EP2242029B1 - Dispositif de séparation et de vérification de pièces de monnaie - Google Patents

Dispositif de séparation et de vérification de pièces de monnaie Download PDF

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EP2242029B1
EP2242029B1 EP09005508A EP09005508A EP2242029B1 EP 2242029 B1 EP2242029 B1 EP 2242029B1 EP 09005508 A EP09005508 A EP 09005508A EP 09005508 A EP09005508 A EP 09005508A EP 2242029 B1 EP2242029 B1 EP 2242029B1
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Klaus Meyer-Steffens
Anatolii Akulinin
Boris Golkov
Oleksandr Derkach
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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
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    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
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  • the invention relates to a device for separating and testing of coins, comprising a housing with a collecting container which can accommodate a plurality of different coins unsorted, arranged in the housing and in an inclined plane rotatably driven rotor with at least one coin receiving, wherein the rotor Collecting container passes through a rotation with its at least one coin holder, so that coins located in the container individually taken from the at least one coin holder and guided along a circular path, and at least one characteristic properties of the coin-testing sensor device, on the at least one coin holder recorded Coins are passed by the rotation of the rotor.
  • Such devices are increasingly placed at cash registers of supermarkets or the like. But they are also used, for example, at toll stations or in buses. A customer can then conveniently pay at the payment machine equipped with the device by displaying his coin money, e.g. a handful of coins, as a loose amount in a throw-in tank there. After inserting a quantity of coins into the collection container, the device starts automatically or externally and separates the quantity of coins. It then feeds the coins to a sensor device to identify their type and value. This saves time and simplifies the payment process.
  • a device which represents a complete coin deposit and coin payout system.
  • the coins are first separated in a separating device and then fed from the separating device of a test device in which the coins are checked for their authenticity and their value.
  • Out GB 2 356 966 A Furthermore, a device for separating and checking coins is known, in which coins located in a collecting container are picked up individually by a rotating disc having a corresponding coin receptacle and, in the course of its rotation with the disc, are guided past a sensor device for checking the coins. In the direction of rotation of the coins, the sensor device is followed by an output opening. This has a controllable ramp.
  • the known devices have in common that the coins are led out after their isolation in each case by a first or second discharge opening from the device. As misrecognized or unrecognized coins are then directly to returned to the customer. If a denied coin is genuine, the customer must reinsert this coin one or more times. Nevertheless, in order to ensure a comfortable use of the device for the customer, the strigsensorik must be adjusted accordingly wide to prevent that too large a quantity of genuine coins is judged to be wrong. This often leads to misjudgments where false coins are judged genuine.
  • a device for testing coins, with two motor-driven concentric discs, which rotate in a plane inclined to the horizontal plane.
  • a coin recognition device is provided with a plurality of sensors which are arranged along the Münzweges. In this case, the respective coins can be passed several times past the different sensors in order to improve the accuracy in the coin recognition.
  • it is off DE 31 44 327 A1 a Münzsortier- and counting machine known with an inclined relative to the horizontal electromotively driven drive disc with successively arranged in the direction of falling coin size coin boxes for holding sorted and usually counted coins.
  • electrical-electronic and / or mechanical counters are provided which cause a signal or a pulse to shut down the machine upon reaching a predetermined coin holder in a coin box.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a device of the type mentioned above, which allows in a simple, compact and convenient for the customer to examine coins more precisely and to minimize misjudgments.
  • the invention solves the problem in that a selection device is provided which is controlled by a control device in response to a test result of the sensor device for a coin so that this coin is either fed to a dispensing opening or that this coin is again passed by the rotor to the sensor device.
  • the rotor plane is inclined relative to the vertical in the mounted state of the device.
  • the rotor may, for example, be disc-shaped, for example in the form of a pay-out disc. In particular, it has a plurality of coin holders. These can be arranged one behind the other, for example, in the direction of rotation of the rotor. The rotor passes through the unsorted in the collecting container unsorted amount of coins and reaches out with the coins coins.
  • the sensor device may comprise one or more sensors and also be arranged in the housing.
  • the sensors can eg detect physical properties of the coins, eg material, thickness, diameter, etc.
  • the controller can determine the authenticity and type of the coins.
  • Such sensors are known per se.
  • a coin or an object to be tested can rotate and be tested within the device until meaningful decision criteria have been found on the coin.
  • the tests run concealed for the customer in particular.
  • a precise coin check is possible, whereby misjudgments are minimized.
  • the device works more reliably and has a higher customer friendliness.
  • Such coins must be collected separately and then withdrawn from circulation. This is also possible with the device according to the invention.
  • the dispensing opening may branch into at least a first dispensing line for accepted coins and at least one second dispensing line for unaccepted coins, wherein a guide element which can also be activated by the control device in response to a check result of the coin sensor means is provided which either opens the dispensing opening connects to the first output line or to the second output line.
  • the dispensing opening thus opens into at least two output lines, eg output shafts. Due to the guide element as a switch, the coins dispensed from the coin holders are separated into acceptable and unacceptable coins.
  • the guide member may also be a flap.
  • the second output line for unaccepted coins may, for example, result in a return in which the coins are returned to the customer.
  • the first output line can branch further into several lines or containers in which the accepted For example, coins may be sorted by their recognized value or fitness.
  • the output lines may include sensors (eg, optical sensors or metal sensors) that monitor whether the coins have been fed into the correct output line.
  • the selection device can have a flap which can be opened and closed by the control device as a function of the test result of the sensor device, wherein the flap closes the dispensing opening in the closed state and releases the dispensing opening in the opened state, so that one of the Rotor can slide over the dispensing opening guided coin by gravity into the dispensing opening.
  • the flap and the output opening closed or released by the latter are thus arranged so that coins held in the coin holders are guided over the flap or the discharge opening in the course of the rotation of the rotor. In the closed state of the flap they can slide over the flap, while they fall in the open state of the flap in the discharge opening.
  • the activation of the valves provided according to the invention can be effected, for example, magnetically, in particular by spring-loaded tension magnets. It may further be provided that the flap of the selection device and / or the guide element of the discharge opening in the resting state, that is, e.g. in a non-energized state of a driving magnet, e.g. be kept open by a spring preload. In this way, in the event of a defect of a driver, it is ensured that the container is emptied and coins contained therein are returned to the customer. The closing of the flaps then takes place by actuation of a control element against the bias.
  • an inclined base plate can be arranged in the housing, on which the rotor rotates, wherein the discharge opening is provided in the base plate, and the outlet opening occlusive or releasing flap is pivotally mounted on the base plate. It may also be provided a second, identical to the first flap of the selector except for their position flap. The two flaps may, for example, be arranged mirror-symmetrically to the vertical running through the rotor center. Devices, such as are provided according to the invention, are followed by other devices during operation, eg return devices for returning coins as change to a customer.
  • the devices in this case may have to be arranged on different sides, for example a cashier station, a corresponding space is often also available for the devices connected to them only on one or the other side of the device. Therefore, it may be necessary to rotate the rotor in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, depending on the arrangement of the device. Therefore, the flap must be arranged either on one or the other side of the device. During operation, the unneeded flap can be kept permanently closed.
  • Other components of the device such as the dispensing opening and output lines, can be provided twice and each on one side of the device. In fact, all devices can be arranged mirrored except for the drive motor of the rotor. In this way, the device is flexibly prepared for a wide variety of operational uses. However, it is also possible, for example, to arrange the dispensing opening and dispensing lines centrally on the device, so that only one dispensing opening is suitable for any use of the device.
  • the at least one coin receptacle of the rotor is at least one pocket-shaped recess.
  • the pockets may have a circular shape open on one side. They are formed passing through the rotor plane, so that the coins held in them on an example can slide under the rotor provided base plate.
  • the rotor has a plurality of pocket-shaped recesses of different sizes, wherein at least one of the larger recesses in its region facing the rotor center has an opening which has a smaller size than the respective larger recess.
  • the additional opening may in particular have a smaller cross-section than the diameter of a respective larger, substantially circular recess.
  • the additional opening may be, for example, slit-shaped.
  • the different bag sizes are provided for coins of different sizes.
  • the larger coins can not be held in the small pockets.
  • the smaller coins may initially be picked up in the large pockets, they will fall out again through a suitable opening in these pockets. This opening is smaller than the diameter of the recess, so that larger held in the recesses coins can not fall out.
  • the recess can continue to run in its center facing the rotor center V-shaped.
  • V-shaped configuration By such a V-shaped configuration, the coins are held securely in the recording during their rotation, wherein movements of the coins are minimized. This increases the measurement accuracy by the sensor device.
  • an imaginary, emanating from the top of the V-shape and extending through the center of the circular basic shape of the recess line at an angle to a likewise imaginary, extending from the rotor center in the radial direction of the rotor plane through the center of the circular basic shape Line runs.
  • the angle can be, for example, about 7.5 °.
  • the sensor device can also be arranged starting from the rotor center in the radial direction of the rotor, the radial connecting the rotor center to the sensor device at an angle to the direction of the rotor Gravity acting on the coins is that coins carried by the rotor first pass through the highest point of their circular path and are then guided past the sensor device.
  • the angle can be for example 12.5 °.
  • the pockets are thus aligned obliquely in this embodiment with respect to the radial direction.
  • the sensor device is arranged in an example counter-clockwise rotating rotor in the range between the 9 and 12 o'clock position. By contrast, in the case of a clockwise rotating rotor, the sensor device is provided between the 12 o'clock and the 3 o'clock position.
  • the sensor device can be arranged in the region of the 11 o'clock position or in the region of the 1 o'clock position.
  • the center of the sensor module is thus slightly rotated relative to the vertical. This has the advantage that coins that are located twice in the pockets, first pass through the highest point of their orbit and thereby have sufficient time to fall back due to the inclination of the rotor level in the sump. This ensures that the coins pass through the sensor device sporadically. It is also conceivable to arrange the sensor device at 12 o'clock position, but with the disadvantage that the coins located twice in the pockets have less time to fall back.
  • the pockets themselves are inclined relative to the vertical.
  • a measuring range of an optical sensor for example a light barrier
  • an exit from this measuring range for example a second light barrier
  • both small and large coins are stable in position in the coin holders.
  • a diameter measurement with optical detection by means of light barriers is subject to errors. Especially when with the device different coins in a large diameter range must be processed, this is of great importance.
  • the rotor may have a thickening in at least one region delimiting the opening of a pocket-shaped recess, in particular its peripheral region.
  • the thickening may be triangular in cross-section, for example.
  • the thickening is thus provided at the edge of the opening of at least one, in particular all Münztaschen. It may in particular be provided on the trailing edge in the direction of rotation of the rotor of the pocket opening. But it is also possible to additionally or alternatively provide at the opening leading edge such a thickening.
  • the thickening causes, with only a few coins in the collecting container, especially in the case of the last coin still contained in the container, a faster picking up of the coin into the pocket.
  • the thickening when passing through the collecting container causes a stirring effect, which improves the coin receiving especially for a few coins contained in the collecting container.
  • a further improvement of the positional stability of the coins in the coin holders is achieved if the control device is designed to drive the rotor in a continuously rotating manner.
  • a sensor may be provided which detects when coins are in the sump.
  • Such a sensor may e.g. be an optical or metal sensor.
  • the control device can then set the rotor in rotation for operation. The rotor is rotated continuously. This results in less vibration and thus to a minimization of the sensor measurements falsifying coin movements.
  • the closable dispensing opening also has the advantage that the disc without Start / Stop operation can be operated to ensure a continuous and thus more precise measurement of the coins. If the rotor disc rotates continuously, the next following coin recognized as genuine may not yet be sorted into the dispensing opening, because a pre-paid coin previously accepted may still be in the processing area and cause system obstruction. In this case, the dispensing opening is closed by means of the movable flap and the next coin is returned to the container. The rotor disk therefore does not need to stop if another coin is not to be sorted into the acceptance area. Only when it is certain that a next coin can be reliably processed, the discharge opening is released again.
  • the collecting container may have on its underside a waste flap which can be opened and closed manually and / or actuated by a motor, so that objects located in the collecting container fall by gravity into a waste opening.
  • the waste flap allows unwanted items to be removed from the sump. They can then be directed eg into a separate waste container or returned to the customer. If the opening and closing of the flap takes place by motor, for example, after each completed transaction, the waste flap can be opened in order to remove foreign objects still present in the container. Alternatively or additionally, a manual actuation of the flap, for example by a customer possible.
  • the waste flap can have an end position detection device with which a waste opening completely closing the final position of the waste flap is detectable.
  • the end position detection may include, for example, a device for monitoring the rotation of a flap closing motor, with which in particular the number of rotations of the engine is counted. It is also possible to count with a suitable device, the rotations of other when closing the flap rotating components, such as a Exzenterrades. On the basis of the counted revolutions can be determined in each case, whether the flap is completely closed or not. Also, it can be determined on the basis of the counted revolutions, whether the waste flap has reached the maximum opening.
  • the end position of the waste flap can be detected by an optical light barrier in that only in this end position, the flap itself or a suitable, for example, in the position firmly connected lever activates a sensor.
  • the sensor can be a light barrier, reed contact, Hall sensor, etc.
  • a groove may further be provided on the housing, into which a waste opening closing edge of the waste flap is inserted in the closed state of the waste flap.
  • the waste flap may be locked in its closed position against accidental opening. The lock is then automatically released by a manual or motorized opening of the flap.
  • the sensor device can have any sensors for testing the coins.
  • optical sensors for example, optical sensors, metal sensors, electromagnetic sensors, etc.
  • Such sensors are known per se.
  • the sensor device can have two optical sensors, each time points of entering and leaving a coin in and out of a measuring range of the optical sensors.
  • the optical sensors may, for example, have lasers or other suitable light sources which form light barriers which are respectively opened and closed by the coins as they pass through the sensor device. In each case, the opening and closing of the light barriers is detected, the diameter of the respective coin can be determined with knowledge of the rotational speed of the rotor. If two optical sensors are provided, which each time the entry and exit of a coin, four times are recorded.
  • Devices such as are provided according to the invention, are fastened to carriers during operation. It may therefore be provided according to a further embodiment, that the device is locked or latched with its housing on a mounting plate.
  • the mounting plate may have previously been screwed in a simple manner on the carrier.
  • a lock e.g. Locking lever, in particular two locking levers, be provided which lock when placing the device on the mounting plate.
  • latching locking elements e.g. Snap hook, in question, which lock on reaching the end position of the device on the mounting plate.
  • the advantage of this embodiment is that the device can be mounted in a simple manner and can also be dismantled in a simple manner for maintenance and service purposes again.
  • a device for separating and checking coins is shown in various representations.
  • a housing 12 of the device is shown with a collection container 14 provided at the lower end of the housing 12 into which a plurality of different coins are inserted unsorted.
  • the housing 12 is at its in Fig. 1 to be recognized front 16 inclined relative to the vertical.
  • Within the housing 12 is a likewise inclined relative to the vertical base plate 18 which in Fig. 1 is partially covered by a disposed in the housing 12 and in the predetermined by the base plate 18 inclined plane rotatably driven rotor 20 is covered.
  • the rotor 20 is thus driven in rotation about a rotation axis 22 inclined to the horizontal.
  • Fig. 10 For the drive is an example in Fig. 10 to be recognized electric motor 24 is provided.
  • Fig. 2 For example, the rotor 20 is not shown.
  • the example in the FIGS. 1, 2 and 10 The device shown is fastened with its underside 26 on a support, as will be explained in more detail below.
  • the rotor 20 has a plurality of, in the illustrated example six coin holders 28 in the form of pocket-shaped recesses 28.
  • the pockets 28 have a circular basic shape and are formed at its the outer periphery of the rotor disc 20 remote end V-shaped tapered into a tip 30.
  • 18 two flaps 32 are pivotally articulated in the base plate.
  • the flaps 32 are located above each of a dispensing opening which branches into a first dispensing line for accepted coins and a second dispensing line for unaccepted coins. This will be explained below by means of Fig. 3 explained in more detail. In operation, only one of the two flaps 32 and correspondingly only one of the two discharge openings and output lines is used.
  • the other flap 32 is permanently closed.
  • the rotor 20 is rotated counterclockwise, so that in the Figures 1 and 2 right flap 32 is permanently closed.
  • the rotor 20 passes through the coins contained in the collecting container 14 unsorted and takes them individually in the coin holders 28.
  • Fig. 1 two coins 34 are shown in the receptacles 28.
  • the sensor device 36 is arranged in the direction of rotation of the coins 34 following the vertex of the circular path described by the coins 34, so that the coins 34 first pass through the vertex of the circular path and then the sensor device 36.
  • the sensor device has a size such that the sensor device 36 fits through the receptacle 28 of the rotor 20, so that the rotor disk 20 can be easily removed from the device for maintenance purposes.
  • the in the Figures 1 and 2 left flap 32 may by an example in Fig. 4 shown control device 38 (CPU-PCB) can be selectively opened and closed. This is an example in Fig. 3 to be detected magnetic drive element 40 is provided, which is controlled by the control device 38.
  • CPU-PCB CPU-PCB
  • the flap 32 can thereby from the in Fig. 3 shown open position are switched to the closed position, for example, not shown.
  • a guided over the flap coin 34 falls into the released through the open flap 32 discharge opening 42, as shown in Fig. 3 can be seen.
  • a further flap 46 which is mounted so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis 44, is arranged.
  • the flap 46 is in particular in the region of a branch of the discharge opening 42 in a first output line 48 for accepted coins and a second output line 50 for unaccepted coins.
  • a further magnetic drive element 52 is provided, which is also controlled by the control device 38.
  • the flap 46 By driving the control element 52, the flap 46 can be pivoted about the pivot axis 44 and thus optionally the output port 42 with the first output line 48 or 50 are connected to the second output line.
  • Two optical sensors 54, 56 are provided in the region of the output lines 48, 50, which each interact with a prism 58, 60.
  • the optical sensors 54, 56 respectively direct a light beam 55, 57 onto the prism 58, 60 associated therewith.
  • the light beam 55, 57 is deflected and guided again to a corresponding optical sensor of the sensor devices 54, 56 , In this way, transmitter and receiver of the sensors 54, 56 can sit on an electronic circuit board.
  • the corresponding light beam is interrupted. In this way it can be checked whether the coin 34 has actually fallen into the correct output 48, 50.
  • the receiving shaft 48 is traversed by both light beams.
  • the return shaft 50 is traversed only by one of the light beams. As a result, a direction detection can also be carried out for the acceptance shaft.
  • the device further has a waste flap 62 at the bottom of the Collection container 14.
  • the waste flap 62 is shown in the closed state.
  • items can be emptied from the sump 14, as will be explained in more detail below.
  • Fig. 3 shown opened state of the waste flap 62 still in the sump 14 located residual items by gravity down from the device.
  • the flap 62 is pivotally mounted on the collecting container 14 via a pivot axis 78.
  • the waste flap 62 according to the invention can be operated both manually and manually.
  • For the motor actuation is an example in Fig. 3 to be recognized electric motor 68 is provided.
  • a hand lever 70 is provided for manual operation.
  • an associated with this motor lever 72 is actuated.
  • a pivotally connected to the motor lever 72 transfer lever 74 is actuated, which in turn is pivotally connected to the waste flap 62.
  • the waste flap 62 in the example in Fig. 6 shown open position moves.
  • the end position detection device 80 By an example in Fig. 8 shown end position detection device 80, the fully closed position of the waste flap 62 is monitored.
  • the end position detection device has an optical sensor device which generates a light path which, when fully closed Flap 62 is interrupted, so that the end position can be determined.
  • other types of end position detection devices are also conceivable, for example microswitches or inductively operating Hall sensors.
  • the waste flap 62 is locked in its closed position against inadvertent opening by articles located in the collection container. This is an in Fig. 5 to be recognized locking 79 is provided, which cooperates with a bearing block 79 a, which is automatically unlocked at a motor or manual opening of the waste flap 62.
  • the waste flap 62 can be actuated by the electric motor 68 by motor.
  • the waste door 62 may then be automatically opened after each transaction to remove any debris still remaining in the sump 14.
  • the motor 68 is connected via a gear 81 with an eccentric 82.
  • the motor lever 72 is deflected as in a manual operation and the transfer door 74, the waste flap 62 is opened.
  • the completely closed end position of the flap 62 can additionally or alternatively be effected by monitoring the eccentric wheel position, for example by a time loop in a microcontroller.
  • the time is assumed in which the motor 68, the eccentric wheel 82 rotates once through 360 °. This time is dependent on the applied supply voltage of the motor 68. From this, the complete opening of the flap 62 can be derived, which should be reached after about 180 °. If the end position can not be found because, for example, foreign objects prevent the flap 62 from closing, the motor 24 for the rotor 20 can additionally be put into operation in order to remove the foreign bodies from the flap opening.
  • the motor 68 itself is equipped with a position detection. For this purpose, for example, each revolution of a gear can be detected and counted. Such a procedure is very precise and independent of the applied supply voltage and any load conditions. Disadvantages are the higher costs associated with such a motor. Alternatively, a stepper motor can be used.
  • the device is arranged with its underside 26 on a mounting plate 64. This can be screwed for example on a support for the device.
  • the attachment of the housing 12 on the mounting plate 64 can be done in a particularly simple manner by locking or latching.
  • a suitable locking element 66 is shown.
  • Fig. 10 can also be constructed to a solution in which the rotor 20 rotates in the clockwise direction. All components of the device with the exception of the motor 24 for the rotor 20 can be mounted mirrored.
  • Fig. 10 can also be seen that the pull magnets 40 and 52 are snapped for actuation of the flaps 32 and 46 in a simple manner via latching hooks 86 and can be correspondingly simply mirrored mounted in corresponding latching hooks 86.
  • a turn-on sensor 84 can be seen.
  • the turn-on sensor 84 may be, for example, an optical sensor or a metal sensor. It recognizes when objects, such as coins, are filled into the collection container 14.
  • the power-on sensor 84 is connected to the controller 38 and signals the presence of coins. Thereafter, the controller 38 sets the motor 24 for the payout disc 20 in the counterclockwise direction in motion.
  • the rotor 20 now fishes with the pockets 28 individual coins from the collecting container 14 and transports them past the sensor device 36.
  • the control device 38 When passing through the sensor device 36 of these physical properties of the coins, such as material, thickness, diameter, etc., are detected. On this basis, the authenticity and the type of the coin 34 are determined by the control device 38. This sensor recognition is known per se to the person skilled in the art and will therefore not be explained further.
  • the sensor device 36 can also be combined with other measuring devices in a manner known per se, if special features of the coin 34 are to be tested.
  • the control device 38 does not actuate the actuation element 40 and thus the flap 32.
  • the drive element 40 and the flap 32 thus remain in their rest position.
  • the flap 32 is in the in Fig. 3 shown opened position in which it releases the discharge opening 42.
  • the coin 34 therefore falls by gravity into the dispensing opening 42, as in Fig. 3 is shown.
  • the control device 38 would have activated the actuation element 40 and thus the flap 32 closed.
  • the coin 34 would have slipped over the flap 32 and again fed by the rotor 20 to the sensor device 36 for a second inspection. This can be repeated until a sufficient measurement basis for a decision on the authenticity of the coin is available.
  • the controllable output flap 32 allows for continuous rotation of the pay-out disc motor 24 and thus the rotor 20. The continuous rotation of the motor 24 makes the sensor measurement more precise.
  • the flap 32 remain closed.
  • non-transportable residual items or slices that have not been sorted out are removed by opening the waste door 62.
  • the waste cap 62 can be opened in the manner explained above, as in Fig. 3 is shown.
  • the remaining in the sump 14 parts now fall by gravity down out of the device.
  • the rotor 20 may be actuated by the motor 24 to remove any objects still in the pockets 28 of the rotor 20 or to release jammed objects in the device.
  • the waste flap 62 is then closed again.
  • the final position of the waste door 62 is detected via the end position sensor 80 to signal the proper operation of the device for the transaction.
  • the waste flap 62 may also be operated via the manual hand lever 70.
  • the rotor 20 has six evenly distributed over its circumference pocket-shaped recesses 28. It is according to the invention to provide a rotor 20 with pockets 28, 29 of different sizes, as in FIG. 13 is shown by way of example.
  • the rotor 20 has four smaller pockets 28 and two larger pockets 29.
  • the number and size distribution of the pockets 28, 29 can of course be chosen differently in each case suitable manner.
  • the pocket sizes are tuned so that larger coins in the smaller pockets 28 can not be accommodated.
  • the larger pockets 29, on the other hand, are designed so that no two of the smallest coins of the currency to be tested can be held in one of the larger pockets 29.
  • the larger pockets 29 each have a slot-shaped opening 29a, for example, on their side facing away from the rotor outer circumference.
  • the openings 29 a are adapted in size to the diameter of the smaller pockets 28, that in the larger pockets 29 recorded coins to checking currency, which also fit into the smaller pockets 28 from their perimeter, through which openings 29a pass out of the larger pockets 29.
  • larger coins do not fit through the openings 29a and are securely held in the larger pockets 29. *** " In this way, it is ensured that only the coin sizes intended for these pockets 28, 29 are received in the pockets 28, 29.
  • the rotor 20 has in its the openings 28a of the recesses 28, 29 each bounding areas a thickening. Exemplary is in Fig.
  • the thickening 108 is provided at the edge of the opening 28 a of the coin pockets 28, 29.
  • the rotor 20 rotates counterclockwise, so that the thickening 108 is provided on the trailing edge in the direction of rotation of the rotor 20 of the pocket opening 28a.
  • each leading edges of the rotor 20 may be provided a thickening.
  • a stirring effect arises when passing through the collecting container 14, which improves the coin receptacle in the coin pockets 28, 29, in particular for a few coins 34 contained in the collecting container 14.
  • corresponding thickening 108 can also be found in the in Fig. 12 be shown rotor 20 may be provided.
  • Fig. 12 Based on Fig. 12 the arrangement of the sensor device will be explained in more detail. Of course, the sensor arrangement described below could also in the in Fig. 13 rotor 20 are provided. Exemplary are in Fig. 12 two optical sensors 88, 90 and a center of the sensor device 36 forming, for example, inductively operating material sensor 92 shown. First, it can be seen that the center of the sensor device 36 formed by the sensor 92, starting from the rotor center 94 along a radial 96 is arranged. The radial 96 extends at an angle ⁇ to the vertical 98, which simultaneously forms the direction of the forces acting on the coins 34 gravity.
  • the center of the sensor device 36 is rotated in the example shown by about 12.5 ° to the left, so that the coins located in the pockets 28 34 in a counterclockwise rotation of the rotor 20 first pass through the apex of their orbit and then the sensor device ,
  • an imaginary line 102 extending from the apex 30 of the V-shape of the recesses 28 and through the center 100 of the circular basic shape of the pockets 28 is imaginary with respect to one passing radially from the rotor center 94 through the center 100 of the circular recess 28
  • Line 104 is at an angle ⁇ .
  • the angle ⁇ is about 7.5 °.
  • the optical sensors 88, 90 each generate one perpendicular to the plane of the drawing Fig. 12 extending photocell. As they move, the coins 34 pass through both light barriers of the sensors 88 and 90 and also the centrally arranged material sensor 92. During this passage, the coins 34 in the openings 28 should as far as possible not move.
  • the beginning of the diameter measurement of a coin 34 is shown.
  • the end of the diameter measurement is shown.
  • the optical sensors 88, 90 each measure the times at which the light barrier is interrupted and reopened.
  • this measurement is plotted against the time t for the light barriers L1 and L2 of the optical sensors 88 and 90, respectively.
  • the time offset between the respective measuring points t1 and t3 of the first measuring device 88 and t2 and t4 of the second measuring device 90 can be recognized.
  • the curve L3 with the measuring points t1 and t2 can be determined from the curves L1 and L2. In this way, the diameter of the coins 34 can be determined in a conventional manner.
  • the measuring signal of the material sensor is in Fig. 14 represented by the curve M.
  • the highest accuracy is achieved when all four measurement points t1, t2, t3 and t4 are recorded. Then, a jerking of the rotor disk 20 is compensated in the course of the rotation.
  • the measuring point t4 can be dispensed with. As a result, the measurement accuracy is only slightly reduced.
  • control device 38 for evaluating the sensor results and for controlling the components of the device, in particular the rotor 20 and the flaps 32 and 46
  • two control devices in the form of microprocessors are also provided in the figures with one device controlling the coin check and a second controlling the control flow and an external interface of the device.

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  1. Dispositif de séparation et de vérification de pièces de monnaie, comprenant :
    un boîtier (12) avec un récipient collecteur (14) qui peut recevoir sans tri préalable une pluralité de pièces de monnaie différentes (34),
    un rotor (20) disposé dans le boîtier (12), et pouvant être entraîné en rotation dans un plan incliné, équipé de logements de pièces (28), le rotor (20) parcourant le récipient collecteur (14) lors d'une rotation avec ses logements de pièces de monnaie (28, 29), de sorte que les pièces de monnaie se trouvant dans le récipient collecteur (14) sont recueillies individuellement par les logements de pièces de monnaie (28, 29) et sont guidées le long d'un carrousel, et
    au moins un dispositif de capteur (36) vérifiant les propriétés caractéristiques des pièces de monnaie (34) vers lequel sont dirigées les pièces de monnaie (34) recueillies par les logements de pièces de monnaie (28, 29) par la rotation du rotor (20),
    dans lequel un dispositif de sélection (32) est prévu, lequel peut être commandé par un dispositif de commande (38) en fonction d'un résultat d'essai du dispositif de capteur (36) pour une pièce de monnaie (34), de sorte que soit cette pièce de monnaie (34) est amenée à une ouverture de sortie (42), soit cette pièce de monnaie (34) est redirigée à travers le rotor (20) vers le dispositif de capteur (36),
    caractérisé en ce que les logements de pièces de monnaie (28, 29) du rotor (20) comprennent plusieurs évidements (28, 29) en forme de poche de différentes tailles, au moins un des plus grands évidements (29) présentant dans sa zone dirigée vers le centre du rotor (94) une ouverture supplémentaire (29a) qui possède une dimension inférieure à celle de l'évidement respectivement supérieur (29).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'ouverture de sortie (42) est répartie en au moins une première conduite de sortie (48) pour les pièces acceptées et au moins une seconde conduite de sortie (50) pour les pièces non acceptées, un élément de guidage (46) pouvant être également commandé par le dispositif de commande (38) en fonction d'un résultat d'essai du dispositif de capteur (36) pour une pièce de monnaie étant prévu, lequel relie l'ouverture de sortie (42) soit à la première conduite de sortie (48) soit à la seconde conduite de sortie (50).
  3. Dispositif selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de sélection (32) présente un volet (32) qui peut être ouvert et fermé par le dispositif de commande (38) en fonction du résultat d'essai du dispositif de capteur (36), le volet (32) obturant à l'état fermé l'ouverture de sortie (42) et libérant à l'état ouvert l'ouverture de sortie (42), de sorte qu'une pièce de monnaie (34) guidée par le rotor (20) au-dessus de l'ouverture de sortie (42) peut tomber par la force de gravité dans l'ouverture de sortie (42).
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que dans le boîtier (12) est agencée une plaque de base inclinée (18) sur laquelle pivote le rotor (20), l'ouverture de sortie (42) étant prévue dans la plaque de base (18), et le volet (32) obturant ou libérant l'ouverture de sortie (42) est monté pivotant sur la plaque de base (18).
  5. Dispositif selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le au moins un évidement en forme de poche (28, 29) présente une forme de base circulaire, l'évidement (28, 29) ayant une forme en V dans sa zone dirigée vers le centre du rotor (94).
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce qu'une ligne (102) imaginaire partant de la pointe (30) de la forme en V et traversant le point central (100) de la forme de base circulaire s'étend à un angle (β) par rapport à une ligne (104) également imaginaire s'étendant du centre du rotor (94) en direction radiale du plan de rotor à travers le point central (100) de la forme de base circulaire.
  7. Dispositif selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le rotor (20) présente un épaississement (108) dans au moins une zone délimitant l'ouverture d'un évidement (28, 29) en forme de poche.
  8. Dispositif selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de capteur (36) est agencé en partant du centre de rotor (94) dans la direction radiale du rotor (20), la radiale (96) reliant le centre de rotor (94) au dispositif de capteur (36) s'étendant à un angle (α) en direction (98) de la force de gravité agissant sur les pièces de monnaie (34), de sorte que les pièces de monnaie (34) entraînées par le rotor (20) parcourent tout d'abord le point le plus élevé de leur carrousel et sont ensuite dirigées vers le dispositif de capteur (36).
  9. Dispositif selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de commande (38) est conçu de manière à entraîner en rotation en continu le rotor (20).
  10. Dispositif selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le récipient collecteur (14) présente sur sa face inférieure un volet de décharge (62) qui peut être ouvert et fermé manuellement et/ou actionné par un moteur (68), de telle sorte que des objets se trouvant dans le récipient collecteur (14) tombent par la force de gravité dans une ouverture de décharge (76).
  11. Dispositif selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que le volet de décharge (62) présente un dispositif de reconnaissance de position finale (80) qui permet de détecter la position finale du volet de décharge (62) obturant entièrement l'ouverture de décharge (76).
  12. Dispositif selon une des revendications 10 ou 11, caractérisé en ce que sur le boîtier (12) est prévue une rainure dans laquelle s'enfonce une arête obturant l'ouverture de décharge (76) du volet de décharge (62) à l'état fermé du volet de décharge (62).
  13. Dispositif selon une des revendications 10 à 12, caractérisé en ce que le volet de décharge (62) est verrouillé dans sa position fermée contre une ouverture involontaire par des objets se trouvant dans le récipient collecteur (14).
  14. Dispositif selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de capteur (36) comprend deux capteurs optiques (88, 90) qui mesurent respectivement des moments d'une entrée et d'une sortie d'une pièce de monnaie (34) dans et/ou hors d'une plage de mesure des capteurs optiques (88, 90).
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