EP1865469B1 - Sélecteur de pièces de monnaie - Google Patents

Sélecteur de pièces de monnaie Download PDF

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EP1865469B1
EP1865469B1 EP07380141.7A EP07380141A EP1865469B1 EP 1865469 B1 EP1865469 B1 EP 1865469B1 EP 07380141 A EP07380141 A EP 07380141A EP 1865469 B1 EP1865469 B1 EP 1865469B1
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Felix Guindulain Busto
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F1/00—Coin inlet arrangements; Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
    • G07F1/04—Coin chutes
    • G07F1/048—Coin chutes with means for damping coin motion
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D11/00—Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G07D11/10—Mechanical details
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D5/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
    • G07D5/08—Testing the magnetic or electric properties

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  • the following invention relates to a coin selector, being of the type of coin selector which is fitted to all kinds of automatic machines which function by means of the introduction of coins and whose selectors have a series of sensors for measuring different parameters of the coins with the aim of selecting those that are valid, in such a way that the first objective is to obtain a smooth rotary displacement of all the coins as they pass through the measuring sensors and a second objective is to obtain certain reliable measurements of the parameters to measure.
  • the aim is to obtain a coin selector with great reliability which will permit the prevention of fraud, in other words, one which only validates as being good those coins which are so and which discriminates false coins.
  • Described in the present invention is a coin selector having special application in all kinds of machines and automatic devices which function by means of introducing coins and which incorporate a validation mechanism for the coins to introduce.
  • the means for selection of coins is fundamentally based on some "selectors" which incorporate a series of sensors which, as the coins pass by them on their travel through the selector, measure various parameters with the aim of comparing them with the corresponding parameters already recorded, in such a way that if the measured values fall within the pre-recorded intervals the coin is accepted as valid, and if the measured parameters lie outside the pre-recorded intervals the coin is rejected.
  • the "selectors” consist of a casing made up of a main body which houses the different components attached by screws, and a hinged lid, in such a way that, in their travel through the interior of the selector, the coins pass between the lid and the main body, with the aim that, in the event of any coin becoming stuck, the lid can be opened in order to release the coin and recover it.
  • the hinged lid houses the sensors associated with the main body, in such a way that the electronic plate, housed in the main body, is attached to the sensors of the lid by means of a connecting arm which passes through the interior of the axis of the hinge, presenting the drawback that one can try to gain access via the inlet/outlet mouths of the coins to the selector, to the point of deteriorating or even disabling it, with the damage that this represents.
  • the aim is that when the coins pass by the different sensors they do so in a way that is as smooth as possible, in other words, that they do not bounce when they roll. Therefore, a metallic body was introduced which the coins collide against when they enter the selector, which dampens their fall and causes them to roll smoothly.
  • Document US4410077 discloses a coin selector having curved chutes on a coin passage with sensors located on both sides of said passage.
  • the present specification describes a coin selector according to claim 1.
  • the present specification describes a coin selector provided with a metallic body for collision of the coins with a curvo-concave collision surface extended in a flat surface and which incorporates three pairs of ferrite bodies and three photocells, two photocells being arranged in relation to the central part of two pairs of ferrite bodies.
  • the connecting arm of the electronic base plate with the sensors housed in the lid passes through the external part of the rotating axis of the lid, being externally protected by the casing of the main body, and internally access via the inlet/outlet mouths for the coins as far as the arm, which could deteriorate it, is prevented.
  • a first pair of ferrite bodies is housed in phase and a second pair of ferrite bodies is housed out of phase, while the third ferrite body detects the edge of the coins as they roll along the measurement channel, with these ferrite bodies measuring different parameters of the coins such as alloy, conductivity, resistivity, etc.
  • the selector 1 consists of different elements which in their attachment constitute a main body 2 and a hinged lid 3 for closing, in such a way that between the different elements making up the main body 2 is an electronic plate 4 which, by means of an arm 5, is connected to the sensors housed in the lid 3 hinged with respect to the axis 14, these sensors being associated with those housed in the main body.
  • the metallic body 6 for collision of the coins as they enter the selector presents a curvo-concave collision surface 7 extended in a flat surface, with the aim that the coins introduced into the selector 1, mainly those of small diameter, do not bounce when they collide with the body 6, the coins being provided with a smooth rotary movement as they pass by the measuring sensors.
  • the selector 1 incorporates three pairs of ferrite bodies 8, 9 and 10 and three photocells, 11, 12 and 13, two photocells being arranged in relation to the central part of two pairs of ferrite bodies.
  • each pair of ferrite bodies is housed in the body 2 and the other element of each pair of ferrite bodies is housed in the hinged lid 3 facing each other and with the coins passing between the elements of each paid of ferrite bodies.
  • a first pair of ferrite bodies 8 will be housed in phase
  • a second pair of ferrite bodies 9 will be housed out of phase
  • the third pair of ferrite bodies 10 detect the edge of the coins.
  • the order of housing the pairs of ferrite bodies will, of course, be able to vary.
  • the photocells are housed with the emitter element in the main body 2 and the receiver element in the hinged lid 3 or vice versa, so that the connection of the sensor elements of the hinged lid 3 are connected to the electronic plate 4 by means of an arm 5.
  • two photocells are housed in relation to the central part of two pairs of ferrite bodies.
  • the desired parameters of the coins will be obtained, such as might be the diameter, the alloy, the conductivity, resistivity, etc.
  • the flexible arm 5 for connecting the electronic plate 4 with the elements of the different sensors housed in the hinged lid 3 is arranged via the external part of the rotating axis 14 of the lid 3 and protected by the casing, so that access to it via the inlet/outlet mouths for the coins, which could cause its deterioration, is prevented.
  • the component bodies of the selector 1 relative to the main body are secured by simple clipping, since the rear closing body 15 has some flanges 16 which will fit into corresponding windows 17 of the body 18 to which the hinged lid 3 is joined by the axis 14.

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Claims (3)

  1. Sélecteur de pièces de monnaie, consistant en un corps principal logeant une plaque de base électronique et un couvercle à charnière, qui fonctionne au moyen de l'introduction de pièces de monnaie de telle façon que lorsqu'elles entrent dans le sélecteur les pièces de monnaie se heurtent à un corps métallique plat et pendant leur parcours elles rencontrent un ensemble de capteurs, logés entre le corps principal et le couvercle, afin de mesurer différents paramètres dans le but de choisir celles qui sont valides, caractérisé par un bras flexible (5) pour relier la plaque de base électronique (4) aux capteurs logés dans le couvercle à charnière (3) qui sont associés à ceux logés dans le corps principal, dans lequel le bras flexible (5) passe par la partie externe de l'axe (14) de rotation du couvercle (3), étant protégé par le boîtier du corps principal.
  2. Sélecteur de pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les capteurs comprennent trois paires de corps en ferrite (8, 9 et 10) et trois photocellules (11, 12, 13), deux photocellules étant disposées en correspondance avec la partie centrale de deux paires de corps en ferrite.
  3. Sélecteur de pièces de monnaie selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce qu'une première paire de corps en ferrite (8) sont logés en phase, une deuxième paire de corps en ferrite (9) sont logés hors phase, alors que la troisième paire de corps en ferrite (10) détectent le bord des pièces de monnaie pendant qu'elles roulent le long du passage et du canal de mesure.
EP07380141.7A 2006-05-18 2007-05-17 Sélecteur de pièces de monnaie Revoked EP1865469B1 (fr)

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US4410077A (en) 1981-06-01 1983-10-18 Umc Industries, Inc. Coin handling apparatus with coin retardation feature
US5381880A (en) 1992-11-09 1995-01-17 Pearson; Rune S. Electronic coin mechanism
EP0710935A1 (fr) 1994-10-28 1996-05-08 Landis & Gyr Technology Innovation AG Dispositif pour contrÔler de pièces de monnaie, jetons ou autres objets plats
EP1189182A2 (fr) 2000-09-06 2002-03-20 Wms Gaming, Inc. Machine de jeu avec microcontrôleur pour le traitement des pièces de monnaie
DE10057236A1 (de) 2000-11-18 2002-05-29 Nat Rejectors Gmbh Münzprüfer
WO2005118443A2 (fr) 2004-06-04 2005-12-15 De La Rue International Limited Trieuse de documents

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BE795650A (fr) * 1972-02-23 1973-06-18 Mars Inc Dispositif de selection et de triage des pieces de monnaie
DE2915714A1 (de) * 1979-04-19 1981-04-09 Prümm, Georg, 5275 Bergneustadt Elektronischer muenzpruefer
FR2617311B1 (fr) * 1987-06-26 1991-05-31 Crouzet Sa Dispositif pour introduire de la monnaie dans les appareils a prepaiement

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US4410077A (en) 1981-06-01 1983-10-18 Umc Industries, Inc. Coin handling apparatus with coin retardation feature
US5381880A (en) 1992-11-09 1995-01-17 Pearson; Rune S. Electronic coin mechanism
EP0710935A1 (fr) 1994-10-28 1996-05-08 Landis & Gyr Technology Innovation AG Dispositif pour contrÔler de pièces de monnaie, jetons ou autres objets plats
EP1189182A2 (fr) 2000-09-06 2002-03-20 Wms Gaming, Inc. Machine de jeu avec microcontrôleur pour le traitement des pièces de monnaie
DE10057236A1 (de) 2000-11-18 2002-05-29 Nat Rejectors Gmbh Münzprüfer
WO2005118443A2 (fr) 2004-06-04 2005-12-15 De La Rue International Limited Trieuse de documents

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