EP0146294A2 - Appareil distributeur de pièces de monnaie - Google Patents

Appareil distributeur de pièces de monnaie Download PDF

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EP0146294A2
EP0146294A2 EP84308325A EP84308325A EP0146294A2 EP 0146294 A2 EP0146294 A2 EP 0146294A2 EP 84308325 A EP84308325 A EP 84308325A EP 84308325 A EP84308325 A EP 84308325A EP 0146294 A2 EP0146294 A2 EP 0146294A2
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Hiroshi Abe
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Asahi Seiko Co Ltd
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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
    • G07D9/00—Counting coins; Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G07D9/008—Feeding coins from bulk

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for dispensing coins or tokens and more particularly to a hopper type coin dispensing apparatus including a hopper for storing coins or tokens in bulk and a rotary disc for delivering the coins from the hopper one at a time and in desired quantities.
  • U.S. Patents No. 3,942,544 and No. 4,437,478 are illustrative of the prior art.
  • a coin dispensing apparatus comprising a hopper for holding a supply of coins, a rotary disc rotatably disposed in the hopper at an angle to the horizontal, the rotary disc having at the central portion a central disc of a diameter depending on a diameter of a coin to be dispensed and having at the peripheral portion a plurality of coin engaging projections spaced in the peripheral direction, a delivery knife having a point being tangential to the upper periphery of the central disc and a delivery chute adapted for receiving the coin from the rotary disc by the delivery knife.
  • the central disc and the pins define coin receiving spaces on the rotary disc.
  • These coin receiving spaces on the rotary disc pickup coins from the lower portion of the hopper and deliver them to the upper delivery zone one at a time to be passed into the delivery chute by the delivery knife when the rotary disc is rotated within the hopper.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a hopper type coin dispensing apparatus, in particular suitable for large coins having a high dispensing efficiency with simple construction and without difficulty in manufacturing.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a powerful agitating means for the coin dispensing apparatus.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide means for preventing the joggling in rotation of the rotary disc.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide coin antidoubling means or wiper for preventing coins pushed upwardly by the agitating action from passing into the upper delivery zone along with the coin carried by the engaging extension on the rotary disc.
  • Further object of the present invention is to provide a delivery knife for preventing the inlet of the delivery chute from blocking by the coins.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a delivery chute without interference with the engaging projections on the rotary disc.
  • a feature of the present invention is a coin dispensing apparatus comprising a supporting plate inclined to the horizontal, a hopper connected to the supporting plate for holding a supply of coins, a rotary disc rotatably supported on the supporting plate within the hopper, the rotary disc having at the central portion a central disc of a diameter depending on a diameter of a coin to be dispensed and having at the peripheral portion a plurality of coin engaging projections spaced in the peripheral direction, bearing means including a plurality of balls interposed between the supporting plate and the outer peripheral portion of the rotary disc and spaced to each other in the peripheral direction for rotatably supporting the rotary disc on the supporting plate, a drive shaft extended through the supporting plate and the rotary disc for rotating said rotary disc, a delivery knife secured to the supporting plate with a point thereof being tangential to the upper periphery of the central disc, a delivery chute adapted for receiving the coins from the rotary disc by the delivery knife, antidoubling means for controlling the coin passing at the upper delivery zone and agitating means
  • a rotary disc supporting plate 2 is fixedly mounted in a position inclined to the horizontal and a hopper head 3 is connected to the supporting plate 2 by means of bolts 4 to form a hopper 5 for holding a supply of coins.
  • a rotary disc 6 is rotatably supported on the inclined supporting plate 2 and is provided at the peripheral portion 6a thereof with a plurality of coin engaging projections such as pins 8 extruded from the top surface of the rotary disc with a height corresponding to thickness of a coin to be dispensed and spaced in the peripheral direction with a distance corresponding to diameter of the coin.
  • Concentrically overlaying the top surface of the rotary disc 2 is also provided with a central disc 9.
  • central disc 9 and the pins 8 on the rotary disc 2 define a plurality of coin receiving spaces on the rotary disc 2.
  • a delivery knife 10 is secured to the supporting plate and is extended across the peripheral portion 6a of the rotary disc 2 so that the top surface of the knife point 10a is tangential to the upper periphery 9a of the central disc 9 and thereby the coin carried by the pin 8 is transferred from the upper periphery 9a of the central disc 9 onto the delivery knife 10 at the upper delivery zone 7 to pass the coin into the discharge chute 11.
  • the delivery knife 10 is made of a flat metal plate as shown in Fig. 2 having a thin knife point portion 10a of a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the coin to be dispensed and a thick portion 51 formed with a channel 50 for passing of pin 8.
  • the thin portion is provided with a frustconical deflector 52 secured by means of a set screw 53 and the thick portion 51 has a coin discharging rail 10b which is inclined downwards within the discharge chute 11.
  • a counter roller 13 Opposite upwardly to the delivery knife 10 is provided with a counter roller 13 which is rotatably supported on the free end of a spring loaded rocker arm 12 of a coin counting switch so that the switch is actuated by the coin passing between the delivery knife 10 and the counter roller 13.
  • the antidoubling wiper 14 is made of sheet shaped elastomer material and is secured to a mount piece 16 on the supporting plate 2 at the upper base portion 14a thereof together with a deflecting metal sheet 17 by means of screws 18 so that the wiper 14 is suspended from the mount piece 16 over an upper circumferential wall 19 which circles the rotary disc to overlay the free end portion 14b of the wiper 14 on the top surface of the peripheral portion 6a.
  • the free end 14b is provided with a conical projection.
  • the intermediate portion 14c of the wiper 14 is spaced from the top surface of the peripheral portion 6a to provide a clearance 20 for passing of the pin 8.
  • the rotary disc 6 has a concentric circular race 21 formed at the peripheral portion on the bottom surface thereof and a plurality of balls 22 are rotatably confined in retainers 23, respectively, which are spaced in the peripheral direction and interposed between the top surface of the supporting plate 2 and the bottom surface of the rotary disc 6 for antifriction engaging the surface of the circular race 21 so that the rotary disc 6 is rotatably supported at the outer peripheral portion thereof on the supporting plate 2 by means of balls 22.
  • the rotary disc 2 is resiliently urged at the center portion thereof towards the supporting plate 2 as will be mentioned below and as a result all of the outer peripheral portion of the rotary disc is pressed onto the balls 22 on the supporting plate so that the rotary disc is prevented from joggling in the normal direction to the plane of the rotary disc during rotation owing to the unbalanced load subjected to the lower portion of the rotary disc by the coin within the hopper.
  • the rotary disc 6 has also an eccentric driven pin 27 extruded from the bottom surface thereof for engagement by a radially projecting drive pin 28 secured to the drive shaft 25.
  • the rotary disc 6 is connected operatively to the drive shaft 25 by the drive pin 28 in its engagement with the driven pin 27 to rotate the rotary disc 6.
  • the drive shaft is extended through the supporting plate 2, the rotary disc 6 and the central disc 9 on the rotary disc from the reduction gear box 24.
  • each of these coil springs 15 has at the opposite ends hook portions 15a and 15b, respectively and has a reinforcing.coil spring 29 of a short length and a smaller diameter or the like inserted within the inner end portion 15c of the coil spring 15 which is resiliently held as will be mentioned below.
  • the coil spring 15 has preferable 10 mm diameter and is made of a wire of 1.5 mm diameter to provide a desired strength and flexibility.
  • coil springs 15 are resiliently held at the inner end portions 15c on the central disc 9 by an elastomer retainer 30 made of elastomer material and a connecting piece 31 which are mounted on the extended end portion 25a of the drive shaft 25.
  • the elastomer retainer 30 has a central bore 32 for inserting the extended end portion 25a, recesses 33 formed radially for holding the inner end portions 15c of the coil springs 15, retaining recesses 34 partially extended from the recesses 33 for retaining the inner end hooks 15b, a recess 35 for mounting the connecting piece 31 and holes 36 for engaging with connecting legs 40 of the connecting piece 31 as illustrated in Figs.5 and 6, and the connecting piece 31 has a center bore 37 for inserting the extended end portion 25a of the drive shaft 25, retainer pressing upper portion 38, a spring seat 39 for a compression spring 46 and connecting legs 40 for engaging with the inner end hook 15b of the coil spring 15.
  • the connecting legs 40 is extended through the holes 36 of the elastomer retainer 30, the inner holes 41 of the hooks 15b of the coil springs 15, holes 42 formed in the central disc 9 and holes 43 formed in the rotary disc 6 so as to connect the elastomer retainer 30, the coil springs 15, the central disc 9 and the rotary disc 6 integrally.
  • the elastomer retainer has also conical portion 45.
  • the coil springs 15, the elastomer retainer 30 and the connecting piece 31 are assembled on the central disc 9 and the connecting piece 31 is retained through a spring 46 interposed between the spring seat 39 and a washer 47 by a screw 48 secured to the end of the drive shaft 25.
  • the connecting piece 31, the elastomer retainer 30, the inner end portions 15c of the coil springs, central disc 9 and the rotary disc 6 are connected and also the rotary disc 6 is urged towards the supporting plate 2 so as to keep the outer peripheral portion of the rotary disc 6 in pressedly contact with the balls 22 on the supporting plate 2.
  • the delivery chute 11 is consisted of a coin guide side plate 55 as illustrated in Fig. 7 and a covering side plate 56 as illustrated in Fig. 8, these two side plates 55 and 56 are spaced to each other to define a coin passage 57 between the opposite inner surfaces 55a and 56a as shown in Fig. 9.
  • the coin guide side plate 55 is secured to the supporting plate 2 together with the covering side plate 56 by means of screws 58 so that the inner surface 55a of the coin guide side plate 55 is on a level with the surface 6b of the peripheral portion 6a of the rotary disc 6 or on a lower level as shown by an imaginary line 55a'.
  • the side plate surface 55a has a guide ridge 59 extruded from the surface higher than the pin 8 on the rotary disc 6.
  • the guide ridge 59 extends in a coin discharge direction, i.e. in parallel with the top edge 10b of the delivery knife thick portion 51 inclined downwards so as to contact with the side face of a coin A as shown in Fig. 9.

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EP84308325A 1983-12-07 1984-11-30 Appareil distributeur de pièces de monnaie Expired EP0146294B1 (fr)

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JP18810583U JPS6095668U (ja) 1983-12-07 1983-12-07 硬貨送出装置の出口シユ−ト
JP188105/83U 1983-12-07
JP59022825A JPS60168287A (ja) 1984-02-13 1984-02-13 硬貨送出装置
JP22825/84 1984-02-13

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EP0146294A2 true EP0146294A2 (fr) 1985-06-26
EP0146294A3 EP0146294A3 (en) 1985-11-27
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EP0442696A1 (fr) * 1990-02-13 1991-08-21 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Appareil de distribution de pièces

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US3788334A (en) * 1971-08-05 1974-01-29 Ncr Rotary disk coin dispenser with spring tabs
GB1365960A (en) * 1972-11-17 1974-09-04 Bell Punch Co Ltd Coin sorting apparatus
US3844298A (en) * 1973-02-26 1974-10-29 Ardac Inc Angled edge stacking coin chute
US3942544A (en) * 1973-08-01 1976-03-09 Spiral Step Tool Company Hopper payout for various coin denominations
US4148331A (en) * 1977-06-10 1979-04-10 Bally Manufacturing Corporation Coin-agitating method and means for coin-counting and dispensing machines
EP0044640A2 (fr) * 1980-07-08 1982-01-27 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Distributeur de pièces de monnaie

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US3788334A (en) * 1971-08-05 1974-01-29 Ncr Rotary disk coin dispenser with spring tabs
GB1365960A (en) * 1972-11-17 1974-09-04 Bell Punch Co Ltd Coin sorting apparatus
US3844298A (en) * 1973-02-26 1974-10-29 Ardac Inc Angled edge stacking coin chute
US3942544A (en) * 1973-08-01 1976-03-09 Spiral Step Tool Company Hopper payout for various coin denominations
US4148331A (en) * 1977-06-10 1979-04-10 Bally Manufacturing Corporation Coin-agitating method and means for coin-counting and dispensing machines
US4148331B1 (fr) * 1977-06-10 1993-01-12 Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
EP0044640A2 (fr) * 1980-07-08 1982-01-27 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Distributeur de pièces de monnaie
US4437478A (en) * 1980-07-08 1984-03-20 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Coin counting and dispensing apparatus

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EP0442696A1 (fr) * 1990-02-13 1991-08-21 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Appareil de distribution de pièces

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HK60989A (en) 1989-08-04
AU576801B2 (en) 1988-09-08

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