EP0561578B1 - Dispositif pour stocker des pièces de monnaie - Google Patents

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EP0561578B1
EP0561578B1 EP19930301924 EP93301924A EP0561578B1 EP 0561578 B1 EP0561578 B1 EP 0561578B1 EP 19930301924 EP19930301924 EP 19930301924 EP 93301924 A EP93301924 A EP 93301924A EP 0561578 B1 EP0561578 B1 EP 0561578B1
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shielding plate
coin
coin storage
door
safe
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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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    • 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.
  • German Patent No. 322358 Another known coin storage structure is disclosed in German Patent No. 322358, in which a shutter is provided to close a window in a partition plate when a door is opened. The shutter is rotated to close the window through a rack and pinion mechanism by a push rod moving with the door.
  • 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 a 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, and characterised in that said link mechanism comprises a pin arcuatedly pivoted upon an opening operation of said door and an inverted v-shaped guide groove formed at a free end portion of said shielding plate and engaged with said pin, so that said pin is pivoted to slide along the guide groove to move said shield
  • 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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Claims (4)

  1. Structure de stockage de pièces, comprenant:
    une plaque de séparation (6,7) pour séparer verticalement un logement en une chambre de traitement (3) destinée à loger une unité de traitement de pièces (9) et une chambre de coffre (4) destinée à loger un coffre (10);
    une fenêtre de stockage de pièces (6a,7a), formée dans ladite plaque de séparation, pour forcer une pièce libérée de ladite unité de traitement de pièces (9) à tomber dans ledit coffre (10) dans ladite chambre de coffre (4), stockant ainsi la pièce;
    une plaque de protection (12) pour ouvrir et fermer sélectivement la fenêtre de stockage de pièces (6a,7a); et
    un mécanisme d'articulation (12a,18a) pour retirer ladite plaque de protection (12) de la fenêtre de stockage de pièces (6a,7a) dans un état où au moins la porte (15) de ladite chambre de traitement (3) est maintenue fermée, et pour forcer ladite plaque de protection (12) à faire face à la fenêtre de stockage de pièces (6a,7a) en vue de protéger la fenêtre de stockage de pièces (6a,7a) en synchronisme avec une opération d'ouverture de ladite porte (15), et caractérisée en ce que:
    ledit mécanisme d'articulation (12a,18a) comprend une broche (18a) pivotée selon un arc lors d'une opération d'ouverture de ladite porte (15) et une rainure de guidage en forme de V inversé (12a) formée au niveau d'une partie d'extrémité libre de ladite plaque de protection (12) et engagée avec ladite broche (18a), de telle sorte que ladite broche (18a) pivote pour glisser le long de la rainure de guidage (12a) en vue de déplacer ladite plaque de protection (12).
  2. Structure selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ledit mécanisme d'articulation (12a,18a) déplace d'une grande distance ladite plaque de protection (12) dans une période initiale d'ouverture de ladite porte (15) en vue de protéger la fenêtre de stockage de pièces (6a,7a) et arrête presque le déplacement de ladite plaque de protection (12) dans une opération d'ouverture suivante.
  3. Structure selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ladite plaque de protection (12) est supportée de manière pivotante par un arbre de support (13) s'étendant sur ladite plaque de séparation (6,7).
  4. Structure selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ladite plaque de séparation (6,7) comprend une paire de plaques de séparation, et ladite plaque de protection (12) est disposée entre ladite paire de plaques de séparation.
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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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

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