KR960001446B1 - Coin transmitting apparatus having escalator - Google Patents

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Coin delivery device with escalator

1 is a schematic side view showing a partial cross-sectional view of the escalator coin delivery device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing the hopper of the coin dispensing device shown in FIG.

Sectional drawing along the III-III line | wire of FIG. 2 of FIG.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1 Hopper 2 Inclination Board

3: cylindrical case 4: coin transfer disc

5: motor 6: reducer

7 Coin Feeding Disc Drive Shaft 8 Coin Accepting Hole

9: coin transfer arm 10: exit hole

11: exit guide member 12: coin transfer wing

13: scraper 14: rotating shaft

15: coin transfer passage 16: lower entrance

17: coin return duct 18: coin guide

19: guide roller 20: support

21: guide 23: downward tapered surface

24: center hole 25: central axis

26: guide groove hole 27: sliding shoe

28: coil spring

The present invention is a coin dispensing device for dispensing coins such as coins or medals in money exchangers, vending machines, game machines, and the like, in particular, a plurality of coins are accommodated in a hopper in a distracted state, and the rotating disc is rotated as required. To a coin dispensing device with an escalator in which a coin is fed out one by one a predetermined number in the hopper and sent out to a receiving hole for receiving a coin opened to an upward position by an upright coin conveying duct commonly referred to as an escalator. It is about.

Conventionally, as a coin dispensing apparatus, a coin dispensing apparatus with an escalator as described in US Pat. No. 4,592,377 is already known.

However, since the lower end of the upright coin conveying duct is connected to the coin delivery device with the escalator of the above-mentioned type already known, and the exit short which protrudes to one side of a hopper, the means which supports a coin conveyance duct in an upright state In order to increase the size of the device, for example, when installed in a hard type changer, there is a problem that the width and depth dimensions of the changer increase.

The present invention is to provide a coin dispensing apparatus with a small escalator. For example, the small coin dispensing apparatus as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-36040 is improved and the width thereof is improved. And a coin dispensing device with a small escalator, without substantially increasing the inner depth dimension.

The coin dispensing apparatus with an escalator according to the present invention, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, has a hopper (1) for accommodating a plurality of coins, and is installed at the lower end of the hopper and on the inclined substrate (2). A fixed cylindrical case (3), a coin transfer disc (4) provided on an inclined substrate so as to rotate concentrically in the cylindrical case, and drive devices (5, 6, 7) for rotating the coin transfer disc. Thus, a plurality of coin receiving holes (8) having a dimension that can enter the coin to be sent to the coin transfer disc is spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction, and protrudes to the lower surface of the coin transfer disc between each adjacent coin receiving hole The coin transfer arm 9 is installed extending in the radial direction so that coins entering the coin receiving hole are sent onto the substrate by the coin transfer arm in accordance with the rotation of the coin transfer disc. An exit hole 10 is provided at the lower end of a part of the peripheral wall of the cylindrical case, and the exit guide member 11 which is pushed on the inclined substrate by the transfer arm and guides coins to the exit hole is provided at the outlet. The scraper 13 provided on the substrate downstream of the hole and provided with the same number of transfer vanes 12 as the coin receiving holes of the coin transfer disc radially in the radial direction has the tip of the transfer vane around the cylindrical case. The center portion of the scraper is provided for a rotation axis positioned beside the cylindrical case so as to protrude between each adjacent coin receiving hole in the lower side of the coin transfer disc in the cylindrical case through an opening 10a provided in series with the outlet hole at the lower end of the wall, The scraper rotation shaft is driven so that the scraper rotates in synchronization with the coin transfer disc. In the cylindrical casing, each coin transfer arm of the coin transfer disc and each feed vane of the scraper cooperate to push the coin toward the exit guide member, thereby driving the scraper into the exit hole by the feed vane. In the coin dispensing apparatus configured to pick up, the coin picked up from the outlet hole is almost vertically having a lower inlet 16 on the extension of the coin conveying passage 15 through which the scraper is conveyed onto the inclined substrate by a conveying blade. The coin conveyance duct which stands up and the coin guide part 18 which guides a coin in the lower end of the coin broadcasting duct provided on the said coin conveyance path are provided, and the shape of the front 12a of the rotation direction of a conveyance wing is a coin guide. Expanded convex shape to push the pushed coin toward the bottom entrance of the coin return duct Characterized in that formed.

According to the structure of this invention, the coin which entered the cylindrical case 3 in the hopper 1 enters the coin receiving hole 8 of the coin conveyance disc 4 which rotates in this cylindrical case 3 again, The coin transfer arm 9 protrudes to the lower surface to push the inside of the cylindrical case 3 onto the substrate 2.

While the coin transfer arm 9 rotates, the transfer vane 12 of the scraper 13 which rotates synchronously with the coin transfer disc 4 also opens the opening 10a of the lower end of the peripheral wall of the cylindrical case at the cylindrical case outer position. Through the coin transfer hole 8 of the coin transfer original plate 4, it enters between the lower surface of a disk and the board | substrate 2. At this time, the feed vane 12 of the scraper 13 is always located below the disc between the coin receiving holes 8, and thus, the scraper 13 is not interfering with the coin located in the coin receiving hole 8. It can rotate smoothly.

Next, the coin transfer disk 4 is rotated again, and the transfer blade 12 of the scraper 13 is attached to the rear end surface of the coin A pushed onto the plate by the coin transfer arm 12. The hardening A is thereby pushed onto the substrate 2 by the coin transfer arm 9 and the transfer vanes 12.

Thus, the coin A pushed on the board | substrate 2 is with respect to the exit guide member 11 located downstream of the exit hole 10, and the hardening A makes the advancing direction the exit hole ( To 10) (as if shaving).

In this way, the coin A is pushed toward the outlet 10 on the substrate 2 by the transfer vanes 12 of the scraper 13, and then the transfer vanes 12 rotated by the scraper 13. Is pushed into the substantially circular arc-shaped coin transfer passage 15 centered on the rotary shaft 14 of the scraper 13, to the coin guide 18 as shown by coin A in FIG. I'm pushed.

At this point in time, the movement of the scraper in the coin transfer passage 15 of the coin stops in the circumferential direction. In this way, the coin A squeezed by the coin guide 18 is erected substantially vertically as shown by coin A by the expansion protrusion of the rotational direction axis 12a of the scraper feeder blade. Pressurization advances toward the lower end inlet 16 of 17, and it is pressurized in the coin conveyance duct 17 one by one, and is sent out to the upper discharge port which is not shown in figure.

The figure shows one embodiment of the invention, where 1 is a hopper for receiving a plurality of coins, the lower end of the hopper 1 is fitted to the upper end of the cylindrical case 3 and the cylindrical case is on the inclined substrate 2. Removably fixed as is known to the inclined substrate 2 is fixed on the support 20

In the cylindrical case 3, a coin transfer disc 4 is rotatably attached to the inclined substrate 3, and the disc boss portion is formed on the rotating shaft 7 driven by the drive motor 5 via the transmission 6. 21 is secured and the coin transfer disc 4 is configured to rotate concentrically in the cylindrical case 3.

The coin transfer disc 4 is provided with a plurality of coin receiving holes 8 of dimensions in which coins to be discharged can enter, spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction, and coin transfer discs 4 between each adjacent coin receiving holes 8. On the lower surface of the coin), a coin conveying arm 9 protruding to a thickness capable of conveying one coin is radially extended to a circle substantially centering the coin receiving hole 8, whereby the coin receiving hole 8 The coin entered into the cylinder is configured to push the inside of the cylindrical case 3 onto the substrate 2 by the coin transfer arm 9 as the coin transfer disk 4 rotates.

The outlet hole 10 is opened in the lower part of the circumferential wall in one side of the cylindrical case 3, and on the board | substrate 2 downstream from the outlet hole 10 in the coin conveyance direction by the coin transfer disk 4 The exit guide member 11 protrudes, and the coin transfer arm 9 is configured such that the traveling direction of the coin is deflected toward the exit hole 10.

On the substrate 2, a scraper 13 is provided on the exit hole 10 side of the cylindrical case 3 in parallel with the coin transfer disc 4, and the scraper 13 has a hardening receiving hole 8 of the coin transfer disc 4; The same number of feed vanes 12 are radially extended in the radial direction, and the tip of the feed vanes 12 passes through the opening 10a of the extension of the outlet hole 10 and the coin conveying disc 4 in the cylindrical case 3. The scraper 13 is arrange | positioned so that it may protrude between each adjacent coin accommodating hole 8 below the ().

In addition, the scraper 13 is properly fixed on the scraper rotary shaft 14 which is coaxially rotated with the coin transfer disc rotary shaft 7 via the speed reduction device 6 by the drive motor 5 at the center thereof, and has a cylindrical case 3. Each coin transfer arm 9 of the coin transfer disc 4 which rotates synchronously at the part of the exit hole 10 in the inside), and each transfer vane 12 of the scraper 13 cooperate to move the coin to the exit guide member 11. The relative position between the coin transfer arm 9 and the feed vane 12 is determined so as to push toward the surface.

On the board | substrate 2, the guide part 21 is provided so that a coin may be pushed in the substantially circular arc-shaped coin conveyance passage 15 centered on the rotating shaft 14 by the conveyance blade 12 of the scraper 13. As shown in FIG.

A rubber roller or other suitable coin guide 18 is installed at the end of the circular arc-shaped coin feed passage 15 around the rotating shaft 14 by the feed vanes 12 of the scraper 13, and the scraper 13 is sequentially The coin guide portion 18 stops the coin moving in the scraper circumferential direction, which is located and positioned on the transfer blade 12 of the coin, and is configured to redirect the coin moving direction.

In this way, the coin pushed on the coin guide 18 is pushed toward the lower end inlet 16 of the coin conveying duct 17, so that it protrudes tightly in the axial direction forward of the transfer step 12 of the scraper 13. The surface 12a to extrude is provided.

It is called a conventional escalator which opens the lower entrance 16 on the extension of the coin conveyance passage 15, and the coin conveyance doc 17 which is generally known is standing upright and fixed, and the coin guide part 18 and the scraper are fixed. Coin is pushed toward the lower end inlet 16 of the coin conveying duct 17 by the action with the surface 12a of the conveyance wing 12 of 13 which pushes tightly.

As shown in the figure, a guide roller 19 is provided together with a coin guide 18 to guide coins. An example of these coin guides 18 and guide rollers 19 is shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the coin guide part 18 and the guide roller 19 are comprised by the taper roller which has the downward taper surface 23, and the center axis | shaft penetrated by the central structure 24 of the taper roller is shown. (25) penetrates through the guide groove hole (26) drilled in the substrate (2), attaches a sliding shoe (27) to the side end of the central axis (25) and allows the tapered roller to move in the width direction of the coin passage And a repulsive force in the direction in which the sliding shoe 21 of the tapered rollers of the left and right tapered rollers are attracted to each other by the coil springs 28 and resists the repulsive force, causes the coin to move between the tapered rollers 18 and 19 of the howe. By pushing in, the coin is pushed against the substrate 2 by the action of the downward tapered surface 23, thereby preventing the coin from rising.

By providing the coin guide part 18 and the guide roller 19 of the above-mentioned structure, the curvature radius of the curved part required in order to switch a conveyance direction from the inclined board 2 to the coin conveyance duct 17 standing upright is made small, Coin can pass smoothly to the bend.

According to the present invention, the width and depth of depth of the coin dispensing device with an escalator having a coin conveying duct extending almost vertically can be made very small as compared to the conventional one, and thus, for example, a very small vertical exchange of width and depth of depth is required. Make it possible to provide groups.

Claims (1)

A hopper accommodating a plurality of coins, a cylindrical case installed at a lower end of the hopper and fixed on an inclined substrate, a coin transfer disc provided on the inclined substrate so as to be able to rotate concentrically in the cylindrical case, and this coin transfer disc And a coin driving hole spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction so as to accommodate coins to be sent to the coin transfer disc, and installed between the adjacent coin receiving holes. A coin transfer arm protruding in the lower surface is provided to extend in the radial direction, whereby coins entering the coin receiving hole are sent to the substrate by the coin transfer arm in accordance with the rotation of the coin transfer disc, and the peripheral wall of the cylindrical case An outlet hole is provided at a lower end of a portion of the An exit guide member for guiding the pushed coin to the exit hole is provided on the substrate downstream of the exit hole, and the same number of transfer vanes as the coin receiving hole of the coin transfer disc extends radially in the radial direction. A rotary shaft positioned outside the cylindrical case such that the tip of the transfer vane protrudes between each adjacent coin receiving hole in the lower side of the coin transfer disc in the cylindrical case through an opening provided in the exit hole at the lower end of the peripheral wall of the cylindrical case. The center portion of the scraper is installed thereon, and the scraper rotation shaft is connected to the driving device such that the scraper rotates in synchronization with the coin transfer disk, and each coin transfer arm of the coin transfer disk and the scraper each in the cylindrical case. Conveying wing A coin dispensing apparatus configured to cooperatively push a coin toward the exit guide member so that a scraper is pulled out of the exit hole by a transport vane, wherein the coin drawn out of the exit hole is moved by the transport vane of the scraper. It is provided with a substantially vertical coin conveying duct connected to the lower bent portion on the extension of the coin conveying passage sent out on the inclined substrate, and a coin guide portion which is installed on the coin conveying passage to guide the coin to the lower curved portion of the coin conveying duct, The delivery device with an escalator formed in the shape of an expansion recessed part so that the coin pushed by the coin guide part in the shape of the front direction of a blade may be pushed toward the lower entrance of a coin conveyance duct.