EP0616303A1 - Dispositif de transport vertical de pièces de monnaie - Google Patents

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EP0616303A1
EP0616303A1 EP94250065A EP94250065A EP0616303A1 EP 0616303 A1 EP0616303 A1 EP 0616303A1 EP 94250065 A EP94250065 A EP 94250065A EP 94250065 A EP94250065 A EP 94250065A EP 0616303 A1 EP0616303 A1 EP 0616303A1
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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
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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
    • G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations
    • G07D3/14—Apparatus driven under control of coin-sensing elements

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  • the invention relates to a device for the vertical guidance of coins.
  • Devices for the vertical guidance of coins are known as so-called coin lifts.
  • the sorted or unsorted coins are poured in large quantities from cassettes, containers and sacks into larger receptacles and by means of a rotating one Screw conveyor or a rotating excavator conveyor in smaller or larger quantities conveyed vertically upwards and discharged again via a chute adjoining the upper end of the vertical conveying device.
  • Conventional devices for the vertical conveyance of coins are therefore used exclusively for the transport of a larger amount of sorted or unsorted coins from a low level, which is easily accessible for pouring the coins into a higher height required for further processing of the coins, wherein height differences of 1 to 2 m can be bridged.
  • a disadvantage of the known device for the vertical conveying of coins is therefore that the coins are discharged from the upper outlet of the vertical conveying device in the same way as they were introduced into the receiving container at the lower end. Further processing of the coins for the purpose of recognizing the value, for counting, for sorting out foreign coins or for sorting coins by belonging to a coin collective thus takes place only in a further coin counting and coin sorting machine of known design, which is set up at the upper end of the vertical conveying device .
  • Another disadvantage is that the coin lifts of known design, in particular the excavator conveyors, have a large construction volume.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object to improve the device for the vertical conveyance of coins in such a way that with the vertical conveyance the coins can be processed at the same time, such as recognizing the value, counting, sorting out according to value and / or coin collective, sorting out foreign coins and the like.
  • the device for the vertical conveying of coins thus comprises a guiding and deflecting path for the flat conveying of coins from a device arranged in the lower region of the device for the individual feeding of the flat-conveyed coins to the At the upper end of the vertical guideway arranged device for transferring the coins conveyed.
  • the vertical conveying device for coins is thus assigned a device for separating the coins, which are then conveyed individually and in a flat lying conveying manner via the horizontal and vertical guideway and via the deflecting path connecting them to the upper transfer device.
  • the coins are already processed while the coins are being conveyed, in that the value of the coins is determined after they have been separated, sorted by coin collective or type of coin and checked for foreign coins, unwanted coin collectives, unwanted coins and foreign coins being sorted out before vertical conveyance can be.
  • the coins arriving at the upper end of the vertical guideway in the transfer device are thus processed in the desired manner, ie recognized in their value and counted and / or sorted according to value and belonging to a coin collective.
  • the coins can be conveyed in a random sequence via the vertical conveying device and can only be treated in the upper area, with foreign coins being able to be separated at the beginning of the lower horizontal guideway and sorting according to value only takes place in the upper area of the horizontal guideway.
  • coins of different denominations can be issued separately, e.g. Coins of value DM 1, -, 2, - and 5, -.
  • the detection, counting, presorting and sorting of foreign coins can take place both at the bottom and at the top or even at the bottom and at the top, which gives the device a dual function.
  • the device for the vertical conveyance of coins 2 comprises a money bowl 1 provided with a vibrator for pouring the sorted or unsorted coins 2 out of cassettes, containers or sacks the money tray 1 adjoining, rotating counter-clockwise turntable 3 with a switching lever 34 for determining an overfill of the turntable 3, a subsequent lower horizontal guideway 4, a vertical guideway 5, a quarter-circular deflection track 6 connecting these and a transport belt 7.
  • the lower horizontal guideway 4, the deflection track 6 and the vertical guide track 5 consist of steel strip or other material with guide rails 8 applied on both sides, the spacing of which is somewhat larger than the diameter of the largest coin to be conveyed 2.
  • Guides 9 are screwed onto the guide rails 8, the inner edges of which are in one stand closer to each other than the distance between the inner edges of the guide rails 8.
  • a C- or U-shaped guide channel 10 for the coins 2 is thus formed between the guide tracks 4, 5 or the deflection track 6, the guide rails 8 and the guides 9 .
  • the conveyor belt 7, in particular toothed belt, is guided with its pulling strand between the guide rails 8 and the guides 9, for which purpose a number of rollers 11 are provided, which are supported at the ends of spring-loaded guide arms 13, which are attached to vertical and horizontal frame parts 12, 14 attached and connected to the horizontal and vertical guideways 4,5.
  • the transport belt 7 is guided at the beginning of the lower horizontal guideway 4 by a deflection roller 15 and at the upper end of the vertical guideway 5 by a further deflection roller 16, the freely returning run of the transport belt 7 is returned parallel to the frame parts 12, 14.
  • two support arms 18 for double rollers 19 are articulated on a triangular link 17 which is fixed to the frame and which press against the returning run of the transport belt 7 from the outside and thus deflect it in the area of the four-circle-shaped deflection track 6 by about 90 °, as in FIG. 2 shown.
  • the coins 2 are first guided horizontally without slip, then in the area of the quarter-circle deflection path 6 into one deflected in the vertical direction and then conveyed vertically upwards along the vertical guideway 5, whereby due to the greater static friction between the coin 2 and the transport belt 7 and the lower sliding friction between the coin 2 and the guiding and deflecting tracks 4 to 6, the coins 2 are easily conveyed vertically to the upper end the vertical guideway 5 takes place.
  • a coin guide plate 23 is provided which, after vertical upward conveyance, feeds the coins 2 to a coin ejection 35 for further processing.
  • the counter 21 can be used to identify and count and pre-sort the coins 2, so that e.g. only 1, - DM coins or 2, - DM coins or 5, - DM coins are transported, whereas all coins of 2 other values are immediately sorted out.
  • a stop quantity e.g. Count 100 coins for DM 1 and pay them out vertically.
  • another quarter-circular deflection path 24 with a subsequent upper horizontal guide path 25 follows at the upper end of the vertical guideway 5, with another in the region of the deflection path 24 Triangular arm 17 with support arms 18 and double rollers 19 is provided for further deflection of the transport belt 7, whereas the upper deflection roller 16 is moved to the end of the upper horizontal guide track 25.
  • the transport belt 7 is also guided in the region of the upper deflection track 24 and the upper horizontal guide track 25 via rollers 11 attached there.
  • the design of the upper deflection track 24 corresponds to the design of the lower Deflection path 6.
  • the design of the upper horizontal guideway 25 corresponds to the design of the lower horizontal guideway 4.
  • a further frame part 26 is also provided for holding the guide arms 13 for the rollers 11, the upper frame part 26 also being included the upper horizontal guideway 25 is mechanically fixed.
  • an upper sorting section 27 with a further transport belt 30 which is guided around deflection rollers 28 and is mounted by means of rollers 29, the slide rail 36 of the upper sorting section 27 being slotted in the longitudinal direction and not shown in more detail Slit receives the upper run of the conveyor belt 7 of the upper horizontal guideway 25.
  • the top of the upper run of the conveyor belt 7 of the upper horizontal guide track 25 and the top of the slide rail 36 lie in one plane.
  • the coins 2 lying on the transport belt 7 are thus taken over at the end of the upper horizontal guideway 25 onto the slide rail 36 of the upper sorting section 27 by means of the upper transport belt 30.
  • the transfer takes place in the area of a chicane 31, which is shown in FIG.
  • the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 thus enables both a recognition treatment of the coins 2 in the area of the lower horizontal guideway 4 and a recognition treatment of the coins 2 in the area of the upper sorting section 27, thereby doubling the security of recognition, counting and sorting the coins 2 are given. If one of the detection systems fails, the other detection system can still work completely.
  • the deflection angles in the area of the quarter-circle deflections 5, 24 can also be made smaller or larger than 90 ° instead of the 90 ° provided.
  • the device for the vertical guidance of coins in the same way as the first or second embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 comprises the lower horizontal guideway 4 according to FIG. 1 with a money tray 1 and a turntable 3 and the vertical guideway 5 with two lateral guide rails 8 and the transport belt 7 running around the upper deflection roller 16 for the vertical guidance of the coins 2 in the direction of arrow 44 on the front side of the conveyor track 5.
  • the upper horizontal guideway 37 with its two marginal guide rails 38, 39 also in the vertical direction like the vertical guideway 5, but bent at an angle of 90 ° and on the back of a plate 46 forming the guideway 37, whereas the vertical guideway 5 is on the front of a plate 47.
  • the level of the upper guideway 37 is thus offset by an amount from the level of the vertical guideway 5 which is somewhat larger than the thickness of the coins 2 to be conveyed.
  • the coins 2 are thus transferred in a vertical orientation from the front of the guideway 5 to the back of the guideway 37, as is shown in FIG. 6 by the dashed lines and will be explained in more detail below.
  • the transport belt 30 is arranged parallel to the upper horizontal guideway 37 and is guided around two deflection rollers 28, which rotate around vertical axes 40, and crosses the transport belt 7 on the front of the vertical guideway 5.
  • angled connector 41 connects the vertical guideway 5 with the upper horizontal guideway 37
  • the lateral guide rails 42 are formed and arranged as connecting pieces angled at 45 ° between the vertical guide rails 8 on the front side of the guide track 5 and the horizontal guide rails 38, 39 on the rear side of the guide track 37.
  • An incision 48 in the connecting piece 41 enables the lower run of the transport belt 7 to be guided without hindrance by the upper horizontal guide track 37.
  • two pressing elements 43 with spring-loaded rollers are arranged, which run the respective strands of the transport belts 7 and 30 directed towards the guideway 5 and 37 from the front and back against the continuously flat surface Guide track 5, 37 presses so that the coins 2 conveyed flat between the lower run and the respective guide track 5, 37 can be pressed and transferred from the vertical guide track 5 to the upper horizontal guide track 37 in a vertical position.
  • devices (not shown) for recognizing the value and for counting the coins (2) and / or for presorting and conveying the coins (2) according to their value and / or for sorting out foreign coins are arranged.
  • the device for the vertical guidance of coins 2 is configured in the same way as the third embodiment shown in FIG. 6.
  • the upper horizontal guideway 49 with its two marginal guide rails 50, 51 also extends in the vertical direction like the vertical guideway 5 and is bent at an angle of 90 ° but on the front side of a plate 52 forming the guideway 49, the vertical guideway 5 extending is also located on the front of the same plate 52.
  • the transport belt 30 is arranged on the front of the plate 52 around two deflection rollers 28, which rotate around vertical axes 40 and one of which is arranged close to the vertical transport belt 5, in order to ensure a safe transfer of the coins 2.
  • the two guide rails 8 of the vertical guideway 5 merge into the lower and upper guideway 50, 51 of the upper horizontal guideway 49, a large radius of curvature R on the outside and a small radius of curvature r on the inside in the upper guideway 51 and Transfer lower guideway 50.
  • Behind the radii R, r is in Direction of movement of the coins 2 according to arrow 45 is a chicane 53 (see chicane 31 in FIG.
  • the chicane 53 serves the purpose along the of the radius R by means of the vertical conveyor belt 5 conveyed coins 2 immediately after their transfer to the upper horizontal conveyor belt 30 against the lower guide rail 50 of the upper horizontal guide track 49, so that the coins 2 find a reference edge there for the further processing of the coins necessary is.
  • resilient pressing rollers 43 are arranged in order to press the respective lower run of the transport belts 7, 30 against the guideways 5 and 49, respectively.
  • the coins 2 at the upper end of the vertical guideway 5 can be conveyed either lying forwards or backwards or upright to the left or right. Further promotion and / or counting of the coins 2 is thus possible in any position.

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  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
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EP94250065A 1993-03-15 1994-03-12 Dispositif pour le contrÔle, le tri et le transport vertical de pièces de monnaie Expired - Lifetime EP0616303B1 (fr)

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DE59405135D1 (de) 1998-03-05
EP0616303B1 (fr) 1998-01-28
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