JP2004021535A - Coin collecting and sorting device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device in which a coin sorting mechanism can work even when relatively large foreign matter is conveyed, and which can easily solve a problem, when a trouble occurs. <P>SOLUTION: The device comprises a coin collecting mechanism 10 which collects coins C by conveying the coin horizontally, a coin flattening roller 20 which separates and flattens the coins C collected by the coin collecting mechanism 10, a coin sorting mechanism 50 comprising a falling hole 51 which is located in a downstream direction of the coin collecting mechanism 10 and has a diameter such that a flattened 100 yen coin can falls thereinto but a flattened 500 yen coin cannot fall and a falling hole 52 which has a diameter such that a flattened 500 yen coin can falls thereinto, a coin conveying mechanism 40 which conveys the coins C to the falling hole 52 of the coin sorting mechanism 50 by applying a force horizontally to the coins conveyed by the coin collecting mechanism 10, coin guiding chutes 60A and 60B whose openings are faced with the falling hole 51 and the falling hole 52 of the coin sorting mechanism 50, respectively, and a safe which sorts the coins guided by the coin guiding chutes 60A and 60B. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an apparatus for collecting coins inserted from a tama ball lending machine installed in a pachinko machine, for example.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As an apparatus of this type, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a coin collecting mechanism including a flat belt (not shown) that horizontally conveys a coin C inserted from a table ball lending machine B juxtaposed with a gaming machine A is provided. 10 and stored in a safe D installed at the island end.
[0003]
In the downstream portion of the coin collecting mechanism 10, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, a narrow coin passage 53X provided at a steep slope has a width greater than the diameter of a 100-yen coin and greater than the diameter of a 500-yen coin. A coin sorting mechanism 50 having a small drop hole 51 is provided, and a 100-yen coin sorted by the coin sorting mechanism 50, that is, a 100-yen coin that has fallen into the drop hole 51 and has passed through the drop hole 51 without falling. The 500-yen coins are each guided to a dedicated safe by a guide chute (not shown), and are stored separately.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional coin sorting mechanism was provided in a narrow coin passage, so when opening a new gaming hall or replacing and renovating a gaming table, the coin collection mechanism in the installation work of the gaming table etc. When nails or the like enter, they are conveyed to the narrow passage of the coin sorting mechanism, and there is a problem that the passage is blocked.
[0005]
For this reason, after the construction is completed, the operation of removing the debris on the coin collection path by operating the coin collection mechanism for more than half a day has been performed, but even after such preparations, even one garbage with a diameter of about 1 cm If the garbage remains on the collection path and is transported to the coin sorting mechanism during business hours, the coin sorting mechanism will be clogged, coins will not be collected, and it will be necessary to refuse to accept games with coins There was a point.
[0006]
In addition, the method of sorting coins by dropping coins into a narrow coin passage provided on a steep slope has the advantage of reducing the required horizontal dimension, but there are transport problems such as clogging of the coin transport passage with dust. When this occurs, it is often installed at a location where there is no dimensional margin in the lateral direction, so that there is also a problem that it is difficult to repair.
[0007]
Therefore, even if a large amount of garbage is conveyed from the coin collection mechanism, the coin sorting mechanism does not stop functioning, and it is necessary to be able to easily cope with any trouble if it occurs. Was an issue.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the related art by separating a coin collection mechanism that mainly conveys and collects coins in a horizontal direction, and separating coins collected by the coin collection mechanism into one lying sideways. A coin leveling mechanism, and a plurality of drop holes are arranged in a row extending in the direction of the extension of the downstream side of the coin collection mechanism, and are sequentially dropped from small-diameter coins. A coin sorting mechanism, a coin transport mechanism that applies a lateral force to the coin transported by the coin collection mechanism to transport coins to the drop hole position of the coin sorting mechanism's maximum diameter, and an upper opening at the drop hole of the coin sorting mechanism A coin collection and sorting device of the first configuration, comprising a coin guide chute installed facing the coin, and a safe for storing coins guided by the coin guide chute;
[0009]
In the coin collecting and sorting apparatus according to the first configuration, the number of coins that is calculated from the difference between the number of coins conveyed toward the drop hole and the number of coins that have passed through the drop hole is calculated. A coin collection and sorting device of a second configuration, which is provided with a detecting means,
[0010]
A coin collection and sorting device according to a third configuration, wherein the coin collection and sorting device according to the first or second configuration includes a coin guide unit that regulates play in a vertical direction of the coin;
[0011]
In the coin collection and sorting device according to any one of the first to third configurations, a coin collection and sorting device according to a fourth configuration, in which the coin transport mechanism has a function of pressing a coin downward,
[0012]
In the coin collection and sorting device according to any one of the first to fourth configurations, a coin collection and sorting device according to a fifth configuration in which the coin sorting mechanism is provided on a downward slope,
Is provided.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In addition, in order to facilitate understanding, in these figures, parts having the same functions as those described in FIGS. 5 and 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals.
[0014]
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a coin collecting and sorting apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes a coin collecting mechanism 10 that horizontally conveys and collects a coin C supplied from a betting machine, and a downstream portion thereof. , A pair of left and right coin guides 30 disposed downstream of the coin leveling roller 20, and an upstream portion extending in the transport direction of the coin C with the pair of left and right coin guides 30 sandwiched therebetween. A coin transport mechanism 40, a coin sorting mechanism 50 installed below the coin transport mechanism 40 and downstream of the coin collection mechanism 10, and coin guide chutes 60A and 60B installed below the coin sorting mechanism 50. .
[0015]
The coin collecting mechanism 10 includes a driving pulley driven by an electric motor (not shown), a driven pulley 11, an endless transport flat belt 12 wound between the driven pulley 11, and rotated in the direction of an arrow by rotation of the driving pulley. It is configured with.
[0016]
Note that the coin transport path by the transport flat belt 12, that is, the terminal end side of the portion where the coin transport surface of the transport flat belt 12 faces upward is slightly inclined, for example, about 2 degrees downward.
[0017]
The coin leveling roller 20 is driven by the driven pulley 11 through a power transmission belt 21 stretched between the coin collecting mechanism 10 and the driven pulley 11, and rotates in the direction of the arrow. A little upstream of the end of the coin transport path by the transport flat belt 12, the transport flat belt 12 is separated from the thickness of the coin C to be collected and sorted by the coin recovery and sorting apparatus 100, and is separated from the thickness of two coins C by Are set close to each other, for example, by 1.5 mm from the flat transport belt 12.
[0018]
Therefore, even if two or more coins C are transported by the transport flat belt 12 while being overlapped, or the coins C are transported in an upright state, the coins other than one lying down coin C are evenly distributed. The coin C is bounced upstream by the roller 20, and the coin C is conveyed to the downstream side of the coin leveling roller 20 in a state of lying down one by one.
[0019]
The coin sorting mechanism 50 detects that the lying 100-yen coin falls, but the lying 500-yen coin does not fall. For example, a drop hole 51 having a width of 23 mm and a length of 40 mm is opened in the upstream portion, and the downstream side of the drop hole 51 The coin C can be prevented from dropping laterally on both sides of a transport path 53 where a drop hole 52 having a width of 28 mm and a length of 40 mm is opened at the center, for example, so that a 500-yen coin lying on the side can drop. Of the coin transport path by the transport flat belt 12 and is substantially the same height as the coin transport path by the transport flat belt 12 (connecting). (Comparative), they are installed on almost the same downward slope.
[0020]
The coin transport mechanism 40 includes a drive pulley 41, a driven pulley 42, an endless transport belt 43 stretched over them, and a pressing pulley 44 pressing an intermediate portion of the endless transport belt 43 downward. It is provided with. The rotational force of the drive pulley 41 is provided from the driven pulley 11 of the coin collecting mechanism 10 via a plurality of, in this case, four power transmission gears.
[0021]
In addition, the distance between the coin sorting mechanism 50 in which the drop holes 51 and 52 are open and the transport path 53 is closer than the thickness of the coin C to be collected and sorted by the coin collecting and sorting apparatus 100, for example, 1.5 mm. Since the interval is adjusted, and the pressing pulley 44 is further urged toward the coin sorting mechanism 50 by the spring 45, regardless of whether the coin C is a 100 yen coin or a 500 yen coin, The coin C is pressed against a transport path 53 in which the drop hole 52 is opened at the center, and a transport force in the direction of the arrow can be applied to the coin C from above.
[0022]
The coin transport mechanism 40 includes, for example, light-reflecting upstream coin detecting means 47A and 47B integrated with a light receiving / emitting unit for detecting the number of coins C passing through the transport path 53, and a downstream side. A coin detecting means 48A, 48B, and a control unit (not shown) for calculating the number of 100-yen coins dropped into the drop hole 51 and the number of 500-yen coins dropped into the drop hole 52 based on the data detected by these coin detecting means Are provided.
[0023]
That is, the upstream coin detecting means 47A and 47B are installed on the left and right of the transport path 53 upstream from the drop hole 51, and the downstream coin detecting means 48A and 48B are installed on the left and right of the transport path 53 downstream from the drop hole 51. The control unit (not shown) drops due to the difference between the number of coins C detected by at least one of the upstream coin detecting means 47A and 47B and the number of coins C detected by at least one of the downstream coin detecting means 48A and 48B. The number of 100-yen coins dropped into the hole 51 is obtained, and the number of coins C detected by at least one of the downstream-side coin detecting means 48A and 48B is output as the number of 500-yen coins dropped into the drop hole 52. It is configured.
[0024]
In addition, the coin transport mechanism 40 configured as described above is configured such that the driven pulley 42 side can rotate upward with the rotation shaft 46 of the drive pulley 41 as the center of rotation. Therefore, in the event that a transport trouble or counting trouble occurs, if the driven pulley 42 is rotated upward, it becomes easy to observe the main parts of the coin transport mechanism 40 and the coin sorting mechanism 50. This is convenient for performing such operations.
[0025]
Further, the pair of left and right coin guide means 30 is also installed on both sides of the transport belt 43 of the coin transport mechanism 40, with the distance from the transport flat belt 12 adjusted to 2.5 mm. Therefore, the coins C separated one by one in the lying state by the coin leveling roller 20 on the upstream side of the coin guide means 30 are located at the portion where the coin guide means 30 is installed, that is, at the portion reaching the coin transport mechanism 40. It does not overlap or stand up.
[0026]
A coin guide chute 60A is provided below the drop hole 51 of the coin sorting mechanism 50, a coin guide chute 60B is provided below the drop hole 52, and a coin C guided by the coin guide chutes 60A and 60B. There are provided two safes (not shown) for storing the information.
[0027]
Therefore, according to the coin collecting and sorting apparatus 100 having the above-described configuration, the drop hole 51 provided with the upper portion of the guide chute 60A for guiding the coin C to a safe (not shown) facing the fall, and the drop hole provided with the upper portion of the guide chute 60B facing the same. Since the hole 52 is largely open in the transport path 53 for the coin C, the transport flat belt of the coin collection mechanism 10 for collecting and transporting the coin C by nails, wood chips, and the like at the time of renovation opening, renovation opening, etc. Even if they are conveyed by the coins 12, they enter the thick guide chutes 60A, 60B from the widely opened drop holes 51, 52, so that there is no inconvenience that the passage of the coin C is blocked (the safe has no such troubles). Garbage is transported together with the coin C, but the garbage can be sorted and discarded later, and the coin passage must be blocked to stop accepting games with coins. Is not can lead to important that Tsu).
[0028]
It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the appended claims.
[0029]
For example, only one upstream coin detecting means 47A, 47B for detecting the number of coins C passing through the transport path 53 and one downstream coin detecting means 48A, 48B can be provided. .
[0030]
As a means for detecting the coin C, it is possible to detect the coin C using a transmission type sensor. Further, detection using a switch having an actuator is also possible.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
In the coin collecting and sorting apparatus of the present invention, since the drop hole of the coin sorting mechanism is greatly opened in the coin conveying path, nails, wood chips, etc. are conveyed by the coin collecting mechanism at the time of renovation opening, renovation opening, etc. Even if the dust is collected, the dust falls into a large opening drop hole and is discharged, and the coin passage is hardly clogged. Therefore, unlike the conventional coin collecting and sorting apparatus, the inconvenience that the passage of coins is clogged with garbage and the acceptance of games by coins must be temporarily stopped is unlikely to occur.
[0032]
In addition, since the coin drop holes of the coin sorting mechanism are arranged in a row in the horizontal direction, the horizontal dimension is relatively long. Therefore, even if a trouble occurs when the safe is an island safe provided in the wife board, the trouble can be dealt with relatively easily.
[0033]
Further, in the coin collecting and sorting mechanism provided with coin guide means for restricting play of coins in the vertical direction, it is possible to prevent coins separated one by one lying down by the coin leveling mechanism from overlapping again.
[0034]
Further, in a coin collecting and sorting mechanism in which a function of pressing a coin downward is provided in the coin transport mechanism, the coin can be reliably dropped from a required coin drop hole of the coin sorting mechanism and stored in a safe.
[0035]
Further, in the coin collecting and sorting mechanism in which the coin sorting mechanism is provided at a downward inclination, it is possible to easily and surely convey coins in the direction of the coin sorting mechanism.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an example of a coin collecting and sorting apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory side view showing a main part of the coin collecting and sorting apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an explanatory plan view showing a main part of the coin collecting and sorting apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is an explanatory plan view showing a main part of the coin collection and sorting device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional technique.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a main part of a conventional technique.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 10 coin collection mechanism 11 driven pulley 12 transport flat belt 20 coin leveling roller 21 power transmission belt 30 coin guide means 40 coin transport mechanism 41 drive pulley 42 driven pulley 43 transport belt 44 pressing pulley 45 spring 46 rotating shafts 47A / 47B upstream side Coin detecting means 48A / 48B Downstream coin detecting means 50 Coin sorting mechanism 51/52 Falling hole 53 Conveyance path 54A / 54B Fall prevention wall 60A / 60B Guide chute 100 Coin collection and sorting device A Amusement machine B Inter-table ball lending machine C Coin

Claims (5)

A coin collection mechanism for transporting and collecting coins mainly in the horizontal direction, a coin leveling mechanism for separating and leveling the coins collected by the coin collection mechanism into individual lying-down pieces, and a downstream of the coin collection mechanism A plurality of drop holes are arranged in a row in the direction of the side extension while expanding in diameter. A coin transport mechanism that applies a lateral force to transport coins to the position of the largest diameter drop hole of the coin sorting mechanism, a coin guide chute installed with the upper opening facing the drop hole of the coin sort mechanism, and a coin guide chute And a safe for storing coins guided by the coin collection mechanism. A coin number detecting means for calculating the number of coins dropped into the drop hole from the difference between the number of coins conveyed toward the drop hole and the number of coins passed through the drop hole is provided. Item 4. The coin collecting and sorting mechanism according to Item 1. 3. The coin collecting and sorting mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising coin guide means for restricting play of the coin in the vertical direction. The coin collecting and sorting mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a function of pressing the coin downward is provided in the coin transport mechanism. The coin collecting and sorting mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the coin sorting mechanism is provided on a downward slope.

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