EP0631260B1 - Dispositif pour centrer des jetons d'une pile - Google Patents

Dispositif pour centrer des jetons d'une pile Download PDF

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EP0631260B1
EP0631260B1 EP19940890099 EP94890099A EP0631260B1 EP 0631260 B1 EP0631260 B1 EP 0631260B1 EP 19940890099 EP19940890099 EP 19940890099 EP 94890099 A EP94890099 A EP 94890099A EP 0631260 B1 EP0631260 B1 EP 0631260B1
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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
    • G07D1/00—Coin dispensers

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  • the invention relates to a device for sorting chips on gaming tables, with a conveyor arranged below the gaming table for the chips thrown in via an insertion opening, wherein the conveyor guides the chips past a reading head which recognizes their type and this feeds the chips into with centering elements Provided chip cylinder controls, in each of which a lifter is guided, which deposits the chips in a stack above the table.
  • chips In casino operations, it is common practice internationally not to use cash, but to use 'chips' to wager. The winnings are also paid out with chips. Each chip represents a certain value and must be bought before the game starts. The chips won can be exchanged for cash at any time.
  • Document DE-A-2 657 241 shows a tubular stacking device for coins which also has centering elements (wings) to be controlled.
  • the invention has set itself the goal of simplifying a device of the type mentioned with respect to the centering of the chips in the chip cylinder, in such a way that no necessarily controlled movement of the centering members is required.
  • This is achieved in a surprisingly simple manner in that the centering members are designed as curved centering bodies, preferably as balls are which protrude through substantially uniformly distributed openings in the chip cylinder and are resiliently held.
  • the chips are centered completely automatically without the need for inevitable control.
  • the balls pushed into the chip cylinder by the springs act on the chips evenly from all sides and center them.
  • At least two rows of centering bodies are arranged one above the other, the upper row projecting deeper into the chip cylinder than the lower row, and the inner end points of the lower centering bodies being of a diameter which is larger than the diameter of the chips.
  • the lower row of the centering elements is used for precentering, which facilitates centering through the upper row.
  • leaf springs rest on the centering bodies on the outside.
  • FIG. 1 shows a section of a chip cylinder provided with balls
  • FIG. 2 shows a section along the line II-II in FIG. 1
  • FIG. 3 shows the chip cylinder with the upper centering row of balls on an enlarged scale.
  • a chip cylinder 1 has an insertion slot 2 for chips 3 (FIG. 3).
  • the chips are passed in the manner known from the aforementioned EP-A1-424.355 below a gaming table by a conveyor past a reading head which recognizes their type.
  • the read head controls the feeding of the chips, i.e. inserting them into the slot 2.
  • a lifter 4 Arranged in the chip cylinder 1 is a lifter 4 which is actuated by a pneumatic cylinder and, after reaching a predetermined number of chips 3 in the chip cylinder 1, lifts the chips upwards onto the gaming table (not shown).
  • the chip cylinder 1 is provided with three rows 5, 6 and 7 of balls 8 which protrude through openings 9 in the chip cylinder 1.
  • the balls 8 of the row 5 protrude in one embodiment, for example 4 mm Balls 8 of the rows 6 and 7 3 mm into the chip cylinder.
  • the inner end points of the balls 8 of the upper row 5 are approximately on a diameter which corresponds to the diameter of the chips 3.
  • the row 7 is below the slot 2, the rows 5 and 6 above this slot.
  • the principle of centering by a device according to the invention can be seen in particular from FIG. 3.
  • the balls 8 pressed against the inside of the chip cylinder 1 by the leaf springs 10 act on the chips 3 at four points distributed uniformly around the circumference of the chip cylinder 1, so that the latter is lifted 4, illustrated by the arrow 11 in FIG. 3 are necessarily centered.
  • the row 6 of the balls 8 causes a pre-centering, which has already been carried out by the row 7. This row 7 also acts when the chips 3 inserted through the slot 2 fall off.

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  1. Dispositif de tri de jetons sur des tables de jeu, avec un moyen de convoyage situé sous la table de jeu et destiné à transporter les jetons insérés dans une ouverture d'introduction, ce moyen de convoyage amenant les jetons devant une tête de lecture capable de détecter leur nature, laquelle commande l'acheminement des jetons vers des cylindres pourvus d'organes de centrage, un élément de levage déposant les jetons en tas sur la table étant introduit dans chaque cylindre, caractérisé en ce que les organes de centrage ont la forme de corps de centrage bombés, de billes (8) de préférence, lesquels font saillie dans le cylindre (1) à travers des ouvertures réparties de manière substantiellement uniforme sur le périmètre de celui-ci et sont maintenus de manière élastique.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce qu'on a disposé l'une au-dessus de l'autre au moins deux rangées (5,6,7) de corps de centrage (8), la rangée supérieure (5) pénétrant plus profondément dans le cylindre à jetons (1) que la rangée inférieure (6).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2 caractérisé en ce qu'on a disposé deux rangées (5,6) de corps de centrage (8) l'une au-dessus de l'autre et de manière rapprochée et une troisième rangée (7) à une distance plus importante, les rangées inférieure (7) et centrale (6) pénétrant à une même profondeur dans le cylindre à jetons (1) et la fente (2) pour l'introduction des jetons étant située entre la rangée inférieure et la rangée centrale.
  4. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3 caractérisé en ce que des ressorts à lame (10) portent sur l'extérieur des corps de centrage (8).
EP19940890099 1993-06-22 1994-06-13 Dispositif pour centrer des jetons d'une pile Expired - Lifetime EP0631260B1 (fr)

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AT122093A AT400003B (de) 1993-06-22 1993-06-22 Vorrichtung zum sortieren von chips an spieltischen

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EP0631260A3 (fr) 1995-01-11

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