JP2013077334A - Sorting coin case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coin case which can sort coins of a small diameter, such as a one-yen coin and a 50-yen coin and is convenient.SOLUTION: A sorting coin case has a division plate 207 provided in a coin storage part so as to divide the coin storage part into a coin throw-in part being an upper space in which coins are thrown and a sorting storage part being a lower space in which sorted coins are stored among thrown-in coins, substantially circular coin drop passage openings 208 provided in the division plate 207 to drop predetermined kinds of coins in the sorting storage part, guide poles 216 disposed on the coin throw-in part so as to make side faces substantially circumscribe a circle of substantially circular holes that form the coin drop passage openings 208, and a take-out opening located at the sorting storage part to take coins out of the storing storage part.

Description

  The present invention relates to a coin purse and a coin case that can store coins, coins, etc., and can separate and take out predetermined types of coins, coins, etc.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-133867 discloses a coin purse with a sliding plate inside. The distribution plate is provided with a plurality of rectangular slits, and it is described that only 5 yen, 1 yen, or 10 yen, 5 yen, 1 yen can pass through. Coins such as 5 yen, 1 yen, etc. pass through the slit substantially perpendicularly to the sorting plate by movement in the radial direction.

  Patent Document 2 describes a coin compartment provided with a perforated partition. For example, the perforated inner partition is provided with a circular hole having a diameter that allows only one yen coin to pass through. The one-yen coin passes through the circular hole in a direction substantially perpendicular to the perforated inner partition. Is.

JP-A-8-242922

JP-A-11-309008

The coin purse and the coin purse described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 have slits or circles on a partition plate that separates an insertion space into which coins are inserted and a separate storage space into which inserted coins are separated and stored. A coin-shaped hole is provided so that the coin passes through the partition plate itself. Of the coins loaded in the insertion space, the coins that are not in contact with the partition plate were not separated.
The present invention has been made to solve this problem.

  In order to solve this problem, the present invention according to claim 1 is a coin insertion slot, a coin storage section for storing coins inserted from the coin insertion slot, and coins stored in the coin storage section. A lid that closes the coin insertion slot so as not to go out of the coin storage portion, a coin insertion portion that is an upper space in which the coin is inserted into the coin storage portion, and a separated coin among the inserted coins are stored. A partition plate provided in the coin storage portion so as to be divided into a separate storage portion that is a lower space, and a partition plate provided on the partition plate, wherein the predetermined type is larger than a diameter of a predetermined type of coins among a plurality of types of coins. This is a substantially circular hole having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the coin of the coin type having the smallest diameter among the coin types having a diameter larger than the diameter of the coin, and thrown into the coin insertion portion. A coin drop passage opening for dropping the predetermined type of coins to the sorting storage section, and a guide pillar arranged so that a side surface thereof is substantially circumscribed by a circle of the substantially circular hole forming the coin drop passage opening. And a taking-out port for taking out coins in the sorting and storing unit from the sorting and storing unit.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention for solving this problem, the guide pillar forms a boundary portion between the coin insertion portion and the outside of the coin insertion portion. It is a classification coin case as described in.

  The present invention according to claim 3 for solving this problem is characterized in that the guide pillars are arranged at two positions on a peripheral portion of the substantially circular hole. This is a sorted coin case.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention for solving this problem, the guide pillar is arranged at two positions on a peripheral portion of the substantially circular hole. This is a sorted coin case.

  Of the coins loaded in the coin insertion portion of the coin case, the coins that are not in contact with the partition plate can also be sorted.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of 1st embodiment of the sorting coin case of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows 1st embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the inside which removed the partition plate 107 of 1st embodiment. It is a top view of the partition plate 107 of 1st embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the motion of the coin of 1st embodiment. It is a top view of the partition plate 207 of 2nd embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows 3rd embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of the slit 319 of 3rd embodiment. It is a partial disassembled perspective view which shows 4th Embodiment.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
The sorting coin case shown in the embodiment of the present invention is obtained by applying the present invention to a coin case of a type called “horse-shoe” or a similar coin case, but the sorting coin case of the present invention is of this type. It is not limited.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a first embodiment of a sorting coin case according to the present invention.
The coin case 100 is in a state where the lid 103 is closed. The lid 103 is fitted inside the side plate 101. When the handle 102 is pulled upward, the lid 103 rotates around the connecting portion 104 as a rotation axis, and the lid 103 opens.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the sorting coin case of the present invention.
When the lid 103 is opened, the coin storage unit 120 appears. A space surrounded by the side plate 101, the lid 103, the connecting portion 104, the bottom plate 105, and the back plate 106 is a coin storage portion 120, which is a flat space.

  The partition plate 107 has a substantially flat plate shape, and the coin storage portion 120 is divided into a coin insertion portion 121 into which a coin is inserted and a sorting storage portion 122 into which a classified coin among the inserted coins is stored. 120. In FIG. 2, in the coin storage portion 120, the space above the partition plate 107 is the coin insertion portion 121, and the space below the partition plate 107 is the sorting storage portion 122.

The partition plate 107 is provided with a substantially circular coin drop passage opening 108 and a columnar body 109 and a coin slide passage opening 110 sandwiched between the columnar bodies 109.
The coin drop passage opening 108 is a substantially circular hole having a diameter larger than the diameter of a predetermined type of coins, that is, a coin of a coin type to be sorted out of a plurality of coin types in circulation. The coin drop passage opening 108 has a diameter smaller than the diameter of the coin of the coin type having the smallest diameter among the coin types having a diameter larger than that of the coin of the coin type to be sorted. In other words, the coin type coin having a diameter larger than the diameter of the coin of the coin type desired to be sorted is not allowed to pass, so that the diameter is smaller than the diameter of the coin of the coin type not desired to be passed. .

  The columnar body 109 is provided on the peripheral edge 114 of the partition plate 107 so as to protrude toward the coin insertion portion 121. There are at least a pair of columnar bodies 109, the columnar bodies 109 and the columnar bodies 109 are arranged substantially in parallel, and the interval is larger than the diameter of a predetermined type of coin, that is, a coin of a coin type to be sorted. Further, it is smaller than the diameter of the coin of the coin type having the smallest diameter among the coin types having a diameter larger than that of the coin of the coin type to be sorted. That is, the interval between the columnar body 109 and the columnar body 109 is larger than the diameter of the coin type coin that is not desired to be passed in order to prevent a coin type coin having a diameter larger than the diameter of the coin type coin to be sorted. It is a small one. A coin slide passage port 110 is formed at a portion sandwiched between the pair of columnar bodies 109.

  The communication unit 111 is a passage that guides coins that have passed through the coin slide passage 110 from the coin insertion unit 121 to the sorting storage unit 122. A cover (not shown) may be provided above the communication unit 111 in order to prevent coins from entering the communication unit 111 when coins are inserted. For example, the communication part 111 is covered with a plate material using the upper surface of each columnar body 109 as a support point. If it does so, when inserting a coin into the coin insertion part 121 which is the space of the connection part 104 side from the columnar body 109, it will not be inserted into the communicating part 111.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the inside of the sorting coin case of the present invention with the partition plate 107 of the first embodiment removed.
The spacer 112 is fixed to the bottom plate 105. When the partition plate 107 is placed on the spacer 112 as shown in FIG. 2, a space surrounded by the partition plate 107, the bottom plate 105, the side plate 101, and the back plate 106 is formed. This space is the separation storage unit 122. The partition plate 107 may be fixed to the spacer 112 or may be detachable. Alternatively, the spacer 112 may be fixed to the partition plate 107 instead of the bottom plate 105, and the partition plate 107 together with the spacer 112 may be detachable from the coin case 100.

The take-out port 113 is provided in the separation storage unit 122. It is a hole in which a part of the back plate 106 of the coin case 100 is cut out in a substantially rectangular shape. The shape is not necessarily rectangular. Any size and shape that allows coins to be taken out to the outside are acceptable. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which provides the cover which is not shown in figure and opens the cover when it wants to take out a coin. The take-out port 113 may be provided in the side plate 101 or the bottom plate 105 instead of the back plate 106. The extraction port 113 may be provided in the side plate 101 or the bottom plate 105 on the communication unit 111 side.
When the bottom plate 105 is formed of a transparent member, the coins sorted in the sorting storage unit 122 can be visually recognized from the outside.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the partition plate 107 according to the first embodiment of the sorting coin case of the present invention. There are three coin dropping passages 108 and four columnar bodies 109.
The coin drop passage opening 108 is a substantially circular hole that is large enough to pass 1 yen out of a plurality of coin types distributed in Japan. That is, in the first embodiment, the predetermined type of coin to be passed is 1 yen. The coin types having a diameter larger than the diameter of one yen coin are 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, etc., and the coin type having the smallest diameter is 50 yen. The 1-yen coin has a diameter of 20 millimeters, and the 50-yen coin has a diameter of 21 millimeters. Therefore, the diameter of the coin drop passage opening 108 is larger than 20 millimeters and smaller than 21 millimeters.

  The four columnar bodies 109 are arranged at almost equal intervals, and there are three pairs of columns. The coin slide passage opening 110 is a portion sandwiched between these three pairs of pillars, and there are three coin slide passage openings 110. The columnar body 109 has a cylindrical shape, but may have a prismatic shape or other shapes. Any pair of coins may be used as long as the coin can be regulated according to the size of its diameter so that a certain kind of coin passes between them and another kind of coin cannot pass. Even if a plate-like body (not shown) provided with a rectangular slit is provided on the peripheral edge 114 of the partition plate 107, coins can be similarly controlled according to the size of the diameter. In this case, the two opposite sides of the slit that regulates the size in the diameter direction of the coin constitute a pair of pillars.

  In the first embodiment, the predetermined type of coin to be passed is 1 yen. The intervals between the three pairs of pillars of the coin slide passage opening 110 may be larger than 20 millimeters and smaller than 21 millimeters as in the case of the coin dropping passage opening 108 described above. The applicant made a prototype with a spacing between the column pairs of approximately 20.5 mm.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
In the first embodiment, the present invention is applied to a “horse-shoe” coin case. In FIG. 2, in a “horse-shoe” coin case, a portion inside the side plate 101 of a substantially flat surface formed by the upper surface of the side plate 101 with the lid 103 opened is a coin insertion slot 115. When coins are inserted, coins may also be placed on the lid 103, but the coins placed on the lid 103 are poured into the coin insertion slot 115 by closing the lid 103.

  In the first embodiment, the communication unit 111 is provided, and the communication unit 111 is not a place where coins are inserted, so that coins are prevented from entering the communication unit 111 when coins are inserted. Although coins that are not desired to be sorted when coins are inserted may enter communication portion 111, the first embodiment permits this.

  Usually, in a coin case called “horse-shoe”, the coin case 100 is placed on the palm of one hand, the lid 103 is opened with the other hand, and a coin is inserted. In the first embodiment, the coins inserted into the coin insertion part 121 are placed on the partition plate 107 so as to be stacked. Here, the space of the coin insertion portion 121 formed by closing the lid 103 is a flat space surrounded by the lid 103, the partition plate 107, the columnar body 109, the side plate 101, the connecting portion 104, and the like. If the thickness of the flat space is smaller than the diameter of the 1-yen coin, the 1-yen coin in the flat space will not stand on the partition plate 107. That is, most of the plurality of 1-yen coins in the flat space are in a state of sliding on the partition plate 107 while being substantially parallel to the upper surface of the partition plate 107.

When the coin case 100 is placed on the palm, it is rare that the coin stands up even if the lid 103 is open. Most coins are in a sleeping state, that is, the radial direction of each coin is the partition plate 107. It becomes a state substantially parallel to the upper surface of the. Here, the plurality of coins in the coin insertion portion 121 are randomly stacked, and being substantially parallel to the upper surface of the partition plate 107 causes an inclination of two coin thicknesses, three coins, etc. Including cases.
In the state where the lid 103 is correctly closed, that is, in a state where an appropriate amount of coins is inserted in the coin insertion portion 121 and the lid 103 is closed at a predetermined position, as described above, the coin does not stand up, The coin goes to sleep.

  When the lid 103 is open, the coin case 100 is shaken in a substantially horizontal direction on the palm. When the lid 103 is properly closed, the coin case 100 is shaken in the pocket of the carrier. Each coin is slid on the partition plate 107 or slid on another coin.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the movement of the coin after the partition plate 107 shown in FIG. 4 is attached to the coin case 100 and the coin is inserted into the coin insertion portion 121. This is the case of using coins distributed in Japan. A wavy line 139 in the figure indicates the position of the inner surface of the side plate 101.

  In FIG. 5, when a certain one-yen coin 131 comes over the coin drop passage opening 108, it passes through the coin drop passage opening 108 and falls from the coin insertion portion 121 to the sorting storage portion 122. Further, a certain one-yen coin 132 slides on the partition plate 107, passes through the coin slide passage 110, and moves to the sorting storage unit 122 via the communication unit 111. In addition, a certain one-yen coin 133 slides on the 50-yen coin 134 that is caught without passing through the coin slide passage opening 110, passes through the coin slide passage opening 110, and passes through the communication portion 111 to the sorting storage portion 122. Move. Coins that have moved to the sorting storage unit 122 are taken out from the take-out port 113 as appropriate.

  Since the 50-yen coin 134, 5-yen 135, 10-yen 136, 100-yen coin 137, and 500-yen coin 138 other than the 1-yen coin have a diameter larger than the diameter of the coin-falling hole 108, the coin-falling hole 108 Can't go through.

Although a coin having a relatively small diameter such as a 50-yen coin 134 may tilt through the coin slide passage 110 in a slanted state, the frequency is small. The first embodiment allows it.
Further, the 1-yen coin once moved to the sorting storage unit 122 may flow backward and return to the coin insertion unit 121, but the first embodiment allows it.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the partition plate of the second embodiment of the sorting coin case of the present invention. In the second embodiment, the partition plate 207 of FIG. 6 is attached to the coin case 100 of the first embodiment. A wavy line 139 in the figure indicates the position of the inner surface of the side plate 101.
In the partition plate 207 of FIG. 6, the three columnar bodies 209 form two pairs of pillars and form a coin slide passage opening 210. The interval between the column pairs and the diameter of the coin drop passage opening 208 are the same as those of the partition plate 107 of the first embodiment.

  The guide column 216 is a substantially cylindrical pin. The arrangement of the guide pillars 216 is inclined so that coins contacting the side surfaces of the guide pillars 216 can be easily guided to the coin slide passage opening 210 so as to roll.

  The two guide pillars 216 on each side are arranged so that their side surfaces are in contact with the circle of one coin drop passage opening 208. By arranging in this way, when the 1-yen coin 231 comes to a position that contacts both of the two guide pillars 216, the 1-yen coin 231 is supported by the two guide pillars 216, and The sliding movement in the radial direction becomes weaker. That is, it becomes easy to stop at that position. When the object stops or the speed decreases, the one-yen coin 231 can easily pass through the coin drop passage opening 208 below the one-yen coin 231.

  The coin slide passage opening 210 has a substantially arc-shaped cutout 217, and the one-yen coin 232 that has passed through the coin slide passage opening 210 is in a state of being guided to the sorting storage section 122 when it has passed through the cutout 217. . That is, the part where the partition plate 207 is cut out by the notch 217 becomes the communication part 211. By doing in this way, the whole communication part 211 can be made small.

  In order for the communication part 211 to function stably, a cylindrical space (passage) having a circle larger than the circle of the 1-yen coin 232 in FIG. In FIG. 6, this space is not ensured without the notch 217. In order to secure this space without providing the notch 217, the communication portion 211 must be enlarged by, for example, expanding the inner surface 139 of the side plate 101 (FIG. 2) downward. If the notch 217 is provided, the expansion width of the communication portion 211 is only the amount of the notch 217, and as a result, the entire communication portion 211 can be made small. In other words, the coin insertion part 121 can be further expanded to the communication part 211 side, and the proportion of the coin insertion part 121 in the coin storage part 120 can be increased. The larger the coin insertion part 121 is, the larger the coin storage capacity of the coin case 100 is.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a third embodiment of the sorting coin case of the present invention.
A partition plate 307 is attached to the coin case 300. The peripheral portion 314 of the partition plate 307 has four columnar bodies 309 arranged in a substantially straight line, and three coin drop passage openings 308. The four columnar bodies 309 constitute three pairs of columns. A coin slide passage port 310 is formed at a portion sandwiched between the column pairs. That is, there are three coin slide passage openings 310. The diameter of the coin drop passage 308 and the interval between the columnar bodies 309 are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  The lid 303 has a rod-shaped protrusion 318. The protrusion 318 is provided inside the lid 303 and is provided on the lid 303 so as to come into contact with the upper surface of each columnar body 309 when the lid 303 is closed. That is, when the lid 303 is closed, three slits 319 (FIG. 8) surrounded by the partition plate 307, the columnar body 309, and the protrusion 318 are formed. When the lid 303 is closed, these slits become the coin slide passage port 310.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a slit 319 formed by the partition plate 307, the columnar body 309, and the protrusion 318 in FIG.
Of the coins distributed in Japan, a slit formed in a size that a 50-yen coin having the next smallest diameter after the 1-yen coin cannot pass is shown. The length of the diagonal line of the substantially quadrangular slit 319 surrounded by the partition plate 307, the pair of columnar bodies 309, and the protrusions 318 is set such that the 50-yen coin 331 cannot pass through the slit 319. The slit 319 shown in FIG. 8 assumes that only one yen is allowed to pass and other types of coins such as 50 yen and 5 yen are not allowed to pass.

  The longer the columnar body 309 and the larger the slit 319, the easier one-yen coins will pass and the efficiency of sorting will increase. However, if it is too large, some types of coins that you do not want to sort will also pass through the slit 319 and be sorted. It will be. The slit 319 in FIG. 8 is a case where the predetermined type of coin to be sorted is 1 yen having the smallest diameter among coins distributed in Japan. When the predetermined type of coin has a diameter of 50 yen, which is the second smallest after 1 yen, the diagonal line of the slit 319 has a diameter that is the second smallest after the 50-yen coin, and a 5-yen coin having a diameter of 22 millimeters cannot pass. A slit 319 is formed in the upper part.

  In addition, although the protrusion 318 was provided in order to form the slit 319, you may form with lid | cover 303 itself, the partition plate 307, and the columnar body 309. FIG. In the third embodiment, the projection 318 is in contact with the upper surface of the columnar body 309 when the lid 303 is closed. However, the projection 318 and the columnar body 309 are closed when the lid 303 is closed. You may comprise so that there may be a clearance gap between them. Even if there is a gap, a substantially quadrilateral slit is formed, and a coin type coin having a diameter larger than that of a predetermined type coin cannot pass through the slit.

FIG. 9 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a fourth embodiment of the sorting coin case of the present invention.
A columnar body 409 is arranged at each vertex of a triangle and fixed to the bottom plate 405, and there are three columnar bodies 409. That is, there are two coin slide passage openings 410. The interval between the column pairs and the diameter of the coin drop passage opening 408 in the partition plate 407 are the same as those of the partition plate 107 of the first embodiment.

  The columnar body 409 is attached to the peripheral portion 414 of the partition plate 407 of the bottom plate 405. The attachment position of the columnar body 409, that is, the position where the coin slide passage port 410 is formed is that when a predetermined type of coin slides on the upper surface of the partition plate 407 and passes through the coin slide passage port 410, it is separated from the upper surface of the partition plate 407. Any position where a coin can be moved may be used. That is, the peripheral edge 414 of the partition plate 407 of the coin case 400 may be used.

  The cover 441 is for preventing coin type coins having a diameter larger than the predetermined type coins from entering the communication portion 411 from above. A thin plate is attached to the upper surface of the columnar body 409. The cover 441 has a coin drop passage opening 442 equivalent to the coin drop passage opening 408, and a predetermined type of coin placed thereon is guided to the communication portion 411 when a coin is inserted. The cover 441 is attached to the upper surface of the columnar body 409, but may be attached to another part of the coin case 400, or may be detachable from the columnar body 409.

100, 300, 400 Coin case 101 Side plate 102 Handle 103, 303 Lid 104 Connecting portion 105, 405 Bottom plate 106 Back plate 107, 207, 307, 407 Partition plate 108, 208, 308, 408, 442 Coin dropping passage port 109, 209 , 309, 409 Columnar bodies 110, 210, 310, 410 Coin slide passage ports 111, 211, 311, 411 Communication portion 112 Spacer 113 Extraction ports 114, 214, 314, 414 Partition plate peripheral portion 115 Coin insertion portion 120 Coin storage portion 121 Coin insertion part 122 Sorting storage part 131,132,133,231,232 1 coin 134 50 coin 135 5 coin 136 10 coin 137 100 coin 138 500 coin 216 Guide pillar 217 Notch 318 Projection 319 Slit 44 Cover

Claims (4)

A coin slot,
A coin storage section for storing coins inserted from the coin insertion slot;
A lid that closes the coin insertion slot so that the coins stored in the coin storage portion do not go out of the coin storage portion;
The coin storage portion is provided in the coin storage portion so as to be divided into a coin insertion portion which is an upper space where coins are inserted and a sorting storage portion which is a lower space where sorted coins are stored among the inserted coins. A partition plate;
The coin of the coin type having the smallest diameter among the coin types having a diameter larger than the diameter of the predetermined type of coins and larger than the diameter of the predetermined type of coins provided on the partition plate. A coin-falling opening that is a substantially circular hole having a diameter smaller than the diameter, and that drops the predetermined type of coins inserted into the coin insertion part into the sorting storage part,
A guide column that is arranged so that a side surface substantially circumscribes a circle of the substantially circular hole forming the coin drop passage;
A sorting coin case having a take-out port for taking out coins in the sorting storage unit from the sorting storage unit. The sorting coin case according to claim 1, wherein the guide pillar forms a boundary between the coin insertion portion and the outside of the coin insertion portion. The sorting coin case according to claim 1, wherein the guide pillars are arranged at two positions on a peripheral edge of the substantially circular hole. The sorting coin case according to claim 2, wherein the guide pillars are disposed at two positions on a peripheral edge of the substantially circular hole.

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