EP0038911A1 - Procédé et dispositif de contrôle de validité de pièces de monnaie - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de contrôle de validité de pièces de monnaie Download PDF

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EP0038911A1
EP0038911A1 EP81101222A EP81101222A EP0038911A1 EP 0038911 A1 EP0038911 A1 EP 0038911A1 EP 81101222 A EP81101222 A EP 81101222A EP 81101222 A EP81101222 A EP 81101222A EP 0038911 A1 EP0038911 A1 EP 0038911A1
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Manuel Ing. Vasconcelos
Karl Jauch
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Sodeco Saia AG
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Societe des Compteurs de Geneve SODECO
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D5/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
    • G07D5/04—Testing the weight

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  • the invention relates to a method for checking the authenticity of coins based on their mass of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1 and to a device for carrying out the method.
  • the object of the invention is to create a further device which also serves to check the authenticity of coins, but which can be produced very economically.
  • the invention is characterized in claim 1.
  • '1 means a career path along which a coin 2 or any token is accelerated under the action of a force P.
  • the track 1 is an inclined plane on which the coin 2 slides down, the force P accelerating the coin being a component of the weight G of the coin.
  • the lower end of the track 1 consists of a movable part 3, which is held in some way, for example by a magnetic armature, in its position as a track for the coin.
  • a spring as a buffer element in the present example a spring tongue 4 firmly clamped on one side, on the free end 5 of which the coin 2 sliding along the track acts.
  • a light barrier 9 for example a light emitting diode and a phototransistor, the beam path of which is interrupted by the coin.
  • the time difference between the interruption of the light beam and the beginning of a deformation on the spring tongue 4 is used to determine the speed V of the coin 2.
  • a guide plate 10 for collecting the coins there are a guide plate 10 for collecting the coins and a flap 11 influenced by the good / bad decision of the device for returning the coins.
  • a flap 11 influenced by the good / bad decision of the device for returning the coins. In Fig. 1 this is drawn in the position for accepting a coin.
  • the movable part 3 is removed and the coin 2 no longer serves as a career.
  • the flap 11 is then also pivoted out and a coin 16 entered in this state falls directly into a return tray for withdrawing the money.
  • the movable part 3 forms the end of the track 1.
  • An inserted coin slides along the track 1, covers the light barrier 9, strikes the spring tongue 4 and directs it at the level of its contact point by one of its mass m and its Velocity V corresponding to a large amount s, as shown in dashed lines in FIG. 1.
  • the first touch causes the measurement of the speed V together with the light barrier 9, and on the other hand this forms the command to remove the movable part 3.
  • the resilient spring tongue 4 allows the coin to fold downwards.
  • the sensors 7 and 8 measure the vibration of the spring generated by the coin tongue 4.
  • the oscillation is evaluated only via its first oscillation half-wave, that is, between the time t at which a coin arrives at the spring tongue 4 which is in the rest position, and until the time t 1 at which the spring tongue 4 returns to its rest position when it springs back goes through again.
  • the mass m of the coin 2 then results from the relationship in which k is a plant-specific constant.
  • the evaluation is preferably carried out by a programmed computer. On the basis of predetermined limit values for 'm, the latter also decides whether a coin is to be accepted or rejected and, if the decision is positive, actuates the flap 11 within the flight time of the coin. This then guides a coin 15 to be accepted along the guide plate 10 into a cash register while one coin 16 to be rejected falls directly into the return tray if the decision is negative.
  • the spring tongue 4 is arranged such that its longitudinal axis lies in a perpendicular and together with the raceway 1 forms a plane which is parallel to the planes formed by the two end faces of the coin 2 when sliding down, which is particularly space-saving advantageous is.
  • the longitudinal axis of the spring tongue 4 could, however, deviate from the figures, also run outside the last-mentioned planes and form an angle with them. In particular, it makes sense if the longitudinal axis is arranged horizontally, that is to say at a right angle to the planes mentioned. Such an arrangement makes it possible to use the same spring tongue 4 for coins with a round as well as with a polygonal circumference, because even in the second case the point of engagement of the coin on the spring tongue can only scatter within the narrow width of the spring tongue 4.
  • the device described is particularly suitable for use in coin-operated cash machines. Such are exposed to very large changes in ambient temperature, and it has been shown that the sensors 7, 8 described for scanning the spring travel are very insensitive in this regard. In addition, the device has no special tolerance requirements and can therefore be manufactured very cheaply.

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Testing Of Coins (AREA)
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  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
EP81101222A 1980-04-28 1981-02-20 Procédé et dispositif de contrôle de validité de pièces de monnaie Expired EP0038911B1 (fr)

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AT81101222T ATE4150T1 (de) 1980-04-28 1981-02-20 Verfahren und einrichtung zur echtheitspruefung von muenzen.

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CH3263/80A CH647608A5 (de) 1980-04-28 1980-04-28 Verfahren und einrichtung zur echtheitspruefung von muenzen.
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US4848556A (en) * 1985-04-08 1989-07-18 Qonaar Corporation Low power coin discrimination apparatus
GB2222903A (en) * 1988-09-20 1990-03-21 Plessey Telecomm Coin validation apparatus
EP0470587A2 (fr) * 1990-08-10 1992-02-12 National Rejectors Inc. GmbH Dispositif de contrôle de pièces de monnaie
WO1993006569A1 (fr) * 1991-09-24 1993-04-01 Coin Controls Limited Appareil permettant de reconnaitre des pieces de monnaie
US5494145A (en) * 1994-04-12 1996-02-27 National Rejectors Inc. Gmbh Coin validator for testing the mass of a coin

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DE3415273A1 (de) * 1984-04-24 1985-10-31 Harting Elektronik Gmbh, 4992 Espelkamp Einrichtung zur muenzerkennung
CH675787A5 (fr) * 1988-04-14 1990-10-31 Markus Braem

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US2022180A (en) * 1933-05-02 1935-11-26 Braun Theodor Method of and means for separation and sorting
US2256486A (en) * 1937-02-23 1941-09-23 John F Lindberg Coin detecting apparatus
DE729408C (de) * 1938-02-11 1942-12-16 Heinrich List Dipl Ing Vorrichtung zur Bestimmung der Geschwindigkeit von beschleunigten Massen
US2308634A (en) * 1940-10-29 1943-01-19 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Coin chute
US2318410A (en) * 1940-10-29 1943-05-04 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Coin chute
US3559788A (en) * 1969-03-17 1971-02-02 Seeburg Corp Switching arrangement and method employing coin controlled motion transducer
FR2404856A1 (fr) * 1977-09-30 1979-04-27 Leybold Heraeus Gmbh & Co Kg Procede et dispositif de mesure de la vitesse d'objets

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2022180A (en) * 1933-05-02 1935-11-26 Braun Theodor Method of and means for separation and sorting
US2256486A (en) * 1937-02-23 1941-09-23 John F Lindberg Coin detecting apparatus
DE729408C (de) * 1938-02-11 1942-12-16 Heinrich List Dipl Ing Vorrichtung zur Bestimmung der Geschwindigkeit von beschleunigten Massen
US2308634A (en) * 1940-10-29 1943-01-19 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Coin chute
US2318410A (en) * 1940-10-29 1943-05-04 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Coin chute
US3559788A (en) * 1969-03-17 1971-02-02 Seeburg Corp Switching arrangement and method employing coin controlled motion transducer
FR2404856A1 (fr) * 1977-09-30 1979-04-27 Leybold Heraeus Gmbh & Co Kg Procede et dispositif de mesure de la vitesse d'objets

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
Design Engineering, April 1978, Heft 4, seiten 64-66 P.J. HARROP et al.: "Design Evolution. Coin Validation Systems in Vending Machines" * seite 65, linke spalte, absatz 2 * *

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4848556A (en) * 1985-04-08 1989-07-18 Qonaar Corporation Low power coin discrimination apparatus
GB2222903A (en) * 1988-09-20 1990-03-21 Plessey Telecomm Coin validation apparatus
EP0470587A2 (fr) * 1990-08-10 1992-02-12 National Rejectors Inc. GmbH Dispositif de contrôle de pièces de monnaie
EP0470587A3 (en) * 1990-08-10 1993-05-12 National Rejectors Inc. Gmbh Electronic coin testing device
WO1993006569A1 (fr) * 1991-09-24 1993-04-01 Coin Controls Limited Appareil permettant de reconnaitre des pieces de monnaie
US5494145A (en) * 1994-04-12 1996-02-27 National Rejectors Inc. Gmbh Coin validator for testing the mass of a coin

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DE3160582D1 (en) 1983-08-18

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