EP2583258A1 - A coin managing device - Google Patents
A coin managing deviceInfo
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- EP2583258A1 EP2583258A1 EP11738296.0A EP11738296A EP2583258A1 EP 2583258 A1 EP2583258 A1 EP 2583258A1 EP 11738296 A EP11738296 A EP 11738296A EP 2583258 A1 EP2583258 A1 EP 2583258A1
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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
- G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations
- G07D3/16—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations in combination with coin-counting
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- G07D1/00—Coin dispensers
- G07D1/02—Coin dispensers giving change
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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
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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
Definitions
- the present invention relates to the technical sector concerning devices for managing and dispensing coins which are used and installed in various types of apparatus exhibiting different functionalities.
- a suitable device for managing coins is predisposed and installed internally thereof.
- devices for managing coins are internally predisposed and installed which are known in the sector as hoppers.
- These hoppers internally comprise a coin accumulation magazine for a given coin denomination, and means for guiding the coins in the magazine towards a coin-dispensing chute realised in a wall of the structure, for dispensing coins to the user.
- a corresponding hopper For each coin denomination (for example 1 €, 2 € etc.) a corresponding hopper is used; thus, internally of the apparatus of the change machine several different hoppers have to be housed and installed one by a side of another.
- the hoppers can be predisposed flanked to one another internally of the apparatus, each containing a corresponding coin denomination, or, alternatively, suitable devices able to accumulate and contain internally thereof coins of various denomination, for example two different denominations, and then provide for combined dispensing thereof, thanks to the presence of corresponding and appropriate detector and recognition sensors of the type of coin which is dispensed, and consequently their corresponding value.
- the aim of the present invention is to provide a device for managing coins which can be configured, and thus are usable, for various uses.
- the aim of the present invention is to provide a device for coin management, provided with a base structure, internally of which a coin magazine is present, and a modular element, the modular element being installable in the base structure such as to be able to receive the coins from the magazine, carry them internally thereof and dispense them to the outside via at least a first coin outlet.
- the aim of the present invention is also to provide a device for coin management provided with a base structure and which comprises the use of various modular elements which are singly installable in the base structure, in such a way as to configure and predispose the device for various uses, for example as a coin dispenser device (money changer), a device for dispensing change in the form of coins (change giver), or a device for division and counting of coins (money counter and divider).
- a coin dispenser device money changer
- change giver change giver
- a device for division and counting of coins money counter and divider
- a further aim of the present invention is to provide a base structure according to claims 22-25 and modular elements according respectively to claims 26-28, 29-31 and 32-34, singly installable in the base structure, for realising and configuring a device for coin management usable for one of the above-cited uses.
- figure 1 illustrates, in a schematic perspective view, the base structure of the device for managing coins of the present invention
- figure 2 is a perspective view of the inside of the structure of figure 1 , with a part removed
- figure 3 is a schematic perspective view of a modular element of the present invention, installable in the base structure of the device for managing coins
- figure 4 is a schematic illustration and a perspective view of a significant component of the modular element of figure 3
- figure 5 is a perspective view of the device for managing coins configured following the installation and predisposition in the base structure of the modular element of figure 3, and the predisposing of a coin recogniser and validator
- figure 6 is a perspective view of the device for managing coins, in which a further modular element has been predisposed and installed, and therefore configured for a different use and function with respect to the configuration of figure 5
- figure 7 is a perspective view of the device for managing coins, in which a further modular element has been predisposed and installed, and therefore configured for a different use and function with respect to the configuration of figure
- the number 100 denotes the coin managing device of the present invention.
- the device 100 comprises, for assembly thereof, the use of a structure S and a modular element 1, 10, 2, 3, which is associable to the structure S.
- the structure S is provided internally with a magazine M which is provided such as to contain a mass of coins, and means P for collecting and conveying coins, for collecting single coins from the mass of coins present in the magazine M (visible for example in figure 2 and figure 17).
- the structure S further comprises a housing A accessible from outside and being provided with a first slot F1 for coin passage which faces the housing A and opens therein, the means for collecting and conveying P conveying the coins collected from the magazine to the first coin-passage slot F1 (see figure 1) ⁇
- the modular element 1 , 10, 2, 3 comprises a first coin inlet 11 , 21 , 31 , at least a first coin outlet 12, 120, 22, 32 and at least a first internal path 13, 23, 33 for conveying coins between the first coin inlet 11 , 21 , 31 and the at least a first coin outlet 12, 120, 22, 32.
- the modular element 1 , 10, 2, 3 exhibits the peculiarity of having dimensions that are such as to be insertable and installable completely internally of the housing A of the structure S in such a way that the relative first coin inlet 11 , 21 , 31 is facing and abutting the first slot F1 for passage of coins of the structure S and such that the above-mentioned relative at least a first coin outlet 12,120, 22, 32 is situated at a surface S1 , S2 of the structure S.
- the modular element 1 , 10, 2, 3, once predisposed in the housing A, is able to receive, through the first slot F1 present in the structure S, the coins conveyed by the collecting and conveying means P at the first slot F1 , to manage them internally thereof and to convey them and make them available to outside via at least the first coin outlet 12, 120, 22, 32 at a front surface S1 , S2 of the structure.
- the coin magazine M present internally of the structure S, can contain coins of a same coin denomination (for example 1 euro coins), or.
- the device 100 can contain internally thereof coins of different denominations, for example up to four or more coin denominations (for example 10 Eurocents, 20 Eurocents, I Euro, 2 Euro or other combinations) according to the type of use the device 100 is to be used for on the basis of the specific structure and characteristics of the modular element 1 , 10, 2, 3 installable in the housing A of the structure S, as will be more fully described herein below.
- coins of different denominations for example up to four or more coin denominations (for example 10 Eurocents, 20 Eurocents, I Euro, 2 Euro or other combinations) according to the type of use the device 100 is to be used for on the basis of the specific structure and characteristics of the modular element 1 , 10, 2, 3 installable in the housing A of the structure S, as will be more fully described herein below.
- the structure S also comprises the presence of a position P1 for anchoring a coin validator P1 (see for example figures 5 and 16).
- a position P1 for anchoring a coin validator P1 see for example figures 5 and 16.
- the structure S is further provided, at the position P1 , with both a second slot F2 for passage of coins, which communicates with the magazine M internally thereof, and a third slot F3 for coin passage, which is in communication with a coin sliding channel 90 internal of the same structure S.
- the coin sliding channel 90 opens via a relative coin outlet slot 91 at the housing A (see for example figures 1 , 2 and 17).
- the coin validator G is anchorable to the structure S in the anchoring position P1 in such a way that a first coin outlet, from which the coins validated thereby exit, is positioned facing and abutting the second slot F2, and such that a relative second coin outlet, from which the non-validated coins exit, is facing and abutting the third coin passage slot F3.
- coins which have not been validated by the coin validator G for example counterfeit coins, or coins that do not correspond to a given denomination usable by the device 100, or not recognised, will not remain internal of the magazine M as they will be directed via the third slot F3 into the coin sliding channel 90 and via this channel 90 up to the coin outlet slot 91 facing the housing A.
- the modular element 1 , 10, 2, 3 which is predisposed and housed in the housing A comprises a second coin inlet 15, 25, 35 which communicates with the first coin outlet 12, 120, 22, 32 of the modular element 1 ,10, 2, 3.
- the second coin inlet 15, 25, 35 once the modular element 1 , 10, 2, 3 has been inserted and installed in the housing A, it faces and abuts the outlet slot 91 of the coins which have not been validated and which arrive from the validator G via the coin sliding channel 90.
- the modular element 1 , 10, 2, 31 further comprises sensor means 14, 24, 34 for detecting passage of coins and for identifying a denomination of the coins, which are predisposed at the first coin inlet 11 , 21 , 31 for detecting passage of coins coming from the magazine M through the first slot F1 and identifying a denomination thereof
- a first type of modular element 1 , 10 which can be housed and installed in the housing A of the structure S is illustrated in figures 3, 4, 5 and 6.
- the use and installation of the modular element 1 , 10 of figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the housing A, and the predisposing, for example via the use of a coin validator G as mentioned herein above, of coins of a certain denomination (for example 1 Euro) in the magazine M of the structure S, enables configuring a device 100 for coin management which is usable as a classic hopper, i.e. as a coin-changing device.
- the modular element 1 comprises a first internal coin-conveying path 13 such that the first coin outlet 12 is arranged at a front wall thereof and the coins therefore exit from a front surface S1 of the structure S.
- the modular element 10 installable in the housing A of the structure S comprises the first internal coin- conveying path 13 such that the first coin outlet 120 is arranged at a lateral wall thereof such that the coins exit from a lateral surface S2 of the structure S.
- the modular element 1 , 10 comprises a support element 18 and a covering element 19, 190, which covering element 19, 190 is couplable with the support element 18.
- the support element 18 (visible for example in figure 4) bears the first coin inlet 11 , at which the sensor means 14 for coin recognition are predisposed, and comprises the first internal path 13, while the covering element 19, 190 comprises a relative opening for defining the first coin outlet 12, 120 and further, in a lateral wall thereof, a recess such as to define, once coupled with the support element 18, the second coin inlet 15 for non-validated coins arriving from the coin validator G via the coin sliding channel 190 internal of the structure S.
- the covering element 19 exhibits a shape such that once coupled to the support element 18 the relative first coin outlet 12 is arranged at the front surface S1 of the structure S (see figure 5).
- the covering element 19 exhibits a shape such that once coupled to the support element 18, the relative first coin outlet 120 is arranged at the lateral surface S2 of the structure S (see figure 6).
- a second type of modular element 2 which can be housed and installed in the housing A of the structure S is illustrated in figures 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 , while figure 12 schematically reports the possible functioning of the modular element 2.
- the modular element 2 comprises the first internal path 23 for conveying coins such that the first coin outlet 22 is arranged at a front surface S1 of the structure S and comprises, further, a second internal path 260 for conveying coins and a first mobile organ 26, situated along the first internal path 23, the first mobile organ 26 being activatable in order to deviate the coins from the first path 23 towards the second internal path 260 for conveying coins.
- the modular element 2 further comprises a third internal path 270 for conveying coins and a second mobile organ 27, situated along the second internal path for conveying coins 260.
- the second mobile organ 27 is activatable for deviating the coins from the second internal path 260 towards the third internal path for conveying coins 270.
- the modular element 2 further comprises a fourth internal path 280 for conveying coins and a third mobile organ 28, situated along the second internal path for conveying coins 260; the third mobile organ 28 is activatable for deviating the coins from the second internal path 260 towards the fourth internal path for conveying coins 280.
- Figure 12 schematically illustrates the internal structure of the modular element 2 with the four different internal coin-conveying paths, and the various mobile organs for deviating the coins.
- the structure S for receiving in the housing A thereof the second type of modular element 2, further exhibits a fourth slot F4 for coin passage, facing the housing A and communicating with the magazine (visible in figure 1 , for example).
- the second internal path 260 for conveying coins of the modular element 2 is further provided with a terminal section 250 for coin outlet, the terminal section 250 being positioned facing and abutting with the above-cited fourth slot F4 once the modular element 2 has been housed and installed in the housing A.
- the coins which have been directed from the first mobile organ 26, once activated, along the second internal path 260, and which have not been deviated by the second mobile organ 27 towards the third internal conveying path 270, and which have not been deviated by the thirf mobile organ 28 towards the fourth internal conveying path 280, can be directed and newly conveyed into the magazine M internally of the structure S.
- This can occur when the coin that has been conveyed by the collecting and conveying means P present internally of the structure S at the first coin passage slot F1 of the structure S, and received from the first coin inlet 21 of the modular element 2, is recognised by the sensor means 14 as not suitable to be dispensed as change.
- the coin entering the modular element 2 be recognised as having a greater value than the value of the change which is yet to be dispensed to the user, the coin is directed, following activation of the first mobile organ 26 towards the second internal path 260 and from there, as described above, newly conveyed via the fourth slot F4 internally of the structure S into the relative magazine M.
- the above-cited third internal path 270 for conveying exhibits a terminal section 271 for exit of money which constitutes a second coin outlet 221 for the modular element 2 and the fourth internal path 280 for conveying exhibits, in turn, a terminal section 281 for coin outlet constituting a third coin outlet 222 for the modular element 2, with the second coin outlet 221 and the third coin outlet 222 being at the front surface S1 of the structure S once the modular element 2 has been housed and installed in the housing.
- the third internal conveying path 270 is provided, upstream of the relative terminal section 271 for coin outlet, with a first mobile stop element 272 which is activatable to block and temporarily retain a coin of a first denomination M1 deviated by the second mobile organ 27, when activated, from the second internal path 260 into the third internal path 270.
- the fourth internal conveyor path 280 is provided, upstream of the relative terminal section 281 for coin outlet, with a second mobile stop element 282 which is activatable to block and temporarily retain a coin of a second denomination M2 deviated by the third mobile organ 28, when activated, from the second internal path 260 into the fourth internal path 280.
- the first mobile stop element 272 is commandable such as to release the coin of the first denomination M1 such that it can exit from the second coin outlet 221
- the second mobile stop element 282 is commandable such as to release the coin of the second denomination M2 in order for it to be able to exit from the third coin outlet 222.
- the first mobile organ 26 remains deactivated such that the coins can continue over the whole internal path 23 up to the first coin outlet 22 and can be made available for the client.
- the first mobile organ 26 is activated such as to deviate the coin from the first internal path 23 to the second internal path 260 such that via the second internal path 260 it is guided, via the terminal section for coin outlet 250 newly internally of the structure S, through the fourth slot F4 present therein.
- the modular element 2 will comprise activation of respectively the first mobile stop element 272 (present along the third path 270) or the second mobile stop element 282 (present along the fourth path 280), such as to free the relative coin, retained up to then, in order for that coin to be made available to outside via respectively either the second coin outlet 271 or the third coin outlet 282.
- the modular element 2 comprises performing operations finalised at resetting the temporary "cash checkout” , i.e. coins present internally of the magazine M are conveyed to the first inlet 21 of the modular element 2.
- the first mobile organ 26 is activated such as to deviate the coins from the first path 26 towards the second path 260.
- the second mobile organ 27 and the third mobile organ 28 are maintained in position such as not to deviate the coins either towards the third path 270 or towards the fourth path 280, such that the coins are conveyed along the whole second path 260 up to the relative terminal section 250 for coin outlet, and then made to re-enter through the fourth slot F4 newly into the structure S, into the relative magazine M.
- the coin which enters the modular element 2 corresponds to the coin denomination (for example 10 Eurocents or 20 Eurocents) which is to be sent, then to be retained either in the third path 270 or the fourth path 280, the first mobile organ 26 is activated such as to deviate the coin from the first path 23 to the second path 260; thereafter, respectively either the second mobile organ 27 or the third mobile organ 28 is activated such as to deviate the coin towards the relative corresponding third path 270 or fourth path 280.
- the coin is deviated from the second path 260 into the third path 270,or into the fourth path 280, it is retained there by the first stop element 272 or by the second stop element 282.
- This second type of modular element 2 illustrated as mentioned above in figures 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, is constituted by a support element 210 and by a covering element 211 that is couplable with the support element 210.
- the support element (210) comprises the first coin inlet (21), with the coin- detecting sensor means (24), and on which are respectively predisposed: the first internal path (23), the second internal path (260) with the relative terminal section (250) for coin outlet, the first mobile organ 26, the second mobile organ 27 and the third mobile organ 28, the third internal path (270) and the first mobile stop element (272), the fourth internal path (280) with the second mobile stop element (282).
- the covering element 211 frontally comprises relative openings for respectively defining the first coin outlet (22), the second coin outlet (221) and the third coin outlet (222) and further comprises, laterally, a recess such as to define, once coupled with the support element (210), the second coin inlet (25) for receiving the non-validated coins in arrival from the coin validator (G) via the coin sliding channel (90) internal of the structure (S).
- a third further type of modular element 3 which can be housed and installed in the housing A of the structure S is illustrated in figures 13, 13A, 14, 15, 16 and 17, while figure 15A schematically illustrates a possible functioning of the modular element 3.
- the modular element 3 comprises the first internal path 33 for conveying coins such that the first coin outlet 32 is arranged at a front surface S1 of the structure S.
- the first internal path 33 is destined to convey coins of a first denomination towards the first outlet 32, which are carried by the means for collecting and conveying P to the first coin passage slot F1 of the structure S, and are received thereby in the first coin inlet 31 of the modular element 3.
- the modular element 3 further comprises a second internal path 360 for conveying coins and a first mobile organ 36 situated along the first internal path 33; the first mobile organ 36 is activatable for deviating coins that enter the modular element 3 from the first coin inlet 31 (in arrival from the magazine M internal of the structure), and which are different from the first coin denomination, from the first path 33 towards the second internal path 360.
- the modular element 3 is further provided with a third internal path 370, for receiving and conveying coins of a second denomination, and a second mobile organ 37, which is situated along the second internal path 360 for conveying coins.
- the second mobile organ 37 is activatable to deviate the coins of the second denomination of coins from the second internal path 360 towards the third internal path 370 for conveying coins.
- the modular element 3 further comprises a fourth intemal path 380 for receiving and conveying coins of a third coin denomination, and a third mobile organ 38, situated along the second internal path for conveying coins 360.
- the third mobile organ 38 is activatable to deviate the coins of the third denomination of coins from the second internal path 360 towards the fourth internal path 380 for conveying coins.
- the above-cited third internal path 370 for conveying exhibits a terminal section 371 for exit of coins which constitutes a second coin outlet 321 for the second denomination of coins for the modular element 2.
- the fourth internal path 380 for conveying also exhibits a terminal section 381 for coin outlet which constitutes a third coin outlet 322 for the third denomination of coins for the modular element 3.
- the second coin outlet 321 and the third coin outlet 322 are located at the front surface S1 of the structure S once the modular element 3 has been housed and installed in the housing A.
- the first mobile organ 36 is maintained in a position such that the coin can pass through the entire first internal path 33, and reach up to the first coin outlet 32 , then to be made available to the outside from a first surface S1 of the structure S.
- the first mobile organ 36 is activated to deviate these coins from the first path 36 to the second internal path 360.
- the second mobile organ 37 is activated such as to deviate the coin from the second path 360 into the third internal path 370 such that the coin is taken up to the second coin outlet 321 in order to be made available externally from a first surface S1 of the structure S.
- the third mobile organ 37 is activated such as to deviate the coin from the second path 360 into the fourth internal path 370 such that this coin is taken up to the third coin outlet 321 in order to be made available externally from a first surface S1 of the structure S.
- both the second mobile organ 37 and the third mobile organ 38 are maintained in a position such that the third path 370 and the fourth path 380 remain closed, and the said other coin is forced to follow the second internal path 360.
- the structure S exhibits a fourth slot F4 for coin passage which is also facing the housing A in communication with the magazine M.
- the second internal path 360 for conveying coins of the modular element 3 exhibits a terminal section 350 for outlet of coins, through which the coins which correspond to neither the first, second nor third denomination can be made to exit, as illustrated herein above.
- the terminal section 350 once the modular element 3 has been housed and installed in the housing A, is positioned facing and abutting the fourth slot F4 such that the coins directed by the first mobile organ 36 along the second internal path 360, and which have not been deviated by the second mobile organ 37 towards the third internal conveying path 370 and have neither been deviated by the third mobile organ 38 towards the fourth internal path 380, can be directed and conveyed, via the fourth slot F4, newly internally of the structure S.
- the structure In order to make coins of a fourth or still another denomination available externally of the structure S, i.e. coins not corresponding to the three coin denominations which can be dispensed through the three different coin outlets 32, 321 , 322 present in the modular element 3, the structure lastly provides a fifth slot F5 for coin passage (see for example figure 16 and figure 17).
- the fifth slot F5 is realizable at a lateral surface of the structure S, for example following removal of a relative closing element; the structure S also exhibits a coin conveyor channel 80 which is installable inside such as to connect and place in communication the fourth slot F4 (to which the coins different to the three coin denominations are conveyed by means of the second internal path 360) with the fifth slot F5.
- the coins of a fourth denomination, or a further coin denomination (different from the three denominations which are dispensed from the three outlets of the modular element 3), which, as mentioned above, are maintained along the whole second internal path 360 up to the relative terminal section for coin outlet 350, then pass through the fourth slot F4 into the channel 80 and via the channel 80 up to the fifth slot F5 and then externally of the structure S from the lateral surface.
- three relative coin outlets 31 , 321 , 322 are provided by the modular element 3, while the coins of a fourth denomination, or a still further denomination, are conveyed through the modular element 3 and the channel 80 to the outside of the structure S via the fifth slot F5 for coin passage, from which they can, for example, be received/conveyed into a further device.
- the modular element 3 described above and illustrated in figures 13, 13A, 14, 15, 16 and 17 comprises a support element 310 and a covering element 311 , the covering element 311 being couplable with the support element 310.
- the support element 310 comprises the first coin inlet 31 , with the relative coin detecting sensor means 34 , and on which are respectively predisposed: the first internal path 33, the second internal path 360, with the relative terminal section 350 for exit of coins, the third internal path 370, the fourth internal path 380 and the first mobile organ 36, second mobile organ 37and third mobile organ 38.
- the covering element 311 frontally comprises three openings which define, respectively the first coin outlet 32, the second coin outlet 321 and the third coin outlet 322 and further comprises, laterally, a recess such as to define, once coupled with the support element 310, the second coin inlet 35 for receiving the coins which have not been validated coming from the validator G through the internal coin sliding channel of the structure S.
- a device 100 for coin management which can be usable for various purposes and used, for example, as a dispenser of coins of the hopper type, as a device for giving change, of a change-giving type, or as a device for performing a separation and a counting of coins of various denominations, of the count and separate type.
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