EP0203779A2 - Distributeur de pièces de monnaie - Google Patents

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EP0203779A2
EP0203779A2 EP86303868A EP86303868A EP0203779A2 EP 0203779 A2 EP0203779 A2 EP 0203779A2 EP 86303868 A EP86303868 A EP 86303868A EP 86303868 A EP86303868 A EP 86303868A EP 0203779 A2 EP0203779 A2 EP 0203779A2
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Kazuo C/O K. K. Universal Okada
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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 coin dispensers which are able to discharge coins at a high rate.
  • This coin dispenser usually includes a motor driven rotary disk placed at an angle of, for example, about 60 degrees relative to a horizontal plane in a bucket which stores therein a number of coins to be discharged.
  • This rotary disk is provided, on its surface, with a circular row of projections arranged at regular intervals for releasably holding the coins between them.
  • the rotary disk faces the bottom of the bucket at its lower position and a coin passage communicating with the coin discharge outlet at its upper position.
  • a circular row of coins held between the projections are carried by the rotary disk upwardly and discharged one by one into the coin passage and then into the coin discharge outlet.
  • the rotary disk since' the rotary disk is inclined, at its lower position the rotary disk is directly subject to the weight of the coins stored in the bucket. As a result, it is hard to rotate the rotary disk at a high speed in order to discharge coins at a high rate.
  • the coin discharge rate is, heretofore, up to four to five coins per second.
  • the principal object of the present invention to provide a coin dispenser in which a coin discharging rotary disk can be rotated at a high speed so as to discharge coins at a high discharge rate.
  • the coin discharging rotary disk can discharge coins at a high rate.
  • Fig. 1 showing a slot machine with its front door opened, in which the apparatus for discharging coins according to an embodiment of the present invention is incorporated, there is provided, in a housing 2 with a hinged door 1, a set of reel assemblies 3 well known per se each of which includes a rotatable reel having an annular row of various symbols arranged thereon at regular intervals.
  • the front door 1, which is usually closed, is adapted to allow symbols on each reel to be observed through reel windows 4 provided therein.
  • a coin selector 6 is provided to receive coins inserted prior to the start of a game into a coin slot (not shown), through an exit 5 communicating with the coin slot and to then distinguish genuine coins from counterfeits therein.
  • the coin selector 6 transfers the genuine coins into a main bucket 12 of a coin dispenser 10 through its outlet 7 and a chute 8 and the counterfeits to a coin receptacle 13 from a pay-out outlet through another outlet 9 and a chute 11.
  • such a slot machine is played by inserting coins into the coin slot and pulling a start lever (not shown).
  • the start lever When the player pulls the start lever, the reels start into rotation simultaneously. After each reel reaches a constant speed of rotation, each reel is controlled to stop on a random basis. When each reel is thus randomly stopped, the displayed symbols on each reel may be observed through the respective reel windows 4. At this time, a win decision is made based on the combinations of symbols stopping on the winning lines.
  • the coin dispenser 10 is actuated to pay out as many coins as ccrrespond to that win, into the coin receptacle 13 form a pay-out outlet 15 formed in the chute 11, through a dispenser chute 14.
  • a cover 16 which is opened to allow access to a coin reservoir 17.
  • Coins from coin reservoir 17 pass into the main bucket 12 of the coin dispenser 10 through a chute 18 and its outlet 19.
  • auxiliary bucket 22 In one side wall of the main bucket 12, there is an outlet defined by an opening 20 through which coins can flow out when the bucket 12 is filled up by more coins than its capacity as a result of continuous insersions of coins for repeated games. Coins flowing out are collected in an auxiliary bucket 22.
  • the coin dispenser 10 includes a motor driven rotary disk 24 rotatably mounted in a base plate 22 attached horizontally to the housing 2 of the slot machine.
  • a substanti- aly cylindrical guide wall'25 in such a way as to surround the rotary disk 24.
  • the guide wall 25 has a part 25a which is depressed inwardly and is formed with an exit slit 26 at its bottom edge. This exit slit 26 is so formed as to allow a coin 30 placed horizontally to pass therethrough. It is permissible to provide a space having a distance less than half a diameter of the coin between the guide wall 25 and the periphery of the rotary disk 24.
  • the bucket 12 Above the base plate 22, there is a funnel-shaped bucket 12 having an opening 28 at its bottom. Coins stored in the bucket 12 can fall down onto the rotary disk 24. As is seen in Fig. 3, the bucket 12 is formed with a collar at its bottom so as to render coins falling down as horizontal as possible. This collar serves to strive for a smooth flow of coins from the bucket 12 to the rotary disk 24.
  • the rotary disk 24 is fixedly held between an upper holding plate 34 having a pole 34a and a bottom holding plate 33 having a sleeve which is firmly connected to an output shaft 32a of a gear box 32.
  • the gear box 32 can serves to transmit the rotation of a motor 23 to output shaft 32a, 32b. This holding arrangement makes it easy to assemble the rotary disk 24 and to keep the same in a fixed plane.
  • the shaft 34a which extends inside the bucket 12 passing through the opening 28, is provided with a control disk 35 rotatably mounted at its top. This control disk 35 is free from the rotation of the rotary disk 24 which is rotated by the motor 23 through the gear box 32.
  • the elastic roller 38 may be conntacted with the surface of the rotary disk 24 when the elastic roller 38 is rotated at a proper speed relative to that of the rotary disk 24 so as not to cause any interference with each other. If desirable, it is permissible to place the elastic roller 38 outside of the periphery of the rotatry disk 24.
  • a coin sensing means which comprises a sensing pin 40 positioned in the path of coins discharged by the elastic roller 38.
  • the sensing pin 40 is provided on an arm 43 which is forced by a spring 42 to turn in the unticlockwise direction.
  • the coin 30a (in Fig. 4) discharged by the elastic roller 38 strikes the sensing pin 40, turning the arm 43 in the clockwise direction against the force of the spring 42, and then reaches the chute 14.
  • the turn of the arm 43 is detected by a photosensor 45 when a coin strikes the sensing pin 40, thereby coins 30a discharged by the elastic roller 38 can be counted.
  • the sensing pin 40 at its bottom end is connected to an arm of a solenoid 47 which pulls the sensing pin 40 when energized and holds it so as to disable the arm 43 to turn.
  • a win judging circuit 50 provides a win signal which in turn actuates a relay driving circuit 51 to cause a power source switch Sl for supplying power to the motor 23 to turn ON, rendering the motor 23 to start into rotation in a normal direction.
  • the motor 23 rotates both of the shafts 32a, 32b through the gear box 32 so as to rotate the rotary disk 24 and the elastic roller 38 in the counterclockwise direction.
  • the rotation cf the rotary disk 24 causes coins 30 supplied thereonto through the opening 28 of the bucket 12 to slide outwardly under the centrifugal force of the rotary disk 24.
  • the margin of the coin 30 contacts with the guid wall 25, then the coin 30 is moved along the inner surface of the guide wall 25.
  • the exit slit 26 is so dimensioned as to allow coins to pass therethrough one by one.
  • the discharged coin 30a strikes the sensing pin 40 so as to turn the arm 43 in the clockwise direction against the spring 42.
  • This turn of the arm 43 is detected by the photosensor 45.
  • the photosensor 45 is adapted to produce pulse signals one for every detection by the arm 43, the number of coins discharged into the coin receptacle 13 can be known by counting the pulse signals by a counter 52.
  • a win judgment circuit 50 causes a circuit 53 to set therein the number of coins to be paid out correspond to the win.
  • a coincidence detecting circuit 54 produces a cc- incidence signal.
  • a timer 55 holds its output signal at a high level so as to keep a relay actuating circuit 56 activated, causing motor control switches S2 to contact with contacts a from contacts b, respectively.
  • the motor 23 rotates in the reverse direction, momentarily, making the rotary disk 24 and the roller 38 rotate in the clockwise direction so as to stop the discharge of coins, quickly. Therefore, no excess coins are discharged from the coin dispenser 10.
  • the coincidence signal is also sent to a solenoid actuating circuit 57 so as to energize the solenoid 47, prohibitting the arm 43 from turning.
  • a solenoid actuating circuit 57 so as to energize the solenoid 47, prohibitting the arm 43 from turning.
  • the timer 55 is operated to hold its output at a low level, allowing the relay actuating circuit 51 to turn OFF so as to turn a power supply switch Sl OFF. Simultaneously, the relay actuating circuit 56 turns OFF, allowing the switches S2 to return to their initial possition, namely in contact with contacts b, respectively.
  • the counter 52 and the coin pay-out number setting circuit 53 are reset to their initial situations.
  • the contrcl disk 35 rotatably mounted on the shaft 34a projecting from the rotary disk 24 can sustain a large force from a large number of coins in the bucket 12 and thereby prevent the rotary disk 24 from being subject to a heavy loading, and that the control disk 35, which is rotatable independently from the shaft 34a, can allow the rotary disk 24 to rotate without lowering its speed of rotation even the control disk 35 is buried in a large amount of coins.
  • Figs. 6 to 8 show the coin dispenser according to another embodiment of the present invention which is similar to that of the above described embodiment except in the construction of the control disk.
  • a control disk assembly 55 fixedly mounted on bosses 12a by set screws.
  • This control disk assembly 55 comprises a holding plate 56 fixed to the bucket 12 and a cone-shaped disk 57 fixedly mounted on the holding plate 56 by set screws.
  • the control disk assembly 55 is provided in order not only to prevent the rotary disk zl from being directly subject to heavy weight from coins but also to prevent coins from remaining on the assembly. Therefore, is it is allowable that coins remain on the flat holding plate 36, the cone-shaped disk 57 can be omitted.
EP86303868A 1985-05-22 1986-05-21 Distributeur de pièces de monnaie Withdrawn EP0203779A3 (fr)

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JP108401/85 1985-05-22
JP60108401A JPS61267188A (ja) 1985-05-22 1985-05-22 コイン払い出し装置

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EP0910051A3 (fr) * 1997-10-16 2000-10-18 Aruze Co., Ltd. Distributeur de pièces de monnaie
KR100390924B1 (ko) * 2000-06-13 2003-07-10 주식회사 이티엠 로터리식 권종별 동전 자동지급장치
EP1850295A1 (fr) * 2006-04-27 2007-10-31 Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd. Procédé de distribution de monnaie dans le dispositif, distributeur de monnaie et machine de recyclage de la monnaie utilisant le dispositif distributeur de monnaie

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JPS6258392A (ja) * 1985-09-06 1987-03-14 オムロン株式会社 硬貨放出機
JPH0542537Y2 (fr) * 1986-11-14 1993-10-26

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US793562A (en) * 1904-04-27 1905-06-27 William W Broga Coin-separating machine.
US2109658A (en) * 1932-11-02 1938-03-01 Ambrose E Zierick Coin sorting machine
GB2105508A (en) * 1981-07-10 1983-03-23 Chance Manufacturing Inc Gaming machines and coin dispensers
DE3419268A1 (de) * 1983-05-24 1984-11-29 Ainsworth Nominees Pty. Ltd., Rosebery, New South Wales Muenzausgabevorrichtung

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US793562A (en) * 1904-04-27 1905-06-27 William W Broga Coin-separating machine.
US2109658A (en) * 1932-11-02 1938-03-01 Ambrose E Zierick Coin sorting machine
GB2105508A (en) * 1981-07-10 1983-03-23 Chance Manufacturing Inc Gaming machines and coin dispensers
DE3419268A1 (de) * 1983-05-24 1984-11-29 Ainsworth Nominees Pty. Ltd., Rosebery, New South Wales Muenzausgabevorrichtung

Cited By (3)

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EP0910051A3 (fr) * 1997-10-16 2000-10-18 Aruze Co., Ltd. Distributeur de pièces de monnaie
KR100390924B1 (ko) * 2000-06-13 2003-07-10 주식회사 이티엠 로터리식 권종별 동전 자동지급장치
EP1850295A1 (fr) * 2006-04-27 2007-10-31 Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd. Procédé de distribution de monnaie dans le dispositif, distributeur de monnaie et machine de recyclage de la monnaie utilisant le dispositif distributeur de monnaie

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ZA863788B (en) 1987-01-28

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