lending machines, automatic medal lending machines, and currency changers, as well as coins deposited in coin depositing and dispensing machines) , And the stored coins are dispensed coins (collectively, coins dispensed by coin depositing and dispensing machines, as well as currency exchange coins thrown out from vending machines, automatic ball-lending machines, and automatic medal lending machines). Throw out.

A conventional example of a circulating coin dispensing and dispensing machine installed in a financial institution having a coin dispensing and dispensing cylinder device is disclosed in JP-A-63-249289.

[0004] This circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine temporarily and temporarily holds the coins deposited in a depositing unit after they are identified in an identification passage, and collects the temporarily retained coins in a storage unit when the deposit is approved. The coins are stored and the temporarily held coins are returned to the operator when payment is not approved. At the time of a dispensing instruction, coins are paid out from the lower part of the dispensing cylinder for each denomination and are sent to the operator side. When the number of coins stored in the dispensing cylinder decreases, the coins in the storage section are fed out and sent to the identification passage,
In a coin sorting passage provided subsequent to the identification passage, coins are replenished from the denomination classification unit of the denomination corresponding to the coin dispensing cylinder for which the number of stored coins has decreased to the dispensing cylinder.

[0005] Further, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-182192, deposited coins are identified by an identification and classification passage, then classified into denominations, temporarily stored in a temporary storage unit in a stacked state, At the time of payment approval, the temporarily stored coins are stored in a dispensing tube below the temporary storage unit, and at the time of rejection of payment, the temporarily stored coins are returned to the operator side. At the time of a dispensing instruction, coins are paid out from the lower part of the dispensing cylinder for each denomination and are sent to the operator side.

Further, in a coin depositing and dispensing cylinder device of a coin dispensing and dispensing machine in which temporary holding is performed in a stacked state, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
As described in JP-A-225412, a vertically movable support is provided in a dispensing cylinder, and a denomination-specific temporary holding unit for temporarily storing coins in a stacked state is provided at an upper portion of the dispensing cylinder. When storing coins, the support lowers and stores the coins according to the amount of the temporarily stored coins, and when dispensing a command, the support rises and coins are fed out from the upper part of the dispensing cylinder.

[0007]

However, the coin dispensing and dispensing machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-249289 does not have a structure in which temporarily held coins are directly stored in the dispensing cylinder, that is, the coin dispensing and dispensing machine has The replenishment of the coins is performed from the storage unit to the dispensing cylinders through the depositing unit, the identification passage, and the coin replenishing coin passage by the coin replenishment command when the number of stored coins is reduced. There is a problem that takes time.

As described above, in the case of this example, the dispensing cylinder corresponding to the coin dispensing and dispensing cylinder device is configured such that when the number of coins in the cylinder decreases, the deposited coin is dispensed from the storage section through the identification passage and the coin replenishing coin sorting passage. Even if the coins are stored in the cylinder, the coins are not directly stored, and the coins do not have a temporary holding function. Therefore, in this dispensing cylinder, when the amount of stored coins decreases, the dispensing operation is restarted after replenishment is performed. Therefore, as described above, there is a problem that it takes time to replenish coins to the dispensing cylinder.

Further, in the coin receiving and dispensing cylinder device of the circulation type coin receiving and dispensing machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 61-182192, a temporary holding unit for storing coins of each denomination in a stacked state is provided below. A dispensing cylinder for storing coins in a stacked state, the coin discharging means below the dispensing cylinder constitutes the device,
The coin can be replenished by storing the temporarily held coin in the dispensing cylinder at the time of payment approval. However, since the temporarily stored coins in the stacked state are dropped freely and stored in the dispensing cylinder, there is a problem that if the falling distance is too long, the temporarily stored coins are likely to be stacked.

Further, as described in JP-A-5-225412, in a coin receiving and dispensing cylinder device in which coins are stored and ejected from the top of a dispensing cylinder, a support is provided for temporarily storing coins. By descending according to the amount of coins, the temporarily stored coins can be stored without being stacked. However, it is necessary to provide a temporary storage space only for temporary storage that is used only for temporary storage separately from the dispensing cylinder below the passage surface, and if you try to suppress the vertical height of the temporary storage space,
There is a problem that the coin amount of the temporary holding coin is small and it is difficult to cope with the deposit processing. Conversely, if the vertical height of the temporary holding space is increased in order to increase the coin amount of the temporary holding coin, There is a problem that the vertical height becomes large. In addition,
This problem also applies to the coin receiving / dispensing cylinder device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-182192.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a coin receiving / dispensing cylinder device which does not provide a temporary holding space exclusively for temporary holding and can change the temporary holding space in accordance with the amount of coins of temporary holding coins. The purpose is to provide.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin receiving / dispensing cylinder device having a coin receiving port and a coin discharging port located above the coin receiving port, the coin receiving port and the coin discharging port. Stacking mechanism formed over the vertical direction of the coin stacker, a partition member having a partition member that moves forward and backward to an upper part of a coin outlet forming area of the coin stack storage section, and the coin stacker at a lower position of the partition member. A coin ejecting mechanism having an ejection member for moving into the stacking section and ejecting the highest coin of the stacking coin from the coin outlet, and stacking the coins stored in the coin stacking section upward. And a coin support mechanism having a support member that moves up and down while supporting the coin, and at the time of dispensing, the partition member is advanced into the coin stacking portion and the support member is raised to press the stacked coin against the partition member. State to the ejection member In the case of temporary holding at the time of deposit, the support is raised to the height position of the partition member and the partition member is advanced to partition the stacked coins on the upper side of the coin stacked storage section and this. And a control unit for lowering the support to the coin depositing position after the partitioning to form a coin receiving space for receiving coins in the lower part of the coin stacking unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the coin receiving / dispensing cylinder device according to the first aspect, the leading end of the partition member in the advancing direction is formed into an edge shape in which one side in the width direction protrudes from the other side. At the same time, a taper surface which is inclined upward from the lower side in the thickness direction to the upper surface of the partition member is formed at the forward end of the partition member in the advance direction, and the support body is raised in the width direction of the partition member when raised to the height position of the partition member. It has a push-up member that pushes up one side area of the heavy coin corresponding to one side from the support.

[0014]

In the coin receiving and dispensing cylinder device according to the first aspect, at the time of dispensing, the partition member is advanced into the coin stacking portion and the support is raised to press the stacked coin against the partition member. The coin is ejected by the ejection member. In addition, the deposited coins are temporarily stored in a stacked state at the time of deposit, the temporarily stored coins are stored in the coin stacking storage unit at the time of payment approval, and the temporarily held coins are returned to the operator side at the time of payment rejection. In the case of temporary hold at the time of deposit, while raising the support to the partition member position, the partition member is advanced to partition the stacked coins on the upper side of the coin stacker, and after this partition, the support is removed. The coins are lowered to the depositing coin temporary holding position to form a temporary holding space for receiving coins to be received at the lower side of the coin stacking section.

In the coin receiving and dispensing cylinder device according to the second aspect, in addition to the operation of the coin receiving and dispensing cylinder device according to the first aspect, the support is moved to the height position of the partition member when the deposit is temporarily stored. Along with the lifting member, push up one side area of the stacked coin corresponding to one side in the width direction of the partition member with the lifting member from the support, forming a gap between the upper surface of the support and the lower surface of the stacked coin,
In addition, the partition member is advanced, and a tip having a tapered surface in the shape of an edge of the partition member is advanced into the gap to partition the stacked coins into the upper portion of the coin stacking portion.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment applied to a coin depositing and dispensing machine as an embodiment of the coin depositing and dispensing cylinder device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the appearance of the coin depositing and dispensing machine (the left front side in FIG. 5 is the front, the right rear side is the rear side, the left rear side is the left side, and the right front is the right side). Reference numeral 1 denotes an airframe, and an upper surface cover 2 has a hinge 3 in front of the upper surface of the airframe 1.
A coin insertion slot 5 is formed on the top cover 2 so as to be opened and closed by a shutter 4 (shown in FIGS. 1 and 5). An opening 6 is formed in the lower part of the front surface of the body 1, and a drawer frame 7 is attached in the opening 6 so as to be able to be pulled out, and a carton insertion portion 9 for inserting a carton 8 into the front lower surface of the drawer frame 7. Is formed. A reject coin return box 10 is attached to the front right side of the drawer frame 7 so as to be able to be pulled out.

Next, FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the coin depositing and dispensing machine viewed from the right side, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of a part of the coin dispensing and dispensing machine. A front board 11 is disposed in a front upper area of the body 1,
A circular storage opening 12 is formed near the front side of the substrate 11 and below the coin insertion slot 5.
The rotating disk 13 is arranged rotatably at the same height as the upper surface of
The periphery of the rotating disk 13 extends from the edge of the storage opening 12 to the peripheral wall 14.
Is erected. An outlet (not shown) is formed in a part of the peripheral wall 14, and a thickness regulating member 15 is attached above the rotating disk 13 facing the outlet, and coins are discriminated in a tangential direction of the rotating disk 13 facing the outlet. A classification passage 16 is provided continuously. When the rotating disk 13 is rotated by the motor M1 (shown in FIG. 11), the coins on the rotating disk 13 move along the peripheral wall 14 and pass under the thickness regulating member 15 in a single layer state. The coins are sent out one by one to the coin identification and classification passage 16.

The coin identification / classification passage 16 has an identification passage 17 disposed along the front side of the substrate 11, a branch passage 18 disposed along the right side of the substrate 11, and a rear passage along the rear side of the substrate 11. A sorting passage portion 19 is provided, and is formed in a substantially U-shape as a whole by passage side plates 20 and 21 on both sides provided on the substrate 11. The interval between the passage side plates 20 and 21 on both sides is formed so that coins can be conveyed in a line in the radial direction.

Above the coin discriminating / classifying passage 16, an upstream conveyor belt 22 and a downstream conveyor belt 23 as conveying means for conveying coins are stretched. Upstream conveyor belt 22
A pulley 24 above the entrance of the identification passage 17, pulleys 25 and 26 above both corners of the branch passage 18, and a classification passage 19.
And a pulley 27 above the upper part of the upper part.
The downstream conveyor belt 23 is stretched over a pulley 27 above the upstream portion of the sorting passage 19 and a pulley 28 above the downstream portion of the sorting passage 19. Then, the pulley 28 is rotated by the motor M2, and the transport belts 22, 23 are rotated.

A roller 29 is provided above the entrance of the coin discriminating / classifying passage 16 for taking in coins on the rotating disk 13 into the passage. The peripheral speeds of the conveyor belts 22 and 23 are faster than the peripheral speed of the roller 29, and the difference in the peripheral speeds indicates that the coin identification and classification
It is configured so that the coins within 16 are spaced apart.

The identification passage portion 17 is formed with a guide edge portion 20a protruding inward from the passage side plate 20 on one side and a reference edge portion 20b following the guide edge portion 20a.
An image sensor 30 that detects the diameter of the coin and the presence or absence of a hole corresponding to the position of 20b, and a magnetic sensor 31 that detects the material of the coin
An identification unit 32 is provided.

The branch passage 18 is formed with an overflow coin branch 33 and a reject coin branch 34. In each of the branch portions 33 and 34, branch holes 35 and 36 are formed over the entire width of the passage, respectively.
Gate members 37 and 38 formed in a substantially U-shape are arranged so as to avoid interference with the shaft, and can swing about the downstream swing shafts 37a and 38a as fulcrums. And usually the gate member
The branch holes 35 and 36 are closed at 37 and 38 to allow the passage of coins,
When each corresponding coin is removed, the solenoids SD1 and SD2 raise the upstream side of the gate members 37 and 38 to branch the corresponding coin.
It is configured to exclude 35 and 36.

In the classification passage section 19, 5 yen, 1 yen, 50 yen,
Denomination classification unit 39 in the order of denominations of 100 yen, 10 yen, and 500 yen
Are formed. Each denomination classification unit 39 has a selection hole 40, a 5-circle selection hole 40 is formed in the entire width of the passage, and the other denomination selection holes 40 are guides protruding into the passage of the passage side plate 21 on one side. It is formed on the basis of a reference edge 21b continuous with the edge 21a.

A five-yen coin is configured to be forcibly and electrically selected, and a gate member 41 formed in a substantially U-shape is disposed in the selection hole 40 so as to avoid interference with the conveyor belt 22. The swinging shaft 41a on the downstream side can be swung about a fulcrum. Normally, the selection hole 40 is closed by the gate member 41 to allow the passage of other denomination coins. When a 5-yen coin arrives, the upstream side of the gate member 41 is raised by the solenoid SD3 to select the 5-yen coin. It is configured to exclude 40.

The coins other than the five-yen coin are configured to be sorted by diameter. When the coins are conveyed along the reference edge 21b and pass through the sorting hole 40 of a certain denomination,
Other denomination coins that are larger in diameter than the denomination pass over the selection hole 40 with both sides resting on both sides of the selection hole 40, and the relevant denomination is configured to fall into the selection hole 40 with one side falling Have been.

The periphery of the rotating disk 13 includes a rotating disk.
A set of sensors S1 of a light-emitting / receiving type for detecting a coin on 13 is provided. On the coin identification and classification passage 16, before the overflow coin branching section 33, the reject coin branching section 34
In front of the sorting holes 40, sensors S2-1 to S2-8 for detecting the position of coins on the passage are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a chute 42 is provided below the overflow coin branch hole 35 for guiding the overflowed coins to a later-described overflow coin temporary holding unit 55. A chute 43 for guiding the rejected coin to be rejected to the rejected coin return box 10 is provided below the branch hole 36 for the rejected coin.

Conveyors 44 are arranged below the sorting holes 40 along the front-rear direction of the machine body 1, respectively. Each of the conveyors 44 has an endless belt 46 made of a flat belt stretched over front and rear rollers 45. Then, the belts 46 of all the conveyors 44 are driven by a motor M3 (shown in FIG. 11) as a conveyor driving unit, and the upper surface of the belt 46 is moved forward in the forward direction for coin receiving, and the upper surface of the belt 46 is moved forward. The coins are rotated in the reverse direction for coin ejection.

Next, a storage box 51 is attached to the rear of the drawer frame 7 below the conveyor 44, and as shown in FIGS. In the upper part of the front surface, a horizontally long receiving port 52 is formed at the lower part of the front end of the conveyor 44 so as to be detachable upward when the drawer frame 7 is pulled out from the body 1. .

A chute 53 is mounted on the front surface of the storage box 51, and a chute outlet 53a opening to the carton insertion portion 9 is formed in the center of the lower surface of the chute 53. Storage box 51
As shown in FIG. 1, a chute switching member
The chute switching member 54 is mounted so as to be swingable.
Is provided by a solenoid SD4 (shown in FIG. 11).
The position to close 52 and the entrance 52
Swinging position.

An overflow coin escrow unit 55 is provided at a position forward of the drawer frame 7. The overflow coin temporary holding section 55 has a semicircular frame-shaped holding frame 56 with an open rear surface side, and a discharge member 57 has a support shaft 57 inside the holding frame 56.
It is attached so that it can rotate around a. Then, the discharging member 57 is rotated by the motor M4 (shown in FIG. 11), and temporarily holds the overflow coin fed through the chute 42 at a position where the discharging member 57 closes the lower opening of the holding frame 56, and the discharging member 57 Is rotated upward through the holding frame 56, thereby discharging the temporarily held overflow coins onto the chute 53. The holding frame 56 is divided into an upper frame 56a and a lower frame 56b.
The reference numeral 56a is attached to the body 1 and the chute 42 is continuously provided, and the lower frame 56b is attached to the drawer frame 7 side.

The carton insertion portion 9 on the lower surface side of the drawer frame 7
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, a square carton 8 a and a round carton 8 b can be inserted as the carton 8,
A rear end edge of the square carton 8a and a corner on both sides of the rear end abut on the back side in the insertion direction to form a regulating surface 58 for positioning at a position facing below the chute outlet 53a. A recess 59 is formed for positioning at a position where the carton 8b enters and faces below the chute outlet 53a.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the conveyor 1 is slightly lower than the front substrate 11 in the upper rear area of the body 1.
A rear substrate 61 is provided at a position slightly higher than 44, and the front edge 62 of the substrate 61 is bent upward and the rear edge 63 is bent downward.

In the vicinity of the front end of the substrate 61, a belt 44 for each denomination is provided.
A coin insertion hole 64 having a diameter allowing coins of each denomination to pass in the vertical direction corresponding to the position is formed, and a discharge opening 65 is formed from each coin insertion hole 64 to the front edge portion 62. I have. A pair of projections 66 are formed on both side edges of each coin insertion hole 64 that are continuous with the ejection opening 65 to regulate the forward movement of the next coin to be ejected. The pair of protrusions 66 are formed at positions in the thickness direction on the substrate 61 so as not to hinder the ejection of coins to be ejected and to prevent the coins from being ejected when the next coin is ejected. A through hole 67 is formed near each coin insertion hole 64.

A coin stacking unit by denomination as a coin stacking unit constituting a part of a coin depositing and dispensing cylinder device for storing coins in a stacking state corresponding to the position of each coin insertion hole 64 of the substrate 61. 71
Are arranged. The coin stacker 71 includes an upper cylinder 72 disposed above the substrate 61 and a lower cylinder 73 disposed below the substrate.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 6, and 12, the upper cylinder 72 is formed in a cylindrical shape having a closed upper surface and an opened lower surface. Attached to the head. A coin can be inserted into the lower part of the front surface of the upper cylinder 72, and a partition member 132 and a discharging member
A coin outlet 74 into which the coin 112 can enter is formed, and an opening 75 through which the partition member 132 and the ejecting member 112 can enter, through which coins cannot be inserted, is formed at the lower rear surface.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 12, the lower cylinder 73 has a substantially C-shaped cross section having an upper surface opened, a lower surface closed by a bottom plate 76, and an opening 77 formed along the rear surface. It is mounted on the lower surface of the substrate 61 via the mounting plate 78 at the upper end. A bulging portion 79 bulging in both sides is formed on the upper front surface of the lower cylinder 73, and a coin receiving port 80 is formed above the bulging portion 79 so as to receive coins sent from the conveyor 44. The bulge on the lower side of the receiving port 80
A chute surface 81 descending inward of the cylinder is formed on the upper surface of 79.

A coin supporting mechanism for supporting the stacked coins to be stored and moving it up and down is provided in the coin stacking unit 71 for each denomination.
82 are provided respectively. This coin support mechanism 82
As shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 10, coin stacking unit by denomination
It has a support body 83 that supports the heavy coins accommodated in the upper part 71 and moves up and down. The support 83 has a receiving base 84 and a support member 85 which are fitted into the lower cylinder 73 so as to be vertically movable.

The pedestal 84 has a guide 86 projecting from the opening 77 to the outside. The guide 86 is mounted between the bottom plate 76 and the mounting plate 78 in parallel with the lower cylinder 73. axis
It is supported to move up and down along 87. Recesses 88 are formed in the upper and lower surfaces at positions closer to one side from the center of the upper surface of the cradle 84, and the support shaft 90 having a stopper 89 at the lower end which penetrates the recess 88 from below and moves up and down is vertically moved. A push-up bar 91 as a push-up member is protrudingly provided at a position close to the other side. A pin 92 protrudes from the rear end of the guide portion 86.

The support member 85 is fixedly supported at the upper end of a support shaft 90 in a concave portion 93 formed on the lower surface, and is provided between the concave portion 88 of the receiving base 84 and the concave portion 93 of the support member 85 around the support shaft 90. Is urged upward by a spring 94 attached to the spring. In the support member 85, a relief portion 95 through which the push-up bar 91 is inserted is formed on the side surface, and a pair of guide protrusions 96 which are engaged with the guide shaft 87 to prevent rotation are formed on the rear surface, and an inclined surface is formed on the upper rear surface. 97 are formed.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 12,
When the support member 85 is located in the lower cylinder 73, the upper surface of the support member 85 is located above the push-up bar 91, and as shown in FIGS. Guide projection 96 abuts the mounting plate 78 and stops.
Only the cradle 84 rises against the elasticity of the push-up bar 91 so that the push-up bar 91 projects upward from the support member 85.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the coin support mechanism 82 has a screw shaft 98 for each coin stacking unit 71 of each denomination.
The screw shaft 98 is penetrated through a through hole 67 (shown in FIGS. 2 and 3) of the substrate 61, and the upper and lower ends are rotatably supported by a support plate 99. A screw member 100 is screwed onto the screw shaft 98, a connecting plate 101 attached to the screw member 100 is engaged with the pin 92 of the receiving base 84, and the support body 83 and the screw member 100 are integrated. It is configured to go up and down.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pulley 102 is attached to the lower end of each screw shaft 98, and motors M5-1 to M5-6 each consisting of a pulse motor of each type are arranged behind each screw shaft 98. And pulleys 103 on the drive shafts of these motors M5-1 to M5-6.
Is attached, and the belt is extended over both pulleys 102 and 103.
104 are installed. Then, the respective screw shafts 98 are rotated by the respective motors M5-1 to M5-6, and the respective support members 83 are raised when the motors M5-1 to M5-6 are rotated forward and are lowered when the motors M5-1 to M5-6 are rotated reversely. I have.

Each screw member 100 has a detection piece 105 projecting therefrom. As shown in FIG.
At the position where the detecting member 105 is detected at the ascending position of the screw member 100 at which the 96 comes into contact with the mounting plate 78, the sensors S3-1 to S3-6 of the respective denominations are arranged, and as shown in FIG. Screw member 10
The denomination sensors S4-1 to S4-6 are arranged at positions where the detection piece 105 is detected at the lowest position of zero.

As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG.
Detecting holes 106 are formed on both sides slightly above the chute surface 81 in the vicinity of the upper end of the sensor, and light emitting and receiving type sensors S5-1 to S5-6 are arranged outside of the detecting holes 106, respectively. The coin in the lower cylinder 73 is detected.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
The ejection member 112 of the coin ejection mechanism 111 is disposed on the upper surface of the coin 61. The projecting member 112 has a base horizontally long in the left-right direction.
A projecting portion 114 is provided from the front edge of the base portion 113 so as to correspond to the coin stacking portion 71 of each denomination. It is configured. Each ejection section 114 can advance into the upper cylinder 72 through the opening 75 of the upper cylinder 72.

The substrate 61 is provided on the lower surface of the base 113 of the projecting member 112.
A pin 116 is provided which projects downward through a slot 115 formed along the front and rear direction. An arm 118 is attached to the lower surface of the substrate 61 so as to be swingable around a support shaft 117. One end of the arm 118 is connected to a pin 116 via a rotatable link 119, and the other end of the arm 118 is connected to the other end of the arm 118. A long hole 120 is formed, and a pin 122 projecting from an eccentric position on the upper surface of the disk 121 is engaged with the long hole 120. The disk 121 is attached to the drive shaft of the motor M6.

Then, by the drive of the motor M6, each ejection portion 114 of the ejection member 112 is retracted rearward from the upper cylinder 72, and each ejection portion 114 is advanced to advance into each upper cylinder 72. Is moved to the projected position.

Next, the partitioning mechanism 13 is provided above the ejection member 112.
One partition member 132 is arranged. This partition member 132
Has a base portion 133 that is horizontally long in the left-right direction, and a partition portion corresponding to each coin type coin stacking storage portion 71 from the front edge of the base portion 133.
134 is provided so as to protrude, and is configured to be translated in the front-rear direction by a guide member (not shown). As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG.
The right side in the width direction corresponding to the side of the push-up bar 91 of 83 is formed in an edge shape protruding forward from the left side,
The tip surface is formed on a tapered surface 134a that rises and inclines rearward from the lower side in the thickness direction to the upper surface of the partition member 132,
It is possible to advance into the upper cylinder 72 through the opening 75 of the upper cylinder 72 and to advance forward from the coin outlet 74.

The pin 13 is provided on the upper surface of the base 133 of the partition member 132.
5 is protruded, and the pin 135 has a long groove at one end of the arm 136.
137 is engaged, and the other end of the arm 136 is fixed to a connecting shaft 138 that vertically passes through the rear portion of the substrate 61. On the lower side of the substrate 61, an arm 139 is fixed to a connecting shaft 138, and an elongated hole 140 is formed in the arm 139.
0, a pin 142 projecting from the eccentric position on the upper surface of the disc 141.
Are engaged. The disk 141 is attached to the drive shaft of the motor M7 (shown in FIG. 11).

When the motor M7 is driven, each partition 134 of the partition member 132 is retracted rearward from the upper cylinder 72, and the other is a retracted position where each partition 134 moves forward and enters the upper cylinder 72. And moved to.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a control unit 151 for controlling each mechanism of the coin depositing and dispensing machine. The control unit 151 includes an operation unit 152 including keys for processing modes such as depositing and dispensing, a numeric keypad for inputting numerical values, an identification unit 32, and sensors S1 and S2-1.
To S2-8, S3-1 to S3-6, S4-1 to S4-6, S5-1 to S5-6, each motor M1 to M7, and each solenoid SD1 to SD4.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the initial replenishment of coins from a state where no coins are stored in the machine body 1 will be described.

A coin for replenishment is inserted through a coin slot 5 into a rotating disk.
13 and operating the initial replenishment start button of the operation unit 152, the rotating disc 13 and the transport belts 22, 23,
As the roller 29 is rotated, the conveyor 44 is rotated in the normal rotation direction for coin reception, and the replenishment process is started.

The coins for replenishment on the rotating disk 13 are a rotating disk.
By the rotation of 13, it moves along the peripheral wall 14, and the thickness regulating member
The coins are sent out one by one to the coin identification and classification passage 16 after passing under the layer 15 in a one-layer state.

The coins sent out one by one to the coin discriminating / classifying passage 16 are taken in at intervals of coins due to a difference in peripheral speed between the roller 29 and the conveyor belt 22, and along the reference edge 20 b in the discriminating passage 17. While being conveyed, it is identified by the image sensor 30 and the magnetic sensor 31 of the identification unit 32.

As a result of the discrimination, if the coin is not an overflow coin or a reject coin, the coin is passed through the overflow coin branching portion 33 and the reject coin branching portion 34 of the branch passage 18 and is conveyed to the classification passage 19. In this initial replenishment, it is assumed that neither overflow coins nor reject coins exist, and the processing of these coins will be described later.

In the sorting passage 19, when a 5-yen coin is conveyed, the gate member 41 rises, and the 5-yen coin is removed to the sorting hole 40. When coins of a denomination other than the 5-yen coin are conveyed, they pass over the gate member 41, are conveyed along the reference edge 21b, and fall into the corresponding sorting holes 40.

The coins dropped from the sorting holes 40 are placed on the conveyor 44, conveyed backward by the conveyor 44, and stored in the coin stacking unit 71 for each denomination.

As shown in FIG. 12, when the initial replenishment start button is operated, the upper surface of the support member 85 of the support member 83 detects the sensors S5-1 to S5-6. Standby position for initial replenishment located slightly below (solid line position in FIG. 12)
Moved to The movement of the support 83 is performed by the motors M5-1 to M5.
-6 is rotated in the reverse direction, the support 83 descends first, and the motor M5 is turned on when the detection piece 105 of the support 83 is detected by the sensors S4-1 to S4-6 (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 12). -1 to M5-6 are reversed in the forward direction and then rise, and the motors M5-1 to M5-6 are rotated by a predetermined number of pulses from the time of the detection, thereby stopping at the standby position. Alternatively, when the motors M5-1 to M5-6 are rotated in the normal rotation direction, the support 83 first rises, and when the detection piece 105 of the support 83 is detected by the sensors S3-1 to S3-6, the motor M5 -1 to M5-6 are reversed in the reverse rotation direction and then descend, and the motors M5-1 to M5-6 are rotated by a predetermined number of pulses from the time of the detection, thereby stopping at the standby position.

For this reason, as shown in FIG.
The coin conveyed by 44 is fed from the coin receiving port 80 into the lower cylinder 73 of the coin stacking unit 71 by denomination through the chute surface 81, and is horizontally supported on the upper surface of the support member 85.

When the coins are fed into the lower cylinder 73 and the sensors S5-1 to S5-6 are blocked by the coins, a pulse (reverse rotation direction) corresponding to the thickness of one coin is output to the motors M5-1 to M5-1. In addition to M5-6, the support 83 is lowered by the thickness of one coin.

In this way, one coin is removed from the conveyor 44.
Each time the support 83 is fed down one by one, the support 83 is sequentially lowered, and for example, about 30 coins are stored in the lower cylinder 73 of the coin stacking unit 71 of each denomination.

The sensors S1, S2-1 to S2 indicate that coins have been lost on the rotating disk 13 and the coin identification and classification passage 16.
-8, the coins on the conveyor 44 are removed from the lower cylinder 73.
After a lapse of time sufficient to be fed into the inside, the rotating disk 13, the conveyor belts 22, 23, the rollers 29, and the conveyor 44 are stopped.

When the replenishment of coins to the coin stacking unit 71 of each denomination is completed, as shown in FIG. 14, the last stored coin, that is, the top of the stacking coin is in the standby position shown in FIG. The support member 85 waits at a height substantially equal to the height of the upper surface.

Next, the processing at the time of a dispensing instruction will be described.

The dispensing process is started by operating the dispensing start button by inputting the dispensing amount and the number of dispensed money for each denomination on the operating section 152.

As shown in FIG. 15, first, the partition member 132
Is moved forward, and each partition section 134 is moved to the coin stacking storage section 71 for each denomination.
Is advanced into.

Subsequently, a predetermined pulse (forward direction) is applied to all the motors M5-1 to M5-6 to raise the support 83, and the upper surface of the stacked coins hits the partition member 132. The motors M5-1 to M5-6 are stopped in this state. Regarding the difference between the timing at which the upper surface of the pile coin contacts the partition member 132 and the timing at which the motors M5-1 to M5-6 are stopped, even if the rise of the pile coin, that is, the support member 85 is restricted. The contraction of the spring 94 allows the cradle 84 to be lifted and absorbed. This is shown in FIG.
This is possible because the upper surface of the support member 85 urged upward by the spring 94 is positioned above the push-up bar 91 in the standby state shown in FIG.

Subsequently, a motor corresponding to a denomination that does not withdraw money
A predetermined pulse (reverse direction) is applied to M5-1 to M5-6, and the support 83 is lowered by the thickness of two coins. As a result, the upper surface of the stacked coin is lowered to a height at which it does not hit the ejection member 112.

When all the motors M5-1 to M5-6 are stopped, the control section 151 automatically issues a discharge operation start command, and the discharge member 112 moves forward and backward, and the conveyor 44 moves. Is rotated in the reverse direction for coin ejection.

When the ejection member 112 advances, each ejection portion 114 advances into the upper cylinder 72, and one coin pressed against the partition member 132 is ejected from the coin ejection port 74 onto the conveyor 44. . At this time, the second coin in contact with the lower surface of the coin to be ejected is located in the coin insertion hole 64 of the substrate 61 and tries to move in the direction of the coin outlet 74 due to friction with the coin to be ejected. Also, the movement is regulated by the protrusions 66 on both sides.

Each time one coin is ejected, the support 83 is raised by the thickness of one coin, and the next coin to be ejected is pressed against the partition member 132. Thus, the ejection member 112
Coins are sequentially ejected as the player moves forward and backwards.

When the specified number of coins to be dispensed are ejected in the coin stacker 71 of a certain denomination, the support 83 is not raised and the ejection of coins of this denomination is stopped.

If, for example, only three 100 yen, two 50 yen, and five 500 yen cards are to be ejected, the ejection member
112 is reciprocated 5 times and stopped.

The coins ejected from the coin stacker 71 of the denomination type onto the conveyor 44 are discharged from the front end of the conveyor 44, and the chute switching member at the position for closing the receiving port 52 of the storage box 51. It is guided into the chute 53 through 54 and discharged to the carton 8 from the chute outlet 53a.

After the coins are ejected from the coin stacker 71, the coins on the conveyor 44 are shot.
After a lapse of time before being discharged to 53, the conveyor 44 is stopped.

Next, processing at the time of a deposit instruction will be described.

When the sensor S1 detects a deposited coin inserted into the rotating disk 13 from the coin receiving slot 80, a depositing process is started.

First, as shown in FIG.
M5-6 is rotated in the forward direction, and coin stacking unit 71 for each denomination
The support 83 is raised, and while the support 83 is being lifted, the detecting piece 105 is detected by the sensors S3-1 to S3-6, and at substantially the same time, the guide projection 96 of the support member 85 contacts the mounting plate 78. In contact, the lifting of the bearing member 85 is regulated. The upper surface of the stopped bearing member 85 is substantially flush with the lower surface of the partition member 132 and is at a slightly lower height.

Thereafter, only the cradle 84 rises while the spring 94 is compressed, and the motors M5-1 to M5-6 are driven for a predetermined number of pulses after the detection piece 105 is detected by the sensors S3-1 to S3-6. It is rotated and stopped, and the cradle is positioned at the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
84 is stopped.

For this reason, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the push-up bar 91 protrudes above the support member 85 and comes into contact with the lower surface of one of the stacked coins on the support member 85 to push it up.

Subsequently, the partition member 132 is advanced, and each partition section 134 is advanced into the coin stacking section 71 of each denomination. At this time, one end of the partition 134 is protruded, and one side of the stacked coin is pushed up by the push-up rod 91. Therefore, as shown in FIG. It surely enters between the bottom of the coin. Moreover, the bearing member
Since the inclined surface 97 is formed on the rear side of the upper surface of the 85, and the support member 85 can be lowered against the spring 94, the tip of the partition portion 134 can be surely positioned between the support member 85 and the coin. Get into it.

As described above, one side area of the coin is pushed up by the push-up bar 91 to form a gap between the upper surface of the support member 85 and the lower face of the coin, and the edge shape of the partition member 132 is formed in the gap. In order to allow the leading end having the tapered surface 134a to enter and partition the stacked coins to the upper side of the coin stacking storage 71 by denomination, a partition member
132, the leading end of the partition member 132 abuts against the peripheral surface of the stacked coin and cannot enter the lower surface of the stacked coin, or the lowest coin of the stacked coin remains on the support member 85. There is no partitioning defect such as entering the lower surface of the coin as it is, and furthermore, the partitioning member 132 does not abut on the periphery of the stacked coins to deform the coin and to prevent the partitioning member 132 from being deformed and damaged. It works.

With the partition 134 inserted between the support member 85 and the coins, the motors M5-1 to M5-6 are rotated in the reverse direction to lower the support 83. This allows the push-up bar
The coin 91, which has been pushed up by the push-up bar 91, descends and is placed on the partition 134. Also, cradle
Until 84 drops to the solid line position in FIG.
The guide projection 96 of the support member 85 is kept in contact with the mounting plate 78 by the urging of the spring 94 while extending.
When the cradle 84 is lowered to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 17, the cradle 84 and the support member 85 are in the most distant state.
7 and the supporting member 84 while maintaining the positional relationship of the solid line.
85 descends integrally. After the detection piece 105 of the cradle 84 descending at the solid line position in FIG. 17 is detected by the sensors S3-1 to S3-6, the detection piece 105 of the cradle 84 descending by a predetermined pulse is detected by the sensor S3-1.
~ Motor M5-1 for a predetermined pulse after detection in S3-6 ~
M5-6 is rotated and stopped, and the support is positioned at the position shown in FIG.
83 is stopped.

Therefore, the state shown in FIG. 18 is the payment receiving preparation state, in which the stacked coins for withdrawal in the coin stacking unit 71 of each denomination are stored in the upper cylinder 72 and the lower cylinder 73 is deposited. A temporary storage space 71a for receiving and temporarily storing coins is formed.

When all the motors M5-1 to M5-6 are stopped, a depositing operation start command is automatically issued by the control unit 151, and the discriminating and sorting operation of the deposited coins inserted on the rotating disk 13 is performed. And a temporary hold operation is started.

The discriminating operation is the same as that at the time of the initial replenishment described above.
The coins are sent one by one, and are identified by the identification unit 32 when being transported through the identification passage 17 of the coin identification and classification passage 16, and the overflow coin and the reject coin are branched when being transported through the branch passage 18, When being conveyed through the sorting passage 19, the sorting holes 40 are sorted by denomination.

As shown in FIG. 19, the coins that are sorted and fall from the respective sorting holes 40 are sent to the coin stacking unit 71 by the conveyor 44. Deposit type coin stacker 71
When the coins are fed one by one from the conveyor 44, the support 83 is sequentially lowered, and the deposited coins are temporarily stored in the lower cylinder 73 of the coin stacking unit 71 of each denomination.

Therefore, in the temporary holding space 71a formed in the lower cylinder 73 of the coin stacking unit 71 by denomination, the amount of coins that can be held is changed according to the amount of coins of the temporarily held coins.
For example, if five coins are sent in, 2 in FIG.
The support 83 (the cradle 84 and the bearing member 85) up to the position indicated by the chain line
Is lowered, and the temporary holding space 71 corresponding to the thickness of five coins
a is formed.

The allowable coin amount that can be stored in the coin stacking unit 71 by denomination is set in advance, and the coin amount obtained by subtracting the coin amount of the stacked coins already stored from the allowable coin amount is calculated. It is the amount of coins that can be temporarily held.

Therefore, during the temporary hold operation, the identification unit 32
The number of coins identified by is stored in the denomination, and when an overflow coin exceeding the amount of coins for a certain denomination is identified, coins of the corresponding denomination on the branch passage section 18 and the classification passage section 19 are denominated. The coins are sent to the coin stacking unit 71 and temporarily stored. The coins after the overflow are branched by the overflow coin branching unit 33 and temporarily stored. That is, when the overflow coin is conveyed to the overflow coin branching section 33, the gate member 37 rises, the overflow coin is branched to the branch hole 35, and is temporarily stored in the overflow coin temporary storing section 55 through the chute.
In the overflow coin temporary holding section 55, the release member 57 is used as a holding frame.
Since the coins are waiting at the position where the lower opening of the 56 is closed, the overflow coins guided into the holding frame 56 are temporarily held.

When the reject coin is identified by the identification unit 32, the reject coin is branched by the reject coin branch unit. That is, when the rejected coin is conveyed to the rejected coin branching section 34, the gate member 38 rises, the rejected coin is branched to the branch hole 36, and returned to the rejected coin return box 10 through the chute 43.

Then, the sensors S1, S2-1 to S2 indicate that coins have disappeared on the rotating disk 13 and the coin discriminating / classifying passage 16.
-8, the coins on the conveyor 44 are removed from the lower cylinder 73.
After a lapse of time just enough to be fed into the inside, the rotating disk 13, the transport belts 22, 23, and the conveyor 44 are stopped.

The identification result is displayed on the operation unit 152, and the operator confirming the display operates the payment approval button or the payment rejection button. Alternatively, the deposit amount may be input in advance, the received amount and the identification result may be collated, and the control unit 151 may automatically output a payment approval signal when they match and a payment disapproval signal when they do not match.

Regardless of the operation or signal of payment approval or payment rejection, the completion state of the payment temporary hold operation (to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 19).
In a state where the position 84 is located, the upper surface of the temporary storage coin is at the same position as in FIG. 14), a predetermined pulse in the forward direction is applied to the motors M5-1 to M5-6, and the support 83 is raised, and As shown in (5), the coin is stopped in a state where the upper surface of the coin is in contact with and pressed against the partition member 132 (the cradle 84 and the support member 85 are at the same position as the solid line). In addition, the upper surface of the coin is a partition member 13.
2 and the timing at which the motors M5-1 to M5-6 are stopped, the spring 94 contracts even when the lifting of the coins, that is, the bearing member 85 is restricted, so that the pedestal 84 Is allowed to be absorbed.
In addition, the bearing member 85 without the temporarily stored coin stops when the upper surface thereof comes into contact with the partition member 132.

At the time of payment approval, the partition member 132 is retracted from the state shown in FIG. 20, and the coins placed on the partition portion 134 are dropped onto the temporarily stored coins and stacked together.
Further, the support 83 is lowered and the upper surface of the coin is detected by the sensor.
After passing S5-1 to S5-6, the motor M5-1
~ M5-6 is rotated, and the upper surface of the coin is stopped at the height position shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the overflow coin is temporarily stored in the overflow coin temporary storage unit 55, the chute switching member 54 advances on the chute 53, opens the reception port 52 of the storage box 51, and then the ejection member 57 is stored. The overflow coin, which has been rotated upward through the frame 56 and is temporarily retained, is stored in the storage box 51 through the chute switching member 54.
Is stored inside.

At the time of disapproval of the deposit, the dispensing member 112 is moved forward and backward from the state shown in FIG. 20 as in the case of dispensing, and coins are ejected. The support 83 is raised by the thickness of one coin, and coins are temporarily ejected. The ejected coins are shot by a conveyor 44 rotated in the reverse direction for coin ejection.
It is released to 53 and the carton insertion part 9 from the chute outlet 53a.
Is released to the carton 8 inserted in the.

The number of coins of each denomination temporarily stored in the coin stacking section 71 is stored, and the maximum number of coins among the stored numbers is discarded. The exit member 112 reciprocates. In addition, in the coin stacking unit 71 of the denominated coins in which the dispensing operation for the temporarily retained number of coins has been completed, the lifting operation of the support member 85 is stopped at the time when the ejection of the last temporarily retained coin is completed, and the coin is temporarily suspended. You. At this time, a passage interval corresponding to the thickness of the ejection member 112 is provided between the upper surface of the support member 85 and the partition member 132. In the denomination coin stacking unit 71 having no temporarily held coins, the bearing member 85 of the support 83 is raised at the time of rejection of payment, and the upper surface thereof abuts against the partition member 132, and then falls by one coin thickness. To stop, and as a result, the upper surface of the support member 85 and the partition member 132
And a stop interval is provided with a passage interval corresponding to the thickness of the ejection member 112.

When the ejection of the temporarily stored coins is completed in all the denomination coin stackers 71, the support members 83 of all the denomination coin stackers 71 are signaled from the controller 151.
Is raised by one coin and stopped (this corresponds to the state of FIG. 17). From this state, the partition member 132 is retracted, and the coins placed on the partition portion 134 are dropped and placed on the support members 85 of the support 83. Further, the support 83 is lowered, and the motors M5-1 to M5-6 are rotated by a predetermined pulse after the upper surface of the coin is passed through the sensors S5-1 to S5-6, so that the upper surface of the coin is Are stopped at the height position in the state shown in FIG.

On the other hand, when the overflow coin is temporarily stored in the overflow coin temporary storage section 55, the discharging member 57 is rotated upward through the holding frame 56, and the temporarily stored overflow coin is discharged to the chute 53. And
It is discharged from the chute outlet 53a to the carton 8 inserted into the carton insertion section 9.

Next, when the amount of coins stored in the coin-type coin stacker 71 is slightly reduced or lost due to continuous withdrawal or the like, coins are replenished halfway. This replenishment is performed in the same manner as the above-described temporary holding and deposit approval operation of deposited coins.

Next, by operating the coin collecting button on the operation unit 152, a collecting process is performed. At the time of this collection process, coins are sequentially ejected from the coin stacking unit 71 of each denomination onto the conveyor 44 in the same manner as in the above-described ejecting operation, released from the conveyor 44, and discharged via the chute switching member 54. It is stored in the storage box 51.

After all coins in the coin stacker 71 are stored in the storage box 51, the drawer frame 7 is pulled forward from the machine body 1, and the storage box 51 is removed from the drawer frame 7 upward. To collect.

In the above-described embodiment, the fixed position of the ejection member 112 is the retreat position from the coin stacking unit 71 by denomination.
The advance position to the coin stacking unit 71 by the denomination is set as a fixed position, and at the time of ejection, the ejection member 112 is moved to the coin stacking unit 71 by the denomination.
After being evacuated outside, the coin is ejected into the coin stacking unit 71 by denomination, and one coin is ejected, and the ejected state (advanced state into the coin stacking unit 71 by denomination) is fixed. Alternatively, it may be stopped. In this case, when the partition member 132 advances, the ejection member 112 is also advanced into the coin stacking unit 71 by denomination, and the rising position of the support 83 is such that the ejection member 112 is It should be at a height where it can enter between 83.

[0108]

According to the coin receiving / dispensing cylinder device of the first aspect, during temporary holding at the time of depositing, the support is raised to the partition member position and the partition member is advanced so that the stacked coins are coined. In order to form a temporary storage space for receiving deposited coins on the lower side of the coin stacker by lowering the support to the deposit coin storage position after the partition at the upper side of the stacker, The lower side of the coin stacking section is also used as a temporary storage space, and there is an effect that the temporary storage space can be changed according to the amount of coins of the temporary storage coins without providing a temporary storage space dedicated to temporary storage.

According to the coin receiving and dispensing cylinder device of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the coin receiving and dispensing cylinder device of the first aspect,
A push-up member pushes up one side area of the stacked coin to form a gap between the upper surface of the support and the lower face of the stacked coin, and a tip having a tapered surface in the edge shape of the partition member enters the gap,
Since the stacked coins are partitioned into the upper portion of the coin stacking section, the partitioning operation can be reliably performed by the partition member, and therefore, the leading end of the partition member abuts on the circumferential surface of the stacked coins and cannot enter the lower surface of the stacked coins. The partition member does not touch the periphery of the stacked coin without deforming the coin, such as entering the coin underneath while leaving the lowest coin of the stacked coin on the support. This has the effect of preventing the partition member from being deformed or damaged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a coin depositing and dispensing machine to which a coin depositing and dispensing cylinder device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, as viewed from a side direction.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a part of the coin depositing and dispensing machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partial plan view showing a drawer frame of the coin depositing and dispensing machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a drawer frame of the coin depositing and dispensing machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the coin depositing and dispensing machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the upper cylinder of the coin stacking unit according to the embodiment, wherein FIG. 6 (a) is a perspective view as viewed from the front side, and FIG. 6 (b) is a perspective view as viewed from the rear side.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a lower cylinder of the coin stacking unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the coin supporting mechanism of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view of the denomination coin stacking unit of the embodiment as viewed from the right side.

FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional view of the denomination coin stacking storage section of the embodiment as viewed from the front side.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a control system of the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin stacking unit by denomination when coins are not stored in the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin stacking unit by denomination at the time of initial replenishment of the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin stacking unit according to the embodiment in the coin storage state.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin stacking unit by denomination at the time of coin ejection in the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of a part of a coin stacking unit by denomination at the time of coin deposit in the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin stacking unit by denomination when coins are deposited in the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin stacking unit according to the embodiment in which a temporary holding space is formed at the time of coin deposit.

FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin stacking unit according to the embodiment of the present invention in a state of being temporarily stored at the time of depositing coins.

FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the coin stacking unit according to the embodiment in a state in which the temporarily stored coins are stored or returned when coins are deposited;

[Explanation of symbols]

 71 Deposit type coin stacker for coin stacker 71a Temporary holding space 74 Coin outlet 80 Coin inlet 82 Coin support mechanism 83 Support 91 Push-up bar as push-up member 111 Coin ejector mechanism 112 Discharge member 131 Partition mechanism 132 Partition member 134a Tapered surface 151 Control unit

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A coin stacking portion having a coin receiving port and a coin outlet disposed above the coin receiving port, and formed in a vertical direction of the coin receiving port and the coin discharging port; A partition mechanism having a partition member that moves forward and backward to the upper part of the coin ejection port forming area of the stacking storage unit, and moves into the coin stacking storage unit at a lower position of the partition member to move the top coin of the stacking coin. A coin ejection mechanism having an ejection member for ejecting the coin from the coin ejection port, a coin support mechanism having a support body that vertically moves while supporting the stacked coins stored in the coin stacking storage unit at the top, At the time of dispensing, the partition member is advanced into the coin stacking portion, and the support is raised to cause the stacking coin to be ejected by the ejecting member in a state where the stacking member is pressed against the partition member. In the case of a support Raise to the height position of the partition member and advance the partition member to partition the stacked coins to the upper side of the coin stacking section, and after this partition, lower the support to the depositing coin temporary storage position to store the coin stacks. A coin receiving and dispensing cylinder device comprising: a control unit for forming a temporary holding space for receiving deposited coins at a lower side of the unit. 2. The forward end of the partition member in the advance direction is formed in an edge shape in which one side in the width direction protrudes from the other side.
A taper surface is formed at the leading end of the partition member in the direction of advance from the lower side in the thickness direction to the upper surface of the partition member, and the support body is positioned at one height in the width direction of the partition member when raised to the height position of the partition member. The coin receiving and dispensing cylinder device according to claim 1, further comprising a push-up member that pushes one side area of the heavy coin corresponding to the side from the support.