JP2586629Y2 - Storage coin supply 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 storage coin supply device for storing and storing coins and supplying the stored coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of stored coin supply device is, for example,
As described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 64-19494, there is known a safe having a cassette structure which is mounted in the body of a circulating coin dispenser and used for replenishing and collecting coins.

In this safe, a pay-out belt is stretched from the bottom of a storage portion for storing and storing coins to an outlet provided in an upper portion of a side wall.
The stored coins are locked one by one by a projection projecting from the surface of the feeding belt, and are sent out from the bottom of the storage section to the outlet.

[0004]

However, in the conventional apparatus, since the coin is fed by the feeding belt, for example, when a coin rises due to a coin leaning on a side wall perpendicular to the moving direction of the feeding belt, the feeding belt rotates. However, there is a problem that the coin does not fall down only by rotating while the coin is standing, and the coin remains.

[0005] When the amount of stored coins is large, the weight of the coins is added to the payout belt, which may make it difficult to rotate the payout belt.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a stored coin supply device that can prevent the remaining of coins and can reliably send out coins even when the amount of stored coins is large. The purpose is to do so.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems The invention according to claim 1 is:
A storage section 32 for storing and storing coins, a rotating disk 61 forming the bottom of the storage section 32, a coin delivery passage 82 formed on the periphery of the rotating disk 61, and a side wall of the storage section 32 A belt 101 is provided above the area of the rotating disk 61 on the installation side of the coin delivery passage 82 and gives upward movement to the stored coins.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the configuration according to the first aspect is provided in a cassette structure which is detachably mounted in the body 1 of a circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine and can be used for replenishing and collecting coins. It is a thing.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the coins in the storage section 32 are sent out to the coin sending passage 82 by the rotating force of the rotating disk 61. At this time, even if the amount of coins stored in the storage section 32 is large and the weight is added to the rotating disk 61, the rotation of the rotating disk 61 is little affected, and the coins are lifted up by the movement of the belt 101, so that the rotating disk Coin weight added to 61 is reduced,
Coins are reliably sent out by the rotation of the rotating disk 61. In addition, since rotation is performed by the rotating disk 61, even when the amount of coins is small, the coins are likely to fall down, thereby preventing the coins from remaining due to coin standing or the like.

According to the invention of claim 2, the constitution of claim 1 is configured as a cassette so that it can be removably mounted in the body 1 of the circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine and used for replenishing and collecting coins. Becomes

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 shows a circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine to which the stored coin supply device is applied. First, the configuration of the circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine will be described.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an airframe, and a coin transaction port 2 is opened at an upper portion of the front of the airframe 1, and the coin transaction port 2 is opened and closed by a shutter 3. A coin receiving section 4 is provided below the coin transaction port 2, and a discharge port 5 is provided at a bottom portion of the coin receiving section 4 and a receiving port 6 is provided at a side portion thereof. It is opened and closed at 7.

Below the coin receiving section 4, there is provided a payout belt 8 of a coin payout section for receiving coins discharged from the discharge port 5 and feeding the coins one by one.

The coin receiving section 4 has a coin receiving port 6
A release belt 9 is provided which is swingable with one end facing the fulcrum as a fulcrum. The release belt 9 is normally at the position of the solid line in FIG. The coins move to receive coins from a transport belt 20 described later and discharge the coins to the coin receiving unit 4.

A coin discriminating / classifying passage is provided on the payout side of the payout belt 8.
The coin identification and classification passage 10 is provided with a conveyor belt 12 extending above a passage plate 11,
Convey the coin sent in 12. Coin identification classification passage 10
The identification unit 13 for identifying the suitability, inappropriateness, denomination, etc. of coins
And a sorting unit 14 for sorting rejected coins, a sorting unit 15 for sorting coins by denomination, and a sorting unit 16 for sorting overflow coins are provided in this order from the upstream side.

Although not shown, a chute for guiding the selected coins, and a switching plate for switching and discharging the coins to the discharge belt 9 or the collection box 17 are provided below the reject coin selection section 14. ing.

A denomination temporary storage unit 18 for stacking and storing the selected coins is provided below the denomination coin selection unit 15, and a denomination is provided below the temporary storage unit 18. Dispensing coin storage units 19 for stacking and storing coins are provided respectively. An unillustrated ejection member is provided between the temporary holding section 18 and the dispensed coin storage section 19, and the ejection member forms the bottom surface of the temporary holding section 18 to support the temporary coin and to eject the coin. Withdrawal coin storage unit 19 for temporarily holding coins by retracting the dispensing member
Into and out of the dispensing coin storage unit 19
Is ejected onto the conveyor belt 20. The temporary holding unit 18 moves the temporarily stored coins by moving the conveyor belt 20.
The dispensing coin storage unit 19 is configured to lower the stacked coins at the time of storing the coins and raise the stacked coins at the time of throwing out the coins by an elevating mechanism (not shown).

The conveyor belt 20 is arranged to be able to move up and down in the vertical direction on the side of the dispensing coin storage unit 19, and its vertical stop position is an upper position A for supplying coins to the discharge belt 9. , A middle position B for receiving the temporarily stored coins and the expelled coins, and a lower position C for receiving the replenishment coins. Then, at the position A or the position B, coins are discharged to the collection box 17 via the discharge belt 9 or a chute (not shown) by the rotation of the transport belt 20.

The collection box 17 stores the coins sorted by the sorting unit 14 and the coins discharged from the conveyor belt 20, and has a bottom provided with a sending means using a rotating disk or a feeding belt (not shown). The coin stored in the transport belt at the position C can be discharged.

A switching plate 21 is provided below the overflow coin sorting unit 16 for guiding the coins sorted by the sorting unit 16 to the transport belt 20 in the inclined switching position and the fixed guide in the vertical switching position. It is guided to a storage section 32 of a replenishment and recovery cassette 31 to be described later via 22.

A reject guide cylinder 23 is provided at the end of the coin discriminating / sorting passage 10 to reject coins discharged from the coin discriminating / sorting passage 10 into a reject coin storage portion 33 of the replenishment and collection cassette 31.
To guide.

As will be described in detail later, the replenishing and collecting cassette 31 has a storage section 32 for storing replenished coins or collected coins.
And a reject coin storage unit 33 for storing reject coins
And the coins in the storage section 32 can be discharged to the conveyor belt 20 at the position C. The replenishment / recovery cassette 31 is attached to and detached from the mounting table 34 pulled out from the rear part of the body 1 so that it can be attached to and detached from the body 1.

Next, the operation of the circulation type coin receiving and dispensing machine will be described.

First, in the initial replenishment process, a replenishment and collection cassette 31 containing initial replenishment coins is mounted in the machine body 1, coins are discharged from the replenishment and collection cassette 31 to the transport conveyor 20 at the position C, and the coins are received. When the conveyor 20 moves up to the position A, the discharge belt 9 moves up (in the position indicated by the two-dot chain line).
The coins on the conveyor 20 are ejected by the belt 9, the coin receiver 4,
The coins are fed one by one into the coin identification and classification passage 10 through the feeding belt 8.

The coins conveyed in the coin discriminating / classifying passage 10 are identified by the identifying section 13 and the corresponding denomination selecting section 15
And are stacked and stored in the dispensing coin storage unit 19. The reject coin identified as inappropriate is stored in the reject coin storage unit 33 of the replenishment and recovery cassette 31 through the reject guide cylinder 23 from the end of the passage.

As the replenishment process, there is a replenishment in the middle, and the replenishment in the middle is performed through the replenishment and collection cassette 31, which will be described later in detail of the replenishment and collection cassette 31.

Next, in the depositing process, the coins inserted into the coin receiving section 4 are fed one by one into the coin identification and classification passage 10 through the feeding belt 8 and the corresponding sorting section 15 based on the identification result. At the same time, the overflow coins of the denominations which are temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 18 and cannot be stored in the dispensing coin storage unit 19 are classified by the sorting unit 16 and temporarily stored on the transport belt 20 at the position B through the switching plate 21. Suspended.

At the time of payment approval, the reserved coins in the temporary holding unit 18 are stored in the dispensed coin storage unit 19,
The upper coin is stored in the collection box 17. At the time of payment cancellation, the coins held in the temporary holding unit 18 are released onto the conveyor belt 20, and the coins are returned to the coin receiving unit 4 by raising the conveyor belt 20 to the position A and raising the discharge belt 9.

Next, the withdrawal processing is based on a withdrawal command.
The corresponding number of denominations is ejected from the dispensing coin storage unit 19 onto the transport belt 20 at the position B, and the dispensed coins are transferred to the coin receiving unit 4 by the elevation of the transport belt 20 to the position A and the elevation of the discharge belt 9. Will be withdrawn. In the case of a dispensing abnormality, the coins ejected to the conveyor belt 20 at the position B are stored in the collection box 17, and the ejection operation is performed again.

Next, the collection processing is performed for all the withdrawn coin storage units.
From 19, the entire storage amount is thrown out onto the transport belt 20 at the position B, the transport belt 20 is raised to the position A, and the discharge belt 9 is raised, and the collected coins are discriminated and classified through the coin receiving unit 4 and the payout belt 8. The sheets are sent one by one into the passage 10 and the sorting unit 16
Is stored in the storage section 32 of the replenishment and recovery cassette 31 through the switching plate 21 and the fixed guide 22 that have been switched to the vertical switching posture. When the reject coin is identified, the reject coin is stored in the reject coin storage unit 33 through the reject guide cylinder 23 from the end of the passage.

Further, coins are discharged from the collection box 17 to the transport conveyor 20 at the position C, and collected in the replenishment collection cassette 31 in the same manner as described above.

Next, the details of the replenishment and recovery cassette 31 will be described.

The frame 41 of the replenishment and recovery cassette 31 has a front plate portion.
42, a rear plate 43, both side plates 44, and a bottom plate 45 are formed in a rectangular frame shape, and a storage portion 32 is formed inside.

The upper part of the frame body 41 has an opening 46 upwardly formed by cutting a stepped front side. An opening 47 is formed in one side of the mouth 46 for receiving coins sorted by the sorting section 16 and guided by the fixed guide 22 or the like into the storage section 32. On the other side of the mouth 46, there is provided a mounting portion 49 for detachably mounting the reject storage box 48. In the reject storage box 48, an opening 50 for receiving a reject coin guided by the reject guide cylinder 23 into the internal reject coin storage unit 33 is formed on the upper surface, and the opening 50 is located below the opening 50. Shutter 51 to be inserted and mounted on the side
Is opened and closed by The opened shutter 51 is folded into the outer surface of the rear plate 43.

A rotating disk 61 is provided at the bottom of the storage section 32. The rotating disk 61 has a rotating shaft 63 rotatably supported by a supporting member 62 to which the frame 41 is attached.
A convex member 64 is attached to the upper part of the column 63. A coin detecting S1 is provided facing the upper surface of the rotating disk 61.

The disk drive means 65 of the rotating disk 61 has a large diameter gear 66 fixed to a rotating shaft 63, and a rotating shaft 67
The lower end of the rotating shaft 67 faces an opening (not shown) of the bottom plate 45 of the frame 41. When the replenishment / recovery cassette 31 is mounted on the mounting table 34 and set in the body 1, a joint 69 of a drive mechanism in the body 1 is connected to a lower end of the rotating shaft 67, and the rotating disk 61 is moved from the drive mechanism. The driving force is transmitted to the motor.

Around the rotating disk 61, a hopper member 71 for guiding coins in the storage section 32 onto the rotating disk 61 is provided.
The upper side of the hopper member 71 has an inclined surface 72 inclined toward the center.
The lower side is formed on the vertical surface 73 along the periphery of the rotating disk 61. The hopper member 71
Is connected to the inner wall surface of the side plate portion 44 of the frame 41, that is, one side of the rotating disk 61 is formed of the inner wall surface of the side plate portion 44.

A coin delivery passage is provided between a side plate 44 on one side of the frame 41 and a passage plate 81 protruding above the rotary disk 61 so as to be substantially parallel to the side plate 44. 82 are formed. An outlet 83 is formed in the front plate 42 of the frame 41 facing the coin delivery passage 82. The outlet 83
Is provided with a sensor S2 for detecting the delivery of coins.

The outlet 83 is opened and closed by a shutter 84,
The shutter 84 is horizontally moved along the front plate 42 by opening and closing drive means 85. Opening / closing drive means 85
Is attached to a belt 89 stretched between a drive pulley 86, pulleys 87 disposed on both sides of the rear surface of the front plate portion 42, and a plurality of other pulleys 88. Of the frame 41 faces an opening (not shown) of the bottom plate 45 of the frame 41. When the replenishment / recovery cassette 31 is mounted on the mounting table 34 and set in the body 1, a joint 91 of a drive mechanism in the body 1 is connected to the lower end of the rotating shaft 90. The driving force is transmitted to the shutter 84.

A belt 10 is provided above the front side of the rotating disk 61.
1 is provided. The belt 101 is formed to have a width slightly smaller than the lateral width of the frame 41, and is stretched between a pair of upper and lower rollers 102. One end in the belt width direction is a coin feeding passage 82.
Is located in the upper region of. Several protrusions on the surface of the belt 101
103 are protruding.

The belt driving means 104 for rotating the belt 101 includes a pulley 105 provided on the rotating shaft 67 and a rotating shaft 67.
A transmission belt 108 is stretched around a pulley 107 provided on a vertical rotation shaft 106 parallel to the shaft, and a bevel gear 111 provided on a horizontal rotation shaft 110 meshes with a bevel gear 109 provided on the upper end of the rotation shaft 106, Pulley 112 provided on this rotating shaft 110
Between the transmission belt 11 and the pulley 113 provided on the roller 102
4 are installed. Therefore, when the rotating disk 61 rotates, the surface of the belt 101 facing the storage section 32 is rotated so as to move upward.

A hopper plate 121 is attached so as to cover both sides and the upper side of the belt 101, and the hopper plate 121
An opening 122 through which the belt 101 is exposed is formed, and a notch 123 through which the protrusion 103 can move is formed at the upper edge of the opening 122.

An opening 131 is formed in the center area of the rear plate 43 of the frame 41, and a drawer frame 132 is provided in the opening 131. The draw-out frame 132 has substantially triangular side plates 134 bent from both sides of a plate 133 that closes the opening 131, and the lower portions of the both sides 134 can swing on the frame 41 with a support shaft 135. The stepped portion 136 provided at the tip of the side plate portion 134 is pivotally supported and is regulated by contacting a pin 137 protruding from the frame 41 when swinging backward. In addition, this drawer frame
132 can be locked to the frame 41.

Next, the operation of the replenishment and recovery cassette 31 will be described.

At the time of the initial replenishment, the replenishment and recovery cassette 31 in which the initial replenishment coins are stored in the storage part 32 is mounted on the mounting table 34 pulled out of the body 1, and then pushed and set in the body 1. During this setting, the shutter 51 is opened, and the opening 50 of the reject storage box 48 is opened.

By setting the refill / recovery cassette 31,
Each of the joints 69 and 91 of the drive mechanism in the fuselage 1
7 and 90 respectively.

At the time of coin delivery corresponding to the initial replenishment process, the driving force is transmitted through the joint 91 and the shutter is released.
The opening 84 is moved to open the discharge port 83, and the driving force is transmitted through the joint 69 to drive the rotating disk 61 and the belt 101.

The coins on the rotating disk 61 are moved along the periphery of the rotating disk 61 by the rotating force of the rotating disk 61 while the coins on the rotating disk 61 move.
, And is sent out from the delivery port 83 onto the conveyor belt 20 at the position C through the coin delivery path 82.

At this time, even if the amount of coins stored in the storage section 32 is large and the weight is added to the rotating disk 61, the rotation of the rotating disk 61 is not affected much and the surface of the belt 101 moves upward. A coin is lifted up by a plurality of protrusions 103,
In order to reduce the weight of coins applied to the rotating disk 61, the rotating disk
Coins can be reliably sent out by the rotation of 61.

Further, by moving the surface of the belt 101 upward and scraping up coins by the plurality of projections 103,
For example, coins that enter a bridge state between the inner wall surfaces of the storage unit 32 are broken, and the coins can be reliably supplied onto the rotating disk 61.

Further, since the coins are sent out by rotation using the rotating disk 61, even when the amount of coins becomes small, the coins can easily fall down, so that the coins can be prevented from standing up and the like, and the remaining coins can be prevented.

After the coin has been sent out, the outlet 83 is closed by the shutter.
Closed at 84.

On the other hand, coins sorted by the sorting section 16 and guided by the fixed guide 22 or the like are discharged into the receiving port 47 at the time of the collection processing or the like, and are stored in the storage section 32. That is, while being stored on the rotating disk 61,
It is stored on the coins stored on 61.

The reject coin guided by the reject guide cylinder 23 is discharged from the opening 50 of the reject storage box 48 and stored in the reject coin storage 33.

Also, during the processing of the circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine,
For example, when a denomination coin runs short, replenishment is performed on the way. During this replenishment, open the back of the fuselage 1
2 is unlocked, the drawer frame 132 is pivotally opened rearward, and the necessary replenishment coins are inserted into the storage unit 32. And the shutter 84
Is released, and the revolving coin is sent out into the machine body 1 by rotating the rotating disk 61 and the belt 101.

Further, a cassette for replenishing and collecting coins in the body 1
After completion of the collection into the unit 31, the rear surface of the machine body 1 is opened, the replenishment and recovery cassette 31 is pulled out together with the mounting table 34, and the replenishment and recovery cassette 31 is removed from the mounting table 34. When the mounting table 34 is pulled out, the joints 69 and 91 of the drive mechanism in the body 1 are disengaged from the rotating shafts 67 and 90, respectively.

In the above-described embodiment, an example is shown in which the stored coin supply device is applied to a circulation type coin receiving / dispensing machine. However, the present invention can also be applied to a hopper of a counter.

[0059]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the stored coins in the storage section are sent out by the rotating force of the rotary disk, the amount of coins stored in the storage section is large, and even if the weight is added to the rotary disk, the rotary disk can be used. The rotation of the rotating disk has little effect, and the movement of the belt lifts the coins, the weight of the coins applied to the rotating disk is reduced, and the rotation of the rotating disk allows the coins to be reliably sent out. In addition, since rotation is performed by the rotating disk, even when the amount of coins is small, the coins are likely to fall down, thereby preventing the coins from remaining due to coin standing or the like.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the configuration of the first aspect is configured as a cassette, it can be removably mounted in the body of the circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine and used for replenishing and collecting coins. Becomes

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a stored coin supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1 of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a circulating coin depositing and dispensing machine to which the stored coin supply device of the embodiment is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Airframe 32 Storage 61 Rotating disk 82 Coin delivery passage 101 Belt

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A storage section for storing and storing coins, a rotating disk forming a bottom of the storage section, a coin delivery passage formed on a periphery of the rotating disk, and a side wall of the storage section. A stored coin supply device, comprising: a belt provided above the rotating disk area on the side where the coin delivery passage is installed; and a belt that moves the stored coin upward. 2. The storage coin supply device according to claim 1, wherein the storage coin supply device is provided in a cassette structure which is detachably mounted in the body of the circulation type coin depositing and dispensing machine and can be used for replenishing and collecting coins. .