EP0483202B1 - Appareil pour verifier la monnaie - Google Patents

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EP0483202B1
EP0483202B1 EP90910790A EP90910790A EP0483202B1 EP 0483202 B1 EP0483202 B1 EP 0483202B1 EP 90910790 A EP90910790 A EP 90910790A EP 90910790 A EP90910790 A EP 90910790A EP 0483202 B1 EP0483202 B1 EP 0483202B1
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Alan Michael George 19 Kings Pightle Meeks
Martin Kotler
Keith James Watkins
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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
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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
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  • This invention relates to coin testing devices.
  • Electronic coin testing devices are now well known and very widely used and in most, if not all, cases they comprise two main parts which in an operating condition of the device define between them a narrow space in which coins travel edgewise, usually rolling on a coin track, and one or more coin sensors responsive to one or more characteristics of the coin travelling in the narrow space.
  • the two parts are hinged together so as to be capable of relative movement apart from each other for access to the space between them, for the purpose of cleaning or for the release of coins which have become stuck.
  • the sensors are most commonly in the form of inductive coils, usually mounted in pot cores. Sometimes a coil is mounted only to one side of the coin path and operates on its own. Another configuration consists of two coils located opposite each other across the coin path and driven either in series or in parallel by a common oscillator. In another configuration, two coils are located opposite each other across the coin path and one is driven by an oscillator whereas the other acts as a receiver to detect the magnetic field transmitted by the other which will have been influenced by one or more characteristics of any coin passing between the two coils.
  • the main coin characteristics which are measured using such sensors are diameter, thickness and material and the way in which they may be used in conjunction with examination circuitry to take measurements upon a coin, and to check the measured values against reference values representative of acceptable coins, is described in more detail in, for example, GB -A- 2093620.
  • optical sensors are used as well as or instead of inductive sensors and these usually include a light transmitting device on one side of the coin path and a light detecting device on the other side of the path, so as to be able to detect the moments at which a coin arrives at or departs from the location of the sensor. Sensors of this type may be used to evaluate coin dimensions, or to control the timing of other events occurring in the coin testing device.
  • the term "sensor element” will be used to refer to a component which is mounted as a unit, whether it is a complete sensor as for example a single coil operating independently, or only part of a complete sensor as for example one of a pair of series or parallel connected coils, one of a pair of transmitter/receiver coils, or one of a pair of transmitting/receiving optical devices.
  • each sensor element For reliable operation of such testing devices, it is important for each sensor element to be in a known predetermined position relative to the path of the coin past it, for the two sensor elements of each pair, when they are co-operating in pairs (whether inductive or optical) to be accurately in register with each other and also to be accurately at a predetermined distance away from each other across the coin path.
  • the walls which define the coin path will be inclined to the vertical so that the coin will roll along the track in contact with one wall, and a test is applied to the coin using a single inductive sensor element which is located in the other wall.
  • the output of the sensor element can then be indicative of the thickness of the coin, because the thicker the coin, the closer is its nearer surface to the sensor, but, of course, this relies upon the coin-contacting wall being exactly a predetermined distance away from the sensor.
  • the accuracy and reliability of the device are in part dependent upon the two relatively movable parts of the device being accurately located relative to each other when the device is in its closed or operating condition and for this accuracy of location to be maintained despite frequent opening of the device, which may be done clumsily and put strain on the hinge.
  • the hinge itself has normally had a major function in positioning the two parts relative to each other when they are closed together, so that any dimensional variations occurring in the manufacture of the hinge or of its assembly or any distortions in the hinge which might be caused during clumsy operation in use, have produced corresponding geometrical variations between one device and another, or in an individual device at different times, and this has caused variations in performance between one device and another and in the performance of an individual device at different times of its life.
  • DE-C-650916 discloses a relatively simple mechanical coin testing device in which the spacing between the two main parts is determined by three screws spaced apart to form a triangle, but in which.. the hinge mechanisms plays a major part in fully locating the two parts relative to each other. (see also DE-A-2006683)
  • An object of the present invention is to improve the accuracy and consistency with which the two main parts of an openable and closeable coin testing device are located relative to each other when it is in its closed or operating condition by making these factors:
  • the invention provides a coin testing device comprising two parts which in an operating, closed, condition of the device define between them a narrow space in which coins travel edgewise, one or more coin sensor elements mounted on at least one of the parts, and a hinge mechanism to enable the two parts to be swung apart from each other for access to the space between them, the two parts being provided with location-defining features, and characterised in that the hinge mechanism couples the two parts loosely so that when the two parts are brought together from their apart position their final closed relative positions are determined only by contact between said location-defining features and not by the hinge mechanism.
  • the looseness of the hinge enables the location defining features to act properly without being affected by any manufacturing variations in, or distortions arising from rough use of, the hinge itself.
  • the device shown in the drawings comprises two main parts which for convenience will be referred to as the body 2 and the lid 4, both being one-piece plastics mouldings.
  • the body and lid In the operating or closed condition of the device shown in Figure 1 the body and lid define between them a narrow space 6 of substantially uniform width.
  • a suitable coin entry arrangement such as a cup or chute, as is well known, coins will be delivered to the device substantially vertically and edgewise into the left hand end of the narrow space 6 as viewed in Figure 1.
  • Coin track 8 which is the upper surface of a flat protrusion 9 moulded integrally on the inner wall 10 of the lid in known fashion (see also Figure 4).
  • Coin track 8 slopes downwards towards the right as seen in Figures 1 and 2, the position of the coin track relative to the body 2 being indicated by the broken line 8' in Figures 2 and 3.
  • inductive sensor elements in the form of coils 12, 14 and 16 are mounted in conventional manner within the lid 4 on the back of its inner wall 10, at pre-determined positions above the level of the coin track 8.
  • Three further sensor elements in the form of coils indicated in broken lines 12', 14' and 16' are similarly mounted inside the body 2 and, as mentioned, when the device is assembled and in its operating condition it is desired for the sensor elements to be located precisely opposite each other in pairs 12, 12'; 14, 14'; and 16, 16'.
  • the manner of operation of the sensor elements forms no part of the present invention, and there are many known ways of operating such sensors formed by such coils in co-operating pairs, such that a respective pair is responsive respectively primarily to diameter, thickness and material of the coin.
  • the sensor signals are transmitted to validating or discriminating circuitry schematically illustrated in the body 2 at 18 which circuitry may in known manner check the sensor outputs against reference values to determine whether or not a coin is acceptable, and generate an accept signal to cause acceptance of the coin if it is acceptable, and normally also generate a signal to indicate the denomination of an acceptable coin.
  • the validation technique forms no part of the present invention and therefore need not be described in further detail.
  • the body 2 and lid 4 contact each other only through location-defining features which are at three positions spaced apart to form a triangle.
  • the contact is between the sides of a flat-topped cone 20 integrally moulded on the lid 4 (in Figure 2 the lid is shown as though partly transparent so as to illustrate the cone, and see also Figure 6) and the sides of a conical recess 20' in the body 2.
  • the conical angle of the recess is the same as that of the cone.
  • the second contact is between the sides of a cone 22 the same as cone 20 and moulded on the inner wall 10 of the lid 4, and the walls of a linear or elongated recess 22' in body 2, this recess having sloping sides at an angle equal to the angle of the cone 22.
  • the third contact is between the tip of a third cone 24 the same as cones 20 and 22 moulded on the inner wall 10 of the lid 4, and a flat surface 24' which is the base of a recess in the body 2, but which might in fact be a part of the main surface of the body 2.
  • the location-defining effect of the cones 20, 22 and 24, recesses 20' and 22', and surface 24' will be explained later, but it is mentioned here that ideally the three types of contact would be respectively point-to-point, point-to-line and point-to-surface.
  • the use of small surfaces instead of points and a line closely approximates to this and is adopted to minimise the effects of wear on the components which are normally made of plastics.
  • the lid 4 is urged towards the body 2 at a position within the triangle, and indeed close to the centre of the triangle, by the free end 26 of a hinge arm 28 bearing on the tip of another integral cone 30 on the lid 4, via a bearing surface which is a concave surface 32 within the free end 26.
  • This pressure since it lies within the triangle formed by the three contact positions, insures that constant contact between the two parts is always made at those positions so long as the device is in its operating condition and so the alignment and spacing given by the three-position contact arrangement is maintained constant.
  • a hinge mounting 34 has two feet 36 of T-shaped cross-section as shown in Figure 2 and these feet push into slots (not shown, but mirror images of the slots 38 indicated in the lid 4) in the back of body 2, thus fixing the hinge mounting 34 to the body 2. This fixing need not be highly accurate since as will become apparent it has no effect on the relative positioning of lid 4 and body 2 in the operating condition.
  • the hinge mounting 34 has two arms 38 which on their inner sides are formed with opposed recesses 40 (only one visible in Figure 2) into which fit pivot pegs 42 which project from opposite sides of the other end of the hinge arm 28, so that the hinge arm 28 is pivotally mounted to the body 2.
  • a peg 44 having a conical leading end 46 and a head 48 is a strong interference fit in a socket 50 moulded inside the lid 4 and the shank 52 of the peg 44 passes loosely through an aperture 54 intermediate the two ends of the hinge arm 28 and nearer to its free end 26.
  • a tension spring 56 has one end hooked over a hook-like formation 58 which is integral with the hinge mounting 34 (see Figures 2 and 6) and the other end hooked over a hook 60 integral with the hinge arm 28.
  • the point-type contact at 20, 20' determines completely the spacing between, and the relative positions of (both in the vertical and horizontal directions), the lid 4 and body 2 at that position. If, due to manufacturing variations, there is a slight variation in the distance between the tip of cone 20 and the tip of cone 22 on the lid, the cone 22 will still locate properly at some point along the length of elongated recess 22', and because the longitudinal axis of the recess 22' intersects reces 20', this variation will not produce any variation in the angular orientation of lid 4 relative to body 2. If the axis of recess 22' extends generally towards recess 20' but does not actually intersect it, this angular invariability will still be partly, but not completely, achieved. Also, at contact 22, 22' the spacing between lid 4 and body 2 is independent of the exact position at which cone 22 sits in recess 22' because of the uniform linear nature of the recess, so spacing at this position is well controlled.
  • the spacing between the two coils of each pair and also the spacing between each coil and the opposite wall of the narrow space 6 are precisely controlled, and the position, relative to body coils 12', 14' and 16', of the path of a coin rolling on track 8 of lid 4 is precisely determined, all by the operation of the three-position contact arrangement described, and without being influenced by any variations in the manufacture of hinge mounting 34, hinge arm 28, their connections to the body 2 and lid 4, and their assembly together.
  • the device is intended to be mounted at an inclination to the vertical so that coins roll on track 8 in constant contact with the inner wall of body 2 thus stabilising their path. This can also be achieved, as known, by mounting the device vertically but having the inner walls inclined within it.
  • one pair of coils 16, 16' are oval such that they can respond to the position, relative to the coin track, of the upper edge of the coin when it is centred between those coils.
  • the coin will then, depending upon its diameter, occlude the coils from their lower limits up to the top edge of the coin so that the proportion of the coils occluded will depend upon the diameter of the coin.
  • the initial movement can be translation rather than pivotal movement, because of the limited amount of angular movement available between lid 4 and hinge arm 28 due to the loose coupling between them.
  • This facilitates the release of stuck coins from between lid 4 and body 2 since they can be moved a limited distance apart, even at the hinge end, without the far end having to swing very far. This is an advantage in certain restricted locations where the testing device might be fitted.
  • Further opening, for example for cleaning requires that the lid 4 pivots round and up with the hinge arm 28 and eventually the centre of tension spring 56 passes through the axis of pegs 42 giving an over-centre action so that the spring can hold the lid 4 open at just over 90° to the body 2.
  • the testing device shown may be given a different configuration.
  • the hinge mounting 34 may have its feet 36 fitted into the T-shaped slots 38 in lid 4 instead of the slots in body 2, in which case the hinge arm 28 will reach round from the lid to the far side of the body 2 as viewed in Figures 1 and 2.
  • body 2 is provided with a cone 32' and a socket 50' identical to, and in identical positions to, cone 32 and socket 50 on the lid 4, so that the peg 44 can be used to loosely secure hinge arm 28 to body 2 by fitting into socket 50', and the free end 26 of hinge arm 28 will press body 2 against lid 4 by bearing on cone 32'.
  • both parts are capable of serving either as a stationary body or as an openable lid.

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  1. Dispositif pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie comprenant deux parties (2, 4) qui, dans un état, fermé, de fonctionnement du dispositif, définissent entre ces parties un espace étroit (6) dans lequel des pièces de monnaie se déplacent de chant, et un ou plusieurs éléments détecteurs de pièces de monnaie (12, 12', 14, 14', 16, 16') montés au moins sur une des parties (4), et un mécanisme articulé (26, 28, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48) permettant aux deux parties de pivoter en s'écartant l'une de l'autre pour accéder à l'espace (6) formé entre elles, les deux parties (2, 4) étant prévues avec des caractéristiques définissant un emplacement (20, 20', 22, 22', 24, 24'), et caractérisé en ce que le mécanisme articulé accouple les deux parties (2, 4) avec du jeu, de sorte que lorsque les deux parties (2, 4) sont réunies en partant de leur position écartée, leurs positions relatives fermées, finales, ne sont déterminées que par le contact entre lesdites caractéristiques définissant un emplacement (20, 20', 22, 22', 24, 24') et non pas par le mécanisme articulé (26, 28, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42, 46, 48).
  2. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le mécanisme articulé comprend un bras articulé (28) monté de façon pivotante sur une partie (2) et accouplé avec du jeu à l'autre partie (4).
  3. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le bras articulé (28) est prévu avec une surface d'appui (32) servant à venir en contact avec cette partie (4) à laquelle il est accouplé avec du jeu, et en ce qu'un moyen de sollicitation (56) sollicite le bras articulé (28), de façon telle que sa surface d'appui (32) vient au contact de cette partie (4) pour pousser cette partie (4) vers l'autre partie (2).
  4. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le bras articulé (28) est monté à une extrémité, qu'il a sa surface d'appui à l'autre extrémité (26) et qu'il est accouplé avec du jeu à ladite autre partie (4) en une position se trouvant entre ses extrémités.
  5. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 3 ou 4, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de sollicitation est un ressort de tension (56) ayant une extrémité reliée à la partie (2) sur laquelle le bras articulé (28) est monté, l'autre extrémité étant reliée au bras articulé (28).
  6. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que ledit ressort de tension (56) se déplace par-dessus le centre lorsque les deux parties (2, 4) sont déplacées en s'écartant complètement, de façon à les maintenir écartées.
  7. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel, seulement au niveau de trois positions qui sont espacées l'une de l'autre pour former un triangle, il existe des caractéristiques définissant un emplacement (20, 20', 22, 22', 24, 24'), qui déterminent l'espace entre les deux parties (2, 4).
  8. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 7, comprenant des moyens (28, 56) servant à pousser les deux parties l'une vers l'autre en une position à l'intérieur du triangle.
  9. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce qu'au niveau de l'une (20, 20') desdites trois positions, ledit contact est tel qu'il ne permet pas de déplacement relatif des parties fermées (2, 4), au niveau d'une deuxième (22, 22') desdites trois positions, ledit contact est tel qu'il permet le déplacement relatif des parties (2, 4) le long d'un axe qui est à peu près parallèle au plan dudit espace (6) et qui s'étend généralement vers ladite position (20, 20'), et au niveau de la troisième (24, 24') desdites trois positions, ledit contact est tel qu'il permet le déplacement relatif des parties (2, 4) dans un plan à peu près parallèle au plan dudit espace (6) ; l'accouplement avec du jeu des deux parties (2, 4) garantissant que lorsque les deux parties (2, 4) sont réunies en partant de leur position écartée, elles sont suffisamment mobiles l'une par rapport à l'autre pour pouvoir adopter leurs positions relatives fermées, finales, déterminées seulement par le contact entre les caractéristiques définissant un emplacement (20, 20', 22, 22', 24, 24') et non pas par l'accouplement du mécanisme articulé (26, 28, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42, 46, 48) à ladite autre partie (4).
  10. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 9, dans lequel ledit axe coupe ladite position (20, 20').
  11. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisé en ce que, au niveau de ladite position, les caractéristiques définissant un emplacement sont un évidement (20') dans une partie (2) qui est engagée par une partie en saillie (20) sur l'autre partie (4), au niveau de ladite deuxième position, les caractéristiques définissant un emplacement étant un évidement linéaire (22') dans une partie (2) qui est engagée par une partie en saillie (22) sur l'autre partie (4) et, au niveau de la troisième position, les caractéristiques définissant un emplacement étant une surface plate (24') dans ledit plan à peu près parallèle d'une partie (2) qui vient au contact de l'autre partie (4) par une surface de contact (24).
  12. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 10 ou 11, caractérisé en ce qu'une piste (8) de pièces de monnaie est prévue qui guide la pièce de monnaie le long d'un chemin prédéterminé dans ledit espace étroit (6).
  13. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que la piste (8) de pièces de monnaie s'étend à peu près dans la même direction que ledit axe.
  14. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que la piste (8) de pièces de monnaie est sur une partie (4) et en ce que au moins un élément détecteur (12', 14', 16') est monté sur l'autre partie (2).
  15. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que au moins un desdits éléments détecteurs (16, 16') est sensible à la position, dans une direction généralement perpendiculaire à la piste (8) de pièces de monnaie, d'une partie de la pièce de monnaie par rapport à cet élément détecteur (16, 16').
  16. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 15, caractérisé en ce que ledit mécanisme articulé comprend un bras articulé (28) accouplé avec du jeu à l'une (4) desdites parties et qui s'étend jusqu'à un emplacement (30), sur cette partie (4), qui se trouve à l'intérieur dudit triangle, et il est prévu, au niveau de cet emplacement (30), une surface d'appui (32) servant à venir en contact avec cette partie (4), et un moyen de sollicitation (56) sollicite le bras articulé (28) de façon telle que sa surface d'appui (32) vient en contact avec cette partie (4) pour la pousser vers l'autre partie (2).
  17. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 16, caractérisé en ce que les deux parties (2, 4) sont adaptées pour que le mécanisme articulé soit monté sur celles-ci, et en ce que les deux parties (2, 4) sont également adaptées pour être accouplées avec du jeu au mécanisme articulé, de sorte que l'appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie peut être adapté pour que l'une ou l'autre des parties soit une partie fixe et que l'autre partie soit une partie ouvrable en sélectionnant la partie sur laquelle le mécanisme articulé est monté.
  18. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant au moins un détecteur (12, 12', 14, 14', 16, 16') qui comprend une paire d'éléments détecteurs opposés, un élément (12, 14, 16) sur une partie (4), l'autre élément (12', 14', 16') sur l'autre partie (2), qui coopèrent en réaction à une caractéristique d'une pièce de monnaie dans ledit espace (6) et entre les éléments détecteurs de la paire.
  19. Appareil pour vérifier les pièces de monnaie selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que, en fonctionnement, la pièce de monnaie se déplace à l'intérieur dudit espace étroit (6) en contact avec une paroi de l'une (2) desdites parties, et qu'un élément détecteur au moins (12, 14, 16) est placé dans l'autre (4) desdites parties pour réagir à une caractéristique de la pièce de monnaie lorsqu'elle est en contact avec ladite paroi.
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ATE137042T1 (de) 1996-05-15

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