EP3293710A1 - Coin sorter with bypass path - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a coin sorting machine (1) comprising a coin hopper (3) for simultaneously filling a plurality of coins (4) and a coin conveying path (15) for conveying the coins (4) from the coin hopper (3) to a coin separating device (51). , Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for counting, sorting and testing of coins (4). The solutions of the prior art have the disadvantage that rejected coins (4), for example unfinished coins (4), foreign currencies and counterfeits, extend the total processing time of the checking and counting process of the Münzsortiermaschine (1) on re-throw. The coin sorting machine (1) and the method according to the invention solve this problem by providing a separate coin slot (41) with a bypass line (65) for coins (4) inserted into the separate coin slot (41), the bypass track (65) bypasses the coinhopper (3).

Description

The invention relates to a Münzsortiermaschine, with a Münzhopper for simultaneously filling a plurality of coins and with a Münzförderstrecke for transporting the coins from the Münzhopper to Münzvereinzelungseinrichtung. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for counting, sorting and testing of coins.

Coin sorters are known in the art. These include a Münzeinfüllbereich, the so-called Hopper or Münzhopper, from which the coins are separated and then conveyed serially to a sorting sensor of Münzsortiermaschine. High-capacity machines generally have a complex separation of the coins, so that the coins can be serially evaluated, which in turn leads to long transport distances from the hopper to sorting sensors.

The sensors of the sorting sensor are usually with very narrow limits, i. set small tolerances for detecting the corresponding coins to be sorted and counted, so that foreign coins, counterfeits and unfit coins can be reliably sorted out. However, these tight tolerances can have the consequence that even if the coins are not perfect, correctly circulatable coins can be sorted out. The rejected coins are returned to the coin hopper, increasing the total processing time of a defined amount of coins. Since the machine is used to recount client funds and their bills, such a reduction in throughput of the machine is undesirable.

The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a Münzsortiermaschine, which also has a reduced total processing time and thus an increased throughput compared to the solutions of the prior art, even when re-sorted out coins.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a method which has the same advantages as the Münzsortiermaschine invention.

The Münzsortiermaschine invention solves this problem in that a separate coin insertion provides with a bypass line for thrown into the separate coin insertion coins, the bypass route bypasses the Münzhopper.

The inventive method solves the above object in that individual, inserted into a separate coin insertion coins are passed over a separate bypass route to a Münzhopper over to Münzvereinzelung.

The coin sorting machine according to the invention and the method according to the invention therefore have the advantage that rejected coins which have been returned through the bypass section of the coin sorting machine are processed immediately, ie. can be counted, sorted, and checked to increase throughput and reduce overall processing time.

Thus, the present invention makes it possible to shorten the transport distance without reducing the positioning accuracy of the coin in the sorting sensor.

The coin sorting machine must comply with noise control regulations during operation so that it must be operated with a closed housing cover. A Münztransportstrecke the Münzsortiermaschine is therefore not accessible.

In the following, further embodiments of the Münzsortiermaschine invention and the inventive method are presented. The technical features of the embodiments presented can be arbitrarily combined with each other and omitted, unless it comes to the achieved with the omitted technical feature technical effect.

The coin hopper or Münzsammeleinwurf can be funnel-shaped and can in particular with a variety of coins, i. For example, more than 100 or more than 1000 coins to be filled. The Münzhopper is a Münzförderstrecke adjusted over which the coins are transported. The Münzförderstrecke leads into a Münzvereinzelungseinrichtung, in which the coins are transported individually, so that in each case only a single coin is introduced into a sorting unit and measured by the sorting sensor and sorted by Aussortiervorrichtungen. Several coins can be located in the sorting unit, these can each be located, for example, individually in a receiving section of the sorting unit.

The separate coin slot is configured, a small number, i. few coins to pick up. In particular, the separate coin slot can be configured such that it can accommodate a maximum of one or a few dozen coins.

In a further embodiment, the separate coin slot can be configured as a single coin slot, in each of which a single coin can be inserted.

The bypass section carries the inserted coins past the coin hopper without the inserted coins passing through the coin hopper.

In a further embodiment of the Münzsortiermaschine invention, the bypass line ends in an adjacent to the Münzvereinzelung end portion of the Münzförderstrecke.

This has the advantage that both the Münzhopper, and adjacent to this feeder device, such as a feeder wheel, a vibratory conveyor, a conveyor belt, an inclined conveyor or the like, bypassed and thereby processing time can be saved.

The coins inserted into the separate coin slot are thus again on a coin conveying path after leaving the bypass section, which corresponds essentially to the coin conveying path of the coins which have not been sorted out.

In a further embodiment of the Münzsortiermaschine invention, the bypass line ends at the end of Münzvereinzelung. This has the advantage that a dropped coin leaving the bypass route will not lose any time, i. can be introduced directly into the Münzvereinzelungseinrichtung by the shortest route.

In particular, a coin inserted in the bypass route can leave the bypass route such that the coins are introduced substantially directly onto the transport route into the coin sorting machine so that it corresponds to the transport route on which the coins not sorted out move in the coin sorting machine.

In a further embodiment of the Münzsortiermaschine invention, the capacity of the separate Münzeinwurfs is less than one-tenth of the capacity of the Münzhoppers.

Since, in general, the number of coins sorted out is much smaller than the number of coins correctly recognized by the coin sorting machine, the separate coin slot can be designed with a significantly smaller capacity than the coin hopper. In particular, the separate Münzeinwurf a single throw for receiving each a single coin to be configured.

In a further embodiment of the coin sorting machine according to the invention, the bypass section has a coin detector. This has the advantage of throwing a coin in the bypass section can be detected by means of the coin detector and thus the presence of a coin in the bypass section can be displayed.

As coin detectors, e.g. Proximity sensors, optical sensors such as photoelectric sensors or magnetic sensors can be used. The selected coin detector need only be configured to indicate the presence of a coin in the bypass path. In other embodiments of the bypass path, it may be advantageous to use more complex sensors as coin detectors. These can detect, for example, a speed of the inserted coin.

In a further embodiment of the coin sorting machine according to the invention, the coin detector comprises a signal output for outputting a switch-on signal, via which the switch-on signal is output to the coin singulator, wherein the coin singulator is started in response to the switch-on signal.

This has the advantage that after the detection of the presence of a coin in the bypass section, the coin sorting machine or parts of the coin sorting machine can be started.

Thus, for example, a user may be prevented from inserting rejected coins into the separate coin slot, but not starting the further count of the inserted coins, thus further delaying the entire process of counting, sorting and rating the plurality of inserted coins.

Likewise, an operator button may be provided, via which the start signal can be triggered.

In a further embodiment of the coin sorting machine according to the invention, the coin detector comprises a signal output for outputting a switch-on signal via which the switch-on signal is output to a controller, the coin separator being started by the controller as a function of the switch-on signal.

The switch-on signal issued by the coin detector or generated by the operator button can be fed into and forwarded from a controller, the controller controlling the coin sorting machine, e.g. the sections of the coin sorting machine required for singulation, counting, sorting and testing starts.

In a further embodiment of the Münzsortiermaschine invention, the Münzeinwurf on a receiving hopper.

A receiving hopper has the advantage that the filling of the sorted coins is simplified in the separate coin slot and the rejected coins can be brought by the receiving hopper, in particular by its possible inclined side walls in an advantageous for transport along the bypass route orientation.

In a further embodiment of the coin sorting machine according to the invention, the receiving hopper is arranged on a housing cover of the coin sorting machine.

In a further embodiment of the coin sorting machine according to the invention, the receiving hopper is arranged under the housing cover of the coin sorting machine.

The receiving hopper may in particular be arranged on an upper side of the housing cover and below it.

The receiving hopper can also be arranged on a user-accessible side of the coin sorting machine.

In a further embodiment of the Münzsortiermaschine invention, the receiving hopper on the housing cover is attached to this liftable. This has the advantage that the receiving hopper can facilitate access to other parts of the bypass line or the Münzsortiermaschine because it can be folded up with the housing cover and folded away from the inner components of Münzsortiermaschine.

Likewise, the receiving hopper can be connected to the bypass section and both elements can be designed to be liftable together with the housing cover, so that when the housing cover is opened the bypass section can be lifted completely with the housing cover.

In a further embodiment of the coin sorting machine according to the invention, the coin sorting machine has a front side which has operating elements and the receiving hopper as the operator side, wherein the receiving hopper is arranged in the half of the coin sorting machine containing the front side.

This has the advantage that the relevant controls and the receiving hoppers, for example the Münzhoppers and the separate Münzeinwurfs, can be easily achieved by a user when it is at the front of the Münzsortiermaschine.

The reverse side of the coin sorting machine, which is opposite the front side, can be designed to make components of the coin sorting machine which are not accessible to the user need to record. For example, in the rear side, ie the side of the coin sorting machine facing away from the user, receiving containers for the sorted or sorted coins can be arranged.

The aforementioned method according to the invention for counting, sorting and checking coins uses a separate coin slot, over which inserted coins are passed past the coin hopper, i. the feeder device and at least partially bypass the Münzförderstrecke, which ends in a Münzvereinzelungseinrichtung.

Thus, since, for example, a coin hopper is bypassed by the rejected coins, sorted coins can be routed directly to the coin separation via the bypass section, so that the method results in a shorter processing time of a certain amount of coins.

In a further embodiment of the method according to the invention, a coin sorting is automatically started when at least one coin is thrown into the separate coin slot.

This has the advantage that the method for counting, sorting and checking coins after sorting out a coin and re-inserting the coin into the separate coin slot can be continued or restarted without delay and thus a time saving can be achieved.

Further, automatically starting the coin sorting can minimize delays resulting from the user. For example, it can be avoided that the coins sorted out again by coin sorting must be manually started by means of a control knob.

In the following the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The technical features of the embodiments shown can be arbitrarily combined with each other and / or omitted, unless it depends on the achieved with the omitted technical feature technical effect. Same technical features and technical features the same function are provided with the same reference numerals.

• Fig. 1 eine Münzsortiermaschine aus dem Stand der Technik;
• Fig. 2 eine erfindungsgemäße Münzsortiermaschine in perspektivischer Ansicht;
• Fig. 3 die erfindungsgemäße Münzsortiermaschine der Fig. 1 ohne das Umgehäuse; und
• Fig. 4 eine Detailansicht der Münzsortiermaschine der Fig. 3.

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• Fig. 1 a coin sorting machine of the prior art;
• Fig. 2 a coin sorting machine according to the invention in a perspective view;
• Fig. 3 the Münzsortiermaschine the invention Fig. 1 without the enclosure; and
• Fig. 4 a detailed view of the Münzsortiermaschine the Fig. 3 ,

The Fig. 1 shows a coin sorting machine 1 of the prior art. This has a Münzhopper 3 as Münzsammeleinwurf 5. The Münzhopper 3 and coin channels 7 are covered by covers 9, which are fixed to a housing 17.

The housing 17 additionally comprises recesses 19 in which a display control panel 21 and a level indicator 23 are arranged. The display control panel 21 includes controls 22.

The cover 9 of the Münzhoppers 3 is open, so that a receiving volume 11 of the Münzhoppers 3 is visible.

In this receiving volume 11 coins (not shown) can be filled. These coins are moved further by means of a feeder device 13 starting from the coin hopper 3. The feeder device 13 is a part of a coin conveying path 15, which will be discussed in more detail in the following figures.

The Münzsortiermaschine 1 also has at the end of the eight coin channels shown 7 holding devices 25, which may be configured, for example, as a bag holder 25a. For the sake of clarity, only one bag holder 25a is provided with a reference numeral. Each bag holder 25a may be a level indicator 23, for example, a lamp that is turned on as soon as the bag in question is filled.

The Fig. 1 further shows a sorting container 27, in which a coin channel 7 opens. Further, the prior art coin sorter 1 shown has two sorting containers 29 into which unfit coins, counterfeits or foreign currency coins are sorted out.

The Fig. 2 shows a Münzsortiermaschine 1 according to the invention in a perspective view. The Münzsortiermaschine invention 1 shown has a housing cover 31 which has a cover handle 37 on a front side 33 and operating side 35.

Further, on the operating side 35, the attached in the additional recess 19 display panel 21 and sorting container 29 are arranged. The display panel 21 has a touch operation 21a.

The display control panel 21 has the controls 22 and may preferably also represent the level indicator 23.

A Hoppereinwurf 39 is covered with a cover 9 and the Münzsortiermaschine 1 is shown with nine sorting containers 27 installed. The sorting containers 27 are attached to the holding devices 25. In Fig. 2 only two holding devices 25 are provided with reference numerals, wherein a holding device 25 is designed as a bag holder 25a.

Under the Hoppereinwurf 39 of Münzhopper 3 is designed as Münzsammeleinwurf 5, but hidden by the cover 9. The receiving volume 11 is thus arranged below the cover 9, from which the coins with the feeder device 13 arranged under the housing cover 31 are conveyed along the coin conveying path 15 likewise arranged under the housing cover 31.

The sorting container 27, of which only three are provided with a reference numeral for the sake of clarity, are designed differently. The Fig. 2 shows, for example, coin bag 27a, small coin boxes 27b and large coin boxes 27c. Hidden by the housing cover 31 and the housing 17, the Münzsortiermaschine 1 Münzkanäle 7, each of which opens into the sorting containers 27.

In the housing cover 31, a separate Münzeinwurf 41 is arranged, through which sorted coins, which were sorted out, for example, in the Aussortierbehälter 29, can be introduced. The separate Münzeinwurf can be configured as a separate Münzeinzeleinwurf 41 a, so that in each case only a single coin can be inserted.

On the operator side 35, an additional start-stop button 42 is also arranged, via which the Münzsortiermaschine 1 can be started.

In Fig. 3 the coin sorting machine 1 according to the invention is shown without the housing 17.

The Münzhopper 3 is without the cover 9 (see Fig. 2 ) and represents the first element of the coin conveying path 15. Adjacent to the coin hopper 3, the feeder device 13 is designed as Münzförderrad 43.

The Münzhopper 3 is filled with a plurality of coins 4 and via separate Münzabteile 45 which are circumferentially arranged on Münzförderrad 43, they are transported in accordance with the direction of rotation 47 of Münzförderrades 43 counterclockwise in a separating feeder 49. The singulation feeder 49 is described in detail in FIG Fig. 4 shown.

The singulation feeder 49 conveys the coins into a coin separating device 51, which singulates the coins and transfers them as a single coin to a sorting unit 53.

The sorting unit 53 comprises in the in Fig. 3 Shown embodiment sorting sensors 53a, sorting devices 53b and the sorting shafts 53c, which are each circumferentially arranged on the sorting unit 53.

The Fig. 3 also shows holding devices 25 to which, for example, sorting containers (not shown) can be attached to the end of the respective sorting chute 53c.

The Fig. 3 further shows the separate coin slot 41 having a receiving hopper 55. The receiving hopper 55 and the separate coin slot 41 are in Fig. 4 shown in detail.

The Fig. 4 shows a detail of the coin sorting machine 1 of Fig. 3 from a different perspective.

The Münzförderrad 43 (s. Fig. 3 ) is concealed by an intermediate wall 57 of the Münzsortiermaschine 1 and it is only a delivery opening 59 visible, via which the coins (not shown) from Münzförderrad 43 are conveyed to Vereinzelungszubringer 49. The singulation feeder 49 is designed as an inclined plane 61. Furthermore, the singling feeder 49 comprises mechanical shielding plates 63, which ensure that the coins (not shown) are guided securely in the singling feeder 49.

The separating feeder 49 terminates in the coin separating device 51, which conveys the separated coins to the sorting unit 53.

In Fig. 4 the separate Münzeinwurf 41 is shown, which comprises the receiving hopper 55 and a bypass line 65.

At the separator feeder 49 facing end of the bypass line 65, a coin detector 67 is arranged. This coin detector 67 detects the passage of a coin past the bypass path 65 past the coin detector 67.

The coin detector 67 has a signal output 67a via which a turn-on signal 67b is output to a controller (not shown) or parts of the coin sorting machine, such as the singulator 51.

The bypass section 65 leads into the singulation feeder 49, so that coins 4 dropped into the separate coin slot 41 cover a comparable path or a comparable distance in the singling feeder 49, until the coin separating device 51 in the region of the entrance 70 thereof via an end section 68 of the coin conveying path 15 to reach.

The feed hopper 55 has a capacity 69 which is smaller than one-tenth of the capacity 69 of the Münzhoppers 3 (see Fig. 3 ).

In particular, the receiving hopper 55 is configured to receive individual previously sorted coins. The individual coins 4 are conveyed via the receiving hopper 55 into the bypass section 65 and passively conveyed into the singling feeder 49 past the coin detector 67 due to an inclination 71.

In other embodiments of the Münzsortiermaschine 1, the carriage of the coins 4 along the bypass route 65 can also be active.

The coin detector 67 is connected to a not shown controller of the Münzsortiermaschine 1 and generated when passing a coin 4 on selbiges the turn-on signal 67b, which is processed directly or processed by the controller to the Münzunterzelungseinrichtung 51 so that it is started in response to the turn-on signal 67b.

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coin sorting machine

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coin hoppers

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coin

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Münzsammeleinwurf

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coin

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cover

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receiving volume

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feeder device

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Claims (14)

Coin sorting machine (1) comprising a coin hopper (3) for simultaneously filling a plurality of coins (4) and a coin conveying path (15) for conveying the coins (4) from the coin hopper (3) to a coin separating device (51), characterized in that a separate coin slot (41) is provided with a bypass section (65) for coins (4) inserted into the separate coin slot (41), the bypass track (65) bypassing the coin hopper (3). Coin sorting machine (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the bypass line (65) ends in an end section (68) of the coin conveying path (15) which adjoins the coin separating device (51). Coin sorting machine (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the bypass line (65) ends at the entrance of the coin separating device (51). Coin sorting machine (1) according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the capacity of the separate coin slot (41) is less than one tenth of the capacity (69) of the coin hopper (3). Coin sorting machine (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the bypass section (65) has a coin detector (67). Coin sorting machine (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that the coin detector (67) comprises a signal output (67a) for outputting a switch-on signal (67b) via which the switch-on signal (67b) is output to the coin separator (51), wherein the coin separator (51) is started in response to the turn-on signal (67b). A coin sorting machine (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that the coin detector (67) comprises a signal output (67a) for outputting a switch-on signal (67b) via which the switch-on signal (67b) is output to a controller, the coin separator depending on the Start signal (67b) is started by the controller. Coin sorting machine (1) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the separate coin insert (41) has a receiving hopper (55). Coin sorting machine (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that the receiving hopper (55) on a housing cover (31) of the Münzsortiermaschine (1) is arranged. Coin sorting machine (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that the receiving hopper (55) under a housing cover (31) of the Münzsortiermaschine (1) is arranged. Coin sorting machine (1) according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the receiving hopper (55) on the housing cover (31) is attached to this liftable. Coin sorting machine (1) according to one of Claims 8 to 11, characterized in that the coin sorting machine (1) has a front side (33) which has operating elements (22) and the receiving hopper (55) as operator side (35), and in which the receiving hopper (55) in which the front (33) containing half of the Münzsortiermaschine (1) is arranged. Method for counting, sorting and checking coins (4), characterized in that individual coins (4) inserted into a separate coin slot (41) pass via a separate bypass line (65) past a coin hopper (3) to the coin separating device (51). be directed. A method according to claim 13, characterized in that a coin sorting is automatically started when throwing at least one coin (4) into the separate coin slot (41).

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