JP2603547Y2 - Coin lump input device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Industrial application fields] The present invention relates to vending machines, currency exchange machines,
The present invention relates to a coin batch insertion device that can collectively insert a plurality of coins in a coin locker or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional coin lump input device is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 58-124874.
A plurality of coins are aligned in a vertically stacked state, and the coins in the vertically stacked state are dropped and discharged from above and placed on a belt on the bottom surface of the coin insertion unit. Then, as the belt rotates, the lowest coins in contact with the belt are sequentially fed into the inside one by one due to frictional contact between the lowermost coin lower surface and the belt upper surface.

[0003]

However, in the conventional apparatus, the coins in the vertically stacked state are dropped and ejected from above and placed on the belt at the bottom of the coin insertion portion, so that the coins are easily broken in the vertically stacked state. In some cases, coin standing may occur, and coins cannot be fed one by one. Ma
In addition, coins are forcibly fed by belt, so
The contact belt is easily worn and the coin itself is worn
Easy to do.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, can be easily inserted without collapse the vertical stacking state of the coins, can be fed reliably one by one inserted coins, and the coin Reduce the wear of each member and coin itself
An object of the present invention is to provide a coin collective throwing device that can.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a coin insertion slot for inserting coins from the radial direction in a vertically stacked state, and a standby at a lower edge height position of the coin insertion slot facing the back of the coin insertion slot. It has a bearing that is raised from the position , and when this bearing is raised
A moving member having a downwardly inclined posture in which coins can slide and descend in the direction of the back, a regulating surface for regulating a front edge of a coin inserted from the coin insertion slot in an insertion direction, and a regulating surface. upon
A receiving system formed in the direction from the back to send coins to the back
A regulating member having a chute portion, a sensor for detecting that the coin has been inserted from the front Symbol coin insertion opening, raising the support portion in the standby position when detecting coin sensor
Upper coins of coins stacked vertically on the lever support
And a driving means for sequentially moving the upper surface from the regulating surface portion one by one.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when coins in the vertically stacked state are inserted into the coin insertion slot from the radial direction, the coins are moved to the standby position of the moving member.
It is supported on a certain support portion and stops in a state where the front edge in the insertion direction abuts on the regulating surface of the regulating member. When the sensor detects the insertion of a coin, the drive means raises the bearing of the moving member , and the bearing slides the coin toward the back.
It is in a down-tilt position that allows dynamic descent, and the uppermost coin of the vertically stacked coins on the bearing is
The top coin is dislodged above the regulation surface ,
Slide on the lower coin or the last coin is the bearing
It is slid on the top and received one by one in the receiving chute.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of an embodiment of the coin lump input device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a front panel of an operation unit such as a vending machine, a money changer, or a coin locker.

The coin coin input device 3 includes a frame 11 attached to the front panel 1. The frame 11 is attached to the window hole 2 and is attached to the vertically long front frame 12 and the front frame 12. And a side frame portion 13 projecting rearward from the side portion.

The front frame 12 of the frame 11 has a vertically long recess 14 formed at the center thereof, and the recess 14 has a vertical plate 15 recessed most rearward at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction. At the upper and lower portions of the plate portion 15, inclined plate portions 16 and 17 are formed so as to expand forward at an angle of approximately 45 °. A coin insertion slot 18 is formed at the center of the lower plate portion 17, and the coin insertion slot 18 is formed to have a width slightly larger than the maximum diameter coin C to be processed and has a predetermined vertical width. The coins C are formed in such a size that a number of coins C can be inserted from the radial direction in a vertically stacked state.

A pair of guide plates 19 are disposed at the back of the coin insertion slot 18 so as to face each other in the width of the coin insertion slot 18. The interval between the pair of guide plates 19 is the same as the width of the coin insertion slot 18. It is formed to have a slightly larger size than the maximum diameter coin C to be processed.

A regulating member 20 is provided between the pair of guide plates 19. The restricting member 20 is formed in a rectangular frame shape having a width substantially equal to the opposing width of the pair of guide plates 19, and is disposed along a direction of approximately 45 ° substantially perpendicular to the coin insertion slot 18. A regulating surface 21 is formed facing the coin insertion slot 18, and a chute surface 22 is formed on the upper surface side. The opposing distance between the regulating surface 21 and the coin insertion slot 18 is formed wider than the maximum diameter coin C to be processed.

A regulating member is provided between the pair of guide plates 19.
A moving member 23 is provided below the 20. This moving member
23 is made of a plate material having a width slightly smaller than the opposing width of the pair of guide plates 19, has a substrate portion 24, and is rotatably supported by the regulating member 20 by support shafts 25 on both rear ends of the substrate portion 24. A rising portion 27 is formed at the front end of the substrate portion 24 and bent upward at a substantially right angle at the front end of the substrate portion 24.The upper end of the rising portion 27 extends substantially parallel to the substrate portion 24 toward the front. Bent bearing
A shutter portion 29 is formed at a front end of the support portion 28 at a substantially right angle downward, and a pressing portion 30 is formed at a lower end of the shutter portion 29. The rising height of the rising portion 27 is higher than the height of the regulating surface portion 21 of the regulating member 20, and the angle of inclination of the support portion 28 is as shown in FIG.
Is formed so as to be substantially the same angle (approximately 45 °) as the chute surface portion 22 of the regulating member 20 when it rises most.

The moving member 23 is urged to rotate in the clockwise direction in FIG. 1 by a tension spring 31 stretched over the substrate 24, and a projecting piece projecting upward from the left edge of the substrate 24.
The upward movement of the roller 33 is restricted by the roller 33 rotatably attached to the roller 32 coming into contact with the cam 34. Cam34
Is attached to a rotating shaft 36 of a motor 35 as a driving means, and moves from a standby position in which the bearing 28 of the moving member 23 is positioned at a lower edge height of the coin insertion slot 18 as shown in FIG. The cam surface is formed so as to be rotated clockwise and pass through the state shown in FIG. 3 so as to be positioned at the projecting position where the support portion 28 of the moving member 23 projects from the chute surface portion 22 of the regulating member 20 as shown in FIG. Have been.

A chute plate 37 is disposed facing the support portion 28 of the moving member 23 and the front end side of the regulating member 20, and a chute plate 38 facing the rear end side of the regulating member 20. Are arranged. And guide plates 19 on both sides
A receiving chute 39 for guiding the coin C downward is formed between the support member 28 and the regulating member 20 of the moving member 23 and the chute plates 37 and 38.

An identification and counting unit is provided below the coin coin input device 3.
The identification and counting section 40 receives coins C one by one through a receiving port 41 provided below the receiving chute section 39, and performs identification and counting processing of the coins C.

Further, a window hole 28 is formed in the support portion 28 and the chute plate 37.
a and 37a are formed facing each other, and each of the window holes 28a
, 37a, an optical sensor 44 in which the light emitter 42 and the light receiver 43 face each other is disposed. This sensor 44
The detection light is projected and received in a state where the coin C is not inserted, the absence of a coin is detected, and the presence of a coin is detected when the detection light is blocked by the coin C. Then, when the presence of the coin is detected, the drive of the motor 35 in the standby state is started.

A light-blocking member 45 is provided at a position below the support portion 28 of the moving member 23 so as to be swingable about a support shaft 46 as a fulcrum. This light-blocking member 45 has a light-blocking lever 48 formed at its tip with a light-blocking portion 47 capable of blocking the detection light of the sensor 44,
An operation lever 49 is fixedly attached to the base of the light-blocking lever 48 and can be brought into contact with the lower end of the pressing portion 30 of the moving member 23. The light shielding member 45 is urged to rotate in the clockwise direction in FIG.
In the standby state shown in FIG. 1, the operating lever 49 is pressed downward by the pressing portion 30 of the moving member 23, and the light shielding portion 47 is retracted from the light shielding position of the detection light, and shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. When the moving member 23 is raised, the light shielding portion 47 moves to the light shielding position of the detection light, and the operation lever 49 contacts the stopper 51, so that the light shielding state is maintained.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

In the standby state, as shown in FIG.
Is in the standby rotation position, the moving member 23 is at the standby position where the cam 34 lowers most, and the support portion 28 of the moving member 23 is located at the lower edge height position of the coin insertion slot 18 so that the coin insertion slot is 18 is open. Further, the pressing portion 30 of the moving member 23
Presses the operation lever 49 of the light shielding member 45 downward to
Is retracted, and the detection light is emitted and received by the sensor 44, and the absence of a coin is detected.

When a plurality of coins C are to be thrown in at once, the plurality of coins C are stacked in the vertical direction, and the coins C in the vertically stacked state are held by the finger of the coin inserter from above and below. In this state, the coin C is inserted into the coin insertion slot 18 from the radial direction and the finger is released. At this time, the coins C may be the same denomination or different denominations.

The coin C inserted into the inside through the coin insertion slot 18 is supported on the support portion 28 of the moving member 23, and the front edge of the coin C is inserted into the control surface portion 21 of the control member 20 by the inclination of the support portion 28. Stops in contact.

When the coin C is supported on the support portion 28 of the moving member 23, the sensor 44 is shielded from light and detects the presence of a coin, the motor 35 is rotated, and the cam 34 is rotated clockwise in FIG. You.

With the rotation of the cam 34, the moving member 23 moves upward by the urging force of the tension spring 31, and as shown in FIG. When the coin C comes off above the regulating surface portion 21 of the regulating member 20,
The top coin C slides down the chute surface 22 of the regulating member 20 and is guided into the identification counting section 40. In this way, as the moving member 23 moves upward, the uppermost coins C on the support 28 slide down one by one and are guided into the identification counting section 40. The speed at which coins are fed from the coin lump-in device 3 to the identification and counting unit 40 is set in accordance with the speed at which the identification and counting process in the identification and counting unit 40 is enabled one by one.

Further, with the upward movement of the moving member 23, the shutter portion 29 closes the coin insertion slot 18 and regulates the insertion of the coin C during the coin receiving process. Further, the pressing portion 30 separates upward from the operating lever 49 of the light shielding member 45, and the light shielding member 45
Swings by the urging force of the spring 50, and the light shielding portion 47 is
, And the light-shielding state of the sensor 44 is maintained.

At the rotation position just before the cam 34 makes one rotation, as shown in FIG. 4, the moving member 23 reaches the highest position, and the support 28 is moved to the chute surface of the regulating member 20.
The lowermost coin C protruding from the support portion 28 slides down the chute surface portion 22 and is guided into the identification counting section 40. Even if the coin C is lost on the support portion 28, the rotation of the cam 34 by the drive of the motor 35 is continued because the sensor 44 is in the light-shielding state by the light-shielding member 45.

Further, when the cam 34 makes one rotation and returns to the standby rotation position, the moving member 23 is moved downward by the cam 34 against the bias of the tension spring 31, and the moving member 23 is moved downward. When the 23 moves down to the standby position, the pressing portion 30 pushes down the operating lever 49 of the light shielding member 45, the light shielding portion 47 of the light shielding member 45 is retracted from the light shielding position, the sensor 44 emits detection light, and the motor 35
Is stopped. Therefore, the sensor 44 is also used as a fixed position sensor for one rotation of the cam 34.

As described above, the coins C in the vertically stacked state can be inserted from the radial direction into the coin insertion slot 18 while being held by the coin inserter's finger from above and below, and the coins C can be easily inserted. It can be inserted without disturbing the vertical stacking condition. In addition, the moving member 23 that supports the inserted coin C on the support portion 28
The coins C can be fed one by one with a simple structure that only raises the coins.

[0029]

According to the present invention, coins can be inserted from the radial direction into the coin insertion slot in a vertically stacked state, so that coins can be easily inserted without breaking the vertically stacked state, and the inserted coins can be easily inserted. a simple structure only increases the bearing of the supporting Seung the movable member and the sliding bearing portion of the coin to back direction
It will be in a down slope position where it can descend, and
The top coin among the vertically stacked coins is the regulation member
The uppermost coin moves downward by coming off from the
The last coin, or the last coin on the bearing
Can be reliably fed one by one into the receiving chute of the regulating member .
Ru can be reduced wear.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a moving member in a standby position, showing one embodiment of a coin batch-in device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the moving member according to the same embodiment as it is being lifted.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the moving member according to the first embodiment at a raised position.

[Explanation of symbols]

18 Coin insertion slot 20 Restriction member 21 Restriction surface part 23 Moving member 28 Bearing part 35 Motor as driving means 39 Receiving chute part 44 Sensor C coin

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A coin insertion slot into which coins are inserted from the radial direction in a vertically stacked state, and a support portion rising from a standby position at a lower edge height position of the coin insertion slot facing the back of the coin insertion slot. Have this bearing
When the coin rises, the coin can slide down in the direction of the back.
A moving member ing and oblique posture regulating surface sections, back direction from the top of the regulating surface sections for regulating the inserting direction of the front end edge of the inserted coins from the coin insertion opening
Has a receiving chute that sends coins toward the back
That a regulating member, a sensor for detecting that the coin has been inserted from the front Symbol coin insertion opening, the supporting in the standby position when detecting coin sensor
Raise the bearing to remove the coins
Of the coins above, one above the other in order from the regulation surface
And a driving means for moving the coin to the coin.