GB2201824A

GB2201824A - A coin selector-separator

Info

Publication number: GB2201824A
Application number: GB08805168A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Vidondo Felix Guindulain
Original assignee: Jofemar SA
Current assignee: Jofemar SA
Priority date: 1987-03-06
Filing date: 1988-03-04
Publication date: 1988-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 2008-03-04
Also published as: IT1219078B; FR2611950A1; DE3807160A1; GB8805168D0; BE1003040A5; FR2611950B1; NL8800458A; GB2201824B; ES2002992A6; IT8867180A0

Abstract

A coin selector-separator (1), in which the selector is embodied in the separator in such a way that, if the coin (4) is accepted, a coil (5) is activated, thereby allowing it to pass towards a channel (11) which is plugged by a plate (7) fixed to a coil (14), whilst, if it is not accepted, the coin (10) falls down towards the return outlet (9). A second plate (13) is attached to the plate (7) on which the accepted coins (10) fall down, this second plate (13) being fixed to a coil (15) that plugs a second outlet channel (12). These plugged channels are connected with respective return purses, each one of them for a type of coin, thereby allowing it to go out when the corresponding coil (14, 15) is activated and, if the accepted coin (4) does not correspond to either of those two values, it rolls along the plates (7, 13) in order to go out through a third channel (16). <IMAGE>

Description

A Coin Selector - Separator The following invention, as expressed by the title of the present specification, consists of a coin selector-se parator, which, once the coins have been accepted, separates them according to their value, sending them towards different return purses and/or towards the definitive purse of the machi ne.

The selector-separator that the invention proposes has been conceived to be mainly used in product vending machines and gaming machines.

These machines have been conventionally provided with a coin selector, beneath which is the coin separator, what makes them together occupy a considerable room, which makes these machines comprising them become of a bigger size.

Thus, the selector has two coin outlets, the one for those coins which are not accepted and are sent to the return small case and the other for the accepted coins, the latter con necting with the inlet of the coins to the separator, provided that said machine includes it.

By means of the use of the coin selector-separator that the invention proposes, these problems can be prevented from, since it is the selector itself which includes the coin separator, thereby considerably reducing its size and the coins going out of it classified towards the corresponding purses.

Thus, when a coin is inserted, the selector firstly checks it in order to see whether it is correet, in which case it is conducted towards the corresponding purse and, if the coin is not valid, it is directed towards the return small case.

The selector-separator has been conceived to accept and classify three types of different coins, sending them to their corresponding purses, or to accept a bigger number of different coins, out of which it classifies and separates two types of these coins, whilst the rest of the coin types are sent to a definitive purse of the machine. In this way, the three types of accepted and conveniently classified coins can go to different return purses, either only two types of separated coins will go to return purses and the rest of the diffe rent types of coins will remain in the definitive container of the machine.

When a coin is inserted in the selector andEccepted, a coil allowing the coin to pass towards the outlet of the cor responding purse is driven. As the total number of outlets is three, two of them are plugged by a small plate which drives the corresponding coil and the the third one remains free.

If the accepted coin finds correspondence with someone of the two plugged purses, the corresponding coil is driven, thereby allowing it to pass towards the return purse, whilst, in case that none of the two coils is driven,the coin rolls towards the purse wit open inlet mouth.

In order to complete the following description-and for a better comprehension of its characteristics, the present spe cification has a drawing attached thereto, the figures of which represent the following: Figure 1.- It shows a view of the selector-separator, wherein the coin run can be schematically seen and wherein the three coils for the corresponding driving of the plugging small plates have been represented.

Figure 2.- It shows a lower elevational view of the selector-separator wherein the different coin outlets can be seen.

In view of the above figures and according to the adopted numeration, it can be seen how the coins enter the selector-sepa rator 1 through the inlet mouth 2, rolling down the channel 3 and checking whether the coin is valid, so that, in case that said coin 4 is accepted, the coil 5 is driven and causes the retreat of its core fixed to the small plate 6, what enables the latter to allow the coin to pass and fall onto the small plate 7.

If, on the contrary, the coin 10 has not been accepted, it rolls down the small plate 6 and along the channel 8, falling through the outlet 9 towards the return small case. These non-valid coins 10 are returned through the outlet mouth 9, situated in a different plane with respect to the rest of the outlet mouths.

Three mouths have been provided for the outlet of the accepted coins, so that two certain types of coin will go out through the outlet mouths 11 and 12, plugged by the small plates 7 and 13 respectively, towards the corresponding return purses, whilst through the free outlet mouth 16 will go out the rest of the coins. If the selector-separator is adapted for only accept ing three coin types, all them will be perfectly classified and, in case of a bigger number of coin types, two of them will be classified in their corresponding purses and the rest will remain in a single purse.

When one of the coins is accepted and it corresponds to the type of coin of the purse connected to the outlet 11, the coil 14 will be driven and its core will retreat, together with the small plate 7, so that, when the accepted coin 4 falls down the channel that the small plate 6 lets free,it will directly enter through the outlet mouth 11 towards the corresponding purse.

If, on the contrary, the accepted coin 4 corresponds to the coin type of the purse connected to the outlet mouth 12, the accepted coin will fall down onto the small plate 7, rolling down it and falling through the mouth 12, as the small plate 13 is retreated by the activating effect of the coil 15.

If the accepted coin does not correspond to any of the the two types of coins going out through the mouths 11 and 12, the respective coils 14 and 15 plugging said mouths are not driven, so that the coins roll down the small plates 7 and 13 and go out through the free mouth 16. This outlet mouth 16 is leaning against the outlet mouth 9 for not accepted coins, as per a parallel plane.

The operation will be as follows: If the coin is not accepted, the coil 5 will not be driven and the coin will fall through the outlet mouth onto the return small case, and if, on the contrary, the coin is accepted, the coil 5 is driven at the same time as, if the coin corresponds to some coin type of the purses connected to the outlet mouths 11 or 12, the corres ponding coil 14 or 15 will be driven so that the coin goes out to wardsthe corresponding purse; if the accepted coin does not correspond to any of the purses connected to the outlet mouths 11 and 12, the coils 14 and 15 will not be driven and the coin will fall down through tue outlet mouth 16.

Claims

CIPIMS

1. A COIN S7T < CGOR-SEPARA2OR, mainly useful in product vending machines and in gaming machines, essentially characterized in that the selector itself includes the separator, so that, if the coin is accepted, a coil will be driven, its core being fixed to a small plate that plugs a channel, thereby allowing it to pass, whilst, in case the coin is not accepted, said coil will not be driven and the coin will roll down the small plate fixed to the core thereof in order to take it back through the outlet mouth that joins the return small case, having been provided that the accepted coins fall down towards a channel plugged by a small plate, attached to which there is a second small plate plugging another channel, both small plates being fixed to the free end of the core of respective coils, so that both channels, plugged by the small plates, have been provided for the acceptance of coins of a certain value each one of them, with the peculiarity that, if the accepted coin corresponds in its value to someone of the channels plugged by the small plates, they will retreat by the action of the corresponding coil, the coin being enabled thus to pass towards the return purse.

2. A COIN SELECTOR-SEPARATOR, according to claim 1, cha racterized by the fact that if the accepted coin does not corres pond in its value to any of those corresponding to the channels plugged by the small plates, said coin will roll down said plugging small plates until it falls through the outlet mouth that joins the definitive purse, said outlet mouth lenning against the outlet mouth for coin return in a parallel plane with respect to the latter.

3. A COIN SELECTOR-SEPARATOR substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.