EP0561578A2 - Dispositif pour stocker des pièces de monnaie - Google Patents

Dispositif pour stocker des pièces de monnaie Download PDF

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EP0561578A2
EP0561578A2 EP93301924A EP93301924A EP0561578A2 EP 0561578 A2 EP0561578 A2 EP 0561578A2 EP 93301924 A EP93301924 A EP 93301924A EP 93301924 A EP93301924 A EP 93301924A EP 0561578 A2 EP0561578 A2 EP 0561578A2
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coin
shielding plate
coin storage
safe
door
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Toshiharu C/O Tamura Elec. Works Ltd. Morihisa
Toshio C/O Tamura Elec. Works Ltd. Inagaki
Kiyomitsu C/O Tamura Elec. Works Ltd. Haraguchi
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Tamura Electric Works Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/06—Coin boxes

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  • the present invention relates to a coin storage structure in a vending machine or pay phone.
  • a coin storage structure of this type generally has a partition plate 20 for dividing a housing 2 of a vending machine 1 into an upper chamber 3 and a lower chamber 4, as shown in Fig. 4.
  • a coin handing unit 9 including a coin slot, a coin discrimination mechanism, a coin storage mechanism, and a coin storage path (none are shown) is disposed in the upper chamber 3.
  • the lower chamber 4 stores as a safe 10 serving as a safe chamber.
  • Windows 20a and 10a are respectively formed in the partition plate 20 and the safe 10 at positions corresponding to an outlet end 9a of the coin handling unit 9. Coins discharged from the outlet end 9a of the coin handling unit 9 drop from the windows 20a and 10a and are stored in the safe 10.
  • the window 10a is open.
  • pincers or a rod having a distal end with an adhesive can be inserted from the coin handling unit 9 into the window 10a through the window 20a, coins can be illegally removed, resulting in inconvenience.
  • a guide path 20b from the coin handling unit 9 to the safe 10 is formed and is curved or inclined to prevent the window 10a of the safe 10 from being exposed outside, thus making it difficult to insert the pincers or the rod into the safe 10.
  • the present invention has been made in consideration of the conventional drawbacks described above, and has as its object to provide a compact coin storage structure capable of properly preventing coins from being illegally removed from a safe.
  • a coin storage structure comprising a partition plate for vertically partitioning a housing into a processing chamber for storing a coin processing unit and a safe chamber for storing a safe, a coin storage window, formed in the partition plate, for causing a coin discharged from the coin processing unit to drop into the safe in the safe chamber, thereby storing the coin, a shielding plate for selectively opening and closing the coin storage window, and a link mechanism for removing the shielding plate from the coin storage window in a state that at least the door of the processing chamber is kept closed, and for causing the shielding plate to face the coin storage window to shield the coin storage window in synchronism with an opening operation of the door.
  • the coin storage window formed in the partition plate disposed between the handling chamber and the safe chamber is automatically shielded by a shielding plate.
  • Fig. 1 shows a vending machine employing a coin storage structure according to the present invention
  • Fig. 2 shows the vending machine taken along the line I - I in Fig. 1
  • Fig. 3 shows the vending machine taken along the line I - I in Fig. 1 when a door is kept open.
  • the same reference numerals as in Figs. 4A and 4B denote the same parts in Figs. 1 to 3, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
  • a housing 2 of a vending machine 1 is partitioned into a handling chamber 3 serving as an upper chamber and a safe chamber 4 serving as a lower chamber by a pair of partition plates 6 and 7 spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance.
  • Windows 6a and 7a are respectively formed in the partition plates 6 and 7 at positions corresponding to an outlet end 9a of a coin storage path of a coin handling unit 9.
  • the windows 6a and 7a are aligned on the same vertical line.
  • a shielding plate 12 one end of which is pivotally supported by a pin 13 serving as a fulcrum extending on the deeper corner of the partition plate 7, is disposed between the partition plates 6 and 7 in the longitudinal direction of the partition plates.
  • the other end of the shielding plate 12 has an inverted V-shaped guide groove 12a.
  • the shielding plate 12 is kept removed from the window 7a of the partition plate 7 while a door 15 is kept closed.
  • the shielding plate 12 is brought into contact with the partition plate so as to shield the window 7a.
  • the door 15 is supported to be pivotal about a shaft 16 fixed in the housing 2, so that the front opening of the housing 2 can be opened.
  • An intermediate plate 17 is integrally formed like a shelf inside the door 15.
  • a sliding plate 18 having a pin 18a at its distal end is mounted near the shaft 16 of the intermediate plate 17.
  • the pin 18a is engaged with the guide groove 12a of the shielding plate 12 and is slidably moved in the guide groove 12a during pivotal movement of the door 15.
  • the sliding plate 18, the pin 18a, and the guide groove 12a constitute a link mechanism for the door 15 and the shielding plate 12.
  • the pin 18a abruptly causes pivotal movement of the shielding plate 12 and is located to the left end of the inverted V-shaped guide groove 12a formed in the shielding plate while the door 15 is being opened. Thereafter, the pin 18a is slid such that it becomes located at the central portion of the guide groove 12a.
  • the shielding plate 12 is immediately pivoted. While the door 15 is then being opened, the pivot amount of the shielding plate 12 is reduced.
  • the window 7a can be properly shielded by the shielding plate 12, thereby preventing illegal coin removal.
  • the shielding plate 12 since the moving amount of the shielding plate 12 is reduced after the shielding plate 12 shields the window 7a, the shielding plate 12 will not protrude from the housing 2 in a full-open state of the door 15.
  • the shielding plate 12 is pivoted interlockingly with an opening/closing operation of the door 15 through the sliding plate 18 by mounting the sliding plate 18 on the intermediate plate 17.
  • the present invention is not limited to this construction.
  • part of the intermediate plate 17 may be extended, and the pin 18a may directly extend on this extended portion.
  • the pair of partition plates 6 and 7 are formed.
  • only the partition plate 7 for pivotally supporting the shielding plate 12 may be used.
  • the shielding plate is formed in the coin storage window of the partition plate for partitioning the housing into the coin handling chamber and the safe chamber, and the shielding plate is opened/closed interlockingly with at least the opening/closing operation of the door of the coin handling chamber, thereby properly preventing illegal coin removal from the safe in the open door.
  • the height is reduced as compared with the conventional guide path, thereby obtaining a compact apparatus.

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  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
  • Prepayment Telephone Systems (AREA)
EP19930301924 1992-03-18 1993-03-15 Dispositif pour stocker des pièces de monnaie Expired - Lifetime EP0561578B1 (fr)

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JP2289392U JP2603648Y2 (ja) 1992-03-18 1992-03-18 料金収納構造
JP22893/92 1992-03-18

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EP0561578A2 true EP0561578A2 (fr) 1993-09-22
EP0561578A3 EP0561578A3 (en) 1996-12-27
EP0561578B1 EP0561578B1 (fr) 1998-11-04

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ES2166344A1 (es) * 2000-09-26 2002-04-01 Siemens Elasa S A Hucha de seguridad para telefonos publicos.
CN106913220A (zh) * 2017-03-10 2017-07-04 上海洛瓷动力科技有限公司 供料暂储装置及供料暂储的方法

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GB191316128A (en) * 1913-07-12 1913-12-18 Harold George Crui Fairweather Money Boxes for Apparatus such as Prepayment Telephones, Coin-freed Gas Meters or the like.
DE322358C (de) * 1913-06-01 1920-06-28 Western Electric Co Ltd Muenzenbehaelter fuer Selbstkassierer
US1442132A (en) * 1920-12-03 1923-01-16 Arthur Rogers Jenkins Slot lock for coin-collecting boxes
FR1177563A (fr) * 1956-06-27 1959-04-27 Ass Automation Ltd Appareil perfectionné pour la collecte des pièces de monnaie

Patent Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE322358C (de) * 1913-06-01 1920-06-28 Western Electric Co Ltd Muenzenbehaelter fuer Selbstkassierer
GB191316128A (en) * 1913-07-12 1913-12-18 Harold George Crui Fairweather Money Boxes for Apparatus such as Prepayment Telephones, Coin-freed Gas Meters or the like.
US1442132A (en) * 1920-12-03 1923-01-16 Arthur Rogers Jenkins Slot lock for coin-collecting boxes
FR1177563A (fr) * 1956-06-27 1959-04-27 Ass Automation Ltd Appareil perfectionné pour la collecte des pièces de monnaie

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2166344A1 (es) * 2000-09-26 2002-04-01 Siemens Elasa S A Hucha de seguridad para telefonos publicos.
WO2002027673A1 (fr) * 2000-09-26 2002-04-04 Siemens, S.A. Caissette de securite pour telephones publics
AU2001287749B2 (en) * 2000-09-26 2006-07-27 Siemens, S.A. Safety money box for public telephones
CN106913220A (zh) * 2017-03-10 2017-07-04 上海洛瓷动力科技有限公司 供料暂储装置及供料暂储的方法
CN106913220B (zh) * 2017-03-10 2023-02-17 上海洛瓷动力科技有限公司 供料暂储装置及供料暂储的方法

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EP0561578A3 (en) 1996-12-27
JPH0576159U (ja) 1993-10-15
JP2603648Y2 (ja) 2000-03-15

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