EP0461805A2 - Münzzwischenspeicher - Google Patents

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EP0461805A2
EP0461805A2 EP91305087A EP91305087A EP0461805A2 EP 0461805 A2 EP0461805 A2 EP 0461805A2 EP 91305087 A EP91305087 A EP 91305087A EP 91305087 A EP91305087 A EP 91305087A EP 0461805 A2 EP0461805 A2 EP 0461805A2
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side wall
projections
storage chamber
coins
coin
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EP0461805A3 (en
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Graham Cummins
Richard Norton Diaper
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Landis and Gyr Communications UK Ltd
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Landis and Gyr Communications UK Ltd
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    • 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
    • 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
    • G07F1/048—Coin chutes with means for damping coin motion

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  • a coin accepting mechanism in a coin freed apparatus such as a vending machine or a coin payment telephone it is usual to include an escrow.
  • This provides a temporary store for coins fed into the coin receiving mechanism until enough coins have been collected to pay for particular goods or a service.
  • the stored coins are either cashed and deposited in the cash box on completion of the call or refunded and returned to the user via a reject chute if the call is not established.
  • a coin escrow comprising a storage chamber in which, in use, coins are stacked edge to edge, the chamber having a side wall and a base is characterised by one or more projections moveable in the chamber in the sideways direction, and means biasing the one or more projections towards the side wall, the projections in use engaging one face of a coin stored in the storage chamber and the arrangement being such that wide and consequently heavier coins displace the projections as the coins run along the base of the storage chamber but narrow and consequently lighter coins do not displace the projections, the projections hence preventing narrow coins from overlapping one another in the sideways direction in the storage chamber.
  • the side wall and the base are tilted in two directions to the vertical so that in use coins run down along the base to a retaining stop and lie against the side wall, the storage chamber comprising a further side wall opposing the one side wall and the projections being moveable through the further side wall.
  • projections may have the form of levers pivoted to the other side wall and having a cam face on their free end which projects through the other side wall to be engaged by coins.
  • the projections Preferably, however the projections have the form of balls which project through apertures in the other side wall.
  • the projections may be biased towards the one side wall of the chamber by springs but preferably the biasing means is provided by gravity acting on the projection.
  • the projections are formed by balls they are preferably held in pockets inclined to the horizontal so that, to displace the balls, the coins have to move them upwards against the force of gravity.
  • the pockets are in the other side wall holding the balls and are inclined upwards in the direction of travel of a coin running along the base of the storage chamber.
  • the base of the pocket is also inclined upwards in the direction away from the one side of the chamber.
  • the projections extend through the other side wall towards the one side wall no further than half way across the width of the coin storage chamber.
  • the escrow 1 includes a coin storage chamber 2 comprising one side wall 3, a base 4 with a coin rolling surface 5 inclined at an angle between 70° and 90° to the one side wall 3, and the other side wall 6 which lies parallel to the one side wall 3.
  • the coin storage chamber 2 is inclined at a compound angle ⁇ and ⁇ to the horizontal where angle ⁇ can be seen in Figure 1 and angle ⁇ can be seen in Figure 2.
  • a retaining stop 7 is located at the lower end of the storage chamber 2 and a series of pockets 9 containing balls 10 are located in the other side wall 6 leading away from the one side wall 3.
  • Each pocket 9 has a corresponding slot 11 in the other side wall 6 and both the pocket and the slot are inclined upwards in the direction of travel of the coins 8 by an angle ⁇ to the base 4 of the storage chamber 2.
  • the balls 10 are retained in the pockets 9 and are biased through the bottom and front of the slots by the inclined base 12. The higher the ball 10 is held above the base 4 the deeper it can retract into its pocket 9.
  • the balls 10 provide an additional bias to bias the coins 8 against the one side wall 3 as they roll down the storage chamber 2.
  • This additional bias acts with the coin rolling surface 5 and the inclination of the storage chamber 2 to ensure that the coins are held against the side wall 3 whilst, imposing very little additional resistance to rolling of the coins down the storage chamber 2.
  • the balls 10 tend to lock the coins into their position against the one side wall 3.
  • the balls tend to lock them into position against the one side wall and are prevented from bouncing and overlapping a narrow coin in front.
  • This locking effect occurs only in a sideways direction by virtue of the small taper angle between the slot 11 and the side wall 3.
  • the balls 10 again impose substantially no resistance to the further movement of the coins down the storage chamber.

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  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
EP19910305087 1990-06-12 1991-06-05 Coin escrow Ceased EP0461805A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GB909013054A GB9013054D0 (en) 1990-06-12 1990-06-12 Coin escrow
GB9013054 1990-06-12

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EP0461805A2 true EP0461805A2 (de) 1991-12-18
EP0461805A3 EP0461805A3 (en) 1992-11-25

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EP19910305087 Ceased EP0461805A3 (en) 1990-06-12 1991-06-05 Coin escrow

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Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0500366A2 (de) * 1991-02-20 1992-08-26 Telkor (Proprietary) Limited Mechanismus zum Prüfen einer Wertmarke
US5577591A (en) * 1993-11-04 1996-11-26 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Coin selecting apparatus
EP1079336A1 (de) * 1999-03-11 2001-02-28 Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux Münzführungsvorrichtung
DE10057614A1 (de) * 2000-11-21 2002-06-06 Nat Rejectors Gmbh Münzprüfer
EP1207500A3 (de) * 2000-11-18 2004-06-09 National Rejectors, Inc. GmbH Münzprüfer

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4063629A (en) * 1976-10-12 1977-12-20 Safe Rack, Inc. Coin chutes with funnel for selection therebetween
DE2644603A1 (de) * 1976-10-02 1978-04-06 Standard Elektrik Lorenz Ag Sperrvorrichtung in muenzkanaelen
US4155437A (en) * 1977-08-02 1979-05-22 Bally Manufacturing Corporation Transport device for game machine
EP0266090A2 (de) * 1986-10-30 1988-05-04 Gpt Limited Münzenbearbeitungssystem

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2644603A1 (de) * 1976-10-02 1978-04-06 Standard Elektrik Lorenz Ag Sperrvorrichtung in muenzkanaelen
US4063629A (en) * 1976-10-12 1977-12-20 Safe Rack, Inc. Coin chutes with funnel for selection therebetween
US4155437A (en) * 1977-08-02 1979-05-22 Bally Manufacturing Corporation Transport device for game machine
EP0266090A2 (de) * 1986-10-30 1988-05-04 Gpt Limited Münzenbearbeitungssystem

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0500366A2 (de) * 1991-02-20 1992-08-26 Telkor (Proprietary) Limited Mechanismus zum Prüfen einer Wertmarke
EP0500366A3 (en) * 1991-02-20 1992-10-21 Telkor (Proprietary) Limited Token validation mechanism
US5577591A (en) * 1993-11-04 1996-11-26 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Coin selecting apparatus
EP1079336A1 (de) * 1999-03-11 2001-02-28 Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux Münzführungsvorrichtung
EP1079336A4 (de) * 1999-03-11 2004-03-10 Nippon Conlux Co Ltd Münzführungsvorrichtung
EP1207500A3 (de) * 2000-11-18 2004-06-09 National Rejectors, Inc. GmbH Münzprüfer
DE10057614A1 (de) * 2000-11-21 2002-06-06 Nat Rejectors Gmbh Münzprüfer

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EP0461805A3 (en) 1992-11-25

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