JP2583935Y2 - Structure of coin insertion passage - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of a coin insertion passage of a coin sorting device built in a vending machine, a public telephone or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, this kind of coin sorter is
Substantially erected substrate, flapper opposed to the substrate and slightly away from the thickness of the coin, and inclined coin provided between these substrates and the flapper to support the coin in the diameter direction and roll and drop Rails are provided, and coins inserted from the coin insertion slot provided at the upper end fall on rolling rails that are arranged below the coin insertion port, and the rolling direction is inclined here. At the same time, the rolling speed is slowed down, guided to the coin sorting orbit, and while rolling in the coin sorting orbit, pseudo coins are returned to the return orbit, while regular coins are stored in the storage orbit It has become.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for miniaturization of vending machines and public telephones due to installation space and weight reduction, and accordingly, a demand for miniaturization of coin sorting devices has increased. Rolling rails and coin sorting trajectories have been provided in close proximity. For this reason,
The coin inserted from the coin slot falls on the rolling rail,
Rolling the coin sorting orbit while bouncing by the impact, or rolling the coin sorting orbit with the rolling speed not slowed down, the sorting accuracy deteriorates, and pseudo coins are accumulated in the accumulation orbit There have been problems such as fraudulent activities, and conversely, regular coins not being stored in the storage orbit, resulting in reduced service.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object the purpose of making a coin sorting apparatus compact and improving the sorting accuracy. An object of the present invention is to provide a structure of a charging passage.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, the structure of the coin insertion passage according to the present invention is such that a coin inserted from a coin insertion slot is transferred to a shock absorbing member disposed below the coin insertion slot. It is a structure of a coin insertion passage for guiding a coin orbit after being brought into contact with the coin orbit, and a storage space for accommodating the shock absorbing member.
A storage part is provided, and the bottom part of the storage part and the shock absorbing member
The shock absorbing member is loosely fitted into the storage part so that the lower part is in contact
Together housed in state, providing a notch on the opposite side portion of said coin raceway of the lower end surface of the impact absorbing member.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when a coin inserted from the coin insertion slot falls on the shock absorbing member, the shock absorbing member is rotated to the notch side by the drop impact of the coin and tilted to the opposite side to the coin orbit. Absorb the impact of falling coins.

[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 apparatus employing the structure of the coin insertion passage according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1, and FIG. In these figures, a 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 figures. 4 kinds of coins, for example, 10 yen coin and 100 yen coin
Can be stored on the front and back.

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, whereas the outer径選another portion 18 of the downstream side, two among normal coin, small diameter, that is, screened 100 yen a ₂ is dropped down.

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 a sheet is provided, and a 100-yen coin dropped from the drop window 16 is used for a first coin accumulation track 21 disposed on the front side of the substrate 4.
Lead to.

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 determining whether or not the last accumulated coins accumulated in the first coin accumulation orbit 21 are regular coins, that is, 100 yen coins.

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.

[0013] opposite to the end track of the outer径選another portion 18, the slit 29 in the substrate 4 are bored, the coin which has passed through the outer径選specific section 18, i.e., 10 yen coins A ₃ are
From this slit 29, the direction changing portion 3 on the back side of the substrate 4 is formed.
It is led to 0. The direction changing unit 30 is provided with a lightweight selection lever 32 which is swingingly supported by a pin 31 planted on the substrate 4 in a substantially rectangular shape. A magnetic member 34 opposed to the fixed magnet 33 is attached, and the lever 32 is turned counterclockwise around the pin 31 in FIG. 1 by the magnetic member 34 being attracted to the magnet 33. The sliding property is given. Bent lower part 3 of lever 32
5 is a window 36 formed in the substrate 4 forming a coin contact portion.
From the direction change unit 30.

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.

A feature of the present invention is that the shock absorbing plate 11 disposed in the coin insertion passage 42 immediately below the coin insertion slot 3 is provided.
In the structure. This will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. In the lower part of the coin insertion passage 42, the substrate 4 is erected so as to face the front surface side and the back surface side, and has a thickness larger than the thickness of the shock absorbing plate 11. A storage section 43 having a slightly larger width is provided. At the lower end of the substrate 4 on the back side corresponding to the storage portion 43, a retaining portion 44 is provided upright, and a through-hole 45 is formed in the upper portion of the retaining portion 44 to correspond to the through-hole 45. A fitting hole 46 is formed in the substrate 4 on the front side.

On the other hand, on the lower end surface 47 of the shock absorbing plate 11,
On the side opposite to the coin rail 12, a rectangular notch 48 having a length smaller than that of the lower end face 47 is provided, and when the shock absorbing plate 11 is loosely fitted in the storage portion 43, the lower end face 47 is provided. Is placed in contact with the bottom portion 49 of the storage portion 43 and is engaged with the retaining portion 44 to be stored. Shock absorbing plate 1 stored
1, a screw 50 is screwed from the through hole 45, and the tip of the screw 50 faces the fitting hole 46 with play, and the shock absorbing plate 11 is stored in the storage portion 43 with this play. ing.

Next, a description will be given of a shock absorbing operation at the time of coin insertion in the structure of the coin insertion passage configured as described above.
The coin A inserted from the coin insertion slot 3 falls directly below the coin insertion passage 42 substantially along the center line C of the coin insertion slot 3 and collides with the collision point 52 of the shock absorbing plate 11. Collision point 5
2, the falling energy f of the coin A is stored in the shock absorbing plate 11.
The external force f is divided into a component force f _A perpendicular to the slope and a component force f _B along the slope. At this time,
The direction of the component force f _A is the lower end face 4 of the shock absorbing plate 11 in FIG.
If the shock absorbing plate 11 is located on the right side of the boundary point 51 between the notch 7 and the notch 48, a clockwise moment is generated in the shock absorbing plate 11 around the boundary point 51, and the shock absorbing plate 11 The coin A absorbs the drop impact of the coin A, so that the coin A does not bounce and the rolling speed is sufficiently relaxed and guided to the coin sorting unit 17 .

In the present embodiment, the direction of the component force f _A is
1, the inclined surface 11a of the shock absorbing plate 11
And the size of the inclination angle and the notch 4 8 is appropriately selected. Further, since the screw 50 is fitted with a play into the fitting hole 46, when the coin A collides with the shock absorbing plate 11, the shock absorbing plate 11 is rattled by the play. The coin A is prevented from bouncing, and the rolling speed is reduced.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, the shock absorbing member disposed below the coin slot is placed and supported, and the lower end face of the shock absorbing member is opposite to the coin orbit. A notch is provided in the part, and when the coin inserted from the coin insertion slot falls to the shock absorbing member, the shock absorbing member turns to the notch side due to the drop impact of the coin and tilts to the opposite side to the coin orbit, and the coin As it absorbs the impact of falling, it is possible to prevent the inserted coin from bouncing and to sufficiently slow down the rolling speed of the coin, despite its simple structure,
For this reason, the sorting accuracy of coins can be improved.
Further, since the coin sorting mechanism can be arranged near the shock absorbing plate, the size of the apparatus can be reduced. Also,
The shock absorbing member is stored in the storage part in a loose fit state.
So this can also absorb the impact of falling coins
To prevent the inserted coins from bouncing more reliably.
Can be .

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are front views of the coin insertion passage according to the present invention, showing a state where the flapper is removed, showing an operation state, wherein FIG. 3A shows a state when coins are inserted, FIG. (C) shows the time of rolling after the collision.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coin sorting device 3 Coin insertion port 4 Substrate 6 Flapper 11 Shock absorbing plate 17 Outer diameter selection part 42 Coin insertion passage 43 Storage part 47 Lower end face 48 Notch

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A guided to the coin track is inclined after abutting the coin coin inserted from the insertion slot in the shock-absorbing member which is arranged below the coin slot to a structure of a coin insertion passage, before
A storage section for storing the shock absorbing member is provided.
The bottom surface and the bottom surface of the shock absorbing member should be
A structure of a coin insertion passage, wherein a shock absorbing member is loosely stored in a storage portion and a cutout is provided at a portion of a lower end surface of the shock absorbing member opposite to the coin orbit.