EP0587883A1 - Dispositif pour la separation des pieces, jetons et analogues et appareils de paiement automatique. - Google Patents
Dispositif pour la separation des pieces, jetons et analogues et appareils de paiement automatique.Info
- Publication number
- EP0587883A1 EP0587883A1 EP93918738A EP93918738A EP0587883A1 EP 0587883 A1 EP0587883 A1 EP 0587883A1 EP 93918738 A EP93918738 A EP 93918738A EP 93918738 A EP93918738 A EP 93918738A EP 0587883 A1 EP0587883 A1 EP 0587883A1
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- Prior art keywords
- disc
- coins
- tokens
- cells
- notch
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B15/00—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points
- G07B15/06—Arrangements for road pricing or congestion charging of vehicles or vehicle users, e.g. automatic toll systems
- G07B15/066—Arrangements for road pricing or congestion charging of vehicles or vehicle users, e.g. automatic toll systems being coin-operated
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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
- G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations
- G07D3/02—Sorting coins by means of graded apertures
- G07D3/06—Sorting coins by means of graded apertures arranged along a circular path
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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
- G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations
- G07D3/12—Sorting coins by means of stepped deflectors
- G07D3/128—Rotary devices
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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
- G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations
- G07D3/14—Apparatus driven under control of coin-sensing elements
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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
Definitions
- the present invention relates to devices for the separation of coins, tokens and the like, intended to be integrated, for example, into an automatic payment device.
- EP-A-0420921 discloses an automatic payment device in which a separating disc receives on its upper face the coins or tokens to be separated and comprises at its periphery cells intended to each receive a coin or token.
- the cells open through the upper face of the disc. They also open opposite a fixed peripheral wall forming a lateral guide wall for the coins or tokens driven in rotation by the cells.
- the pieces slide on a fixed supporting surface. They pass into the field of action of a detector. They then reach a passage opening towards a circular display located next to the rotating disc.
- the passage opening is configured according to one or the other of two different configurations leading the coins or tokens either to a peripheral compartment of the display or to a central compartment.
- a presentation region comprising a central compartment and a peripheral compartment is in a position to receive the coins or tokens coming from the separating disc through the passage opening
- another presentation region comprising another peripheral compartment and another compartment central is in a presentation position, in which the coins or tokens corresponding to a previous payment are visible to the users
- a third presentation region, comprising the third peripheral compartment and the third central compartment is in a position for transmitting coins or tokens to a later station, for example a coin or token storage box, a return device for coins or tokens not accepted, etc.
- a delivery bar is intended to prevent the superimposed parts from reaching the detector. But as the delivery bar must be placed at a sufficient distance from the bearing surface to allow the passage of the thickest parts, this bar is in some cases incapable of preventing the simultaneous passage of two thin parts which would have been housed in the same cell. In any case, if the second part protrudes from the upper surface of the disc, it is dangerous to try to dislodge it by the delivery bar as this may cause blockage and damage. This problem cannot be solved by thinning the disc as this would allow a thin piece to pass between the upper surface of the disc and the delivery bar.
- the presentation device is quite bulky since its diameter is greater than that of the separation device and it therefore more than doubles the surface necessary to accommodate the two devices side by side, compared to that which 'would require the separation device alone.
- the object of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks.
- a device for the separation of coins, tokens or the like comprising a movable member provided with successive cells opening opposite a fixed lateral guide wall and through the upper face of the movable member, in which the lateral guide wall has a notch for splitting coins, tokens or the like, this notch being open towards the movable member and having an inclined bottom which, when it is traversed in the direction of movement of the cells opposite the notch, goes from a low region situated higher than a face carrying the coins, tokens or the like, but lower than the upper face of the movable member, to a high region further from the load-bearing surface.
- the upper region of the inclined bottom of the notch is at a distance at least equal, or even greater than that of the upper surface of the movable member relative to the load-bearing surface on which the parts slide.
- the upper region of the bottom of the notch may be relatively close to the bearing surface, the bottom of the notch then having the role of a springboard intended to blow the piece to a height greater than that of the upper region of the bottom of the notch.
- an automatic payment device comprising a separator having a disc which is provided with cells, for receiving coins or tokens and which is movable in rotation to scroll the coins or tokens in the field of action of a detector then opposite at least one passage opening towards a display unit which comprises partitions to define several regions of presentation of the coins or tokens, and means for driving the partitions to make pass cyclically these regions by a position for receiving the coins or tokens from the separator and a position for transmitting the coins or tokens to a next station, such as a collection chest, in which the display is an annular display arranged around the disc, the drive means causing the cyclic displacement of the presentation regions around the disc.
- a device for the separation of coins, tokens or the like comprising a rotary disc provided with successive peripheral cells, for receiving the coins, tokens or the like, means for sending the pieces, tokens or the like on the upper surface of the disc so that they are distributed in the cells when the disc is in a service position in which said disc is generally located in a plane forming a first angle with the vertical direction, and a motor having an output shaft connected to the disc for driving the rotating disc, in which the disc is rotatably supported by a mount to which is fixed, at least indirectly, the motor casing, and said mount is articulated to a frame of the device for being movable between a service position in which the disc is in the service position, and a purge position in which the disc is generally located in a plane forming with the vertical direction a second angle smaller than the first angle.
- the mount is in the purge position, the disc is in a plane close to the vertical, and it easily gets rid, by gravity, of foreign bodies
- the mobility of the frame does not involve any particular complication of the structure.
- an actuator is provided to move the frame in at least one direction of its movement between the service and purge positions, the other direction of movement being able, for example, to be ensured by gravity, it is it is possible to shake the mount and the disc using the actuator to encourage the fall of foreign bodies.
- a method for recognizing objects of the coin type in which the objects are passed one by one within the field of action of a detector belonging to a recognition device, and depending on the response of the detector to the passage of each object, the object is selectively directed to at least one output of the recognition device and respectively the object is returned to the field of action of the detector.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an automatic payment device 1 according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 when the cover of the separator is removed;
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the apparatus in axial section
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view along line IV-IV of Figure 2, with representation of the separator cover, during the passage of a part from the separator to the display;
- - Figure 5 is a perspective view of part of the carrier wall and the side guide wall of the separator;
- - Figure 6 is an elevational view of this part of the lateral guide wall, with section of the carrier wall;
- - Figure 7 is a plan view of the same part of the lateral guide wall; - Figures 8, 9, 10 and 12 show four successive stages in the process of ejecting a stacked part; - Figure 11 is a sectional view along the plane XI-XI of Figure 10;
- FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing the discharge blade preventing a part from advancing towards the detector without being housed in a cell;
- - Figures 14 and 15 are two perspective views respectively showing the inner face and the outer face of the cover;
- - Figure 16 is a view of a detail of Figure 4 in the case of a part not allowed, therefore prevented from passing from the separator to an external compartment of the display;
- Figure 17 is a view similar to Figure 3 but when the frame is in the bleed position.
- FIG. 18 is a flow diagram of parts switching.
- the payment apparatus comprises a separator 1 in turn comprising a disc 2 which, in the service position shown in Figures 1 to 3, is in a plane P ( Figure 3) forming an angle A of approximately 45 ° with the vertical direction.
- the disc 2 has on its periphery cells 3 which open through an upper face 4 of the disc 2 and through its peripheral edge 6, opposite a lateral guide wall 7 which is integral with a frame 8 of the device.
- the bottom of the cells 3 is closed by a support face 9 for the coins or tokens, constituted by the upper face of a bottom plate 11 (FIG. 3).
- the disc 2 is connected in rotation to the output shaft 12 of an electric motor 13, the casing 14 of which is fixed to the underside of the plate 11.
- the plate 11 belongs to a frame 16 which is connected to the frame 8 of the device by a hinge 17 which is. adjacent to an upper region of the disc.
- the axis 18 of the articulation 17 is substantially horizontal and parallel to the plane P.
- the frame 16 is locked by a locking device 19 diametrically opposite to the joint 17, and which secures the frame 16 with the frame 8 of the device.
- the separator 1 further comprises a cover. 21 crossed by the outlet orifice 22 of a hopper 23 into which the users throw coins, tokens or the like.
- the cover 21 is connected to the frame 8 of the device by a hinge 24 which is close to the hinge 17 and the upper region of the disc to allow the cover 21 and the hopper 23 to be raised when it is necessary to access disc 2, especially for maintenance.
- the coins 26 (figure 1) which are thrown into the hopper 23 meet a central conical reinforcement 27 (figures 2 and 3) of the disc 2 then move towards the lower region 28 of the disc 2, being prevented from falling lower by the cover 21.
- Some parts are housed in the cells 3 which are in the lower region 28 of the disc and these parts are driven upwards in the direction of the arrow F in FIG. 2 by the rotation of the disc 2. This rotation also brings in the lower position new cells in which other parts are housed and so on until all the parts corresponding to the payment made are driven upwards by the cells 3 in the direction of the arrow F .
- the splitting station 29 includes (FIGS. 5,
- the notch 34 which is formed in the inner peripheral face and in the upper face of the lateral guide wall 7.
- the notch 34 is therefore open towards the disc 2 of which only the upper face 4 is represented by a dashed line in FIGS. 5 and 6.
- the notch 34 has an inclined bottom 36 which is substantially planar. When one traverses the bottom 36 in the direction of rotation of the disc (arrow F), one starts from a low region 37 of the bottom to arrive at a high region 38.
- the low region 37 of the bottom 34 is located higher than the carrier face 9 of the carrier surface 11 and lower than the upper face 4 of the disc 2.
- the upper region 38 is further from the carrier face 9 than the lower region 37. In the example shown, the upper region 38 is even much further from the carrier face 9 than the upper face 4 of the disc.
- the lower region 37 of the notch widens radially and then the upper region 38 shrinks radially.
- notch 34 is located opposite an ascending region of the path of the cells, and more particularly in the first half of the upward path of the cells, so that the carrier face 9 and the upper face of the disc lean towards the lateral guide wall 7 where the notch 34 is located.
- a discharge blade 39 is fixed to the cover 21
- FIG. 2 and also FIGS. 14 and 15 so as to be in contact or quasi-contact with the upper face 4 of the disc 2 at a location which is located after the notch 34 relative to the direction of travel of the cells, symbolized by arrow F.
- the relative position of the notch 34 and of the discharge blade 39 can be seen in FIG. 2 and in FIG. 13.
- the discharge blade 39 is intended to prevent the passage of objects which would significantly protrude relative to the upper face 4 of the disc 2.
- the delivery blade 39 is made elastic to avoid mechanical impact with said objects.
- This station is to prevent two causes of malfunction: the presence of two superimposed parts in the same cell 3 of the disc 2
- the part 41 above which will be called hereinafter "the superimposed part” deviates radially outward from the other by entering the 'notch 34 ( Figure 9).
- the superimposed part 41 is subjected, in the example, to the cumulative effect of the centrifugal force, due to the rotation of the disc 2, and of gravity because the carrier face 9 leans towards the notch 34.
- the lower region 37 of the bottom of the notch 34 is close enough to the carrying face 9 to allow the radial sliding of the superimposed part 41 even if the underlying part 42 is particularly thin. However, since the lower region 37 is nevertheless at a certain distance from the carrying surface 9, the underlying part 42 cannot penetrate into the notch 34.
- the superimposed part 41 traverses the bottom of the notch 34 and thus reaches the upper region 38 of this bottom, which takes it off from the underlying part 42 and raises it until the point 43 of the superimposed part 41 on which the edge of the cell 3 rests to push the part 41 in the direction F, passes above the upper surface 4 of the disc ( Figures 10 and 11). Consequently, the superimposed part 41 escapes from the cell 3
- the detector 31 recognizes the coin, or on the contrary detects that the coin or other token which has been introduced does not correspond to any known type, unless it gives an answer of doubt, a situation which will be studied later.
- the detector 31 is placed above the end of the upward path of the cells.
- the distribution station 32 which follows is mainly placed in the first half of the path down from the cells.
- the distribution station 32 (FIG. 2) includes a passage opening 43 for the parts which, according to the result of the detection operated by the detector 31, are considered to be good, and, after the opening 43 relative to the direction of rotation F of the disc 2, a passage opening 44 for the parts which have been recognized as not valid by the detector 31.
- the openings 43 and 44 are made through the lateral guide wall 7 opposite a recess 46 or respectively 47 practiced in the load-bearing surface 9.
- Each recess 46 or 47 communicates with the passage opening 43 or 44 associated by a respective tunnel 48 (FIG. 4) formed in the plate 11.
- a hatch 49 fixed to the plunger core of an electromagnet 51 for actuating this hatch is movable so as to be able to assume a release position (FIGS.
- the tunnel 48 has an oblique orientation relative to the local radial direction so that the path of the parts from the recess 46 to the display is generally descending thanks to the inclination of the plane P.
- the flap 49 closes the recess 46 so that the upper face 53 of the flap 49 completes without significant discontinuity the carrying face 9 of the plate 11.
- the electromagnet 51 is controlled to place the hatch 49 in the closed position for the passage of a cell 3 of the disc 2 when the detection operated by the detector 31 has revealed that the part 52 is not of a model accepted by the device or that Exhibit 52 has not been identified with certainty.
- a part such as 52 continues its path along the lateral guide wall 7 until it meets the second recess 47, which is equipped, in the same way as the first recess with a hatch 50 ( in the closed position in Figure 2) controlled by an electromagnet.
- this second hatch 50 is open and the room falls there to leave towards the display 33 through the passage opening 44 after having passed through a tunnel similar to the tunnel 48 of FIG. 4. If the room is doubtful, the flap 50 of the second recess 47 is closed and the part is again driven by the disc 2 towards the detection means. A part which is presented opposite the passage openings 43 or 44 during the rotation of the display unit 33, a rotation which will be explained below, is also returned to the field of action of the detector, to prevent the part from interfering with the display rotation.
- the step 94 "detection" includes detection by the detector 31.
- the test 96 checks whether the display 33 is ready or if, on the contrary, it is moving.
- the part is returned to detection (step 94), that is to say that the two doors 49, 50 are kept closed. If the display unit 33 is ready, the result of the detection is subjected to a test 97. If the part is recognized as acceptable, the flap 49 opens and the part can pass through the opening 43 towards the display 33. Otherwise, the result of the detection is subjected to a second test "part refused ? " 98. If the room is. unambiguously recognized as different from acceptable pieces, the flap 49 is kept closed and the flap 50 is open to allow the piece to exit through the opening 44 towards the display 33. If the piece is not recognized with certainty as a part different from the accepted parts, we perform a "first pass?" test 99.
- the display 33 is an annular display surrounding the separator 1 and it comprises three presentation regions 54a, 54b and 54c distributed angularly around the axis of the disc 2 (FIG. 2).
- Each presentation region 54a, 54b, 54c includes two compartments 56 and 57 for the accepted coins and respectively for the rejected coins.
- the compartments have shapes in a circle sector.
- a central rib 58, of generally circular shape separates the compartments 56 located radially outside and the compartments 57 located radially inside.
- Two other ribs of generally circular shape 59 and 61 limit the compartments radially outwards, and respectively radially inward the compartments 57.
- the ribs 58, 59 and 61 are integral with the frame 8 of the device, likewise a plate 62 on which the parts rest and can slide.
- the inner peripheral 61 and central 58 ribs have two passages 63 and 64 aligned for the passage of the accepted pieces, aligned opposite the opening 43 along the desired oblique path relative to the local radial direction from the recess 46 to the radially external compartments. 57 intended for accepted parts.
- the radially inner rib 61 has, after passage 63 relative to the direction of travel F of the cells, a second passage 64 opposite the passage opening 44 for the passage of the parts from the recess 47 in the radially compartments 57 interiors intended for rejected parts.
- the presentation regions 54a, 54b and 54c are separated by partitions.
- the partitions 68 are in particular three external partitions 68 which separate the radially external compartments 56 from one another and extend between the central rib 58 and the outer peripheral rib 59.
- the partitions further comprise three interior partitions 69 which separate the radially interior compartments 57 from one another and extend between the central rib 58 and the rib inner peripheral 61.
- the partitions 69 are of relatively great circumferential length and are each crossed by a corridor 71.
- the partitions 68 and 69 are fixed to the underside of a transparent cover 72 which is of annular shape and of which, for reasons of clarity, only a portion of the radially outer edge has been shown (by small crosses).
- 73 situated radially beyond the outer peripheral rib 59, and a part of the radially inner edge 74 which is roughly adjacent to the inner peripheral rib 61.
- the cover 72 rests on three support rollers 76 with a radial axis, supported in rotation by the frame 8, and it is centered between three centering rollers 77 resting on the outer peripheral edge 73 of the cover 72.
- the three carrier rollers 76 are free to rotate, as are two of the centering rollers 77, which are supported by the frame 8 of the device.
- the third centering roller 77 (at the top right of FIG. 2) is. rotatably supported by a yoke 78 which is pushed by a spring 79 so that the roller 77 tends to bear elastically both against the peripheral edge 73 of the cover 72 and against the output shaft 81 of an electric motor 82 (FIG. 4) for rotating the cover 72 around the axis of the disc.
- the motor 82 is excited to rotate the cover 72 by a third of a turn in the direction of the arrow F each time a payment has been made.
- the cover 72 is stopped, as shown in Figure 2, there is a partition 68 which is located just before the passage 64 formed in the central rib 58, and a partition 69 which is stopped just before the passage 67 through the inner peripheral rib 61, while the passage 71 of the same partition 69 extends obliquely downward, relative to the local radial direction, from the passage 63 through the peripheral rib interior up to the passage 64 through the central rib 58.
- the presentation region (54a in FIG. 2) which is limited at the rear by the two partitions 68 and 69 located in the position which we have just spoken of, that is to say just before passage 64 and respectively the passage 67 is in a position known as receiving the parts. Indeed, if a part is authorized to leave the separator through the passage opening 43, it will reach by gravity the radially outer compartment 56 of the region 54a after having crossed the passage 63, the corridor 71 and the passage 64. more, a part authorized to leave the separator through the opening 44 as exposed above reaches the radially inner compartment 57 after having crossed the passage 67.
- another presentation region, 54b is in the presentation position, in which we can observe the coins contained in the two compartments 56 and 57 of this region, coins which correspond to the previous payment.
- the third presentation region 54c is in the transmission position: the partitions 68 and 69 which delimit the rear of this region (top left of FIG. 2) have pushed the pieces corresponding to an even previous payment.
- orifices 83 and 84 respectively leading to a collection chest and to a means for returning the pieces refused to the user.
- the orifice 83 can be closed, for example if the corresponding trunk is full, in which case the parts will be evacuated through a second orifice 86 leading for example to another trunk.
- the motor 82 is controlled to rotate the cover 72 a third of a turn, so that the region of the presentation which was in the reception position changes to the presentation position, the one which was in the presentation position changes to the transmission position and the one which was in the transmission position returns to the reception position. It is during this last movement that the parts pass through the orifice 86 if the orifice 83 was closed.
- the parts contained in each presentation region are, at least during the upward phase of the journey, pushed by the partitions 68 and 69 located at the rear of the compartment, the downward phase being effected by gravity .
- the plate 62 extends in a plane Q parallel to the plane P of the disc 2, although slightly lowered relative to the latter, by a distance h, (see in particular FIG. 3) for that the parts which have fallen into the recess 46 or the recess 47 can then slide on the plate 62 without encountering any obstacle. It may happen that foreign bodies, more or less harmful to the proper functioning of the device penetrate into the chamber defined between the porteus surface 11 and the cover 21. It can for example be objects thrown maliciously into the hopper 23. These objects are liable to damage the disc, the detector 31, the discharge blade 39, etc.
- the locking device 19 (FIG. 3) comprises an electromagnet 87 for unlocking control, capable of retracting a lock 88 of the locking device 19 against a return spring 89.
- the lock 88 When the lock 88 is retracted, the mount 1 and with it the motor 13 and the disc 2 can pivot down around the articulation 17 until the position shown in FIG. 17, called the purge position, in which the disc 2 s 'is removed from the cover 21, the detector 31, the lateral guide wall 7 and the discharge blade 39.
- the disc 2 is then in a plane P forming with the vertical direction an angle B less than the angle A in FIG. 3. This position is defined by pressing the mount 16 against a stop 91.
- a so-called “conical” disc can be used, the cells of which are arranged in a truncated cone having an axis which may be vertical. There is thus at all points of the periphery a slope by which the parts tend to move radially towards the outside of the disc.
- the annular display has itself, advantageously a frustoconical shape.
- the hatches 49 and 50 can be replaced by pivoting flaps, or even by gates formed in the lateral guide wall.
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EP96107720A EP0731428A3 (fr) | 1992-03-11 | 1993-03-10 | Appareil de paiement automatique |
EP96107719A EP0736848A3 (fr) | 1992-03-11 | 1993-03-10 | Dispositifs pour la séparation des pièces, jetons et analogues et appareils de paiement automatique |
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