EP0143972A2 - Conteneur de pièces de monnaie pour machine déclenchée par pièces de monnaie ou pour machine faisant de la monnaie - Google Patents

Conteneur de pièces de monnaie pour machine déclenchée par pièces de monnaie ou pour machine faisant de la monnaie Download PDF

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EP0143972A2
EP0143972A2 EP84112798A EP84112798A EP0143972A2 EP 0143972 A2 EP0143972 A2 EP 0143972A2 EP 84112798 A EP84112798 A EP 84112798A EP 84112798 A EP84112798 A EP 84112798A EP 0143972 A2 EP0143972 A2 EP 0143972A2
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Fritz Siegenthaler
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F5/00—Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks
    • G07F5/24—Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks with change-giving
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F1/00—Coin inlet arrangements; Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
    • G07F1/04—Coin chutes
    • G07F1/047—Coin chutes with means for temporarily storing coins

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  • the invention relates to a coin collecting container for cashiers and coin changers.
  • a coin collecting container is intended to hold a sufficient number of coins in a limited space. If it is not only to serve as a buffer for one or a few checkout processes, it must be able to be carried out with an overflow in order to remain operational even when filled. And it should also be used to return coins, e.g. after actuation of a correction key, the coins most recently received should be returned in order to prevent improperly coin-like bodies or low-value coins from being inserted and then coins with the actual value being issued by actuation of the correction key.
  • Coin stores of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1 have these properties, and they are also simple in construction and mode of operation, because they do not have any means of transport, such as e.g. Pestle, need. The coins simply fall into and out of the compartments due to their weight.
  • the fan ring is upright, that is, its axis is arranged horizontally.
  • the first and the second, fixed ring wall are coaxial cylindrical ring walls, the first of which has the inlet opening at the top and the second of which has the outlet opening leading into a coin return channel and next to an coin overflow channel.
  • a coin falling into a compartment through the entrance opening falls onto a practically horizontal lateral surface part of the second cylinder ring wall (CH-PS 600 453).
  • the wreath of another coin collection container of this type is lying, that is, arranged with a vertical axis.
  • the first and the second, fixed ring wall are coaxial, parallel circular ring walls, the upper of which has the inlet opening and the lower of which has the outlet opening leading into a coin return channel.
  • a coin falling into a compartment through the entrance opening falls onto the horizontal surface of the second fixed circular ring wall (CH-PS 635 950).
  • a coin falling through the entrance opening falls on a surface perpendicular to the direction of fall, it bounces back on this surface and can therefore temporarily return to the entrance opening, depending on the material of the second fixed ring wall, the weight and the alloy of the coin as well as the compartment size compared to the coin diameter and depending on the accidental contact between the coin and the compartment walls.
  • the fan was allowed to prevent the rebounded coin from being partially stuck in the entrance opening and partly in the compartment into which it fell during the subsequent rotation of the compartment wreath and blocking the drive of the compartment wreath and thus the entire coin collecting container wreath can only be turned one step if a period of time has passed since the coin was fed in, after which the coin had assumed a rest position in the relevant subject even under unfavorable circumstances.
  • a stuck coin that should have fallen into the coin overflow channel came loose too late, it fell into the coin return channel, it was returned undesirably, which was not recorded by a coin counter, which is usually provided for control purposes, in particular for billing purposes, so the number of coins actually collected did not match the counted number.
  • the main causes of coins getting stuck on the compartments are as follows: If the fan ring rotates gradually, the coins, which necessarily have play in the compartments, are shaken, ie accelerated and decelerated, each time. The coins could come into positions in which they lay flat on a compartment wall. With a standing fan wreath, this was even inevitable because the Compartment walls come into horizontal and slightly inclined positions when they rotate about the horizontal axis.
  • the invention seeks to remedy this.
  • the invention as characterized in the claims, achieves the object of providing a coin collecting container in which disruptions caused by a coin rebounding or by an unclean coin or wet coin being avoided are avoided, the means by which this being achieved being extremely are simple and correspondingly inexpensive.
  • a coin collecting container for self-cashers and coin changers which has as its essential component a fan ring 1, the radial axes 3 of which are formed between two compartment walls 4, which project axially on a circular ring wall 6.
  • the compartment walls 4 are formed in one piece with the circular ring wall 6 and fastened opposite this to a circular ring wall 7 coaxial with it, of which only two fragments are shown in FIG. 1.
  • stick-shaped lugs 8 of the compartment walls 4 in holes in the circular ring wall 7, and at least a number of these lugs 8 formed integrally with the compartment walls 4 are welded in the holes in the circular ring wall 7, for which purpose the circular ring wall 6 with the compartment walls 4 and pins 8 and the circular ring wall 7 made of suitable plastic or plastics.
  • the inner edge 9 and the outer edge 11 of the circular ring wall 6 project beyond the compartment walls 4.
  • the fan ring 1 is rotatably supported about its axis 2 by means of four grooved profile rollers 12 (only two of which are shown).
  • the outer edge 11 is provided with an external toothing 13 which meshes with a toothed wheel 14 which is driven by a switching mechanism (not shown), for example a Maltese cross gear, whereby the fan ring 1 in steps which correspond to a compartment division a in opposite directions 17 and 18 can be rotated.
  • a switching mechanism for example a Maltese cross gear
  • the compartments 3 are delimited by the circular ring walls 6 and 7 on the end faces of the ring.
  • the compartments 3 are delimited by a first fixed ring wall 19, which is cylindrical.
  • the compartments 4 are delimited on the inner circumference of the ring by a second fixed ring wall 20 which is essentially conical, that is to say forms a conical zone surface and has a cylindrical extension 21 (FIG. 2).
  • the inner edge of the compartment walls 4 on the fan ring 1 runs corresponding to this wall 20, 21.
  • the first, fixed, cylindrical, outer ring wall 19 is connected to the housing wall 22 and has at the top a slot-shaped inlet opening 23 which is adapted to the compartment width and which in each position of the compartment ring 1 corresponding to a latching position of the switching mechanism in one of the compartments 3 in the drawing into compartment 3a.
  • the second, fixed, substantially conical, inner ring wall 21, 22 has a slot-shaped, but further exit opening 24, the slot width of which extends in each locking position of the fan ring 1 over the three compartments 3b, 3c and 3d, which in the direction 17 follow subject 3a.
  • the outlet opening 24 leads from the compartment 3b into a coin return channel 26 and from the compartment 3d into a coin overflow channel 27.
  • These channels 26 and 27 are delimited by two walls 28 and 29 and separated from one another by an intermediate wall 30.
  • the cylindrical extension 21 of the ring wall 20, 21 has a cylinder base 31 which is provided with a recess for the channels 26 and 27 and is connected to the housing wall 22 by bolts 32 (FIG. 2).
  • the housing wall 22 has an opening 33 which is coaxial with the fan ring 1.
  • the coin channels 26 and 27 can be led out of the space enclosed by the inner ring wall 20, 21 either to the right in FIG. 2 or through the opening 33 to the left.
  • the corresponding channels of neighboring compartment wreaths can also lead through this room.
  • the compartment walls 4 are provided with, for example, 0.2 to 0.3 mm projecting ribs 34.
  • the ribs 34 prevent a coin from lying flat against a compartment wall 4, which could adhere to it and lead to a fault if it is wet or soiled or the compartment wall is wetted or soiled by a previously wet, soiled coin.
  • the ribs 34 run at intervals that are larger than the coin diameter from one compartment wall edge to the opposite in directions parallel to the compartment rim axis 2. The latter makes it possible to manufacture the fan ring 1 together with the compartment walls 4 and the ribs 34 formed on them in one piece, which is not possible with ribs running differently or interrupted or other elevations such as humps would be.
  • a rib 35 is formed on each of the two radially outer edges of the outlet opening 24 of the inner ring wall 20, running on a conical surface line and on a cylinder surface line, which ribs 35 lift a coin pushed towards the outlet opening 24 during a rotation step (a) of the fan ring 1 thereby, if necessary, detach from the compartment wall 4 immediately before it reaches the exit opening 24. If only one of these two channels 26, 27 is present, one of these ribs 35 is omitted.
  • the ribs 34 are chamfered in order to prevent a coin from sticking to one of the ribs 34 when it falls into a compartment 3, or, when raised by one of the ribs 35 abuts a rib 34.
  • the ribs 35 are chamfered on the side facing away from the outlet opening 24.
  • Ribs 38 (FIG. 1) or other elevations can also be provided as a precaution on the walls of a coin feed channel 37 of the coin return channel 26 and the coin overflow channel 27.
  • Ribs 38 (FIG. 1) or other elevations can also be provided as a precaution on the walls of a coin feed channel 37 of the coin return channel 26 and the coin overflow channel 27.
  • the end face of smaller diameter of the substantially conical ring wall 20, 21 faces the circular ring wall 6 of the fan ring 1 formed integrally with the compartment walls 4. Because in this arrangement the conical surface lines of the ring wall 20 run at an acute angle to the circular ring wall 6, it is achieved that the compartment walls 4 are formed on the circular ring wall 6 with the longer of their two radial sides which are radial to the fan ring 1. This is advantageous for the stability of the fan ring 1 and makes it possible to make the radially inner ends of the compartment walls 4 relatively thin, ie to accommodate a large number of compartments for given ring dimensions.
  • the coins are collected by rotating the fan ring 1 by one step (compartment division a) each time in the direction of arrow 18 after a coin has fallen through the coin feed channel 37 into the compartment 3 into which it leads in Fig. 1 the compartment 3a.
  • the input channel leads into the compartment following in the direction of arrow 17, in FIG. 1 into compartment 3b.
  • This compartment is empty in any case; because it has passed the exit opening 24, whereby - if it contained a coin - this coin fell into the coin overflow channel 27.
  • a correction key (not shown) is pressed, the fan ring 1 is rotated one step in the direction of the arrow 17 for each coin inserted last, these coins or coins falling into the coin return channel 26.
  • the ribs 34 have the effect that the coins can only touch the walls 4 on relatively small areas, the adhesive force of a water film in the case of wet coins or a layer of dirt in the case of contaminated coins not being sufficient to hold such coins in the channel or compartment, which would interfere with the operation of the coin collecting container.
  • the ribs 35 on the edges of the exit opening 24 cause a coin to be lifted slightly before it can enter the exit opening 24 and thereby released if it adheres to one of the compartment walls 4.
  • the storage capacity is equal to the number of compartments minus three, it could be increased by one, for which purpose the outlet opening 24 extends over two compartments (3b and 3c) instead of three (3b, 3c, 3d) and the partition wall 30 is to be made correspondingly thinner.
  • the circular ring wall 6 can have a ring gear for a drive gear instead of the outer edge and can be rotatably supported on the outer edge or in some other way by means of grooved profile rollers.
  • the inlet opening can also be arranged at the lowest point of an inner cylindrical ring and the outlet opening can be arranged correspondingly at the lowest point of an outer, conical ring instead of at the highest point of the outer cylindrical ring.
  • the coin collecting container statc can be designed as described, with a vertical and also with a horizontal fan ring, for this purpose the compartments are to be formed integrally with a cylinder ring radially on the top and to be connected at their projecting ends to a second cylinder ring or to be formed integrally with the two cylinder rings .
  • the entrance opening is to be formed on an upper circular ring wall and the compartments are to be delimited at the bottom by a conical ring wall which is provided with the exit opening.

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EP84112798A 1983-11-18 1984-10-24 Conteneur de pièces de monnaie pour machine déclenchée par pièces de monnaie ou pour machine faisant de la monnaie Expired EP0143972B1 (fr)

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AT84112798T ATE40759T1 (de) 1983-11-18 1984-10-24 Muenzsammelbehaelter fuer selbstkassierer und muenzwechsler.

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EP0401945A1 (fr) * 1989-06-05 1990-12-12 Klüssendorf Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif pour l'emmagasinage de pièces de monnaie
US5056645A (en) * 1988-05-31 1991-10-15 Jofemar, S.A. Coin operated telephone payment device
EP0526421A2 (fr) * 1991-08-01 1993-02-03 I.P.M. Industria Politecnica Meridionale - S.p.A. Magasin, en forme d'un tambour rotatif, pour l'unité de ramassage et de gestion de pièces de monnaie ou de jetons d'un appareil automatique de distribution de marchandises ou de services prépayés
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FR2376471A1 (fr) * 1976-12-30 1978-07-28 Autelca Ag Encaisseur automatique ou changeur d'argent
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US4946418A (en) * 1985-04-05 1990-08-07 I.P.M. Industria Politecnica Medidionale S.P.A. Rotating drum magazine for storing and managing coins in telephone sets or dispensers
US5056645A (en) * 1988-05-31 1991-10-15 Jofemar, S.A. Coin operated telephone payment device
EP0401945A1 (fr) * 1989-06-05 1990-12-12 Klüssendorf Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif pour l'emmagasinage de pièces de monnaie
EP0526421A2 (fr) * 1991-08-01 1993-02-03 I.P.M. Industria Politecnica Meridionale - S.p.A. Magasin, en forme d'un tambour rotatif, pour l'unité de ramassage et de gestion de pièces de monnaie ou de jetons d'un appareil automatique de distribution de marchandises ou de services prépayés
EP0526421A3 (en) * 1991-08-01 1993-04-21 I.P.M. Industria Politecnica Meridionale - S.P.A. Rotating drum magazine having horizontal axis for the coin or token collecting and managing unit of an automatic apparatus for dispensing prepaid goods or services
EP1903516A1 (fr) * 2006-09-21 2008-03-26 Société Anonyme des Appareils des mesure Et de laboratoire (S.A.D.A.M.E.L.) Dispositif de séquestration

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CA1242125A (fr) 1988-09-20
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