CN113543859A - Coin feeding unit and coin processing apparatus using the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
A coin dispensing unit (600) is provided with a rotary disk (620), a base member (650) arranged so as to face the rotary disk (620), a rotation mechanism (640) for rotating the rotary disk (620) relative to the base member (650), and an adjustment mechanism (630) capable of adjusting the distance between the rotary disk (620) and the base member (650) in accordance with the thickness of a coin, wherein the rotary disk (620) includes a protrusion (622) formed so as to protrude in correspondence with a recessed region in the concave-convex shape of the base member (650), and the coin is dispensed while the coin received through a coin receiving hole (621) is brought into contact with the protrusion (622) by rotating the rotary disk (620) between the rotary disk (620) and the base member (650).
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a coin feeding unit that feeds out coins one by one, and more particularly, to a coin feeding unit that feeds out coins using a rotary disk, and a coin processing apparatus using the coin feeding unit.
Background
In general, there are coin handling apparatuses that insert coins into and store or return them in a game machine, a vending machine, a metal money identification (sorting) machine, an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) provided in a financial institution or the like, and the like.
Such a coin handling apparatus employs a coin receiving and dispensing apparatus that receives a plurality of coins one by one and dispenses a plurality of coins one by one using a rotary disk (for example, patent document 1).
Specifically, the rotary disk is provided with a plurality of receiving holes corresponding to the shape of the coins, and the coins can be reliably received in the receiving holes one by one and can be sent out one by one as the rotary disk rotates.
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Patent document
Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2004-280806
Disclosure of Invention
Problems to be solved by the invention
However, the rotary disk disclosed in patent document 1 is formed such that the dimension in the thickness direction of the portion provided with the entry hole is slightly thicker than the thickness of one coin and thinner than the thickness of two coins. As a result, there are the following problems: a dedicated rotary disk corresponding to the denomination (thickness) of the coin to be processed is required, and a plurality of types of rotary disks must be formed according to the denomination (thickness) of the coin to be processed.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a coin dispensing unit that can be used in common without depending on the type (thickness) of a coin to be processed, and a coin processing apparatus using the coin dispensing unit.
Means for solving the problems
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has at least the following configuration or steps. In the following description, reference numerals and the like shown in the drawings are sometimes given to facilitate understanding of the present invention, but the respective constituent elements of the present invention are not limited to the elements shown in the drawings and should be interpreted broadly as a range that can be technically understood by those skilled in the art.
A coin feeding unit according to an aspect of the present invention is a coin feeding unit that feeds out coins, including: a rotary disk having at least one coin receiving hole for receiving the coin from one surface side; a base member having a surface with a concave-convex shape, the surface being disposed so as to face the other surface side of the rotating disk; a rotation mechanism that rotates the rotation disk relative to the base member; and an adjusting mechanism capable of adjusting a distance between the rotary disk and the base member in accordance with a thickness of the coin, wherein the rotary disk includes a protrusion on the other surface side, the protrusion protruding in correspondence with a recessed region in a concave-convex shape of the base member disposed to face each other, and the coin received through the coin receiving hole is fed out while being brought into contact with the protrusion by rotating the rotary disk between the rotary disk and the base member.
According to this configuration, the coin feeding unit according to one aspect of the present invention can be used in a versatile manner regardless of the type (thickness) of the coin to be processed, because the coin feeding unit uses the protrusion of the rotary disk and the recessed region of the base member, and the distance between the rotary disk and the base member can be adjusted.
Preferably, the concave regions and the convex regions of the concave-convex shape of the base member are formed alternately in concentric circles.
With this configuration, the coin feeding unit according to one aspect of the present invention can reliably feed out a coin to be processed while preventing the coin from being fitted into the recessed area.
Preferably, the protrusion of the rotating disk is formed such that: the rotating disk is rotated along a recessed region in the concave-convex shape of the base member when the rotating disk is rotated with respect to the base member.
With this configuration, the coin feeding unit according to one aspect of the present invention can stably and smoothly rotate the rotary disk without the projection of the rotary disk being caught by the base portion.
Preferably, the protrusion of the rotating disk is formed such that: each of the coin receiving holes is located farther from the coin receiving hole toward the outer circumferential direction from the center of the rotary disk on the rear side with respect to the rotational direction of the rotary disk.
With this configuration, the coin dispensing unit according to one aspect of the present invention can reliably dispense coins received in the coin receiving hole by the protrusion of the rotary disk as the rotary disk rotates.
Preferably, the coin receiving hole of the rotary disk is formed in accordance with the shape of the coin, and has a tapered shape in which a tip end is tapered from the one surface to the other surface.
According to this configuration, since the coin receiving hole of the rotary disk of the coin dispensing unit according to the aspect of the present invention has a tapered shape, coins can be easily received from the hopper portion side.
Preferably, the adjustment mechanism adjusts a distance between a smooth region of the rotating disk where no projection is formed and a convex region of the concave-convex shape of the base member, according to a thickness of the coin.
According to this configuration, the coin feeding unit according to one aspect of the present invention can easily adjust the distance between the smooth region of the rotating disk and the convex region of the base member according to the thickness of the coin, and therefore, even different types of coins can be handled.
Preferably, the adjustment mechanism adjusts a distance between the rotary disk and the base member in accordance with a thickness of the coin so that the protrusion of the rotary disk is fitted into the recessed region of the base member.
According to this configuration, the coin dispensing unit according to one aspect of the present invention can widely adjust the distance between the rotary disk and the base member, and therefore, more different types of coins can be handled.
Preferably, the adjustment mechanism adjusts the distance between the rotary disk and the base member in accordance with the thickness of the coin so that the protrusion of the rotary disk is equal to or greater than 2/3 of the distance between the smooth region of the rotary disk where no protrusion is formed and the convex region of the uneven shape of the base member.
With this configuration, the coin dispensing unit according to one aspect of the present invention can reliably dispense any coin when a larger number of different types of coins are handled.
In addition, a coin handling apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a coin handling apparatus capable of inserting and returning coins, comprising: a coin receiving section that receives a coin; a coin storage section that stores the coins received by the coin receiving section; a coin feeding unit that feeds out the coins stored in the coin storage; and a coin return unit that returns the coin sent by the coin sending unit, the coin sending unit including: a rotary disk having at least one coin receiving hole for receiving the coin from one surface side; a base member having a surface with a concave-convex shape, the surface being disposed so as to face the other surface side of the rotating disk; a rotation mechanism that rotates the rotation disk relative to the base member; and an adjusting mechanism capable of adjusting a distance between the rotary disk and the base member in accordance with a thickness of the coin, wherein the rotary disk includes a protrusion on the other surface side, the protrusion protruding in correspondence with a recessed region in a concave-convex shape of the base member disposed to face each other, and the coin received through the coin receiving hole is fed out while being brought into contact with the protrusion by rotating the rotary disk between the rotary disk and the base member.
With this configuration, the coin handling machine according to one aspect of the present invention can be equipped with a coin feeding unit that can be used for general purposes regardless of the type (thickness) of the coin to be handled.
In addition, the respective processes performed by the coin feeding unit and the coin handling apparatus according to the above-described aspect of the present invention can be understood as a coin feeding method and a coin handling method that provide a series of processing steps. The method is provided in the form of a program for causing a computer to execute a series of processing steps. The program may be loaded into the computer by downloading from a predetermined server, by accessing a predetermined server storing the program via the internet, or by storing the program in a computer-readable recording medium. In addition, a part or all of the functional blocks constituting the coin dispensing unit and the coin processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention may be implemented as an LSI (Large-Scale integrated circuit) or the like as an integrated circuit.
ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a coin feeding unit and a coin processing apparatus using the coin feeding unit, which can be used in common without depending on the type (thickness) of a coin to be processed.
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a coin handling apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an internal structure of the coin handling apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a detailed configuration of a coin dispensing unit (coin dispensing unit) 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a diagram showing a rotary disk 620 in a coin dispensing unit (coin dispensing unit) 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a diagram showing (a) the reverse surface of the rotary disk 620 and (B) the surface of the base member 650 on which the rotary disk 620 is placed in the coin dispensing unit (coin dispensing unit) 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged view showing a state in which the rotary disk 620 is placed on the base member 650 in the coin dispensing unit (coin dispensing unit) 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a diagram showing a case where the distance D between the rotary disk 620 and the base member 650 is adjusted according to the type (thickness) of the coin to be processed in the coin dispensing unit (coin dispensing unit) 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The embodiments described below are merely specific examples for carrying out the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
< brief description of coin handling apparatus >
Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a coin processing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 2 is a view showing an internal structure of the coin processing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 2, the coin processing apparatus 10 includes a coin receiving unit 100, a coin discriminating unit 200, a coin sorting unit 300, a coin retaining unit 400, a coin storage unit 500, a coin feeding unit 600, a coin conveying unit 700, and a coin returning unit 800.
In the present embodiment, the coin processing apparatus 10 is configured to process two types of metal currencies (for example, 10 yen metal currencies and 100 yen metal currencies), but the metal currencies to be processed are not limited to two types, and may be, for example, one type, three or more types, or chinese metal currencies or euro metal currencies, instead of japanese metal currencies.
The coin receiving unit 100 receives coins input by a user. For example, if it is assumed that a ticket is purchased at a station, a user inserts a plurality of various metallic currencies, and the coin receiving unit 100 may be configured to receive the metallic currencies collectively or sequentially one by one.
Typically, coins received by the coin receiving unit 100 are conveyed one by one in sequence by a conveyor belt or the like while being kept upright.
The coin discriminating unit 200 discriminates whether or not a coin inserted and transported by a user is a coin that can be used in the coin processing apparatus 10. For example, when the coin handling apparatus 10 is an automatic ticket vending machine installed in a station and only 10 yen metal money and 100 yen metal money can be used, the coin discriminating unit 200 discriminates whether the coin received by the coin receiving unit 100 is 10 yen metal money or 100 yen metal money, or other types.
The coin discriminating unit 200 uses, for example, a metal coin discriminating sensor composed of at least one of an optical sensor, an infrared sensor, and a magnetic sensor, or a combination thereof. The coin discriminating unit 200 discriminates the authenticity, kind, and the like of the metal coin by analyzing the size, shape, weight, presence or absence of holes, magnetic properties, and the like of the coin.
Here, when the coin discriminating unit 200 discriminates that the coins are the 10 yen metal money and the 100 yen metal money, the coins are transported to the coin sorting unit 300, and when the coins are other than the coin discriminating unit, the coins are transported to the coin return unit 800 via a duct or the like (not shown) or the coin transporting unit 700, and returned to the user.
In other words, when the coins deposited by the user cannot be used in the coin processing apparatus 10, the coins are directly returned to the user via the coin return unit 800. Typically, coins that cannot be used in the coin processing apparatus 10 include metal coins in other countries, counterfeit metal coins, metal coins that are not to be processed even if they are genuine metal coins, and coins that cannot be used and are recognized by the coin recognition unit 200 for some other reason.
The coin sorting unit 300 further sorts the coins that have been recognized as usable by the coin recognition unit 200 by type. Typically, the coin sorting unit 300 sorts coins by type by providing a hole for determining whether or not the coin can pass through the hole according to the size of the coin, or by opening and closing a shutter.
Specifically, when the coins that can be used in the coin processing apparatus 10 are 10 yen metal coins and 100 yen metal coins, the sorting mechanism is not limited to this, as long as the holes that are larger than the 100 yen metal coins and smaller than the 10 yen metal coins are arranged. For example, the coin may be further sorted by combining the result of analysis in the coin discriminating unit 200 described above based on the size, shape, weight, presence or absence of a hole, magnetic properties, and the like of the coin.
The coin retaining section 400 temporarily retains the coins sorted by the coin sorting section 300.
For example, when the coin handling apparatus 10 is an automatic ticket vending machine installed at a station and a user wants to purchase a ticket, the user inserts a required amount of metal money for purchasing a desired ticket and then presses a purchase button to determine purchase of the ticket. On the other hand, when the user interrupts the purchase of the ticket after the metallic money is inserted, the user requests the inserted metallic money to be returned by pressing the return button.
The coins deposited by the user are received by the coin receiving unit 100, and are sequentially transported to the coin retaining unit 400 via the coin discriminating unit 200 and the coin sorting unit 300. These coins are retained by the coin retaining portion 400 disposed at the front stage of the coin storage portion 500, rather than being immediately stored in the coin storage portion 500, from the time when the user starts the first metallic money input to the time when the user decides whether to purchase or interrupt the coins.
When purchase is determined, the coins held by the coin holding unit 400 are stored in the coin storage unit 500, and when interruption (return) is determined, the coins are transported to the coin return unit 800 via a duct or the like (not shown) or the coin transport unit 700, for example, and returned to the user.
The coin retaining unit 400 retains the coins sorted by the coin sorting unit 300 so as not to be mixed, and specifically, includes an area divided for each of the sorted coin types.
The coin storage 500 includes coin storage units for the respective coin types, and stores the coins fed from the coin retaining unit 400 for the respective coin types. Here, the 10-yen metal currencies and the 100-yen metal currencies are stored in the respective storage portions.
In addition, in the vending machine or the like, since change is sometimes returned to the user, the metal money for change may be stored in advance in the coin storage section 500.
The coin feeding unit 600 receives and feeds out coins stored in the coin storage unit 500. Typically, in a vending machine or the like, when returning change to a user, the metal banknotes stored in the coin storage 500 are each fed out by a required number of banknotes based on an instruction from a control unit (not shown) such as a CPU.
The coin dispensing unit 600 is configured as a coin dispensing unit that receives a large number of coins stored in the coin storage unit 500 one by one using a rotary disk and reliably dispenses them one by one. The detailed configuration of the coin feeding unit (coin feeding unit) 600 will be described later.
The coin conveying unit 700 conveys the coins stored in the coin storage unit 500 to the coin return unit 800. For example, when the coin handling apparatus 10 is an automatic ticket vending machine installed at a station and a user purchases a desired ticket, change may be returned to the amount of money input by the user. In this case, the metal coins stored in the coin storage 500 are individually fed out by a required number (change amount) via the coin feeding unit 600, and the coin feeding unit 700 feeds the coins to the coin return unit 800.
For the change, for example, a control unit (not shown) such as a CPU calculates an amount of money based on the amount of money to be deposited and the amount of money to be purchased, and determines the number of required pieces of the metallic money stored in the coin storage unit 500. The control unit may operate the coin feeding unit 600 to feed a required number of metal coins, and further manage and confirm the fed coins by disposing various sensors and the like.
Typically, the coin return unit 800 is configured as a take-out port for a user to take out coins. Here, the coin return unit 800 may be a single take-out port, or may be provided with a plurality of take-out ports.
For example, when the inserted coins are recognized as unusable by the coin recognition unit 200 and when the coins held by the coin holding unit 400 are returned, one ejection port is provided to return the coins inserted by the user as they are. When it is necessary to return the change to the user and return the coins stored in the coin storage 500, a different take-out port may be separately provided.
< detailed construction of coin dispensing unit (coin dispensing unit) 600 >
Next, the coin feeding unit (coin feeding unit) 600 in the coin processing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail and specifically.
Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a detailed configuration of a coin dispensing unit (coin dispensing unit) 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 3, the coin feeding unit 600 includes a hopper 610, a rotary disk 620, an adjustment mechanism 630, a rotation mechanism 640, and a base member 650, and feeds out coins stored in the coin storage 500. Further, 5 coin receiving holes 621 are formed in the rotary disk 620, a plurality of protrusions 622 are formed on the reverse side (the side facing the base member 650), and a feed-out port 651 for feeding out coins is disposed in the base member 650.
The hopper 610 is disposed at the lower end of each coin storage 500 that stores coins for each denomination. Since the hopper portion 610 also stores coins, the hopper portion 610 also functions as the coin storage portion 500.
The rotary plate 620 is disposed at a lower end of the hopper portion 610, and is configured to receive coins stored in the hopper portion 610. Specifically, the rotary disk 620 is provided with 5 coin receiving holes 621, and coins stored in the hopper portion 610 are received into the coin receiving holes 621 one by one from the hopper portion 610 side (front side of the rotary disk 620) as the rotary disk 620 rotates.
Fig. 4 is a diagram showing a rotary disk 620 in a coin dispensing unit (coin dispensing unit) 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 4, 5 coin receiving holes 621 are formed in the rotary disk 620 in accordance with the shape of the coin to be processed. Further, since the coin receiving hole 621 has a tapered shape whose tip is tapered from the hopper portion 610 side (front side of the rotary disk 620) to the base member 650 side (back side of the rotary disk 620), coins can be easily received from the hopper portion 610.
In addition, on the reverse side of the rotary disk 620, 5 coin-receiving holes 621 are each formed with three protrusions 622. Since the protrusion 622 is formed to be distant from the coin receiving hole 621 from the center of the rotary disk 620 toward the outer circumferential direction on the rear side with respect to the rotational direction of the rotary disk 620, the coin received in the coin receiving hole 621 as the rotary disk 620 rotates is conveyed while being in contact with the protrusion 622. More specifically, the coin is conveyed to the vicinity of the feed-out port 651 while being brought into contact with the projection 622 closest to the center of the rotary disk 620 among the projections 622, and thereafter, is fed out from the feed-out port 651 while being sequentially brought into contact with the central and outer peripheral projections 622.
The adjustment mechanism 630 is configured to be able to adjust the distance between the rotary disk 620 and the base member 650 according to the thickness of the coin to be processed. Typically, the distance is adjusted according to the kind (thickness) of the coin to be processed by disposing a coil (coil) between the rotating disk 620 and the base member 650.
A plurality of kinds of rings of different thicknesses may be prepared and one of them may be arranged to adjust the distance, or one kind of ring of the same thickness may be prepared and the distance may be adjusted by a difference in the number of their use. Further, a plurality of kinds of rings having different thicknesses may be prepared, and a plurality of the rings may be arranged to adjust the distance.
The rotating mechanism 640 rotates the rotating disk 620 mounted on the base member 650 with respect to the base member 650. Specifically, the rotary plate 620 is rotated with respect to the base member 650 by rotating a shaft disposed on the base member 650 using a motor.
The rotary disk 620 is placed on the base member 650, and the rotary disk 620 is rotated with respect to the base member 650 by the rotating mechanism 640 as described above. The surface of the base member 650 on which the rotary plate 620 is placed has a concave-convex shape, and when the rotary plate 620 rotates, the protrusions 622 formed on the back surface of the rotary plate 620 rotate along the concave regions of the base member 650.
Fig. 5 is a diagram showing (a) the reverse surface of the rotary disk 620 and (B) the surface of the base member 650 on which the rotary disk 620 is placed in the coin dispensing unit (coin dispensing unit) 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 5(a), three protrusions 622 are formed along the periphery of each of the 5 coin receiving holes 621 on the reverse surface of the rotary disk 620, and the other regions are constituted by smooth regions 623. In fig. 5(B), the base member 650 has the recessed regions 652 and the projecting regions 653 on the surface on which the rotary disk 620 is placed, which are formed alternately in concentric circles.
The three protrusions 622 formed in each of the 5 coin receiving holes 621 of the rotary disk 620 rotate along the recessed regions 652 formed in the base member 650 in a concentric manner.
The coins received into the coin receiving hole 621 from the front side of the rotary disk 620 reach between the rotary disk 620 and the base member 650 (the reverse side of the rotary disk 620), and are transported to the outlet 651 of the base member 650 while coming into contact with the protrusion 622 with the rotation of the rotary disk 620, and are discharged. Thereafter, the coins are transported to the coin return unit 800 via the coin transport unit 700 and returned to the user.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged view showing a state in which the rotary disk 620 is placed on the base member 650 in the coin dispensing unit (coin dispensing unit) 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 6, a distance D between the rotating disk 620 and the base member 650 is secured for the coin as the processing object to enter.
In order to send out coins one by one from the coin sending-out unit 600, the distance D needs to be set to be larger than the thickness of one coin to be processed and smaller than the thickness of two coins.
Fig. 7 is a diagram showing a case where the distance D between the rotary disk 620 and the base member 650 is adjusted according to the type (thickness) of the coin to be processed in the coin dispensing unit (coin dispensing unit) 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[ (A) thickness of coin to be processed is 1.2 to 1.5mm ]
Adjustment is performed by the above-described adjustment mechanism 630 so that the distance D between the smooth region 623 of the rotating disk 620 and the convex region 653 of the base member 650 becomes 1.6 mm.
In this case, the rotary disk 620 and the base member 650 are arranged in a state where the tip ends of the protrusions 622 on the rotary disk 620 are fitted into the recessed regions 652 on the base member 650.
[ (B) case of coin thickness of 1.5 to 1.9mm as processing object ]
Adjustment is performed by the above-described adjustment mechanism 630 so that the distance D between the smooth region 623 of the rotating disk 620 and the convex region 653 of the base member 650 becomes 2.0 mm.
In this case, the rotary disk 620 and the base member 650 are arranged in a state where the tip of the protrusion 622 on the rotary disk 620 fits into the recess region 652 on the base member 650 (shallower state than in the case of (a)).
[ (C) thickness of coin to be processed is 1.9 to 2.4mm ]
Adjustment is performed by the above-described adjustment mechanism 630 so that the distance D between the smooth region 623 of the rotating disk 620 and the convex region 653 of the base member 650 becomes 2.5 mm.
In this case, the rotary disk 620 and the base member 650 are arranged in a state where the protruding portions 622 on the rotary disk 620 are not fitted into the recessed regions 652 on the base member 650.
[ (D) thickness of coin to be processed is 2.4 to 3.3mm ]
Adjustment is performed by the above-described adjustment mechanism 630 so that the distance D between the smooth region 623 of the rotating disk 620 and the convex region 653 of the base member 650 becomes 3.4 mm.
In this case, the rotary disk 620 and the base member 650 are arranged in a state where the protruding portions 622 on the rotary disk 620 are not fitted into the recessed regions 652 on the base member 650 and are considerably distant from each other.
In this way, if the projections 622 are formed on the reverse surface of the turntable 620, the recessed regions 652 are formed on the mounting surface of the base member 650 on which the turntable 620 is mounted, and the arrangement of the turntable 620 and the base member 650 is adjusted so that the projections 622 correspond to the recessed regions 652, it is possible to process coins of various types (thicknesses). For example, when the coins to be processed are chinese 1-membered metal coin (thickness of 1.85mm) and chinese 5-corner metal coin (thickness of 1.65mm), the distance D may be adjusted to 2.0mm (the above (B)).
In the cases of (a) and (B), the tips of the protrusions 622 on the turntable 620 are fitted into the recessed regions 652 of the base member 650, but the protrusions 622 are formed so as to rotate along the recessed regions 652 as the turntable 620 rotates, and therefore, the rotation of the turntable 620 can be prevented from being hindered. In other words, rotary disk 620 can be rotated stably and smoothly without protrusion 622 on rotary disk 620 catching on the concave-convex shape of base member 650.
On the other hand, in the case of (D), although the projection 622 on the rotary disk 620 is not fitted into the recessed region 652 of the base member 650 and is in a state of being considerably separated, the coin to be processed is not fitted into the recessed region 652 and is conveyed while being brought into contact with the projection 622 with the rotation of the rotary disk 620.
However, in order to more reliably convey the coins to be processed, it is preferable that: the protrusion 622 of the rotating disk 620 is equal to or greater than 2/3 of the distance D between the smooth region 623 of the rotating disk 620 and the convex region 653 of the base member 650.
As described above, the coin feeding unit (coin feeding unit) 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be used for general purposes regardless of the type (thickness) of the coin to be processed in the coin processing apparatus 10. In other words, one kind of coin feeding unit (coin feeding unit) 600 can handle a plurality of kinds of coins having different thicknesses.
As a result, a dedicated rotating disk corresponding to the type (thickness) of the coin to be processed in the coin processing apparatus 10 is not required, so that the manufacturing cost is reduced and the production efficiency is improved.
In the present embodiment, the rotary disk 620 has 5 coin receiving holes 621, but the number of coin receiving holes 621 is not limited to 5, and at least one coin receiving hole may be provided. The number and arrangement of the coin receiving holes 621 may be set according to the size of the rotary disk 620, the size and shape of the coins to be processed, and the like.
In the present embodiment, three projections 622 are arranged around each of the 5 coin receiving holes 621 on the reverse side of the rotary disk 620, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, one or two protrusions 622 may be disposed around the coin insertion hole 621 as long as the coin can be fed out by coming into contact with the coin as the rotary disk 620 rotates.
In the present embodiment, the recessed region 652 is formed concentrically in three layers with respect to the concave-convex shape of the base member 650, but is not limited thereto, and may be formed in two layers or 4 or more layers. However, when the width of the recessed region 652 is larger than the shape (diameter) of the coin to be processed, there is a possibility that the coin will fit into the recessed region 652, and therefore the width of the recessed region 652 is preferably smaller than the shape (diameter) of the coin to be processed.
In the present embodiment, the metal coin has been described as an example of the processing target, but the processing target is not limited to the metal coin, and may be, for example, a token used in a game machine.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described above in detail. The above description is merely an explanation of one embodiment, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to this one embodiment, and can be interpreted broadly as a scope that can be grasped by those skilled in the art.
Industrial applicability
The present invention is applicable to coin handling apparatuses that insert coins and store or return them, such as game machines, vending machines, metal-money discriminating (sorting) machines, and Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) installed in financial institutions, and is particularly useful for coin feeding units that feed out coins one by one, and the like.
Description of reference numerals
10 coin handling device
100 coin receiving part
200 coin discriminating part
300 coin sorting part
400 coin reserving part
500 coin storage part
600 coin sending part (coin sending unit)
610 hopper part
620 rotary disc
621 coin receiving hole
622 protruding part
623 smooth region
630 regulating mechanism (Ring)
640 rotating mechanism (axle)
650 base component
651 discharge port
652 recess region
653 lobe area
700 coin conveying part
800 coin return part
Distance of D base member 650 from boss region 653
Claims (9)
1. A coin feeding unit for feeding coins, comprising:
a rotary disk having at least one coin receiving hole for receiving the coin from one surface side;
a base member having a surface with a concave-convex shape, the surface being disposed so as to face the other surface side of the rotating disk;
a rotation mechanism that rotates the rotation disk relative to the base member; and
an adjusting mechanism capable of adjusting a distance between the rotating disk and the base member according to a thickness of the coin,
the rotary plate includes a protrusion portion on the other surface side, the protrusion portion being formed to protrude corresponding to a recessed region in the concave-convex shape of the base member disposed to face each other,
between the rotary disk and the base member, the rotary disk rotates, and coins received through the coin receiving hole are fed out while being brought into contact with the projection.
2. The coin discharge unit of claim 1,
the concave area and the convex area of the concave-convex shape of the base member are alternately formed in concentric circles.
3. The coin discharge unit according to claim 1 or claim 2,
the protrusion of the rotating disk is formed as follows: the rotating disk is rotated along a recessed region in the concave-convex shape of the base member when the rotating disk is rotated with respect to the base member.
4. A coin discharge unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
the protrusion of the rotating disk is formed as follows: each of the coin receiving holes is located farther from the coin receiving hole toward the outer circumferential direction from the center of the rotary disk on the rear side with respect to the rotational direction of the rotary disk.
5. The coin discharge unit according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
the coin receiving hole of the rotary disk is formed in accordance with the shape of the coin, and has a tapered shape that tapers from the one surface to the other surface.
6. The coin discharge unit according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
the adjustment mechanism adjusts a distance between a smooth region of the rotating disk where no projection is formed and a convex region in the concave-convex shape of the base member according to the thickness of the coin.
7. The coin discharge unit according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
the adjusting mechanism adjusts a distance between the rotary disk and the base member according to the thickness of the coin so that the protrusion of the rotary disk is fitted into the recessed region of the base member.
8. The coin discharge unit according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
the adjustment mechanism adjusts the distance between the rotary disk and the base member in accordance with the thickness of the coin so that the protrusion of the rotary disk is 2/3 or more of the distance between the smooth region of the rotary disk where no protrusion is formed and the convex region in the concave-convex shape of the base member.
9. A coin handling apparatus capable of inserting and returning coins, comprising:
a coin receiving section that receives a coin;
a coin storage section that stores the coins received by the coin receiving section;
a coin feeding unit that feeds out the coins stored in the coin storage; and
a coin return section that returns the coins sent out by the coin sending-out unit,
the coin feeding unit includes:
a rotary disk having at least one coin receiving hole for receiving the coin from one surface side;
a base member having a surface with a concave-convex shape, the surface being disposed so as to face the other surface side of the rotating disk;
a rotation mechanism that rotates the rotation disk relative to the base member; and
an adjusting mechanism capable of adjusting a distance between the rotating disk and the base member according to a thickness of the coin,
the rotary plate includes a protrusion portion on the other surface side, the protrusion portion being formed to protrude corresponding to a recessed region in the concave-convex shape of the base member disposed to face each other,
between the rotary disk and the base member, the rotary disk rotates, and coins received through the coin receiving hole are fed out while being brought into contact with the projection.
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