FR2659467A1 - CURRENCY COLLECTOR. - Google Patents

Abstract

A coin collector for automatic service delivery devices is equipped with a crown-shaped coin store (1) and a cylindrical coin switch (2). A first introduced coin (4) is guided, by a V-shaped introduction channel (7) which leads obliquely downwards, into a first of the slots (3) which are arranged radially and at a uniform spacing on the coin store (1). When inserting a second coin (4), the coin diverter (2) is rotated by a spacing step in a first direction, and the second coin (4) is guided in a second slot (3). An exit slot, which is disposed in a cylindrical side wall of the coin switch (2), is offset by a spacing step in the first direction. To take out a coin (4), the change switch (2) turns with a spacing step in the second direction. The coin (4) rolls on an oblique face (5) in the exit slot, and it falls on a V-shaped exit channel (6). Such a coin collector works quickly, because the moving mass is small; it is moreover of a simple construction and therefore economical.

Description

Coin collector

  The present invention relates to a coin collector for

  naie, with a coin store in the shape of a crown, which is arranged horizontally and which has a series of slots, open upwards and arranged radially at a predetermined spacing, for receiving coins in a vertical position, and with a canal

  supply and an outlet channel.

  A collector of coins of this type is known by the

  German patent application DE-A 1 574 177 In this collector, a ma-

  gasin in the form of a crown is arranged to rotate about a vertical axis A series of slots, intended to receive coins

  coins of the same value in vertical position, are arranged radially-

  and at a uniform spacing across the top of the coin store.

  An inlet channel, an outlet channel and an overflow channel are fixedly arranged In order to receive or take out coins, the coin magazine must be turned to a position corresponding to

  using a motor Electromagnetically actuated drawers

  direct the incoming and outgoing flows of coins.

  Another coin collector is known (German patent application DE-A 3 917 551) which serves as a temporary cash register, for example in coin-operated telephones. In this coin collector, there is also provided a store for coin in the shape of a crown and rotating around a vertical axis, which is intended to receive coins of different values in a vertical position Un

  motor and a solenoid-actuated drawer control the collector

  tor. The object of the present invention is to provide a coin collector which works quickly, which can be operated with low energy expenditure and which is of a construction

simple and therefore economical.

  According to the invention, this object is achieved by the fact that the store

  is fixedly arranged, and that a cylindrical coin switch

  drique is arranged in the center of the store, switch which presents the

  supply channel and which, when introducing mounting parts

  naie, can be rotated to a position in which the channel

  is located in front of a free slot.

  According to additional features of the invention, the slots are open laterally inwards, and closed downwards by an oblique face facing inwards. The feed channel is arranged on the upper front side of the switch. coin, has a V-shaped section and leads into

  oblique downwards The outlet channel is fixedly positioned below

  under the coin magazine, led obliquely downwards and has a V-shaped section The spacing is uniform, the coin switch can be turned in a first direction when inserting coins, an exit slot is arranged on the periphery of the coin switch and is offset by a spacing step, in the first direction, relative to the feed channel, and the coin switch can be turned in successive steps in a second direction when removing coins A drawer is associated with each slot and closes the slot inward, and an electromagnet is associated with each drawer and allows to move the

  drawer in an open position The coin switch is made up of

  killed in one piece injection molded Finally, the store of my-

  naie is produced, together with the outlet channel, in the form

  in one piece injection molded.

  The following discussion describes in more detail the examples of realizations

  sation of the invention using the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a sectional view of a coin collector, Figure 2 is a top view of the collector, Figure 3 shows a detail the collector, and

  Figure 4 shows a variant of the collector.

  In Figures 1 to 3, the reference 1 designates a store of

  fixed naie, and reference 2 a rotary money switch On the top of the money store 1, which is made in the shape of a crown and which is arranged horizontally, there are eighteen slots 3, which

  are intended to receive coins 4 in vertical position

  wedge and which are arranged radially and at a uniform spacing.

  The slots 3 are open upwards and laterally inwards, and they are closed downwards by a face 5 which is oriented obliquely inwards. The opening facing upwards of the slots 3 serves as an inlet for receive a coin 4, and

  the opening facing inwards serves as an outlet.

  fixed tie 6, which is angled downwards and which has a

  section in V, is arranged below the coin store 1.

  The coin switch 2 is produced in the form of a cylindrical hollow body which is arranged coaxially in the center of the coin store 1 A supply channel 7, which has a V-shaped section and which leads obliquely towards the bottom, is arranged on the front side, directed upwards, of the coin switch 2 An exit slot 8 is disposed on the periphery of the cylinder being offset by one pitch

  counterclockwise spacing Using a non-return motor

  shown here, the coin switch 2 can be turned in steps

  stops, each time the value of a gauge, either forward,

  i.e. counterclockwise, either backwards,

  tell clockwise Coin store 1 is intended to re-

  to receive coins of different values.

  In order to explain the operation of the coin collector, we will start from an empty coin store 1 The supply channel 7 is oriented in front of a first slot 3 A first coin 4, which is for example delivered by a coin tester not shown here, falls on the channel

  supply 7 Coin 4 rolls down into the case

  feed nal 7 and falls into the first slot 3 The coin 4 rolls on the oblique face 5 inwards, where it stops against the cylindrical side wall of the coin switch 2 Before

  the introduction of a second coin 4, the switch of my-

  naie moves forward one step being driven by the motor, so that the supply channel 7 is oriented in front of a second slot The second part 4 is then led to this second slot

  3 As the coin switch 2 is rotatable while the

  tif of control of coins is fixedly fixed, the coins 4 fall from different angles on the supply channel 7 The coins 4 are correctly oriented by the V-shaped configuration of this channel Same coins 4 which would arrive at an angle on the feed channel 7, will be rotated in a way

  reliable in the direction imposed by the supply channel 7.

  If a coin 4 has to be taken out, the motor turns the coin switch 2 one step backwards. The exit slot 8 releases a coin 4 This coin rolls on the oblique face 5 towards the low in the outlet slot 8, and it falls on the outlet channel 6 The outlet channel 6 leads, for example, the piece 4 to a device which directs the piece 4, either to a box or to an outlet bowl. Since the coin magazine 1 and the outlet channel 6 are both fixedly arranged, the coins 4 fall under

  different angles on the outlet channel 6 Parts 4 are cor-

  directly oriented by the V-shaped configuration of this channel Even parts 4 which arrive at an angle on the outlet channel 6 will be reliably turned in the direction imposed by the channel

output 6.

  The coin collector is preceded by a device which, when the coin store 1 is full, that is to say when

  seventeen coins 4 were deposited in coin store 1, em-

  fishing for the arrival of new parts 4, and direct for example direct-

  these parts 4 to the outlet bowl.

  If the coin store 1 is intended to receive coins of a single value, it is possible to dispense with such a device upstream. In this case, if an eighteenth coin 4 is inserted, the coin switch 2 rotates. then an additional step in the forward direction, so that the feed channel 7 is turned towards the eighteenth slot 3 The outlet slot 8, which is offset

  with a spacing step, is in front of the coin 4 in-

  first produced The latter falls through the outlet slot 8 on the outlet channel 6 When the coin store 1 is full,

  a previously introduced part 4 is therefore removed for each new

old part 4 introduced.

  The coin collector which has just been described for-

  could also be made with more or less than eighteen slots 3 The capacity for receiving coins 4 will increase or decrease

so accordingly.

  The coin switch 2 is advantageously made of a single injection-molded plastic part, as is the magazine

  coin 1 together with the outlet channel 6.

  In a remarkably simple manner, such a collector consists only of two injection molded parts, and it is therefore

  economical As it is switch 2 and not store 1 which is

  placed, the mass and therefore the moment of inertia are maintained at a

  their minimum This is aided by the fact that my referral

  naie 2 is made of plastic and in the form of a hollow body; it can therefore be operated with a low energy expenditure This is of great importance when there is little energy, for example for coin-operated telephones which are supplied with energy by the telephone line Despite its low energy consumption, the coin collector reacts quickly It needs a short time to move the switch 2 by one step apart As few moving parts are present, its operation is reliable, and

  the maintenance cost is therefore reduced.

  It would be possible to have the rotary money store 1 and the fixed money switch 2 The disadvantage of such a solution is that the moving mass and therefore the moment of inertia are high In addition, the mass has a different value depending on whether the

  coin store 1 is empty or full.

  Figure 4 shows a coin store 9 which has a

  same structure as the coin store 1 of FIG. 1.

  The money switch 10 differs from the money switch 2 in that there are as many exit slots 8 as there are slots 3. Each drawer 3 is associated with a drawer 11, which closes the slot 3 towards

  inside Each drawer 11 is associated with an electromagnet, not

  presented here, which allows the drawer 11 to be moved to an open position The accumulation of the coins takes place in the same manner as described for FIG. 1 If it is necessary to take out a coin 4 , the drawer 11 is removed by the electromagnet which is associated with it, and it thus frees the part 4 The part 4 rolls through the outlet slot 8 and falls down onto the outlet channel 6

(figure 1).

  If we remove the lower cylindrical part of

  coin switch 2, exit slots 8 are no longer required

  saires. With the arrangement of FIG. 4, one can collect as many coins 4 as there are slots 3 Since the drawers 11 can all be actuated simultaneously or in a succession

  close together, the coin store 1 can be emptied quickly.

  Such a coin collector is particularly suitable for collecting coins 4 of different values. The value of the coins 4 introduced is detected by a coin control device. In a data memory of a control unit connected to the control device, both the value of the piece 4 and the position of the slot 3 in which the piece 4 has been deposited are memorized. The pieces 4 are removed by holding

account for their value.

  The coin collectors which have just been described

  can be used as a provisional box in auto devices

  services such as, for example, devices

  telephone reils with coins The coins introduced 4 arrive in re-

  serve in the coin store 2 While the phone conversation

  phonic takes place, the 4 pieces are delivered in the exit channel

  tie 6, o a device mounted downstream leads them to a box

  end of the telephone conversation, the remaining parts 4 are

  rigged by the device to an outlet bowl, which allows to restore them.

Claims (1)

CLAIMS 1 Coin collector, with a coin store (l; 9) in the shape of a crown, which is arranged horizontally and which has a series of slots (3), open upwards and arranged radially at a predetermined spacing, for receiving coins (4) in vertical position, and with a feed channel (7) and an outlet channel (6), characterized in that the coin magazine (1; 9) is fixedly arranged, and in that a cylindrical coin switch (2; 10) is arranged in the center of the coin store (1; 9), a switch which has the feed channel (7) and which, when inserting coins (4), can be turned to a position in which the feed channel (7) is in front of a free slot (3). 2 coin store according to claim 1, characterized in that the slots (3) are open laterally inward and closed downward by an oblique face (5) facing inward. 3 money store according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the supply channel (7) is disposed on the upper front side of the coin switch (2; 10), has a V-section, and conduit oblique down. 4 coin switch according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the outlet channel (6) is fixedly disposed below the coin magazine (1; 9), leads obliquely downwards, and has a V-section 5 coin store according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the spacing is uniform, in that the coin switch (2) can be turned in a first direction during the introduction of coins (4), in that an outlet slot (8) is arranged on the periphery of the coin switch (1) and is offset by a spacing step, in the first di - Rection, relative to the feed channel (7), and in that the coin switch (2) can be rotated in successive steps in a second direction when removing coins (4). 6 coin store according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that a drawer (11) is associated with each slot (3) and closes the slot (3) inwards, and in that an electromagnet is associated with each drawer (11) and makes it possible to move the drawer (11) to an open position. 7 coin collector according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the coin switch (2; 10) consists of a single injection molded part. 8 Coin store according to any one of claims   1 to 7, characterized in that the coin store (1; 9) is produced, together with the outlet channel (6), in the form of a single injection molded part.