EP0200873B1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Münzen - Google Patents

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EP0200873B1
EP0200873B1 EP86102873A EP86102873A EP0200873B1 EP 0200873 B1 EP0200873 B1 EP 0200873B1 EP 86102873 A EP86102873 A EP 86102873A EP 86102873 A EP86102873 A EP 86102873A EP 0200873 B1 EP0200873 B1 EP 0200873B1
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations
    • G07D3/14—Apparatus driven under control of coin-sensing elements

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  • the invention relates to a method for sorting coins according to the preamble of claim 1 and a coin sorting device for carrying out this method according to the preamble of claim 6.
  • a coin sorting device of this type is known from DE-OS 26 07 124 and 28 00 494.
  • At each sorting station it has a measuring sensor that responds mechanically to the size of the coins to be sorted out at this sorting station, so that a number of measuring sensors corresponding to the number of coins to be sorted in a currency system is present along the conveying and sorting path. If these sensors respond, they generate a control signal which actuates an associated ejector, which deflects a coin on the sorting path to an associated sorting container.
  • the sorting out of the coins only according to their size cannot, however, prevent foreign coins, ie. H. those of a foreign currency system or similarly shaped objects get into a sorting container, which is highly undesirable for various reasons.
  • a coin processing device in which the coins are also moved along a conveyor track and are deflected from this conveyor track at the assigned sorting station.
  • the coins are fully identified in an identification unit arranged at the start of the conveyor track, in which the diameter and the material composition of the coins are determined and the value of the coin is deduced therefrom.
  • identification unit foreign or worn coins are also recognized, which are separated in a first pass from the coins that are suitable for further processing. The latter are then separated out at the assigned sorting station in a second pass according to their value determined again in the identification unit.
  • deflection elements which can be moved in and out of the conveyor track are used, which, on the basis of the information supplied by the identification unit, are controlled by sensors arranged at each sorting station when they are activated by a passing coin.
  • a complete and reliable identification of the coins at the beginning of the conveyor track requires a certain amount of time and equipment. There is also the risk that a deflection of the coins at the correct sorting station will be disturbed by a removal or an unintentional deflection of a coin from the conveyor track.
  • the present invention is based on the object of creating a method and a device of the type mentioned at the outset which, with relatively little technical outlay, with high reliability and at high working speed, also permits the detection and elimination of coins, the size of which corresponds to the size of a coin to be sorted out, but does not belong to the latter.
  • the additional recording of one or more further parameters at the beginning of the conveyor track makes it easy to reliably record coins that are not of the type that are to be sorted out according to their value.
  • the coins can only be deflected out of the conveyor at the individual sorting stations if, in addition to the size of the coin, there is also a further parameter, e.g. B. the material composition, the color, the thickness and / or impressions and the like, with a target value assigned to the sorting station concerned.
  • FIG. 1 essentially corresponds to that according to the already mentioned DE-OS 28 00 494, with the essential difference according to the invention of a measuring station 20, which is only shown schematically and is located in front of a first sorting station 6a and which, in a manner yet to be described, for detecting certain parameters of the passing coins.
  • a measuring station 20 which is only shown schematically and is located in front of a first sorting station 6a and which, in a manner yet to be described, for detecting certain parameters of the passing coins.
  • the unsorted coins are thrown into a collecting container 1, from which they, separated by a conveyor disc 2, are conveyed onto a horizontally running rail 3, where they are captured by a conveyor chain hidden by the housing 7 and guided in a chain channel 4 and along the rail 3 will be further promoted.
  • the conveyor chain is provided with drivers arranged at fixed intervals.
  • Sorting stations 6 are arranged one behind the other along the rail 3. Each sorting station 6 has a mechanical sensor 9 projecting through a slot 8 in the housing 7 into the conveying path of the coins 10, the actuating surface of which is at a slightly smaller distance from the rail 3 than this corresponds to the diameter of the coin 10 to be sorted out at a specific sorting station 6. This distance decreases from one station 6 to the other, so that in the conveying direction of the coins first the larger and then the smaller coins 10 are sorted out.
  • the coins 10 guide the feeler 9 at the corresponding sorting station 6, which results in the closing of a switch in the circuit of an actuating magnet. This actuating magnet moves an associated deflection element (not shown in FIG.
  • feeler levers 15 are arranged between adjacent sensors 9 and are designed to be pivotable about an axis 16 perpendicular to the rail 3. These feeler levers 15 are now set such that they are deflected by coins, the diameter of which is between the distance between the actuating surfaces of adjacent sensors 9 from the rail 3.
  • an ejector (not shown in more detail in FIG. 1) is actuated, which ejects the coin causing a feeler lever 15 to deflect onto a busbar separate from the sorting containers 13 and likewise not shown in FIG. 1, such as that in the aforementioned DE -OS 28 00 494 is explained in detail.
  • the measuring station 20 arranged at the beginning of the conveying path of the coins 10 detects four further parameters of these coins 10, e.g. B. their material composition (copper-nickel alloy, nickel, aluminum, bronze, iron), their color (yellow, silver), their thickness and impressions. It is understood that with the exception of size, i.e. H. of the diameter, the coins 10 and other parameters can be detected, and that the coins 10 can also be examined for more or less than four different parameters.
  • the measuring station 20 has a measuring or scanning arrangement 21, 22, 23, 24 for the detection of the individual parameters, which in a manner known per se scans the passing coins 10 or examines them for the corresponding parameters.
  • These measuring or scanning arrangements 21, 22, 23, 24 generate actual value signals assigned to the individual coins which are fed to a storage and comparison circuit 25. In the latter, the target values of the mentioned parameters assigned to the individual comparison stations 6 are stored.
  • the setpoint input is indicated by arrow 26.
  • this storage and comparison circuit 25 a comparison takes place between the stored target values and the actual values generated by the measuring and scanning arrangements 21, 22, 23, 24. If equality is found between the stored target values and the actual values, a control signal is generated which is fed to those control circuits 28, 29, 30, 31 " which are assigned to the sorting stations 6 and for which the equality between the determined actual value and the corresponding target value has been determined. These control signals are to be supplied to the control circuits 28, 29, 30, 31 in phase with the corresponding coin 10.
  • a clock generator 27 which is coupled to the conveyor chain for conveying the coins 10 or their drive, is used for this purpose At a sorting station 6 at a size sensor 9, as previously described, a switch is closed, which is designated 32, 33, 34 and 35 in Fig. 2.
  • 35 When the switch 32, 33, 34 is closed, 35 also sends a control signal generated by the storage and comparison circuit 25 to the assigned control circuit 28, 29, 30, 31, the output 36, 37, 38 or 39 of the corresponding control circuit 28, 29, 30 and 31, a trigger signal for the actuating magnet, which then causes the deflecting element to be actuated, with the result that the corresponding coin 10 is deflected out of the conveyor track 3, ie is guided away from the rail 3, and falls into the assigned coin container 13.
  • the memory and comparison circuit Q5 determines, by comparison with stored setpoints, that a specific coin has the characteristics that belong to coins belonging to the "second and fourth"
  • the storage and comparison circuit 25 accordingly generates a control signal, which is controlled by the clock generator 27 and is applied in phase to the inputs of the control circuits 29 and 31 at the point in time at which this coin is the second or fourth sorting station 6b, 6d. If the size sensor 9 now speaks to the second sorting station 6b, the switch 33 is closed, with the result that the actuating magnet for the associated deflection element is activated by the control circuit 29. The coin is thus dropped from the sorting rail 3 at this second sorting station 6b.
  • the coin runs past the latter. If the coin now arrives at the fourth sorting station 6d and its size sensor 9 now responds, the switch 35 is closed and the deflecting element at this fourth sorting station 6d is activated, which means that this coin is ejected at this fourth sorting station 6d. If the sensor 9 does not respond at this fourth sorting station 6d either, the coin is ejected as described when a subsequent pushing lever 15 is actuated or passes through all subsequent sorting stations and falls at the end of the rail 3 into a sorting container (not shown in FIG. 1), if the The diameter of this coin is smaller than the diameter of the smallest coin to be sorted out.
  • the size of the coins does not necessarily have to be measured mechanically as described. It is also possible to measure the size with other people, e.g. B. with the help of light barriers.

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DK165079C (da) 1993-02-15
CH668135A5 (de) 1988-11-30
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FI861303A0 (fi) 1986-03-26
FI85064B (fi) 1991-11-15
FI85064C (fi) 1992-02-25
ATE45436T1 (de) 1989-08-15
DE3664968D1 (en) 1989-09-14
DK150786A (da) 1986-10-05
FI861303A (fi) 1986-10-05
EP0200873A1 (de) 1986-11-12
DK165079B (da) 1992-10-05
NO861215L (no) 1986-10-06
DK150786D0 (da) 1986-04-03

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