JP2571694Y2 - Coin sorting equipment - 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 apparatus for sorting pseudo magnetic coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a coin sorting apparatus of this type includes a substantially erected substrate, a flapper opposed to the substrate with an interval corresponding to the thickness of one coin, and either a substrate or a flapper. A coin orbit is formed by a rail attached to one side and a coin rolling, and a magnet is arranged near the coin orbit at the lower end of the coin orbit, and when a pseudo magnetic coin rolls on this coin orbit, a magnet is formed. The rolling speed was reduced by the suction force of the coin, and the rolling direction was changed from the end of the coin orbit to the return orbit below and the coins were sorted.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional coin sorting apparatus has a structure in which the rolling speed is reduced and the rolling direction is changed only by the attraction force of the magnet, so that the coins are rushed from the coin slot. When the rolling speed of coins is high after being inserted, the rolling speed cannot be sufficiently reduced only by the attraction force of the magnet.Therefore, there is an inconvenience that pseudo magnetic coins are guided to the storage trajectory of regular coins. Had occurred.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional inconveniences, and an object of the present invention is to provide a coin sorting apparatus which reliably sorts pseudo magnetic coins to improve the sorting accuracy. To provide.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a substantially upright substrate, a side plate which faces the substrate and holds the coin in the thickness direction, and which one of the substrate and the side plate is used. A coin sorting device is provided with a coin orbit formed by a rail mounted on one side and a coin rolling thereon, and provided with a lightweight sorting lever which is rotatably supported facing the coin orbit and removes a lightweight pseudo coin. Having a magnet arranged at one end so as to face the coin orbit,
A flexible holding plate having the other end cantilevered is provided, and the holding plate is bent by suction of a magnet and a magnet rolling in the coin orbit to engage with the lightweight sorting lever. A restricting portion is provided on the holding plate.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when a pseudo magnetic coin rolls in a coin orbit, the pseudo magnetic coin and the magnet attract each other to deflect the holding plate. To lock the lightweight sorting lever and guide the pseudo magnetic coin to the return path.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a coin sorting device according to the present invention, FIG.
Is a front view of the main part, and FIG. 3 is a side view of the main part.
In these figures, the coin sorting device denoted by reference numeral 1 can insert a plurality of coins from one coin slot 3 provided in a coin slot gauge 2 at the upper right end in the figure,
Two types of coins, for example, 10 yen coins and 100 yen coins, can be stored on the front and back of the substrate 4.

The substrate 4 is formed in a substantially square shape and is substantially erected, and a pair of bearing portions 5 are formed on the upper portion thereof. Reference numeral 6 denotes a flat flapper, and a bearing portion 7 provided on the upper portion.
The shaft 8, which extends between the bearing portions 5, is inserted through the shaft 8. The shaft 8 is supported swingably about the shaft 8, and is wound by the winding spring 9 wound around the shaft 8.
It is always urged toward the substrate 4 and is separated from the substrate 4 by a thickness of substantially one coin. An operating rod 10 protruding from the substrate 4 is provided on one side of the flapper 6, and opens the flapper 6 from the substrate 4 against the urging force of the winding spring 9 in conjunction with a coin returning operation from the outside. is there.

A shock absorbing plate 11 for reducing the falling speed of the inserted coin A is provided below the insertion slot 3, and a coin rail 12 is provided downstream of the shock absorbing plate 11 along the lower end surface of the flapper 6. Are disposed on the substrate 4 corresponding to the flapper 6, and the separation windows 13, 14 formed in a concave shape are formed. Drop windows 15, 16 are provided below the selection windows 13, 14. Outer diameter sorting part 1 well-known for the falling window
7, 18 are formed. Outer diameter sorting section 17 on the upstream side
Among the coins A inserted from the coin slot 3, by selecting a pseudo coin A ₁ of the small diameter, the fall window 15 is dropped downward, the outer径選another portion 18 of the downstream side, two normal coin among small diameter, i.e. is dropped downward by selecting 100 yen a _2.

Below the one drop window 16, an extension 19 of the flapper 6 is integrally formed. This extension 1
The portion of the substrate 4 corresponding to 9 is formed with an unillustrated inclined surface which is inclined upward from the upper side in the drawing, and the extension 19 is also inclined along the inclined surface so that the coin 1 A coin turning portion 20 having a gap corresponding to the thickness of the sheet is provided, and guides 100 yen coins dropped from the drop window 16 to a first coin storage orbit 21 disposed on the front side of the substrate 4.

At the end of the first coin storage track 21, a storage lever 23 for partitioning the coin from the coin storage port 22 is provided horizontally, and a return lever 25 for entering between the coin return track 24 is provided vertically. In each case, they are arranged. Reference numeral 26 denotes an interpose pin, which is movable between the last accumulated coin and the next coin, and prevents the next coin from rolling while the last accumulated coin is stored by retracting the storage lever 23. Then, coins are stored one by one. Reference numeral 27 denotes a material detector for discriminating whether or not the last coin stored in the first coin storage track 21 is a regular coin, that is, 100 yen coin, to enable communication.

An overflow track 28 is arranged above the first coin storage track 21 in parallel with the coin storage track 21. The overflow track 28 has a rolling direction terminal.
The coin is returned to the coin return track 24. The coin drop window 1
Pseudo coin A ₁ be sorted falls from 5 be directed to the return track 24 is returned from the coin return slot 24a.

A slit 29 is formed in the substrate 4 so as to face the terminal orbit of the outer diameter sorting section 18. A coin passing through the outer diameter sorting section 18, that is, a 10-yen coin A ₃ , From the direction changing unit 30 on the back side of the substrate 4
It is led to. The direction changing unit 30 has a substantially rectangular shape,
A light sorting lever 32 swingably supported by a pin 31 implanted in the substrate 4 is provided. Above the lever 32, a magnetic member 3 opposed to a magnet 33 fixed to the substrate 4 is provided.
4 is attached, and the lever 32 is
1 is attracted by the magnet 33,
In the middle, the slidability is imparted counterclockwise about the pin 31. The bent lower portion 35 of the lever 32 forms a coin contact portion, and faces the direction changing portion 30 from a window 36 formed in the substrate 4.

Reference numeral 37 denotes a holding plate formed of a leaf spring member which is flexible in the thickness direction. One end of the holding plate 37 is attached to a stud 38 projecting from the flapper 6 with a screw 39 and is cantilevered. Extends to the back side of the lever 32, the magnet 40 is fixed, and the regulating piece 4
1 is fixed so as to project in the vertical direction. The magnet 40 is disposed on the upstream side of the contact portion 35 of the lever 32 and opposed to the direction changing portion 30 at a distance 1 from the back surface of the substrate 4. And is usually in a non-engagement state with the contact portion 35. Reference numeral 42 denotes a dowel projecting from the substrate 4, penetrating the holding plate 37, and positioning the holding plate 37.

Reference numeral 42 denotes a second coin storage orbit arranged below the direction changing unit 30.
It is arranged so as to face the first coin accumulation track. This second coin storage track 42, the 10 yen A ₃ passing through the two coin sorting device 17, 18 is accumulated, and the coin storage lever and coin return lever 25 (not shown) in the accumulation unit end is disposed ing. A second overflow trajectory (not shown) is arranged above the second coin accumulation trajectory 42 so as to be opposed to the overflow trajectory 28, and the pseudo coin A sorted by the light weight sorting lever 32 is provided. ₄ and second coin storage orbit 42
In overflowing 10 yen A ₃ is guided, it is returned from the coin return slot 24a.

Next, the operation of the coin sorting apparatus having the above configuration will be described. Coins A to be inserted from the coin slot 3 are sorted out here because pseudo coins having an outer diameter larger than regular coins cannot be inserted in the coin slot 3. Next, in the outer diameter sorting unit 17, the pseudo coin A ₁ having an outer diameter smaller than the 100-yen coin A _2, which is a small-diameter regular coin, is sorted by the sorting window 13 and returned from the falling window 15 to the return path 2.
Fall in four directions.

The outer of the two types of normal coin which has passed through a different portion 17径選, small diameter, i.e., 100 yen A ₂ is in a downstream outer径選another portion 18, sorted below the coin crosscut portion from dropping window 16 20 And is accumulated in the first coin accumulation orbit 21. The large-diameter regular coin, that is, the ten-yen coin A _{3, which} has passed through the outer diameter sorting unit 18, rolls from the slit 29 to the back side of the substrate 4 and enters the direction changing unit 30, where the light sorting lever 32 comes into contact with Collision with 35. 10 yen coin A ₃
Is rotated clockwise around the pin 31 against the attraction force of the magnet 33 to attract the magnetic member 34 by the rolling energy of the 10 yen coin, and the 10 yen coin A ₃ moves downward. The coins fall and are accumulated in the second coin accumulation orbit 42.

Meanwhile, pseudo-coin A ₄ lightweight at the same diameter as the 10 yen A ₃ which has passed through the outer径選specific portion 18, collides against the contact portion 35 of the lever 32, because it is light weight, magnetic member 34 remains sucked into the magnet 33, the lever 32 is held intact state, pseudo coin a ₄ is returned from the coin return port 24a is guided to the overflow track (not shown) is changing the rolling direction by the lever 32.

Next, the pseudo-coins with 10 yen or more by weight of the regular assuming magnetism in the same diameter as the 10 yen A ₃ is, the case having passed through the outer径選specific section 18. In this case, when the pseudo coin passes through the direction changing unit 30, due to its magnetism, it attracts each other to the magnet 40 of the holding plate 37, and the holding plate 37 having flexibility in the thickness direction has one end cantilevered. With the supported stud as a fulcrum, the other end, that is, the regulating piece 41 side moves in the direction B in the drawing, and the regulating piece 41 moves.
Engages with the rear surface of the contact portion 35 of the lever 32. Due to this engagement, the rotation of the lever 32 around the pin 30 is prevented, so that a so-called locked state is obtained, the rolling directions of all coins are changed, and the coins are guided from the overflow track to the return port 24a. Accordingly, the pseudo coins having a weight of 10 yen or more and having magnetism are surely selected without being guided to the second coin orbit.

In this embodiment, the holding plate 37 is supported on the flapper 6 side, but may be supported on the substrate 4 side. Further, although the holding plate 37 is formed of a leaf spring, it may be formed of a synthetic resin. In short, it is needless to say that the holding plate 37 can be appropriately selected as long as it has flexibility.

[0021]

As described above, the coin sorting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a substantially erected substrate, a side plate facing the substrate and holding the coin in the thickness direction, and one of the substrate and the side plate. A coin orbit is formed by a rail mounted on one side and a coin rolling, and a light sorting lever is provided to face the coin orbit so as to be rotatably supported and remove a lightweight pseudo coin, and is provided opposite to the coin orbit. A flexible holding plate having a magnet arranged at one end and a cantilevered end at the other end is provided, and the holding plate is attracted by the magnetic coin and the magnet rolling in the coin orbit. A restricting portion that engages with the lightweight sorting lever by bending is provided on the holding plate, and the regulating portion that engages with the lightweight sorting lever locks the lightweight sorting lever, so that the weight and rolling of the pseudo magnetic coin are reduced. Speed related In addition, temperature, regardless to changes in the rolling speed of the pseudo magnetic coin due to changes in the external environment such as humidity, because it eliminates the coin track, thereby improving the screening accuracy. In addition, since the pseudo magnetic coins are sorted by using the light sorting lever, it is possible to achieve cost reduction by reducing the number of components and the assembling time, and to reduce the size of the apparatus.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a front view of a main part of the coin sorting apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a main part of the coin sorting apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sorting device 4 Substrate 6 Flapper 32 Lightweight sorting lever 35 Contact part 37 Leaf spring 40 Magnet 41 Regulator piece

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Toshiho Sonehara 1-6-6 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Ikuko Shimada 1-16-1 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (56) References JP-A-2-59990 (JP, A) JP-A-4-98386 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A coin orbit is formed by a substantially erected substrate, a side plate facing the substrate and holding the coin in the thickness direction, and a rail mounted on one of the substrate and the side plate and on which the coin rolls. In a coin sorting device formed and provided with a lightweight sorting lever that is rotatably supported facing the coin orbit and removes a lightweight pseudo coin, a magnet arranged so as to face the coin orbit is provided with one end. Have
A flexible holding plate having the other end cantilevered is provided, and the holding plate is bent by suction of a magnet and a magnet rolling in the coin orbit to engage with the lightweight sorting lever. A coin sorting device, wherein the holding portion is provided on the holding plate.