JP2783524B2 - Coin feeding device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inclined disc type coin feeding device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a coin dispensing apparatus of the inclined disk type has been disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-251989, in which a rotating circle is rotated at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal direction. A plate is provided, and a hopper for storing coins is provided on the surface side of the rotating disk. A plurality of pickup members , for example, a plurality of pins, are protruded concentrically on the surface of the rotating disk, and the height of protrusion of the pins from the rotating disk surface is one coin.
It is smaller than the thickness of the sheets, and the interval between the pins is such that only one coin fits in the radial direction.

[0003] With the rotation of the rotating disk, the coins stored in the hopper are fitted one by one between adjacent pins in the lower region of the rotating disk and picked up in the upper region of the rotating disk. The coins are fed one by one from the upper region of the rotating disk to the coin passage. In the coin passage, coins fed from the rotating disk are received between the passage plate and the transport belt, transported by the transport belt, and subjected to processing such as identification.

[0004]

In such a conventional coin feeding apparatus, normal coins can be reliably fed one by one to a coin passage, but an abnormally thick counterfeit coin (hereinafter referred to as a different thickness counterfeiter). Coins), bent coins (hereinafter referred to as deformed coins, for example, FIG. 4 of the embodiment of the present invention)
(C1) shown in (a) or a coin picked up in a row (for example, C1 shown in FIG. 4 (b) of the embodiment of the present invention)
2) etc. (hereinafter collectively referred to as abnormal coins) will also be accepted.

[0005] Of these, different-sized counterfeit coins and deformed coins are clogged during conveyance in the coin path, which causes the apparatus to stop or be damaged. On the other hand, coins accepted consecutively cause erroneous identification and erroneous processing further downstream.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and it is possible to reliably feed out only normal coins one by one into a coin passage without feeding out abnormal coins such as fake coins having different thicknesses into the coin passage. It is an object to provide a coin feeding device.

[0007]

The present invention SUMMARY OF] includes a rotating disk which is rotated at a position inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to mounted horizontally to the rotation axis, the peripheral surfaces of the rotating disk
A recess is formed through the step, and a plurality of recesses are formed on the surface of the recess.
A pick-up member is arranged so as to protrude on a concentric circle, and a concave portion of the pick-up member is provided.
The amount of protrusion from the part surface is less than the thickness of one coin
The distance between the pick-up members adjacent to the coin is that only one coin fits in the radial direction
Is a case that the dimensions, in the coin feeding device for feeding <br/> to coin passage picked up one by one the coins by the plurality of picking the top member protruding from the surface of the rotary disk, the concave portion of the rotary disk
A plurality of concentric circles on which the respective pick-up members are arranged
And a through hole on the back side of the rotating disk.
With movably supported between a position where the buried and position projecting a picking upper member which is location from the surface of the rotary disk, supporting means for supporting the energized toward a position projecting, before
A support shaft that is arranged on the upstream side in the disk rotation direction of the entrance of the coin passage facing the concave surface of the rotary disk, and is parallel to the rotary shaft;
Can be pivoted outward in the radial direction of the rotating disk with the fulcrum as a fulcrum.
Together provided a graceful and thickness <br/> viewed regulating member spacing which permits are provided passage of one coin thickness, the rotating disk of the thickness regulating member between the rotary disk surface Recess
Biasing means for biasing the rotating disk facing the surface radially inward
Is provided .

Thus, the coins are picked up one by one by the plurality of pick-up members projecting from the concave surface of the rotary disc by the rotation of the rotary disc, and the coins are picked up normally by the pick-up members. Thick coins pass under the thickness regulating member one by one and are fed to a coin passage.

At the time of this coin feeding, if the picked-up coin is a fake coin of different thickness or a deformed coin, or if two coins are picked up in a row, the coin cannot pass under the thickness-controlling member and is moved to the thickness-controlling member. A part of the coins picked up and having different thicknesses, deformed coins, and two coins picked up in a row are repelled from the pick-up member. In addition, coins that have not been removed during contact with the thickness regulating member are stuck between the coin and the thickness regulating member as the rotation of the rotating disk progresses.
While swinging radially outward against the bias, the pickup member is buried from the surface of the concave portion of the rotating disk against the bias , the bite is released and the pickup member drops. In any case, the abnormal coin is dropped together in cooperation with the thickness regulating member and the pick-up member , so that it is prevented from entering the coin passage.

[0010]

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

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a rotating disk, and the rotating disk 11 is rotated at a slight angle with respect to the horizontal direction.
The driving force from a motor or the like (not shown) is transmitted to the rotating shaft 12, and the rotating shaft 12 is driven to rotate in the direction of the arrow in FIG.

A recess 14 having a width larger than the diameter of the largest coin to be processed through the step 13 is formed at the peripheral edge of the surface of the rotating disk 11. In the concave portion 14, a plurality of long holes 15 as a plurality of through holes long in the rotation direction are formed so as to penetrate along a concentric circle, and the interval between the long holes 15 is larger than the diameter of the largest coin to be processed. ing.

On the back side of the rotating disk 11, a leaf spring 16 as a support means is attached to the edge of each elongated hole 15 in the rotation direction side. Plank 11
A pin 17 as a pickup member protruding from the surface of the concave portion 14 is mounted. The pin 17 is located at a position closer to the rotation direction of the long hole 15 and normally projects a predetermined amount (slightly smaller than the thickness of the minimum thickness coin) from the upper surface of the rotating disk 11. Force or rotating disk 11 from above in the axial direction
When a force in the opposite direction (upward or leftward in FIG. 3) is applied to the rotating disk 11, the rotating disk 11 moves back so as to be retracted, and is located at a position buried from the surface of the recess 14. />

A coin passage 21 for receiving and transporting coins fed from the rotating disk 11 is formed obliquely upward from an upper position of the rotating disk 11. This coin passage 21
A passage plate 22 for guiding the lower surface of the coin is disposed in the same inclined state as the rotating disk 11, and a lower edge guide 23 for guiding the lower edge of the coin along the lower edge of the passage plate 22 is disposed. Further, an endless transport belt 24 that supports the upper surface of the coins and provides a transport force along the upper side of the passage plate 22 is provided.

The coin passage 21 is formed at its end facing the rotating disk 11 with an introduction portion 25 for receiving coins fed from the rotating disk 11, and conveys coins continuously to the introduction portion 25. A part 26 is formed.

In the introduction portion 25 of the coin passage 21, an introduction surface portion 27 is formed at the tip of the passage plate 22 on the same plane as the surface of the rotating disk 11, and the interval from the introduction surface portion 27 to the transport belt 24 is gradually increased. An inclined surface portion 28 is formed so as to be narrowed.
28 is formed continuously on the transfer surface 29 of the transfer section 26.
The lower edge guide 23 facing the introduction portion 25 is provided with a discharging member 30 for taking in coins picked up by the rotating disk 11 into the coin passage 21, and the discharging member 30 is connected to the rotating disk 11 Recess
The coin faces the surface of 14 at an interval where coins cannot pass, and the pin 17
A passage groove 31 through which the light passes is formed.

The transport section 26 of the coin passage 21 is provided with a discriminating section 32 formed of a material sensor, an image sensor, and the like for discriminating the suitability, unsuitability, denomination, etc. of the conveyed coin. .

The conveyor belt 24 of the coin passage 21 is provided with a plurality of protrusions 33 along the side facing the passage plate 22 at intervals larger than the diameter of the coin having the largest diameter. It is stretched over the arranged pulley 34 and a plurality of other pulleys (not shown). Then, the driving force from a motor or the like (not shown) is transmitted to the pulley 34, and the conveyor belt 24 is rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1 to convey the coins in the coin passage 21. The transport speed of coins by the transport belt 24
It is slightly faster than the coin dispensing speed of 11

In the introduction section 25, the transport belt 24
Between the projection 33 and the surface of the rotating disk 11 is a space t2 that is slightly smaller than the thickness of the minimum thickness coin between the protrusion 33 and the surface of the rotating disk 11. It is open. In addition, an interval t3 (substantially the same as the interval t1) slightly wider than the thickness of the maximum thickness coin is provided between the transport belt 24 and the introduction surface 27, and a minimum thickness coin is provided between the transport belt 24 and the transport surface 29. The interval t4 is slightly narrower than the thickness of.

In front of the coin passage 21, a thickness regulating member 41 is disposed which protrudes above the surface of the concave portion 14 of the rotating disk 11. The thickness regulating member 41 is attached to a support shaft 42 parallel to the rotation shaft 12 outside the rotation disk 11.
Can be pivoted counterclockwise from the position shown in FIG. 1 by, for example, about 5 degrees, and urged in the clockwise direction in the figure by a spring 43 connected as a biasing means . Have been. An arc-shaped regulating edge portion 44 is formed at a lower edge portion of the thickness regulating member 41 protruding above the surface of the rotating disk 11 on the tip side. Further, between the thickness regulating member 41 and the surface of the concave portion 14 of the rotating disk 11, the distance t1 between the transport belt 24 and the introduction surface 27 is slightly larger than the thickness of the maximum thickness coin.
A smaller interval t5 is set.

On the front side of the rotating disk 11, a rotating disk
A hopper 51 for storing coins is provided between the rotating disk 11 and the hopper 51 so as to cover the front side of the hopper 51.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

When a plurality of coins are put into a space surrounded by the rotating disk 11 and the hopper 51 and the rotating disk 11 is rotated, the pins 17 agitate the stored coins, and Pick up coins that fit into each one.

A coin having a normal thickness picked up by the pin 17 in a normal state passes under the thickness regulating member 41, moves to the upper region, and moves along the ejection member 30 while being pushed by the pin 17. Then, it is pushed by the protrusion 33 of the transport belt 24 and is fed out to the coin path 21.

The coins fed into the coin passage 21 are securely held by the passage plate 22 and the transport belt 24 because the coin passage 21 is reduced in thickness interval at the inclined surface 28,
The identification unit 32 is accurately identified. After that, it undergoes processing such as classification.

The pin 17 that has finished delivering the coin passes through the passage groove 31 provided in the ejection member 30, and the next picking-up operation is performed.

By repeating such an operation, the stored coins are fed out one by one into the coin passage 21.

At the time of coin feeding operation, the picked-up coin is a fake coin of different thickness or a deformed coin C1 as shown in FIG. 4 (a), or two coins C2 in a row as shown in FIG. 4 (b). When the coins are picked up, the coins C1 and C2 are
Without being able to pass under 41, it comes into contact with the regulating edge 44 of the thickness regulating member 41. By this contact, different thickness fake coins and deformed coins C1,2
A part of the coins C2 picked up in a row is flipped off from the pins 17 and returned to the stored coins.

[0029] Then, when the coins C1, C2 in the thickness regulating member 41 abuts, since the thickness regulating member 41 to relax the contact impact by the action of the spring 43 together with the escaping rotated corruption mechanisms in the event of a collision Can be prevented.

Further, the coins which have not been dropped off at the time of contact with the thickness regulating member 41 are stuck between the coin and the thickness regulating member 41 as the rotating disk 11 rotates. At this time, since a counterclockwise force is applied to the pin 17, the pin 17 is buried from the surface of the rotating disk 11, the bite is released, and the coin falls.

In any case, the abnormal coins C1 and C2 are dropped by the thickness regulating member 41, so that they can be prevented from entering the coin passage 21.

[0032]

According to the present invention, an abnormal coin such as a fake coin having a different thickness is dropped from a pick-up member by a thickness regulating member.
In addition, the thickness regulating member and the concave surface of the rotating disk
Even if an abnormal coin enters during
Swings radially outward, and the pick-up member is urged.
Buried from the concave surface of the rotating disk against
Abnormal coins can be dropped from the pick-up member,
Therefore, the abnormal coin <br/> cooperate out the thickness regulating member and Jitsuue member can be reliably prevented from entering the coin passage, feeding reliably one by one only normal coins into the coin passage Thus, it is possible to provide a coin feeding device which is less likely to cause troubles such as jamming of coins.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a coin feeding device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view on arrow A 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 an explanatory diagram showing an abnormal coin pick-up state.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 rotating disk 12 rotating shaft 13 step 14 recess 15 long hole 16 as through hole 16 leaf spring as supporting means 17 pin as pick-up member 21 coin passage 41 thickness regulating member 42 support shaft 43 spring as urging means

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotating disk attached to a rotating shaft and rotated at a position inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a horizontal direction,
A recess is formed at the peripheral edge of the rotating disk via a step
A plurality of pickup members protrude concentrically on the surface of this recess.
The pick-up member protrudes from the surface of the concave
Spacing between adjacent pick-up members that is less than the thickness of one sheet
1 is dimensioned to fit only one coin in the radial direction, the coins by the plurality of picking the top member protruding from the surface of the rotary disk
In a coin feeding device for picking up sheets one by one and feeding them into a coin passage , the picking-up device is provided concentrically in a concave portion of the rotating disk,
A plurality of through-holes members are disposed at the rear surface side of the rotary disc, movable between a position where the buried and position projecting a picking upper member disposed in the through hole from the surface of the rotary disk in addition to supporting a support means for supporting the energized toward a position projecting, arranged in a disc rotating direction upstream side of the inlet of the coin passage faces the recessed surface of the rotary disk, said rotary shaft A parallel support
Swingable radially outward of the rotating disk with the axis as a fulcrum
Together provided a <br/> thickness regulating member spacing which permits a positive <br/> normal coins one pass thickness is provided between the rotating disk surface, the thickness regulating member Rotation facing the concave surface of the rotating disk
Not comprise a biasing means for biasing radially inwardly of the disc
Coin feeding device, characterized in that that.