JP2593709Y2 - Coin counter - 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 counter for counting a large number of coins of the same kind, such as game medals or coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional coin counter is, for example,
A coin counter described in JP-A-33413 is known. This coin counting machine is capable of storing a large amount of coins, a rotating disk for receiving coins supplied from the hopper and sending out the coins in a single row by centrifugal force, and conveying coins sent from the rotating disk. counting while having a <br/> row of the Hare coin counting passage, it is supplied to the rotating disk coins accommodated in the hopper one by an appropriate amount by manually moving the coins to the periphery by centrifugal force of the rotating disk and the coin A structure has been employed in which coins are sent out in a line to the counting passage, and the sent out coins are counted by a ratchet-shaped counting wheel.

[0003]

In the coin counter having the above-mentioned conventional structure, if a large amount of coins are supplied on the rotating disk at one time, the coin cannot be fed out by centrifugal force. A hopper for temporarily storing coins is required, which hinders downsizing of the machine and cost reduction, and also has problems such as troublesome operation of supplying coins from the hopper to the rotating disk.

Further, since coins are sent out only in a single row from the rotating disk, the number of counted coins per unit time is limited even if the sending speed is increased, and there is a problem that a large number of coins cannot be processed at high speed. Was.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, is compact and inexpensive, it shall be the object of providing a coin counting machine capable of high-speed processing.

[0006]

This invention of the coin counting machine Means for Solving the Problems] includes a hopper having a lower opening for discharging the accommodated coins such as to house the number of coin, this hot
Inclined diagonally upward from the position below the par opening
Jo to be stretched, and feeding to be placing the coin to rising inclination direction
And belt out Repetitive, et al provided on the feeding side of the feed belt
In the direction opposite to the coin feeding direction by the feeding belt.
And the rotation speed is higher than the feeding speed of the feeding belt.
Has a regulating roller that regulates the feeding of coins
A coin regulating means for regulating was coin to be dispensed by the belt to further a line state, the hopper on the feeding belts
From the position below the lower opening of the
A fixed width not less than the diameter of coins and not more than twice the diameter
A partition member forming a plurality of delivery rows partitioned at intervals
And the partition member at a position before the regulating roller of the partition member.
The section height is set lower than other positions, and
Allows the movement of regulated surplus coins between each delivery line
And each of the coins is transmitted through the coin regulating means.
Coins counting means for counting coins fed one by one from a row .

[0007]

According to the present invention for coin counting machine is placed on the feeding belt also when receiving a plurality of delivery columns bounded hands ku the coin Gu image member accommodated in the hopper, feed belt feeding city tilt direction rising to coin the driving of Repetitive out more coin were more restricted in a row state in the coin regulating means in feeding side of the belt, and the delivery through the coin regulating means column
The coin to be paid out one by one from you counted in the coin counting means. In coin control means, the control roller is a feeding bell.
And the bell in the direction opposite to the coin feeding direction
The coin rotates at a higher speed than the
And return the surplus coins. At this time,
Position the partitioning member before the regulating roller
Because a low section is provided with a low section height,
Even if many coins can be sent in a row, they are regulated by the regulation rollers.
Surplus coins that cross over the low section and are adjacent
Less delivery moved to the column, each delivery only uniformly swing amount of coin in the column, to efficiently coin feeding.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a housing-shaped body. An upper surface of a hopper 2 capable of storing pachinko balls and coins such as coins and medals in a mixed state is opened at one end of the upper surface of the body 1. The lower opening 3 of the hopper 2 through which pachinko balls and coins flow out is inclined upward from one end to the other end, and the lower opening of the hopper 2 has a diameter equal to or larger than the diameter of the largest coin and smaller than the diameter of the smallest coin. The partitioning member 4 which is divided into a plurality of sections by a plurality of partitioning plates 4b arranged in the width direction of the body 1 at a fixed width interval smaller than twice the body to form a plurality of sending rows 4a is formed by the body 1 Are provided from one end side to the other end side.

In the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2, the bottom of each of the delivery rows 4a formed by the partition members 4 along the lower opening 3 is formed to be slanted, and pachinko balls are formed. feeding conveyor means 5 for paying out a coin causes rolling in downwardly inclined direction toward the one end side of the machine body 1 in the ascending inclined direction toward the other end of the machine body 1 is provided on the inclined shape.

The feeding conveyor means 5 includes a first feeding belt 6 disposed at one end of the machine body 1 from the entire area of the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2 and a first feeding belt 6.
The first and second feeding belts 6 and 7 are inclined upward from one end of the machine body 1 to the other end thereof. It is stretched. The second feeding belt 7 is driven at a higher speed than the first feeding belt 6.

Further, a pin-shaped pachinko ball regulating member 8 for allowing the passage of pachinko balls and preventing the passage of coins is provided in the body 1 in the vicinity of the downwardly inclined side end of the pay-out conveyor means 5. It protrudes toward the transport surface of the means 5.

Reference numeral 10 denotes an aligning means, which comprises a plurality of aligning plates 12 projecting from the substrate section 11 at intervals slightly wider than the diameter of the pachinko balls. is located at one end of the disposed in the machine body 1, the alignment means 10 aligns the pachinko ball rolling toward the one end of the machine body 1 through the front Symbol pachinko balls regulating member 8 in a row It has become.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a pachinko ball counting means for counting pachinko balls rolling on the substrate portion 11 between the aligning plates 12 of the aligning means 10 in an aligned state. A light-receiving element 17 and a light-emitting element 18 that detect light passing through a detection hole 16 formed in the substrate portion 11 so as to face a position deviated to one side from the center in the width direction. Even if the alignment means 10 is continuously rolled, counting can be performed.

A pachinko ball delivery path 20 for delivering the pachinko balls delivered from the alignment means 10 is provided at the delivery end of the alignment means 10 at one end of the body 1.
A pachinko ball outlet 21 is formed at one end on the bottom side of the pachinko ball delivery path 20.

Further, the partition member 4 has a portion lower than the partition member 4 toward the other end of the body 1 from the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2, that is, two thirds or less of the coin diameter. each delivery column 4a and a lower partition portion movable in height
All of the section extensions 25 are integrally extended.

At the other end of the body 1 of the section extension 25, a coin control means 26 is provided. This coin regulations
The means 26 is provided with a regulating roller 29 for regulating the coins fed in the upper area on the feeding side of the second feeding belt 7 of the feeding conveyor means 5 in a further state to prevent the pachinko balls from entering, and to control the coins. A regulating plate that regulates and passes in a row
27. This regulating roller 29 is
The coins are rotatably supported so as to face the feeding belt 7, and are rotated in a direction opposite to the coin feeding direction by the second feeding belt 7 and at a speed higher than the feeding speed by the second feeding belt 7. To prevent them from being overlapped. Further, the regulating plate 27 is connected to the second feeding belt 7.
A guide edge 28 is provided on the upper side of the guide edge 28 and the width of the guide edge 28 is narrowed so that coins transported by the second feeding belt 7 are aligned.

Further, a coin passage 30 is provided on the upper side of the second feeding belt 7 to be fed out, and the coin path 30 forms substantially the same plane as the upper end of the second feeding belt 7. Guide edges 34 for guiding coins extended from the plate 27 and fed out one by one are formed on opposite sides, and the guide edges 34 regulate the position of coins passing through the coin passage 30. A regulating edge 31 inclined to the side is formed.

A sorting hole 32 for sorting small-diameter coins is formed in the coin passage 30, and a small-diameter coin storage box 39 is inserted and removed from a leading end of a chute 33 provided below the sorting hole 32. It is arranged freely.

Further, a regulating plate is provided on the upper side of the coin passage 30.
There is provided a coin counting means 35 for counting coins guided and passed by 27 and fed out one by one. The coin counting means 35 is a light receiving element which is located between the regulating plates 27 and detects light passing through a detection hole 36 formed in the coin passage 30 facing a position deviated to the other side from the center in the width direction. 37 and light emitting element 38
The coins can be counted even if the coins continuously pass through the coin passage 30.

The coin passage 30 is provided with the coin passage 30.
A transport means 40 for transporting the coins sent to the vehicle is provided. The transport means 40 is constituted by a transport belt 41, and transports coins by pressing the coins against the coin path 30 from above.

Further, at the transport end of the coin path 30, a coin delivery path 45 located at the other end side of the body 1 for delivering coins delivered from the coin path 30 is provided in the width direction of the body 1. The coin delivery path 45 is formed at a bottom end of the coin delivery path 45 with a coin delivery port 46 formed therein.

The hopper 2 is supported by a pin-shaped rotating shaft 49 of a pin-shaped rotation-rotating body 48 for preventing pachinko balls and coins from being bridged. Further, at one end of the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2, a turning prevention member 50 for coins is provided, and the turning prevention member 50 is formed in a flat concave arc shape facing downward from one end of the hopper 2 to the other end. Is formed.

Further, a transmission mechanism mounting portion 51 is formed on one side of the body 1, and pulleys 54, 55 provided on an output shaft 53 provided on the first electric motor 52 are formed on the transmission mechanism mounting portion 51. Drive belts 59 and 60 are suspended around a pulley 57 provided on a drive shaft 56 of the first feeding belt 6 and a pulley 58 provided on a rotation shaft 49 of the rotation-breaking body 48, respectively. Also, a pulley 63 provided on an output shaft 62 provided on a second electric motor 61, a pulley 65 provided on a drive shaft 64 of the second feeding belt 7, and a regulating roller 29 are provided on the transmission mechanism mounting portion 51. A drive belt 67 is suspended around the pulley 66. Further, a drive belt 71 is attached to a pulley 68 provided on the drive shaft 64 and a pulley 70 provided on the rotary shaft 69.
Is suspended, and the rotating shaft 69 and the drive shaft of the transport belt 41 are driven.
The gears 73 and 74 provided on the gear 72 are meshed with each other. The rotating shaft 76 of the driven pulley 75 of the transport belt 41 is supported by a long hole 77 so as to be vertically movable.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

The pachinko balls in the mixed state and coins C such as coins and medals put into the hopper 2 are discharged from the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2. The coins C are separated by the partitioning member 4 in a row by the first feeding belt 6 driven by the driving of the first electric motor 52, and are conveyed toward the inclined upper side of the machine body 1. The pachinko ball P is rolled toward one end of the machine body 1 by the inclination of the first feeding belt 6. Further, the movement of the coins C to one end of the body 1 is restricted by the pachinko ball restricting member 8.

The pachinko balls P rolled on the first feeding belt 6 are allowed without being prevented from rolling by the pin-shaped pachinko ball restricting member 8 for preventing the coins C from passing, and the aligning means 10 is provided. Rolled to The pachinko balls rolling by passing through the pachinko ball regulating member 8 by the aligning plate 12 of the aligning means 10 are aligned in a line.

The pachinko balls rolling between the aligning plates 12 of the aligning means 10 are counted by the light receiving element 17 of the pachinko ball counting means 15 blocking light reception from the light emitting element 18. The counted pachinko balls roll on the pachinko ball delivery path 20 and are led out to the pachinko ball outlet 21.

Further, the first fuselage belt 6 causes the body 1
The coins C conveyed to the other end of the belt are separated by the partitioning member 4 in a line, and are transferred from the first feeding belt 6 to the second feeding belt 7, and the second feeding belt 7
Is driven at a higher speed than the first feeding belt 6,
Coins are conveyed from the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2 without being retained toward the other end of the machine body 1, and overlap coin to be paid out by the second feeding belt 7, the coin regulating means 26 The upper-layer coins are returned by the regulating roller 29 which rotates in the direction opposite to the coin feeding direction of the coin C by the second feeding belt 7 and at a higher speed than the feeding speed by the feeding belt. The coins C are fed out efficiently from the lower extended section 25 of the section 4 to the sending row 4a where the surplus coins are small, the coins are evenly distributed to each sending row 4a. In this way, the regulating roller
The coins are fed out while being restricted to a further state without being overlapped and fed out at 29, and the passage of the pachinko balls P is prevented by the control rollers 29.

The coins C are aligned in a line by the guide edge 28 of the regulating plate 27 whose width direction is narrowed, and the coins C are moved by the second feeding belt 7 into the coin passage 30.
Guide edge extended from the control plate 27
The guide edge 34 is conveyed by the conveyance belt 41 between the guide edges 34, and the alignment position of the coins C is regulated by the regulation edge 31.
At 32, small-diameter coins C are sorted and dropped, and are stored in a small-diameter coin storage box 39 from a chute 33 provided below the sorting hole 32.

Further, a regulating plate is provided above the coin passage 30.
The coins C guided and passed by 27 and fed out one by one are counted when the light receiving of the light emitting element 38 passing through the detection hole 36 of the coin counting means 35 is cut off. The coins C counted and fed out by the transport belt 41 are sent out from the transport end of the coin path 30 to a coin delivery path 45, and are guided out of the coin delivery path 45 to a coin delivery port 46.

Thus, the pachinko balls P and the coins C
Can be counted by one counter.

In the above embodiment, the feeding conveyor means 5 is provided with the first feeding belt 6 and the second feeding belt 7 so as to prevent a large amount of coins from staying therein. Instead, a single feed belt may be used.

[0034]

According to the present invention , a large number of hard
The goods are received in each of the delivery lines partitioned by the partition members, and
Coins received in the delivery line are paid out with a payout belt
Coins regulating means with regulating rollers at the same line
Regulate and count coins that are fed out one by one from each sending line.
Since few, is compact and inexpensive, coin counting machine capable of high-speed processing can be obtained, reducing the installation space. In addition, it is located in front of the regulating roller of the partitioning member.
Provide a low partition part with a lower partition height than other positions of the partition member
Therefore, even if there are many coins that can be sent to a certain sending line, it is regulated
Surplus coins regulated by rollers get over low parcels
Less adjacent coin Te delivery moved to the column, each delivery uniformly can sorted Rukoto a coin in the column efficiently Ru can the coin is feeding Succoth.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a pachinko ball / coins / counter showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Hopper 3 Lower opening 4 Partitioning member 4a Sending row 6 First feeding belt 7 Second feeding belt 25 Section extension 26 as low partitioning part Coins regulating means 29 Restriction roller 35 Coins counting means C Coins

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Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] Claims: 1. A large number of coins are stored and stored.
Open the lower opening to drain theHavehopper
When,From the position below the lower opening of this hopper,
It is stretched in an inclined shape, CoinsPut onAscending and descending direction
Feed toRepetitionDelivery belt and the delivery side of this delivery beltThe feeding belt
In the direction opposite to the coin feeding direction and the feeding belt
Coins are rotated at a higher speed than the payout speed
It has a regulating roller that regulatesExtended
Coins regulations that regulate more coins in a rowmeans
When,Below the lower opening of the hopper on the payout belt
Coin diameter from the position to the position just before the regulating roller
A plurality of sections divided at a fixed width interval that is equal to or greater than twice the diameter
A partition member forming a number of output rows; At the position before the regulating roller of this partition member, another partition member
The section height is set lower than the position, and regulated by regulating rollers
Of excess coins to be transferred between each delivery line
Low compartment, Said Coins regulationsmeansThroughFrom each sending columnOne by one
Coins counting means for counting coins fed out.
Coin counter.