EP2498229B1 - Dispositif de réception de pièces de monnaie - Google Patents

Dispositif de réception de pièces de monnaie Download PDF

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EP2498229B1
EP2498229B1 EP12153579.3A EP12153579A EP2498229B1 EP 2498229 B1 EP2498229 B1 EP 2498229B1 EP 12153579 A EP12153579 A EP 12153579A EP 2498229 B1 EP2498229 B1 EP 2498229B1
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Christian Starke
Thorsten Neumann
Axel Grimm
Stig Goepel
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Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
Crane Payment Innovations GmbH
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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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  • the invention relates to a device for receiving coins according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a generic device is for example from the DE 10 2005 056 191 B4 known.
  • the device has a Münzunterzelungstician with a tilted base plate, associated with the base plate driver elements for driving and promoting located on the base plate coins and provided with a flap in the base plate. Coins which are unsorted in a lower region of the base plate are conveyed by the driver elements in the direction of the flap.
  • the flap cooperates with a closing mechanism which synchronizes opening and closing of the flap with the movement of the catch elements. Individual coins, which are conveyed by means of the driver elements, can be passed through the flap and thus separated.
  • the base plate is disc-shaped and associated with the driver elements of the base plate rotatable about a central axis are, the Münzunterzelungstician formed in the manner of a rotation or carousel singulation unit.
  • the coins are fed into the device through an input port and guided along a guide surface of a cover spaced apart from the coin separating unit and serving as a feed unit.
  • the guide surface is designed and arranged so that coins entered are fed exclusively in the lower part of the base plate and stored there unsorted.
  • the performance of the coin separating unit can be reduced when large amounts of coin are dropped. This is due in particular to an increasing coin load in the lower region of the base plate as well as any blockages through which not every single driver element conveys coins out of the coin supply. Moreover, the coin separating unit may be damaged or impaired by foreign matter stuck to the coins.
  • a coin receiving apparatus having a housing in which an input port for the coins, a coin separating unit for singling the coins and a feeder unit for feeding the input coins to the coin separating unit.
  • This feeding unit has a conveying module designed as a vibrating conveyor module, so that foreign bodies are more easily released from the coins and can be removed by recesses of an inclined surface.
  • Object of the present invention is therefore to develop a device for receiving coins such that even large amounts of coins can be reliably and quickly received and separated and also the influence of foreign bodies entered with the coins on the function or performance of Münzledzelung is reduced.
  • the invention has the features of claim 1.
  • the particular advantage of the invention is that the provision of an active conveyor module for the coins, the amount of coins fed to the Münzdorfzelungsaku per unit of time can be limited or varied. For example, it can be ensured by a corresponding adjustment of the delivery rate of the delivery module that an allowable Münzzu Foodrate is not exceeded. As a result, the coin load acting on the coin separating unit, which coin is defined by the coin separating unit but not yet separated, can be limited and blockages avoided. Overall, so the performance of the device increases to the effect that a given amount of coins can be received and processed faster overall. By the promotion module promotes the coins along a guide surface, a robust construction is also ensured.
  • the feed unit has a guide module associated with the lock module, which is designed such that the delivery rate of the feed unit is limited by a movably arranged in relation to the guide surface blocking element is provided.
  • the blocking element is arranged at a distance from the guide surface in such a way that individual coins or smaller amounts of coins conveyed along the guide surface are conveyed undrawn under the blocking element and that larger amounts of coins are partially retained by the blocking element.
  • the coin feed rate to the coin separating unit can be reduced or limited by the lock module. Consequently, the lock module also ensures that the coin load acting on the coin separating unit is reduced or limited and blocking is prevented.
  • the Münzzu Swisszu Switzerland can be effectively limited by the designed like a swing door locking element in a particularly simple manner.
  • in cooperation with the Rüttel consmodul results in a well-adjustable delivery rate for the coins.
  • a blockage during the promotion of coins in the lock module is reliably prevented by the movable suspension of the locking element.
  • the feed unit as a conveyor module on a Rüttel termemodul.
  • the guide surface of the Rüttel termemodul is thereby excited to vibrate and is designed as a croquttelleit phenomenon.
  • coins can be conveyed particularly reliably along a vibrating section.
  • the croquttelleit nature can be made mechanically robust and controlled by the operating unit such that a predetermined delivery rate or Münzzu 1500rate is achieved and damage to the delivery module is prevented.
  • the guide surface has a plurality of recesses.
  • a size of the recess is dimensioned such that coins supported on the guide surface do not slide through the recess.
  • a coin receiving device consists essentially of a housing 1 with an input opening 2 for inserting coins, a coin separating unit 3 and a feeding unit 4 for feeding the coins fed via the input opening 2 to the coin separating unit 3.
  • the device serves, for example accepting coins at a self-service checkout system.
  • the customer enters the coins unsorted via the input opening 2.
  • the unsorted coins are fed by means of the feed unit 4 of the coin separating unit 3 and separated. After singulation is usually a Münzwerterkennung and optionally an authenticity check of the coins.
  • the coins can be unsorted in the device in a coin storage, not shown, or stocked coin sort.
  • the coin sorted storage of coins coins entered can be issued to subsequent customers as change.
  • the feed unit 4 is arranged below the input opening 2 in the housing 1. It consists essentially of a conveyor module 5 with a guide surface 6 for supporting the coins and a lock module 7.
  • the guide surface 6 is here inclined in the direction of the coin separating unit 3 oriented.
  • the delivery module 5 is designed as a vibratory conveying module 5 such that a support element 8 which has the guide surface 6 and can be excited to oscillate.
  • an eccentric 13 is provided as part of an actuating unit, not shown, to excite the support member 8 to vibrate.
  • the vibration excitation and the inclined orientation of the guide surface 6 the coins entered via the input opening 2 are actively conveyed by the delivery module 6 in the direction of the coin separating unit 3.
  • the support element 8 with the guide surface 6 has a series of recesses 9.
  • the recesses 9 are dimensioned in size such that along the guide surface 6 guided coins do not pass through the recesses 9 therethrough.
  • foreign objects inputted to the coins through the input port 2 for example, dirt adhering to the coins, can pass through the recesses 9 and be separated from the coins in this way.
  • the foreign substances are collected in a collecting container 10, which is assigned to the support element 8 on the opposite sides of the input opening 2.
  • the coin separating unit 3 is designed, for example, as a carousel separation unit. It is also possible to provide a coin separating unit 3 of any other design.
  • the lock module 7 Spaced to the guide surface 6 of the conveyor module 5, the lock module 7 is provided.
  • the lock module 7 has a locking element 11 which is movably held on the housing 1 in relation to the housing 1 and the delivery module. Between the blocking element 11 of the lock module 7 and the guide surface 6 of the conveyor module 5, a passage 12 is formed. In this case, the blocking element 11 is arranged at a distance from the guide surface 6 such that individual coins or small amounts of coins conveyed along the guide surface 6 can be conveyed unhindered through the passage 12.
  • the blocking element 11 may, for example, be held on the housing 1 to be rotatable on two sides in the manner of a saloon door or a garden gate.
  • the blocking element 11 via not shown Be held spring elements or solely due to the weight in the illustrated rest position.
  • the lock module 7 limits the delivery rate of the delivery unit 4 and the maximum coin load, which acts on the coin separation unit 3. In particular, when large amounts of coins are input, the lock module 7 can increase the performance of the coin separating unit 3 by reliably limiting the coin load and preventing mechanical blockages due to excessive coin load. Moreover, the sequential feeding of the coins is ensured regardless of the amount of coins by the shake conveying module 5. About the intensity of the vibration of the support member 8, the Münzzulite- or delivery rate of the coins can be varied at least within certain limits. In particular, when accepting small amounts of coins, the coin load can be varied or limited solely by the delivery module.

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  1. Dispositif de réception de pièces de monnaie, avec une ouverture d'introduction de pièces de monnaie (2), avec une unité de séparation individuelle de pièces de monnaie (3) pour séparer une à une les pièces de monnaie introduites par l'ouverture d'introduction de pièces de monnaie (2), et avec une unité d'alimentation (4) pour conduire à l'unité de séparation individuelle de pièces de monnaie (3) les pièces de monnaie introduites, sachant que l'unité d'alimentation (4) présente une surface de guidage (6), qui soutient les pièces de monnaie pendant le convoyage, que l'unité d'alimentation (4) est réalisée sous la forme d'une unité d'alimentation (4) active, avec un module de convoyage (5), qui peut être actionné au moyen d'une unité d'actionnement pour convoyer les pièces de monnaie en direction de l'unité de séparation individuelle de pièces de monnaie (3), sachant que le module de convoyage (5) est conçu de telle manière que les pièces de monnaie soient convoyées le long de la surface de guidage, en direction de l'unité de séparation individuelle de pièces de monnaie (3), caractérisé en ce que l'unité d'alimentation (4) présente un module d'évacuation (7) pour la limitation d'une capacité de convoyage de l'unité d'alimentation (4), sachant qu'un élément d'obturation (11) du module d'évacuation (7), suspendu de manière mobile, est disposé à distance de la surface de guidage (6) du module de convoyage (5) de telle manière que des pièces de monnaie individuelles ou des petites quantités de pièces de monnaie puissent traverser sans empêchement le passage (12), qui est formé entre l'élément d'obturation (11) et la surface de guidage (6), et que de plus grandes quantités de pièces de monnaie soient partiellement retenues par l'élément d'obturation (11).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'unité d'alimentation (4) présente, en tant que module de convoyage (5), un module de convoyage à secousses, sachant que la surface de guidage (6) est réalisée sous la forme d'une surface à secousses (6) engendrant des vibrations.
  3. Dispositif selon revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la surface de guidage (6) présente une pluralité d'évidements (9), sachant qu'une grandeur des évidements (9) est dimensionnée de telle manière que les pièces de monnaie, guidées le long de la surface de guidage (6), ne puissent pas passer à travers les évidements (9).
  4. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que, sur un côté de la surface de guidage (6), opposé à l'ouverture d'introduction de pièces de monnaie (2), est disposé un collecteur (10), qui est destiné à recevoir des corps étrangers passant à travers les évidements (9).
  5. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que l'élément d'obturation (11) est installé en étant mobile par rapport au module de convoyage (5).
  6. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que l'unité d'actionnement, qui coopère avec le module de convoyage (5) de l'unité d'alimentation (4), comprend un excentrique (13) pouvant être motorisé.
  7. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que la surface de guidage (6) est inclinée en direction de l'unité de séparation individuelle de pièces de monnaie (3).
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