JP2594307B2 - Vending machine coin shoot - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine, and more particularly to an improvement in a coin chute for guiding coins inserted from a coin insertion slot to a coin mechanism receiving slot.

2. Description of the Related Art Vending machines are often installed outdoors, such as under eaves in stores. Therefore, in rainy weather, rainwater may enter from the coin insertion slot and flow into the coin mechanism via the coin chute. Further, in recent years, there has been a case where a highly viscous liquid such as a detergent is injected by a mischief, which causes troubles such as clogging of coins in a coin mechanism and contact failure due to water leakage.

Conventionally, as a countermeasure, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-6059,
A method has been considered in which a number of round holes or square holes are provided on the guide surface at the bottom of the coin chute, and rainwater that has entered through the holes is drained.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in such a conventional configuration, against mischief caused by rainwater under strong wind, and a highly viscous liquid, etc.
It is inevitable that it will flow into the coin mechanism. To prevent this, it is sufficient to make the hole large enough and the coin chute long enough.However, if the hole is large, the edge of the inserted coin will enter the hole and get caught, and the jam in the coin chute The consequences that occur.
Some vending machines have a structure in which the coin chute cannot be made sufficiently long.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention can reliably drain water such as rainwater that has entered from a coin slot without flowing into a coin mechanism, and furthermore, a coin chute for a vending machine that does not have a risk of coin clogging. Is provided.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a drain port on the lower surface of a coin chute and a rotatable impeller in a coin passage.

Action Therefore, the present invention provides a rotatable impeller in the coin passage and guides the liquid flowing in vigorously to the outside of the coin chute.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of the vending machine, and a coin insertion slot 2 is provided on a front surface of the main body 1. The coin insertion slot 2 has an inclined slit hole 2a, and is configured to accept the coin 3 slightly obliquely.

The coin 3 inserted from the coin insertion slot 2 is guided to the coin shoot 4. The coin chute 4 is for guiding the coin 3 to the receiving port 5a of the coin mechanism 5, and is inclined downward, the lower side is bent downward, and the lower part has a guide surface 4a. The guide surface 4a is provided with a plurality of pieces 4b which are cut and raised in a staggered shape, and are provided at a plurality of locations downward.
Is formed. A gutter 6 is formed below the cut-and-raised piece 4b, and a guide surface 6a is formed upward on both sides of the inclined surface of the gutter 6, and is attached to the main body 1.

On the other hand, in the coin passage 7, a rotatable impeller 8 is provided on the side surface of the coin chute 4 so as to be rotatable in the vicinity of the slit hole 2a of the coin insertion slot 2 and before the last part of the drain port 4c. I have.

With such a configuration, when the liquid such as rainwater and detergent penetrating from the coin insertion slot 2 flows along the guide surface 4a as shown in FIG. 3, the cut-and-raised pieces 4b arranged in the staggered shape. It falls along the dashed line A, is collected by the gutter 6, and falls along the back surface of the main body 1.

Also, as shown in FIG. 4, even for a liquid which is forcibly forcibly pumped in a commercially available detergent container 9 or the like, the pumped liquid is also forcibly supplied from the slit hole 2a of the coin insertion slot 2 as indicated by a dashed line B. The impeller 8, which jumps in and falls down at the rotatable impeller 8, is rotatable with respect to the liquid fed by a considerable pressure, though not as described above.
, It falls to the lower part by the rotatable impeller 8 and is collected by the cut and raised piece 4b in the gutter 6 along the back surface of the main body 1 in the same manner as when it is forcefully fed. And fall.

Effect of the Invention The present invention provides a plurality of staggered cut-and-raised pieces on the coin chute lower guide surface and a rotatable impeller in the coin passage, let alone normal rain,
Even the liquid that has been vigorously poured in by a mischief or the like is processed by the coin chute itself so that it does not flow into the coin mechanism, and can be easily dealt with by changing only the conventional coin chute.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view of a vending machine according to the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where rainwater has penetrated, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a liquid is forcibly introduced. 1 vending machine body, 2 ... coin slot, 3 ... coin, 4 ... coin shoot, 4a ... guide surface, 4c ... drain port, 5 ... coin mechanism, 5a ... receiving port, 7 ...
Coin passage, 8 ... A rotatable impeller.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Taichi Tomura 3-22, Takaidahondori, Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka Matsushita Refrigeration Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An inclined lower guide surface for guiding a coin inserted from a coin insertion slot to a receiving opening of a coin mechanism, a rotatable impeller provided in a coin passage, and a liquid penetrating the guide surface. A coin chute for a vending machine having a drainage outlet to drain outside.