JP2561190Y2 - Coin sorting 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 sorting device to be incorporated in a station machine such as an automatic ticket vending machine or an automatic checkout machine or a coin processing machine such as various vending machines. That can be easily incorporated even if it is miniaturized.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a coin sorting apparatus incorporated in a main body (hereinafter, referred to as a main body) of a coin processing machine such as an automatic ticket vending machine has a coin insertion port provided at an upper part of a customer service panel of the main body. When the coin is inserted, the denomination machine determines the denomination, and the coin is guided to a temporary holding unit that stores coins by denomination via a coin sorting device in which coins move by power. That is, when a coin moves by gravity in the coin sorting device, the sorting mechanism provided in the coin sorting device is operated to drop into a predetermined storage cylinder of the temporary holding unit and is stored. (For example, see JP-A-47-41793.
No.).

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional coin sorting apparatus, coins are moved by gravity to be sorted, so that the size in the vertical direction becomes large, and a bottleneck in miniaturizing the main body. Had become. In order to solve such a disadvantage, coins may be moved in a horizontal direction by a conveyor mechanism. However, there is no effective distribution mechanism during the horizontal movement.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a coin sorting apparatus which can effectively sort coins moving in a horizontal direction. is there.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a coin sorting device according to the present invention contacts one surface of a coin with a belt that moves in a substantially horizontal direction,
A transport mechanism for transporting the coin by bringing the other surface into contact with the holding plate, a first window provided on the holding plate at a position facing the belt, and a side on which the belt is arranged; A shutter disposed on the opposite holding plate and provided with a first collision piece having a downward angle with respect to the conveying direction of the belt, and a shutter provided with the first collision piece through the first window. A shutter drive mechanism for projecting the belt toward the belt or retracting the projected first collision piece away from the belt. Also,
The holding plate is provided with a second window below the first window and on the side where coins are sent out, and the shutter corresponds to the second window and is provided with a first collision piece. A second collision piece having an angle larger than the angle is provided.

[0006]

In the above construction, coins which have been moved while being clamped by the belt and the holding plate may be displaced if the first collision piece protrudes toward the belt side, or if the first collision piece and the second collision piece are separated by the belt. If it protrudes to the side, it collides with these collision pieces and is moved downward, released from the belt and dropped.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of one embodiment of the apparatus, and FIG.
3 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the movable state of FIG.

The holding plate 1 has a flat rectangular shape.
It is fixed to a main body frame (not shown) with its longitudinal direction horizontal. The holding plate 1 has a plurality of horizontally long holes 2 at predetermined intervals in the center part in the longitudinal direction (four in the illustrated example).
The first windows 3a to 3c are provided so that the moving state of the coins can be observed from outside.
And second windows 4a to 4c, respectively.

The first window portions 3a to 3c are formed of long holes provided to the right between the holes 2 of the holding plate 1, and the center of the long holes faces a belt 6 described later. Each is provided. The second windows 3a to 3c are provided in a semicircular shape below the lower ends of the first windows 3a to 3c, respectively. Furthermore, the first windows 3a to 3c and the second windows 4a to 4c
c is provided with a slit-shaped opening 5.

A left end in the longitudinal direction of the holding plate 1 is opened and connected to a checker (not shown), and a right end of the holding plate 1 is formed by bending a part of the holding plate 1 while being inclined rightward and downward. The end wall 1a is closed. The lower side of the holding plate 1 in the longitudinal direction is open, and is connected to the temporary holding section C.

The belt 6 has a circular cross section and is made of an elastic material such as synthetic rubber. The belt 6 is stretched on pulleys 7a and 7b at both ends of the holding plate 1 in the longitudinal direction, the rotation shafts of which are supported vertically. ing. The gap between the belt 6 and the holding plate 1 is determined to be slightly smaller than the thickness of the coin. A motor M is connected to one pulley 7b,
The rotation direction is determined so that the belt 6 on the holding plate 1 moves from left to right.

Although not shown in FIG. 1 for simplicity of the drawing, a lower flange portion between the pulleys 7a and 7b as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is missing. hand,
The belt 6 is configured to be able to move downward, and a plurality of rollers 8 are provided at predetermined intervals so as not to come off even when the coin moves downward. The rollers at both ends are provided with a spring load in the direction of the holding plate 1 so that the coin transport force of the belt 6 can be effectively maintained for coins having different plate thicknesses.

The three shutters 10a to 10c have a fan-like shape whose central part is hollowed out, and the main part is located at the top. The front side of the holding plate 1, that is, the side opposite to the side where the belt 6 is stretched, is provided. , Are provided to face the first openings 3a to 3c. Each of the shutters 10a to 10c is rotatably supported on a shaft 11 provided on a frame (not shown) at an upper portion, and has lower ends of the shutters 10a to 10c by a coil spring 12 wound around the shaft 11. The side is always pressed against the holding plate 1 side. A solenoid S is connected to the upper part of each of the shutters 10a to 10c.
To 10c can be rotated about the shaft 11.

Each of the shutters 10a to 10c has a first collision which is opposed to the first windows 3a to 3c, the second windows 4a to 4c, and the opening 5 and has a size which can be freely moved in and out. Piece 1
3a, a second collision piece 13b and a protruding piece 13c are provided respectively.

The first collision piece 13a is connected to the first windows 3a to 3a.
3c is formed at the same angle. The angle of the second collision piece 13b is larger than the angle of the first collision piece 13a. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the projecting piece 13c has a hole 13a 'through which coins can pass.

Next, the distribution operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described. Now, it is assumed that a 10-yen coin a has arrived at the left side of the holding plate 1 via the chute 14 from a not-shown check machine.
At this time, the motor M has already been driven by a controller (not shown).

In the present embodiment, the 10-yen coin is stored in the rightmost storage cylinder 20d of the temporary holding section A, so that the coin A is transported to the rightmost end. For this reason, as shown in FIG.
Is sucked by the solenoid S, and each of the collision pieces 13
a, 13b are moved to positions away from the surface of the presser plate 1. As a result, the coins clamped between the holding plate 1 and the belt 6 are released from the collision pieces 13a, 1c of the shutters 10a to 10c.
It can move to the right end side of the holding plate 1 without colliding with 3b.

When the coin A moves to the right end side of the holding plate 1, it collides with the end wall 1a and is guided downward, and
It is stored in the storage cylinder 20d for yen coins.

When a 100-yen coin A is sent from the checker, it is stored in the storage cylinder 20c on the left of the storage cylinder 20d for 10-yen coins. For this reason, the shutters 10 other than the shutter 10c provided above the storage cylinder 20c
a and 10b are maintained in the suction state by the solenoid S in the same manner as described above. However, as shown in FIG. 3, the shutter 10c comes into contact with the surface of the holding plate 1 due to the projection of the solenoid S and the action of the coil spring 12, and the collision pieces 13a, 1
3b is projected to the belt 6 side. Thereby, the belt 6
Is transported by the first collision piece 13
When the belt 6 collides with the second collision piece 13b to change its direction downward, and collides with the second collision piece 13b, the belt 6 is reliably prevented from moving in the transport direction. Therefore, the coin is guided to the storage cylinder 20c via the opening 13c 'of the protruding piece 13c.

Although the second collision piece 13b is not always necessary, the provision of the second collision piece 13b is more advantageous because the movement of coins in the transport direction of the belt 6 can be reliably prevented.

When a coin of 500 yen is sent out from the checker, it is stored in the storage cylinder 20b on the left of the storage cylinder 20c for 100 yen coins. At this time, the storage cylinder 20b
The shutter 10b provided above the shutter 10b moves toward the holding plate 1 similarly to the above-described shutter 10c, and the shutter 10a is brought into a suction state by the solenoid S. Also,
When the coin is 50 yen, the leftmost shutter 10a moves to the holding plate 1 side. Thereby, 500 yen coin is stored in storage cylinder 2
0b and the 50-yen coin are stored in the storage cylinder 20a.

As described above, the apparatus according to the present embodiment is
The coin conveyed in the horizontal direction while being clamped by the belt 6 and each of the collision pieces 10 provided on the shutters 10a to 10c.
Since the coins are received at a and 10b and dropped, a coin sorting device having a small height can be obtained.

In the above-described embodiment, three shutters are provided. However, if it is not necessary to sort 500-yen coins, the number of shutters is two.

[0024]

According to the coin sorting apparatus of the present invention, coins sandwiched between the presser plate and the belt and conveyed horizontally are received by the first collision piece provided on the shutter and dropped. Therefore, a coin sorting device having a small height can be provided. In addition, when the second collision piece is provided, the movement of the coin in the transport direction is reliably stopped, and the sorting accuracy can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a coin sorting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a moving state of a shutter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Holding plate 6 Belt 3a-3c 1st window part 4a-4b 2nd window part 13a 1st collision piece 13b 2nd collision piece S solenoid

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A transport mechanism for bringing one side of a coin into contact with a belt that moves in a substantially horizontal direction, and bringing the other side into contact with a holding plate to transport the coin; A first window provided on the holding plate, and a first collision disposed on the holding plate opposite to the side on which the belt is disposed, and having a downward angle with respect to the conveyance direction of the belt. A shutter provided with a piece, and the first collision piece is protruded toward the belt through the first window, or the protruded first collision piece is retracted away from the belt side. A coin sorting device comprising: a shutter driving mechanism; 2. A second window portion is provided on the holding plate below the first window portion and on a side where coins are sent out, and the shutter corresponds to the second window portion and has a second window portion. The coin sorting device according to claim 1, further comprising a second collision piece having an angle larger than an angle of the one collision piece.