JP2576867Y2 - Medal unloading device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION FIELD The present invention relates to a medal carry-out device particularly suitable for carrying out a medal used in a game machine or the like.

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional medal carrying-out device, a medal storage tank for storing medals is provided above a medal payout unit, and a spare tank for storing extra medals is provided above the medal storage tank.

However, in the conventional medal carry-out device, the medals in the medal storage tank receive the load of the medals in the spare tank from above, and the medals in the medal storage tank and the spare tank become large with respect to the rotating portion of the medal payout means. When pressure is applied, the movement of the rotating part of the medal payout means is pressed from above by the medals in the medal storage tank and the spare tank, and the medals in the medal storage tank are aligned at the upper part of the rotating part of the medal payout means. Cause the phenomenon of rising,
When the rotating part of the medal payout unit rotates, the lower medal in the medal storage tank cannot move freely, and the medal payout operation by the medal payout unit may not be smoothly performed, and the medal in the medal storage tank is overcrowded. In this state, the medals in the medal storage tank mesh with each other to form a bridge, and there is a possibility that a bridge phenomenon of medals in which a lower portion of the bridge becomes hollow may occur in the medal storage tank.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-40988 discloses a coin discharging device in which a medal tank is arranged above the medal paying means, and a peripheral wall of the medal tank is provided with an inclined wall which is inclined above the rotating part of the medal paying means. Have been described.

According to this, the inclined wall of the medal tank receives the load of the medal above the medal tank, and the pressure due to the load of the medal above the medal tank is dispersed by the inclination of the inclined wall. The partition wall does not enter the lower portion too much, and the pressure due to the load of the medal on the rotating portion of the medal payout means can be reduced as much as possible by the inclined wall.

However, in this apparatus, the rotating disk of the medal payout means provided with a plurality of fitting recesses for fitting medals one by one is provided horizontally just below the medal discharge port of the medal tank and the inclined wall rotates. Since only a small part of the disk is covered, most of the pressure due to the medal load is directly applied to the rotating disk surface of the medal payout means, and the movement of the medal is restricted below the medal tank, and the rotating disk of the medal payout means It is difficult to smoothly pick up the medals into the fitting recesses due to the rotation of the medals, and if the medals below the medal tank are aligned and rise on the rotating part of the medal payout means, a plurality of rotating disks The medal does not fit into the fitting recess, and the fitting rate at which the medal fits is reduced.

Also, a medal ejecting means in which a rotating disc ejection portion is inclined so as to be upward, for example, is disclosed in
No. 57 and JP-A-61-208592.

However, in these devices, a housing as a receiving body for storing coins extends in a direction perpendicular to the disk surface of the inclined rotating disk. The rotating disk accepts coins stored in the housing in a posture along the disk surface near the outer periphery of the disk surface of the rotating disk, but the housing is perpendicular to the disk surface of the rotating disk. Due to the extended structure, coins in the housing come into contact with the disc surface in a direction perpendicular to the disc surface.

In addition, since the rotating disk is used to hook coins with pin-shaped protrusions provided at an appropriate pitch near the outer periphery of the disk surface, the second coin is sent over the coin hooked by the protrusions. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a removing member to remove the second coin.

Problems to be solved by the invention The purpose of the present invention is that the partition plate receives the load of the medals above the medal tank, and the pressure due to the load of the medals above the medal tank is dispersed by the inclination of the partition plate. The upper medal does not excessively enter the lower part of the partition plate, and by covering most of the rotating disk of the medal payout means with the partition plate, the pressure due to the load of the medal on the rotating disk is not only sufficiently reduced by the partition plate, but also Further, the medal in the medal tank contacts the rotating desk in a state where the medal is lying along the slope, the rising of the medal on the rotating disk of the medal payout means is eliminated, and the medal is placed in the posture along the rotating disk. It is possible to securely fit medals into a plurality of fitting holes, and the payout of medals is performed by the induction rotating body of the medal paying means. An object of the present invention is to provide a medal carry-out device capable of performing a work.

Means for Solving the Problems A medal discharge device of the present invention has a plurality of medal fitting holes into which medals are inserted one by one, and has a medal payout means provided with a rotating disk rotated by a driving source; A medal tank disposed above the payout means, the medal tank comprising a medal storage tank and a spare tank continuous above the medal storage tank, wherein the medal storage tank is provided inside the spare tank; In order to solve the above problem, the partition plate is inclined so that one end facing the lower end of the discharge opening of the spare tank is higher than the other end. A tank mounting plate is provided, and a rotating disk is disposed inclined along the tank mounting plate near the other end of the tank mounting plate, and along the tank mounting plate near one end of the tank mounting plate. A guide rotating body of the medal payout means for hooking the medals fitted into the rotating disk one by one and guiding the medals to a discharge port, wherein the partition plate covers most of the rotating disk and covers the rotating disk. It has a configuration characterized by being formed to be inclined downward toward the inclined upper position.

The partition plate, which is provided in the spare tank above the medal tank arranged above the medal payout means and is inclined toward the upper end of the medal storage tank, receives the load of the medal in the spare tank, and The pressure due to the load of the medals in the tank is dispersed by the inclination of the partition plate, and the load of the medals applied to the medal storage tank is reduced. The medals in the spare tank slide down along the slope of the partition.

The medal that has slid down is sent to the rotating disk in a lying position along the rotating disk.

The medals are fitted one by one into the plurality of fitting holes by the rotation of the rotating disk, sent to the discharge section above the rotating disk, and further guided and discharged by the guide rotating body.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an inclined tank mounting plate, on which a medal payout means 2 is provided on the upper surface of the tank mounting plate 1, and medals are stored in an upper portion of the medal payout means 2. A medal storage tank 3 is provided, and a spare tank 4 for storing extra medals is provided above the medal storage tank 3. Inside the spare tank 4, the medal paying means 2 faces above the rotating part. , The partition plate 5 is provided at an angle. The medal storage tank 3 and the spare tank 4 form a medal tank.

As shown in FIG. 2, the tank mounting plate 1 is inclined such that one end 1a facing the lower end of the discharge opening 17 of the preliminary tank 4 is lower than the other end 1b. A receiving body 6 for receiving medals from the medal storage tank 3 is provided at an upper portion near the lower end 1a of the tank mounting plate 1, and a rotating disk 7 is tilted along the tank mounting plate 1 and rotatable inside the receiving body 6. In the upper part of the tank mounting plate 1 near the center in the longitudinal direction, an induction rotating body 8 interlocking with the rotating disk 7 is rotatably provided. A discharge chute 9 is integrally provided at a lower portion near the end 1b. Note that the medal payout means 2 includes a rotating disk 7 and an induction rotating body 8.

On the side wall of the medal storage tank 3, there is a medal storage tank 3.
Optical medal detection sensor S for detecting the amount of medals in
Is provided.

A motor mount 10 for accommodating a rotation transmission mechanism (not shown) is integrally provided on the lower surface of the tank mounting plate 1, and a rotating disk 7 and an induction rotary body are provided below the motor mount 10 via the rotation transmission mechanism. 8 is provided.

A support frame 11 is integrally provided below the tank mounting plate 1, and a bracket 12 is integrally provided below the support frame 11.

Side plates 1 are provided on both sides of the medal storage tank 3 and the support frame 11.
As shown in FIG. 3, a front plate 14 is integrally provided above a front end 13a of both side plates 13, 13, and a medal storage tank is provided at a lower end of the front plate 13. 3 is formed, and a rear plate 16 is provided above the rear end 13b between the side plates 13, 13, and a lower end of the rear plate 16 is inclined toward the medal storage tank 3. Partition plate 5 is provided,
A discharge opening 17 opening to the medal storage tank 3 is formed between the inclined portion 15 and the partition plate 5, and a spare tank 4 is formed by the side plates 13, 13, the front plate 14, and the rear plate 16. Is formed so as to cover most of the rotating disk and incline downward toward the inclined upper position of the rotating disk 7.

As shown in FIG. 4, the rotating disk 7 of the medal payout means 2 is provided with a plurality of medal fitting holes 18 into which medals in the medal storage tank 3 are fitted one by one. At a predetermined position of the plate 1, a protruding engaging pin 19 and a guide piece 20 are respectively arranged, and a guide rotating body 8 having a plurality of engaging claws 21 is provided on a side portion of the rotating disk 7 in a rotating direction of the rotating disk 7. The rotating shaft 7a of the rotating disk and the rotating shaft of the induction rotating body 8
8a are each connected to the drive motor M via the rotation transmission mechanism.

 Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, medals are stored in the medal storage tank 3 in a full state, and extra medals are stored in the spare tank 4 above the medal storage tank 3.

Thereafter, when the drive motor M is actuated, the drive motor M causes the rotary disk 7 to rotate the rotary disk 7 via the rotation transmission mechanism in the direction indicated by the arrow a in FIG.
At the same time, the guide rotating body 8 is rotated in the direction of the arrow b in FIG. 4 opposite to the rotating direction of the rotating disk 7, and the medals received from the medal storage tank 3 into the receiving body 6 are rotated. The medals fitted into the medal fitting holes 18 of the rotating disk 7 are inserted one by one into the
While being engaged with the guide piece 20 and the guide piece 20, the tank is sent toward the induction rotating body 8 along the inclination of the tank mounting plate 1, and
Of the medals sent from the rotating disk 7 toward the guide rotating body 8 one by one
The medals in the medal storage tank 3 are sequentially discharged from the discharge chute 9 by the medal payout means 2.

Further, the partition plate 5 in the spare tank 4 receives the load from above by the medals, and the pressure due to the load of the medals in the spare tank 4 is dispersed by the inclination of the partition plate 5 to partition the medals in the spare tank 4. The plate 5 prevents the medal storage tank 3 from directly entering the medal storage tank 3, and prevents a large pressure due to the load of the medal of the full volume in the spare tank 4 from being applied to the medal storage tank 3. To reduce The medals in the spare tank 4 slide down along the inclination of the partition plate 5 and are sent to the medal storage tank 3 little by little.

The load of the medals above the partition plate 5 of the medal storage tank 3 is received by the partition plate 5 and is not directly applied to the surface of the rotating disk 7 of the medal payout means 2.

The medals lying on the upper surface of the rotating disk 7 along the slope slide down along the rotating disk 7, and the rotation of the rotating disk 7 causes the medals to be fitted one by one into the plurality of medal fitting holes 18 and rotated. It is sent to the ejection chute 9 above the disc 7 and ejected.

The medals are prevented from rising and are fitted into the plurality of medal fitting holes 18 of the rotating disk 7, so that the medal payout operation by the medal payout means 2 is performed smoothly.

Further, when the medals are dispensed by the medal dispensing means 2 in the medal storage tank 3 and the medals below the discharge opening 17 decrease, the medals in the spare tank 4
The medals in the upper part of the box slide down along the slope of the partition plate 5 and are fed little by little into the medal storage tank 3 from the opening 17.

According to the medal carrying-out device of the present invention, the medal tank disposed above the medal payout means is constituted by a medal storage tank and a spare tank that is continuous above the medal storage tank, and is provided inside the spare tank. , The partition plate is provided inclining facing the upper end of the medal storage tank,
While receiving the load of the medals in the spare tank, the pressure of the medals in the spare tank is dispersed by the inclination of the partition plate, and the load of the medals applied to the medal storage tank is reduced. Can be minimized by the partition plate.

In addition, by covering most of the rotating disk with the partition plate 5, the load of the medals on the rotating disk is not only sufficiently reduced by the partition plate, but also the medals in the medal tank are placed on the rotating disk in a state of lying down the slope. The rising of the medals on the rotating disk is eliminated, and the medals can be securely fitted into the rotating disk in a plurality of fitting holes of the rotating disk in a posture along the rotating disk. The payout operation of medals can be smoothly performed by the induction rotating body of the means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a medal discharge device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a left side view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2, and FIG. It is a top view of the medal payout means of the figure. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Tank mounting plate, 1a ... Lower end, 1b ... Upper end, 2 ... Medal payout means, 3 ... Medal storage tank, 4 ... Spare tank, 5 ...
Partition plate, 6: receiving body, 7: rotating disk, 7a: rotating shaft,
8 ... induction rotating body, 8a ... rotating shaft, 9 ... discharge chute, 10 ...
Motor mounting body, 11 support frame, 12 bracket, 13 side plate, 13a front end, 13b rear end, 14 front plate, 15 inclined portion, 16
... Rear plate, 17 ... Opening, 18 ... Medal fitting hole, 19 ... Engaging pin, 20 ... Guide piece, 21 ... Engagement claw, M ... Drive motor, S ...
Medal detection sensor.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A medal dispensing means having a plurality of medal fitting holes into which medals are inserted one by one and having a rotating disk rotated by a drive source, and a medal arranged on the medal dispensing means. A tank, and the medal tank is constituted by a medal storage tank and a spare tank that is continuous above the medal storage tank. Inside the spare tank, a partition plate is inclined toward the upper end of the medal storage tank. A medal discharge device provided with a tank mounting plate inclined such that one end facing the lower end of the discharge opening of the spare tank is higher than the other end, and a tank is provided near the other end of the tank mounting plate. Along the mounting plate, the rotating disk is disposed at an angle, and along one end of the tank mounting plate along the tank mounting plate,
An induction rotating body of the medal payout means for hooking the medals inserted into the rotating disk one by one and guiding the medals to an outlet is provided, and the partition plate covers most of the rotating disk and tilts the rotating disk. A medal carry-out device formed to be inclined downward toward an upper position.