JP2000331222A - Structure for case having coin throw-in port - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a device inside a case from being directly affected by rain or dust coming from a coin throw-in port. SOLUTION: The coin throw-in port 6 with an open top is arranged on the upper surface board 5 of the case 2 and a shutter board 17 supported to be freely rocking possible is arranged in the lower part of the port 6. The shutter board 7 is normally held to be inclined in right by an angle α from a horizontal direction through the use of a weight 28. A tongue 25 where its tip part 25b becomes adjacent to the rear surface part 33 of the case 2 is arranged in the lower part of the tip of the board 17.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a housing having a coin insertion slot such as a coin selector of a public telephone, a vending machine or a game machine, wherein a coin insertion opening opened upward is provided at an upper portion of the housing. The present invention relates to a structure of a housing having a provided coin slot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a housing having a coin slot of this kind, rainwater and dust easily enter from the coin slot, and when the rainwater or dust enters, a coin sorting device provided below the coin slot and Waterproof and dustproof structures are provided to prevent such adverse effects on the control board.
As a waterproof and dustproof structure of this type, a shutter plate is provided immediately below the coin slot so as to be swingably supported so as to open and close the coin slot. It is urged to close the inlet. Therefore, normally, the shutter plate restricts rainwater and dust from entering from the coin insertion slot, and when coins are inserted, the coin insertion slot is opened by swinging the shutter plate with the inserted coin. It is configured.

[0003]

However, in the above-described structure of the housing having a coin slot, the horizontal state is maintained when the coin slot is closed, and the coin slot is held by the shutter plate. Are kept completely sealed. Therefore, rainwater and dust entering from the coin slot are temporarily prevented from entering the inside of the housing by the shutter plate, but stay on the shutter plate. For this reason, there is a possibility that rainwater or dust staying on the shutter plate may enter the inside of the housing when the coin insertion slot is opened by the inserted coin. Also,
If a large amount of water is injected at once into the shutter plate, the weight of the shutter plate may cause the shutter plate to swing and enter the inside of the housing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to provide a coin in which rainwater or dust entering from a coin slot does not directly affect the device inside the housing. The present invention relates to a structure of a housing having an inlet.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin slot which is opened upward in an upper portion of a housing, and the coin slot is provided below the coin slot. In a structure of a housing having a coin insertion slot provided with a shutter member swingably supported so as to open and close the opening so that the coin insertion slot is opened by the inserted coin, the shutter member is moved downward with respect to a horizontal plane. A biasing member is provided so as to maintain the inclined posture, and a foreign matter guide member is provided at the pivotal end of the shutter member for guiding foreign matter that has entered from the coin insertion slot in an outer circumferential direction in the housing.
Therefore, rainwater and dust entering from the coin slot are guided to the outer peripheral direction of the housing from the rotation end of the shutter member via the foreign matter guide member.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a coin slot gauge forming the coin slot and the shutter member are attached to the housing via the foreign matter guide member. Things. Therefore, the coin slot gauge and the shutter member are attached to the housing at one time via the foreign matter guide member. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a rail for guiding coins to a coin sorting track is provided below the coin insertion slot, and a coin for guiding coins to a coin return slot below the rail. A return track is provided, and the rail is provided with a communication portion for communicating the coin insertion slot with the coin return track. Therefore, if a large amount of water that is larger than the amount guided by the foreign matter guide member is injected into the housing from the coin slot at a time, water that cannot be treated by the foreign matter guide member returns to the coin return path from the coin return path through the communication portion. Guided to the mouth.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a structure of a housing having a coin slot according to the present invention, in which an upper half of a front portion of the housing is removed, and FIG. 2 is a II-II in FIG.
3 is a plan view showing a part of the housing. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3, FIG. 5A is an exploded perspective view showing a portion V in FIG. 4, and FIG.
Is a perspective view similarly viewed from the bottom side, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged detailed view showing a V portion in FIG. 4 for explaining an operation at the time of coin insertion.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a public telephone, which is a box-shaped housing 2 having an open front.
Are provided above and below the opening of the housing 2, and a pair of doors 3 and 4 that allow the opening to be opened and closed (the door 3 is not shown).
Is provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the upper surface plate 5 of the housing 2 is provided with an insertion opening assembly 7 provided with a coin insertion opening 6 that is opened upward and that selects a pseudo coin having a diameter larger than a regular coin. ing. In FIG. 1, a coin sorting orbit 9 a formed by covering an upright substrate (not shown) with a flapper 9 and a coin sorting device 10 is provided in a housing 2 below the coin slot 6, and an overflow. A track 10a and a coin storage track 10b are provided. A rail section 8 is provided below the coin slot 6 of the flapper 9 so that coins inserted from the coin slot 6 fall on the rail section 8 and are guided to a coin sorting track 9a.

A coin return track 11 is provided below the rail section 8 and extends vertically downward. , And are communicated by a coin communication track 11a formed in a gutter shape. The length of the rail portion 8 in the left-right direction is formed to be shorter than the width of the coin return track 11, and a pair of communication portions for communicating the coin insertion slot 6 and the coin return track 11 is provided on both sides of the rail portion 8. Gaps 8a, 8a are formed. Reference numeral 13 denotes a safe door provided on the door 4 so as to be openable and closable. The safe door 13 falls into the inside of the housing 2 corresponding to the safe door 13 by a charging pulse sent from the station according to the frequency of the call from the coin storage orbit 10b. Safe 1 for storing regular coins
4 are provided.

Next, the charging port assembly 7 which is a feature of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
In (a), the input port assembly 7 includes an input port member 15.
And a slot gauge 16 provided with the coin slot 6 and a shutter plate 17 provided below the coin slot 6. A projecting piece 18 provided with an insertion hole 18a is integrally formed at one end of the input port member 15, and a bent portion 19 is integrally formed at the other end so as to be bent downward as shown in FIG. Is formed. A pair of recesses 20, 20 are formed on both sides of the bent portion 19 so as to be surrounded by the surrounding wall, and back surfaces 21, 21 of the surrounding wall surrounding the recesses 20, 20 have a U-shape. The grooves 22 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 1B, a rectangular recess 23 is provided on the back surface of the charging port member 15.
A pair of shaft bearings 24, 24 are provided on both sides of the recess 23.
Are integrally formed. A tongue piece 25 as a foreign matter guide member is provided at the other end on the back side of the input port member 15 in a horizontal direction, and one end of the tongue piece 25 has a convex strip as shown in FIG. 25a is protruded. Further, at the other end of the tongue piece 25, there is provided a foreign substance discharge portion having a crank-shaped cross section.
5b are formed, and on both ends of the tongue piece 5, side walls 25 are formed.
c, 25c are erected, and the whole is formed in a substantially gutter shape. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a substantially horizontally elongated rectangular through hole 26 is provided between one end of the tongue piece 25 and the above-described bent portion 19.

The both sides 17a of the shutter plate 17 are bent upward so as to face each other, and a through hole through which the shaft 27 is inserted is provided at the base end of the both sides 17a, 17a. One end of the plate 17 is folded downward, and a weight 28 is fixed to the folded portion 17b. In such a configuration, the inlet gauge 1
6 is fitted into the pair of recesses 20, 20 of the input port member 15, and the screws 29, 29 are inserted into the U-shaped grooves 22, 22 and screwed into the input port gauge 16. It is attached to the member 15. Shutter plate 1
7, by bridging both ends of the shaft 27 of the shaft 7 to a pair of shaft support portions 24, 24 of the input port member 15, as shown in FIG.
The input port assembly 7 is swingably supported in the concave portion 23 and is assembled.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a rectangular mounting hole 5a is formed in the upper surface plate 5 of the housing 2, and a blind plate 30, 31 is fixed, and the tip portion 30a of the one blind plate 30 is formed in a substantially crank shape. The above-mentioned insertion port assembly 7 is configured such that the screw 32 inserted from the outside of the upper surface plate 5 is screwed into the blind plate 30 into the insertion hole 18 a of the projecting piece 18 of the insertion member 15, so that the inside of the mounting hole 5 a of the upper surface plate 5 is formed. To face
It is attached to the upper surface plate 5 of the housing 2. In this way, the input port gauge 16 and the shutter 17 are temporarily moved to the input port member 15.
To the housing 2 and then into the housing 2
It is designed to be attached from outside. Therefore, the upper surface plate 5 of the housing 2 having a small work space as in the related art
In addition, since a complicated operation of individually mounting the input port gauge 16 and the shutter 17 from the inside of the housing 2 is not required, the assembling operation is facilitated. Also, since the input port member 15 can be used also as a bracket for the input port gauge 16 and the shutter 17, there is no need to newly provide a bracket.
The number of parts can be reduced.

As shown in FIG. 4, the input port assembly 7 attached to the upper surface plate 5 of the housing 2 has the foreign matter discharge portion 25b of the tongue piece 25 formed on the outer peripheral portion of the housing 33, that is, as shown in FIG. It is positioned so as to be close to the back plate 33 that is not mounted. Further, the shutter 17 is urged counterclockwise in the figure about the shaft 27 by the weight 28 by the weight 28, and when the both sides 17 a come into contact with the lower end of the insertion port gauge 16, the rotation end 17 c of the shutter plate 17 is rotated. Is tongue piece 25
Coin insertion slot 6 so as to face above the convex strip 25a.
Is held downward from the horizontal by an angle α in the figure. In this state, the lower end of the bent portion 19 of the insertion port member 15 is in contact with the shutter 17, and the folded portion 17 b of the shutter 17 is positioned at the front end 3
0a.

In this configuration, as shown in FIG. 6A, when a coin 35 is inserted through the coin slot 6 and the lower end of the coin 35 contacts the shutter 17, the shutter 17
, Against the urging force of the weight 28 due to the weight of the coin 35,
Since it rotates clockwise in the figure around the rotation center 7, the lower part of the coin slot 6 is opened as shown in FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
And rolls on the coin sorting orbit 9a by the rail portion 8 and is discriminated by the coin discriminating portion. The regular coin is on the coin storage orbit 10b, and the pseudo coin is on the overflow orbit 1.
0a. Regular coins are in coin storage orbit 10
b, the pseudo coin is stored in the safe 14 by the charge signal, guided to the coin return orbit 11 from the overflow track 10a, and returned from the coin return port 12 through the coin connection track 11a.

Next, the action of waterproofing in the structure of the housing having such a configuration will be described. In FIG. 4, when rainwater or dust enters from the coin slot 6, the rainwater or dust causes the shutter plate 1 positioned below the coin slot 6.
7 fall. The shutter plate 17 is held by the weight 28 in a state in which the shutter plate 17 is inclined rightward and downward by an angle α, so that rainwater and dust flow on the shutter plate 17 rightward in the drawing along the inclination, and 17c falls on the tongue piece 25. At this time, the lower end of the bent portion 19 of the input port member 15 is in contact with the shutter plate 17, and the lower end of the folded portion 17b of the shutter plate 17 is in contact with the upper surface of the front end portion 30a of the blind plate 30. Are formed on both sides 17a, 17a bent upward.

Therefore, the rainwater and dust falling on the shutter plate 17 do not flow backward on the shutter plate 17,
The tongue 2 is reliably dropped from the shutter plate 17 onto the tongue 25.
5 is provided with the ridge 25a and the pair of side walls 25c, 25c, so that it is reliably discharged from the foreign matter discharge portion 25b. The rainwater and dust discharged from the foreign matter discharge portion 25b flow out in the direction of the arrow in the figure, and the foreign matter discharge portion 25b is positioned so as to be close to the rear portion 33 of the housing 2 so that the dust and water fall along the inside surface of the rear portion 33 Run down. As described above, the case 2 in which the rainwater and dust entering from the coin slot 6 are separated from the center of the case 2 on which the mounted components are provided.
Is guided to the back plate 33, which is the outer peripheral portion of the housing 2, it is possible to restrict rainwater and dust entering from the coin slot 6 from falling onto the mounted components in the housing 2. For this reason, there is no possibility that the rainwater or dust that flows down adversely affects the mounted components.

Here, when a large amount of water is injected at one time from the coin slot 6 and the large amount of water exceeds the urging force of the weight 28, the shutter plate 17 rotates the shaft 27. The shutter plate 1 rotates in the clockwise direction in the drawing as the center of movement.
7 is separated from the protruding strip 25a of the tongue piece 25, and the lower part of the coin slot 6 is opened. Therefore, these large amounts of rainwater and dust are removed by a pair of gaps 8a, 8a on both sides of the rail portion 8 located below the coin slot 6.
Is led to the coin return orbit 11 so that the coin connection orbit 1
The coin 1 is discharged from the coin return port 12 to the outside of the housing 2 via 1a. For this reason, the flow of such a large amount of rainwater and dust to the coin sorting device 10 and the control board side is restricted, and the coin sorting device 10 and the control board are not adversely affected.

Although the foreign matter discharge portion 25b of the tongue piece 25 is positioned so as to be close to the back plate 33 of the housing 2, it may be positioned so as to be close to the side plate or the front plate.

[0020]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since rainwater and dust entering from the coin slot are guided from the shutter member to the outer peripheral portion of the housing, the member mounted in the housing is provided. There is no adverse effect on

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is not necessary to individually attach the coin slot gauge, the shutter member and the foreign matter guide member to the housing, and the coin slot gauge and the shutter member are connected via the foreign matter guide member. Since it is attached to the housing at one time, assembly becomes easy. Further, since the foreign matter guiding member also functions as the mounting bracket, the number of components can be reduced.

According to the third aspect of the invention, even if a large amount of water is injected into the housing from the coin slot at once, water that cannot be treated by the foreign matter guide member is transferred from the coin return orbit to the coin return port. Since it is guided, there is no adverse effect on the coin sorting orbit and the control board.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a structure of a housing having a coin slot according to the present invention, in which an upper half of a front portion of the housing is removed.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a part of the housing in the structure of the housing having a coin slot according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3;

5 (a) is an exploded perspective view of a portion V in FIG. 4, and FIG. 5 (b) is a perspective view similarly viewed from the bottom side.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged detail view of a V portion in FIG. 4 for explaining an operation at the time of coin insertion in the structure of the housing having a coin insertion slot according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... pay telephone, 2 ... housing, 6 ... coin slot, 7 ... slot assembly, 10 ... coin sorting apparatus, 11 ... coin return orbit,
12: coin return slot, 15: slot member, 16: slot gauge, 17: shutter plate, 25: tongue piece, 28: weight, 33
... the back plate.

Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Shinobu Kitazawa 2-3-2 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo Inside Tamura Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (72) Mutual Nagami 2-3-2 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku Tokyo Inside Tamura Electric Works (72) Inventor Kazumi Tajima 2-3-2 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo Inside Tamura Electric Works Co., Ltd. (72) Ryuichi Saito 3-9-1-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan Inside Telegraph and Telephone Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kazuhiko Sagara 3-19-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan Within Telegraph and Telephone Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroki Kato 5-27 Minamiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Anritsu (72) Inventor Nobuhiro Iguchi 5-10-27 Minamiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Anritsu Corporation

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A coin slot opened upward in an upper part of a housing, and the coin slot is openable and closable below the coin slot so that the coin slot is opened by the inserted coin. In a structure of a housing having a coin slot having a freely supported shutter member, the shutter member is biased so as to maintain a posture inclined downward with respect to a horizontal plane, and the rotation of the shutter member is performed. A structure of a housing having a coin insertion slot, wherein a foreign matter guide member for guiding foreign matter intruding from the coin insertion slot toward an outer peripheral direction in the housing is provided at an end. 2. The structure of a housing having a coin insertion slot according to claim 1, wherein a coin insertion gauge forming the coin insertion slot and the shutter member are attached to the housing via the foreign matter guide member. The structure of the housing with a coin slot that is a feature. 3. The structure of a housing having a coin insertion slot according to claim 1, further comprising: a rail for guiding coins to a coin sorting track below the coin insertion slot, and a coin returning to the coin return slot below the rail. A structure of a housing having a coin insertion slot, wherein a coin return slot is provided to guide the coin, and a communication portion communicating the coin insertion slot and the coin return slot is provided on the rail.