JP2008079699A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (2)

A medal passage that rolls medals inserted into the insertion slot one by one by its own weight and guides them inward, and an object detection sensor that detects that a detection target exists in the medal path and outputs a detection signal; The medal acceptable state in which the upper end of the medal is guided in the rolling direction toward the guide region set along one side of the medal path downstream of the object detection sensor and the rolling direction. A movable guide plate that switches to a medal unacceptable state for releasing the guide, a spring that urges the movable guide plate to the medal unacceptable state, and the movable guide plate that resists the bias of the spring in the on state. And a solenoid for moving the medal into a state where the medal can be received, and when the movable guide plate is in a state where the medal cannot be received, the medal passing through the medal passage is a guide in the rolling direction. By There has been released, the inserted medal selector that is configured to be eliminated in the return direction,

At least the control unit that controls the switching operation of the movable guide plate,
An off-time measuring means for starting the elapsed time measurement by a timer from the time when the detection signal of the object detection sensor changes from on to off;
The value corresponding to the off time measured by the off time measuring means is a specified value corresponding to the moving time required for the medal detected by the object detection sensor to move to a position where it does not interfere with the movable guide plate. Biting prevention means that waits until reaching, and when the value corresponding to the off time reaches the specified value, turns the solenoid to an on state to move the movable guide plate to the medal-acceptable state ;
An insertion medal selector characterized by comprising. A detection lever that is urged and protruded from the outside of the medal passage toward the passage space in the medal thickness direction of the medal passage;
When the medal is inserted into the insertion slot, the object detection sensor is pushed by the medal to detect that the detection lever is all retracted from the inside of the passage space to the outside of the passage space. A lever sensor that outputs a detection signal,
The inserted medal selector according to claim 1.