JP2726862B2 - Separation device for toll storage machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a coin separating device in a toll storage machine attached to a one-man cab, etc. More specifically, the present invention relates to a coin separating device inserted together with a coupon ticket. The coin is quickly separated from the coupon and the coin separated from the coupon is transported in a substantially constant posture.

[Conventional technology]

Various structures are used as a money separating device for a toll storage machine mounted on a one-man cabus or the like.
A typical example of a conventional coin separating device is
There is one disclosed in -039273.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 53-039273 discloses a coupon that is arranged parallel to each other with the brush pieces wrapped directly under a drop point of coins, and is supplied on the peripheral surface of the brush. It is mainly composed of a pair of rotating brushes that are driven to rotate in the opposite direction to be scraped to the outside, and the coins dropped and supplied together with the coupon to the brush piece wrap portion of the pair of rotating brushes have a large specific gravity. Therefore, while passing through the brush pieces by their own weight without being caught by the brush pieces and falling into the coin storage area immediately below the rotating brush, a ticket with a small specific gravity cannot pass between the brush pieces. Is transported to the outside of the rotating brush by the rotating operation of the rotating brush, from which it is dropped to the coupon ticket storage location.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

The technique disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 53-039273, which is a conventional technique, has the advantage that the separation of coins and coupons can be accurately achieved by effectively utilizing the difference in specific gravity between coins and coupons. However, in order to make the posture of coins falling on a pair of rotating brushes constant, a conveyor belt is required, and in order to make the passage of coins smooth and reliable, the length of the brush piece is required. It is necessary to provide a relatively large rotating brush, etc., so that the entire device tends to be large, and it is necessary to provide a coin storing place and two coupon storing places directly under a pair of rotating brushes, For this reason, there has been a problem that the miniaturization of the fee storage machine, which is required to be miniaturized, cannot be sufficiently achieved.

Also, the coupon sandwiched between the brush pieces of the rotating brush does not fall to the outside of the rotating brush, but directly enters the coin storage location with the rotation of the rotating brush, which hinders the processing of coins in the fee storage machine. There was a problem.

Furthermore, since the coin separated from the coupon by the coin separating device has an unfixed posture, it is necessary to perform a dedicated process for aligning the posture of the coin after separation, and this coin posture processing is performed. Since a dedicated device must be provided, not only is the configuration of the fee storage machine complicated, but also the processing time of coins increases.

Therefore, the present invention was conceived in order to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and utilizes the fact that the thickness of the coin with respect to the coupon is large, hard, and heavy, so that the coin can be quickly converted from the coupon. The purpose of the present invention is to separate the sheets in a substantially aligned state.

[Means for solving the problem]

Means of the present invention to achieve the above object is a coin separating device in a toll storage machine attached to a one-man bus, etc., which is arranged immediately below a coin insertion slot, and a coupon ticket falling from this insertion slot And a hopper plate that guides coins to the lower end opening, is arranged at a certain angle and is arranged in parallel with a gap of a fixed width therebetween, and rotates while holding the gap immediately below the lower end opening of the hopper plate. Having a pair of inclined rollers, the rotation direction of both inclined rollers is set to the opposite direction of winding the coupon dropped and supplied on the peripheral surface of this inclined roller into the gap, the gap between the peripheral surfaces of both inclined rollers Is set to a value smaller than the thickness of the coin but larger than the thickness of the coupon ticket.

In addition to the above-described means, it is preferable to provide a brush piece for preventing passage of a coupon in a form of blocking the transfer path, at a hopper plate portion located at the downstream end of the coin transfer path formed by the two inclined rollers and the hopper plate. .

The two inclined rollers are driven to rotate while keeping the gap constant.However, in order to cope with an accident of foreign matter being caught in the gap, at least one of the inclined rollers is provided so as to be displaceable in a direction to widen the gap. Is good.

Also, the angle of inclination of both inclined rollers may be any value as long as coins can roll down on the inclined roller, but if the angle of inclination is small, the coin separating operation becomes slow,
Conversely, if the inclination angle is large, the conveyance posture of the separated coins from the coin separating device becomes unstable, so that the inclination angle of the inclined roller is suitably about 15 to 35 °, preferably 25.
° Around is optimal.

The average thickness of the coupon is around 0.2 mm, while the thickness of the coin is at least about 1.5 mm, so the gap value should be less than the minimum coin thickness of about 1.5 mm. However, in order to obtain good winding of the coupon into the gap by both inclined rollers and to smooth out the coin on the peripheral surfaces of both inclined rollers, the width of the gap should be set to about 0. Is good.

[Action]

Coins and coupons inserted together from a coin slot are
It is guided and guided by the hopper plate, and is dropped and supplied to the opposing peripheral surface of the two inclined rollers, that is, the position immediately above the vicinity of the gap. The coins dropped and supplied near this gap are aligned in the arcuate slopes formed by the peripheral surfaces of the two inclined rollers while the upright posture is maintained by the hopper plate, and the hopper plate, the two inclined rollers and Are discharged on the inclined roller along the transfer path formed by the roller. Conversely, the coupon is regulated by the hopper plate, which is narrowed downward, so that its thickness direction is restricted to a position perpendicular to the axis of the two inclined rollers, and is supplied onto the peripheral surface of the inclined roller near the gap. The roller is caught in the gap by the rotation of the two inclined rollers, and is dropped and stored in the collection hopper immediately below the gap. That is, both inclined rollers use the difference in weight, size, and shape between the inserted coin and the coupon to roll the coin laterally along the inclined surface formed by the peripheral surface thereof, and By passing the ticket through the gap as it is, the coin and the coupon are separated.

As described above, the coin separated from the coupon ticket by the action of the two inclined rollers is transferred to the next step in a fixed posture standing along the transfer path formed by the two inclined rollers and the hopper plate. What is necessary is just to process using the fixed attitude | position of a coin as it is, and the operation | work which aligns the attitude | position of a coin uniformly is completely unnecessary.

The two inclined rollers for separating coins and coupons are rotationally driven while keeping the gap invariable at a constant value, but there are cases where a large number of coupons are going to be caught in the gap at the same time, When the gap is wrapped in a coupon, the rotation is stopped due to an increase in resistance to the wrapping action, the operation of the apparatus is temporarily stopped, and at least one of the inclined rollers is moved to the gap. Is swung in the direction in which the number of coupons is increased, and the above-mentioned number of coupons or the coupons and coins are removed from the gap.

Also, when the coupon is to be conveyed along the outgoing path on a coin that is outgoing on the outgoing path, a brush piece provided at the end of the outgoing path scrapes the coupon off the coin,
Since the coupon is dropped from the gap as it is, entry of the coupon into the coin processing step is reliably prevented.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall view showing an arrangement relationship of each component of a fee storage machine A to which a coin separating device 1 according to the present invention is assembled. The arrangement of each component along a flow of coins will be described. mouth
Coins inserted from 13 are separated from coupons by the coin separating device 1 of the present invention, sent to the coin sorting device 15, and sent to the coin sorting device 16 one by one by the coin sorting device 15. The coins sent to the coin sorting device 16 are classified by type in the coin sorting device 16 and the coin storage and ejection device 17
Classified and stored.

The coins stored in the coin storage and ejection device 17 are punched out as necessary, and are conveyed to the change payout port 19 or the safe 22 by the coin conveyance device 18.

In addition, along with the coin sorting device 16 and the coin storage and ejection device 17, a bill recognizer 20 and a bill transport device 21 are provided, and the bills stored after inspection by the bill recognizer 20 are used by the bill transport device 21. Sent to safe 22.

2 to 4 show a coin separating apparatus 1 according to the present invention.
2 is a plan view, FIG. 3 is a front view, and FIG. 4 is a side view.

The pair of inclined rollers 2 are mounted such that the axis of the rotating shaft 3 is inclined at an angle of 15 to 35 ° with respect to a horizontal plane.
Around 25 ° is appropriate for assembling and using the current one-man cabass fee storage machine A. The inclination angle of the inclined roller 2 has a great effect on the setting of the separation processing speed of the inserted coins from the coupons. Naturally, if the inclination angle is increased, the speed of the coins to move out increases. Although the processing time can be shortened, there is a danger that the operation of unloading the coins becomes unstable due to the jumping of the coins, and that the height of the device becomes large. For this reason, it is preferable to set the inclination angle of the inclination roller 2 within the range of 15 to 35 ° as described above.

The diameter of the two inclined rollers 2 is set to 20 mm. If the diameter of the inclined rollers 2 is set to be larger than 20 mm, the diameter of the inclined rollers 2 which form the transfer path t, that is, the peripheral surface on which coins are mounted, is determined. Tends to be unable to obtain smooth rolling of coins on the outgoing path t. Conversely, if the diameter of the inclined roller 2 is smaller than 20 mm, the coupon due to the gap s This is because the entanglement ability is reduced and the player wins.

Further, the peripheral surfaces of the two inclined rollers 2 are formed into very smooth and coins in order to surely obtain smooth rolling of the coins on the exit path t despite the rotational operation of the two inclined rollers 2. ing.

The hopper plate 4 is composed of a pair of flat plates that are attached narrower as going downward, and the narrowed lower end opening 4a is located just above the peripheral surface of both inclined rollers 2 near the gap s. At the same time, the coin is set to be open along the gap s, thereby forming a coin transfer path t on the inclined roller 2 on the gap s, and the expanded upper end portion is provided at the lower end of the input hopper 14 provided at the input port 13. The opening is located with the opening located between the upper ends thereof.

A bracket 6 is attached to the front and rear ends of one hopper plate 4 in a flange shape, and is attached to a fixed portion so as to be rotatable and displaceable by a swing shaft 7 fixed to the bracket 6. One inclined roller 2 is attached to the bracket 6 so as to be rotatable about its rotation shaft 3, and a cam piece 8 is protruded from the one bracket 6. That is, the one hopper plate 4 is mounted so as to be swingable with the swing shaft 7 as the axis, and the one hopper plate 4 is swingably shifted with the swing shaft 7 of the hopper plate 4 as the axis. The inclined roller 2 is displaced toward and away from the other inclined roller 2.

A cam shaft 10 that is driven to rotate when necessary is disposed near the one hopper plate 4, and a swing cam plate 9 is attached to the cam shaft 10. The oscillating cam plate 9 has a disk shape with a part of its peripheral surface largely protruding.
The hopper plate 4 is positioned at one swing limit, and the two inclined rollers 2 are opposed to each other at the set gap s. The cam surface that is not protruded due to the rotational displacement is cam piece 8
So that one inclined roller 2 is in contact with the other inclined roller 2.
And the number of coupons and the like caught in the gap s is dropped downward.

At one end of both hopper plates 4, that is, at the downstream end of the transfer path t, a brush piece 5 for blocking coupons is implanted. The brush piece 5 is provided with the brush piece 5 slightly wrapped around the tip of the brush piece 5. By providing the brush pieces 5 in such a form, the brush pieces 5 can be easily bent by the coins and smoothly prevent the coins from passing while the coins pass smoothly.

The guide rail 12 provided with the transfer path t extended is used to form a coin transfer path in a coin aligner 15 for aligning coins transferred from the coin separating apparatus 1 according to the present invention one by one. belongs to.

〔The invention's effect〕

The present invention has the above-described configuration, and has the following effects.

Separation of coins and coupons using differences in weight, shape, and dimensions can be achieved accurately and promptly, ensuring that unauthorized entry of coupons into the coin processing line is ensured. Can be prevented.

Coins separated from coupons are transferred out with their postures unified to the upright posture, eliminating the need for dedicated processes and equipment for coin posture shaping, and simplifying the structure of the fee storage machine accordingly. And coin processing can be achieved quickly and accurately.

Since coins and coupons can be inserted directly from the insertion port onto the combination of the two inclined rollers and the hopper plate, the overall size of the coin separating device can be made sufficiently small, and as a result, the entire charge storage machine This is extremely effective in reducing the size of the device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement relationship of each component of a fee storage machine into which the device of the present invention is incorporated. 2 to 4 are views showing an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view, FIG. 3 is a front view, and FIG. 4 is a side view. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1; coin separating device, 2; inclined roller, 4; hopper plate, 4a; lower end opening, 5; brush piece, 6; bracket, 7; swing shaft, 8; cam piece, 9; swing Cam plate, 10; cam shaft, 11; recovery hopper, 1
2; guide rail, 13; input port, 14; input hopper, s; gap, t; transfer path, A; fee storage machine, 15; coin alignment device, 16; coin sorting device, 17; coin storage and ejection device, 18; coin transporter, 19; change outlet, 20; bill recognizer, 21; bill transporter, 22; safe.

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bill separating device for a toll storage machine attached to a one-man bus or the like, which is disposed immediately below a bill insertion slot (13), and wherein the slot (13) is provided.
Hopper plate (4) that guides the coins falling from the bottom to the lower opening (4a), and a gap (s) that is inclined at a certain angle and has a certain width between each other
And a pair of inclined rollers (2) that rotate while holding the gap (s) immediately below the lower end opening (4a) of the hopper plate (4). The rotation direction of the roller (2)
The coupon that has been dropped and supplied onto the peripheral surface of the inclined roller (2) is set in the reverse direction to be wound into the gap (s), and the width of the gap (s) is smaller than the thickness of the coin but is smaller than the thickness of the coin. A bill separating device in a charge storage machine set to a value larger than the thickness. 2. A coin hopper plate (4) formed by both inclined rollers (2) and a hopper plate (4), which is located at a hopper plate (4) located at a downstream end of the coin discharge passage (t). 2. The money separating device in a toll storage machine according to claim 1, further comprising a brush piece (5) for preventing passage of the coupon in a form. 3. The bill separating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the inclined rollers (2) is mounted so as to be displaceable in a direction to widen the gap (s). 4. The inclination angle of both inclined rollers (2) is 15 to 35.
4. The bill separating apparatus in a toll storage machine according to claim 1, wherein the angle is set at about 25 degrees. 5. The money separating device in a toll storage machine according to claim 1, wherein the width of the gap (s) is set to 0.1 to 0.5 mm. 6. A bill separating device in a toll storage machine according to claim 1, wherein the diameter of both inclined rollers (2) is set to about 20 mm. 7. A bill separating device in a toll storage machine according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral surfaces of both inclined rollers (2) are hard and slippery.