JP2570715Y2 - Packaging coin ejection device in coin packaging machine - 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 wrapping machine, and more particularly, to a wrapping coin discharging device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A coin wrapping machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 59-124245 has been known.

In this coin wrapping machine, a predetermined number (usually 50) of coins fed out one by one is stacked in a stacking section, and then moved to a wrapping section including three wrapping rollers, and the stacked coins are wrapped in the wrapping section. Wrap a strip of wrapping paper around the circumference,
The upper and lower ends of the wrapping paper wound by the wrapping needle are wound to create a wrapping coin, and then the wrapping coin is dropped by opening the wrapping part, and the wrapping coin is passed through a chute provided below the wrapping part. It is designed to be discharged to a storage box or the like.

[0004] Further, an abnormality detecting section for detecting whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the accumulating section, the wrapping section and the wrapping paper supply section, and a normal wrapping coin provided in the chute and a wrapping abnormal coin are separately provided. A chute switching member to be ejected, and a chute switching drive unit that normally positions the chute switching member on the side where abnormally packed coins are ejected and that is positioned on the side where normally packed coins are ejected only when ejecting a normally packed coin. And a detecting means for detecting that the chute switching member has been switched to the side for discharging the normally wrapped coins, and the number of normally wrapped coins is counted by a detection signal of the detecting means.

[0005] The tip of the chute for discharging the normal wrapped coin is changed in the vertical direction to the stacking direction, the falling direction of the wrapped coin is changed to a horizontal direction, and then the leading end is brought into contact with the chute to stop. It is designed to be rolled out by its own weight and discharged into a wrapping coin storage box.

On the other hand, as for the chute portion alone, as described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-14971 and Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 2-9421, a packaged coin is distributed and discharged to two places in a packaged coin storage box. In addition, it is possible to prevent the wrapped coins from being piled up at one place in the wrapped coin storage box to reduce the amount of storage.

[0007]

In the conventional coin wrapping machine, when the abnormality detecting unit detects that an abnormality has occurred in the stacking unit, the wrapping unit, and the wrapping paper supply unit, the chute switching member sets the abnormal coin. Since it remains on the discharge side,
Unusually wrapped coins and normal wrapped coins can be stored separately, but if any of the stacking unit, wrapping unit, or wrapping paper supply unit is not abnormal but the coin wrapping is damaged, If the wrapping paper is not folded because the needle is folded, or if the wrapping paper is torn, or if the wrapping is normally completed, but the package is broken by the impact of dropping in the chute, and the coins are dislodged. In the case, the loose coins are mixed into the normal wrapped coins already stored, and to remove the mixed loose coins, the wrapped coins must be taken out and removed,
There is a problem that is very troublesome.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such a point, and detects an abnormally-packed coin released as a normally wrapped coin without detecting an abnormality to prevent mixing with a normally wrapped coin. Another object of the present invention is to provide a packaged coin discharging device in a coin wrapping machine capable of distributing and discharging normal wrapped coins in two directions.

[0009]

According to the present invention, a predetermined number of coins are stacked, a wrapping paper P is wound around the coins to form a wrapping coin, and the wrapping coin is dropped via a chute 41. In the coin wrapping machine that discharges the coins to the wrapped coin storage box 64 and the like, the chute 41 has a gutter-like shape capable of temporarily storing coins at the tip end thereof, and can swing to discharge the reserved coins in two directions. A discharge gutter 51 provided on the discharge gutter 51; a discharge gutter driving means 57 for holding the discharge gutter 51 at the temporary holding position and selectively swinging in two directions; Detecting means 62 for detecting the presence of non-wrapped coins, notifying means 72 for issuing an alarm or the like, and detecting means
If 62 does not detect unwrapped coins, the discharge gutter driving means 57
By selectively swinging the discharge gutter 51 to discharge coins,
When the detecting means 62 detects a non-wrapped coin, the notifying means 72 keeps the discharge gutter 51 in the temporary holding position.
And a control unit 71 for performing notification.

[0010]

According to the present invention, a wrapping coin made by wrapping a wrapping paper P around it falls through a chute 41 and discharges a gutter.
Received at 51. Whether there is any abnormality in the packaging of the wrapped coins received on the discharge gutter 51 is determined by whether or not the detecting means 62 detects a non-wrapped coin. If the coin is a normal wrapped coin, the discharge gutter 51 is selectively swung and the wrapped coin storage box 64
Etc. and released. If the coin is abnormally packed, the discharge gutter 51 is held at the temporary holding position, an alarm or the like is issued by the notification means 72, and the removal of the abnormally packed coin on the discharge gutter 51 is prompted.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG.

FIG. 1 shows the mechanism and control structure of the coin wrapping machine. The configuration of the coin wrapping machine includes a coin feeding unit 1 for feeding coins one by one to accumulate coins, and a coin feeding unit 1 for feeding coins.
A stacking unit 2 for stacking coins fed one by one from
The packaging unit 3 includes a packaging unit 3 that receives and packs the accumulated coins accumulated in the accumulation unit 2, and a sorting unit 4 that sorts the wrapped coins and the loose coins created by the packaging unit 3.

The coin dispensing section 1 includes a rotating disk 11 for receiving coins to be packed and dispensing the coins one by one.
A coin passage 12 for conveying coins fed out one by one toward the stacking unit 2; Above the coin passage 12, a transport belt 13 for transporting coins is stretched.
An identification and counting sensor 14 for identifying and counting the number of coins to be conveyed is provided near the end of the sensor, and a stopper 16 is provided at a position slightly downstream of the identification and counting sensor 14 so as to advance and retract into the passage by a solenoid 15. ing.

Then, the rotating disk 11 and the transport belt 13 are rotated by a driving unit 17 comprising a motor, and coins on the rotating disk 11 are fed out one by one to a stacking unit 2 through a coin passage 12 and packed by an identification counting sensor 14. The unit number (for example, 50
When the (1st) coin is detected, the stopper 16 retracted outside the passage enters the passage, the next coin (51st) after the unit number of packaging is stopped, and the number of coins corresponding to the number of packaging units is stopped. Is fed out to the stacking unit 2.

The stacking section 2 has a belt cylinder 21 for supporting the lower surface of the stacked coins. The belt cylinder 21 is a pair of endless belts having coin support protrusions 22 at surface symmetric positions.
The pair of belts 23 are rotatably stretched between upper and lower rollers 24 with their surfaces facing each other, and the opposing surfaces of the pair of belts 23 are synchronously rotated in the same direction by driving a pulse motor (not shown).
Although not shown, guide plates are respectively provided on the side surface of the belt cylinder 21 on the side of the coin passage 12 and the opposite side surface, and further, the bottom of the belt cylinder 21 can be opened by driving a solenoid or the like. A shutter is provided.

In the belt cylinder 21, coins fed from the end of the coin passage 12 are fed to the coin support projections 22 of both belts 23.
Every time one sheet is placed, the pulse motor is driven by a predetermined number of pulses to lower the coin supporting position of the coin supporting projections 22 of both belts 23, and coins for the number of packaging units are accumulated between both belts 23.

The wrapping section 3 has a guide rod (not shown). When the guide rod is located below the shutter of the belt cylinder 21, the shutter is opened and the accumulated coins to be discharged are collected on the guide rod. , And the guide rod descends to guide the accumulated coins between the three packaging rollers 31. This packaging roller 31
Is used to hold the coins guided by the guide rods and rotate by driving a motor (not shown) to rotate the coins. Then, the wrapping paper P supplied from the wrapping paper supply unit 32 is wrapped around the stacked coins between the wrapping roller 31 and the stacked coins, and further wrapped around the stacked coins by the wrapping roller 31. The upper and lower edges of the wrapping paper P to be attached are wrapped around the end face of the stacked coins by a pair of upper and lower wrapping needles 33a and 33b to produce a bar-shaped wrapping coin.

The wrapping paper supply section 32 feeds the wrapping paper P from the roll section 34 between the wrapping rollers 31 by a pair of feed rollers 35. At this time, the wrapping paper P is wound around the peripheral surface of the stacked coins at a high speed. Wrapping paper P between 31 and feed roller 35
, The wrapping paper P comes into contact with the cutter 36 disposed therebetween to be cut.

The width of the coin passage 12 and the belt cylinder
The width of 21 and the distance between the three packaging rollers 31 are adjusted for each denomination.

Further, an abnormality detecting section 38 for detecting whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the stacking section 2, the wrapping section 3 and the wrapping paper supply section 32 is provided.

The distribution section 4 is provided with a packaging roller 31 of the packaging section 3.
A shot 41 is provided below and between the shots 41. The shot 41 is received in the vertical position from the packaging unit 3 and is converted into a horizontal position to be discharged horizontally from the lower discharge port 42.

In the middle of the shoot 41, there is provided a loose coin discharge port 43, and a shoot switching member 45 which is driven into and out of the shoot 41 by a solenoid 44. Normally, when the chute switching member 45 has entered the shot 41, the stacking collapses in the stacking section 2 or the wrapping section 3 and the falling coins, fractions that do not reach the number of wrapping units, or stacking faults. The discriminated coin to be ejected is guided from the ejection port 43 to the loose coin accommodating box 46. On the other hand, when the wrapped coin is ejected, the chute switching member 45 is retracted from the inside of the shot 41.

A discharge gutter 51 for receiving coins (normally wrapped coins A and abnormally wrapped coins) discharged from the chute 41 is disposed below the discharge port 42 of the shot 41. This discharge gutter 51 is formed in a substantially V-shaped cross section by a pair of receiving plate portions 52 and has an end plate portion 53 at an end opposite to the discharge port 42.
Is formed, and is supported by a support shaft 55 attached to a lower projection 54.

A gear 56 is mounted on the support shaft 55, and a gear 58 mounted on a rotating shaft of a motor 57 as discharge gutter driving means is meshed with the gear 56.
The 51 is selectively driven to swing to a temporary holding position for receiving and holding coins discharged from the chute 41 and to respective positions swinging in two directions, left and right. Each stop position of the discharge gutter 51 is detected by detecting each slit 60 corresponding to each stop position of the detection plate 59 attached to the support shaft 55 by the swing position detection sensor 61.

Further, a pair of conductive plates 63 of the detecting means 62 are attached to the upper surface of each receiving plate portion 52 of the discharge gutter 51.
The detecting means 62 detects the presence of a loose coin on the discharge gutter 51.

Also, below the discharge gutter 51, a wrapped coin storage box is provided.
64 are provided, and the wrapped coin storage box 64 has a storage space 65 with an open upper surface, and the storage space 65 is disposed so that the storage space 65 is substantially equal to the left and right about the discharge gutter 51.

Next, the control structure of the coin wrapping machine is as follows.
The control unit 71 receives detection signals from the identification and counting sensor 14, the abnormality detection unit 38, the swing position detection sensor 61, and the detection unit 62, respectively, and outputs the drive unit 17, the solenoid 1
5. Control the driving of the stacking unit 2, the packaging unit 3, the solenoid 44, the motor 57, and the notification unit 72 for issuing an alarm or the like.

If the detecting means 62 does not detect a loose coin after the coin falls through the chute 41, the control unit 71 selectively swings the discharge gutter 51 by the motor 57 to discharge the coin. When the detecting means 62 detects a loose coin, the notifying means keeps the discharge gutter 51 in the temporary holding position.
It has the function of issuing an alarm etc. by 72.

The notification means 72 performs notification by means of a buzzer sound or voice, and a notification by means of a display provided on the body of the coin wrapping machine.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the operation of supplying coins to the stacking unit 2 is started by the rotation of the rotating disk 11 and the conveyor belt 13, the coins packed on the rotating disk 11 for packaging are moved to the coin passage.
The coins are fed out one by one to the coin passage 12 (step 1), and are discriminated and counted by the discrimination counting sensor 14 (step 2).
From the stacking unit 2 and are stacked on the coin supporting projections 22 of the belt cylinder 21 of the stacking unit 2 (step 3). In this belt cylinder 21, the coin supporting position of the coin supporting projection 22 is lowered every time one coin is loaded, and coins are sequentially accumulated.

During the stacking operation of the stacking section 2, when the abnormality detecting section 38 detects that a coin stacking abnormality has occurred (step 4), the coins are removed from the belt cylinder 21 (step 5). ), The integration operation is newly started. In addition,
The loose coin C removed from the belt cylinder 21 falls into the chute 41 through the wrapping portion 3 and is stored in the loose coin storage box 46 through the loose coin discharge port 43 by the chute switching member 45 entering the chute 41. You.

Then, when the coin of the unit number of packaging (the 50th) is detected by the identification and counting sensor 14 (step 6),
The coin next to the packaging unit number (the 51st coin) is stopped by the stopper 16 and the operation of feeding coins to the stacking unit 2 is stopped (step 7).

The coins stored in the stacking unit 2 are moved to the wrapping unit 3, where the coins are wrapped (step 8).

If a coin collapse during the movement of the accumulated coins to the wrapping unit 3 or an abnormality detected in the wrapping paper supply unit 32 is detected by the abnormality detection unit 38 (step 9), the coins in the wrapping unit 3 are detected. Are eliminated (step 5), and the integration operation is newly started. The loose coins C removed from the wrapping unit 3 fall on the chute 41 and are stored in the loose coin storage box 46 through the loose coin discharge port 43 by the chute switching member 45 entering the chute 41.

When the wrapping coin is created in the wrapping unit 3, the number of coins is counted in the memory of the control unit 71 (step 10).
The chute switching member 45 is switched to the position retracted from the chute 41 (step 11), and the wrapping coin is discharged from the wrapping unit 3 (step 12). Then, the wrapped coins released from the wrapping unit 3 fall to the chute 41,
From the vertical position to the horizontal position through 41, the outlet
It is discharged horizontally from 42 and received on the discharge gutter 51 held at the temporary holding position. Thereafter, the chute switching member 45 is returned to the position where it enters the chute 41.

Here, if no abnormality is detected in any of the stacking unit 2, the wrapping unit 3, and the wrapping paper supply unit 32, but the coin wrapping is damaged, for example, the winding needles 33a, 33b
When the wrapping paper P was folded and did not get caught, the wrapping paper P was torn, or the wrapping paper P was normally wrapped, but the packaging was torn by the impact when dropped in the chute 41, and the coins were loosened. In some cases, abnormally packed wrapped coins including loose coins are received on the discharge gutter 51.

When the detection means 62 detects that a loose coin is present on the discharge gutter 51, the notification means 72 gives a notification (step 15). When the machine operator removes the abnormally packed coin on the discharge gutter 51 and depresses the restart button of the operation unit (not shown) (step 16), if no coin remains on the discharge gutter 51 (step 17). ), Restart the packaging operation.

If the detection means 62 does not detect the presence of a loose coin on the discharge gutter 51, it is determined whether or not the number of normal wrapped coins A on the discharge gutter 51 is an odd number (step 1).
8), as shown in FIG.
Is swung to the right (step 19), and if it is not an odd number, the discharge gutter 51 is swung to the left (step 20), and the normal wrapped coin A on the discharge gutter 51 is placed in the wrapped coin storage box 64. Left and right 2
It is distributed and released to the place and stored.

Then, the discharge gutter 51 is returned to the temporary holding position (step 21), and if there is an unwrapped coin (step 2).
2), continue the packaging process.

As described above, even if an abnormally-packaged coin is discharged to the discharge gutter 51 as a normally wrapped coin without detecting an abnormality in the stacking unit 2 or the wrapping unit 3, the coin is wrapped by being received by the discharge gutter 51. It can be detected as an abnormal coin, and it is possible to prevent the abnormally wrapped coin from mixing with the normally wrapped coin. In addition, only the normal wrapped coin A can be distributed to the left and right two places in the wrapped coin storage box 64 from the discharge gutter 51, and the wrapped state of the normally wrapped coin A at one place is prevented from being reduced. be able to.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the normal wrapped coin A received in the discharge gutter 51 is distributed and discharged in two directions of the wrapped coin storage box 64 and the lift 81. It is configured. This lift 81 is a normal wrapped coin A
Is used to eject the coin to the top of the coin wrapping machine or to convey it to another wrapping coin accommodating section and accommodate it. A normal wrapped coin A is received on a belt 83 stretched between upper and lower pulleys 82. A bucket 84 capable of being discharged is attached, and the normally wrapped coin A discharged by the swing of the discharge gutter 51 is received by the bucket 84 via the receiving plate 85, and is transported upward by the rotation drive of the belt 83.

[0043]

[Effect of the Invention] According to the present invention, even if an abnormally wrapped coin is released into a discharge gutter as a normal wrapped coin without detecting an abnormality, the abnormally wrapped coin can be detected by being received by the discharge gutter, and the abnormally wrapped coin can be detected. It is possible to prevent coins from being mixed with normal wrapped coins, and to distribute and dispense only normally wrapped coins from the discharge gutter in two directions.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a package coin discharging device in a coin packaging machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the packaged coins are sorted according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a processing operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which packaging coins are sorted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 41 Chute 51 Discharge gutter 57 Discharge gutter driving means 62 Detecting means 64 Packaging coin storage box 71 Control unit 72 Notification means

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A coin package for stacking a predetermined number of coins, winding a wrapping paper around the coins to form a wrapped coin, dropping the wrapped coin through a chute, and discharging the wrapped coin to a wrapped coin storage box or the like. In the machine, at the tip of the chute is formed a gutter-like shape capable of temporarily storing coins, and a discharge gutter provided swingably so as to divide and release the reserved coins in two directions; A discharge gutter driving means for holding in the temporary holding position and selectively swinging in two directions; a detection means provided in the discharge gutter for detecting the presence of a non-wrapped coin in the discharge gutter; Notifying means to emit, After the coin falls through the chute, if the detecting means does not detect a non-wrapped coin, the discharging gutter driving means selectively swings the discharging gutter to discharge the coin, Detection means is non-packaged Wrapped coin release apparatus in the coin wrapping machine which is characterized in that a control unit to perform the notification by the notification means while holding the temporary retaining position the discharge gutter when it detects a coin.