JP2020087090A - Coin lift-feeding device and coin lift-feeding device of coin depositing/dispensing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a coin lift-feeding device that, even when a number of coins are concentrated, can lift-feed the coins without causing a coin jam.SOLUTION: A coin lift-feeding device includes a lift-feeding belt, a fall preventing device, and a projection protruded on the lift-feeding belt. The lift-feeding belt is inclined upward toward the next step side, and is moved at a predetermined speed. A fall preventing body constituting the fall preventing device has a plate-like shape, is rotatably supported around a horizontal axis line, and is restrained in a vertically erected state to the lift-feeding belt. Coins delivered from a coin holding device for each denomination fall on the lift-feeding belt, and are lift-fed to the next step while being locked by the projection. Coins that are not locked by the projection fall on the lift-feeding belt, and are locked by the fall preventing body and do not fall on a lower passage. The fall preventing body is rotated to the next step side by the projection. The coins prevented from falling are jumped upward by rotation of the fall preventing body, and are dispersed and fall on the lift-feeding belt, and are lift-fed while being locked by the projection.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a coin handling device such as a coin depositing device, a coin dispensing device, and a coin depositing/dispensing device, which is used for pumping coins from below to above by a lifting belt.
In particular, the present invention relates to a coin hoisting device that can smoothly hoist a large number of coins at a time without causing coin jams and the like.
Further, the present invention relates to a coin depositing/dispensing device of a coin depositing/dispensing device that can smoothly pump up a large number of coins at a time without causing coin jams and the like.
The "coins" used in this specification include disc-shaped coins and tokens having a predetermined thickness and diameter, as well as modified octagons such as 20 pence and 50 pence in the United Kingdom. It is a concept that also includes. Further, the "coin jam" is a concept that includes not only a state in which coins are completely jammed and does not move, but also a pseudo state. Furthermore, terms such as "first" and "second" indicating the order are used only for distinguishing from the same part name, and are not considered in the right interpretation.

As a first conventional technique, an endless belt provided with a plurality of protrusion members at equal intervals hooks one coin on one protrusion member so that coins can be conveyed one by one on a conveying surface. A belt type coin pumping device is known (Patent Document 1).
As a second conventional technique, a coin is formed by using a vertical guide portion that guides the coin in a vertical direction while holding the coin in an upright posture and a screw member whose spiral ridge pushes the coin one by one by rotating. A coin pumping device for pumping coins is known (Patent Document 2).
As a third conventional technique, a plurality of belt bodies are arranged with a parallel running section in which the belt bodies come into contact with each other to run, and inserted coins are accommodated between the belt bodies in the parallel running section and are pumped. A coin lifting device is known (Patent Document 3).

JP-A-2015-109113 (FIGS. 1 and 2, paragraphs 0025 and 0031) JP-A-2003-169891 (FIG. 1, paragraphs 0038 to 0042, 0031) Patent No. 2899563 (Fig. 1, paragraph 0011)

In the first prior art, coins are hooked one by one on one protrusion member and then fed, so that when a large number of coins are supplied at one time, the coins are balanced with each other at the part where the coins are hooked. There is a risk that coins will be jammed.
In the second prior art, since the screws are fed one by one by the rotation of the spiral protrusions of the screw member, there is a concern that coins may be easily jammed at the entrance to the screw member.
In the third conventional technique, since a coin is sandwiched between a pair of belts running in parallel and is fed, the tension of the pair of belts and the adjustment of the belt guide may be difficult to adjust.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a coin hoisting device that can be hoisted smoothly without causing coin jams and the like even when many coins are concentrated. A second object of the present invention is to provide a coin depositing/dispensing device of a coin depositing/dispensing device that can be smoothly dispensed without causing coin jams even when many coins are concentrated.

In order to achieve this object, the first invention according to claim 1 is configured as follows.
The coins sent out from the coin holding and feeding device arranged in a plurality of rows in the horizontal direction are dropped onto the lifting belt that is inclined forward and upward toward the next process side, and the coin is sent to the next process side by the traveling of the lifting belt. A coin pumping device for sending out,
at least,
Above the lifting belt, the upper end is rotatable about an axis extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal centerline of the lifting belt, and the lower end is relative to the upper surface of the lifting belt. A stop position where the rotation is stopped at a position less than the thickness of the thinnest coin, and a fall prevention body rotatable to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt from the stop position,
A protrusion provided on the lifting belt and including a protrusion for rotating the fall blocking body by pushing the lifting belt to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt by moving the lifting belt to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction;
The fall prevention body prevents coins falling on the lifting belt at the stopping position on the surface on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt, and pushes the coin to the protrusion from the surface on the upstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt. The coin lifting device is characterized in that it is moved to flip up the blocked coin to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt.

A second invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is configured as follows.
Coins sent out from a coin holding and feeding device in which a plurality of rows are arranged in the horizontal direction and the rows are vertically stacked are dropped onto a lifting belt inclined forward toward the next process side. And a coin lifting device for sending to the next process side by running of the lifting belt,
at least,
Above the lifting belt, an upper end portion is rotatable about an axis extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to a traveling direction line of the lifting belt, and a lower end portion of the lifting belt is the uppermost portion with respect to an upper surface of the lifting belt. A stop position where the rotation is stopped at a position less than the thickness of the thin coin, and a fall prevention body rotatable to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt with respect to the stop position.
A protrusion provided on the lifting belt and including a protrusion for rotating the fall blocking body by pushing the lifting belt to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt by moving the lifting belt to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction;
The fall blocking body blocks coins falling on the lifting belt at the stop position on the surface on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt, and from the surface side on the upstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt to the protrusion. The coin lifting device is characterized in that the pushed coin is flipped up to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt.

A third invention according to claim 3 of the present invention is configured as follows.
Coins sent out from the coin holding and feeding device, which are arranged in a plurality of rows in the horizontal direction and in which the rows are stacked in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction, are dropped onto the lifting belt that is inclined forward toward the next process side. And a coin lifting device for sending to the next process side by running of the lifting belt,
at least,
After a part of the coins sent out from the plurality of coin holding and operating devices falls, an inclined plate that slides down toward the lifting belt,
Below the lower end of the inclined plate and above the lifting belt, the upper end is rotatable about an axis extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the traveling direction line of the lifting belt, and the lower end is A stop position in which rotation is stopped at a position less than the thickness of the thinnest coin with respect to the upper surface of the lifting belt, and a fall prevention member that is rotatable in the longitudinal direction downstream side of the lifting belt from the stopping position. ,
A protrusion provided on the lifting belt and including a protrusion for rotating the fall blocking body by pushing the lifting belt to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt by moving the lifting belt to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction;
The fall blocking body blocks coins falling on the lifting belt at the stop position on the surface on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt, and from the surface side on the upstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt to the protrusion. The coin lifting device is characterized in that the pushed coin is flipped up to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt.

A fourth invention according to claim 4 of the present invention is configured as follows.
Coins sent out from the coin holding and feeding device, which are arranged in a plurality of rows in the horizontal direction and in which the rows are stacked in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction, are dropped onto the lifting belt that is inclined forward toward the next process side. And a coin lifting device for sending to the next process side by running of the lifting belt,
at least,
After some of the coins sent out from the plurality of coin holding operation devices fall, the coins slide down toward the lifting belt, and each of the coin holding operation devices or a plurality of the coin holding operation devices. A plurality of inclined plates provided for each,
Above the lower end of a predetermined inclined plate of the inclined plates and above the lifting belt, the upper end is rotatable around an axis extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the traveling direction line of the lifting belt. Where a lower end portion is a rotation stop position at a position less than the thickness of the thinnest coin with respect to the upper surface of the lifting belt, and a rotation position downstream of the blocking position in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt. A movable fall arrester,
A protrusion provided on the lifting belt and including a protrusion for rotating the fall blocking body by pushing the lifting belt to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt by moving the lifting belt to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction;
The fall blocking body blocks coins falling on the lifting belt at the stopping position on the surface on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt, and from the surface side on the upstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt to the protrusion. The coin lifting device is characterized in that the pushed coin is flipped up to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt.

A fifth invention according to claim 5 of the present invention is configured as follows.
The coin lifting device according to any one of the first to fourth inventions, characterized in that there is provided a restriction portion for restricting rotation of the fall prevention member toward the advancing direction of the lifting belt.

A sixth invention according to claim 6 of the present invention is configured as follows.
In the fall-stopping body, a scraping body protruding toward the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt is formed at a central portion on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt. 5 is a coin pumping device of the invention of 5.

A seventh invention according to claim 7 of the present invention is configured as follows.
The coin hoisting device according to any one of the first to sixth inventions, characterized in that a plurality of the protrusions are provided and are arranged so as to be displaced in the width direction and the longitudinal direction of the hoisting belt.

An eighth invention according to claim 8 of the present invention is configured as follows.
A right guide wall and a left guide wall, which stand upright with respect to the lifting belt, are arranged on the right side and the left side along the lifting belt, respectively, and the longitudinal direction downstream of the lifting belt with respect to the stop position of the fall prevention body. From the respective sides of the right guide wall and the left guide wall at the side, a downward slope to the right that slopes downward toward the center side of the lifting belt, a downward slope to the left, and a downstream in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt. On the side, a right centering slope and a left centering slope are formed which are respectively inclined from the right guide wall and the left guide wall toward the center side of the lifting belt and which are inclined toward the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt. It is the coin lifting device according to the first to seventh inventions.

A ninth invention according to claim 9 of the present invention is configured as follows.
After the coins inserted into the deposit port are discriminated by the coin discriminating device, they are transferred one by one by the coin transport device that linearly extends in the direction away from the deposit port, and are transferred by the coin sorter into a plurality of coin types. After sorting, a drop passage of the denominations arranged on one side of the coin transporting device in a plurality of denomination holding and feeding devices that are arranged in multiple rows in the vertical direction and are arranged along the coin transporting device. Guide and hold the coins, and send them one by one from the respective outlets of the holding and feeding device of the denomination to the withdrawal passage arranged on the other side of the coin transporting device based on the withdrawal command. A coin hoisting device of a coin depositing/dispensing device that is dropped onto a hoisting belt arranged along a line of a holding and delivering device, and is sent to a coin outlet or a coin holding container by running of the hoisting belt,
After at least a part of the coins sent out from the plurality of coin holding operation devices has dropped, it slides toward the lifting belt, and each of the coin holding operation devices or a plurality of the coin holding operations A plurality of inclined plates provided for each device,
Above the lower end of a predetermined inclined plate of the inclined plates and above the lifting belt, the upper end is rotatable around an axis extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the traveling direction line of the lifting belt. Where the lower end is a stop position where rotation is stopped at a position less than the thickness of the thinnest coin with respect to the upper surface of the lifting belt, and to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lift belt from the stopping position. A rotatable fall prevention body,
A protrusion provided on the lifting belt and including a protrusion for rotating the fall blocking body by pushing the lifting belt to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt by moving the lifting belt to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction;
The fall blocking body blocks coins falling on the lifting belt at the stopping position on the downstream side surface in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt, and is pushed by the protrusion from the upstream side surface in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt. A coin lifting device for a coin depositing/dispensing device, wherein the blocked coin is flipped up to a downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt.

According to the first aspect of the invention, the coins held in the coin holding and feeding device arranged in a plurality of rows in the horizontal direction are fed out one by one from the outlets, and are arranged in a slanting manner toward the front toward the next step. It drops onto the lifting belt, is locked by a protrusion provided on the lifting belt, and is lifted obliquely upward, and then passed to the next step. The coin that is not locked to the protrusion falls on the lifting belt by its own weight. However, the coins that have fallen on the lifting belt are locked by the drop blocking body located above the lifting belt. The fall prevention body is pushed from the back side by the protrusion that moves integrally with the lifting belt, and the lower end thereof is rotated to the next process side. By this rotation, the coins locked by the drop blocking body are flipped and dispersed toward the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt. The flipped and dispersed coins are locked by the protrusions when the coins fall on the lifting belt again, and are sent to the next step by the lifting belt. The coins that were not locked to the projection again fall on the lifting belt by their own weight, and are locked to the drop blocking body. The coins are finally caught by the projections by being blown off and locked by the drop blocker, and sent to the next step. Therefore, when a coin is locked by the drop blocker, even if the coin is jammed, the drop blocker that is forcibly moved by the protrusions is used to flip the coin. Is forcibly resolved. Coin jamming is less likely to occur in the process of sliding down the inclined plate. Even when a coin jam or the like occurs, the coin jam or the like can be immediately solved because the coin is moved by the coin conveyed by the lifting belt. Therefore, there is an advantage that the coins can be smoothly pumped up without causing coin jams and the like, and the object of the present invention can be achieved. Further, in the present invention, the fall prevention body is. Since the drop prevention body is rotated by the protrusion provided on the lifting belt, the drive source can be shared with the driving source for the lifting belt, which is advantageous in terms of downsizing of the device, cost, and running cost. There is.

The second aspect of the invention is the same as the first aspect of the invention except that the rows of the holding and feeding device for each denomination are stacked in a plurality of layers in the vertical direction. However, the object of the present invention can be achieved. In the second aspect of the invention, further, since the rows of the holding and feeding device for each denomination are stacked in a plurality of layers in the vertical direction, the height difference in the lifting is large. However, since the drop blocker forcibly eliminates the clogging of coins and the like, there is an advantage that the coins can be smoothly fed without causing the clogging of coins even when the height difference of the feeding is large.

The third invention is different from the first invention in that the rows of the holding and feeding devices of the denominations are stacked in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction, and at least a part of the coins fed from the holding and feeding device of the denominations is inclined. Since it is the same except that it falls on the plate, it operates substantially in the same manner as the first invention, and the object of the present invention can be achieved. In the third invention, further, since at least a part of the coin slides down on the inclined plate, when many coins are sent out, the coin is retained on the inclined plate. The number of coins staying on the belt is limited, and there is an advantage that coin jamming can be further prevented.

A fourth aspect of the invention is different from the first aspect of the invention in that rows of holding and feeding devices for each denomination are stacked in a plurality of layers in the vertical direction, and each coin holding and feeding device is provided, or a plurality of the coin holding and feeding devices is provided. Since it is the same except that it has a plurality of inclined plates provided for each, it operates substantially in the same manner as the first invention, and the object of the present invention can be achieved. Further, in the fourth invention, the coins sent from at most three coin holding and feeding devices slide down on the inclined plates. Therefore, when many coins are sent out, the coins are also placed on the inclined plates. Since the coins are retained, the number of coins retained on the lifting belt is limited, and there is an advantage that the coin clogging can be further prevented.

Since the fifth invention has the same basic configuration as the first invention, the object of the present invention can be achieved. Further, in the fifth aspect of the invention, there is provided a restriction portion that restricts the rotation of the lifting belt in the traveling direction. As a result, even if the drop blocking body is largely rotated by the protrusion, the rotation amount of the drop blocking body is regulated, and the amount by which the lower end of the drop blocking body is separated from the lifting belt is limited by the regulating portion. Therefore, there is an advantage that a coin that falls due to its own weight does not fall through between the lower end of the drop blocking body and the lifting belt.

Since the sixth invention has the same basic configuration as the first invention, the object of the present invention can be achieved. Further, in the sixth aspect of the present invention, the fall-preventing member has a scraping body that is formed on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt and projects toward the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt. When the body is rotated to the next process side, the densely packed coins cause the scraping body to move in and destroy the lump of coins, so that there is an advantage that the fall blocking body can efficiently flip up the coins. ..

The seventh invention has the same basic configuration as the first invention, and therefore the object of the present invention can be achieved. Further, in the seventh invention, the plurality of protrusions are provided and are arranged so as to be displaced in the width direction and the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt. As a result, since the rotation of the fall prevention body to the next process side becomes two steps, a large number of coins are bounced off by the first rotation to the next process side, and then the remaining coins are bounced off. There is an advantage that it can be reliably flipped to the next step.

The eighth invention has the same basic configuration as the first invention, and therefore the object of the present invention can be achieved. Further, in the eighth invention, a right guide wall and a left guide wall which stand upright with respect to the lifting belt are respectively arranged on the right side and the left side along the lifting belt, and the right guide wall and the left guide wall are arranged with respect to the stop position of the rocking body. From the respective sides of the right guide wall and the left guide wall on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt, the right centering slope, the left centering slope that slopes downward toward the center side of the lifting belt, and , On the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt, a right extension direction guide that is inclined from the right guide wall and the left guiding wall toward the center side of the lifting belt and to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt. A surface and a left extension direction guide surface are formed. With this configuration, the coins falling on the drop blocking side are guided to the center side of the drop blocking body by the lower left direction guide surface, the right center shifting slope, the left extension direction guide surface, and the right extension direction guide surface. Is not sandwiched between the left guide wall and the right guide wall, and can be reliably flipped up by the fall prevention body. As a result, there is an advantage that the coin can be sent to the next process without causing a coin jam or the like.

In the ninth invention, the coins held in the coin holding and feeding device arranged in a plurality of rows in the horizontal direction are fed out one by one from those outlets, and the coins are slanted forward and upward toward the next process. It drops onto the feeding belt, is locked by the protrusions provided on the lifting belt, is lifted obliquely upward, and is then delivered to the next step. The coins dropped from the delivery port slide down on the inclined plate that inclines downward toward the lifting belt. The coin that slid down the sloping plate is inclined upward to the next process side, drops on the lifting belt that is moved to the next process side at a predetermined speed, and is lifted by the lifting belt, and then the next process. Sent to.
At least some of the coins paid out from the holding and feeding devices of a plurality of denominations are dispersed and dropped on several sloping plates, respectively, so even if a coin jam occurs, a small coin It is a blockage and can be cleared immediately. Further, coins that have fallen onto the inclined plate are less likely to cause coin jams in the process of sliding down on the inclined plate. Even when a coin jam or the like occurs, the coin jam or the like can be immediately solved because the coin is moved by the coin conveyed by the lifting belt. Therefore, when reaching the lifting belt, the jam of coins or the like is almost eliminated. After that, the coins are conveyed upward by the lifting belt and discharged to the dispensing port or the collection safe.
The coin that is not locked to the protrusion falls on the lifting belt by its own weight. However, the coins that have fallen on the lifting belt are locked by the drop blocking body located above the lifting belt. In the fall prevention body, the longitudinal side surface of the lifting belt is pushed by the protrusion that moves integrally with the lifting belt, and the lower end thereof is directed to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt, in other words, to the next process side. It is rotated. By this rotation, the coins locked by the drop blocking body are flipped and dispersed toward the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt. The flipped and dispersed coins are locked by the protrusions when the coins fall on the lifting belt again, and are sent to the next step by the lifting belt. The coins that were not locked to the projection again fall on the lifting belt by their own weight, and are locked to the drop blocking body. The coins are finally caught by the protrusions by the flipping and locking by the fall prevention body, and are sent to the next process. Therefore, when a coin is locked by the drop blocker, even if the coin is jammed, the drop blocker that is forcibly moved by the protrusions is used to flip the coin. Is forcibly resolved. Therefore, a coin depositing/discharging device for a coin depositing/dispensing device that can smoothly lift up coins without causing coin jams, etc. There is an advantage that the second object of the present invention can be achieved. Further, in the present invention, the fall prevention body is. Since the drop blocking body is rotated by the protrusion provided on the lifting belt, the drive source can be shared with the driving source of the lifting belt, which is advantageous in terms of downsizing of the device, cost, and running cost. There is.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view from the upper left side of a coin depositing/dispensing apparatus (with a cover) according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the coin depositing/dispensing apparatus (no cover) according to the first embodiment of the present invention from the upper right side. FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a coin identifying device, a coin transporting device, and a coin sorting device of the coin depositing/dispensing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken along the vertical surface P2 in FIG. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line CC in FIG. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the coin depositing/dispensing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention from the upper left rear portion. FIG. 9 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the coin depositing/dispensing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention at the same portion as the upright plane P in FIG. 1. 10A and 10B are enlarged views of the coin drop prevention device of the coin depositing/dispensing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 10A is a perspective view, FIG. 10B is an explanatory view when locked, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing at the time of raising. 11A and 11B are enlarged views of the coin drop prevention device of the coin depositing/dispensing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11A is a perspective view from the upper left side, and FIG. 11B is a perspective view from the lower right side. ..

The embodiment for carrying out the present invention is to drop coins fed out from a plurality of coin holding and feeding devices arranged in a plurality of rows in the horizontal direction onto a lifting belt inclined forward toward the next process side, A coin lifting device for sending to the next process side by running of a sending belt,
at least,
Above the lifting belt, an upper end portion is rotatable about an axis extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to a traveling direction line of the lifting belt, and a lower end portion of the lifting belt is the uppermost portion with respect to an upper surface of the lifting belt. A stop position where the rotation is stopped at a position less than the thickness of the thin coin, and a fall prevention body rotatable to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt with respect to the stop position.
A protrusion provided on the lifting belt, including a protrusion that rotates the push-down member while pushing it toward the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt by moving the lifting belt in the coin lifting direction;
The fall blocking body blocks coins falling on the lifting belt at the blocking position on the downstream side surface in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt, and is pushed by the protrusion from the upstream side surface in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt to block the coin. A coin lifting device characterized by flipping up a coin in an upward direction of a lifting belt.
As a result, even if a coin is jammed when the coin is locked in the drop prevention body, the drop prevention body that is forcibly moved by the protrusion causes the coin to jam and the coin jamming is forcibly performed. Will be resolved. Therefore, coins can be smoothly pumped without causing coin jams.

A coin depositing/dispensing apparatus 102 including the coin lifting and lowering apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12. The first embodiment is a coin depositing/dispensing device 102 for euro coins, and includes 2 cent coins, 5 cent coins, 10 cent coins, 20 cent coins, 1 cent coin, 2 euro coins, 50 cent coins, and 1 euro coin. However, it can handle coins from all over the world such as Japanese coins and US coins.
The coin depositing/dispensing device 102 is used as an automatic depositing/dispensing device for the coin C in a bank, a retail store, or the like, or is used in combination with a bill depositing/dispensing device, a credit card/debit card processing machine, or the like. It is used to receive coins C given as a payment, withdraw change, hold the received coins C by denomination, and automatically withdraw coins C of a designated denomination.
The coin depositing/dispensing device 102 according to the first embodiment, at least, the coin separating/sending device 106 that separates and sends out the coins C received in the deposit port 104 in the form of roses one by one, and the authenticity and denomination of the coin C. A coin discriminating device 108 for discriminating, a coin conveying device 110 for linearly conveying the coin C identified as a true coin by the coin discriminating device 108 in a direction away from the deposit port 104, and from the deposit port 104 by the coin transport device 110. A coin allocating device 112 for allocating the coins C conveyed in the direction away from each other by denomination, and a coin allocating device 114 for holding the coins C distributed by the coin allocating device 112 and sending them one by one, and a coin. A denomination drop passage 116 for guiding the coins C sorted by the sorting device 112 to the holding and feeding device 114 for each denomination, and an output for guiding the coins C sent one by one from the holding and feeding device 114 for each denomination. It is provided with a gold passage 118 and a lifting belt 124 that conveys the coin C dropped in the withdrawal passage 118 to the withdrawal opening 122.

First, the entire coin depositing/dispensing apparatus 102 of the first embodiment will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 1 and 8.
1, the coin depositing/dispensing device 102 includes a main body 126 having an approximately rectangular shape, and a cover 128 that covers a left side plate 128L, a right side plate 128R, an upper plate 128U, and a rear side plate 128B of the outer surface of the main body 126, respectively. It has a body shape. As shown in FIG. 6, inside the coin depositing/dispensing device 102, a vertically long right space 132R is defined by an inner right wall plate 130R vertically arranged on the right side in the width direction when viewed from the front side. A vertically-extending left side space 132L and a vertically-long central space 132M wider than the right-side space 132R and the left-side space 132L are defined by the inner left side wall plate 130L vertically arranged on the left side. A part of the drop passage 116 for each denomination is arranged in the right space 132R, a dispensing passage 118 is arranged in the left space 132L, and a holding and feeding device 114 for each denomination is arranged in the central space 132M.
A rectangular withdrawal opening 122 is formed in the upright front surface of the main body 126 at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction. Below the dispensing port 122, a mounting hole 142 for a removable coin container 138 is formed in the lower part of the main body 126. The coin container 138 stores all coins C when all coins are collected. On the upper surface near the front surface of the main body 126, a coin receiving port 104 for a rectangular coin C is formed upward. When the coin depositing/dispensing device 102 is arranged in the housing integrated with another processing device, it is not necessary to cover the upper left part of the left side plate 128L with respect to the coin transport device 110 and the upper plate 128U.

Next, the main body 126 will be described mainly with reference to FIG.
The main body 126 has a function in which the above-mentioned main device is built in or attached to the main body 126, and is constituted by a sheet metal into a substantially vertical cubic shape. Inside, the top plate 1281 and the upper bottom plate are installed substantially horizontally. 1282, a middle bottom plate 1283, a lower bottom plate 1284, an inner bottom plate 1285, and a bottom plate 1286 are vertically divided into four layers. That is, an upper space 144U is formed between the top plate 1281 and the upper bottom plate 1282, an intermediate space 144M is formed between the upper bottom plate 1282 and the middle bottom plate 1283, and a lower space 144L is formed between the middle bottom plate 1283 and the lower bottom plate 1284. .. A bottom space 144B is formed between the inner bottom plate 1285 and the bottom plate 1286. The upper space 144U, the middle space 144M, and the lower space 144L are arranged below the deposit port 104 and linearly extend horizontally in the direction away from the deposit port 104, and their height and width are the same. Has been formed. In addition, the coin transporting device 110 and the coin sorting device 112 which are integrated are installed on the top plate 1281. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, above the central space 132M which is the center of the top plate 1281 in the width direction, a 1-cent opening for dropping a 1-cent coin is formed in a roughly square shape in order from the deposit port 104 side. 1461C, 2 euro opening for dropping 2 euro coins 1462E, 50 cent opening for falling 50 cents 14650C is formed, and overflow opening 146OF on the right side near the rear wall 246, 1 euro opening for 1 euro on the left side 1461E is opened. Further, above the right side space 132R, which is the right side in the width direction of the top plate 1281, in order from the deposit port 104 side, formed elongated in the transporting direction of the coin C, 2 cent opening 1462C for dropping 2 cent coins, A 5-cent opening 1465C for dropping 5-cent coins, a 10-cent opening 14610C for dropping 10-cent coins, and a 20-cent opening 14620C for dropping 20-cent coins are formed.

Next, the deposit port 104 will be described mainly with reference to FIG.
The deposit port 104 has a function of receiving a plurality of coins C collectively and guiding the coins to the coin separating and delivering device 106. In the first embodiment, the deposit port 104 is an upward rectangular opening formed on the front upper surface of the main body 126. A guide tube 146 (FIG. 3) is formed to extend rearward and obliquely downward of the main body 126 following the deposit port 104, and the lower end thereof is located on the upper opening of the bowl-shaped coin holding container 148 that constitutes the coin separating and delivering device 106. It is open. Therefore, the plurality of coins C inserted into the deposit port 104 are guided by the guide cylinder 146 and fall into the coin storage container 148 of the coin separating and delivering device 106.

Next, the coin separation/delivery device 106 will be described mainly with reference to FIG.
The coin separation/delivery device 106 has a function of separating the coins C of plural denominations with different diameters which are held in bulk and separating them one by one, and sending them out to the coin discriminating device 108 which is the next step, and a known coin separation device. -A sending device is used.
The coin separating/delivering device 106 according to the first embodiment is arranged below the deposit port 104, and includes a rotating disk 152, a coin storage container 148, a receiving body 154, and a full sensor 156.

The rotating disk 152 has a receiving portion 168 for receiving the coins C one by one, is inclinedly arranged at a predetermined angle, and is rotated at a predetermined speed.
In the receiving portion 168, a Y-shaped plate 164 in which three concave portions 162 are formed on the upper surface of the rotary disc 152 at equal intervals is fixed concentrically with the rotary disc 152.
An extrusion body 166 that pivots is disposed on one side of the recess 162 (see, for example, Japanese Patent No. 4997374).
In other words, the extrusion body 166 and the recess 162 form a substantially semicircular receiving portion 168.
The receiving portion 168 is set to a size such that two minimum diameter coins cannot be received side by side and only one maximum diameter coin can be received.
The extruded body 166 is normally positioned in a stationary state at a position closer to one side of the recess 162 so as to form the receiving portion 168, and when the extruded body 166 pivotally moves to a predetermined position, the held coin C is rotated. It is sent out in the circumferential direction of the disc 152.

The receiving unit 168 receives the coins C held in bulk in a lower portion facing the coin holding container 148 one by one, and the extruding body 166 is a receiving unit at a predetermined position above the center of rotation of the rotating disk 152. The coin C of 168 is pushed out in the circumferential direction and transferred to the knife-shaped receiver 154.
The rotating disk 152 is rotated at a predetermined speed by an electric motor (not shown) via a speed reducer.

The full sensor 156 has a function of outputting a full signal when the amount of coins in the coin storage container 148 exceeds a predetermined amount, and is, for example, a transmissive photoelectric sensor.
When the full sensor 156 outputs a full signal, the acceptance of the coin C from the deposit port 104 is limited by a unit (not shown), and when the full signal is not output, the acceptance limitation of the coin C is released.

Next, the coin identifying device 108 will be described.
The coin identifying device 108 has a function of acquiring physical property information of the coin C sent out by the coin separating and sending device 106, surface pattern information, or the like by a sensor, and performing authenticity judgment and denomination judgment based on the acquired information. A publicly known coin discriminating device is used. In the first embodiment, the coin identifying device 108 includes a magnetic sensor 174, a slide base (not shown) arranged in the same plane as the upper surface of the rotating disk 152, a rotating body 176 for feeding the coin C, and a reference guide 178. Is included.
The slide base (not shown) has a function of guiding one surface of the coin C pushed by the rotating body 176.
The rotator 176 has a function of moving the coins C received from the coin separating and delivering device 106 and passing them through the coin receiving portion 182 one by one.
Further, the rotating body 176 has a function of transferring the coin C, which has passed through the coin receiving portion 182, to the coin carrying device 110.
The rotating body 176 is parallel to the slide base and is rotatable in a plane close to the slide base, and the coin receiving portion 182 is moved by the three push levers 184 arranged at equal intervals as the receiving portion 168. Formed and have a Y shape.
The reference guide 178 has a function of linearly guiding the coin C passing through the coin receiving portion 182 and keeping the position of the coin C relative to the magnetic sensor 174 constant. As the known coin discriminating device 108, it is preferable to use the coin discriminating device disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 4997374, but the present invention is not limited to this.

Next, the coin transfer device 110 will be described.
The coin transporting device 110 has a function of linearly transporting the coins C sent out one by one from the coin identifying device 108 in a direction away from the deposit port 104.
The coin carrying device 110 of the first embodiment is mounted on the top plate 1281 integrally with the coin sorting device 112 described later. An endless carrier 186 that moves in one direction away from the deposit port 104 in the same plane, a slide plate 188 on which one surface of the coin C pushed by the endless carrier 186 slides, and a straight line that guides the peripheral surface of the coin C. A guide rail 192 is included.
In the first embodiment, the endless carrier 186 is a chain 198 stretched substantially horizontally between the first sprocket 194 and the second sprocket 196 arranged at a predetermined interval. The chain 198 is installed in the shape of a flat running track, and the first sprocket 194 is arranged immediately to the side of the rotating body 176 of the coin identifying device 108. Pushing pins 202 are fixed to the side surface of the chain 198 at predetermined intervals.

A plurality of push pins 202 are attached to the chain 198 at intervals corresponding to the intervals of the push levers 184.
The first sprocket 194 is rotated at a predetermined speed, and the push lever 184 and the push pin 202 immediately move the coin C pushed by the push lever 184 to the transfer path 204 of the push pin 202. Is set to push. The transfer path 204 is a path along which the coin C, which is pushed by the push pin 202 while being guided by the guide rail 192, moves.

The guide rail 192 has a function of guiding the lower end peripheral surface of the coin C so that the coin C pushed by the pushing pin 202 moves along the transfer path 204.
The guide rail 192 is disposed along the running track-shaped upper linear chain 198 and slightly below the chain 198.
The guide rail 192 protrudes slightly in a direction orthogonal to the slide plate 188 from the maximum thickness of the handling coin C.
Therefore, the lower surface of the coin C pushed by the push pin 202 is guided by the slide plate 188, and the lower end peripheral surface is guided by the guide rail 192.
The guide rail 192 in the first embodiment also serves as a selection unit, as described later. For the coin transfer device 110, it is preferable to use the coin transfer device disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent No. 4997374, but the present invention is not limited to this.

Next, the coin sorting device 112 will be described.
The coin sorting device 112 has a function of dropping the coins C conveyed by the coin conveying device 110 into coin selection holes of a corresponding denomination based on the identification denomination in the coin identifying device 108 and allocating the coins for each predetermined denomination. Have.
The coin sorting device 112 according to the first embodiment includes the upper sorting unit 206 arranged along the guide rail 192 above the guide rail 192 and the lower sorting unit arranged below the guide rail 192. Contains 208.

The upper sorting unit 206 sequentially sorts the 2 cent sorting hole 2C, the 5 cent sorting hole 5C, the 10 cent sorting hole 10C, and the 20 cent sorting toward the traveling direction of the coin transporting device 110, in other words, in the direction away from the deposit port 104. The hole 20C and the overflow selection hole OF are arranged.
The lower sorting unit 208 sorts the reject sorting hole RJ, the 1-cent sorting hole 1C, the 2-euro sorting hole 2E, the 50-cent sorting in the order of moving in the coin transport device 110, in other words, in the direction away from the deposit port 104. Hole 50C and 1 euro selection hole 1E are located.
Note that the arrangement of the denominations for each coin sorting hole is an example, and can be freely arranged as necessary.

A gate device (not shown) operated by an electric actuator is arranged in each of the coin sorting holes 2C, 5C, 10C, 20C, RJ, 1C, 2E, 50C, and 1E.
In the first embodiment, the gate device for the coin sorting holes RJ, 1C, 2E, 50C, and 1E also serves as the guide rail 192.
That is, the guide rail 192 is composed of a fixed guide fixed between the coin sorting holes RJ, 1C, 2E, 50C, or 1E and a movable guide that is moved electrically, and usually has a single linear shape. Presents. Then, when the transported coin C is dropped into the coin sorting holes RJ, 1C, 2E, 50C, or 1E, by moving the movable guide from the normal position, the transferred coin C is not guided by the movable guide. In this way, the coin is dropped into a predetermined coin selection hole (see Japanese Patent No. 4997374).

The gate device facing each coin sorting hole 2C, 5C, 10C, 20C, OF, 224, RJ, 1C, 2E, 50C, or 1E is a timing signal from a timing sensor (not shown), and a coin discriminating device. It is selectively opened or closed based on the authenticity and denomination discriminated by the coin information detected by 108.
As a result, the coin C transported by the coin transport device 110 is dropped into the predetermined coin sorting holes 2C, 5C, 10C, 20C, OF, 224, RJ, 1C, 2E, 50C, or 1E for each denomination. ..

Next, the holding operation device 114 for each denomination will be described mainly with reference to FIG. 5 or FIG.
The holding operation device 114 of the denomination is a function of holding the coins C sorted by denomination in the coin allocating device 112 for each denomination, and a higher-level device, for example, a command from the POS register, of a predetermined denomination. It has a function of paying out a predetermined number of coins C one by one. In the present Example 1, since the target denomination is 8 denominations of 1 cent coin to 2 euro coin, eight holding shunting devices 114 of each denomination are arranged, but the basic configuration is the same for both. Therefore, the configurations of the respective units will be described with the same reference numerals, and when it is particularly necessary to describe the denomination, the denomination symbol will be added after the reference numeral 114 for description. That is, 1-cent reserve feeding device 1141C for 1 cent, 2-cent reserve feeding device 1142C for 2-cent, 5-cent reserve feeding device 1145C for 5-cent, 10-cent reserve feeding device 11410C for 10-cent, Used by 20 cents pending launcher 11420C for 20 cents, 50 cents pending launcher 11450C for 50 cents, 1 euro pending launcher 1141E for 1 euro, and 2 euro holdings launcher 1142E for 2 euros. Be done.
In the first embodiment, the holding operation device 114 for each denomination is generally configured by a hopper bowl 236, a rotary body 238 with a hole, a slide base 242, and an ejecting device (not shown).
The hopper bowl 236 is a vertically oriented cylindrical body having an open upper surface and a rectangular upper portion and a circular lower portion, and holds the coins C in bulk. The holed rotating body 238 is rotatably arranged in a circular hole at the bottom of the hopper bowl 236, and a plurality of circular holes through which coins C fall are formed at eccentric positions. The slide base 242 guides the lower surface of the coin C dropped on the rotating body with hole 238. The ejection device (not shown) is composed of an ejection roller biased toward the fixed roller arranged on the side of the holed rotary member 238, and is pushed by the holed rotary member 238. Is sandwiched between the rollers and is ejected in the lateral direction from an outlet 244 (FIG. 5) formed on the side of the holed rotary body 238. It is preferable to use a known so-called coin hopper as the holding operation device 114 for each denomination.

Next, the arrangement of the holding and feeding device 114 for each denomination by denomination will be described mainly with reference to FIG.
The denomination-based holding operation device 114 is arranged in the upper space 144U for three denominations, the middle space 144M for three denominations, and the lower space 144L for two denominations. Specifically, on the upper bottom plate 1282, in order from the deposit port 104 side, by placing the 1 cent holding operation device 1141C, 2 euro holding operation device 1142E, and 50 cent holding operation device 11450C, the upper stage. In the space 144U, an upper stage holding and feeding device row 114U that is arranged in a row in the horizontal direction is configured. On the middle bottom plate 1283, a 2 cent holding holding device 1142C, a 5 cent holding holding device 1145C, and a 1 euro holding holding device 1141E are arranged in this order from the deposit port 104 side, and the horizontal holding is arranged in a middle row. It constitutes the feeding device row 114M. On the lower bottom plate 1284, from the side of the deposit port 104, a 10-cent holding operation device 11410C and a 20-cent holding operation device 11420C are arranged to form a lower holding operation device row 114L arranged in a horizontal direction. ing. The 1-euro holding operation device 1141E in the middle space 144M and the 20-cent holding operation device 11420C in the lower space 144L are arranged in the vicinity of the rear side plate 128B and are vertically aligned. In other words, the 1 euro holding operation device 1141E in the middle space 144M and the 20-cent holding operation device 11420C in the lower space 144L are arranged in the central space 132M farthest from the deposit port 104 and arranged to be vertically stacked. Has been done. The 5-cent reserve operation device 114SC in the middle space 144M and the 10-cent reserve operation device 11410C in the lower space 144L are vertically aligned. In other words, the 5-cent holding operation device 114SC in the middle space 144M and the 10-cent holding operation device 11410C in the lower space 144L are arranged in the central space 132M which is the second farthest from the deposit port 104 so that they can be vertically stacked. It is located in. In the upper space 144U, the 50 cent holding operation device 11450C, the 2 euro holding operation device 1142E, the 1 cent holding operation device 1141C are the 1 euro holding operation device 1141E, the 5 cent holding operation device 1145C, 2 in the middle space 144M. It is displaced toward the deposit port 104 side with respect to the cent hold operation device 1142C. This is because the drop passage 116 of the denomination is arranged between it and the rear side plate 128B.

Next, the drop passage 116 for each denomination will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 4 and 7.
The denomination type drop passage 116 has a function of guiding the coins C sorted by denomination by the coin sorting device 112 to the holding and feeding device 114 of each denomination of each denomination. In the first embodiment, the falling passages 116 of each denomination are formed in a tubular shape extending in the vertical direction, and the upper falling passages 116U arranged above the top plate 1281 and the lower falling passages 1281 are arranged below the top plate 1281. Is separated into a lower drop passage 116L. As a result, the 1 cent sorting hole 1C, the 2 euro sorting hole 2E, the 50 cent sorting hole 50C, and the drop passage 116 of the denomination corresponding to the 1 euro sorting hole 1E formed in the lower sorting portion 208 are the top plate 1281. It is configured only by the upper drop passage 116U on the upper side of.
First, a description will be given of the drop passages 116 of the denominations for the 1-cent reserve holding device 1141C, the 2-euro reserve outputting device 1142E, and the 50-cent reserve operating device 11450C arranged in the upper space 144U. As shown in FIG. 3, a return money type drop passage 116RJ is formed below the return selection hole RJ closest to the deposit port 104 of the lower selection unit 208 in the coin sorting device 112, and the returned coin C is output. We guide you to slide into the gold mouth 122.
The 1-cent coin C dropped from the 1-cent sorting hole 1C closest to the deposit port 104 is guided to the 1-cent drop passage 1161C and dropped into the 1-cent opening 1461C shown in FIG. 7, and then placed in the upper space 144U. It is held in the 1st cent holding operation device 1141C.
The 2 euro coin C dropped from the 2 euro selection hole 2E closest to the deposit port 104 is guided to the 2 euro drop passage 1162E and dropped to the 2 euro opening 1462E shown in FIG. 7, and then placed in the upper space 144U. 2 euros are held in the holding device 1142E.
The 50-cent coin C dropped from the 50-cent sorting hole 50C, which is the fourth closest to the deposit port 104, is guided to the 50-cent drop passage 11650C, drops to the 50-cent opening 14650C, and is then placed in the upper space 144U, and the 50-cent reserve is reserved. Suspended in the feeding device 11450C.
The 1-euro coin C dropped from the 1-euro selection hole 1E closest to the fifth deposit port 104 is guided to the 1-euro drop passage 1161E and dropped to the 1-euro opening 1461E, and then the farthest from the deposit port 104 of the middle space 144M. It is held in the 1-euro holding operation device 1141E arranged at the position. Since the 1-euro holding operation device 1141E is arranged in the middle space 144M, the 1-euro drop passage 1161E is divided into a 1-euro upper drop passage 116U1E and a 1-euro lower drop passage 116L1E. The 1 euro lower drop passage 116L1E is juxtaposed in the lateral width direction of the main body 126 with respect to an overflow safe 134 described later.

The 2 cent sorting hole 2C, the 5 cent sorting hole 5C, the 10 cent sorting hole 10C, the 20 cent sorting hole 20C, and the overflow sorting hole OF arranged in the upper sorting portion 206 are provided with a top plate as a drop passage 116 of a metal type. Upper drop passage 116U above 1281 and lower fall passage 116L below top plate 1281 are separated.
The 2 cent coin C dropped from the 2 cent sorting hole 2C closest to the deposit port 104 is guided to the 2 cent upper drop passage 116U2C, dropped to the 2 cent opening 1462C, and then guided to the 2 cent lower drop passage 116L2C. It is reserved in the 2-cent reserve operation device 1142C arranged in the middle space 144M.
The 5 cent coin C dropped from the 5 cent sorting hole 5C closest to the deposit port 104 is guided to the 5 cent upper drop passage 116U5C, dropped to the 5 cent opening 1465C, and then placed in the middle space 144M. It is guided to the lower drop passage 116L5C and is held in the 5-cent holding operation device 1145C.
The 10-cent coin C dropped from the 10-cent sorting hole 10C closest to the deposit port 104 is guided to the 10-cent upper drop passage 116U10C, dropped to the 10-cent opening 14610C, and then guided to the 10-cent lower drop passage 116L10C. Then, it is held in the 10-cent holding operation device 11410C arranged in the lower space 144L.
Fourth, the 20-cent coin C dropped from the 20-cent sorting hole 20C closest to the deposit port 104 is guided to the 20-cent upper drop passage 116U20C, dropped to the 20-cent opening 14620C, and then guided to the 20-cent lower drop passage 116L20C. Then, it is held in the 20-cent holding operation device 11420C arranged in the lower space 144L.
Fifth, the overflow coin C, which has fallen from the overflow selection hole OF near the deposit port 104, is guided to the overflow upper drop passage 116UOF and drops to the overflow opening 146OF, and is then retained in the overflow safe 134 arranged in the upper space 144U. To be done. The overflow coin C may be arranged outside the cover 128.

The two-cent lower drop passage 116L2C, the five-cent lower fall passage 116L5C, the ten-cent lower fall passage 116L10C, and the twenty-cent lower fall passage 116L20C are the two-cent opening 1462C, five-cent opening 1465C, ten-cent opening 14610C, and The 20-cent opening 14620C and the 20-cent opening 14620C, respectively, are formed in a rectangular shape having a narrow width in the cross section and long in the transport direction of the coin C, and are arranged in parallel in the right space 132R in a direction away from the deposit port 104. In the first embodiment, the two-cent lower drop passage 116L2C, the five-cent lower drop passage 116L5C, the ten-cent lower drop passage 116L10C, and the twenty-cent lower drop passage 116L20C are provided on the right side plate 128R forming the cover 128. It is configured by being integrated. Therefore, when a coin jam occurs in these passages, the coin jam can be easily eliminated by removing the right side plate 128R and working. Further, by forming the coin-type drop passages 116 in this manner, it is possible to arrange a plurality of coin drop passages in the same thin space in the width direction of the main body, and there is an advantage that the device can be downsized.

As shown in FIG. 4, the two-cent lower drop passage 116L2C and the five-cent lower drop passage 116L2C are arranged in the middle space 144M in the order away from the deposit port 104. In order to guide the coins C respectively to the holding feeding device 1145C, they are formed in a crank shape, and their lower ends are opposed to the upper ends of the left (front) side end openings of the hopper bowls 236 of the corresponding holding feeding devices. It is arranged.
Similarly, the 10-cent lower drop passage 116L10C and the 20-cent lower drop passage 116L20C are arranged in the lower space 144L in order in the direction away from the deposit port 104. Each of the 11420C is formed in a crank shape for guiding the coin C, and the lower ends thereof are arranged opposite to the upper end of the right (rear) side end opening of the hopper bowl 236 of the corresponding holding feeding device. .. By arranging the drop passages 116 of the denominations in this way, the bending of the drop passages 116 of the denominations can be made small, and the drop passages 116 of the denominations by which the coin C can smoothly drop can be configured in a narrow space.

Next, the dispensing passage 118 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS.
The withdrawal passage 118 has a function of guiding and dropping the coin C sent from the holding and feeding device 114 for each denomination. In Embodiment 1, the dispensing passage 118 is provided in the left space 132L formed between the left side plate 128L and the inner left side wall plate 130L, as shown in FIGS. A plurality of horizontally elongated rectangular denomination drop ports 252 through which the coins C sent from the denomination-specific holding and feeding device 114 pass are formed in the inner left side wall plate 130L that constitutes the withdrawal passage 118. In the first embodiment, since the denomination-type holding and feeding devices 114 are arranged in three stages, the denomination-type drop openings 252 are also formed in three stages in parallel in the horizontal direction.
As shown in FIG. 9, the 1-cent drop outlet 2521C, the 2-euro drop outlet 2522E, and the 50-cent drop outlet 25250C are arranged horizontally in order from the deposit port 104 side in correspondence with the upper holding operation device row 114U. It is formed along 110, and constitutes the upper paragraph lower mouth row 252U.
Corresponding to the middle-stage holding and feeding device row 114M, a 2-cent drop port 2522C, a 5-cent drop port 2525C, and a 1-EUR drop port 2521E are horizontally formed along the coin lifting device 100 from the deposit port 104 side. , 252M in the middle paragraph lower mouth row.
Corresponding to the lower holding operation device row 114L, in order from the deposit port 104 side, a 10-cent drop port 25210C and a 20-cent drop port 25220C are horizontally formed along the coin transfer device 110, and the lower paragraph lower port row 252L is formed. I am configuring. These drop openings 252 are also arranged in the vertical direction in the middle paragraph lower mouth row 252M and the lower paragraph lower mouth row 252L, similarly to the arrangement of the holding operation devices 114 for each denomination. The middle paragraph lower mouth row 252M and the upper paragraph lower mouth row 252U are arranged to be offset in the front-back (depth) direction.

In the left side space 132L, inclined plates 254 are arranged below the drop ports 252 for each denomination, and a withdrawal passage 118 is formed for each denomination. For the upper paragraph lower mouth row 252U, a flat 1-cent inclined plate 2541C, a 2-euro inclined plate 2542E, and a 50-cent inclined plate 25450C are arranged. Specifically, the 1-cent inclined plate 2541C is disposed at the upper end portion between the 1-cent drop opening 2521C and the 2-euro drop opening 2522E, and then descends forward toward the delivery passage 266 on the dispensing port 122 side. It is arranged.
Similarly, a 2-euro inclined plate 2542E is arranged at the upper end between the 2-euro drop port 2522E and the 50-cent drop port 25250C, and is then arranged frontward and downward toward the lifting passage 266.
Similarly, the 50-cent inclined plate 25450C is arranged with its upper end portion immediately below the 50-cent drop opening 2522E, and then is arranged downward toward the lift passage 266.
As a result, a 1-cent withdrawal passage 1181C is formed on the upper side of the 1-cent inclined plate 2541C, a 2-euro withdrawal passage 1182E is formed on the upper side of the 2-euro inclined plate 2542E, and a 50-cent withdrawal side is extended on the upper side of the 50-cent inclined plate 25450C. Gold passages 11850C are formed, and these withdrawal passages 118 are formed downward toward the coin lifting and lowering device 100.

A flat-shaped 2-cent inclined plate 2542C, a 5-cent inclined plate 2545C, and a 1-euro inclined plate 2541E are arranged for the lower mouth row 252M in the middle paragraph. Specifically, the 2-cent inclined plate 2542C is arranged at the upper end portion between the 2-cent drop port 2522C and the 5-cent drop port 2525C, and then is arranged frontward and downward toward the lifting passage 266.
Similarly, a 5-cent inclined plate 2545C is disposed at the upper end between the 5-cent drop opening 2525C and the 1-Euro drop opening 2521E, and then is arranged frontward and downward toward the lifting passage 266.
Similarly, the 1-euro inclined plate 2541E is arranged with its upper end portion immediately below the 1-euro drop opening 2521E, and then is arranged downward toward the lift passage 266.
With these, a 2-cent withdrawal passage 1182C is formed above the 2-cent inclined plate 2542C, a 5-cent withdrawal passage 1185C is formed above the 5-cent inclined plate 2545C, and 1 euro is withdrawn above the 1-euro inclined plate 2541E. Gold passages 1181E are formed, and these withdrawal passages 118 are formed downward toward the coin hoisting device 100.

A flat plate-shaped 10-cent inclined plate 25410C and a 20-cent inclined plate 25420C are arranged for the lower paragraph lower row 252L. Specifically, the 10-cent inclined plate 25410C is arranged at the upper end portion between the 10-cent drop port 25210C and the 20-cent drop port 25220C, and then is arranged downward toward the lifting passage 266.
Similarly, the 20-cent inclined plate 25420C is disposed at the upper end portion thereof directly below the 20-cent drop opening 25220C, and is then disposed downwardly toward the lifting passage 266.
As a result, a 10-cent withdrawal passage 11810C is formed above the 10-cent inclined plate 25410C, and a 20-cent withdrawal passage 11820C is formed above the 20-cent inclined plate 25420C. It is formed downward toward the front.

As is clear from the above configuration, the coins C sent out from the denomination-type holding and feeding device 114 fall through the denomination-type withdrawal passages 118 from the denomination-type drop openings 252, and then the denomination-type inclined plate 254. After falling down and sliding on the inclined plates 254, the coins are transported by the coin lifting and lowering device 100 to the side of the dispensing port 122 which is the next step.

As is clear from the above description, 1 cent withdrawal passage 1181C, 2 euro withdrawal passage 1182E, 50 cent withdrawal passage 11850C, 2 cent withdrawal passage 1182C, 5 cent withdrawal passage 1185C, 1 euro withdrawal passage 1181E, The 10-cent withdrawal passage 11810C and the 20-cent withdrawal passage 11820C are arranged in a vertically stacked state in the left space 132L. With this configuration, the size of the main body 126 in the width direction can be suppressed, which contributes to downsizing of the main body 126 in the width direction. The width of the dispensing passage 118 (the distance between the left side plate 128L and the inner left side wall plate 130LL) is preferably about twice the maximum coin diameter. In Example 1, the maximum diameter is 25.75 mm of a 2-euro coin, so it is preferably doubled to about 50 mm.

Next, the operation of the dispensing passage 118 will be described.
In the first embodiment, a withdrawal passage 118 is provided for each withdrawal operation device 114 of each denomination. Therefore, the 20-cent coins sent from the 20-cent holding and feeding device 11420C in the lower holding and feeding device row 114L drop through the 20-cent drop port 25220C and the 20-cent withdrawal passage 11820C, and then the 20-cent inclined plate. After sliding down on 25420C, it falls on the lifting belt 124 that constitutes the bottom surface of the lifting passage 266. The 10-cent coins sent from the 10-cent holding feed device 11410C in the lower holding feed device row 114L pass through the 10-cent drop opening 25210C, drop through the 10-cent withdrawal passage 11810C, and then on the 10-cent inclined plate 25410C. After sliding down, it falls on the lifting belt 124. The 1 euro coin sent out from the 1 euro holding operation device 1141E of the middle holding operation device row 114M drops through the 1 euro drop opening 2521E through the 1 euro withdrawal passage 1181E, and then on the 1 euro inclined plate 2541E. After sliding down, it falls on the lifting belt 124. The 5 cent coins sent from the 5 cent holding feeding device 1145C in the middle holding feeding device row 114M drop through the 5 cent dropping port 2525C and the 5 cent dispensing passage 1185C, and then on the 5 cent inclined plate 2545C. After slipping, it falls on the conveyor belt 124. The two-cent coins sent from the two-cent holding and feeding device 1142C in the middle-stage holding and feeding device row 114M drop through the two-cent drop port 2522C and the two-cent withdrawal passage 1182C, and then on the two-cent inclined plate 2542C. After sliding down, it falls on the lifting belt 124. The 50-cent coins sent from the 50-cent holding and feeding device 11450C in the upper holding and feeding device row 114U drop through the 50-cent drop port 25250C and the 50-cent withdrawal passage 11850C, and then on the 50-cent inclined plate 25450C. After sliding down, it falls on the lifting belt 124. The 2 euro coins sent out from the 2 euro holding operation device 1142E of the upper holding operation device row 114U drop through the 2 euro drop opening 2522E and the 2 euro withdrawal passage 1182E, and then on the 2 euro inclined plate 2542E. It slides down and falls on the lifting belt 124. The 1-cent coin sent out from the 1-cent holding feed device 1141C in the upper holding feed device row 114U drops through the 1-cent drop opening 2521C and the 1-cent payout passage 1181C, and then on the 1-cent inclined plate 2541C. It slides down and falls on the lifting belt 124. Note that the withdrawal passage 118 can be provided for each of the plurality of drop ports 114 without having to configure each withdrawal feeding device 114. For example, it can be provided for each of the upper stage holding and feeding device row 114U, the middle stage holding and feeding device row 114M, and the lower stage holding and feeding device row 114L.

Next, the coin lifting device 100 will be described.
The coin hoisting device 100 has a function of hoisting the coin C dropped from the withdrawal passage 118 to the next process existing above, and in the present invention, in particular, the coin dropped from the predetermined withdrawal passage 118 is located below. It has a function of preventing the drop to the withdrawal passage 118 side and lifting it. In the first embodiment, the coin lifting device 100 includes at least the transport device 262 and the drop prevention device 264.

First, the transport device 262 will be described.
The transfer device 262 has a function of transferring the coin C to the next process diagonally above. In the first embodiment, the transport device 262 includes a lifting belt 124, a pair of lifting rollers 256F and 256B, and a lifting passage 266.

Next, the lifting belt 124 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.
The lifting belt 124 is sent from the holding and feeding device 114 of a plurality of denominations, and the withdrawal passage 118 (1 cent withdrawal passage 1181C, 2 euro withdrawal passage 1182E, 50 cent withdrawal passage 11850C, 2 cent withdrawal Passage 1182C, 5 cent withdrawal passage 1185C, 1 euro withdrawal passage 1181E, 10 cent withdrawal passage 11810C, and 20 cent withdrawal passage 11820C) It has a function of conveying to 122. In the first embodiment, the lifting belt 124 is wound between the front lifting roller 256F and the rear lifting roller 256B that form the pair of lifting rollers 256, and has a flat track field shape, and is dispensed. Inclined upward toward the mouth 122 side. Specifically, the rear lifting roller 256B is disposed slightly below the 20-cent inclined plate 25420C and slightly front side, and the front lifting roller 256F has the same height in the vertical direction as the upper paragraph lower mouth row 252U. In the above, it is arranged above the front dispensing port 122. As a result, the transporting section 258 of the lifting belt 124 extends linearly in a straight line toward the front side (the dispensing port 122 side) below the lower end of each inclined plate 254 and at the same distance as the lower end. Be present. The upward inclination is preferably inclined by 45 degrees or more with respect to the horizon, and more preferably about 60 degrees from the viewpoint of the installation area and the coin C carrying capacity. However, the upward inclination angle of the lifting belt 124 toward the dispensing port 122 side can be appropriately set in consideration of the influence on the size of the coin depositing/dispensing apparatus 102 in the depth direction. Since the conveyor 258 of the lifting belt 124 makes frictional contact with the coin C and conveys it obliquely upward, it may be made of a material having a high friction coefficient and high abrasion resistance, for example, a rubber-based material. preferable. Further, in order to increase the coefficient of friction, it is possible to form a shark-skin shape or a large number of minute projections on the surface. As shown in FIG. 11, the lifting belt 124 has a longitudinal centerline LCL which is a straight line connecting the center points in the width direction of the lifting belt 124 (conveying section 258).

Next, the lifting passage 266 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.
The lifting passage 266 has a function of guiding the coins C conveyed by the lifting belt 124, and in the first embodiment, the lifting belt 124 (flat belt) constitutes the bottom surface and the left guiding wall 264L. The right guide wall 264R constitutes the left and right guide walls 264. In other words, the hoisting passage 266 has the conveying portion 258 of the hoisting belt 124 as a bottom surface, and the left guide wall 264L and the right guide wall 264R that stand upright with respect to the bottom surface has a rectangular cross-section and is a withdrawal opening as the next step It is formed in a square groove shape that extends obliquely upward toward 122. The left guide wall 264L and the right guide wall 264R are entirely smoothed so that the coin C conveyed by the lifting belt 124 is locked or the falling coin C is not locked. A drop prevention device 264 is arranged in the lifting passage 266. An upper side (side of the payout port 122) of a first drop prevention device 2641 described below is a first lifting passage 2661, and a second lifting passage 2662 is between the first drop blocking device 2641 and the second drop blocking device 2642, The third lifting passage 2663 is between the second fall blocking device 2642 and the third fall blocking device 2643, and the fourth lifting passage 2663 is between the third fall blocking device 2643 and the fourth fall blocking device 2644. .. Therefore, not falling to the lower lifting device 266 means that the first lifting passage 2661 is the second lifting passage 2662, and the second lifting passage 2662 is the third lifting passage 2663 and the third lifting passage 2662. In the passage 2663, it is the fourth lifting passage 2663, and in the fourth lifting passage 2663 therebelow.

Next, the fall prevention device 264 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11.
The fall prevention device 264 prevents the coin C on the lifting belt 124 from falling into the lift passage 266 below the drop prevention device 264, and also prevents the coin C on the next step of the lift passage 266 (withdrawal port 122). ) Has the function of flipping up to the side. In other words, the drop prevention device 264 has a function of flipping up the coin C, which has been prevented from falling, toward the downstream side of the lifting belt 124 in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, another device having the same function can be adopted. In the first embodiment, four sets of fall prevention devices 264 are arranged in total. Specifically, the first fall prevention device 2642 is opposed to the lower end 2542EE of the 2 euro inclined plate 2542E, the second fall prevention device 2642 is opposed to the lower end 2542CE of the 2 cent inclined plate 2542C, and the lower end of the 1 euro inclined plate 2541E is opposed. A third fall prevention device 2643 is arranged opposite to the 2541EE, and a fourth fall prevention device 2644 is arranged opposite to the lower end 25420CE of the 20-cent inclined plate 25420C. Since the first fall prevention device 2641, the second fall prevention device 2642, the third fall prevention device 2643, and the fourth fall prevention device 2644 in the first embodiment are all configured in the same manner, they are surrounded by a chain line circle in FIG. The second fall prevention device 2642 will be described as a representative, and the same parts of the other fall prevention devices are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

The second fall prevention device 2642 includes a guide device 282, a fall prevention body 284, and a protrusion 286. To summarize the function of each component, the coin C falling on the lifting belt 124 is guided by the guide device 282 to the front side of the drop blocking body 284, and the protrusion 286 that is moved integrally with the lifting belt 124 By the fall prevention member 284 which is rotated toward the process side, it is flipped up to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt 124. In other words, the coin C is flipped up to the side of the dispensing port 122, which is the next step, and the coin C is dispersed on the lifting belt 124, so that the coin C is easily locked by the protrusion 286.

First, the guide device 282 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.
The guiding device 282 moves the coins C falling on the lifting belt 124 in the lifting passage 266 or from the dispensing path 118 to the front center side of the drop blocking body 284, in other words, in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt 124. It has a function of guiding to the center in the width direction on the downstream side.
The guide device 282 is a pair of left and right rod-shaped guide bodies arranged along the longitudinal end of the lifting belt 124 on the upper side of the second dispensing passage 1182, and is formed symmetrically. , The right guiding device 282R will be described as a representative, and the same part of the left guiding wall 264L will be described by changing the right in the name to the left and assigning the same reference numeral to the alphabet R instead of L To do.

The right guide body 282R is a slender rod shape having a cross section of the middle portion (cross section in the width direction of the lifting belt 124) of a right-angled triangle, and the right center shifting slope that gradually approaches the center side of the lifting belt 124 at the upper end. 282UR, the middle part is gradually approaching the upper surface (conveying part 258) of the lifting belt 124, and the left downward slope 282DR is formed.At the lower end, the left separating slope 282LR is formed, which gradually separates from the center of the lifting belt 124 to the end. The upper side of 282LR is formed into an arc-shaped left flank 282RR. With this configuration, the coin C that has fallen on the lifting belt 124 is moved to the center in the width direction of the lifting belt 124 by the left centering slope 282UR and the right centering slope 282UL (not visible). The coin C falling from above is guided to the center of the lifting belt 124 in the same manner by the left downward slope 282DR and the right downward slope 282DL (not visible). The guide belt 124 is guided toward the center on the downstream side of the lifting belt 124 in the longitudinal direction.

Next, the fall blocker 284 will be described.
The drop blocking body 284 does not drop the coin C dropped while being guided by the guide device 282 or the right guide wall 264R or the left guide wall 264L into the lower feeding passage 266, in other words, more than the drop blocking body 284. It has a function of not falling to the lower feeding passage 266 and also of flipping up toward the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the feeding belt 124, in other words, toward the dispensing port 122 which is the next step. The fall prevention body 284 of the first embodiment has a substantially square plate shape, and the upper end portion of the fall prevention body 284 is a right end portion 284R( of the fall prevention body 284 in the support body 289 formed in a gate shape. (Invisible) Right support 289R arranged on the side, left support 289L arranged on the left side of the left end 284L, is rotatably attached to a support shaft 287 whose left and right ends are fixed. There is.

The axis line SL of the support shaft 287 is the longitudinal center of the lifting belt 124 when viewed from above, above the transport surface of the lifting belt 124 (the surface on which the coin C dropped from the tip of each inclined plate 254 is received). It is placed so that it intersects the line LCL at a right angle. On the next process side of the right support 289R and the left support 289L, a right blocking stopper 291R (not visible) and a left blocking stopper 291L, which are steps, are formed, respectively, and contact the back surface of the fall blocking body 284 to cause the fall. It is configured to limit the clockwise rotation of the blocking body 284 in FIG. In other words, the fall prevention body 284 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 10 by the rotation torque due to its own weight, and the rotation is blocked by the right blocking stopper 291R (not visible) and the left blocking stopper 291L. It is stopped at a stop position OP that stands upright with respect to the conveying surface of the lifting belt 124. At the stop position OP, the gap between the lower end 284T of the drop blocking body 284 and the lifting belt 124 is set to be substantially narrower than that of the thinnest coin C. In other words, in the state where the flat surface of the thinnest coin C is in surface contact with the transport surface of the lifting belt 124, it falls into the lower lifting passage 118 through the gap between the lower end 284T of the drop blocker and the lifting belt 124. This is to prevent it. The right end portion 284R of the fall prevention body 284, the cylindrical right convex portion 292R laterally protruding from the lower end side surface of the left end portion 284L are inserted into the right circular arc groove 290R formed in the right guide wall 246R, and left convex. The portion 292L is inserted into the left arc groove 290L formed in the left guide wall 264L (not shown). The right convex portion 292R and the left circular arc groove 290L of the fall prevention body 284 are a right rotation limiting stopper 292RS that is a regulating portion 292 that regulates the amount of counterclockwise rotation in FIGS. 10B and 10C, respectively. It is configured to be locked by the left rotation limiting stopper 292LS. When the right protruding portion 292R and the left protruding portion 292L are respectively locked to the right rotation limiting stopper 292RS and the left rotation limiting stopper 292LS, the lower end 284T of the fall prevention body is located slightly above the upper end of the protrusion 286. It is set so that the projection 286 can pass below the lower end 284T of the drop blocking body. However, the distance between the lower end 284T of the drop blocker and the upper end of the protrusion 286 may be determined so that the thinnest coin does not drop into the lower lifting passage 266 from between them. In other words, the distance between the lower end 284T of the drop blocking body and the upper end of the protrusion 286 is set smaller than the thickness of the thinnest coin C.

The left positioning protrusion 284RL and the right positioning protrusion 284RR protruding laterally from the upper end side surface of the support 289 are closely inserted into the positioning holes (not shown) formed in the right guiding wall 246R and the left guiding wall 264L, respectively. And is used for positioning the support body 289 and the fall prevention body 284. The support 289 is a left fixing screw 293L and a right fixing screw 293R screwed through through holes (not shown) formed in the right guide wall 246R and the left guide wall 264L that define the lifting passage 266. It is fixed to the right guide wall 246R and the left guide wall 264L, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 11, a protrusion, more specifically, a scraping member 294 having a triangular cross section, is provided at the center of the front surface of the drop stopper 284 on the side of the dispensing port 122, which is the next step. When the scraping body 294 rushes into the dense lump of coins C and collapses the dense lump, the falling block 284 bounces up the coin C, so that the coin C can be flipped up effectively.
The fall prevention body 284 is normally rotated clockwise by its own weight in FIG. 10(B), and the back surface of the fall prevention body 284 is rotated by the right prevention stopper 291R (not visible) and the left prevention stopper 291L. Is blocked and is stationary at the stop position OP. As a result, the coin C falling in the lifting passage 266 is prevented from falling by the fall blocking member 284, and does not drop into the lower lifting passage 266.

Next, the protrusion 286 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.
The projection 286 has a function of pushing the fall prevention body 284 to forcibly rotate it around the support shaft 287. In the first embodiment, the protrusion 286 has a rectangular plate shape that is formed so as to project at a right angle to the upper surface of the lifting belt 124, and has a predetermined interval in the width direction of the lifting belt 124, and the lifting belt 124. Are a pair of small pieces composed of a right protrusion 286R and a left protrusion 286L that are formed to be slightly displaced in the longitudinal direction thereof, and are integrally formed of the same material as the lifting belt 124. With this configuration, by the movement of the lifting belt 124 in the transport direction of the coin C, the protrusion 286 pushes the drop blocking body 284 from the back side (the upstream side with respect to the longitudinal direction of the transport belt 124) at a predetermined speed. .. As a result, as shown in FIG. 10(C), the fall blocking body 284 is rotated about the support shaft 287 as a fulcrum toward the dispensing port 122 side in the next step. In other words, the coin C, which has been prevented from falling by the drop blocker 284, is flipped to the side of the payout port 266 diagonally upward in the lifting passage 266 by the rotation of the drop blocker 284 toward the payout port 122 side. After being raised, it falls onto the lifting belt 124. Therefore, the coin C, the movement of which is blocked by the drop blocking member 284, is splashed and dispersed, and then drops onto the lifting belt 124. By distributing the coins C, the coins C are easily locked by the protrusions 286, and the transfer efficiency of the coins C is improved. Further, since the right protrusion 286R and the left protrusion 286L are arranged so as to be slightly displaced in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt 124, the time during which the fall prevention body 284 is rotated to the dispensing port 122 side becomes longer. Therefore, the coin C can be easily locked by the right protrusion 286R and the left protrusion 286L. The amount of rotation of the drop blocking body 284 toward the dispensing port 122 side is limited by locking the right convex portion 292R and the left convex portion 292L to the right rotation limiting stopper 292RS and the left rotation limiting stopper 292LS, respectively. .. At the maximum movement position MP of the drop blocking body 284, the gap between the lower end 284T of the drop blocking body and the right projection 286R and the left projection 286L is smaller than the thickness of the thinnest coin, so the coin C cannot pass through the gap. .. Therefore, since the coin C is prevented from moving downward by the drop blocker 284, the right protrusion 286R, and the left protrusion 286L, the coin C does not drop into the lower feeding passage 266. The right protrusion 286R and the left protrusion 286L can be integrated, but since the thickness of the protrusion 286 increases, it is preferable to divide the protrusion as in the first embodiment.

As described above, the drop prevention device 264 does not drop the coin C dropped from the dispensing passage 118 to the lower feeding passage 266. Specifically, the coin C dropped from the 20-cent withdrawal passage 11820C or the 10-cent withdrawal passage 11810C onto the lifting belt 124 is prevented from falling from the fourth lifting passage 2664 by the fourth drop blocking device 2644. To be done.
The coin C dropped from the 1-euro withdrawal passage 1181E or the 5-cent withdrawal passage 1185C onto the lifting belt 124 is dropped from the third lifting passage 2663 to the fourth lifting passage 2664 by the third fall prevention device 2643. Be blocked.
The coin C dropped from the 2-cent payout passage 1182C or the 50-cent payout passage 11850C onto the lifting belt 124 is dropped from the second lifting passage 2662 to the third lifting passage 2663 by the second fall prevention device 2642. Be blocked.
The coin C dropped from the 2 euro withdrawal passage 1182E or the 1-cent withdrawal passage 1181C onto the lifting belt 124 is dropped from the first lifting passage 2661 to the second lifting device 2662 by the first fall prevention device 2641. Be blocked.
The coin C on the lifting belt 124 is locked by the right protrusion 286R or the left protrusion 286L and is conveyed in the lifting passage 266 toward the dispensing port 122 obliquely above.

Next, the dispensing port 122 will be described mainly with reference to FIG.
The withdrawal port 122 has a function of withdrawing to an external device for transferring the coin C transported by the lifting belt 124 or withdrawing it in the main body 126, which is the next process of the coin lifting device 100. However, a known dispensing port 122 is used. In the first embodiment, the dispensing port 122 is a rectangular opening that is formed to the left at an intermediate position in the vertical direction on the front surface of the main body 126. In the first embodiment, a delivery passage 266 facing the delivery belt 124 is followed by a delivery outlet passage 272 directed downward toward the delivery outlet 122, and further, at the end of the delivery outlet passage 272, The gold port 122 is configured and is supplied from the withdrawal port 122 to an external receiving section.

Next, the operation of the coin lifting device 100 of the first embodiment will be described.
When a coin is to be dispensed in a change/exchange process, the number of coins C sent from the holding and feeding device 114 of each denomination is not so large. For example, in the change processing, if a 1-cent item is purchased with 5 euro banknotes, the change amount is 4 euro and 9 cents. When paying out the change, two coins C are sent out from the 2 euro holding operation device 1142E, 1 from the 5 cent holding operation device 1145C, and 2 coins from the 2 cent holding operation device 1142C. The 2 euro coins sent out fall by the self-weight to the 2 euro withdrawal passage 1182E, drop onto the 2 euro inclined plate 2542E, slide down the 2 euro inclined plate 2542E, and then fall into the first lifting passage 2661. To do. The sent 5-cent coin C drops by its own weight in the 5-cent withdrawal passage 1185C and onto the 5-cent inclined plate 2545C, and then into the third lifting passage 2663. The sent 2-cent coin C falls in the 2-cent dispensing passage 1182C due to its own weight, falls on the 2-cent inclined plate 2542C, and then falls into the second lifting passage 2662. The coins C that have fallen into each of the lifting passages 266 are locked to the protrusions 286 on the lifting belt 124 and dispensed to the dispensing port 122. The coin C not locked by the protrusion 286 is prevented from falling by each of the drop blocking bodies 284, and is held in the dropped delivery passage 266. The drop stopper 284 is rotated by the protrusion 286 to the side of the dispensing port 122 (downstream in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt 124) which is the next step. By this rotation, the coin C, which is prevented from falling, is flipped up to the dispensing port 122 side, drops again on the lifting belt 124, is locked by the protrusion 286, and is sent to the dispensing port 122 side. This operation is repeated, and finally all the coins C are sent out to the dispensing port 122 side.

The operation of collecting all coins C from the holding and feeding device 114 of each denomination will be described.
Coins C are simultaneously sent out from the holding and feeding device 114 of each denomination. As a result, the withdrawal conveyance capacity of the lifting belt 124 is exceeded, and the 1-cent withdrawal passage 1181C, the 2-euro withdrawal passage 1182E, the 50-cent withdrawal passage 11850C, the 2-cent withdrawal passage 1182C, and the 5-cent withdrawal passage 1185C, You will be staying in the 1 euro withdrawal passage 1181E, the 10 cent withdrawal passage 11810C, or the 20 cent withdrawal passage 11820C. In this case, since the coins C stay above the inclined plate 254 that constitutes each withdrawal passage 118, as the coins C are sequentially conveyed by the lifting belt 124, the accumulated coins C slowly move on the inclined plate 254. After being slid down, it is conveyed by the lifting belt 124. Further, the coin C, which is prevented from being dropped by the first drop blocking device 2641 to the fourth drop blocking device 2644, is moved by the drop blocking body 284 pushed by the projection 286, as described above, to the dispensing port 122 side. It is flipped up and dispersed on the lifting belt 124. As a result, the coin C is easily locked by the protrusion 286 and is smoothly conveyed to the dispensing port 122 side.

100 coin lifting device
102 coin deposit/withdrawal device
104 deposit port
108 coin identification device
110 coin transporter
112 coin sorter
114 Hold feeding device
116 Fall passage
118 Withdrawal passage
122 Withdrawal port
124 Lifting belt
148 coin storage container
244 exit
254 Inclined plate
264R Right guide wall
264L Left guide wall
282DR Downward slope
282DL Left down slope
282UR Right centered slope
282UR Left centered slope
284 Fall Stopper
286 Protrusion
292 Regulatory Department
294 scrap body
C coin
LCL longitudinal centerline
SL axis
SP stop position

Claims (9)

The coins (C) sent out from the holding operation device (114) of a plurality of denominations horizontally arranged in a row are dropped onto the lifting belt (124) inclined forward toward the next process side, A coin lifting device for sending to the next step by running the lifting belt (124),
at least,
Above the lifting belt (124), the upper end is rotatable about an axis (SL) extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal centerline (LCL) of the lifting belt (124). , A lower end portion is a stop position (SP) at which rotation is stopped at a position less than the thickness of the thinnest coin with respect to the upper surface of the lift belt (124), and the lift belt (SP) is more than the stop position (SP). A fall prevention body (284) rotatable to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of (124),
The fall prevention body (284) is provided on the lifting belt (124) so as to move to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124), and the fall prevention body (284) is moved to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124). Including a protrusion (286) that rotates while pushing,
The fall blocker (284) blocks the coins (C) falling on the lifting belt (124) at the stop position (SP) at the surface on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124), Flipping up the coin (C), which has been pushed by the projection (286) from the surface side on the upstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124) and blocked, to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124). A coin transfer device. A lifting belt in which a plurality of coins are provided in the horizontal direction and the coins fed out from the coin holding and feeding device (114) in which the columns are stacked in a plurality of layers in the vertical direction are inclined forward toward the next process side. (124) A coin lifting device that is dropped onto and is fed to the next step by traveling of the lifting belt (124),
at least,
Above the lifting belt (124), the upper end is rotatable about an axis (SL) extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal centerline (LCL) of the lifting belt (124). , A lower end portion is a stop position (SP) at which rotation is stopped at a position less than the thickness of the thinnest coin with respect to the upper surface of the lift belt (124), and the lift belt (SP) is more than the stop position (SP). A fall prevention body (284) rotatable to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of (124),
The fall prevention body (284) is provided on the lifting belt (124) so as to move to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124), and the fall prevention body (284) is moved to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124). Including a protrusion (286) that rotates while pushing,
The fall blocker (284) blocks the coins (C) falling on the lifting belt (124) at the stop position (SP) at the surface on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124), Flipping up the coin (C), which has been pushed by the projection (286) from the surface side on the upstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124) and blocked, to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124). A coin pumping device. The coins (C) fed from the coin holding and feeding device (114) in which a plurality of rows are provided in the horizontal direction and the rows are stacked in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction are inclined forward and upward toward the next process side. A coin lifting device that is dropped onto a lifting belt (124) and is sent to the next step by running the lifting belt (124),
at least,
After the coins (C) sent out from the plurality of coin holding operation devices (114) fall, an inclined plate (254) that slides toward the lifting belt (124),
Below the lower end of the inclined plate (254) and above the lifting belt (124), the upper end extends in a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal centerline (LCL) of the lifting belt (124). A stop position (SP), which is rotatable about an axis (SL) and whose lower end is rotated at a position less than the thickness of the thinnest coin with respect to the upper surface of the lifting belt (124), and A fall prevention body (284) rotatable to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124) from the stop position (SP),
The fall prevention body (284) is provided on the lifting belt (124) so as to move to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124), and the fall prevention body (284) is moved to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124). Including a protrusion (286) that rotates while pushing,
The fall blocker (284) blocks the coins (C) falling on the lifting belt (124) at the stop position (SP) at the surface on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124), Flipping up the coin (C), which has been pushed by the projection (286) from the surface side on the upstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124) and blocked, to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124). A coin pumping device. The coins (C) fed from the coin holding and feeding device (114) in which a plurality of rows are provided in the horizontal direction and the rows are stacked in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction are inclined forward and upward toward the next process side. A coin lifting device that is dropped onto a lifting belt (124) and is sent to the next step by running the lifting belt (124),
at least,
After a part of the coins (C) sent out from the plurality of coin holding operation devices (114) fall, the coins are slid toward the lifting belt (124), and the coin holding operation devices (114). Or a plurality of inclined plates (254) provided for each of the plurality of coin holding and feeding devices (114),
Below the lower end of a predetermined inclined plate (254) of the inclined plate (254) and above the lifting belt (124), the upper end has a longitudinal centerline (LCL) of the lifting belt (124). ) Is rotatable about an axis line (SL) extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the above, and the rotation is stopped at a position where the lower end is less than the thickness of the thinnest coin with respect to the upper surface of the lifting belt (124). A restrained position (SP), and a fall prevention body (284) rotatable to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124) with respect to the restrained position (SP),
The fall prevention body (284) is provided on the lifting belt (124) so as to move to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124), and the fall prevention body (284) is moved to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124). Including a protrusion (286) that rotates while pushing,
The fall blocker (284) blocks coins (C) falling on the lifting belt (124) at the stop position (SP) on the surface on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124), It is possible to flip up the coin (C) that has been pushed by the protrusion (286) from the surface side on the upstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124) and blocked to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124). Characteristic coin lifting device. 5. A restriction portion (292) for restricting rotation of the fall prevention member (284) to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124) is provided. The coin lifting device described in. In the fall prevention body (284), a scraping body (294) projecting toward the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124) is formed at the central portion on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124). The coin hoisting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the coin hoisting device is provided. 7. The coin lifting device according to claim 1, wherein the protrusions (286) are plural and are arranged so as to be offset in a width direction and a longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124). .. A right guide wall (264R) and a left guide wall (264L) that stand upright with respect to the lifting belt (124) are arranged on the right side and the left side along the lifting belt (124), respectively, and the fall prevention member ( 284) to the stop position (SP) from the respective sides of the right guide wall (264R) and the left guide wall (264L) on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124), from the lifting belt (264L). The right downward slope (282DR), which slopes downward toward the center side of (124), the left downward slope (282DL), and, on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124), the right guide wall (264R), respectively. , And the right centering slope (282UR) that slopes toward the center side of the lifting belt (124) from the left guide wall (264L) toward the longitudinal side of the lifting belt (124), and the left centering The coin lifting device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a slope (282UR) is formed. After the coin (C) inserted into the deposit port (104) is discriminated by the coin discriminating device (108), the coin transfer device (110) linearly extending in the direction away from the deposit port (104) is used to After the coins are sorted into a plurality of denominations by the coin sorting device (112) while being transported one by one, a plurality of denominations are arranged in a plurality of rows in the vertical direction and arranged along the coin transporting device (110). The holding and feeding device (114) of the coin transfer device (110) is guided and held by the dropping passage (116) of the denomination arranged on one side of the coin conveying device, and the holding and feeding device of the denomination is based on the withdrawal command. (114) from each of the delivery port (244) to the withdrawal passage (118) arranged on the other side of the coin transporting device (110) one by one, and a row of the holding and feeding device (114) of each denomination Coins of the coin depositing/dispensing device that is dropped onto the lifting belt (124) arranged along the line and is sent to the dispensing port (122) or the coin storage container (148) by the running of the lifting belt (124). A device,
After the coins (C) sent out from the plurality of coin holding operation devices (114) fall, while sliding down toward the lifting belt (124), each of the coin holding operation devices (114), or A plurality of inclined plates (254) provided for each of the plurality of coin holding and feeding devices (114),
Below the lower end of a predetermined inclined plate (254) of the inclined plate (254) and above the lifting belt (124), the upper end has a longitudinal centerline (LCL) of the lifting belt (124). ) Is rotatable about an axis line (SL) extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to that of (1), and the lower end portion stops the rotation at a position less than the thickness of the thinnest coin with respect to the upper surface of the lifting belt (124). A restrained position (SP), and a fall prevention body (284) rotatable to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124) with respect to the restrained position (SP),
The fall prevention body (284) is provided on the lifting belt (124) so as to move to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124), and the fall prevention body (284) is moved to the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124). Including a protrusion (286) that rotates while pushing,
The fall blocker (284) blocks coins (C) falling on the lifting belt (124) at the stop position (SP) on the surface on the downstream side in the longitudinal direction of the lifting belt (124), To flip up the coin (C) that has been pushed by the protrusion (286) from the upstream side of the lifting belt (124) in the longitudinal direction to the downstream side of the lifting belt (124) in the longitudinal direction. A coin depositing/discharging device featuring a coin depositing/dispensing device.

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