JP2548877Y2 - Coin storage and ejection device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin depositing and dispensing machine, a coin processing unit of a vending machine, and a coin storing and dispensing apparatus used for a change machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional coin storage and dispensing apparatus is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-175886.
Equipped with a coin stacking cylinder that stores coins in a stacked state, and at the bottom of this coin stacking cylinder, a bearing that supports the lowest coin of the stacked coin is provided, and the lowest coin of the stacked coin is stored. A projecting unit for projecting one sheet at a time is provided.

[0003] The storage of coins in the coin stacking cylinder is as follows.
Freely drop coins into the cylinder from the top of the coin stacking cylinder,
The coins are stacked and stored on the coins supported by the bearing.

[0004] When used in a coin depositing and dispensing machine, a deposited coin is stored in a coin stacking cylinder and used as a dispensed coin. In this case, a coin temporary holding unit is provided above the coin stacking cylinder to temporarily hold the deposited coins in a stacked state, and when the deposit is approved, the temporarily stored coins are stored in the coin stacking cylinder and temporarily suspended when the deposit is not approved. The coins are discharged to the return passage.

[0005]

However, as described above, when the coins temporarily stored in the coin temporary storage section are stored in the coin stacking cylinder section, particularly when the coin stacking amount in the coin stacking cylinder section is small. , Because there is a large difference in height between the position of the temporary coin release height and the position of the top coin of the stacked coins in the coin stacking cylinder,
During the fall of the coins, the piles are liable to be piled apart, resulting in poor stacking and poor coin ejection.

Further, it is necessary to provide the coin temporary holding section with a bottom plate for opening and closing the lower opening of the coin temporary holding section for holding and discharging, and a driving means for driving this bottom plate. In addition, it is necessary to provide the ejecting member and a driving means for driving the ejecting member in the coin stacking cylinder portion. Therefore, they need a lot of space for their installation and become large,
The structure becomes complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is intended to store coins temporarily stored in a stacked state in a coin temporary storage section in a coin stacking cylinder portion without causing stacking displacement. In addition, the object of the present invention is to provide a coin storage and ejection device capable of reducing the space and reducing the size and simplifying the structure by giving the ejection member the function of the bottom plate of the coin temporary holding section. Is what you do.

[0008]

The present invention has a lower opening 23a for temporarily storing coins in a stacked state and discharging the temporarily stored coins, and selects one of a coin storage position and a coin non-storage position. Coin holding unit 21
And a coin stacking cylinder portion 41 for receiving and storing the temporarily stored coins of the coin temporary storage portion 21 located at the coin storage position in a stacked state.
And a lower opening of the coin temporary storage unit 21 that is provided between the coin temporary storage unit 21 and the coin stacking cylinder unit 41 and that temporarily stores coins.
The first support portion 49a for closing the 23a, the pushing portion 49b for pushing the top coin of the stacked coin at the time of coin ejection, and the top surface of the stacked coin when the pushing portion 49b is located at the pushing preparation position. A projecting member 47 having a third bearing portion 49d for bearing a top surface of the next highest coin next to the pushing coin when the coin is pushed by the pushing portion 49b, and a coin of the temporary holding coin. Stacking cylinder
When storing in 41, the coins are lowered to temporarily hold coins
A support member that is stored in the 41 and rises when coins are ejected to position the top coin of the stacked coins in the ejection position.
70, a first drive means 50 for selectively positioning the ejection member 47 at a coin storage position and a coin non-storage position, and a second drive means 50 for driving the ejection member for coin ejection. It is provided.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the stacked coins in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 are supported on the support member 71, and the top coin of the stacking coins is positioned at the upper end of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41.

The lower opening 23a of the coin escrow unit 21
Is closed by the first support portion 49a of the ejection member 47, and the coins are temporarily held in a stacked state. The temporarily stored coins are discharged to the storage side of the coin stacking cylinder 41 or the non-storage release side. The temporarily stored coin released to the storage side is placed on the top coin of the stacked coin located at the upper end of the coin stacked cylinder 41, and is stored in the coin stacked cylinder 41 by the lowering of the support member 71. You.

At the time of coin ejection, the uppermost coin of the stacked coins is moved to the second support portion of the ejection member 47 by raising the support member 71.
It is located in the throw position supported by 49c. By the ejection operation of the ejection member 47, the pushing portion 49b of the ejection member 47 pushes and ejects the top coin. At this time, the upper surface of the next highest coin next to the pushing coin pushed by the pushing portion 49b is supported by the third support portion 49d of the ejection member 47. When the ejection member 47 returns to the pushing preparation position, the upper surface of the top coin supported by the third support 49d is supported by the second support 49c.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show a coin depositing and dispensing machine to which the coin storing and dispensing apparatus of the present invention is applied. Reference numeral 1 denotes an airframe, and coins are vertically inserted into the upper portion of the front of the airframe 1 one by one. An inlet 2 is provided. As shown in FIG.
In addition to the above, a posture converting unit 3 for converting the inserted coin from a vertical posture to a horizontal posture is provided, and a coin passage 4 for discriminating and sorting coins while conveying the coins backward is provided.

The coin passage 4 has a passage bottom plate 5 and a pair of passage side plates 6 and 7 arranged with a gap through which coins can pass.
And A transport belt 8 driven by a motor is stretched over the passage bottom plate 5. The coin entering the coin passage 4 is conveyed by the conveyor belt 8 with the entrance of the passage side plate 6 inclined along the edge of the passage side plate 6.
Conveyed by

An identification section 9 is provided at the entrance of the coin passage 4. The identification unit 9 includes a material sensor and an image sensor, and identifies a genuine coin, a counterfeit coin, a denomination, and the like.

[0016] A reject hole 10 is provided downstream of the discriminating section 9, and when a counterfeit coin is discriminated by the discriminating section 9, the rotary solenoid 11 is driven to move the lever 12 into the passage. Reject hole for the edge of the fake coin on the side wall 6
Drop it into 10. A reject chute 13 is provided below the reject hole 10 and is returned to a coin outlet 14 provided at a lower part of the front of the body 1.

In the wake of the reject hole 10, there are provided sorting holes 15 for 5 yen, 50 yen and 500 yen coins, and 1 yen, 100 yen and 10 yen overflow coins. If identified, the rotary solenoid
16 is driven, the lever 17 enters the passage, and this lever
At 17, the edge of the corresponding coin on the side of the passage side plate 6 is dropped into the sorting hole 15. A conveyor 141 to be described later is provided below the sorting hole 15.
An outlet chute 18 leading upward is provided.

In the downstream of the selection hole 15, a selection hole 19 for selecting a shape of 1 yen, 100 yen and 10 yen is provided in order. In the lower part of these sorting holes 19, as shown in FIGS.
A coin temporary storage unit 21 for temporarily storing coins in a stacked state is provided.

The coin temporary holding section 21 has a holding frame 22 and is formed inside a holding cylinder section 23 which is formed through the holding frame 22 in a vertical direction corresponding to each of the sorting holes 19. A later-described ejection member 47 that opens and closes the lower opening 23a of the storage cylinder 23.
Is configured on the upper side. The holding frame 22 allows a plurality of guide pieces 24 projecting from both sides to move along the guide shaft 25, and temporarily holds coins on either the storage side or the non-storage release side of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 described later. It is moved by the driving means 26 to the position where it is discharged to one side.

The driving means 26 is provided with a cam plate 30 which is rotated via gears 28 and 29 by forward and reverse rotation of a motor 27. The cam plate 30 and the holding frame 22 are connected by a link 31. Then, by the forward / reverse rotation drive of the motor 27, the holding frame 22 is selectively moved to a storage position above the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 and a non-storage discharge position above the discharge port 44 described later.

Further, the movement position of the holding frame 22 is detected by a sensor 33 for detecting the storage position and a sensor 34 for detecting the non-storage release position, the detection piece 32 protruding from the holding frame 22. further,
The moving position of the holding frame 22 is such that a roller 37 rotatably provided on a lever 36 rotationally biased by a spring 35 has a concave portion 38 for holding a storage position or a non-storage release position for holding a non-storage release position on the peripheral surface of the cam plate 30. By fitting into the recess 39, the rotation of the cam plate 30 is regulated and held.

Next, reference numeral 41 designates 1 yen, 100 yen, 10 yen, 5 yen, 50 yen, 50 yen along the coin passage 4 from the upstream to the downstream.
This is a coin stacking cylinder portion for storing coins of 0 yen in a stacked state for each denomination.

An ejection frame 42 is provided above the coin stacking cylinder 41. The outlet frame 42 vertically penetrates an outlet 43 communicating with an upper end of each coin stacking cylinder portion 41 and an outlet 44 facing above a conveyor 141 described later. In addition,
The outlet 43 communicating with the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 of 1 yen, 100 yen and 10 yen is located coaxially with the sorting hole 19 and the holding tube portion 23 of the holding frame 22 located on the storage side, and temporarily holds coins. The temporarily stored coins of the unit 21 can be received in a stacked state.

As shown in FIG. 6, a discharge groove 45 communicating the discharge port 43 and the discharge port 44 is formed on the upper surface of the discharge frame 42, and the discharge groove of the discharge port 43 is formed. A groove 46 in which the ejection member 47 is arranged is formed on the side opposite to 45.

The projecting member 47 has a base 48 integrally provided with a projecting plate 49 for each denomination, and each projecting plate 49 is formed by a groove of the projecting frame 42.
46 is movably fitted. Each ejection plate 49 includes a first support portion 49a that closes a lower opening 23a of the coin temporary holding portion 21 when coins are temporarily stored, a pushing portion 49b that pushes the highest coin of the stacked coins when coins are ejected, When the pushing portion 49b is located at the pushing preparation position (the solid line position in FIGS. 1 and 6), the second bearing portion 49c for supporting the upper surface of the stacked coins, and the pushing coin when pushing the coin by the pushing portion 49b. The third to support the top of the next highest coin
A bearing 49d is formed.

The base 48 is connected to a projecting member driving means 50 which is commonly used as a first driving means and a second driving means. The projecting member driving means 50 has a lever 51 which is swung by the driving force of one motor (not shown), and a connecting shaft 51a provided at the tip of the lever 51 has a long hole 48 of a base 48.
a is fitted and connected.

The projecting member 47 is a projecting member driving means.
The coin storage position (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line on the left side in FIGS. 1 and 6) in which the tip end of the ejection plate 49 is integrally moved by the operation of 50 and is located closer to the groove 46 than the ejection opening 43, The first support portion 49a of the delivery plate 49 closes the lower opening 23a of the coin temporary holding portion 21, and the second support portion 49c faces the coin non-storage position (solid line position in FIGS. 1 and 6) facing the outlet 43. Is selectively located. Further, when the coin is ejected, the pushing portion 49b of the ejection plate 49 passes over the ejection port 43 and faces the ejection port 44, and the third support portion 49d faces the coin which faces the ejection port 43. It is possible to move to the ejection position (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line on the right side in FIGS. 1 and 6) and push and eject the top coin of the stacked coins to the discharge port 44 by the pushing portion 49b. .

The edge of each outlet 43 of the outlet frame 42
A pair of coin upper and lower detectors 52 for detecting the position of the upper end of the coin in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 are provided. Also, one side of each ejection groove 45 of the ejection frame 42 is
A lever 54 having a pin 53 projecting inward is provided so as to be swingable, and a switch 55 for counting the number of coins to be ejected is provided so as to face the tip of the lever 54, and the coin is released by the ejection member 47. When the coin is pushed out to the outlet 44, the coin comes into contact with the pin 53, the lever 54 swings, and the switch 55 is pressed to count the number of coins ejected.

The coin stacking cylinder portion 41 is formed in a cylindrical shape having a side wall portion 61 and a bottom plate portion 62, as shown in FIGS. An arcuate surface portion 63 is formed on one side of the side wall portion 61, a plane portion 64 is formed in parallel from the arcuate surface portion 63 in the other direction, and a closing portion 65 is formed from the tip of the flat portion 64. An opening 66 is formed therebetween along the longitudinal direction of the cylinder. At the upper end, an upper plate 69 having a fitting portion 67 detachably fitted to an inner edge of a lower end of the outlet 43 of the throwing frame 42 and a through hole 68 through which coins pass inside the fitting portion 67 is provided. ing.

A cylindrical side wall member 70 is provided between the bottom plate portion 62 and the upper plate 69 so as to face the opening 66 in the coin stacking cylindrical portion 41, and the cylindrical side wall member 70 and the arcuate surface portion 63 of the side wall portion 61 are connected to each other. Supports the circumference of the insemination coin between.

A support member 71 for supporting the lower surface of the stacked coins in the stacked coin cylinder portion 41 is fitted to the cylindrical side wall member 70 so as to be vertically movable. The support member 71 is attached to a base 72 formed in accordance with the substantially inner cross-sectional shape of the coin stacking cylinder 41 by a cylinder side wall member 70.
Is provided with a guide hole 73 which is slidably fitted to the outside. A stage for stacking coins on the top surface on the base 72
A support 74 is supported via a support shaft 75 which is inserted into the base 72 so as to be vertically movable, and a spring 76 for urging the stage 74 upward is provided. A hand operation unit 77 is projected from the base 72 through the opening 66, and the hand operation unit 77 is formed by a rectangular protrusion 78 integrated with the base 72 and a connection pin 79 protruding from the tip of the protrusion 78. It is configured.

The coin stacking cylinder 41 for each denomination is integrally formed as a cylinder cassette 81. In this cylindrical cassette 81, coin stacking cylindrical portions 41 are housed in parallel in the order of denominations in a cassette frame 82 opening upward. On one side, a window hole 83 is formed, and on the other side, an opening 84 from which the manual operation unit 77 projects corresponding to the opening 66 of each coin stacking cylinder 41 is formed. A handle 85 for carrying the cylindrical cassette 81 is rotatably mounted on both end surfaces.

A cylinder cassette mounting portion 86 for detachably mounting the cylindrical cassette 81 is provided in the body 1. The cylindrical cassette mounting portion 86 includes one side of an inner wall plate 87 provided substantially vertically, and an upper side of a substantially L-shaped cassette table 88 provided on one side of the inner wall plate 87 so as to be vertically movable. ing. Interior wall plate 87
The opening 89 through which the protrusion 78 of each support member 71 is inserted is formed in the vertical direction. The cassette table 88
A holding piece that is fixed to the inner wall plate 87 with a pin 91 through an elongated hole 90 extending in the vertical direction and that holds the lower peripheral edge of the cylindrical cassette 81 at the leading edge and both ends of the receiving plate portion 92 on which the cylindrical cassette 81 is mounted.
93 is bent upward.

Further, as shown in FIG.
Rollers 94 are rotatably provided on the lower surfaces of both ends of the roller 94, respectively. Corresponding to the position of each roller 94, a lever 96 that can push up the roller 94 is protrudingly provided on an inner wall of a door body 95 provided on the side surface of the machine body 1 so as to be openable and closable. At the tip of the lever 96, an inclined portion 96a is formed for facilitating the roller 94 to ride on the lever 96.

When the door 95 is opened, the lever 96 is opened.
Is disengaged from the roller 94, the cassette table 88 is lowered, and the cylindrical cassette 81 is mounted between the cassette table 88 and the ejection frame 42,
Alternatively, the tube cassette 81 can be removed from between.
Further, when the door 95 is closed with the cylinder cassette 81 mounted, the lever 96 pushes up the cassette table 88 via the roller 94, and each of the three denomination fitting portions protruding above the cylinder cassette 81.
67 is fitted and held at the lower edge of each outlet 43 of the outlet frame 42.

On the other side of the inner wall plate 87, a support member driving means 101 for moving the support member 71 up and down is provided.
The support member driving means 101 has a stepping motor 102 of a denomination for individually moving the respective support members 71 up and down, and these stepping motors 102 are provided on the inner wall plate.
87 is supported by a support plate 103 attached to the other side surface.

The support plate 103 is provided with a projection 78 of each support member 71.
Are formed along the vertical direction, and the upper support plate 105 from the upper edge and the lower support plate 106 from which the stepping motors 102 are fixed to the lower surface are formed from the lower edge. Each is bent.

A screw shaft 107 is connected to a rotation shaft 102a projecting upward from each stepping motor 102 in a non-rotating manner, and each of the screw shafts 107 is provided by a bearing member 108 provided on an upper support plate portion 105 of the support plate 103. Are rotatably supported at their upper ends.

An elevating member 111 is screwed to each screw shaft 107, respectively. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the elevating member 111 has a screw hole 112 that is screwed to the screw shaft 107, and a guide hole 113 formed in an elongated shape with respect to the screw hole 112. Are formed.

A connecting member 114 is disposed on one side of the elevating member 111, and a mounting piece protruding from the upper and lower edges of the connecting member 114 is provided.
115 is rotatably mounted on the upper and lower surfaces of the elevating member 111. The connecting member 114 is urged to rotate in a direction in which the connecting member 114 is joined to one side of the elevating member 111. At the tip of the connecting member 114, a connecting piece 116 is formed to bend in a substantially L-shape.
A connecting groove 117 is formed in the connecting piece 116 so as to be able to engage with the connecting pin 79.
Are formed. On the other side of the elevating member 111, a detection plate 119 is attached.

A swing frame 120 is attached to each screw shaft 107. In the swing frame 120, support plate portions 121 and 122 are formed by bending from an upper edge portion and a lower edge portion.
1 is rotatably fitted to the outside of the bearing member 108, and the lower support plate portion 122 is rotatably fitted to the outside of the bearing member 123 attached to the lower end of the screw shaft 107. These support plate parts 121 and 12
A rotation regulating shaft 124 is inserted between the guide members 113 through the guide holes 113 of the elevating member 111.

The swing frame 120 has a full sensor 125 for detecting a full state of coins and a lower limit sensor 126 for detecting a lower limit position of the elevating member 111, corresponding to the lowering area of the detecting plate 119 of each elevating member 111. Is provided. In addition, each elevating member
A near empty sensor 127 for detecting that the amount of stored coins is small and an upper limit sensor 128 for detecting the upper limit position of the elevating member 111 are provided in the rising area of the detecting plate 119 of 111.

An interlocking link 129 is rotatably connected to the upper support plate 121 of each rocking frame 120 by a support shaft 130, and the rocking frames 120 are rocked integrally about the screw shaft 107 by the link 129. It works. One end of the interlocking link 129 is connected to a long hole 133 of one end of a swing lever 132 which is swingably provided with a support shaft 131 as a fulcrum by fitting a pin 134 into the long hole 133. One end of the swing lever 132 is urged by a spring 135, and the swing caused by the bias is regulated by a stopper 136. A roller 137 is rotatably attached to the other end.

An operating member 138 is provided on the inner wall of the door 95 so as to correspond to the position of the roller 137 of the swing lever 132. When the door 95 is opened, the swing lever 132 is urged by the spring 135. Swing as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
When the door body 95 is closed, the roller is
137 is pressed to swing the swing lever 132 against the bias of the spring 135 as shown by the solid line in FIG. As the swing lever 132 swings, each swing frame 120 swings integrally via the interlocking link 129.

The door 95 is provided with a conveyor 141. In the conveyor 141, a conveyor belt 143 is stretched between the insides of a conveyor frame 142 provided on the door body 95. The upper part of the conveyor frame 142 faces below the outlet chute 18 and the outlets 44 of the discharge frame 42. On the surface of the conveyor belt 143, projections 144 for catching coins are provided at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt 143 at predetermined intervals.

A chute 145 communicating with the coin outlet 14 is provided facing the transport end of the conveyor 141. A passage switching member 146 is rotatably provided in the middle of the chute 145. When the passage switching member 146 is in the vertical position, the coin to be ejected is guided to the coin outlet 14, and is inserted into the chute 145 of the passage switching member 146. The coins discharged into the chute 145 when the protruding pieces are ejected are guided to the collective storage section 147. The batch storage section 147 is detachable from the body 1.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the setting of the cylinder cassette 81 in the body 1 will be described. The coins are stored in the cylinder cassette 81 by operating the manual operation unit 77 protruding from the cylinder cassette 81 to raise the support member 71 located at the lower part of the cylinder and to lower the coins each time coins are supplied. This makes it possible to easily store coins in a stacked state.

The door 95 is opened, the cylindrical cassette 81 is placed on the lowered cassette table 88, and the door 95 is closed. This door
With the blockage of 95, the cassette table 88 rises and the cylindrical cassette 81
The fitting portions 67 projecting upward from the fitting holes fit into the lower edges of the ejection openings 43 of the ejection frame 42. The connecting pin 79 of each support member 71 enters the support member driving means 101. In addition, each elevating member
111 is located above the position of the connecting pin 79. Further, each swing frame 120 is swung to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG.

Then, by the initial operation, each stepping motor 102 is driven, and the elevating member 111 is once lowered, so that the connecting piece 116 of the connecting member 114 comes into contact with the connecting pin 79. At this time, since the arc-shaped introduction portion 118 provided on the lower edge of the connecting piece 116 comes into contact with the peripheral surface of the connecting pin 79, the connecting piece 116
Rotate so as to escape as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
When the connection groove 117 of the connection piece 116 faces the connection pin 79, the connection piece 116 rotates to the solid line position, and the connection groove 117 of the connection piece 116
Engages with the connecting pin 79.

At this time, the lowering position of the elevating member 111 is detected by the lower limit sensor 126, and the driving of each stepping motor 102 is reversed, so that the supporting member 71 and the coins are raised together with the elevating member 111. When each coin upper end detection sensor 52 for each denomination detects the upper end of the stacked coin, the drive of the stepping motor 102 of the corresponding denomination is stopped after being reversed for a predetermined time, and the upper end of the stacked coin is moved to the upper end of the coin. Detection sensor 52
Stopped at a slightly lower standby position.

Next, the coin deposit processing will be described.

The coins inserted into the insertion slot 2 are
And is identified by the identification unit 9. At this time, if the counterfeit coin is identified, it is returned to the coin outlet 14 through the reject chute 13 from the reject hole 10 via the rotary solenoid 11 and the lever 12.

5 yen not stored in the coin stacking cylinder 41,
Denomination coins of 50 yen and 500 yen, or coin stacking cylinder 41
Denomination coins of which the fullness is detected by the full sensor 125 even in the denomination coins of 1 yen, 100 yen and 10 yen to be stored in the sorting hole through the rotary solenoid 16 and the lever 17
From 15, it is led to the conveyor 141 through the lead-out chute 18 and temporarily held.

1 yen, 10 yen to be stored in the coin stacking cylinder 41
The denomination coins of 0 yen and 10 yen, whose fullness has not been detected, are sorted in shape by denomination in the corresponding sorting holes 19 and fall into the holding cylinder 23 of the holding frame 22, where the holding cylinder 23 Lower opening 23
a is temporarily suspended in a stacked state on the first support portion 49a of the ejection member 47 in the closed state.

Then, if the deposit is approved after the coins are temporarily stored, the passage switching member 146 enters the chute 145 and the conveyor 141 is driven, and the temporarily stored coins on the conveyor 141 are stored in the collective storage section 147. Is stored. In addition,
Thereafter, the passage switching member 146 returns to the state before switching.

Further, the stepping motor 102 corresponding to the denomination temporarily held in the holding frame 22 is driven, and the upper end of the corresponding coin is raised to the storage position on the lower surface of the ejection member 47. Thereafter, the ejection member 47 is moved to the coin storage position (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line on the left side in FIGS. 1 and 6), the lower opening 23a of the storage cylinder 23 is opened, and the support member is kept in a state where the temporarily stored coins are stacked. It moves on the heavy coin on 71. The corresponding stepping motor 102 is driven in reverse, the coins are lowered and stored in the coin stacking cylinder 41, and the standby position when the upper end of the coins is no longer detected by the coin upper end detection sensor 52. Stopped at After that, the ejection member 47 returns to the coin non-storage position (the solid line position in FIGS. 1 and 6).

On the other hand, when a return is commanded after the coins are temporarily held, the motor 27 is driven, the holding frame 22 is moved to the non-storage / discharge position (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1), and the coins are temporarily held. The coin is discharged onto the conveyor 141 through the discharge port 44 of the ejection frame 42. Therefore, by driving the conveyor 141,
The coins temporarily held on the conveyor 141 and the coins discharged on the conveyor 141 are returned to the coin outlet 14 through the chute 145. Note that the holding frame 22 returns to the storage position before the movement.

Next, the coin dispensing process will be described.

The stepping motor 10 corresponding to the dispensing money type
2 is driven, and the upper end of the coin is
It is raised to a state where it comes into contact with the bearing 49c. At this time,
Even after the upper end of the coin is in contact with the second support 49c, the driving of the stepping motor 102 is continued so that the elevating member 111 rises by an amount corresponding to the thickness of, for example, four coins. The spring 76 of the support member 71 is contracted by the rise of the elevating member 111, and the coins on the stage 74 are pressed upward by the pressing force of the spring 76.

By the ejection operation of the ejection member 47, the ejection member 47 moves in the coin ejecting position (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line on the right side in FIGS. 1 and 6), and is raised by the pressing force of the spring 76. One coin abutting on the two support portions 49c is pushed by the pushing portion 49d of the ejection member 47, and is ejected onto the conveyor 141 through the ejection port 44 of the ejection frame 42. At this time, the switch 55 is turned on by the coin to be thrown, and the number of thrown coins is counted.
Further, the upper surface of the next highest coin next to the pushing coin abuts on the third support portion 49d of the ejection member 47. Thereafter, the ejection member 47 moves to the original coin non-storage position, and the uppermost coin abutting on the third support portion 49d abuts on the second support portion 49c.

If there is a denomination that has been completely ejected by this coin ejection, the stepping motor 102 of the denomination is driven, and the stacked coins are lowered to the standby position. When it is confirmed that the coin is lowered to the standby position, the next dispensing operation becomes possible.

When the number of coins to be ejected for each type of coin to be ejected is two or more, the ejecting operation by the ejecting member 47 (moving to the coin ejecting position from the coin non-storing position). Is continuously performed, and coins are continuously ejected.

If there is a denomination of more than four coins, after the fourth coin is ejected, the stepping motor
102 is driven to further raise and lower the elevating member 111, and the discharging operation is performed as described above.

If the commanded number of coins matches the counted number of coins, the conveyor 141 is driven, and the withdrawn coins ejected onto the conveyor 141 and held are sent through the chute 145. The money is dispensed to the coin outlet 14.

If they do not match, a shot is taken.
The passage switching member 146 enters the 145 and collects coins discharged from the conveyor 141 to the chute 145 in the collective storage section 147.

Next, the removal of the cylinder cassette 81 from the body 1 will be described.

When the door 95 is opened, the lever 96
, The cassette table 88 and the cylindrical cassette 81 descend,
Each fitting portion 67 projecting upward from the cylindrical cassette 81 falls down from the lower edge of the outlet 43 of the outlet frame 42.

At the same time, the operating member 138 is disengaged from the roller 137, and the interlocking link 129 is pulled and moved by the urging of the spring 135. As shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Swings together. for that reason,
The elevating member 111 swings integrally with the swing frame 120, and the connecting member 11
The connecting piece 116 of FIG. 4 is disengaged from the connecting pin 79 of the support member 71, and the support member 71 and the stacked coins descend in each coin stacking cylinder 41.

Therefore, the cylindrical cassette 81 can be taken out of the body 1 through the opening where the door 95 is opened.

The coin stacking cylinder portion 41 may be formed of a cylindrical shape, a square tube shape, and a plurality of side wall members that contact a plurality of peripheral edges in the coin radial direction. A part of the cylinder peripheral wall may be open.

FIGS. 12 and 13 show another embodiment of the coin stacking cylinder 41. FIG. First, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 12, the closing portion 65 is not provided at the tip of the flat portion 64 of the side wall portion 61,
An arc-shaped concave portion into which a coin fits is provided in the cylindrical side wall member 70, and the edge of the cylindrical side wall member 70 facing the side wall 61 is caused to enter the coin stacking space side, so that the cylindrical side wall member 70 and the side wall 61 The size is set so that coins do not enter between them. FIG.
In the embodiment shown in (1), the closing portion 65 is not provided at the end of the flat portion 64 of the side wall portion 61, but is provided at the edge of the opening 84 of the cassette frame 82.

The standby position of the holding frame 22 is set to the position above the discharge port 44 (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1), and the tip of the ejection plate 49 of the ejection member 47 closes the lower opening 23a of the holding frame 22. The return member 47 moves to the left in the drawing when returning the reserved coins in the retaining frame 22 and discharges them directly from the retaining frame 22 to the conveyor 141 or the like. May be moved onto the coin stacking cylinder 41 and the ejection member 47 may be moved to the left in the drawing to be stored.

Further, in the positional relationship between the standby position of the holding frame 22 and the coin stacking cylinder portion 41, the ejection member 47 is configured so that the left and right directions in the drawing are reversed, so that one side of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41. The coin can be returned to the other side and the coin to be dispensed to the other side.

Further, the first driving means and the second driving means of the ejection member 47 are not limited to the case where one motor is used in common as in the above-described embodiment, but different motors may be used.
One motor, a clutch for switching the position between the coin storage position and the coin non-storage position, and a clutch for dispensing may be used.

In this embodiment, the received coins are inserted one by one. However, a plurality of coins may be inserted at a time, and the coins may be fed out one coin at a time from the input unit. .

[0077]

According to the present invention, according to the present invention, the coins in the coin stacking cylinder are supported by the support member, and the support member is raised to move the top coin of the coins from the top of the coin stacking cylinder. When storing coins that have been temporarily stored in the coin storage section in the stacked state to be ejected from the top of the coin stacking cylinder, the temporary storage coin is placed on the stacked coin located at the top of the coin stacking cylinder. Is invaded by
When the bearing member is lowered, it is stored in the coin stacking cylinder. Therefore, the piled coins in the coin temporary holding section can be stored in the coin piled cylinder portion without causing the stacking displacement.

Further, the ejecting member having the first, second and third bearings and the pushing portion is provided between the coin temporary holding portion and the coin stacking cylinder portion. By opening and closing the lower opening of the holding section, coins can be temporarily held and temporarily held coins can be ejected, and at the time of coin ejection, the top coin is ejected at the ejection position, the top coin is pushed and ejected, and pushed and ejected. To support the next highest coin. Therefore, there is no need to provide a bottom plate for temporarily storing coins or a driving means for this bottom plate in the coin temporary storage unit, and it is possible to reduce the space by reducing the size and to simplify the structure.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing one embodiment of a coin storage and ejection device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a coin depositing and dispensing machine to which the coin storing and dispensing device is applied.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view as viewed from the back side (the right side in FIG. 2).

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a coin passage.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a holding frame portion.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a projection frame portion.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a tube cassette.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a coin stacking cylinder portion.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a cylindrical cassette portion.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the support member driving means when viewed from the plane side.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view thereof.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of a coin stacking cylinder showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of a coin stacking cylinder showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

21 Coin temporary storage unit 23a Lower opening 41 Coin stacking cylinder unit 47 Discharge member 49a First support unit 49b Pushing unit 49c Second support unit 49d Third support unit 50 Commonly used as first drive unit and second drive unit Ejection member driving means

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A coin temporary storage unit having a lower opening for temporarily storing coins in a stacked state and discharging the temporarily stored coins, and selectively located at one of a coin storage position and a coin non-storage position. And, a coin stacking cylinder section for receiving and storing the temporarily stored coins of the coin temporary storage section located at the coin storage position in a stacked state, and provided between the coin temporary storage section and the coin stacked cylinder section,
A first support portion for closing the lower opening of the coin temporary holding portion during coin temporary holding, a pushing portion for pushing the top coin of the stacked coins at the time of coin ejection, and this pushing portion is located at a pushing preparation position A second support portion for supporting the upper surface of the stacked coin at the time, and a third support portion for supporting the uppermost coin upper surface next to the pushed coin when the coin is pushed by the pushing portion.
A projecting member having a bearing portion, and descending when storing the temporary holding coins in the coin stacking cylinder to store the temporary holding coins in the coin stacking cylinder, and rising and stacking when coins are ejected. A support member for positioning the uppermost coin of the coin at the dispensing position; first driving means for selectively positioning the dispensing member at a coin storage position and a coin non-storage position; And a second driving means for driving the coin storage device.