EP0940776B1 - Apparatus for sorting coins - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a coin distribution apparatus for distributing or dividing, i.e. distinguishing and separating, several kinds of currencies, i.e. coins or the like, according to their types or species.
- this invention relates to an apparatus for distinguishing several kinds of coins and distributing each coin according to its money type.
- This invention specifically relates to a coin distribution apparatus which contains each coin according to the money type and is suitable for an apparatus for preparing change and so on.
- the term 'coin' which is used in the specification includes disc bodies such as currency coins, medals, tokens, etc.
- WO 97/07485 A1 discloses an apparatus for distributing coins according to their types, comprising at least cover means with a low height, coin conveyance means in form of a circular carrier molding for coin conveyance provided along the inside of the outside perimeter of the bottom of the cover means, and turnable together with the cover means, and passage means for coins having a plurality of openings for coin distribution and being an inclined board.
- FR 2 650 417 A1 discloses an apparatus for distributing coins according to their types, comprising at least a cover means with a low height, slender chain means for coin conveyance provided turnably along a slit in the cover means, and passage means for coins having a plurality of elements mounted movably on an axis and having a right angle portion, each element being selectively movable by means of an electromagnet for coin distribution and an inclined board.
- FR 2 120 231 discloses an apparatus for distributing coins according to their types, comprising at least cover means with a low height, coin conveyance means provided along and inside the outside perimeter of the bottom of the cover means and turnable together with the cover means, and passage means for coins having a plurality of openings for coin distribution and a board.
- DE 36 24 346 A1 discloses an apparatus for distributing coins according to their types, comprising at least cover means with a low height, coin conveyance means for coin conveyance provided along the outside perimeter of the cover means, and passage means for coins having a plurality of openings for coin distribution and an inclined board, the outside perimeter of which is lower than the inside perimeter which is approached to the outside of the coin conveyance means.
- This invention is developed for the purpose of simplifying the distribution apparatus for coins. Moreover, this invention is developed for the purpose of providing a coin distribution apparatus which is enabled to cope with the multiple kinds of money of European and American countries.
- this invention achieves the purpose of arranging the detecting means for coins and the opening and closing means for the coin receiving holes at the undersurface of the coin path making the height of the entire apparatus low, and increasing the number of types of money, which can be distributed, and making the distribution order of the money types optionally
- this invention achieves the purpose of providing a shape, which can be easily housed under apparatusses such as money registers, with improved functions.
- a first embodiment of a money distribution apparatus for a plurality of coins shown in Fig 1 is provided with a large rectangle base board 31. On the entire center of base board 31, a fairly large circular cover board 32 with a low height is fixed by a screw stop. At the periphery of circular cover board 32, a path or passage board 33 of circle ring type is fixed to the base board 31 by screw stop. In addition, the path board 33 is formed so that it is inclined toward the bottom of the peripheral wall of cover board 32, as shown in Fig. 5
- a long and slender belt 34 for conveying coins is arranged rotatably
- This conveying belt 34 is made from rubber or the like and many grooves (not shown) are formed radially on the upper surface of this conveying belt 34. Therefore, a friction surface is formed.
- the friction surface is inclined to be in one plane with the inclined surface of path board 33 of metal, as shown in Fig. 5. A coin C on the path board 33 will slide down, and will contact the perimeter surface of cover board 32.
- the coin contacting the perimeter surface of cover board 32 will be conveyed clockwise by the conveying belt 34 (see Fig. 1 )
- the conveying belt 34 is provided at the outer edge 39 of a fairly large ring body 37 of plain shape (refer Fig. 4).
- This ring body 37 is rotatably arranged along the internal-circumference surface of cover body 32 That is rollers 40 are pivoted on the large ring body 37 at equal intervals (refer Fig. 4), and the large ring body 37 is rotatably arranged on the base board 31 centering at the center of base board 31
- Internal teeth are formed on the internal-circumference surface of ring body 37, and are meshed with three gears 41 pivoted by the base board 31 (see Fig 3).
- the rotation of ring body 37 is guided by the gears 41 at three support points
- a gear 42 which meshes with the internal teeth of ring body 37 is pivoted by the base board 31
- the gear 42 has geared with a drive gear 43 which penetrates the base board 31
- This drive gear 43 is rotated by an electric motor (not shown) of thick plate shape which is secured at the undersurface of base board 31.
- an alignment/discrimination apparatus for coins (see Fig 2) is mounted at a notch 38 formed over a certain angular part of the periphery of the distribution apparatus for coins as shown in Fig 1
- the alignment/discrimination apparatus coins are aligned and distinguished into true and false ones and the true ones are selected to be supplied one by one to the path board 33
- the coin supplied to the path board 33 is conveyed clockwise by the belt 34
- the outline of the coin alignment/discrimination apparatus is explained below
- the apparatus has first means 11, etc. for putting a plurality of thrown-thereinto coins in a row, which includes, as shown in Fig. 2, a hopper 11 for coin injection, a low speed belt 12, and a reverse-rotation roller 15 for preventing overlap of two coins.
- the apparatus is provided with means 16, etc. for separating the plurality of coins in the row one by one, which includes a high-speed belt 16
- the apparatus has means 18, etc for distinguishing the type or the like of the separated coins into genuine and non-genuine ones which includes a sensor for discriminating coins
- the apparatus is provided with means 21, etc. for receiving the genuine coin, when the one separated coin is detected to be genuine, which includes a selection roller 21 for a coin and a solenoid 24 for operating the selection roller 21.
- a sensor 1 S for detecting a coin is provided The sensor 1S is, for example, a magnetic sensor and if a 1 yen coin is detected, the sensor will output a signal.
- a sensor 10S provided downstream near the sensor 1S detects a 10 yen coin similarly.
- a sensor 100S detecting a 100 yen coin is provided further downstream.
- a sensor 500S provided downstream near the sensor 100S detects a 500 yen coin similarly.
- a sensor 5S for detecting a coin is provided upstream of notch 38
- the sensor 5S will output a signal, if a 5 yen coin is detected
- a sensor 50S provided upstream near the sensor 5S detects 50 yen coin similarly.
- the upper surfaces of each of sensors 1 S - 500S are arranged to coincide with the upper-surface level of path board 33 as shown in Fig. 4 In other words each sensor is arranged such that coins can pass smoothly the ring shape path board 33
- an oblong open-hole H through which each coin can drop is formed, respectively Further, these oblong open-holes H are respectively formed in the same shape in order to allow and ease a free exchange of the order of distribution of the coin types.
- An opening CH which is provided at the most downstream position of path board 33 is formed in order to store coins or cancel coins
- each oblong open-hole H a long and slender gate G is pivoted openably, respectively (see Fig 2). i.e. pivotable to open and close the corresponding oblong-hole.
- the gate G is specifically a long and slender roller which is rotatably arranged.
- the upper surface of each gate G is arranged to coincide with the upper-surface level of path board 33 as shown in Fig 5.
- each gate G is arranged so that the coin can pass the ring shape path board 33 smoothly.
- a solenoid SL is fixed, respectively
- Each solenoid SL operates the corresponding gate G in response to a signal from the corresponding sensor 1S - 500S to open the corresponding open-hole H, respectively (refer to Fig 6).
- the solenoid SL for the gate for each coin type of 1 yen, 10 yen, 500 yen, 50 yen, and 5 yen is similarly fixed to the base board 31, respectively.
- a coin C is conveyed on the path board 33 by the belt 34. If the conveyed coin C is for example a 100 yen coin, the sensor 100S will detect the coin C as a 100 yen coin (refer to Fig. 4). If the sensor 100S detects the coin C of 100 yen a current will be flown into the solenoid SL, the gate G will be operated, and the open-hole H will be opened (see Fig 6) Thus, the 100 yen coin C will drop into the open-hole H by its own weight.
- the conveyed coin C is for example a 100 yen coin
- the sensor 100S will detect the coin C as a 100 yen coin (refer to Fig. 4). If the sensor 100S detects the coin C of 100 yen a current will be flown into the solenoid SL, the gate G will be operated, and the open-hole H will be opened (see Fig 6) Thus, the 100 yen coin C will drop into the open-hole H by its own
- the base board 31 is also provided with an open-hole H corresponding to the open-hole H of the path board 33, and the 100 yen coin C which dropped through the holes, is contained in a hopper apparatus (not shown)
- a hopper apparatus not shown
- the coin C passes the sensor 100S and is not detected as being a 100 yen coin.
- the gate G keeps the open-hole H closed and the 500 yen coin C will pass the open-hole H
- each coin of 6 different types of money i e 1 yen. 10 yen, 100 yen, 500 yen, 50 yen and 5 yen, in the example, can be distributed according to the money classification.
- the distribution apparatus can be simplified extremely Furthermore, according to this embodiment since the coin detector means and the opening and closing means for coin receiving open-hole are arranged at the undersurface of coin path, the height of entire apparatus can be made low In other words, the distribution apparatus according to this embodiment can secure the height which can be easily housed under apparatusses, such as a money register In addition, since this apparatus has a simple structure, it has the advantage that the maintenance becomes extremely simple and ist production costs are lowered. Furthermore, according to this embodiment the distribution of many types of money can be obtained and there is a large effect that the distribution order of money types can be made as desired.
- a second embodiment of an apparatus for dividing or distributing a plurality of coins according to their species is equiped with a big rough rectangular base board 31 as shown in Figure 8
- an approximately oval ring shaped path or passage board 33 is fixed on the base board 31 by screws and so on
- the passage board 33 is formed to incline toward the peripheral bottom wall of cover board 32 (see Figure 4).
- a slender belt 34 for coin conveyance is rotatably mounted
- the slender belt 34 for coin conveyance is rotatably provided.
- This belt 34 for conveyance is made from rubber or the like, and a lot of ditches or grooves (not shown) are formed on the surface thereof to form a frictional surface.
- the frictional surface is inclined to have an approximately identical inclination as the passage board 33 made from metal and to be in one plane (see Fig. 5). Therefore, a coin on the passage board 33 slips and touches the surface around the cover board 32 (see Figure 4) Then, a coin C which touches the surface around the cover board 32 is conveyed in the clockwise direction by the friction of belt 34 for conveyance (see Figure 1).
- This construction is a similar to the first embodiment except for the oval form
- the belt 34 for conveyance is attached to the prominences 39 of a big oval ring body 37 (see Fig 3)
- This ring body 37 has a flexibility and consists of a synthetic resin formed article or the like having flexibility That is. the section of ring body 37 is formed at vertical length and the whole ring body 37 can be curved On the underside of ring body 37, a multiplicity of little long prominences 39 are fixed directed outside. Moreover, the tip of each prominence 39 is formed in square ring shape, for example. Thus, the rubber belt 34 is attached to the ring body 37, intervening the tip ring parts of prominences 39
- ring body 37 is rotatably mounted along the internal circumference surface of cover body 32
- small rollers 40 are pivoted at regular intervals in the big ring body 37 (see Figure 4) That is, the ring body 37 is positioned on the surface of base board 31 and is also turnably provided along the internal circumference surface of oval cover body 32. Moreover, an internal gear is formed along the whole internal circumference surface of ring body 37 Then, a little big gear 42 which meshes with the internal teeth of ring body 37 is pivoted at the base board 31 (see Figure 3). On the other hand, the whole ring body 37 is guided by a multiplicity of small rollers 41 which were pivoted at the base board 31.
- the rotation of the oval ring body 37 is guided by a plurality of rollers 41.
- the gear 42 meshes with a drive gear 43 which is extended through the base board 31.
- This drive gear 43 is rotated by an electric motor (not shown) of plank form which is fixed at the underside of base board 31.
- an equipment for coin alignment and discrimination is mounted as in the first embodiment.
- the coin which was supplied to the passage board 33 is conveyed in the clockwise direction by the belt 34
- a sensor 1S for coin detection is shown on the left side of passage board 33
- the sensor 1S is, for example, a magnetic sensor and outputs a signal when it detects a 1 yen coin.
- sensors 10S, 100S, 500S, 50S, 5S which are provided, in this order, downstream of sensor 1S seen in the direction of movement of belt 34, detect a 10 yen coin, a 100 yen coin a 500 yen coin, a 50 yen coin and a 5 yen coin, respectively, and output a signal in case of the corresponding detection as in the first embodiment
- the surface levels of each of sensors 1S - 500S are arranged to be approximately the same as the surface level of passage board 33 (Fig 4).
- each of sensors 1S - 500S is arranged such that the coins are able to pass the oval ring shaped passage board 33 smoothly.
- oblong holes H through which each species of coins can fall are formed respectively, as shown in Fig 8
- the oblong holes H are formed in approximately the same shape, respectively to allow and ease a free exchange in the order of distribution of the coin types.
- an opening CH in the most downstream position of passage board 33 is formed to collect or cancel coins.
- a slender gate G is pivoted to open and shut freely the hole H, respectively.
- the arrangement and operation of the gates G is similar to the first embodiment.
- Each of the distribution arrangements for a different coin type has an oblong-hole H, a corresponding one of sensors 1S - 500S and the gate G, and is additionally provided with a corresponding one of a plurality of hopper equipments 1 H' - 500H'.
- Each of hopper equipments 1 H' - 500H' are formed in the same style structure. For illustrating, only the hopper equipment 100H' for 100 yen coin use is explained roughly, referring to Fig 9.
- a disk 141 When a head-stood electric motor 115 is driven, a disk 141 is turned in the direction of the arrow by means of gears (not shown) and a turn axis 126. As a result, a plurality of 100 yen coins in a square pan-shaped hopper 145 is paid out one by one into an outlet 137 by means of a disk 141
- the slipped coin passes a sensor 108 and is thrown out on a belt 9 (see Fig 8) for carrying-out.
- the coin which was thrown out on the belt 9 is carried to a box 7 for change (see Fig 8) by the belt
- the coin which was pressed out and slipped from the hopper equipment 100H' is electronically detected, when passing the sensor 108 Therefore, a signal from sensor 108 indicating the output of one coin is used for the calculation of the number of coins which are released from the hopper equipment 100H'
- An electric connector 112 is shown on the lower right of Fig 9 Also a gear train (not shown) and so on are stored between a bottom board 111 and a base board 131 Also, nails 149 which were formed on the base board 131 are bitted into hollows (not shown) which are formed on the hopper 145, using springs (not shown) On the other hand, hooks (not shown) which are formed on the lower edge of hopper 145 are inserted into small holes 147 of base board 131. In this way. the hopper 145 is fixed on the base board 131
- Each hopper equipment 1H' - 500H' is made in the same size, but hopper equipments for coins of 5 yen, 50 yen 500 yen and so on, that have a low use frequency may be made smaller
- the hopper equipments can be provided in a similar way below the distribution apparatus of the first and third embodiment, occasionally with triangle hoppers arranged into a circular tart-like assembly in order to adapt to the space requirements.
- FIG 11 and 12 An equipment for classifiying a plurality of coins which is a third embodiment of the invention is shown in Fig 11 and 12 and equipped with a big rough rectangle base board 31 A rather big circular cover board 32 with a low height is fixed on the large central portion of base board 31 by screwing Along the outskirts of cover board 32, a passage board 33 having a rough circle ring shaped form is fixed on the base board 31 by screwing Further, the passage board 33 is formed to incline to the bottom of or under the peripheral wall of cover board 32, as shown in Figure 16.
- a slender ring 34 for coin conveyance is rotatably mounted
- This ring 34 for conveyance is made of rubber or the like, and a lot of grooves 35 are formed on the surface to form a frictional surface 36 as shown in Fig. 15. Further, the frictional surface 36 is inclined and the surface has an inclination approximately identical to the inclination of the passage board 33 made from metal, as shown in Fig. 14 Therefore, a coin C on the passage board 33 slips and touches the surface around the cover board 32 and the coin C is conveyed in the clockwise direction by the ring 34 for conveyance (see Fig. 11)
- the ring 34 for conveyance is supported on brims 39 of the ring body 37 having a rough L-shaped section form, and the ring body 37 is turnably mounted along the internal circumference surface of cover body 32 That is, rollers 40 are pivoted at regular intervals on the big ring body 37, and the ring body 37 is mounted on the base board 31 and can be turned around the center of base board 31. Rollers 41 for three-point supporting which are pivoted on the base board 31 are in contact with the internal circumference surface of ring body 37, and the turning of ring body 37 is guided Moreover, inside teeth are formed on the internal circumference surface of ring body 37, and a gear 42 which meshes with the inside teeth is pivoted at the base board 31.
- the gear 42 meshes with a driving gear 43 which is pierced through the base board 31.
- the driving gear 43 is rotated by an electric motor (not shown) with a plank form, which is fixed on the underside of base board 31.
- a diameter sensor 500D for coins is shown in the passage board 33 at the left side of Fig. 1.
- the diameter sensor 500D detects the 500 yen coin having the biggest diameter, it generates a signal (see Fig. 16).
- a diameter sensor 10D in Fig. 1 detects a 10 yen coin having the next biggest diameter.
- a diameter sensor 100D detects a 100 yen coin having the third biggest diameter.
- a diameter sensor 1 D for coins is shown in the passage board 33 in Fig. 11.
- the diameter sensor 1 D detects a 1 yen coin having the smallest diameter, it generates the signal.
- a diameter sensor 50D in Fig. 11 detects a 50 yen coin having the second smallest diameter
- a diameter sensor 50D detects a 5 yen coin having the third smallest diameter.
- an oblong opening 500H is formed, into which the 500 yen coin can fall (see Fig. 18).
- an oblong opening 10H is formed, into which the 10 yen coin can fall.
- an oblong opening 100H is formed, into which the 100 yen coin can fall.
- an opening 5H near the diameter sensor 5D is formed into which the 5 yen coin can fall
- An opening 50H near the diameter sensor 50D is formed into which the 50 yen can fall
- an opening 1 H near the diameter sensor 1D is formed into which the 1 yen coin can fall.
- a slender gate fragment 500G is hinged such that it is able to open and shut (see Fig 18)
- a slender gate fragment 10G is hinged such that it is able to open and shut
- slender gate fragments 100G, 5G, 50G and 1G are hinged such that they are able to open and shut, respectively.
- a kind of electromagnet 500E which is formed of coils wrapped around a permanent magnet is fixed such that it hangs down under the passage board 33 at the outside edge of opening 500H.
- the permanent magnet acts generally and is absorbing a scrap of iron if present When an electric current flows in the electromagnet 500E, the permanent magent action is denied and the scrap of iron becomes free.
- the electromagnets for the 10 yen coin, the 100 yen coin, the 5 yen coin, the 50 yen coin and the 1 yen coin are of course fixed such that they hang down under the passage board 33 respectively.
Description
- This invention relates to a coin distribution apparatus for distributing or dividing, i.e. distinguishing and separating, several kinds of currencies, i.e. coins or the like, according to their types or species.
- Especially, this invention relates to an apparatus for distinguishing several kinds of coins and distributing each coin according to its money type. This invention specifically relates to a coin distribution apparatus which contains each coin according to the money type and is suitable for an apparatus for preparing change and so on. In addition, the term 'coin' which is used in the specification includes disc bodies such as currency coins, medals, tokens, etc.
- Until this time, various apparatusses for distributing coins have been developed. An example is disclosed in the specification of Japanese Patent Application 6-123019 filed by this applicant. This Japanese Patent Application is published as JP-A-7-306965 and corresponds to U.S. Patent 5,562,536 or EP 0 682 326 A1, which discloses an apparatus according to the preamble of claim 1. This distribution apparatus is provided with
means 83, etc. to receive various coins loosely and to send out the coins one by one as shown in Fig. 7. The apparatus is provided with acoin guide path 111c where a plurality ofopenings 111f-111k is formed along the periphery. In addition, gauge means 111 for coin selection having a coin guide path is provided. Furthermore, the apparatus is provided with conveying means 130, etc. for moving the coin along the above-mentioned coin guide path. - WO 97/07485 A1 discloses an apparatus for distributing coins according to their types, comprising at least cover means with a low height, coin conveyance means in form of a circular carrier molding for coin conveyance provided along the inside of the outside perimeter of the bottom of the cover means, and turnable together with the cover means, and passage means for coins having a plurality of openings for coin distribution and being an inclined board.
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FR 2 650 417 A1 discloses an apparatus for distributing coins according to their types, comprising at least a cover means with a low height, slender chain means for coin conveyance provided turnably along a slit in the cover means, and passage means for coins having a plurality of elements mounted movably on an axis and having a right angle portion, each element being selectively movable by means of an electromagnet for coin distribution and an inclined board. -
FR 2 120 231 discloses an apparatus for distributing coins according to their types, comprising at least cover means with a low height, coin conveyance means provided along and inside the outside perimeter of the bottom of the cover means and turnable together with the cover means, and passage means for coins having a plurality of openings for coin distribution and a board. - DE 36 24 346 A1 discloses an apparatus for distributing coins according to their types, comprising at least cover means with a low height, coin conveyance means for coin conveyance provided along the outside perimeter of the cover means, and passage means for coins having a plurality of openings for coin distribution and an inclined board, the outside perimeter of which is lower than the inside perimeter which is approached to the outside of the coin conveyance means.
- This invention is developed for the purpose of simplifying the distribution apparatus for coins. Moreover, this invention is developed for the purpose of providing a coin distribution apparatus which is enabled to cope with the multiple kinds of money of European and American countries.
- This object is achieved by an apparatus for distributing coins according to claim 1.
- Further developments of the invention are given in the dependent claims
- Especially, this invention achieves the purpose of arranging the detecting means for coins and the opening and closing means for the coin receiving holes at the undersurface of the coin path making the height of the entire apparatus low, and increasing the number of types of money, which can be distributed, and making the distribution order of the money types optionally
- In other words, this invention achieves the purpose of providing a shape, which can be easily housed under apparatusses such as money registers, with improved functions.
- Embodiments of this invention are explained below referring to the attached drawings, of which:
- Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment according to this invention in a schematic manner.
- Fig. 2 is a plan view showing a service condition of the embodiment of Fig. 1 in a schematic manner;
- Fig. 3 is a sketch plan view for showing the drive means of Fig. 1;
- Fig. 4 is an expanded sectional view showing a principle part;
- Fig. 5 is an expanded sectional view showing another principal part;
- Fig. 6 is a sectional view corresponding to Fig 5 showing an operation condition;
- Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing a prior art example;
- Fig. 8 is a plan view which shows roughly a second embodiment of this invention;
- Fig. 9 is a perspective view which shows roughly a hopper equipment which is used for the embodiment of Fig. 8;
- Fig. 10 is a plan view which shows roughly driving means of the embodiment in Fig 8;
- Fig. 11 is a rough perspective view which shows a third embodiment according to this invention;
- Fig. 12 is a plan view of the embodiment of Fig 11;
- Fig 13 is a plan view to show a main part of the embodiment of Fig 12;
- Fig 14 is an enlarged section view which shows a main part of the embodiment of Fig. 13 from the front,
- Fig. 15 is a perspective view which shows a main part of the embodiment of Fig. 14;
- Fig. 16 is an expanded sectional view which shows another main part of the embodiment of Fig. 12 from the front.
- Fig. 17 is an expanded sectional view which shows another pivot part of the embodiment of Fig. 12 from the front: and
- Fig. 18 is a sectional view which shows an operation of the embodiment of Fig. 17.
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- A first embodiment of a money distribution apparatus for a plurality of coins shown in Fig 1 is provided with a large
rectangle base board 31. On the entire center ofbase board 31, a fairly largecircular cover board 32 with a low height is fixed by a screw stop. At the periphery ofcircular cover board 32, a path orpassage board 33 of circle ring type is fixed to thebase board 31 by screw stop. In addition, thepath board 33 is formed so that it is inclined toward the bottom of the peripheral wall ofcover board 32, as shown in Fig. 5 - Near the bottom of
path board 33 which is inclined downward, a long andslender belt 34 for conveying coins is arranged rotatably In other words, near the bottom of peripheral wall ofcover board 32, the long andslender belt 34 for conveying coins is arranged rotatably Thisconveying belt 34 is made from rubber or the like and many grooves (not shown) are formed radially on the upper surface of thisconveying belt 34. Therefore, a friction surface is formed. In addition, the friction surface is inclined to be in one plane with the inclined surface ofpath board 33 of metal, as shown in Fig. 5. A coin C on thepath board 33 will slide down, and will contact the perimeter surface ofcover board 32. - The coin contacting the perimeter surface of
cover board 32 will be conveyed clockwise by the conveying belt 34 (see Fig. 1 ) In addition, theconveying belt 34 is provided at theouter edge 39 of a fairlylarge ring body 37 of plain shape (refer Fig. 4). Thisring body 37 is rotatably arranged along the internal-circumference surface ofcover body 32 That isrollers 40 are pivoted on thelarge ring body 37 at equal intervals (refer Fig. 4), and thelarge ring body 37 is rotatably arranged on thebase board 31 centering at the center ofbase board 31 - Internal teeth are formed on the internal-circumference surface of
ring body 37, and are meshed with threegears 41 pivoted by the base board 31 (see Fig 3). In other words, the rotation ofring body 37 is guided by thegears 41 at three support points Furthermore, agear 42 which meshes with the internal teeth ofring body 37 is pivoted by thebase board 31 Thegear 42 has geared with adrive gear 43 which penetrates thebase board 31 Thisdrive gear 43 is rotated by an electric motor (not shown) of thick plate shape which is secured at the undersurface ofbase board 31. - Moreover, an alignment/discrimination apparatus for coins (see Fig 2) is mounted at a
notch 38 formed over a certain angular part of the periphery of the distribution apparatus for coins as shown in Fig 1 By the alignment/discrimination apparatus, coins are aligned and distinguished into true and false ones and the true ones are selected to be supplied one by one to thepath board 33 The coin supplied to thepath board 33 is conveyed clockwise by thebelt 34 The outline of the coin alignment/discrimination apparatus is explained below
The apparatus has first means 11, etc. for putting a plurality of thrown-thereinto coins in a row, which includes, as shown in Fig. 2, ahopper 11 for coin injection, alow speed belt 12, and a reverse-rotation roller 15 for preventing overlap of two coins. - Moreover, the apparatus is provided with
means 16, etc. for separating the plurality of coins in the row one by one, which includes a high-speed belt 16 In addition, the apparatus has means 18, etc for distinguishing the type or the like of the separated coins into genuine and non-genuine ones which includes a sensor for discriminating coins - Furthermore, the apparatus is provided with
means 21, etc. for receiving the genuine coin, when the one separated coin is detected to be genuine, which includes aselection roller 21 for a coin and asolenoid 24 for operating theselection roller 21. - The coin alignment/discrimination apparatus is explained in more detail in the European patent application filed on the same day as this application and claiming the priority of the Japanese Patent Application 10-90552.
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path board 33 on the left-hand side in Fig 2, i e downstream ofnotch 38 if seen in the direction of the movement ofbelt 34, asensor 1 S for detecting a coin is provided Thesensor 1S is, for example, a magnetic sensor and if a 1 yen coin is detected, the sensor will output a signal. Asensor 10S provided downstream near thesensor 1S detects a 10 yen coin similarly. In the path board 33 (on the upper side in Fig. 2) asensor 100S detecting a 100 yen coin is provided further downstream. Asensor 500S provided downstream near thesensor 100S detects a 500 yen coin similarly. In thepath board 33 on the lower part in Fig. 2 asensor 5S for detecting a coin is provided upstream ofnotch 38 Thesensor 5S will output a signal, if a 5 yen coin is detected Asensor 50S provided upstream near thesensor 5S detects 50 yen coin similarly. In addition, the upper surfaces of each ofsensors 1 S - 500S are arranged to coincide with the upper-surface level ofpath board 33 as shown in Fig. 4 In other words each sensor is arranged such that coins can pass smoothly the ringshape path board 33 - As shown in Fig. 2, on the
path board 33 on the downstream side of each ofsensors 1S - 500S, an oblong open-hole H through which each coin can drop is formed, respectively Further, these oblong open-holes H are respectively formed in the same shape in order to allow and ease a free exchange of the order of distribution of the coin types. - An opening CH which is provided at the most downstream position of
path board 33 is formed in order to store coins or cancel coins - Near the inside edge of each oblong open-hole H, a long and slender gate G is pivoted openably, respectively (see Fig 2). i.e. pivotable to open and close the corresponding oblong-hole. In addition, the gate G is specifically a long and slender roller which is rotatably arranged. Moreover, the upper surface of each gate G is arranged to coincide with the upper-surface level of
path board 33 as shown in Fig 5. - That is, each gate G is arranged so that the coin can pass the ring
shape path board 33 smoothly. - As shown in Fig. 5, on the
base board 31 near the outside edge in each open-hole H, a solenoid SL is fixed, respectively Each solenoid SL operates the corresponding gate G in response to a signal from the correspondingsensor 1S - 500S to open the corresponding open-hole H, respectively (refer to Fig 6). In addition, although not shown, the solenoid SL for the gate for each coin type of 1 yen, 10 yen, 500 yen, 50 yen, and 5 yen is similarly fixed to thebase board 31, respectively. - As shown in Fig 1, a coin C is conveyed on the
path board 33 by thebelt 34. If the conveyed coin C is for example a 100 yen coin, thesensor 100S will detect the coin C as a 100 yen coin (refer to Fig. 4). If thesensor 100S detects the coin C of 100 yen a current will be flown into the solenoid SL, the gate G will be operated, and the open-hole H will be opened (see Fig 6) Thus, the 100 yen coin C will drop into the open-hole H by its own weight. - The
base board 31 is also provided with an open-hole H corresponding to the open-hole H of thepath board 33, and the 100 yen coin C which dropped through the holes, is contained in a hopper apparatus (not shown) On the other hand, for example, when a 500 yen coin C is conveyed the coin C passes thesensor 100S and is not detected as being a 100 yen coin. In this case, as thesensor 100S does not detect the 500 yen coin C as a 100 yen coin, a current does not flow to the solenoid SL. Therefore, as shown in Fig 5, the gate G keeps the open-hole H closed and the 500 yen coin C will pass the open-hole H - Thus, each coin of 6 different types of money, i e 1 yen. 10 yen, 100 yen, 500 yen, 50 yen and 5 yen, in the example, can be distributed according to the money classification.
- In addition, if the number of open-holes H is increased, for instance, on the righthand side of the
path board 33 in Fig 2, a coin distribution apparatus for 7 types of money or 8 types of money can be obtained - Moreover, when coin discrimination signals from the coin alignment/discrimination apparatus (see Fig. 2. lower left) are processed statistically, the confirmation of the above-mentioned coin distribution may be obtained more exact
- According to this embodiment, since coins can be conveyed only by the long and slender conveying belt, the distribution apparatus can be simplified extremely Furthermore, according to this embodiment since the coin detector means and the opening and closing means for coin receiving open-hole are arranged at the undersurface of coin path, the height of entire apparatus can be made low In other words, the distribution apparatus according to this embodiment can secure the height which can be easily housed under apparatusses, such as a money register In addition, since this apparatus has a simple structure, it has the advantage that the maintenance becomes extremely simple and ist production costs are lowered. Furthermore, according to this embodiment the distribution of many types of money can be obtained and there is a large effect that the distribution order of money types can be made as desired.
- A second embodiment of an apparatus for dividing or distributing a plurality of coins according to their species is equiped with a big rough
rectangular base board 31 as shown in Figure 8 - On approximately the
whole base board 31, a little small and low heightoval cover board 32 is fixed by screws and so on At the outskirts ofoval cover board 32, an approximately oval ring shaped path orpassage board 33 is fixed on thebase board 31 by screws and so on Further, thepassage board 33 is formed to incline toward the peripheral bottom wall of cover board 32 (see Figure 4). Near the bottom ofpassage board 33 which is inclined below, aslender belt 34 for coin conveyance is rotatably mounted When saying in other words, near the peripheral bottom wall ofcover board 32, theslender belt 34 for coin conveyance is rotatably provided. - This
belt 34 for conveyance is made from rubber or the like, and a lot of ditches or grooves (not shown) are formed on the surface thereof to form a frictional surface. The frictional surface is inclined to have an approximately identical inclination as thepassage board 33 made from metal and to be in one plane (see Fig. 5). Therefore, a coin on thepassage board 33 slips and touches the surface around the cover board 32 (see Figure 4) Then, a coin C which touches the surface around thecover board 32 is conveyed in the clockwise direction by the friction ofbelt 34 for conveyance (see Figure 1). This construction is a similar to the first embodiment except for the oval form - Further, the
belt 34 for conveyance is attached to theprominences 39 of a big oval ring body 37 (see Fig 3) - This
ring body 37 has a flexibility and consists of a synthetic resin formed article or the like having flexibility That is. the section ofring body 37 is formed at vertical length and thewhole ring body 37 can be curved On the underside ofring body 37, a multiplicity of littlelong prominences 39 are fixed directed outside. Moreover, the tip of eachprominence 39 is formed in square ring shape, for example. Thus, therubber belt 34 is attached to thering body 37, intervening the tip ring parts ofprominences 39 - In addition, the
ring body 37 is rotatably mounted along the internal circumference surface ofcover body 32 - Concretely,
small rollers 40 are pivoted at regular intervals in the big ring body 37 (see Figure 4) That is, thering body 37 is positioned on the surface ofbase board 31 and is also turnably provided along the internal circumference surface ofoval cover body 32. Moreover, an internal gear is formed along the whole internal circumference surface ofring body 37 Then, a littlebig gear 42 which meshes with the internal teeth ofring body 37 is pivoted at the base board 31 (see Figure 3). On the other hand, thewhole ring body 37 is guided by a multiplicity ofsmall rollers 41 which were pivoted at thebase board 31. - Saying in other words, the rotation of the
oval ring body 37 is guided by a plurality ofrollers 41. Thegear 42 meshes with adrive gear 43 which is extended through thebase board 31. Thisdrive gear 43 is rotated by an electric motor (not shown) of plank form which is fixed at the underside ofbase board 31. Also, in the cut or notch 38 of thepassage board 33 which is shown at the lower left in Figure 8, an equipment for coin alignment and discrimination is mounted as in the first embodiment. - By the equipment of coin alignment and discrimination, coins are aligned and distinguished one by one and further supplied to the passage board 33 (see Fig. 8) as in the first embodiment
- The coin which was supplied to the
passage board 33 is conveyed in the clockwise direction by the belt 34A sensor 1S for coin detection is shown on the left side ofpassage board 33 Thesensor 1S is, for example, a magnetic sensor and outputs a signal when it detects a 1 yen coin. In the same way,sensors sensor 1S seen in the direction of movement ofbelt 34, detect a 10 yen coin, a 100 yen coin a 500 yen coin, a 50 yen coin and a 5 yen coin, respectively, and output a signal in case of the corresponding detection as in the first embodiment The surface levels of each ofsensors 1S - 500S are arranged to be approximately the same as the surface level of passage board 33 (Fig 4). - In other words, each of
sensors 1S - 500S is arranged such that the coins are able to pass the oval ring shapedpassage board 33 smoothly. In thepassage board 33 at the downstream side of each ofsensors 1S - 500S, oblong holes H, through which each species of coins can fall are formed respectively, as shown in Fig 8 - The oblong holes H are formed in approximately the same shape, respectively to allow and ease a free exchange in the order of distribution of the coin types.
- Also, an opening CH in the most downstream position of
passage board 33 is formed to collect or cancel coins. - Near the inside edge of each oblong hole H, a slender gate G is pivoted to open and shut freely the hole H, respectively. The arrangement and operation of the gates G is similar to the first embodiment.
- Each of the distribution arrangements for a different coin type has an oblong-hole H, a corresponding one of
sensors 1S - 500S and the gate G, and is additionally provided with a corresponding one of a plurality ofhopper equipments 1 H' - 500H'. - Each of
hopper equipments 1 H' - 500H' are formed in the same style structure. For illustrating, only thehopper equipment 100H' for 100 yen coin use is explained roughly, referring to Fig 9. - When a head-stood
electric motor 115 is driven, adisk 141 is turned in the direction of the arrow by means of gears (not shown) and aturn axis 126. As a result, a plurality of 100 yen coins in a squarepan-shaped hopper 145 is paid out one by one into anoutlet 137 by means of adisk 141 - That is, when the
electric motor 115 is rotated, the coins fall into either ofpierced holes 12 or thedisk 141 which is turned. The coin most below of the coins in thepierced hole 142 slides on the surface ofplate 133 which is made from metal, by means of anail 143 with the turn ofdisk 141. The coin sliding on the surface ofplate 133 is guided in the direction of anoutlet 137 by the wall ofhopper 145 and aguide fragment 136 The coin which was guided to the direction ofoutlet 137 is pressed out from the position ofpierced hole 142 by thenail 143 and one pair of pins (not shown) - The coin which was pressed to the outside is more slipped out by
nail 143, resisting each spring (not shown) of one pair ofrollers 139 - The slipped coin passes a
sensor 108 and is thrown out on a belt 9 (see Fig 8) for carrying-out. The coin which was thrown out on thebelt 9 is carried to abox 7 for change (see Fig 8) by the belt - Further, the coin which was pressed out and slipped from the
hopper equipment 100H' is electronically detected, when passing thesensor 108 Therefore, a signal fromsensor 108 indicating the output of one coin is used for the calculation of the number of coins which are released from thehopper equipment 100H' - An
electric connector 112 is shown on the lower right of Fig 9 Also a gear train (not shown) and so on are stored between abottom board 111 and abase board 131 Also, nails 149 which were formed on thebase board 131 are bitted into hollows (not shown) which are formed on thehopper 145, using springs (not shown) On the other hand, hooks (not shown) which are formed on the lower edge ofhopper 145 are inserted intosmall holes 147 ofbase board 131. In this way. thehopper 145 is fixed on thebase board 131 - Each
hopper equipment 1H' - 500H' is made in the same size, but hopper equipments for coins of 5 yen, 50yen 500 yen and so on, that have a low use frequency may be made smaller - Of course, the hopper equipments can be provided in a similar way below the distribution apparatus of the first and third embodiment, occasionally with triangle hoppers arranged into a circular tart-like assembly in order to adapt to the space requirements.
- An equipment for classifiying a plurality of coins which is a third embodiment of the invention is shown in Fig 11 and 12 and equipped with a big rough rectangle base board 31 A rather big
circular cover board 32 with a low height is fixed on the large central portion ofbase board 31 by screwing Along the outskirts ofcover board 32, apassage board 33 having a rough circle ring shaped form is fixed on thebase board 31 by screwing Further, thepassage board 33 is formed to incline to the bottom of or under the peripheral wall ofcover board 32, as shown in Figure 16. - Near the bottom of
passage board 33 which inclines below, in other words, near the bottom of the peripheral wall ofcover board 32, aslender ring 34 for coin conveyance is rotatably mounted Thisring 34 for conveyance is made of rubber or the like, and a lot ofgrooves 35 are formed on the surface to form africtional surface 36 as shown in Fig. 15. Further, thefrictional surface 36 is inclined and the surface has an inclination approximately identical to the inclination of thepassage board 33 made from metal, as shown in Fig. 14 Therefore, a coin C on thepassage board 33 slips and touches the surface around thecover board 32 and the coin C is conveyed in the clockwise direction by thering 34 for conveyance (see Fig. 11) - The
ring 34 for conveyance is supported onbrims 39 of thering body 37 having a rough L-shaped section form, and thering body 37 is turnably mounted along the internal circumference surface ofcover body 32 That is,rollers 40 are pivoted at regular intervals on thebig ring body 37, and thering body 37 is mounted on thebase board 31 and can be turned around the center ofbase board 31.Rollers 41 for three-point supporting which are pivoted on thebase board 31 are in contact with the internal circumference surface ofring body 37, and the turning ofring body 37 is guided Moreover, inside teeth are formed on the internal circumference surface ofring body 37, and agear 42 which meshes with the inside teeth is pivoted at thebase board 31. - The
gear 42 meshes with adriving gear 43 which is pierced through thebase board 31. Thedriving gear 43 is rotated by an electric motor (not shown) with a plank form, which is fixed on the underside ofbase board 31. - A
diameter sensor 500D for coins is shown in thepassage board 33 at the left side of Fig. 1. When thediameter sensor 500D detects the 500 yen coin having the biggest diameter, it generates a signal (see Fig. 16). In the same way, a diameter sensor 10D in Fig. 1 detects a 10 yen coin having the next biggest diameter. Also, a diameter sensor 100D detects a 100 yen coin having the third biggest diameter. A diameter sensor 1 D for coins is shown in thepassage board 33 in Fig. 11. When the diameter sensor 1 D detects a 1 yen coin having the smallest diameter, it generates the signal. In the same way a diameter sensor 50D in Fig. 11 detects a 50 yen coin having the second smallest diameter Also, a diameter sensor 50D detects a 5 yen coin having the third smallest diameter. - Moreover, in the
passage board 33 at the right side ofdiameter sensor 500D, anoblong opening 500H is formed, into which the 500 yen coin can fall (see Fig. 18). In the same way, in thepassage board 33 at the right side of diameter sensor 10D, anoblong opening 10H is formed, into which the 10 yen coin can fall. Likewise, in thepassage board 33 at the right side of diameter sensor 100D, anoblong opening 100H is formed, into which the 100 yen coin can fall - In the same way, an
opening 5H near the diameter sensor 5D is formed into which the 5 yen coin can fall Anopening 50H near the diameter sensor 50D is formed into which the 50 yen can fall In addition, anopening 1 H near the diameter sensor 1D is formed into which the 1 yen coin can fall. - Further, at the outside edge of
oblong opening 500H, aslender gate fragment 500G is hinged such that it is able to open and shut (see Fig 18) - In the same way, at the outside edge of
oblong opening 10H, aslender gate fragment 10G is hinged such that it is able to open and shut In the same way, at the outside edges ofoblong openings - Moreover, as shown in Figs 17 and 18, a kind of
electromagnet 500E, which is formed of coils wrapped around a permanent magnet is fixed such that it hangs down under thepassage board 33 at the outside edge ofopening 500H. - The permanent magnet acts generally and is absorbing a scrap of iron if present When an electric current flows in the
electromagnet 500E, the permanent magent action is denied and the scrap of iron becomes free. Although, not shown, also in the same way the electromagnets for the 10 yen coin, the 100 yen coin, the 5 yen coin, the 50 yen coin and the 1 yen coin are of course fixed such that they hang down under thepassage board 33 respectively.
Claims (7)
- An apparatus for distributing coins according to their types, comprising at least:cover means (32) with a low height;conveying means (34, 37, 42) for coin conveyance provided along the outside perimeter of the cover means; andpassage means (33, H, 1H - 500H) for coins having a plurality of openings (H, 1H - 500H) for coin distribution and an inclined board (33), the outside perimeter of which is higher than the inside perimeter which is approached to the outside of the cover means characterized in that the conveying means comprises a slender belt (34, 37, 42), which is provided furnably along the outside perimeter of the bottom of the cover means, and in that the inside perimeter of the passage means is approached to the outside of the belt means.
- An apparatus as described in claim 1, further comprising,
at the underside of at least one of the openings, means (G, SL) for opening and closing the opening (H). - An apparatus as described in claim 2, wherein
said means for opening and dosing is driven in response to means (1S - 500S) for detecting a coin. - An apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 3, whereinthe cover means (32) has the form of a large disc, andthe passage means (33) has a corresponding ring-shape form.
- An apparatus according one of claims 1 to 3, whereinthe cover means (32) has the form of a big oval board, andthe passage means (33) has a corresponding oval ring-shape form.
- An apparatus as described in claim 1, further comprising:
means for opening and dosing the openings (1H - 500H). - An apparatus as described in claim 6, wherein
the means for opening and closing the openings has means (1D - 500D) for detecting the diameter of a coin.
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