JP2860818B2 - Payout structure for medals etc. - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial application field) The present invention eliminates various inconveniences caused when paying out a large amount of medals and the like in an automatic lending machine and the like having a mechanism for paying out medals and coins. The present invention relates to a structure of a payout port for a medal or the like that has been given.

(Prior Art) Some automatic lending machines for amusement medals and coins are provided with a plurality of switches for selecting the number of medals and the like desired by a user. After a desired number of medals or the like are discharged to the receiving tray by turning on a desired one of the plurality of switches after inserting the same into the insertion slot.

By the way, in the vicinity of the receiving tray, there is provided a discharge port connected to a hopper for storing medals and the like, and the medals and the like are discharged to this receiving tray regardless of the number of discharged medals.

For this reason, when the number of ejected sheets is small, even if the capacity of the saucer is sufficient, when the number of ejected sheets increases, the ejected medals and the like hit the medals in the saucer and jump out of the saucer, or take time to take out. Will occur. Although the bottom of the tray can be configured to be deep to prevent it from jumping out of the plate, a tray with a deep bottom is inconvenient for taking out a small number of medals or the like.

Also, a payout device having a mechanism for temporarily storing medals and the like in a temporary storage portion provided at the upper part of the discharge port, and operating the lever or the like while holding a hand or a cup or the like to the discharge port to collectively discharge and receive. Also exist. However, this type of payout device is apt to be erroneously operated by a person who is not accustomed to operating the lever and the like, and causes problems such as spilling medals and the like, and remaining medals in the storage unit.

(Objects of the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above, and by changing the mode of receiving medals and the like in the case of discharging a small number of sheets and in the case of discharging a large number of sheets, a take-out operation at the time of discharging a small number of sheets. The object of the present invention is to provide a structure of a payout port for medals and the like that can solve the problem of prolonging the takeout time and overflowing from the saucer without reducing the performance, and at the same time, overflowing from the tray. I have.

(Summary of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention requires the
In a payout device for a medal or the like provided with a mechanism for paying out a different number of medals or the like to the payout opening according to the type of the selection switch, the payout opening is provided with a first discharge opening for discharging a small amount of medals and the like. A receiving tray for receiving medals and the like from the first discharge port, a second discharge port located above the first discharge port and discharging a large amount of medals and the like, and a position above the second discharge port And a cup lowering mechanism for lowering the cup in the cup housing below the second outlet to receive a large amount of medals discharged from the second outlet. It is characterized by having.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b) and 1 (c) are front longitudinal sectional views showing an example of the present invention applied to a payout device used in an automatic lending machine for medals, coins and the like (hereinafter referred to as medals and the like);
FIG. 2 is a side sectional view and a plan view of a pedestal portion. The dispensing apparatus includes a drop path 1 for dropping medals M discharged from a hopper such as a medal (not shown) located above, and a drop path 1.
The gate 2 is controlled to be opened when the number of medals M falling from the gate is small and closed when the number of medals M is small, and to receive a medal or the like descending through the gate 2
A first discharge port 3 for discharging upward, a second discharge port 5 for discharging a large number of medals and the like when the gate 2 is closed,
It has a cup supply mechanism 6 located above the tray 4 and further above the second discharge port 5, and a pedestal 8 on which the cup 7 supplied and dropped from the cup supply mechanism 6 is seated. The second discharge port 5 is positioned so that medals and the like can be discharged into the upper opening of the cup 7 seated on the base 8.

As shown in FIGS. 1 (b) and 1 (C), the pedestal 8 has a crescent-shaped planar shape located on the back side of the tray 4, and has a flat upper end surface. The shape is set so that it can be held.

As shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), for example, the cup supply mechanism 6 has a spiral groove 10 for fitting upper peripheral edges of some of the lowermost cups 7 of the stacked cups 7 on the outer periphery. The cups 9 having a cylindrical shape are arranged at intervals of 90 degrees, and the cups are detached and lowered by synchronously rotating the pieces 9 in the direction of the arrow. Since the upper and lower end portions of the spiral groove 10 are open at the upper and lower end surfaces of the cylindrical piece 9, respectively, the lowermost cup 7 can be separated from the lower end portion of the groove 10 by the rotation of the piece, and located at the upper position. A subsequent cup can enter the groove 10 from the upper end of the groove 10.

Note that the cup supply mechanism 6 is not limited to the above-described frame, and various modifications are possible as long as the mechanism can drop the cups one by one.

When the release number is selected by turning on a selection switch (not shown), a switch selection signal is output from the switch to a control unit (not shown), and the control unit communicates with a medal hopper (not shown) based on the selection signal. It controls a counting device, a solenoid that drives the gate 2, a motor that drives the cup supply mechanism 6, and the like. That is, based on the control signal from the control unit, the counting device causes the number of medals or the like according to the selection signal from the selection switch to drop onto the falling path 1, and when the number of dropped medals is smaller than a predetermined number, the gate 2 Is released and discharged from the first discharge port 3 onto the tray 4. When the number of dropped sheets is large, the gate 2 is closed, and the cup supply mechanism 6 is operated to release medals or the like from the second discharge port 5 with only one cup 7 dropped on the pedestal 8.

The present invention can be applied to medals and coins as well as articles used for games and other uses, for example, pachinko balls and the like. In the appended claims, medals and the like include pachinko balls and the like. It is.

(Effect of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, when the number of medals or the like to be purchased is small, the medal is discharged onto the tray, and when the number is large, the cup is dropped above the tray and the cup is dropped. Because of this, it is possible to solve the problems of unloading a small number of sheets without lowering the workability of taking out a large number of sheets, prolonging the unloading time when overflowing a large number of sheets, and overflowing the tray. it can.

Further, since the supply of the cup is automatically performed according to the number of medals selected by the switch operation, the user may be required to perform a complicated operation other than inserting the money, the card, etc. and performing the switch operation. Absent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b) and 1 (c) are front longitudinal sectional views, side sectional views, and pedestal portions of an example of the present invention applied to a payout device used in an automatic lending machine for medals and coins. FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are plan views illustrating an example of a cup supply mechanism. 1 ... fall path, 2 ... gate, 3 ... first discharge port, 4
... Receiving tray, 5... Second discharge port, 6... Cup supply mechanism, 7... Cup, 8.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A payout device for a medal or the like provided with a mechanism for paying out a different number of medals or the like to a payout port according to the amount of money inserted and the type of a selection switch turned on. A first outlet for discharging medals and a receiving tray for receiving medals and the like from the first outlet;
A second discharge port located above the first discharge port to discharge a large amount of medals, etc .; a cup storage section positioned above the second discharge port; and a cup in the cup storage section. Second
And a cup lowering mechanism for allowing a large amount of medals and the like discharged from the second discharge port to be lowered below the discharge port for receiving the medals or the like. .