EP2767957A1 - Münzausgabevorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP2767957A1
EP2767957A1 EP14155029.3A EP14155029A EP2767957A1 EP 2767957 A1 EP2767957 A1 EP 2767957A1 EP 14155029 A EP14155029 A EP 14155029A EP 2767957 A1 EP2767957 A1 EP 2767957A1
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Andrea Montanari
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Microhard Srl
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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 present invention relates to the special technical sector concerning devices for dispensing coins, which are usually used in automatic dispensers, into the payment machines of car parks, slot machines, video games, etc., as change-tellers and/or money-exchange machines and/or dispensers of winnings.
  • a coin dispensing device of the prior art is described in document WO 2004/114228 and illustrated in figures 1A and 1B .
  • This known device comprises a main body (1), a disc element (2) mounted on the main body and a secondary body (3), shaped as a hopper, with a circular opening (30) on the bottom, which is mountable above the main body (1) so that the circular opening is arranged above the disc element (2).
  • the main body (1) is conformed such as to exhibit an inclined wall (11) on which the disc element (2) is mounted rotatably about a rotation axis that is perpendicular to the inclined wall (11).
  • the disc element (2) is provided with circular through-seatings (21), each of which exhibits a shape and dimension that are suitable for receiving and internally retaining a corresponding coin.
  • the device further comprises a motor organ which is mounted and predisposed internally of the main body (1) and which by means of a mechanical relay organ, for example a cogwheel, is connected to the disc element (2) in such a way that the disc element (2) can be set in rotation about the rotation axis.
  • a mechanical relay organ for example a cogwheel
  • the hopper-shaped secondary body (3) functions as a coin receptacle, the coins being fed therein from a relative store: the coins present in the secondary body (3) stack above the disc element (2) and time by time each coin inserts and becomes located internally of a corresponding circular through-seating (21) of the disc element (2), going to rest on the inclined wall (11) of the main body (1).
  • the activation in rotation of the disc element (2), by means of activation of the motor organ, is such that the coins that fall into the circular seatings (21) are set in rotation along an annular path, sliding restingly on the inclined wall up until they reach the switching means (4) which project through rectangular slots (41) present on the inclined wall.
  • the switching means deviate the coin towards an outlet slot (14) present on a lateral face of the main body (1) so that it can be dispensed externally of the device.
  • the switching means (4) of this prior-art device are constituted by a pair of teeth (40) which project from the inclined wall (11) through the rectangular slots (31) presented therein and which are borne, in a single body, by a support element (42) which is mounted and predisposed below the inclined wall (11) such as to be pivoted and rotatable about an axis (B) parallel to the inclined wall (11).
  • the switching means (4) further comprise an elastic organ (43), for example a spring (43), which is fixed, at a first end, to the support element (42) and at a second end to an element connected to an internal wall of the main body (1).
  • an elastic organ for example a spring (43)
  • the spring (43) retains the support element (42) in a first position (illustrated in figure 1 B) , so that the two teeth (40) are also maintained in a first position closed to an end of the slots (41).
  • the support element (42) is then recalled into the original position thereof by the elastic return force of the spring (43), and by rotating in the opposite direction with respect to the hinge axis (B) returns the teeth (40) into the above-mentioned first position.
  • a device such as the above exhibits various drawbacks.
  • the structure and arrangement of the switching means has been revealed not to be particularly effective as the teeth have to rotate, via the hinged support element, about a rotation axis that is parallel to the inclined wall and to move in a straight direction in the rectangular slots, the development of which does not follow the circular movement of the coins.
  • a further drawback is constituted by the out-of-centre position in which the motor organ is mounted with respect to the rotation axis of the disc element which imposes use of a mechanical relay element, such as the cogwheel, for connection thereof to the disc element.
  • the aim of the present invention is therefore to provide a new coin dispensing device able to obviate the drawbacks of the above-described prior-art device.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a new coin dispensing device provided with a structure of the switching means which is particularly effective in switching the coins and able to guarantee, over time, excellent switching of the coins towards the outlet slot.
  • a further aim of the present invention is to provide a coin dispensing device exhibiting an activating structure of the disc element for moving the coins that is more balanced and more effective with respect to the prior-art device.
  • the cited aims are obtained in accordance with a coin dispensing device according to claim 1.
  • reference letter (D) denotes the coin dispensing device of the present invention in its entirety.
  • the device (D) comprises: a main body (6) exhibiting an upper wall (61), a disc element (7) mounted on the external face of the upper wall (61) so as to be set in rotation with respect to the wall (61) about a rotation axis (R) perpendicular to the wall (61) and passing through the centre of the disc element (7).
  • the disc element (7) is provided with circular through-seatings (71) each of which has a suitable shape for receiving and containing internally thereof a corresponding coin (see for example figure 3 ).
  • the device (D) also comprises a secondary body (65) (visible in figure 2 ) which is mountable and associable above the main body (6); the secondary body (65) exhibits a hopper shape with the aim of being able to internally contain a mass of coins, for example coming from an overlying store (not illustrated), and is provided with a passage for conveying the coins above the disc element (7).
  • a secondary body (65) visible in figure 2
  • the secondary body (65) exhibits a hopper shape with the aim of being able to internally contain a mass of coins, for example coming from an overlying store (not illustrated), and is provided with a passage for conveying the coins above the disc element (7).
  • the device (D) also comprises a motor organ (8) (visible for example in figure 4 ) which serves to set the disc element (7) in rotation (w) about the relative rotation axis (R) in such a way that the coins present in the circular seatings (71) of the disc element (7) are moved according to a circular path, sliding above the upper wall (61) of the main body (6).
  • a motor organ (8) visible for example in figure 4
  • the disc element (7) in rotation (w) about the relative rotation axis (R) in such a way that the coins present in the circular seatings (71) of the disc element (7) are moved according to a circular path, sliding above the upper wall (61) of the main body (6).
  • the device (D) also comprises a coin outlet slot (9) which is provided on a lateral wall of the main body (6) and coin switching means (5) for switching the coins present in the circular seating (71), which are moved along the circular path, from the circular path towards the coin outlet slot (9).
  • the special characteristics of the device (D) of the present invention relate to the structure and conformation of the coin switching means (5).
  • the annular element (52) exhibits, in a single body, a first tab (53) projecting radially towards an outside of the annular element (52), on which first tab (53) the tooth (54) is present in a single body.
  • two teeth (54) are present on the first tab (53) of the annular element (52), and consequently there are also two corresponding curved slots (53).
  • the annular element (52) also exhibits a second tab (56) projecting radially towards an outside, with the second end of the elastic organ (58) which is constrained to the second tab (54).
  • the second projecting tab (56) is formed in a single body with the annular element (52) in a position that is diametrical with respect to the first tab (53) which bears the tooth (54), so as to give greater stability and balancing of the annular element (52).
  • the annular element (52) also exhibits, in a single body, a third tab (57) projecting radially externally and a fourth tab (59) projecting externally, which are arranged in respective positions diametrical to one another and intercalated between the first tab (53), which bears the tooth (54), and the second tab (56), having a function of stiffening and balancing the annular element (52) with respect to the rotation axis thereof.
  • the motor organ (8) is predisposed and mounted so as to be arranged below the upper wall (61) of the main body (6) and in such a way that the relative activating arm (82) centrally crosses the wall (61) so as to be connected to the disc element (7) at the rotation axis (R) thereof (see for example figure 4 ).
  • the device further comprises a cylindrical support element (81) for supporting and positioning the motor organ (8) (for example visible in figure 4 ), which cylindrical element (81) is mounted and predisposed, with respect to the main body (1), such that the annular element (52) is mounted so as to be concentric to the cylindrical support element (81).
  • a cylindrical support element (81) for supporting and positioning the motor organ (8) (for example visible in figure 4 ), which cylindrical element (81) is mounted and predisposed, with respect to the main body (1), such that the annular element (52) is mounted so as to be concentric to the cylindrical support element (81).
  • the motor organ (8) and the annular element (52) are predisposed and mounted with respect to the main body (6) in such a way that the activating shaft (82), and therefore the rotation axis (R) of the disc, is parallel to the rotation axis (V) of the annular element (52) (see for example figure 5B ).
  • the device (D) can be made and constructed in such a way that the annular element (52) is predisposed and mounted with respect to the main body (6) in such a way that the rotation axis thereof coincides with the rotation axis of the disc element (7).

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DE202019101814U1 (de) 2019-03-29 2020-06-30 Walter Hanke Mechanische Werkstätten GmbH & Co. KG Vorrichtung zum Weiterleiten von Münzen aus einem Sammelbehälter

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WO2004114228A1 (en) 2003-06-19 2004-12-29 Money Controls Limited Coin dispensing apparatus
GB2431151A (en) * 2005-10-14 2007-04-18 Money Controls Ltd Coin dispensing apparatus
US20100041326A1 (en) * 2008-08-15 2010-02-18 Chiu-Fang Li Coin Counter that Guides and Delivers Coins Smoothly to Prevent the Coins from being Choked
US20100048117A1 (en) * 2008-08-19 2010-02-25 Chiu-Ming Chen Coin counter that stops operating automatically when overload of the coins happens
EP2518698A1 (de) * 2011-04-28 2012-10-31 Azkoyen, S.A. Münzausgabevorrichtung

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2004114228A1 (en) 2003-06-19 2004-12-29 Money Controls Limited Coin dispensing apparatus
GB2431151A (en) * 2005-10-14 2007-04-18 Money Controls Ltd Coin dispensing apparatus
US20100041326A1 (en) * 2008-08-15 2010-02-18 Chiu-Fang Li Coin Counter that Guides and Delivers Coins Smoothly to Prevent the Coins from being Choked
US20100048117A1 (en) * 2008-08-19 2010-02-25 Chiu-Ming Chen Coin counter that stops operating automatically when overload of the coins happens
EP2518698A1 (de) * 2011-04-28 2012-10-31 Azkoyen, S.A. Münzausgabevorrichtung

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE202019101814U1 (de) 2019-03-29 2020-06-30 Walter Hanke Mechanische Werkstätten GmbH & Co. KG Vorrichtung zum Weiterleiten von Münzen aus einem Sammelbehälter
EP3716233A1 (de) 2019-03-29 2020-09-30 Walter Hanke Mechanische Werkstätten GmbH & Co. KG Vorrichtung zum weiterleiten von münzen aus einem sammelbehälter

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