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EP0070353B1
EP0070353B1 EP82102306A EP82102306A EP0070353B1 EP 0070353 B1 EP0070353 B1 EP 0070353B1 EP 82102306 A EP82102306 A EP 82102306A EP 82102306 A EP82102306 A EP 82102306A EP 0070353 B1 EP0070353 B1 EP 0070353B1
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Bernd Stuthmann
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    • G07F1/041Coin chutes with means, other than for testing currency, for dealing with inserted foreign matter, e.g. "stuffing", "stringing" or "salting"
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    • G07F1/00Coin inlet arrangements; Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
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    • G07F1/041Coin chutes with means, other than for testing currency, for dealing with inserted foreign matter, e.g. "stuffing", "stringing" or "salting"
    • G07F1/042Coin chutes with means, other than for testing currency, for dealing with inserted foreign matter, e.g. "stuffing", "stringing" or "salting" the foreign matter being a long flexible member attached to a coin
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  • the invention relates to a safety device according to the preamble of the claim.
  • a generic device in which a rotatably mounted angle of small mass is attached in the curved region of the coin path, which is connected with a z. B. is monitored as a light barrier trained switch.
  • a complete prevention of the actuation of the coin contact switch of the machine by means of a coin attached to a thread cannot be achieved, because in the event that the thread is not tightened when the coin is inserted, the thread will not actuate the safety switch either .
  • H. the coin contact switch is closed and the addition relay is set. After the sales process, the inserted coin can then be easily removed again using a thread, since no corresponding one-way obstacles are built into the coin path.
  • DE-A-2 326 343 describes a cashier device in which a slot is provided in which the thread of the coin slides in favorably, so that the coin lies against an edge of the channel base when the thread coin is pulled up.
  • the control of the turnout described therein by means of a light barrier has the effect that the turnout is unlocked by coins rolling past the light barrier and remains locked by coins which remain for a longer time.
  • it is easily possible to roll past the light barrier of thread coins so that afterwards, by briefly pulling the thread of the coin hanging in the entry area of the cassette, this coin is flung over the light barrier again to the break point of the coin path and there can be held by thread. It is then possible to roll the same coin past the light barrier a second time.
  • DE-A-2 260 220 discloses a locking device in the coin channel for preventing the withdrawal of coins attached to threads.
  • a leg of the movable locking flap which is directed in the direction of fall of the coins, projects into the coin channel and automatically pivots against the opposite wall of the coin channel.
  • a telephone coin collector is known from US-A-2 332 018, in which a peg-shaped trigger blocks the return path of a coin. This can be used to prevent further withdrawal of the coin by means of a thread in the coin channel over the trigger, but here too it is not sufficient to prevent fraud during and / or after the checkout process (e.g. multiple evaluation), since the presence of the thread itself does not is recognized.
  • US-A-3 998 309 provides a three sensor detector which indicates irregular coin movements from the direction of passage of the coin through the detector area. With this device, the return path of the coin cannot be blocked by means of a thread, nor can fraud be prevented during and / or after the checkout process, since the thread itself is not detected.
  • the task is therefore to create a security device on vending machines to prevent fraud with the help of the thread trick, by means of which a safe thread detection, the generation of a signal upon thread detection for the implementation of security measures and the prevention of manipulations, in particular the retraction of the thread hanging coin are guaranteed.
  • the object is achieved according to the invention by the measures specified in the claim.
  • a coin can already be classified as invalid in the course of the value check if a suitable detector detects a thread in the coin path.
  • the evaluating control device causes the coin to be rejected, i. H. Return to the output tray.
  • the coin path 2 begins at the coin entrance 5. After the coin exit 6, an intermediate cash desk 8 is arranged, on which there is a one-way coin lock 11. Located in front of a coin box 9 there is a checkout switch 7 in the coin path. In its rest position, this leads a coin into an output tray 10.
  • the sensitivity of the thread sensor must be sufficient to detect a thread that may run over several edges behind the safety device, thereby reducing the effective coin weight.
  • the thread sensor contains an angle 3 made of metal or plastic, the mass of which is very small (less than one gram). This is important both with regard to the response threshold and with regard to the inertia behavior with very short thread tensions.
  • the angle 3 is shaped so that a lateral circumvention by the thread is impossible.
  • the shape and length of the coin path must be designed so that a thread straightened between any point on the coin inlet 5 and coin outlet 6 always has an inflection point at the angle 3.
  • the geometric condition for maintaining a kink on the thread sensor can be seen from FIG. x should be greater than 5 mm.
  • the checkout switch 7 is opened or remains open.
  • the control unit now goes through a cycle consisting of a pause of several seconds and three cancellation processes.
  • the cancellation processes prevent the thread from being pinched by the flaps of the disposable coin lock 11 and the coin weight thus becoming ineffective and that a coin can be supported on the flap inner walls.
  • the thread is tightened again and again on impulse by the flaps being flipped. Furthermore, the thread may be cut by the edges of the flaps. If a thread signal occurs in the course of the cycle, the occurrence is always noted again, so that another cycle takes place. Only when a complete cycle without thread signal has expired is the error handling aborted and the checkout gate closed again.
  • the thread sensor 1 To reliably prevent these possibilities, the thread sensor 1 must emit a continuous signal as long as the angle 3 is outside its rest position.
  • Another possibility of fraud would be to withdraw the coin on the thread to above thread sensor 1 in order to avoid triggering the signal. This is prevented by attaching a one-way coin lock 11 to coin path 2, on which the coins jam securely. So that multiple evaluation of the coin hanging on a thread is prevented by repeated pulling and pulling, the coin check must be arranged before or in the coin path 2, but the generation of the coin check completion signal behind the coin lock 11. After the coin check has been properly completed, the coin cannot be withdrawn.
  • the security device recognizes in a vending machine a thread attached to a coin with great certainty and thereby prevents fraud by using the thread trick.

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1. Security device of an automatic vending machine which for the prevention of the fraud by application of the so-called thread trick displays a coin path (2), which is curved in its entry region, with a thread sensor (1) consisting of a bracket (3), which is provided with small mass, is rotatable about its bearing, is checked for its position by a light barrier and which protrudes into the bent coin path (2) in such a manner that a thread stretched between the entry (5) and exit (6) of the bent coin path is kinked at the bracket (3) and thereby turns the bracket (3) out of its rest setting which has the consequence of a light barrier output signal which thereupon effects the performance of given security measures, characterised thereby, that the bracket (3) is so shaped that a lateral by-passing by the thread is impossible, that an edge (12) protruding into the coin path (2) is formed and that the thread of the coin disposed in the coin path (2) is so guided on the pulling-back of the coin that a certain wedging of the coin behind this edge is assured, that a one-way coin barrier (11) preventing the pulling-back of the coin is arranged behind the coin exit (6) of the coin path (2), that a coin sensor generating a coin test termination signal for prevention of the multiple valuation of a coin hanging at a thread is mounted directly behind the one-way coin barrier (11) and that precautions are taken, which have the effect that a cashing flap (7) assumes or maintains its setting, in which the coins are guided into the final coin till (9), on the occurrence of a light barrier output signal before, during and/or after the cashing operation and remains in this setting until the light barrier output signal has finally again disappeared.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Sicherungseinrichtung nach dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs. Aus der DE-A-2 628 682 ist eine gattungsgemäße Vorrichtung bekannt, in der im gebogenen Bereich des Münzweges ein drehbar gelagerter Winkel geringer Masse angebracht ist, der mit einem z. B. als Lichtschranke ausgebildeter Schalter überwacht wird. Jedoch kann hierbei eine vollständige Verhinderung der Betätigung des Münzkontaktschalters des Automaten mittels einer an einem Faden befestigten Münze nicht erreicht werden, denn für den Fall, daß der Faden beim Einführen der Münze zunächst nicht gestrafft ist, wird der Faden den Sicherheitsschalter auch nicht betätigen, d. h. der Münzkontaktschalter wird geschlossen und das Additionsrelais gesetzt. Nach dem Verkaufsvorgang kann die eingeworfene Münze mittels Faden dann leicht wieder entnommen werden, da keine entsprechende Einweg-Hindernisse im Münzweg eingebaut sind.The invention relates to a safety device according to the preamble of the claim. From DE-A-2 628 682 a generic device is known in which a rotatably mounted angle of small mass is attached in the curved region of the coin path, which is connected with a z. B. is monitored as a light barrier trained switch. However, a complete prevention of the actuation of the coin contact switch of the machine by means of a coin attached to a thread cannot be achieved, because in the event that the thread is not tightened when the coin is inserted, the thread will not actuate the safety switch either . H. the coin contact switch is closed and the addition relay is set. After the sales process, the inserted coin can then be easily removed again using a thread, since no corresponding one-way obstacles are built into the coin path.

In der DE-A-2 326 343 wird eine Kassiervorrichtung beschrieben, in der ein Schlitz vorgesehen ist, in dem der Faden der Münze begünstigt hineingleitet, so daß die Münze sich beim Hochziehen der Fadenmünze gegen eine Kante des Kanalunterteils legt. Die darin beschriebene Steuerung der Weiche mittels einer Lichtschranke bewirkt, daß die Weiche durch vorbeirollende Münzen an der Lichtschranke entsperrt wird, durch länger verbleibende Münzen gesperrt bleibt. Jedoch ist bei entsprechender Wahl der Fadenlänge ein schnelles Vorbeirollen an der Lichtschranke von Fadenmünzen hierbei leicht möglich, so daß danach diese Münze, durch kurzzeitiges Anziehen des Fadens der im Eintrittsbereich der Kassette hängenden Münze wieder über die Lichtschranke hinweg bis zum Knickpunkt des Münzweges geschleudert und dort mittels Faden gehalten werden kann. Ein danach zweites Vorbeirollen derselben Münze an der Lichtschranke ist damit möglich. Dies kann mehrmals hintereinander erfolgen, so daß Mehrfachbewertungen mit dieser Vorrichtung nicht vermieden werden können. Da eine Fadenerkennung hiermit ebenfalls nicht möglich ist, bleibt die Manipulationsgefahr weiterhin bestehen, wenn die Fadenmünze nach dem Einwurf auf direktem Weg über die Lichtschranke hinweg kurz vor dem Eintrittsbereich der Kassette gelangt und dort zum Stoppen kommt. In derselben Art wie beim Betrug der Mehrfachbewertungen kann die Münze durch einen initiierten Annulierungsvorgang die schon kassierte Münze wieder aus der Einrichtung entnommen werden, wenn sie vorher zum Knickpunkt des Münzweges geschleudert wurde.DE-A-2 326 343 describes a cashier device in which a slot is provided in which the thread of the coin slides in favorably, so that the coin lies against an edge of the channel base when the thread coin is pulled up. The control of the turnout described therein by means of a light barrier has the effect that the turnout is unlocked by coins rolling past the light barrier and remains locked by coins which remain for a longer time. However, with appropriate selection of the thread length, it is easily possible to roll past the light barrier of thread coins, so that afterwards, by briefly pulling the thread of the coin hanging in the entry area of the cassette, this coin is flung over the light barrier again to the break point of the coin path and there can be held by thread. It is then possible to roll the same coin past the light barrier a second time. This can be done several times in succession so that multiple evaluations cannot be avoided with this device. Since thread detection is also not possible with this, the risk of manipulation continues to exist if the thread coin, after being inserted, passes directly over the light barrier shortly before the entry area of the cassette and comes to a stop there. In the same way as when defrauding the multiple ratings, the coin can be withdrawn from the device by an initiated cancellation process if it was previously flung to the break point of the coin path.

Die DE-A-2 260 220 offenbart eine Sperrvorrichtung im Münzkanal zur Verhinderung des Zurückziehens von an Fäden befestigten Münzen. Hierzu ragt ein in Fallrichtung der Münzen gerichteter Schenkel der beweglichen Sperrklappe in den Münzkanal, der selbsttätig gegen die gegenüberliegende Wand des Münzkanals schwenkt. Eine Verhinderung des Betruges beispielsweise durch Mehrfachbewertungen oder durch lnitiierung eines Annulierungsvorganges während und/ oder nach dem Kassiervorgang kann jedoch mit dieser Vorrichtung nicht erreicht werden.DE-A-2 260 220 discloses a locking device in the coin channel for preventing the withdrawal of coins attached to threads. For this purpose, a leg of the movable locking flap, which is directed in the direction of fall of the coins, projects into the coin channel and automatically pivots against the opposite wall of the coin channel. Prevention of fraud, for example by multiple evaluations or by initiating a cancellation process during and / or after the checkout process, however, cannot be achieved with this device.

Aus der US-A-2 332 018 ist ein Telephon-Münzsammler bekannt, in dem ein zapfenförmiger Auslöser den Rückweg einer Münze sperrt. Damit kann das weitere Zurückziehen der Münze mittels eines Fadens im Münzkanal über den Auslöser hinweg verhindert werden, jedoch auch hier reicht dies nicht aus, den Betrug während und/oder nach dem Kassiervorgang (beispielsweise Mehrfachbewertung) zu verhindern, da die Anwesenheit des Fadens selbst nicht erkannt wird.A telephone coin collector is known from US-A-2 332 018, in which a peg-shaped trigger blocks the return path of a coin. This can be used to prevent further withdrawal of the coin by means of a thread in the coin channel over the trigger, but here too it is not sufficient to prevent fraud during and / or after the checkout process (e.g. multiple evaluation), since the presence of the thread itself does not is recognized.

Die US-A-3 998 309 liefert einen aus drei Sensoren bestehenden Detektor, der aus der Richtung des Durchlaufens der Münze durch den Detektorbereich irreguläre Münzbewegungen anzeigt. Mit dieser Einrichtung kann weder der Rückweg der Münze mittels eines Fadens versperrt werden noch kann ein Betrug während und/oder nach dem Kassiervorgang hiermit verhindert werden, da der Faden selbst nicht detektiert wird.US-A-3 998 309 provides a three sensor detector which indicates irregular coin movements from the direction of passage of the coin through the detector area. With this device, the return path of the coin cannot be blocked by means of a thread, nor can fraud be prevented during and / or after the checkout process, since the thread itself is not detected.

Die Aufgabe besteht daher darin, eine Sicherheitseinrichtung an Verkaufsautomaten zur Verhinderung des Betrugs mit Hilfe des Fadentricks zu schaffen, durch die eine sichere Fadenerkennung, die Erzeugung eines Signals bei Fadenerkennung zur Durchführung von Sicherungsmaßnahmen und die Verhinderung von Manipulationen, insbesondere das Zurückziehen der an einem Faden hängenden Münze gewährleistet sind. Die Aufgabe wird nach der Erfindung durch die in dem Patentanspruch angegebenen Maßnahmen gelöst.The task is therefore to create a security device on vending machines to prevent fraud with the help of the thread trick, by means of which a safe thread detection, the generation of a signal upon thread detection for the implementation of security measures and the prevention of manipulations, in particular the retraction of the thread hanging coin are guaranteed. The object is achieved according to the invention by the measures specified in the claim.

Die Erfindung wird im folgenden anhand von Zeichnungen an einem Ausführungsbeispiel näher erläutert.The invention is explained below with reference to drawings of an embodiment.

In Figur 1 ist die Sicherungseinrichtung im Rahmen des Münzweges dargestellt, aus Figur 2 sind Einzelheiten der Sicherungseinrichtung zu ersehen. In Figur 3 ist die mathematische Konzeption dargestellt.In Figure 1, the security device is shown within the coin path, from Figure 2 details of the security device can be seen. The mathematical concept is shown in FIG.

Eine Münze kann bereits im Verlaufe der Wertigkeitsprüfung als ungültig eingestuft werden, wenn ein geeigneter Detektor einen Faden im Münzweg erkennt. Die auswertende nicht dargestellte Steuereinrichtung bewirkt in diesem Fall eine Zurückweisung der Münze, d. h. Rückgabe in die Ausgabeschale.A coin can already be classified as invalid in the course of the value check if a suitable detector detects a thread in the coin path. In this case, the evaluating control device, not shown, causes the coin to be rejected, i. H. Return to the output tray.

Für die sichere Erkennung eines Fadens ist einerseits eine genügende Empfindlichkeit eines Fadensensors 1 und ein ausreichend langer und abgeknickter Münzweg 2 von Wichtigkeit. Der Münzweg 2 beginnt beim Münzeingang 5. Nach dem Münzausgang 6 ist eine Zwischenkasse 8 angeordnet, an der sich eine Einwegmünzsperre 11 befindet. Vor einer Münzendkasse 9 befindet sich im Münzweg eine Kassierweiche 7. In ihrer Ruhestellung leitet diese eine Münze in eine Ausgabeschale 10.For the reliable detection of a thread, a sufficient sensitivity of a thread sensor 1 and a sufficiently long and bent coin path 2 are important. The coin path 2 begins at the coin entrance 5. After the coin exit 6, an intermediate cash desk 8 is arranged, on which there is a one-way coin lock 11. Located in front of a coin box 9 there is a checkout switch 7 in the coin path. In its rest position, this leads a coin into an output tray 10.

Die Empfindlichkeit des Fadensensors muß ausreichen, um einen Faden zu erkennen, der eventuell hinter der Sicherungseinrichtung über mehrere Kanten läuft, wodurch das wirksame Münzgewicht verringert wird. Der Fadensensor enthält einen Winkel 3 aus Metall oder Kunststoff, dessen Masse sehr gering (kleiner als ein Gramm) ist. Dies ist sowohl bezüglich der Ansprechschwelle als auch bezüglich des Trägheitsverhaltens bei sehr kurzen Fadenspannungen von Bedeutung. Der Winkel 3 ist so geformt, daß eine seitliche Umgehung durch den Faden unmöglich ist.The sensitivity of the thread sensor must be sufficient to detect a thread that may run over several edges behind the safety device, thereby reducing the effective coin weight. The thread sensor contains an angle 3 made of metal or plastic, the mass of which is very small (less than one gram). This is important both with regard to the response threshold and with regard to the inertia behavior with very short thread tensions. The angle 3 is shaped so that a lateral circumvention by the thread is impossible.

Form und Länge des Münzweges müssen so gestaltet sein, daß ein zwischen beliebigen Stellen des Münzeinganges 5 und Münzausgangs 6 gestraffter Faden stets einen Knickpunkt am Winkel 3 aufweist.The shape and length of the coin path must be designed so that a thread straightened between any point on the coin inlet 5 and coin outlet 6 always has an inflection point at the angle 3.

Aus Figur 3 ist die geometrische Bedingung für die Einhaltung eines Knicks am Fadensensor zu ersehen. x soll größer sein als 5 mm. Für I, = 12 und a = ß erhält x den Wert x = tan (90° ­ α/2) 12 cos ß.The geometric condition for maintaining a kink on the thread sensor can be seen from FIG. x should be greater than 5 mm. For I, = 1 2 and a = ß x receives the value x = tan (90 ° α / 2) 1 2 cos ß.

Die Zurückweisung der an einem Faden befestigten Münze kann vermieden werden, wenn der Faden zunächst nicht gestrafft wird. Dabei fällt die Münze ohne die Erzeugung eines Fadentricksignals bis in die Zwischenkasse 8. Zur Ausschaltung des Betrugs muß von diesem Zeitpunkt an eine ständige Überwachung des Fadensensors vorgenommen werden, um folgende zwei Betrugsmöglichkeiten auszuschließen :

  • 1. Während oder nach dem Kassiervorgang wird der Faden gestrafft, um das Einkassieren der Münze zu verhindern und sie nach Abschluß des Kassiervorgangs in die Ausgabeschale 10 fallen zu lassen (evtl. mit Unterstützung durch einen Annulliervorgang).
The rejection of the coin attached to a thread can be avoided if the thread is not tightened at first. The coin falls into the interim checkout 8 without generating a thread trick signal. To stop the fraud, constant monitoring of the thread sensor must be carried out from this point on to rule out the following two possibilities of fraud:
  • 1. During or after the checkout process, the thread is tightened to prevent the coin from being collected and to drop it into the dispensing tray 10 after the checkout process has been completed (possibly with the assistance of a cancellation process).

Sollte vor, während oder nach dem Kassieren ein Fadensignal registriert worden sein, so wird der Verkaufsvorgang zunächst ordnungsgemäß abgeschlossen. Die Kassierweiche 7 wird jedoch nicht wie normalerweise geschlossen, sondern bleibt bis zur weiteren Behandlung geöffnet. Das Auftreten des vorangegangenen Signals wird vermerkt.If a thread signal has been registered before, during or after checkout, the sales process is first properly completed. However, the checkout counter 7 is not closed as normally, but remains open until further treatment. The occurrence of the previous signal is noted.

2. Der Faden. wird erst nach Abschluß des Kassiervorganges gestrafft, nachdem die Münze die Münzendkasse 9 erreicht hat. Gelingt es nun, die Münze am Faden an der durch eine Rückstellfeder gehaltene Kassierweiche 7 vorbei nach oben zu ziehen, so kann sie anschließend in die Ausgabeschale 10 fallen (evtl. wieder mit Unterstützung durch einen Annulliervorgang).2. The thread. is tightened only after the completion of the checkout process, after the coin has reached the coin terminal 9. If it is now possible to pull the coin upwards past the checkout switch 7 held by a return spring, it can then fall into the dispensing tray 10 (possibly again with the assistance of a cancellation process).

Wird zu irgendeinem Zeitpunkt nach dem Kassiervorgang ein Fadensignal erkannt oder ist vom vorhergehenden Vorgang das Auftreten eines Signals vermerkt, so wird die Kassierweiche 7 geöffnet bzw. sie bleibt geöffnet.If a thread signal is recognized at any time after the checkout process or if the occurrence of a signal from the previous process is noted, the checkout switch 7 is opened or remains open.

Die Steuerungseinheit durchläuft nun einen Zyklus, der aus einer Pause von mehreren Sekunden und drei Annulliervorgängen besteht.The control unit now goes through a cycle consisting of a pause of several seconds and three cancellation processes.

Die Annulliervorgänge verhindern zum einen, daß der Faden von den Klappen der Einwegmünzsperre 11 eingeklemmt und somit das Münzgewicht unwirksam wird und daß sich eine Münze auf den Klappeninnenwänden abstützen kann. Zum anderen wird der Faden durch das Schlagen der Klappen immer wieder impulsartig gestrafft. Weiterhin wird der Faden möglicherweise'von den Kanten der Klappen durchtrennt. Tritt im Verlauf des Zyklus ein Fadensignal auf, so wird stets erneut das Auftreten vermerkt, sodaß ein weiterer Zyklus erfolgt. Erst wenn ein vollständiger Zyklus ohne Fadensignal abgelaufen ist, wird die Fehlerbehandlung abgebrochen und die Kassierweiche wieder geschlossen.On the one hand, the cancellation processes prevent the thread from being pinched by the flaps of the disposable coin lock 11 and the coin weight thus becoming ineffective and that a coin can be supported on the flap inner walls. On the other hand, the thread is tightened again and again on impulse by the flaps being flipped. Furthermore, the thread may be cut by the edges of the flaps. If a thread signal occurs in the course of the cycle, the occurrence is always noted again, so that another cycle takes place. Only when a complete cycle without thread signal has expired is the error handling aborted and the checkout gate closed again.

Zur sicheren Unterbindung dieser Möglichkeiten muß der Fadensensor 1 ein Dauersignal aussenden, solange der Winkel 3 außerhalb seiner Ruhestellung liegt.To reliably prevent these possibilities, the thread sensor 1 must emit a continuous signal as long as the angle 3 is outside its rest position.

Eine weitere Betrugsmöglichkeit bestünde darin, die Münze am Faden bis oberhalb des Fadensensors 1 zurückzuziehen, um die Auslösung des Signals zu vermeiden. Dies wird verhindert, indem in Münzweg 2 eine Einwegmünzsperre 11 angebracht wird, an der sich die Münzen sicher verklemmen. Damit eine Mehrfachbewertung der an einem Faden hängenden Münze durch mehrfaches Auf- und Abziehen verhindert wird, muß die Münzprüfung vor oder in dem Münzweg 2, die Erzeugung des Münzprüfabschlußsignals aber hinter der Münzsperre 11, angeordnet sein. Nach ordnungsgemäßem Abschluß der Münzprüfung kann die Münze dann nicht wieder zurückgezogen werden.Another possibility of fraud would be to withdraw the coin on the thread to above thread sensor 1 in order to avoid triggering the signal. This is prevented by attaching a one-way coin lock 11 to coin path 2, on which the coins jam securely. So that multiple evaluation of the coin hanging on a thread is prevented by repeated pulling and pulling, the coin check must be arranged before or in the coin path 2, but the generation of the coin check completion signal behind the coin lock 11. After the coin check has been properly completed, the coin cannot be withdrawn.

Die Sicherungseinrichtung nach der Erfindung erkennt in einem Verkaufsautomaten einen an einer Münze befestigten Faden mit großer Sicherheit und verhindert dadurch einen Betrug durch Anwendung des Fadentricks.The security device according to the invention recognizes in a vending machine a thread attached to a coin with great certainty and thereby prevents fraud by using the thread trick.

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  1. Security device of an automatic vending machine which for the prevention of the fraud by application of the so-called thread trick displays a coin path (2), which is curved in its entry region, with a thread sensor (1) consisting of a bracket (3), which is provided with small mass, is rotatable about its bearing, is checked for its position by a light barrier and which protrudes into the bent coin path (2) in such a manner that a thread stretched between the entry (5) and exit (6) of the bent coin path is kinked at the bracket (3) and thereby turns the bracket (3) out of its rest setting which has the consequence of a light barrier output signal which thereupon effects the performance of given security measures, characterised thereby, that the bracket (3) is so shaped that a lateral by-passing by the thread is impossible, that an edge (12) protruding into the coin path (2) is formed and that the thread of the coin disposed in the coin path (2) is so guided on the pulling-back of the coin that a certain wedging of the coin behind this edge is assured, that a one-way coin barrier (11) preventing the pulling-back of the coin is arranged behind the coin exit (6) of the coin path (2), that a coin sensor generating a coin test termination signal for prevention of the multiple valuation of a coin hanging at a thread is mounted directly behind the one-way coin barrier (11) and that precautions are taken, which have the effect that a cashing flap (7) assumes or maintains its setting, in which the coins are guided into the final coin till (9), on the occurrence of a light barrier output signal before, during and/or after the cashing operation and remains in this setting until the light barrier output signal has finally again disappeared.
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