JP2585149Y2 - Coin ejection 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 dispensing apparatus capable of simultaneously ejecting coins of a plurality of denominations in a pay machine or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional coin dispenser of this type, particularly a device capable of simultaneously dispensing coins of a plurality of denominations, for example, a change dispensing unit mounted on a vending machine or the like is known. I have. This change dispensing device is limited in the denomination of coins to be dispensed, and cannot dispose all coins from 1 yen coins to 500 yen coins.

[0003] Also, the amount of coins of each denomination is not uniform, and it is conceivable to add an optional coin storage cylinder so that the amount of coins of a particular denomination can be increased. If the number of coins to be thrown out can be increased by increasing the number of storage cylinders for storing coins, a large space is required, and the coin throwing device becomes large.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, in a coin dispensing apparatus in which coins of all denominations can be thrown out and the number of coins to be thrown out is increased by expansion, the whole is compactly assembled. So that the standard storage cylinders of each denomination are arranged in a row, and the additional storage cylinders are arranged in a row in opposition to the standard storage cylinders, and between each standard storage cylinder and the additional storage cylinders. If you to dispensing the coins, when castout coins simultaneously with storage cylinder standard storage cylinder and expending facing each other, abutting coins of both storage cylinder to each other, there is a problem that the coin clogged.

[0005] Further , a standard storage cylinder opposed to each other and an extension are provided.
Coins thrown out of the storage cylinder and hit each other
Wait until all coins of multiple denominations have been ejected from the standard storage cylinder so that coins are not jammed due to
In addition, if coins are ejected from the storage cylinder on the additional side, there is a problem that it takes time to eject all coins.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the ejection from the standard storage cylinder is performed at the same time.
If you need to eject coins from the storage bin, do so
The coins from the standard storage bin opposite the storage bin on the extension side
Wait for the coin to be ejected only when the coin is being ejected.
To start dispensing coins.
When it is necessary to throw out from the inbox,
If coins have not been ejected from the envelope, immediately eject coins.
An object of the present invention is to provide a coin dispensing apparatus which can be started in a short time without coin jamming, can eject coins in a short time, and can be assembled compactly.

[0007]

A coin dispensing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a standard storage cylinder for each of a plurality of denominations for storing coins to be ejected, and an additional storage cylinder for storing coins for ejection. A coin dispensing apparatus for dispensing coins of a plurality of denominations, comprising: a dispensing means provided in each of the standard and additional storage cylinders for discharging stored coins from each of the storage cylinders; The storage cylinders and the additional storage cylinders are arranged in a line in a direction opposite to each other as a coin ejection direction, and based on a coin ejection command, for each ejection means of the standard storage cylinders in the row, The coins of the respective denominations are simultaneously ejected, and the coins are ejected from the standard storage cylinders facing the additional storage cylinders after the coin ejection operation is completed. It is provided with control means for starting the throwing operation.

[0008]

According to the coin dispensing apparatus of the present invention, the control means controls the dispensing means of a row of standard storage cylinders to simultaneously eject coins of each denomination based on a coin dispensing command, and adds the coins. After the coin ejection operation from the standard storage cylinder facing the additional storage cylinder is completed, the ejecting means starts the coin ejection operation. Therefore, the coins can be assembled compactly without being jammed, and the coin dispensing time can be reduced.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to a coin dispensing apparatus of a pay machine.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of a pay machine for daily pay, weekly pay, etc., and a coin outlet 3 and a bill outlet 4 are provided on the front surface of a front door 2.

Furthermore, on the front surface of the upper door 5 of the main body 1,
A card insertion slot 6, a liquid crystal display section 7 for displaying operation guidance and the amount of payment, a keyboard 8 for inputting a personal identification number, a receipt sending port 9, and a display section 10 are provided.

When the display unit 10 is displaying a message indicating that the card is being handled, an ID card is inserted into the card insertion slot 6 in accordance with the operation guide of the liquid crystal display unit 7, and a password is input through the keyboard 8. Then, the money of the amount displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 7 is ejected from the coin outlet 3 and the bill outlet 4, and the receipt is sent from the receipt outlet 9.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, a coin dispensing apparatus 11 for dispensing coins to the coin outlet 3 has a structure of 1 yen, 50 yen, and 5 yen.
Standard storage cylinders 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 for storing coins of the denominations of yen, 100 yen, 10 yen and 500 yen are arranged in a row in ascending order of inner diameter.

The standard storage cylinders 12, 13, 14, 15,
Opposite to 16 and 17, additional storage cylinders that can be stored with the option to store large coins
Additional storage tubes 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 for storing 00 yen, 100 yen, 10 yen, and 10 yen, respectively, are arranged in a row in ascending order of inner diameter.

Then, the one row of standard storage cylinders 12, 13,
14, 15, 16, 17 and additional storage tubes 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Transfer device that also serves as a temporary holding unit in the gap facing each other
24, and the standard storage cylinder 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and additional storage tubes 18, 19, 20, 2
Coin ejecting means 25 and 26 are provided so that the coins are ejected in the directions opposite to each other so as to eject the coins stored in 1, 22, and 23, respectively. The coin dispensing means 25, 26 is provided with each of the storage cylinders 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
In order to throw out the lowest coins piled and stored in 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, respectively, the respective storage cylinders 12, 13, 14,.
A feeding belt is provided below 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23.

The transfer device 24 is provided with each of the storage tubes 12, 13,
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 are constituted by transport belts 27, which also serve as temporary holding sections, respectively. The coins are transported in a direction orthogonal to the coin ejection direction.
The transport belt 27 is inclined so that the discharge end side is slightly lower.
There is provided a gate plate 28 which is opened and closed with a solenoid 28a shown in FIG.

Further, there is provided a switching plate 30 for selectively sending out the coins discharged from the discharge end of the coin transport belt 27 to the coin outlet 3 and the reject box 29, and the switching plate 30 has a lower portion serving as a fulcrum. As shown in FIG.
The switching operation is performed at a, and the coin is discharged to a passage (not shown) by the switching plate 30 and is selectively discharged to the coin outlet 3 and the reject box 29.

Each of the storage tubes 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
As shown in FIG. 3A, a sensor unit is provided in each of 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23, and coin storage tubes 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 are provided in the sensor units. , 17,18,
An empty sensor 31 for detecting that the number of coins stored in 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 is insufficient, and a count sensor 32 for detecting the number of coins ejected are provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), each of the feeding belts 33 of the coin dispensing means 25, 26 is provided with a respective one of the storage cylinders 12, 1 and 2.
3, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 slides along the lower surface opening, and a payout projection 35 for feeding coins 34 is provided on each of the payout belts 33. Each feeding belt 33 is provided with a respective storage cylinder 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
The motors 33a shown in FIG. 4 provided corresponding to 21, 22, and 23 are driven until a required number of coins are ejected. The electric motor 33a for driving each of the feeding belts 33 is
When a keep interrupter 37 that detects a member (not shown) provided on the roller shaft 36 of the 33 detects the number of coin dispensing times, and the keep interrupter 37 detects a necessary number of coins, the electric motor 33a stops and the dispensing belt 33 is Stopped.

The control means 40 is connected to the count sensor 32.
The number of detected coins is compared with the counted number of coins detected by the keep interrupter 37.If the detected counts are different, it is determined that the counting is abnormal, and the switching plate 30 drives the solenoid so that the coins are guided to the reject box 29. .

The control means 40 reads the value of the bill to be thrown out by reading the ID card inserted into the card insertion slot 6 and the personal identification number inputted from the keyboard 8, and from this value, the bill and the bill are discarded. The number of coins to be dispensed is calculated for each denomination. Further, the control means 40 can control the standard storage cylinders 12, 13, 14, 1 in a row based on a coin ejection command by calculating the number of coins to be ejected for each denomination.
The coins of each denomination are simultaneously ejected to each of the dispensing means 25 of 5, 16 and 17, and the single-row additional storage cylinder is provided.
The dispensing means 26 of 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 starts the coin dispensing operation after the coin dispensing operation from the standard storage cylinder opposite to the additional storage cylinder is completed.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 6, the amount of money to be dispensed is read out based on the reading of the ID card and the input personal identification number, and the money is allocated to banknotes and coins. Calculate (step 1). In addition, when a coin of a certain denomination is insufficient, for example, a storage cylinder for a standard 1 yen coin
When the empty sensor 31 detects that the coins in the storage cylinders 18 and 19 of 12 and the additional 1-yen coin are insufficient, when the coin to be thrown out includes the 1-yen coin, the liquid crystal display unit 7 A display indicating that one-yen coins cannot be dispensed is displayed and dispensing of coins is prohibited.

Next, the control means 40 issues a coin ejection command by calculating the number of coins to be ejected for each denomination, in a row of standard storage cylinders.
The required number of coins are simultaneously input from the standard storage cylinders 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 by inputting to the respective ejection means 25 of 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 (step 2). When there is a coin of a denomination in the standard storage cylinders 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, the control means 40 controls the additional storage cylinders 18, 1
The dispensing means 26 of 9, 20, 21, 22, and 23 is operated to eject a required number of coins. The details from the additional storage cylinder will be described later.

Then, the number of coins to be thrown out of all denominations is thrown out (step 3), and the control means compares the number of coins detected by the count sensor 32 with the number of coins detected by the keep interrupter 37, and detects the coins. When it is determined that the counted values are the same (step 4), the solenoid 30a is driven through the switching plate 30 so that the coin is guided to the coin outlet 3, and the gate plate 28 is opened by the solenoid 28a.

Next, the coins ejected from the storage cylinders 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 on the conveyor belt 27 of the conveyor 24 and temporarily stored therein are transferred to the electric motor. The transport belt 27 is driven by the transport belt 27a to be transported to the discharge end (step 5). Then, by the driving of the transport belt 27, the coin is guided by the switching plate 30, and is ejected to the coin outlet 3.

The control means 40 compares the number of coins detected by the count sensor 32 with the number of coins detected by the keep interrupter 37. If it is determined that the detected counts are different (step 4), the switching plate 30 is switched to coins. Drives the solenoid so that is guided to the reject box 29 (step 6),
The gate plate 28 is opened, and the coins ejected to the transport belt 27 of the transport device 24 and temporarily stored are guided by the transport belt 27 from the discharge end to the switching plate 30 and introduced into the reject box 29 (step 7).

Then, again, the control means issues a coin ejection command based on the calculation of the number of coins to be ejected for each denomination, so that the standard storage cylinder 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and additional storage tubes 18, 19, 20, 2
The dispensing means 25, 26 of 1, 22, and 23 are operated to eject a required number of coins (step 2), and the above operation is repeated (steps 3 and 4). Even if this repetition operation is repeated a predetermined number of times, if it is determined that the number of coins detected by the count sensor 32 and the number of coins detected by the keep interrupter 37 are different (step 8), an error is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 7, The coin dispenser stops operating (step 9).

Next, the standard storage cylinders 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
17 and the additional storage cylinders 18, 19, 20, 21,
The operation of dispensing coins from the dispensing means 26 of 22 and 23 will be described with reference to FIG.

For example, the case of throwing out one-yen coins will be described. First, it is determined whether or not coins in the standard storage cylinder 12 for one-yen coins are insufficient (step 11). It is thrown out of the storage tube (Step 1
2) When the coins in the standard storage cylinder are insufficient, it is determined whether the first storage cylinder 18 of the extension is insufficient (step
13) When there is no shortage, coins are ejected from the first storage cylinder 18 of the extension (step 14).

When the number of coins in the first additional storage cylinder 18 is insufficient, it is determined whether or not 50-yen coins have been thrown out of the storage cylinder 13 facing the second additional storage cylinder 19 (step). 15) When a 50-yen coin is being thrown out of the standard storage case 13, the system waits for the coin to be thrown out of the second storage case 19 until the coin is completely thrown out. From
When the dispensing of 50 yen coins is completed, the second storage cylinder 19
A 1-yen coin is thrown out (step 16).

Then, when a one-yen coin is thrown out of the second additional storage cylinder 19 (step 16), it is determined in this state whether or not the number of coins in the second additional storage cylinder 19 is insufficient. If it is insufficient, an insufficient flag is set (step 17).

The same operation can be performed with a 100 yen coin or a 10 yen coin, but the first storage cylinder 20 of the additional 100 yen is opposed to the standard storage cylinder 15 of 100 yen, and the additional 100 yen coin is used. The second storage cylinder 21 is opposed to the standard 5-circle storage cylinder 14. Also, the additional 10 yen first storage cylinder 22 is opposed to the standard 10 yen storage cylinder 16, and the additional 10 yen second storage cylinder 23 is opposed to the standard 500 yen storage cylinder 17. Let it.

In the above-described embodiment, the number of storage cylinders to be added is two yen for each denomination of 1 yen, 1 yen, 100 yen, 100 yen, 10 yen, and 10 yen. Although 21, 22, and 23 are provided, the denomination can be changed according to the required coins.

The shortage of coins is determined only by the empty sensor 31. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, even when the empty sensor detects the shortage, the next ejection is continued and the empty ejection ( If the cylinder is determined to be empty only when the count sensor 32 detects the coin two times in a row even though the feeding belt is driven, no coin remains in the cylinder. In this case, the coin shortage occurs during the ejection, but at that time, the coin is continuously ejected from the additional storage cylinder, and the ejection control at that time is exactly the same as the above-described case. If a standard storage cylinder facing the additional storage cylinder to be continuously thrown has been ejected, it waits until the ejection is completed, and then starts the ejection.

[0036]

According to the present invention, based on the coin ejection command, the control means causes the ejection means of the standard storage cylinder in a row to eject coins of each denomination at the same time, thereby increasing the number of coins. The storage cylinder starts the operation of ejecting coins to the ejecting means after the coin ejection operation from the standard storage cylinder facing the additional storage cylinder, and the coin ejected from the standard storage cylinder and the additional Since coins thrown out of the storage cylinder do not hit, coins are not jammed, coins can be thrown out in a short time, coin throwing time can be shortened, and compact assembly is possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a coin dispensing apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an airframe in which the coin dispensing device is implemented.

FIG. 3A is an explanatory view of a coin dispensing apparatus according to the first embodiment, and FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the same.

FIG. 5A is an explanatory side view of a standard storage cylinder side of the coin dispensing device, and FIG. 5B is an explanatory plan view of coin dispensing means of the same.
(C) is an explanatory side view on the storage cylinder side of the additional coin dispensing device.

FIG. 6 is an overall flowchart of the same.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the same coin ejection.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12-17 Standard storage cylinder 18-23 Additional storage cylinder 25, 26 Throwing means 40 Control means

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A standard storage cylinder for each of a plurality of denominations for storing coins for dispensing, an additional storage cylinder for storing coins for dispensing, and a standard storage cylinder for each of the standard and additional storage cylinders. A coin dispensing device for dispensing coins of a plurality of denominations, comprising a dispensing means for dispensing stored coins from each storage cylinder, wherein the standard storage cylinder and the additional storage cylinder are opposed to each other. The direction in which the coins are ejected is arranged in a line as a coin ejecting direction. A control means for starting the coin ejection operation after the coin ejection operation from the standard storage cylinder facing the additional storage cylinder is provided for the one row of additional storage cylinder ejection means. Characterized coin dispensing device.