JP2834523B2 - Medal polishing machine with built-in counting unit - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a medal polishing machine with a built-in counting unit for medals used in slot machines installed in pachinko parlors and the like.

<Conventional technology> Generally, as a method of handling medals of slot machines used in pachinko parlors, etc., a medal counting machine for counting medals brought in by customers is installed on a counter or the like, and medals are polished below the counter. A separate machine is installed, and the medals counted by the medal counting machine enter the polishing machine through a hose. Also, medals polished by this polisher were merely received in containers such as buckets and dollar boxes.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, since the counting speed of a medal counting machine in recent years is increasing, medals often overflow from a hopper of a polishing machine that receives the counted medals, and the medal counts through a hose. The discharge section of the medal counter sometimes got clogged. In addition, the polished medals are received in a bucket or other container, but since this polishing machine is located at the bottom of the counter, even if the container is full of medals, the clerk will not notice and the medals will fall to the floor There were things.
Of course, a medal receiving container such as a bucket has to be arranged one by one under the narrow counter, and the setting work is troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above circumstances, the present invention solves the above-described problems by providing a medal counter with a counter mounted on a polishing machine itself and controlling a medal amount in a built-in medal receiving part of each medal receiver with a sensor. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medal polishing machine with a built-in counting unit.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In the present invention, a polishing machine and a medal counter are integrally incorporated, and the medal counter serves as a replenishing device for a polishing cylinder of a main body of the polishing machine. According to another aspect of the present invention, a polishing machine and a medal counter are integrated with each other, and a control sensor is provided in each tank section for supplying medals to the main body of the polishing machine and receiving polished medals. .

<Operation> Due to the above configuration, the medals counted by the medal counting unit located above the polishing machine flow into the hopper serving as the upper tank. When the medals are full here, the control sensor is activated. An alarm is issued and the power supply of the medal counting unit is cut off. Further, when the rotation of the replenishing spring is clogged with a medal by a motor serving as a replenishing means for the polishing cylinder in the hopper, a control sensor disposed on a sensor wheel integrated with the replenishing spring operates to stop the rotation of the replenishing spring. . When the tank for storing the polished medals is full, the control sensor is activated to stop feeding the medals in the preceding stage and issue a predetermined alarm.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings of the embodiments.
It is as follows.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a medal polishing machine main body installed inside a counter (not shown). Above the polishing machine main body 1, a medal insertion hopper portion 2 is provided at an upper portion, and a high-speed rotating turntable 3 is provided at a lower portion; A medal counting unit 5 having a number count 4 disposed at the discharge unit for feeding one piece is disposed, and the tip of a hose 6 connected to the discharge end of the medal counting unit 5 is connected to an inclined polishing cylinder of a polishing machine 7. It faces the hopper 9 serving as the upper tank provided at the eight ends. The hopper 9 has a control sensor 10
A sensor wheel 16 is mounted on a rotating shaft 15 of a replenishing spring 14 that rotates on a surface of a base 13 with a replenishing hole 12 serving as a replenishing means 11 formed at the end of the hopper 9, and a rotational speed is set at a peripheral position of the sensor wheel 16. A control sensor 17 for detecting is provided. 18
Is a motor attached to the end of the rotating shaft 15. Reference numeral 19 denotes a separation basket disposed at the tip of the polishing cylinder 8, and a discharge port of the separation basket 19 receives a medal of a lower tank via a chute 20 in a tank portion.
A communication sensor 21 is provided, and a control sensor 22 for detecting fullness is provided on a side portion of the tank portion 21, and the whole is a medal polishing machine 23 with a built-in counting unit.

Next, this operation will be described. First, a medal a obtained in a game of a slot machine (not shown) is medal of a medal counting unit 5 provided at a counter position above the medal polishing machine 23 with a built-in counting unit. If you put it into the input hopper part 2,
The medal a moves to the outer peripheral side by the centrifugal force caused by the high speed rotation of the lower turntable 3, and passes from the discharge portion through the hose 6 to the polishing machine 7.
Flows into the side hopper 9. Here, the medals a accumulated in the tank portion of the hopper 9 are raised one by one along the surface of the inclined base 13 by the rotation of the replenishing spring 14 rotated by the motor 18, and are gradually passed through the upper replenishing hole 12. 8 is carried in.
The polishing cylinder 8 is polished with stirring by an internal spiral 24 together with a polishing material (not shown) preliminarily inserted thereinto, and moves from the upper end of the polishing cylinder 8 to a separation basket 19 at the next horizontal position. During the transfer by the internal spiral 25, only the abrasive falls from the basket, and the polished medal a is discharged (stored) into the medal receiving tank portion 21 serving as the lower tank via the chute 20. In this case, during normal operation, the hopper 9 of the upper tank is checked for fullness, the medal receiving tank portion 21 of the lower tank is checked for fullness, the set check of the tank portion 21, the rotation detection check of the replenishment spring 14, and the operation is turned off.
A switch check is performed, and the status becomes normal.
This check system is as shown in FIG.

Next, in the abnormal operation, first, the medal amount counted by the medal counting unit 5 flows into the hopper 9 serving as the upper tank, and when it is full, the control sensor 10 located outside operates. This detection signal is transmitted to the medal counting unit 5 in the preceding stage.
After inputting the reset output, the AC of the medal counting unit 5
The power supply is cut off, and an output for lighting a warning light (not shown) is issued. In this state, when the operation ON switch is pressed, the same operation is repeated. Also, after a certain time from when the full control sensor 10 of the hopper 9 is turned off, the alarm lamp is automatically turned off and the operation returns to the normal operation.

When the polished medals a become full due to the flow into the medal receiving tank portion 21 serving as the lower tank, the control sensor 22 operates to stop all the motors of the polisher 23, and to issue an alarm as described above. Turn on the light. To return to the normal operation at this time, after confirming that the lower tank full control sensor 22 has been turned off, the control sensor 22 turns on and returns to normal.

Also, when the medal receiving tank is not set,
Stops all motors of the grinder and outputs an alarm output. The return to the normal operation at this time is performed when the control sensor 22 is turned ON.

Further, if a medal jam occurs between the inclined base 13 surface serving as the replenishing means 11 for feeding out the hopper 9 to the polishing cylinder 8 and the replenishing spring 14 serving as a scraping arm, the replenishing spring 14
The rotation of the sensor wheel 16 provided with the rotation shaft 15 is slowed down, and the rotation delay is detected by the control sensor 17 to notify the rotation abnormality. That is, if the control sensor 17 for detecting the rotation does not change for Asec, it is determined that the rotation is abnormal, and
Stop the motor 18 (6w) for 14 seconds for a certain period of time
For a while. At this time, if there is no change in the control sensor 17, the same operation is performed again, and the motor 18 is stopped for the second time (see FIG. 6) to obtain an alarm output. That is, the control sensor detects a medal clogging, turns off the motor power, reverses the supply spring 14 by about 90 °, and rotates forward again. This automatically removes the medal clogging and does not deform the supply spring itself.

FIG. 7 shows the contents of this control configuration. Upper tank full control sensor 10, Lower tank full control sensor 22, Lower tank set control sensor 26, Rotation detection control sensor 17, Active lamp 27, Active ON switch 28, Active O
The FF switch 29 is connected to a CPU board 30. The CPU board 30 is connected to a terminal block 34 provided with a counting section reset input 31, an abnormal output (alarm light) 32, and a counting section AC power supply 33. SSR
On the substrate 35 side, the supply spring motor 18, the separation basket motor 36, and the polishing cylinder motor 37 are connected.

<Effect of the Invention> As described above, the medal polishing machine with a built-in counting unit according to the present invention has a medal counting machine, a medal polishing machine, and a medal receiving tank that has been polished, which are installed integrally at the counter position. By providing a control sensor for detecting the rotation of a replenishing spring serving as a replenishing means for the upper tank serving as the hopper position, the lower tank and the polishing cylinder at the end of the hopper, the medal counting unit performs high-speed counting and performs a large number of operations. If the medals are about to overflow the hopper, which is the upper tank, the counting unit is stopped by the detection of the control sensor, and the motor stops rotating even when the medals bite into the replenishing spring that is fed to the polishing cylinder. Obtain safe driving to eliminate clogging. Further, when the medal receiving tank portion after polishing becomes full, the entire device is stopped, so that various controls can be performed, such as not falling onto the floor, unlike a conventional simple container installation receiver. In addition, what is advantageous in the present invention is that since it is of a built-in type, it is compact as a whole and has effects such as being optimal for installation in a narrow counter.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a perspective view, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of an internal schematic structure, FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional side view of a main part of the replenishing means, FIG. 4 is a front view thereof, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a normal operation check, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an output waveform of abnormal rotation of a rotation detection control sensor, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a control configuration. 1 ... polishing machine body, 2 ... medal loading hopper, 3 ...
... Rotating disk, 5 ... Medal counting unit, 7 ... Pulverizer, 8 ...
Polishing cylinder, 9 hopper, 10 control sensor, 11 replenishing means, 14 replenishing spring, 15 rotating shaft, 16 sensor wheel, 17 control sensor, 18 motor, 21 ... Medal receiving tank, 22 ... Control sensor for detecting fullness.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A medal polisher with a built-in counting unit, wherein a polisher and a medal counter are integrated with each other, and the medal counter serves as a replenishing means for a polishing cylinder of a main body of the polisher. 2. A polishing machine and a medal counting machine are integrally incorporated, and a control sensor is provided in each tank portion for supplying medals to the main body of the polishing machine and receiving polished medals. A medal polishing machine with a built-in counting unit.