JP2010176622A - Coin returning device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem with providing a coin return slot with a cover or a closing plate wherein, although a coin returned will not fly outside, the coin returned becomes less easy to find, leading to the possibility of forgetting to take the coin returned. <P>SOLUTION: A coin-operated device includes a coin sorter mounted on the back of a door of a casing and provided with a reject slot for discharging defective coins downward; a coin return slot provided in the door that opens to the downside of the coin sorter; and a reject cup 20 joining the reject slot in the coin sorter to the coin return slot, the reject cup 20 being secured to the door and being an approximately box-shaped body having an opening that matches the coin return slot and being deep and wide enough to contain the reject slot. The upper surface of the reject cup has a coin drop hole 29 beneath the reject slot. An inclined surface 24b with a face whose perpendicular lines diagonally upward and horizontally backward is provided inside and below the coin drop hole. A bottom face 22b located below a lower edge of the coin return slot is provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement of a coin return opening provided in a coin sorting device of a coin motion type device that operates by inserting coins or medals.

  Conventionally, as a drop type coin sorting device to a service door of a coin door attached to a game machine or the like, a vertically-long rectangular coin mouth is formed at the upper part of the almost upright base plate, and a coin return opening is formed at the lower part. Yes. A holding box is fixed behind the return port, and the returned coins can lie randomly. The upper part of the return port is covered with a lid instructed to be bipotable in the holding box, and the return coin can be taken out of the holding box by pushing the lid (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Also, in order to prevent foreign matter such as sponge from being inserted into the coin return slot, the coin return is supported from the opening / closing plate pivotally supported by the coin return slot and the wall surface on the opposite side of the coin return slot from the opening / closing plate. A coin return port provided with a first protruding piece that protrudes with a downward slope toward the path to prevent entry of foreign matter, and descends to the coin return path on the surface of the opening / closing plate facing the first protruding piece. A second projecting piece projecting in an inclined manner, and configured to close the coin return path by contacting the first projecting piece and the second projecting piece at a rotation position of the opening / closing plate; There is a foreign matter insertion prevention structure for the coin return port (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-25404 (page 4, FIG. 1) Japanese Patent No. 3472634 (2nd page, FIG. 2)

The lid and opening / closing plate of the coin return port described above are made of a metal plate or a hard resin plate, both of which are horizontally supported at the top, and have a structure in which the inner coin is taken out by pushing the hand backward. .
When a lid or an opening / closing plate is provided at the coin return slot, the returned coin does not jump out to the front, but it becomes difficult to see the returned coin, and there is a risk of forgetting to return the coin.
Therefore, the present invention provides a coin return opening having a structure in which the returned coins do not pop out without providing a lid or an opening / closing plate at the coin return opening.

In the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in a coin motion type apparatus having a coin return port for returning the inserted coin, the authenticity of the inserted coin attached to the back side of the door of the housing is determined. And a coin sorter provided with a reject port for discharging the defective coin downward, a coin return port provided in the door that opens below the coin sorter, and a reject of the coin sorter A reject cup connecting the mouth and the coin return opening,
The reject cup is a substantially box-like body that is fixed to the door and has an opening that matches the coin return opening and has a depth and a width including the reject opening.
The upper surface of the reject cup has a coin dropping hole on the lower side of the reject opening, and an inclined surface in which a perpendicular line faces obliquely upward and rearward is provided inside the lower side of the coin dropping hole,
The coin-operated device is provided with a bottom surface located below the lower edge of the coin return slot.

  According to the above invention, when the inserted coin is determined as a defective coin by the coin sorter, it falls into the reject cup from the coin drop hole opened in the reject cup from the reject port of the coin sorter. The coin that has fallen at this time collides with an inclined surface having a surface whose vertical line is directed upwards, backwards, backwards, and the rebound direction is the rear side of the side, colliding with the back side of the reject cup and below the coin return slot. It stays in the reject cup on the bottom surface below the edge.

  In the present invention, in order to solve the above-described problem, in the above-described invention, the reject cup has an inclined surface inclined toward the front on the back side, and the bottom surface is inclined upward toward the lower edge of the opening of the coin return opening. It is a coin-operated device.

  According to the above invention, the lower side of the reject cup has an inclined surface inclined forward, so that the position of the staying coin slides down from the inclined surface, so it is located closer to the middle of the bottom surface of the reject cup. In addition, since the front side of the bottom surface of the reject cup is inclined upward toward the lower edge of the opening of the coin return port, the coin does not pop out due to the impact of dropping. Furthermore, when you insert a fingertip from the coin return slot and take out the coin, the coin that stays even if you do not insert the fingertip deeply is located in the middle of the bottom, so it is easy to touch, and the bottom is inclined toward the coin return slot Therefore, it can be easily taken out by placing the fingertip on the coin and tracing the inclined surface.

  In the present invention, in order to solve the above-described problem, the coin movement that the inclined surface in the reject cup located below the reject opening of the coin sorter becomes a vertical wall surface at a position that does not reach the opening of the coin return opening. It is a type device.

  According to the above invention, since the inclined surface located below the reject opening of the coin sorting machine is a vertical wall surface at a position not reaching the opening of the coin return opening, the back side of the opening is a box-shaped space. Even if a finger is inserted from the coin return slot, there is no barrier against it, and the fingertip can be safely applied to the coin without being pointed at it.

In the coin return device of the present invention, since there is no lid at the coin return slot, there is no possibility of forgetting to pick up the coin after the coin is returned.
Further, according to the structure of the present invention, even if there is no door at the coin return slot, the coin does not jump out to the front, and the finger is not pinched by the lid when collecting the coin.
In addition, since there is no cover, the cost increase can be minimized, and a coin return opening with high utility value and high safety can be provided.

It is a permeation | transmission perspective view of the coin apparatus as an example of a money apparatus. It is an external appearance perspective view of FIG. It is a left view of a coin apparatus. It is a front view of a coin apparatus. It is drawing of a rejection cup.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Examples of the present invention will be described below.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a transparent perspective view of a coin device as an example of a money device, and shows a member that is attached to the back surface of the door 2 through the door 2.
FIG. 2 shows an external perspective view of FIG. FIG. 3 shows the left side view, and FIG. 4 shows the front view.

The coin device 1 is a coin-operated device such as a vending machine, an arcade game machine, a parking fee clearing machine, or the like, and recently a magnetic card, an electronic money card, or a mobile phone that has a settlement function and operates by wireless communication. Are also attached to the back side of the front door 2 of a device or the like that is also used via a bracket 3.
In the coin device 1, a coin C is inserted from a coin insertion slot (not shown) provided in a housing above the door 2, which is a substantially upright vertical mounting plate, guided to a coin receiving portion 4, and a coin selector 5 The genuine coin Ct flows to the regular route 6 (indicated by the dotted line) behind the coin selector, and the defective coin Cf flows to the return route 7 (indicated by the alternate long and short dash line) in front of the coin selector.

  The coin selector 5 includes a stand-up board, a flapper disposed on the board with an interval corresponding to the thickness of one coin, and a rail on which the coin rolls attached to either the board or the flapper. A coin root is formed at the bottom end of this coin route, and a magnet is disposed close to the coin route. When the pseudo magnetic coin rolls along this coin route, the rolling speed is reduced by the magnetic force of the magnet, The rolling direction is changed from the end of the route to the coin return route 7 below, and the coin is dropped and discharged to the coin rejection port.

  The door 2 is attached to the housing by a hinge mechanism 2a so as to be freely opened and closed, a reject button 9 used when the coin C is jammed in the coin device, and a coin return port 10 for returning the defective coin Cf. Is provided.

The regular coin that has flowed to the regular route 6 passes through a regular coin passage portion 11 attached to the bracket 3 connected to the regular route 6 at the center on the back side of the bottom surface of the coin selector, and falls into a cash box (not shown).
The defective coin that has flowed to the return route 7 falls from the reject port 7a located on the left side of the coin selector to the front left side to the reject cup 20 located below the return route 7 of the coin selector.
The reject cup 20 is attached to the back side of the coin return slot 10 of the door 2, and reaches the return route 7 of the coin selector that is wider to the right side than the coin return slot 10 and has a depth attached to the bracket 3.
The coin return slot 10 is a rectangular opening having a length of about 3 cm and a width of about 4 cm so that a fingertip can be inserted, and is provided in the door 2.

5 shows a reject cup, FIG. 5A is a perspective view of the reject cup, FIG. 5B is a front view thereof, and FIG. 5C is an AA line of FIG. 5B. The longitudinal cross-sectional view in is shown.
The reject cup 20 has a box shape with a length of 4 cm, a width of 6 cm, and a depth of 6 cm, and is composed of an upper surface 21, a bottom surface 22, a left wall surface 23, a right wall surface 24, and a rear wall surface 25, and the front side is open. An opening surface 26 is formed.
Further, left and right sides of the opening surface 26 are provided with vertically-long rectangular mounting surfaces 27 and 28 for the door 2, and the mounting surfaces 27 and s28 are respectively provided with mounting holes 27a and 28a. And screwed to a stud (not shown) provided in The reject cup 20 is made of a hard resin or a metal plate.

  A coin dropping hole 29 opened in a vertically long rectangle is opened on the right rear side of the upper surface 21 of the reject cup. A coin Cf falling from the return route 7 connected to the lower left side of the coin selector can pass through the coin dropping hole 29, and the dropped coin is stored in the reject cup 20.

The reject cup 20 is fixed by inserting mounting holes 27 a and 27 b provided in the mounting surfaces 27 and 28 on the back side of the coin return opening 10 of the door 2 into a stud (not shown) provided inside the door 2.
In this state, the coin return slot 10 matches the opening surface 26 of the reject cup. Here, the rectangular opening surface 26 of the reject cup is slightly larger than the coin return slot 10.
A slope 24a is formed from the middle in the height direction of the right wall surface 24 of the reject cup 10 that is slightly larger than the opening of the coin return slot 10 to the upper side obliquely upward to the right. The lateral width of the slope 24a is about 30% of the opening width of the coin return slot 10, and the slope 24b on the back side is inclined toward the right back. That is, when the perpendicular L is provided on the slope on the back side, the perpendicular L is directed obliquely to the back side.
As a result, when the coin that has dropped vertically from the coin drop hole 29 collides with the slope 24b, the slope is inclined to the right back side, so that the coin is impacted by the impact on the side surface of the reject cup that faces the reject cup. It bounces back in the direction of the left back side, which is the back side.

The back bottom surface 22a of the reject cup is inclined so that about one third of the bottom on the back side is facing downward, and the bottom surface 22b lower than the lower edge 10a of the coin return slot 10 is about one half of the depth. It is flat, and a front slope 22c is formed in the front toward the coin return opening obliquely upward.
As a result, the coin that has fallen from the coin drop hole 29 collides with the inclined surface 24b and rebounds, and rebounds toward the left rear side. The coin bounced off the inclined surface 24b hits any one of the left wall surface 23, the back wall surface 25, and the back side bottom surface 22a, loses the momentum of the fall, and is stopped and held on the back side bottom surface 22a or the bottom surface 22b.
A finger is inserted into the reject cup 20 from the coin return slot 10, a finger of a hand is inserted into the coin held in the inside, the floor surface is slid, the front slope 22 c is lifted, and the coin is taken out. Can be taken out from.

  Since the inclined surface located below the reject port 7a of the coin sorter is a vertical wall surface at a position that does not reach the opening of the coin return port 10, the inner side of the opening is a box-shaped space. Even if a finger is inserted from the coin return slot 10, there is no barrier against the coin return, and the coin stored in the reject cup can be safely collected without being pointed.

  If the inserted coin is not determined to be a regular coin by the coin selector and is jammed due to some reason such as a coin being bent, the reject lever 5a of the coin selector is pushed down by pushing the reject button 9, The coin holding part 5b packed with defective coins is opened, the defective coins are flowed to the return route 7, and dropped into the reject cup 20 provided in the attachment plate 2 through the reject port.

  As described above, the present invention has been described by the preferred embodiments of the present invention. While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, various modifications and changes may be made to the embodiments without departing from the broad spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims. Obviously you can. In other words, the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the details of the specific examples and the accompanying drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coin apparatus 2 Mounting plate 2a Hinge mechanism 3 Bracket 4 Coin receiving part 5 Coin selector 6 Regular route 7 Return route 8 Key 9 Reject button 10 Coin return slot 11 Regular coin distribution part 20 Reject cup 21 Upper surface 22 Bottom surface 23 Left wall surface 24 Right wall 25 Back wall 26 Opening surface 27 Mounting surface
27a Mounting hole 28 Mounting surface 28a Mounting hole 29 Coin drop hole

Claims (3)

In a coin-operated device having a coin return port for returning inserted coins,
A coin sorter attached to the back side of the door of the housing, which discriminates the authenticity of the inserted coins, sorts them into regular coins and defective coins, and has a reject port for discharging the defective coins downward;
A coin return opening provided in the door that opens below the coin sorter;
A reject cup connecting the reject opening of the coin sorter and the coin return opening;
The reject cup is a substantially box-like body that is fixed to the door and has an opening that matches the coin return opening and has a depth and a width including the reject opening.
The upper surface of the reject cup has a coin drop hole on the lower side of the reject port, and an inclined surface is provided in the lower side of the coin drop hole with a surface in which a perpendicular is directed obliquely upward and laterally rearward.
A coin-operated device characterized in that a bottom surface located below the lower edge of the coin return slot is provided.   The coin-operated apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reject cup has an inclined surface inclined toward the front on the back side, and an inclined bottom surface toward the lower edge of the opening of the coin return opening. 2. The coin motion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inclined surface in the reject cup located below the reject port of the coin sorter is a vertical wall surface at a position not reaching the opening of the coin return port.

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