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EP2759986B1
EP2759986B1 EP14151912.4A EP14151912A EP2759986B1 EP 2759986 B1 EP2759986 B1 EP 2759986B1 EP 14151912 A EP14151912 A EP 14151912A EP 2759986 B1 EP2759986 B1 EP 2759986B1
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Motoharu Kurosawa
Yasuo Irie
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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
    • G07D9/00—Counting coins; Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
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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 present invention relates to a coin dispenser that can dispense coins having different diameters one by one.
  • the present invention relates to a coin dispenser that can dispense coins having widely different diameters one by one.
  • the present invention relates to a low-cost coin dispenser that can dispense coins having widely different diameters one by one.
  • the "coins” used in the present specification include coins serving as money and tokens serving as money substitute such as medals.
  • a coin dispenser that can dispense coins having diameters in a predetermined range without part replacement and position adjustment.
  • a hopper-type coin dispenser having: a fixed base plate forming a surface of an installation base; a coin-carrying bored disk rotor (D) on which rear curved wings (11) interposed between mutually adjacent coin receiving holes are provided to project from a back side of the disk-rotor main body having the plurality of coin receiving holes formed in a radially symmetrically distributed shape as a whole; a reversible motor for rotating and driving the bored disk rotor that is attached to a back side of the base plate; a coin housing hopper that is also detachably attached to a surface of the base plate and surrounds a peripheral part of the bored disk rotor (D); a coin lead-out opening (17) cut away to have a certain opening width in a part of the coin housing hopper that faces a
  • Prior art document EP 1 811 467 A1 discloses a coin dispensing apparatus which can detect a dispensed coin without lowering a dispensation speed of coins.
  • An object of the disclosure is to provide a coin dispensing apparatus which can detect dispensed small-diameter coins without lowering a dispensation speed.
  • Another object of the disclosure is to provide a coin dispensing apparatus which can detect dispensed small-diameter coins without damaging a coin detecting device.
  • a coin dispensing apparatus where coins thrown out by a throwing-out device are detected by a non-contact type detecting device, wherein a rebound member against which the coin thrown out by the throwing-out device strikes to rebound in a predetermined direction is provided, and a non-contact type coin detecting device which continuously detects a coin before the strikes against the rebound member and the coin after the coin rebounds is provided.
  • Prior art document JP 2007 179412 A discloses a coin holder/dispenser capable of quickly discharging coins, even with small remaining quantity of coins in a coin holding part, preventing coin jam (coin bridge) from being caused, and quickly dispensing a specified number of specified coins.
  • the coin holder/dispenser comprises a rotating body with a holding part for holding coins in the stack in an offset position from a rotation axis line; a drive for rotating the rotating body in the normal rotation direction so as to dispense coins and in the reverse rotation direction so as not to dispense coins; a brake for stopping the holding part at a feed position; and a rotation direction indicating device for outputting a reverse rotation indicating signal for the rotation in the reverse direction, when moving the holding part to the feeding position, and outputting a normal rotation indicating signal for the rotation in the normal direction, when dispensing coins.
  • Prior art document US 2002/189919 A1 discloses a coin dispensing apparatus for storing and dispensing coins through a dispensing slot that can be selectively controlled to prevent unauthorized access.
  • a dispensing device dispenses coins through a coin passageway connected to a dispensing slot.
  • a motor can activate the dispensing device to transport coins to the coin passageway which are in turn counted by a counting sensor unit.
  • a control unit can provide signals for coordinating the operation of the motor and the activation of a shutting device for controlling access to the dispensing slot.
  • a shutter can be spring biased and connected to a solenoid for automatically opening and closing the dispensing slot to prohibit intrusion of an exterior object into the coin passageway.
  • Prior art document JP H09 161123 A discloses a device to prevent the generation of jam due to the bias of coins within a hopper by regulating the movement of a coin engaged with a rotation disk at the time of rotating forward so as to move outside of the rotation disk and not regulating the movement at the time of rotating backward.
  • a first object of the present invention is to provide a coin dispenser having a wide application range of coin diameters.
  • a second object of the present invention is to provide a coin dispenser that does not require addition of the certain distance L2, in other words, that can carry out backward rotation of the rotating disk even when the center of the coin is positioned outside of the rotation circle trajectory of the first contact point P1 of the rear curved wing.
  • it is to provide a coin dispenser that can return the coin into the storage hole by backward rotation of the rotating disk even when the center of the coin is positioned outside of the rotation circle trajectory of the first contact point P1.
  • a third object of the present invention is to provide a coin dispenser that is low cost and can return the coin into the storage hole upon backward rotation of the rotating disk even when the center of the coin is positioned outside of the rotation circle trajectory of the first contact point P1 of the rear curved wing.
  • the present invention has a below configuration in order to achieve the above described objects.
  • a coin dispenser for dispensing coins of a plurality of denominations having different diameters without setting adjustment comprising: a base for supporting a surface of the coins; a coin guiding wall for guiding the coins on the base, is disposed on the base and forms a circular storage hole partially having an opening; a rotating disk is rotatable in a first rotating direction and a second rotating direction opposite to the first rotating direction about a rotating axis in the storage hole, forms a plurality of through holes disposed along a circumferential direction at eccentric positions with respect to the rotating axis, and has a pusher disposed between the mutually adjacent through holes in a back side of the rotating disk and projecting to the base side; a first coin guide is disposed outside of the storage hole on the base and in a rear end side of the opening in the first rotating direction; a second coin guide is disposed outside of the storage hole on the base and disposed in a front end side of the opening in the first rotating direction; and an ejecting roller is disposed outside of the storage hole on the
  • the rotating disk when the rotating disk is rotated in the first rotating direction (hereinafter, also referred to as forward rotation), in the process in which the coin is pushed by the front surface of the pusher and slid on the base, the coin is guided by a cylindrical surface of a rotor constituting the first guide and pushed in the circumferential direction of the rotating disk, is pushed into the part between the second guide and the ejecting roller, and is finally ejected by the ejecting roller.
  • forward rotation in the process in which the coin is pushed by the front surface of the pusher and slid on the base, the coin is guided by a cylindrical surface of a rotor constituting the first guide and pushed in the circumferential direction of the rotating disk, is pushed into the part between the second guide and the ejecting roller, and is finally ejected by the ejecting roller.
  • the coin When the rotating disk is rotated in the second rotating direction (hereinafter, also referred to as backward rotation), the coin is pushed by the rear surface of the pusher and is pushed against the ejecting roller and the rotor. Therefore, the resultant force of the pushing force toward the center of the coin by the rear surface of the pusher and the reactive force from the rotor causes returning force toward the inside of the storage hole to work.
  • the first guide since the first guide has the cylindrical surface, the angle formed by the pushing force and the reactive force is a large angle compared with that in a case in which the first guide is a continuous arc-shaped or straight guide. In other words, the resultant force that works as the returning force is increased compared with that of the continued arc-shaped or straight outlet guide.
  • the rotor rotates, the coin and the cylindrical surface are in rolling contact, and moving resistance of the coin is extremely small.
  • the coin can be returned into the storage hole.
  • the rotating disk can be rotated backward while rotating the coin together. Therefore, there is an advantage that the range of applicable coins can be expanded.
  • an outer circumference of the rotor is formed so that: when the rotating disk is rotated in the first rotating direction, at a point when a minimum diameter coin among the coins of the plurality of denominations is brought into contact with the front surface of the pusher, the first coin guide, and the ejecting roller, a center of the minimum diameter coin is positioned in the second coin guide side with respect to a virtual straight line connecting a contact point of the front surface of the pusher and the minimum diameter coin and a contact point of the ejecting roller and the minimum diameter coin; and, when the rotating disk is rotated in the second rotating direction, at a point when the minimum diameter coin is brought into contact with the rear surface of the pusher, the ejecting roller, and the first coin guide, the center of the minimum diameter coin is positioned in the storage hole side with respect to a virtual straight line connecting a contact point of the rear surface of the pusher and the minimum diameter coin and a contact point of the first coin guide and the minimum diameter coin.
  • the center of the minimum diameter coin is positioned in the second coin guide side with respect to the virtual straight line connecting the contact point of the front surface of the pusher and the minimum diameter coin and the contact point of the ejecting roller and the minimum diameter coin; therefore, the pushing force in the direction toward the ejecting roller works on the minimum diameter coin.
  • the center of the minimum diameter coin is positioned in the storage hole side with respect to the virtual straight line connecting the contact point of the rear surface of the pusher and the minimum diameter coin and the contact point of the first coin guide and the minimum diameter coin. Therefore, the pushing force toward the storage hole works on the minimum diameter coin. Therefore, there is an advantage that the minimum diameter coin can be more reliably dispensed and push-returned into the storage hole.
  • the rotor is comprised of a ball bearing roller.
  • the rotor is a ball bearing roller
  • the moving resistance of the coin is reduced, and there is an advantage that the coin can be more smoothly dispensed and push-returned into the storage hole.
  • the dispenser can be manufactured at low cost.
  • the present embodiment is an example of a coin dispenser that can dispense 1-yen coins 1C, 5-yen coins 5C, 10-yen coins 10C, 50-yen coins 50C, 100-yen coins 100C, and 500-yen coins 500C of Japanese coins without the need of some sort of adjustment and part replacement.
  • this is an example of the coin dispenser that can dispense the coins one by one in a range from a minimum diameter coin SC having a diameter of 20 millimeters of the 1-yen coin 1C to a maximum diameter coin LC having a diameter of 26 millimeters of the 500-yen coin without some sort of adjustment and part replacement.
  • the present invention is not limited to the above described denominations, but can be also applied to foreign coins, play medals, etc.
  • a coin dispenser 100 has a function to sort the 1-yen coin 1C to the 500-yen coin 500C, which are in bulk, one by one and then eject the coins one by one.
  • the coin dispenser 100 roughly has: a frame 102, a base 104, a storing bowl 106, a rotating disk 108, a coin guiding wall 110, regulating pins 112, an outlet guide (corresponding to a first coin guide of the present invention) 114, a fixed part 118 and an ejecting roller 120 constituting a hopper 116, a coin detector 122, and a coin outlet 123.
  • the frame 102, the base 104, the storing bowl 106, the rotating disk 108, the coin guiding wall 110, the regulating pins 112, the fixed part 118 and the ejecting roller 120 constituting the hopper 116, the coin detector 122, and the coin outlet 123 are conventionally publicly known structures.
  • the invention of the present application relates to the structure of the outlet guide 114.
  • the frame 102 will be explained mainly with reference to FIG. 1 .
  • the frame 102 has a function that functional parts such as the base 104, the storing bowl 106, etc. are attached thereto, and the frame 102 in the present embodiment has a hollow rectangular box shape made of a metal plate.
  • An upper-surface opening of the frame 102 is covered with the base 104.
  • An electric motor 124 which is equipped with a decelerator and can be rotated forward and backward is fixed to a back side of the base 104, and an output shaft 126 thereof passes through a circular through hole 128 formed in the base 104 and projects to the upper side of the base 104. If coin jamming occurs, the electric motor 124 is rotated backward for a predetermined period of time and by a predetermined number of rotations, thereby contributing to automatic removal of the coin jamming.
  • the base 104 is horizontally disposed in the present embodiment, but may be disposed to be tilted.
  • the base 104 has a function that the coins C are pushed and moved on an upper surface thereof by the rotating disk 108.
  • the base 104 is a flat plate made of stainless steel or a resin having antifriction properties, and an upper surface thereof is formed to have predetermined flatness.
  • a coin peripheral guiding plate 130 which forms the coin guiding wall 110 and has a predetermined thickness is closely fixed to the upper surface of the base 104.
  • the base 104 can be replaced by another mechanism that has a similar function.
  • the storing bowl 106 has a function to store many coins C in bulk.
  • the storing bowl 106 has an approximately vertical tubular shape made of resin, and the inside of the tube is formed into a coin storing unit 132 extending in the vertical direction.
  • the coin storing unit 132 is formed so that a horizontal cross section of an upper portion 106A is rectangular and that a horizontal cross section of a lower portion 106U is formed into a circular bottom hole 134.
  • An intermediate portion 106M between the upper portion 106A and the lower portion 106U is formed into a slope on which the coins C can slide.
  • an attachment part 135 projecting in a lateral direction like a flange is formed, and the storing bowl 106 is fixed to the base 104, specifically, to the coin peripheral guiding plate 130 by using this attachment part 135.
  • the storing bowl 106 can be changed to another device that has a similar function.
  • the rotating disk 108 has a function to be rotated at a predetermined speed, stir the coins C in the storing bowl 106, push and rotate together the coins C fallen into through holes 136 formed at eccentric positions, and eliminate coin jamming by backward rotation when coin jamming occurs.
  • the rotating disk 108 is disposed in the bottom hole 134 of the storing bowl 106, is rotated forward counterclockwise in FIG. 2 at a predetermined speed upon dispensing of the coins C by a direct-current electric motor 124 fixed to a back side of the base 104, and is rotated at a predetermined speed clockwise, which is in the opposite direction, if coin jamming occurs.
  • the rotating disk 108 has a stirrer 138 having a conical shape or a polygonal pyramid shape at the center, stirs the coins C by rotating in the bottom hole 134, and facilitates fall of the coins C into the through holes 136.
  • the rotating disk 108 has pushers 142 on back sides of respective ribs 140 between the through holes 136.
  • the pusher 142 undergoes rotary movement in a storage hole 144 of the coin peripheral guiding plate 130, which is closely fixed to the upper surface of the base 104 and has a predetermined thickness.
  • a pushing front surface 147 thereof has a curved shape so as to be retreated from a rotating axis RA side of the rotating disk 108 to a rotating-direction rear position side toward a circumferential edge side.
  • the pusher 142 is comprised of a first pusher 142A close to the rotating axis RA side and a second pusher 142B close to the circumferential edge side.
  • An arc-shaped first relief groove 148A is formed in the rotating axis RA side of the first pusher 142A, and a second relief groove 148B is formed between the first pusher 142A and the second pusher 142B so that a first regulating pin 112A and a second regulating pin 112B, which will be described later, can pass therethrough.
  • the front surface of the first pusher 142A is a first pushing front surface 147A
  • the front surface of the second pusher 142B is a second pushing front surface 147B.
  • the coin C which has fallen into the through hole 136 is brought into contact with and supported by the base 104 by the surface thereof and is guided by the coin guiding wall 110 of the storage hole 144, the coin C is pushed by the first pusher 142A by the rotation of the rotating disk 108 and is rotated together with the rotating disk 108 in a moving passage MP. Then, when the coin C reaches a predetermined position of an outlet passage 152, pushing is switched to that by the second pusher 142B, and the coin C is moved to the hopper 116 while guiding and pushing the coin by the outlet guide 114 and the ejecting roller 120.
  • the coin C that is rotated together with and moved by the rotating disk 108 without being guided by the coin guiding wall 110 is ejected from the base 104 and is forcibly guided in the circumferential direction of the rotating disk 108, in other words, to the upper side of FIG. 2 by the later-described first regulating pin 112A and the second regulating pin 112B positioned in the moving passage MP of the coins C.
  • the coin guiding wall 110 has a function to guide the circumferential surface of the coin C, which is rotated together by the rotating disk 108.
  • the coin guiding wall 110 is an inner wall surface of the approximately circular storage hole 144 formed in the coin peripheral guiding plate 130, which is formed into a rectangle approximately same as the base 104 and has a thickness slightly larger than the thickness of the thickest coin C among the coins C of handling targets; and part thereof is cut to form a storage hole outlet 154.
  • the coin guiding wall 110 has a C-shape, and the storage hole outlet 154 is formed to have a diameter of about 1.5 times the diameter of the maximum diameter coin.
  • the storage hole outlet 154 is a slit-like opening formed by an upstream-side end 110E and a downstream-side end 110L of the coin guiding wall 110.
  • the coin peripheral guiding plate 130 is closely fixed to the upper surface of the base 104, and the lower surface of the attachment part 135 of the storing bowl 106 is detachably closely fixed to the upper surface of the coin peripheral guiding plate 130.
  • the axial cores of the rotating axis RA, the bottom hole 134, and the storage hole 144 are disposed to mutually match.
  • the vertical axes of the rotating disk 108, the bottom hole 134, and the storage hole 144 are mutually the same.
  • the diameter of the rotating disk 108 is formed to be slightly smaller than the diameter of the storage hole 144, and a tip of the pusher 142 in the circumferential edge side of the rotating disk 108 is formed to have a diameter slightly smaller than that of the storage hole 144 so that it can be rotated in the storage hole 144.
  • the moving passage MP has an approximately circular ring shape.
  • the coin peripheral guiding plate 130 is only required to have a function to guide the coins C so that the coins C are guided by the coin guiding wall 110 and moved in the moving passage MP.
  • the base 104 and the coin peripheral guiding plate 130 may be integrally formed.
  • the regulating pins 112 have a function to guide the coin C, which is rotated together by the rotating disk 108, in the circumferential direction of the rotating disk 108, in other words, to the storage hole outlet 154 side and have a function to be pushed downward by the coin C, which is pushed by the rear surface 150 of the pusher 142, and allow the coin C to move in the opposite direction in the moving passage MP when the rotating disk 108 is rotated backward.
  • the regulating pins are comprised of the first regulating pin 112A and the second regulating pins 112B elastically projecting from the upper surface of the base 104.
  • the regulating pins 112 are not necessarily required, and the regulating pins 112 can be arbitrarily installed. In the present embodiment, the regulating pins 112 are disposed just in case.
  • Each of the first regulating pin 112A and the second regulating pin 112B is a cylinder fixed to rise from a second end of a plate spring (not shown) having a first end fixed to the back side of the base 104.
  • the head of the cylinder projects to above the base 104 from a through hole formed in the base 104, but projects by a degree that the head does not abut the back side of the rotating disk 108.
  • a slope 156 (first slope 156A, second slope 156B) tilted so that the component force that pushes the pin into the base 104 is caused to work by the coin C pushed in the opposite direction in the moving passage MP is formed on the head.
  • the shape of the head employs, for example, the invention disclosed in Japanese Utility Model No. 2594435 .
  • a first extension line EA of the first slope 156A and a second extension line EB of the second slope 156B are formed to intersect with each other by an obtuse angle Z.
  • the 1-yen coin 1C is brought into contact with the first slope 156A and the second slope 156B and then pushes down the first regulating pin 112A and the second regulating pin 112B on which they are formed, thereby carrying out continuous backward rotation of the rotating disk 108.
  • the center ICC of the 1-yen coin 1C is set to be positioned on the bisector BIS in the vicinity of the intersecting part (this is the same also in cases of other denominations).
  • the component force that works from the abutting first slope 156A or the second slope 156B causes the coin to be brought into contact with both of the first slope 156A and the second slope 156B approximately uniformly, and large force is prevented from working on part of the circumferential surface of the coin C. Therefore, there is an advantage that the coin C is not damaged.
  • the outlet passage 152 is a passage through which the coin C moved from the storage hole outlet 154 can be moved to the later-described coin outlet 123 and is formed to be continued to the downstream of the storage hole outlet 154. Therefore, the outlet passage 152 is not required to be formed into a channel shape of which three sides are surrounded or into a rectangular shape of which four sides are surrounded, and the outlet passage 152 is only required to guide at least the lower surface of the coin C. In the present embodiment, the outlet passage 152 is formed of the upper surface of the base 104.
  • the coin C moved from the storage hole outlet 154 passes through the outlet passage 152 and is released from the later-described coin outlet 123.
  • the outlet guide 114 has a function to guide the coin C toward the hopper 116 upon forward rotation of the rotating disk 108 and, upon backward rotation of the rotating disk 108, to guide the coin C and returns the coin into the storage hole 144.
  • a cylindrical surface 160 positioned in the lateral side of an upstream-side end 110E side of the storage hole outlet 154 is comprised of an outlet rotor 162 which is rotatable about a second axis RB.
  • the outlet rotor 162 uses a roller 164 in the present embodiment, more specifically, uses generally commercially available small ball bearing. This is for a reason that, although the roller 164 can use a roller bearing or a bush, the dispenser can be formed at low cost since the commercially available ball bearing is a mass-produced product. If the ball bearing is used as the roller 164, an outer race corresponds to the roller 164, and an inner race is fixed to a first supporting shaft 158 or attached so as not to fall therefrom.
  • the roller 164 is rotatably attached to an upper portion of the first supporting shaft 158, which is vertical to the base 104. Therefore, the outer circumferential surface of the roller 164 is the cylindrical surface 160.
  • the outlet rotor 162 is disposed in a lateral side of the outlet passage 152 in the middle of the part between the upstream-side end 110E and the ejecting roller 120 and is disposed with a predetermined distance away from a first straight line L1, which forms a tangent line with the ejecting roller 120 positioned at a later-described standby position SP and is connected to the upstream-side end 110E.
  • the outlet rotor 162 is disposed so that the first straight line L1 and the cylindrical surface 160 of the outlet rotor 162 are away from each other at least by the distance that is half of the diameter of the outlet rotor 162.
  • the center 1CC of the 1-yen coin 1C is positioned outside of a backward-rotation trajectory CCL formed by the rear surface tip 150E.
  • the diameter of the outlet rotor 162 is determined comprehensibly in consideration of the permissible size of the dispenser, the application range of the diameters of the coins C, etc.
  • the diameter of the outlet rotor 162 is preferred to be 7 to 8 millimeters. Furthermore, the position thereof is preferred to be disposed at a position closer to the upstream-side end 110E than from an intermediate point M of the upstream-side end 110E and the ejecting roller 120.
  • a reason therefor is that coin C is dropped in a first gap 166 between the upstream-side end 110E and the outlet rotor 162 and a second gap 168 between the outlet rotor 162 and the ejecting roller 120, coin jamming may occur if the dropped distance is large, and the dispensable small-diameter-side coin range is limited if the dropped distance is small.
  • the permissible range of the dropped distance of the 1-yen coin 1C in the first gap 166 is about one-fifth of the radius of the 1-yen coin 1C. This is for a reason that, if the 1-yen coin 1C is dropped more than that, the 1-yen coin 1C cannot be smoothly moved, and a pressed dent may remain on the 1-yen coin 1C, which is made of aluminum.
  • a point for dispensing the 1-yen coin 1C upon forward rotation is to implement a setting so that the resultant force F23 of the pushing force F21 from the pusher 142 toward the coin center 1CC and the reactive force F22 from the ejecting roller 120 is toward the fixed part 118 side and that the coin is guided to a position at which the resultant force F23 exceeds the resistance force of the rotational resistance of the ejecting roller 120, etc.
  • a setting is implemented, even the 1-yen coin 1C can be smoothly dispensed without damaging the coin.
  • the rotating disk 108 can rotate the 1-yen coin 1C together in the backward direction by implementing a setting so that, as shown in FIG. 11 , the center of the 1-yen coin 1C is positioned in the storage hole 144 side with respect to a straight line (not shown) connecting a contact point of the rear surface 150 of the pusher 142, specifically, the rear surface tip 150E of the second pusher 142B and the 1-yen coin 1C and a contact point of the outlet rotor 162 and the 1-yen coin 1C, that resultant force F13 of pushing force F11 from the rear surface tip 150E toward the center 1CC of the 1-yen coin 1C and reactive force F12 from the outlet rotor 162 toward the center 1CC of the 1-yen coin 1C is toward the storage hole 144 side, and the coin is guided to a position at which the resultant force exceeds the resistance force of rotation resistance of the outlet rotor 162, etc.
  • the coin C having a smaller diameter can be rotated together upon backward rotation, and there is an advantage that the application range of coin diameters is widened.
  • the hopper 116 has a function to eject the coin C, which is pushed in the circumferential direction of the rotating disk 108 by the pushing front surface 147B of the pusher 142, by spring force of an elastic part.
  • the hopper 116 is comprised of the fixed part 118 (corresponding to a second coin guide of the present invention) and the ejecting roller 120.
  • the fixed part 118 has a function to receive the coin C, which has been pushed by the pusher 142 and pushed out to the storage hole outlet 154, and guide the coin in the circumferential direction of the rotating disk 108, in other words, a function to define one side of the outlet passage 152.
  • the fixed part 118 is comprised of a fixed roller 170 and a fixed guide 171.
  • the fixed roller 170 is not completely fixed and is preferred to be set so as to be slightly moved and buffer excessive force when the excessive force is applied in the later described manner. This is for improving the durability of the dispenser.
  • the fixed roller 170 is not required to be a roller, but may be a plate formed to be integrated with the fixed guide 171.
  • part of the coin peripheral guiding plate 130 may have an arc-shaped circumferential surface corresponding to the fixed roller 170, and the fixed guide 171 may be formed to be continued thereto. Therefore, the fixed part 118 can be changed to another device having a similar function.
  • the fixed roller 170 is projecting upward from a first lever 174 rotatably supported by a second supporting shaft 172 projecting downward to the back side of the base 104, and a roller 178, which is penetrating through a through hole (not shown) formed in the base 104 and is rotatably supported by a tip of a third supporting shaft 176 positioned in the upper side of the base 104, is a ball bearing 178.
  • the first lever 174 is biased clockwise in FIGs. 2 and 4 by the spring force of an elastic part, which is a first spring 180 in the present embodiment.
  • a first stopper 182 At the position of FIG. 2 , in other words, at the position adjacent to the downstream-side end 110L of the storage hole 144, turning of the first lever 174 is stopped and maintained in a still state by a first stopper 182.
  • the inner circumferential surface of the circumferential surface of the ball bearing 178 is disposed on a virtual circle of the storage hole 144 so as to form part of the inner surface of the storage hole 144.
  • the spring force of the first spring 180 is set so that, when the coin C is collided in a normal case, the first spring 180 is not moved, but is slightly moved for relief when force larger than the normal case works. This is for a reason that even slight movement for relief can buffer the overload caused by the coin C and contributes to improvement of the durability of the dispenser.
  • the fixed guide 171 has a function to guide the coin C, which has been guided by the fixed roller 170, in a predetermined direction and a function to sandwich the coin C with the ejecting roller 120 and finally eject the coin.
  • a first straight part 184, a curved part 186, and a second straight part 188 are sequentially formed therein from the fixed roller 170 side.
  • the first straight part 184 is formed so that the first extension line EL thereof forms a tangent line with respect to the fixed roller 170 and that a tangent line CL with respect to the fixed roller 170 extended from an end of the coin guiding wall 110 forms an acute angle close to 90 degrees therewith.
  • the second straight part 188 is formed to be parallel to a perpendicular line VL (for the sake of convenience, will be referred to as a perpendicular line) passing through the rotating axis RA in FIG. 2 .
  • the curved part 186 is formed to be a circular arc that smoothly connects the first straight part 184 and the second straight part 188 to each other.
  • the second straight part 188 which determines the final dispensing direction of the coin C, is arbitrarily determined by the dispensing direction of the coin C, is not required to be parallel to the perpendicular line VL, but may be a curved line.
  • the fixed guide 171 is formed to be separated from the base 104 and the coin peripheral guiding plate 130, but may be integrally formed with one of or both of them.
  • the ejecting roller 120 has a function to eject the coin C, which has been pushed into the outlet passage 152 and of which part or whole is guided by the fixed guide 171.
  • the ejecting roller 120 is a roller which is fixed upward from an end of a second lever 192 of which part is rotatably supported by a fourth supporting shaft 190 projecting downward from the back side of the base 104, and the roller is rotatably attached to an upper end of a fifth supporting shaft 196, which penetrates through an arc-shaped long hole 194 formed in the base 104 like an arc about the fourth supporting shaft 190 and is projecting to the upper side of the base 104.
  • the ejecting roller 120 is a ball bearing 197. The ejecting roller 120 can be changed to another device having a similar function.
  • the second lever 192 is elastically biased so as to get close to the fixed part 118 side by a second spring 202 of which ends are stopped by a first stopper part 198 formed at part thereof and a second stopper part 200 projecting downward from the base 104.
  • the second lever 192 is stopped by a second stopper 204, which is projecting downward from the back side of the base 104, so as to be still at a position at which a straight-line distance L between the fixed part 118 and the ejecting roller 120 is slightly smaller than an expected minimum diameter of dispensed coins.
  • the shortest distance L between the fixed roller 170 and the ejecting roller 120 forms an entrance gap 206 which is slightly smaller than the diameter of the 1-yen coin 1C.
  • the ejecting roller 120 starts ejection by the spring force of the second spring 202; and, finally, in a state in which the 1-yen coin 1C is supported between the first straight part 184 and the fixed roller 170, the coin is ejected by the ejecting roller 120 in the direction parallel to the first straight part 184.
  • the ejected coin C is gently subjected to change of direction by the curved part 186, is then straightly guided by the second straight part 188, and is ejected in the direction parallel to the perpendicular line VL.
  • the forward rotation of the rotating disk 108 causes the 1-yen coin 1C to be guided by the outlet rotor 162 and be pushed by the pushing force F21 by the second pusher 142B, the 1-yen coin 1C is guided to the fixed part 118 side by the resultant force F23 caused by the reactive force F22 from the ejecting roller 120, and part of the 1-yen coin 1C enters the entrance gap 206.
  • the rotating disk 108 is further rotated forward, the coin C is pushed into the entrance gap 206 by the pushing force of the second pusher 142B ( FIG. 6 ); therefore, the ejecting roller 120 is moved in the direction to get away from the fixed roller 170 against the spring force of the second spring 202.
  • the ejecting force caused by the second spring 202 works on the 1-yen coin 1C; therefore, ejection is started, and, finally, the coin is ejected by the ejecting roller 120 immediately after part thereof is brought into contact with an end 184E of the first straight line 184 and the fixed roller 170. While the ejected coin C is guided by the fixed guide 171, is dispensed in the direction parallel to the perpendicular line VL. In the process of this dispensing, the coin C is detected by the coin detector 122.
  • the coin detector 122 has a function to detect the coin C, which is ejected by the hopper 116, and a magnetic metal sensor 208 is used in the present embodiment. Therefore, the coin detector 122 can be changed to another system such as a photoelectric sensor, a mechanical sensor, or the like.
  • the coin detector 122 is disposed to be opposed to the outlet passage 152 in the lateral side of the second straight part 188, but may be disposed in the downstream of the coin outlet 123.
  • the coin outlet 123 has a function feed coin C from the base 104, is not particularly required to be formed into a slit-shaped passage or the like, and the coin outlet 123 is formed at a downstream end of the outlet passage 152. In other words, an end of the base 104 opposed to the outlet passage 152 is the coin outlet 123.
  • the 1-yen coin 1C will be taken as an example for explanation.
  • the coin C in the storing bowl 106 is dropped into the through hole 136 by the rotation of the rotating disk 108; the surface of the front side or back side thereof is brought into contact with and supported by the base 104; and, while the coin is pushed by the first pusher 142A and guided by the coin guiding wall 110 which is the circumferential wall of the storage hole 144, the coin is moved to the storage hole outlet 154 side ( FIG. 3 ).
  • the coin C which has reached the storage hole outlet 154, is dropped into the first gap 166 from the upstream-side end 110E, is supported by the cylindrical surface 160 of the outlet rotor 162, and is prevented from being dropped more than that. Then, the coin is guided by the cylindrical surface 160, is slightly moved to the entrance gap 206 side, is then dropped into the second gap 168, and is then brought into contact with and guided by the ejecting roller 120 positioned at the standby position SP ( FIG. 5 ).
  • the 1-yen coin 1C When the 1-yen coin 1C is brought into contact with the second pushing front surface 147B of the second pusher 142B, the cylindrical surface 160, and the ejecting roller 120, since the resultant force F23 of the pushing force F21 from the second pushing front surface 147B toward the coin center 1CC of the 1-yen coin 1C and the reactive force F22 from the ejecting roller 120 is toward the fixed roller 170 side as described above, the 1-yen coin 1C is guided by the cylindrical surface of the ejecting roller 120, is moved toward the entrance gap 206 side, and is positioned in the entrance gap 206 ( FIGs. 5 , 6 ).
  • the 1-yen coin 1C is further moved in the circumferential direction of the rotating disk 108, and, immediately after the center 1CC of the 1-yen coin 1C passes the straight line L connecting the contact point PA of the circumferential direction thereof and the fixed roller 170 and the contact point PB of the ejecting roller 120 and the circumferential surface of the 1-yen coin 1C, the coin receives ejecting force from the ejecting roller 120 ( FIG. 7 ).
  • the ejected 1-yen coin 1C is guided by the curved part 186, is then guided by the second straight part 188, and is ejected from the coin outlet 123 to the direction parallel to the perpendicular line VL ( FIG. 9 ).
  • the 1-yen coin 1C is moved to the entrance gap 206 without contacting the outlet rotor 162 and is then ejected by the ejecting roller 120 in a state in which the coin is in contact with the tip part 182E of the first straight part 184 and the fixed roller 170 as described above.
  • resultant force F43 thereof works on the center 1CC of the 1-yen coin 1C.
  • the 1-yen coin 1C is pushed in a lateral direction toward the storage hole 144, in other words, is pushed toward the second gap 168.
  • the reactive force F12 having the same value as the pushing force F11 works on the coin center 1CC of the 1-yen coin 1C from the outlet rotor 162. Since the resultant force F13 of the pushing force F11 and the reactive force F12 is toward the storage hole 144, further backward rotation of the rotating disk 108 causes the 1-yen coin 1C to reach the first gap 166 while being guided by the circumferential surface of the outlet rotor 162, the coin is then guided by the upstream-side end 110E and returned into the storage hole 144, and the coin is moved along the coin guiding wall 110.
  • the coin C positioned in the downstream of the first regulating pin 112A and the second regulating pin 112B can pass therethrough by moving over the first slope 156A and the second slope 156B at the tips of the first regulating pin 112A and the second regulating pin 112B. Therefore, the rotating disk 108 is continuously rotated. Therefore, the rotating disk 108 can be rotated backward by an angle that is sufficient to eliminate coin jamming, and coin jamming can be eliminated.

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