JP2002183817A - Coin processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coin processing device with improved assembling easiness and maintenance performance of a solenoid unit and a motor gear unit. SOLUTION: This coin processing device comprises a box-shaped coin processing device body 10 including a coin discharging device 30 to discharge changes. The motor gear unit 31 for discharging as a drive part of the coin discharging device 30 and the solenoid unit 32 for discharging for optionally selecting the coins to be discharged are separately installed on the coin processing device body 10. The units 31 and 32 can thus be separately assembled onto the coin processing device body 10. The units 31 and 32 can also be removed separately.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin processing device built in a vending machine or the like, and more particularly to a mounting structure of a coin payout device disposed in a coin processing device main body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a coin is inserted in a coin processing apparatus of this kind, the authenticity of the coin and the denomination of the coin are determined by a coin discriminating section, and the coin is sorted for each denomination. In each coin tube. On the other hand, when the inserted amount is higher than the product price, the coin payout device is driven to pay out the coin in the coin tube to the return port as change.

[0003] Such a coin payout apparatus is provided below a coin tube and pays out the lowest coin, a solenoid unit for selecting only coins requiring change return among the payout units, and a solenoid unit. A motor / gear unit that drives the coin selected by the solenoid to slide out; these units are installed in a coin processing device main body formed of a box.

Here, when the solenoid unit and the motor / gear unit are installed in the coin processing apparatus main body, the two units are connected together in advance by screws, and the integrated units are installed in the coin processing apparatus main body. are doing.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional coin processing apparatus, since the solenoid unit and the motor / gear unit of the coin payout apparatus are integrated and large as a whole, this is used for coin processing. The handling at the time of assembling to the apparatus main body was poor, and the assembling was troublesome. Also, when performing maintenance on only one of the solenoid unit and the motor / gear unit, it is necessary to first remove both integrated units from the coin processing device main body, and then separate each unit.
It was a process and it was troublesome work. Furthermore, when assembling each unit to the coin processing device main body, since screws are used as fastening parts, tools such as a screwdriver have been indispensable.

An object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing apparatus in which the assembling and maintenance of a solenoid unit and a motor / gear unit are improved in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a coin processing apparatus having a coin dispensing apparatus for dispensing change in a box-shaped coin processing apparatus main body. It has a structure in which a motor / gear unit for payout, which is a drive unit of the coin payout device, and a solenoid unit for payout, which arbitrarily selects a payout coin, are directly attached to a box-shaped coin processing device body separately. .

According to the present invention, since the motor / gear unit and the solenoid unit are separately formed, each unit can be separately installed in the coin processing apparatus main body, and each unit is separately removed. be able to.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the coin processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the coin processing apparatus main body has a bottom plate, a back plate, and a side plate, and each plate or an outer surface portion of a motor / gear unit opposed to each plate. Either one has a hook member for locking, and the other has a structure having a locking hole for locking the hook member.

According to the present invention, the motor / gear unit is attached and detached by engaging and disengaging the hook member and the locking hole.

[0011] The invention according to claims 3 to 5 is characterized in that between the outer surface of the solenoid unit and the back plate of the coin processing device main body, or the upper and lower plates or side plates of the bracket of the solenoid unit and the back plate of the coin processing device main body. Between the hook member and the locking hole, the solenoid unit is attached and detached.

The motor / gear unit and the solenoid unit can be easily engaged and disengaged by providing the hook member with elasticity.

[0013]

1 to 12 show an embodiment of a coin processing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the coin processing apparatus, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an installed state of a motor / gear unit and a solenoid unit, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an installed state of a solenoid unit, and FIG. 5 is a hook member and a hook formed on a coin processing apparatus main body. 6 (a), 6 (b) and 6 (c) are three perspective views of the motor / gear unit, FIG. 7 is a front view showing the installation state of the motor / gear unit, and FIG. 8 is a motor / gear unit. FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing a locked state between the first hooking member and the first locking hole.
FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing a locked state between a second hooking member and a second locking hole of the gear unit. FIGS. 10A, 10B, and 10C are three views of the solenoid unit, and FIG. 11 is an upper and lower plate of the solenoid unit. And FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a holding member of the solenoid unit.

First, an outline of a coin processing device built in a vending machine will be described with reference to FIG. The coin processing device main body 10 constituting a box-shaped housing of the coin processing device has a coin insertion slot 101 at an upper portion thereof, and coins are introduced through the coin insertion slot 101. The authenticity and denomination of the introduced coin are determined by a coin identification unit (not shown) arranged below the coin insertion slot 101. The coin discriminated by the coin identification unit is returned to a return port (not shown) of the vending machine through a return passage. On the other hand, coins determined to be genuine coins are guided to the coin tube 201 of the coin storage device 20 disposed below the coin identification unit, and are stored while being stacked thereon. The coin stored in the coin tube 201 is used as a change coin, and when paying out the change, the coin payout device 30 (see FIG. 3) is driven to return the change in the coin tube to the return port through the bottom base 102. Is done.

The coin storage device 20 has a flat shape as shown in FIG. 2, and is entirely provided between the side plate 103 of the coin processing device main body 10 and the rear opening of the coin processing device main body 10 as shown in FIG. It can be freely inserted into.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the coin payout device 30 is provided between the side plates 103, the bottom plate 104, and the back plate 105 of the coin processing device main body 10, and includes a motor / gear unit 31. And the solenoid unit 32,
And a payout unit (not shown). This dispensing unit is installed below the coin tube 201 and accommodates the lowest coin, the solenoid unit 32 selects only coins requiring change return among the dispensing units, and the motor / gear unit 31 selects the solenoid The structure is such that the coin selected by the unit 32 is driven to slide out, and the function of each unit is the same as that of the conventional coin payout apparatus.

The motor / gear unit 3 according to the present embodiment
1 is covered with a unit cover 311 formed integrally with resin. The unit cover 311 has a horizontally long rectangular support base 311a substantially at the center in the vertical direction.
1a has a motor holder 311b on its upper surface,
The lower surface of 11a has a leg 311c extending downward.

A rotation drive motor 312 is held by the motor holder 311b, and a gear mechanism (not shown) for converting the rotation speed of the rotation drive motor 312 is installed inside the support base 311a. An output shaft 3 that transmits the torque converted by the gear mechanism to the payout unit.
13 penetrates, and the payout unit operates by the rotational force transmitted from the output shaft 313.

In the motor / gear unit 31 configured as described above, since the unit cover 311 is locked to the coin processing apparatus main body 10, a plurality of hook members 31 are provided.
4,315,316,317. First, on the back surface of the support 311a, a front view of FIG.
As shown in the left side view of FIG.
The hook member 314 and the second hook member 315 are formed integrally. The first hooking members 314 are formed in two right and left rows, and as shown in FIG.
It is configured to be bent in a letter shape. Second hook member 3
Numeral 15 is provided between the first hook members 314, and is formed to be bent in a substantially U-shape as shown in FIG. It has elasticity due to the bent portion configuration. Similarly, a third hook member extending toward the side plate 103 of the coin processing device main body 10 is formed on the support base 311a, and in this embodiment, a protrusion 316 extending in the lateral direction
The protrusion 316 is formed integrally with the support 311a. Further, on both sides of the leg portion 311c, a fourth hook member extending downward, in this embodiment, a leg piece 317 is provided. The leg 317 is formed integrally with the leg 311c, and has a step 317a at the lower end of the leg 317.

The hook members 314, 315, 316, 31 of the motor / gear unit 31 configured as described above.
7 is a side plate 103 and a bottom plate 10 of the coin processing device main body 10.
4 and a plurality of locking holes 111, 1 formed in the back plate 105.
12, 113 and 114 are locked.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, two first locking holes 111 are formed in the back plate portion corresponding to the first hook portions 314, respectively. As shown in FIG. 8, the first locking hole 111 has a tongue 111a extending obliquely inward and upward, and the first hook member 314 is locked to the tongue 111a. In addition, the first locking hole 111 is
05, the first hooking member 314 can be pushed upward from the outer surface of the back plate 105 when the first hooking member 314 is removed from the tongue 111a.

A second locking hole 112 is formed in the back plate portion corresponding to the second hook 315 as shown in FIG. The second locking hole 112 is formed in the upper hole 11 having a small lateral dimension.
2a and a large horizontal hole 112b, and the projection 315a of the second hook 315 is locked to the upper edge of the lower hole 112b. In addition, the second locking hole 11
Since the upper hole 112a and the lower hole 112b penetrate the back plate 105, when the second hooking member 315 is removed from the second locking hole 112, the second hooking member 315 is passed through the holes 112a and 112b. To the front,
The protrusion 315a can be biased inward.

As shown in FIG. 5, the third hooking member, ie, the side plate 103 corresponding to the projection 316,
3 are formed. The third locking hole 113 is formed in a rectangular shape so as to extend in the up-down direction. An elastic tongue 113a extends downward from the upper edge thereof, and the lower end of the tongue 113a and the third locking hole 113 are formed. The projection 316 is inserted and locked between the lower edge and the lower edge.

Two fourth locking holes 114 are formed in the bottom plate 104 corresponding to the fourth hook portion, that is, the leg piece 317. The fourth locking hole 114 is formed in a square shape, and the step 317a of the leg piece 317 is fitted therein.

Next, the structure of the solenoid unit 32 will be described with reference to FIG. 4, FIG. 10, FIG. 11, and FIG. Here, (a) of FIG. 10 is a plan view of the solenoid unit 32, (b) of FIG. 10 is a front view of the solenoid unit 32,
FIG. 10C is a bottom view of the solenoid unit 32.

The solenoid unit 32 has a horizontally long bracket 321 having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and a plurality of solenoids 322 are arranged in the inside thereof. Further, a fifth locking hole 323 and a sixth locking hole 324 are formed on the upper plate 321a and the lower plate 321b of the bracket 321 so as to face up and down.

The fifth and sixth hooking members 115 formed on the back plate 105 of the coin processing apparatus main body 10 are respectively provided in the fifth and sixth locking holes 323 and 324 of the solenoid unit 32 configured as described above. , 116 are locked.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 11, the fifth hooking member 1 is provided at the back plate portion facing the fifth locking hole 323.
15 project forward. The fifth hooking member 115 is formed by integrally forming a square pillar on a cylindrical projection, and a projection 115a is formed at the tip of the pillar. The convex portion 115a is fitted into the fifth locking hole 323 of the upper plate 321a of the solenoid unit 32 from below, whereby the upper plate 321a is locked while the upper plate 321a is locked by the column of the fifth hooking member 115. Is the backboard 105
Supported by

A sixth hooking member 116 projects forward from the back plate portion facing the sixth locking hole 324, as shown in FIGS. This sixth hook member 1
Numeral 16 projects from the back plate 105 in a square column shape.
A projection 116a is formed at the tip of this pillar. The projection 116a is fitted into the sixth locking hole 323 of the lower plate 321b of the solenoid unit 32 from below, whereby the lower plate 321b is locked, while the lower portion of the lower plate 321b is held by the column of the sixth hooking member 116. 321b is supported by the back plate 105.

On the other hand, two pressing members 117 are formed to prevent the solenoid unit 32 from being detached upward. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 12, each of the pressing members 117 has a substantially inverted U-shaped slit formed in the back plate 105 to form an elastic plate 117 a extending vertically, and a front surface of the elastic plate 117 a The holding piece 117b extends to the right side. The lower side of the holding piece 117b is located on the upper surface of the upper plate 321a of the bracket 321 as shown in FIG. 12, and the upward movement of the bracket 321 is restricted.

The plunger 322a of the solenoid 322 disposed in the solenoid unit 32 extends through the bottom plate 104 toward the dispensing unit as shown in FIGS. In addition, the fifth and sixth hook members 11
At the base of the back plate 105 on the side of 5,116, see-through holes 115b,
116b, and the see-through holes 115b, 11b are formed.
6b, the locked state of the solenoid unit 32 can be confirmed. Further, the back plate 105 has
A plurality of spacer plates 118 are formed, thereby positioning the solenoid unit 32 in the front-rear direction.

The operation of attaching the solenoid unit 32 and the motor / gear unit 31 configured as described above to the coin processing apparatus main body 10 will be described. First,
To explain the mounting operation of the solenoid unit 32,
When attaching to the coin processing device main body 10, the fifth
The fifth locking hole 323 of the upper plate 321a is inserted into the projection 115a of the hook member 115, and the sixth hook member 11
The sixth locking hole 324 of the lower plate 321b is inserted into the sixth protrusion 116a. At the time of this insertion work, the holding member 117 is slightly pushed in to the rear side so as not to hinder the insertion work. On the other hand, when the insertion operation is completed, the pressing operation of the pressing member 117 is released. As a result, the holding piece 117b returns, and the solenoid unit 32
The pressing piece 117b returns to the upper plate 321a. The solenoid unit 32 is installed in the coin processing device main body 10 by the above operation.

Next, the operation of attaching the motor / gear unit 31 will be described. First, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9,
The motor / gear unit 31 is moved along the inner surface of the back plate 105 from top to bottom, and the first hook member 314 on the back side of the motor / gear unit 31 is hooked on the tongue piece 111a of the first locking hole 111, Also, the second hook member 31
The fifth protrusion 315a is inserted into the second locking hole 112. At the same time, the step 317 a of the leg piece 317 is inserted into the fourth locking hole 114 of the bottom plate 104. During this locking and insertion work,
The protrusion 316 moves downward while hitting the elastic tongue 113 a of the third locking hole 113 (while urging the tongue 113 a outward), and when reaching the lower edge of the third locking hole 113, It is inserted between the lower end of the piece 113a and the lower edge of the third locking hole 113. As a result, the motor / gear unit 31 is locked to the back plate 105, the bottom plate 104, and the side plate 103.

When the solenoid unit 32 and the motor / gear unit 31 are detached, the above-mentioned operation may be performed in reverse.

According to the present embodiment, since the solenoid unit 32 and the motor / gear unit 31 can be separately mounted on the coin processing apparatus main body 10, each unit 31 can be mounted without increasing the size of the conventional unit to be mounted. , 32 are improved. Similarly, since the units 31 and 32 can be separately removed, maintenance is simplified.

The attaching and detaching work of each unit 31, 32 is performed by hooking portions 314, 315, 31.
6,317,115,116 and the locking holes 111,112,
It is performed by engaging and disengaging with 113, 114, 323, and 324, and does not use a screw or the like as a fastening member as in the related art.

FIGS. 13A, 13B and 13C show modified examples of the bracket in the solenoid unit according to the present invention. Here, FIG. 13B is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 13A. In this modification, the bracket 3
Fifth and sixth plates provided on the upper and lower plates 321a and 321b
Instead of the locking holes 323, 324, upper and lower plates 321a, 3
The seventh locking hole 32 is formed in the side plate 321c connecting the upper and lower portions 21b vertically.
5 is provided, and the back plate 105 is provided with a seventh hook member 119 having four upper and lower claws 119a corresponding to the seventh locking holes 325. According to this modification, each nail 119
a on the four corners of the seventh locking hole 325, and
21 and the solenoid unit 32 are attached to the back plate 105. Also in this modified example, as in the above embodiment, the assembling property and the maintenance property are excellent. Note that other configurations and operations are the same as those of the above-described embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the solenoid unit and the motor / gear unit can be separately mounted on the coin processing device main body, the unit to be mounted does not increase in size as in the related art, the assemblability of each unit is improved, and each unit is separately mounted. Can be easily removed for easy maintenance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a coin processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a detached state of the coin storage device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an installed state of a motor / gear unit and a solenoid unit.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an installed state of a solenoid unit.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a hook member and a locking hole formed in the coin processing device main body.

FIG. 6 is a three-view drawing of a motor / gear unit.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing the installation state of the motor / gear unit.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a locked state between a first hooking member and a first locking hole of the motor / gear unit.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a locked state between a second hook member and a second locking hole of the motor / gear unit.

FIG. 10 is a three-sided view of a solenoid unit.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing the locking state between each locking hole of the upper and lower plates of the solenoid unit and each hook member.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view showing a holding member of the solenoid unit.

FIG. 13 is a three side view showing a modified example of the bracket.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: coin processing device main body, 20: coin storage device, 30
... Coin payout device, 31 ... Motor / gear unit, 32
... Solenoid units, 314, 315, 316, 31
7, 115, 116, 119: hook member, 111,
112, 113, 114, 323, 324, 325 ... locking holes.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A coin processing device comprising a coin dispensing device for dispensing change into a box-shaped coin processing device main body, comprising: a payout motor / gear unit which is a driving unit of the coin dispensing device; A coin processing apparatus wherein a solenoid unit for payout arbitrarily selected is separately attached to the coin processing apparatus main body. 2. The coin processing device main body has a bottom plate, a back plate, and a side plate, and a hook for locking is provided on one of the plates or the outer surface of the motor / gear unit facing the respective plates. The coin processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a member, and a locking hole for locking the hook member on the other side. 3. The coin processing device main body has a back plate,
2. The locking device according to claim 1, wherein one of the back plate and the outer surface of the solenoid unit has a locking member for locking, and the other has a locking hole for locking the locking member. Coin processing equipment. 4. The solenoid unit has a bracket having a substantially U-shaped cross section, an upper plate and a lower plate of the bracket have a locking hole, and the locking unit has a locking hole on a back surface of the coin processing device main body. 4. The coin processing device according to claim 3, further comprising the hook member that is engaged with the hole. 5. The solenoid unit has a bracket having a substantially U-shaped cross section, a side plate of the bracket has a locking hole, and a rear surface of the coin processing device main body is locked in the locking hole. The coin processing device according to claim 3, comprising the hook member. 6. The coin according to claim 2, wherein at least one of said hook members has elasticity and is elastically locked in said locking hole. Processing equipment.