FR2840433A1 - Coin and loose change portable storage and dispensing device, has a parallel piped storage volume with separate storage chambers for different denominations, which are then dispensed using a push button mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

Portable automatic change storage and dispensing device has a parallel piped volume with at least one storage zone and a number of storage chambers. The device has access openings (1b) through which coins can be inserted and openings for ejection or distribution of coins. Push buttons are provided with which a user can manually eject coins. Each storage chamber has a spring mechanism associated with coin storage and ejection.

Description

contactless access to the installation.

AT

PORTABLE AUTOMATIC DISPENSER

AND ADDITIONAL COINS

  The invention relates to the technical sector of parts dispensers

  currency, means for collecting and storing said coins.

  In a traditional way, the staff use small wallets in which the coins are stored peel-mele. Some 0 wallets, while being agencies for the storage of tickets, credit cards or others, also have a pocket shape capable of receiving

said parts.

  The problem lies in the difficulty of finding and identifying the pieces according to their value, as well as counting them. Most of the time, this results in massive storage of small items, which are

  generally unused and not subject to any customary rotation.

  We sometimes fly to merchants, staff having stockpiled in large numbers who come to give their "money", in

  consideration for higher value coins or notes.

  Very recently in Europe, within the framework of the implementation of a new European currency quoted ['Euro, one notes a certain difficulty for the personnel to identify and visualize the coins of small value. This phenomenon is of course reinforced for certain elderly staff or

  visually impaired, or who have tremors for example.

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  To remedy this situation, it is currently offered on the market of wallets or purses which present a plurality of compartments cells in which the coins, in cents

  euros or euros, theoretically sorted by value.

  In addition to the fact that these compartments are not always identified for the corresponding value, it may occur, in the event of storage of coins in successive compartments in an excessive manner, a deformation of the purse at the place or places concerned by the aforementioned arrangements. This type of wallet thus partially responds

research objectives.

  In practice, it is known that purses are used for fast shopping, very often of low value. Based on this observation, the applicant seeks, imagines and creates a portable dispenser which is easy to use for the user, and in particular for certain categories of personnel such as elderly, partially sighted, suffering from disorders, tremors, gripping. The applicant thus wanted to create an easy-to-use back-up dispenser, which allows safe selection of the desired parts, without any effort.

  specific to exercise for their identification.

  Another research object according to the invention is to design a portable dispenser for adding coins which is compact and easy to integrate in the pocket of a jacket or in a bag, which can be handled without

  user-friendly and safe.

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  Another research object according to the invention is to design a distributor of the

  precise type that is easily refillable.

  These goals and others will become apparent from the following description.

  According to a first characteristic of the invention, the coin dispenser is remarkable in that it comprises a body substantially of parallelepipedal volume, having at least one storage area comprising storage chambers compartmentalized in the same plane of coins. coins arranged successively to each other, and in that each compartmentalized storage chamber is associated with an opening for access and successive introduction of coins and an opening for distribution and successive ejection of coins, and in that each compartmentalized storage chamber is associated, opposite the ejection zone, an operating push button which can be manually requested by the operator according to the selection of parts chosen, and in that the parts of coins stored in each of the chambers are urged by elastic pressure towards the ejection zone by a pushing means, and in this place of the ejection zone, each chamber comprises means for retaining the pieces in position, and in that the action of the dispensing button allows the pieces to be escaped from the dispenser. These characteristics and others will become clear from the rest of the

description.

  To fix the object of the invention illustrated in a nonlimiting manner in the figures of the drawings where:

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  Figure 1 is a schematic and principle view

  illustrating the concept of the distributor.

  FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic view of the dispenser with a partial exploded representation, making it possible to identify the various compartmentalized storage chambers for storing

coins by value.

  FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2, but in the hypothesis where the dispenser comprises an upper compartment which can be that represented in FIG. 2, and a lower compartment which can be

the one shown in figure 3.

  Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a dispenser comprising two superimposed storage areas as well

has two levels.

  FIG. 5 is a partial view in section illustrating, with a view to

  below the lower storage area.

  Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5, but showing in

  view from below of the upper storage area.

  FIG. 7 is a sectional view along the line A / A of FIG. 6.

  Figure 8 is an alternative half-section view illustrating the positioning of a means for holding and releasing the coins intended to be ejected, in the two holding and releasing positions Figure 9 is a character view diagram showing the inlet of the distributor for loading the parts into one of the

  compartmentalized storage rooms.

  FIG. 10 is a variant view illustrating a mechanism for

loading the dispenser.

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  Figure 11 is a complementary view to figure 10, illustrating the

loading the diskibutor.

  Figure 12 is a schematic view illustrating another variant of the means for ejecting coins, in a coin-retained position. Figure 13 is a view along the figure 12 in situation of

  solicitation of the means and exhaust of the part concerned.

  In order to make the object of the invention more concrete, we now describe it

  lo in a nonlimiting manner illuskee in the figures of the drawings.

  The coin dispenser according to the invention is particularly suitable for storing and distributing euro coins, but it can be used for all other families of coins. In the present application, the distributor is designed for the diskibution of the whole range of coins in Euros, 1 cent, 2 cents, S cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, 50 cents, 1 euro, two euros, or eight types of rooms. Thus, the distributor according to the invention will be agency with eight chambers of

storage, one for each value.

  The coin dispenser is referenced as a whole by (1). It includes a body of substantially parallelepipedal volume suitable for positioning and storing the pieces, but also for equating to a wallet that is easy to store, to carry in a pocket.

jacket, bag or others.

  The parts dispenser according to the invention is made of plastic

  or auke, injected or thermoformed, depending on the manufacturing conditions.

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  The cash dispenser can be made according to different versions in

  depending on the value of the load to be transported.

  In the simple version correspond to Figure 2 for example, it is established in a single-storey form, while in the version illustrated in Figures 3

  at 6, it includes two superimposed floors.

  Whatever the version, the means used for the implementation of

  [The invention sells the same, so that in the following description, we

  0 will proceed to the definition and identification of these different means.

  The dispenser (1) thus comprises at least one storage area (Z1, Z2) comprising in the Euro application eight storage chambers (la) compartmentalized in the same plane allowing the storage of coins successively arranged one to the other. Each room (la) is established with a thickness allowing the free sliding of the pieces, but not their tilting. In the illustrated embodiment, the pieces are positioned flat. Each chamber (la) is associated with an access opening (lb) and for introducing coins, and an opening (l c) for distribution and successive ejection of said coins. With each compartmentalized storage chamber (the) is associated, opposite the ejection zone, a push button (2) of operation arranged perpendicular to the horizontal storage plane of the pieces, and which can be manually requested by the operator in function of the selection of the chosen part. The different push buttons are aligned and can be all identical, or at least one of them can have a different appearance and volume to identify, for example, the start or end of the range and value of the coins. For example, the push button at J r

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  relationship with the distribution of 2 euro coins may be larger

  important, constitute a tactile or visual reference by the user.

  The coins (P) of the same value are stored in each of the storage chambers (la) and the wind is urged forward by an elastic pressure to push towards the ejection zone (lc) opposite to the entry zone (lb ) by a pushing means (3). Furthermore, at the location of the ejection zone, each chamber (la) includes or is arranged to receive a means of retaining (4) the pieces in position, only the action of the button

  pusher (2) allowing the parts to escape from the distributor.

  In an advantageous setting, the coins (P) are pushed into each storage chamber by an elastic pushing means (3). Each storage chamber (la) has a T profile with a horizontal upper part (lal) allowing the passage and horizontal sliding of the pieces. In addition, the lower part (la2) of this T-profile

  is used for receiving and guiding a means associated with a cursor (3a).

  It also has and in a complementary manner a T-profile integrating into the profile of the chamber with an upper part in the form of paste and a lower part (3b) in the form of a leg. Said upper part of the cursor can extend beyond the body by means of a 1-meter slot established opposite each chamber. The cursor can therefore be entered by the operator to allow its displacement and the advancement of the pieces in the room considered. Said cursor is guided along a rod (S) arranged in the length of the groove thus formed in the lower part of the chamber and this, under the action of a return spring (6). This spring is compressed to the maximum when the storage chamber is filled with coins. Thus and as represented by

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  figures of the drawings, the stored pieces wind in contact with each other by their edge and the pushing force of the elastic means makes it possible to push and

  present the parts at the other end of the distributor body.

  Furthermore, at the location of the parts ejection zone, each room is arranged to receive a means of retaining (4) the parts. To this end, and in a first embodiment of the invention represented in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the retaining means is twofold. First of all, the area for opening and ejecting the pieces is established according to a non-circular profile (4a) in 0 presenting a partial segmented shape inside the theoretical circular cutout constituting a partial support plane. . Thus, the opening considered for ejection is not sufficient to allow the escapement of the supporting piece, especially as under the pushing effect of the means (4), the piece being in the area d 'ejection is in counter-support with the bottom of the chamber considered. A notch (the) conforms in thickness

  of the upper plane of the body and this at the location of the aforementioned segmented part.

  Each push button (2) is arranged perpendicularly to the upper plane of the body of the dispenser and comprises a rod (2a), the end of which receives a push plate (2b). An elastic means (2c) is arranged around the rod constituting a return means. By acting on the push portion of said button, the displacement plate is moved towards the teas and its support on the underlying piece. The latter is then tilted substantially and part of it comes temporarily into the above-mentioned notch (the) to allow said tilting and the escape of the part. When this operation is finished, the user releases the push button, which allows the advance of one step of the set of pieces in the room under consideration, and this, under the action of the r

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  slider and elastic means of associated thrust. One step corresponds to

diameter of a piece.

  This implementation is illustrated in Figures 4, S and 6 of the drawings in the implementation of a two-stage distributor. It will be noted that in this alternative implementation, the openings for the introduction of reverse wind pieces and the ejection openings also, which makes it possible to have a compact distributor. The concept of operation 0 remains the same, the only difference being the depth of the button rod

push button for lower floor.

  Without departing from the scope of the invention, another variant of

  realization of the means for ejecting the coins represented in FIG. 8.

  In this case, the retaining means (4) of the coins at the location of the ejection zone is constituted by the arrangement of a specific profile of the side walls of the chamber. These have in fact in the upper part a straight profile (if) which is extended by an oblique section (la) with a reduction in wall thickness, and a horizontal stop plane (lh). A spring blade (6) of particular U-shaped profile turned towards the teas is associated with the rod (2c) of the push button (2). The ends (6b) of the branches (6a) of the spring leaf with elastic capacity for wind deformation themselves turned over to partially form a horizontal support zone for receiving the engaged coin (P). There are thus shown in Figure 8 the two positions of the profiled spring blade, respectively in the high position, for holding the part, then in the low position for the release of the part. In the high position, the straight profile of the

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  facing walls allows the clamping of the branches of the leaf spring and therefore the

holding of successive pieces.

  The action on the push button towards the teas will thus move the leaf spring and its branches will move apart by elastic detent following the profile of the oblique walls formed on the walls of the chamber, and releasing the coin. Indeed, the distance between the ends of the branches

  of the leaf spring becomes greater than the diameter of a part.

  It is now necessary to expose the loading means of the dispenser in

  refer to two alternative embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 9, 10 and 1.

  According to FIG. 9, the dispenser presents, at each entry of pieces, a movable security flight (7) allowing or not the introduction of pieces into the storage chamber (s) considered. This flight is located at the front of the

  body by being disposed outside of it or inside said body.

  This flight is requested by elastic return means (8) arranged in sufficient number, in the form of coil springs (8a), leaf springs (8b). In a situation of non-solicitation, that is to say of non-loading, the flights are raised upwards and prevent the unexpected exit of the parts. In the loading situation, it is lowered by the operator against elastic return means allowing access to the chamber (s)

storage of parts.

  In the variant of FIGS. 10 and 11, the means of access to the storage chambers is produced in the form of a hatch (9) capable of being slidably mounted in a groove conforming to the walls facing the opening of the body of the distributor. This hatch can be requested by a spring

recall or others.

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  FIGS. 12 and 13 show a variant embodiment of the means for ejecting the coins. In this respect, the push button (2) is capable of receiving a leaf spring (10) with a specific profile comprising a U-shaped section (lOa) subjacent to the axis of the button and being secured thereto in (lOb) in the center, each branch (lOal) inclined obliquely extending by a horizontal flat part (lOc) and forming a hook (lOd) at each of its ends. The coin (P) is thus maintained in the event of non-solicitation. The branches (10A) pass through slits and openings (in) formed on the upper wall of the body. A lo rubber ball (11) or other elastomer is mounted in the volume separating the branches (lOal) between them in the connecting part (lOb) and the plane of the body. If the push button (2) is pressed as shown in Figure 13, on the arrow (F), the ball is crushed and allows the branches (lOal) and therefore hook ends to be moved apart, which frees the part which

is ejected.

  Without departing from the scope of the invention, the dispenser can be designed using the same means by allowing a push of the pieces of

currency, but on song.

  We have described different implementations of the components of the dispenser and this,

without limitation.

  The advantages are apparent from the invention. We emphasize the practical design of this dispenser which is portable, which allows a distribution of

  pieces without viewing them and without contacting them.

  A distributor of this kind with a single step makes it possible to distribute:

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  pieces of O, Ol euro = 0.05 euro 4 pieces of O, OS euro = 0.20 euro 4 pieces of 0.10 euro = 0.40 euro 4 pieces of 0.20 euro = 0.80 euro 4 pieces of 0.50 euro = 2 euros 3 euro coins = 3 euros 2 2 euro coins = 4 euros

or approximately 10.45 euros.

  lo If you want a higher value of money, the distributor can be with two stages allowing a doubling of the cash. The distributor can be arranged to constitute a single piece, or it can receive the sub-assemblies each corresponding to a floor and associated with each other by any means of connection, clipping, hook-and-loop or others. The main thing is to have a position reversal of the two stages to associate the

  loading and distribution functions.

  A dispenser of this type is particularly suitable for elderly, blind and disabled personnel. There is no risk of losing a large sum of money in the event of theft or loss. Loading the dispenser

  is done quickly and easily for the user.

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Claims (1)

CLAIMS -1- Automatic coin dispenser and booster, characterized in that it comprises a body substantially of parallelepipedal volume, having at least one storage area (Z 1, Z2) comprising storage chambers (la) compartments in the same plane of coins arranged successively to each other, and in that each compartmentalized storage chamber is associated with an opening 0 of access (lb) and of successive introduction of coins and an opening (lc) distribution and successive ejection of coins, and in that each compartmentalized storage chamber is associated, opposite the ejection zone, a push button (2) for operation which can be manually requested by the operator according to the selection of coins chosen, and in that the coins stored in each of the chambers are urged by elastic pressure towards the ejection zone by a pushing means, and in that q at the location of the ejection zone, each chamber includes a means for retaining the pieces in position, and in that the action of the dispensing button allows the pieces to escape from the dispenser, said dispenser being portable . -2- A dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that the coins (P) are pushed into each storage chamber by an elastic pushing means (3), and in that each storage chamber (la) has a T-profile with a horizontal upper part (lal) allowing the passage and horizontal sliding of the pieces, and the lower part (la2) of this T-profile used for receiving and guiding a means associated with a cursor (3a) . i 14 2840433   -3- A dispenser according to claim 2, characterized in that the cursor has a T-profile integrating into the profile of the chamber with an upper part in the form of paste and a lower part (3b) in the form of a leg, and in that the cursor is guided along a rod (5) arranged in the length of the groove thus formed in the lower part of the chamber and this, under the action of a return spring (6), and in that the spring is compressed to the maximum when the storage chamber is filled with coins.   -4- A dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that the retaining means (4) of the pieces is double, and in that the opening and ejection area of the pieces is established according to a non-circular profile (4a) by presenting a partial segmented shape inside the theoretical circular cut-out constitute a partial support plane, and a notch (le) conforms in the thickness of the upper plane of the body and this at the location of the part segmented above, and in that the part (P) is   requested by a push button (2).   -5- A dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that the retaining means (4) of the coins at the location of the ejection zone is constituted by the arrangement of a specific profile of the side walls of the chamber, with a rectilinear profile (if) which is extended by an oblique section (la) with a reduction in thickness of the wall, and a horizontal stop plane (lh), and in that a leaf spring (6 ) of particular U-shaped profile returned to the teas is associated with the rod (2c) of the push button (2), and in that the ends (6b) of the branches (6a) of the leaf spring with elastic capacity of deformation wind they -memes returned to partially constitute a 2840433   the horizontal a support area for receiving the engaged coin (P).   -6- A dispenser according to any one of claims 4 to 5, characterized   in that each push button (2) is arranged perpendicularly to the upper plane of the distributor body and comprises a rod (2a), the end of which receives a push plate (2b), and in that an elastic means ( 2c) is arranged around the rod constitute a means of recall, and in that the pressing of the push button causes [ejection of O the room.   -7- A dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to S. character   in that the dispenser loading means is constituted at each entry of pieces by a movable security flights (7) and allowing or not ['the introduction of parts into the storage chamber or chambers considered, said flights being requested by means elastic (8) return arranged in sufficient number, in the form of coil springs (8a), leaf springs (8b).   -8- A dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized   in that the means of access to the storage chambers is produced in the form of a hatch (9) capable of being slidably mounted in a groove conforming to the walls opposite the opening of the body of the dispenser, and in   that this hatch is requested by a return spring or the like.   -9- A dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that the retaining means (4) of the coins at the location of the ejection zone is constituted by the push button (2) which is capable of receiving a spring with blade (10) with a specific profile comprising a U-shaped section (lOa) subjacent to the axis of the button and being integral with the latter in (lOb) in the center, each branch (lOal) inclined obliquely extending by a part horizontal plane (l Oc) and forming a hook (l Od) at each of its ends, the coin (P) thus being held between the hook shapes, and in that the branches (lOal) pass through slots and openings (in) formed on the upper wall of the body, and in that a rubber ball (11) or other elastomer is mounted in the volume separating the branches (lOal) between them in part of connection (lOb) and the plane of the body, and in that the action of pressing the push button causes   the crushing of the ball and the spacing of the hooks of the leaf spring.   -10- Distributor according to any one of claims 1 to 9,   characterized in that the dispenser can be designed using the same