JP2893632B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine such as an automatic ticket vending machine provided with a coin insertion slot for allowing a batch insertion of a plurality of coins on a customer side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a structure of a coin slot of a vending machine, for example, as shown in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, a coin slot is formed on a customer service surface 91 which is inclined forward and backward. Member 92
And the coin slot forming member 92 is provided with a spherical recess 9.
3 and a coin insertion port 94 is formed in the center of the spherical concave portion 93 by a slit for one coin in the vertical direction.

In this conventional structure, in order to insert coins 95 into the above-described coin insertion slot 94, a part of the coin-insertion side of one coin 95 is fitted into the thin slit-shaped coin insertion slot 94. When the coin 95 is inserted, the coin 95 is
On the other hand, the coin insertion slot 94 has only a width of one coin, so that the coin 95 is inadvertently inserted from the coin 95 in a state where the coin is not in the coin insertion slot 94. When the coin is loosened, the coin 95
As shown by the arrow in the figure, the coin falls along the inclined customer surface 91 to the outside of the coin slot 94 without entering the inside,
The operability of coin insertion had a problem.

For this reason, if the width of the coin slot is made large enough to allow a plurality of coins to be inserted at the same time, the above-described operability of coin insertion is improved, and a plurality of coins can be simultaneously inserted at a time. This has the advantage that the coin insertion time can be shortened.

[0005] However, if the coin slot is wide, there is a problem that a foreign object is inserted from the coin slot or a user pinches a finger.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent foreign objects from being inserted from a coin insertion slot and prevent a user from pinching a finger while maintaining good coin operability. The purpose is to provide vending machines.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a slit-shaped coin insertion slot is provided on a customer service surface , and the width of the coin insertion slot is set to a size that allows simultaneous batch insertion of a plurality of coins. Is set to
Separation means is provided for batch separation into the coin slot
A vending machine that separates separated coins by separating means and takes in the inside of the separating means , wherein the coin input port at the preceding stage of the separating means, from one short side of the slit-shaped coin input port to the other short side opposed thereto. Further, the vending machine is characterized in that the slot is divided into a plurality of parts and a foreign substance insertion preventing piece for preventing foreign substance insertion is provided.

[0008]

According to the present invention, when a coin is inserted, the coin is rolled into a coin insertion slot divided by a foreign matter insertion preventing piece, and when a plurality of coins are inserted at once,
The number coins plurality is divided into a plurality at foreign object insertion preventing pieces are rolled up, then, it is separated by the mass loading coin separating means
Ru incorporated into the interior is. Furthermore, the foreign matter insertion preventing piece prevents insertion of foreign matter into the coin slot and finger insertion of the customer.

[0009]

According to the present invention, since the coin insertion slot is wide, coin insertion is easy and the operability is improved, and a plurality of coins can be inserted at a time.
Coins are divided into multiple pieces by foreign object insertion prevention
After the coin is inserted, the coin can be rolled smoothly, thereby shortening the coin insertion time.

Further, the foreign object insertion preventing piece can reliably prevent foreign objects from being inserted from the coin insertion slot and the user from pinching a finger.

[0011] As a result, the above-mentioned wide coin insertion slot has the advantage of easy coin insertion, the smooth rolling of coins and the effect of shortening the time of coin insertion without impairing the effects of the coin insertion slot having high utility value. There is an effect that a vending machine equipped with the vending machine can be obtained.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows a coin slot structure. In FIG. 1, a front surface of an apparatus main body 2 of an automatic ticket vending machine 1 has a main service surface 3 which is inclined in a front low and a high position, and a slight inclination gradient with respect to the main service surface 3. A loose sub-serving surface 4 is formed, and a coin slot forming member 5 is arranged on the sub-serving surface 4.

As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a spherical concave portion 6 is formed, and a vertical coin insertion slot 7, a so-called slit, is formed in the center of the spherical concave portion 6. Through the portion 4a, the coin is communicated with a coin passage of a coin processing device provided in the device main body 2.

In addition, the lower end 7a of the coin slot 7 described above.
The coin insertion slot forming member 5 is formed with a coin mounting portion 9 having a curvature that is continuous with the curvature of the coin insertion slot 7 in the vertical direction, and the direction of the tangent of the spherical surface of the lower end portion 7a of the coin insertion slot 7 is set. It is set horizontally. If the direction of the tangent to the spherical surface of the lower end 7a of the coin slot 7 is set to the horizontal direction as described above,
The tangential direction of the curvature portion of the coin mounting portion 9 following the lower end portion 7a of the coin insertion slot 7 is set so as to be inevitably inclined toward the coin insertion slot 7 side, while the above-described configuration is shown in FIG. The thickness of the inclined upper end of the coin insertion port forming member 5 is small, and the thickness of the inclined lower end is large.

For this reason, the coin A placed on the coin placing section 9 is guided to the coin insertion slot side to prevent the coin from being dropped by the carelessness of the customer as much as possible, and the stability of the coin insertion operation is improved. You.

In order to shorten the coin insertion time by making it possible to simultaneously insert a plurality of coins A simultaneously,
The width L of the coin insertion slot 7 is set to a size that allows simultaneous batch insertion of a plurality of coins, for example, two coins, and is set at the center of the coin insertion slot 7 in the longitudinal direction of the coin insertion slot 7. A foreign matter insertion prevention piece 35 is stretched along the gap.

The coin processing device provided in the device main body 2 is constructed as shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5. That is, a coin passage 10 wider than the width L of the coin slot 7 is formed below the coin slot 7. The coin passage 10 has a fixed guide plate 13 and a movable guide plate 14 for setting the coin passage width on opposed rollers 11 and 12 which are inclined at a predetermined angle so that the coin insertion slot 7 side is high and the inside depth is low. And the above-described opposed rollers 11, 1
Mounting a gear 15, 16 on each roller shaft 2, and meshed with these gears 15 and 16, are configured to rotate the associated roller 11, 12 in the arrow direction in FIG. 4.

A receiving plate 17 for guiding the conveyance of coins A is provided between the exit of the coin passage 10 and a check section (not shown) at the back of the apparatus.

A coin one-sheet feeding mechanism 18 is provided at the outlet of the coin passage 10 and on the receiving plate 17.

The coin one sheet take-out mechanism 18 includes a roller 1
A normal rotation belt 21 stretched between the rollers 9 and 20;
23, a reverse rotation belt 24 stretched between
A reverse roller 25 provided coaxially with the roller 20 described above.
And a feed roller 26 opposed to the normal belt 21 and the coin A via the same. The driven rollers 27 and 28 are fitted on the coaxial upper part of the rollers 19 and 23, while the motor 29 is
A driving roller 31 is fitted to the rotating shaft 30 of the above, and a belt 32 is stretched between the driving roller 31 and the above-mentioned two driven rollers 27 and 28 to drive each element in the direction of the arrow in the drawing. Make up.

Here, the width between the rollers 19 and 22 is set to be wider than the width of the exit portion of the coin passage 10, and the space between the reverse rotation roller 25 and the normal rotation belt 21 is set to a predetermined coin width necessary for taking out one sheet. By setting, the plurality of coins A... Overlapped by the above-described reversing belt 24 are aligned, and the aligned coins A are aligned.
Are sequentially output by the normal rotation belt 21 described above.

By the way, a plurality of pairs of foreign object detecting sensors 33, each of which includes a light emitting element and a light receiving element, are disposed outside the pair of guide plates 13 and 14 in the coin path 10 described above.
The light emitted from these foreign matter detection sensors 33 is shielded for a certain period of time, so that foreign matter entering the coin passage 10 is detected.

A plurality of pairs of insertion detection sensors 34, 34 each comprising a light emitting element and a light receiving element are disposed immediately below the coin insertion slot 7, and each of the insertion detection sensors 34, 34 is provided.
It is configured to drive the above-described motor 29 based on a coin insertion detection signal of 34.

The gears 15 and 16 are linked to a motor 29 via a power transmission path (not shown).

Further, there is provided a solenoid (not shown) for controlling the movable guide plate 14 to move together with the counter roller 12 around a fulcrum outside the plate, and a foreign matter detection output of the foreign matter detection sensor 33 described above is provided. By sucking the plunger of the solenoid, the movable guide plate 14 and one of the opposed rollers 12 are moved, and the coin passage 10 is opened.

The lower part of the opened coin passage 10 is communicated with a receiving tray (not shown) so that foreign matter and the coin A are simultaneously returned to the receiving tray. When a plurality of coins A are inserted at once from the above-mentioned coin insertion slot 7, this insertion is detected by the insertion detection sensors 34, 34, and the motor 29 is driven.

For this reason, the relatively fine dust and the like which have been inserted at the same time as the plurality of coins A
By the rotation of, the discharge processing is performed downward from between the rollers 11 and 12.

On the other hand, a plurality of coins A on the coin passage 10 are moved along the inclination of the opposed rollers 11 and 12 to the left and right guide plates 1.
Rolls downward while being guided by 3, 14 and forward rotation belt 2
1 and the space between the reverse rotation belt 24.

A plurality of coins A overlapping each other are aligned by the action of the reverse rotation belt 24 in the above-mentioned space, and the aligned coins A are sequentially conveyed to the inner side by the normal rotation belt 21 and then between the rollers 20, 26. One card is put out from.

When a relatively large foreign object is inserted together with the plurality of coins A from the coin insertion slot 7 or when only the foreign object is intentionally inserted, the foreign object is detected by the foreign object detection sensor 33. Upon detection, the solenoid is driven.

For this reason, the movable guide plate 14 and one of the opposed rollers 12 move to open the coin passage 10.
As a result, the above-described foreign matter is returned to the tray from the opened coin passageway 10, so that the coin passageway 10 is not clogged by the foreign matter, and the inoperability of the apparatus due to the foreign matter input can be prevented beforehand.

The illustrated embodiment is constructed as described above, and its operation will be described below. When coins A are to be inserted into the coin insertion slot 7, a plurality of coins A may be placed on the coin mounting portion 9, and at this time, the coin A is positioned at the center of the coin insertion slot 7 along the longitudinal direction of the coin insertion slot 7. The stretched foreign matter insertion prevention piece 35 is
Prevents foreign objects from being inserted or customers' fingers from being inserted.

Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the foreign object from being inserted from the coin insertion slot 7 and the user from pinching the finger by the foreign object insertion preventing piece 35. For this reason, the coin loading section 9 formed on the coin insertion slot forming member 5 at the lower end of the coin insertion slot 7 and the coin insertion slot 7 that allows simultaneous batch insertion of a plurality of coins A have good coin insertion operation. Thus, there is an effect that a coin slot structure having a high use value can be obtained without neglected.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the inclined customer service surface of the present invention corresponds to the sub-service surface 4 of the embodiment , and similarly, the separating means is the coin single sheet feeding mechanism 1.
Although corresponding to No. 8 , the present invention is not limited to only the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an automatic ticket vending machine.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a coin slot structure.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a coin slot structure.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the coin processing device shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a view taken along line BB of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a conventional coin slot structure.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a main part of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 4 ... Sub customer service surface 5 ... Coin slot forming member 6 ... Spherical recess 7 ... Coin slot 7a ... Lower end part 9 ... Coin loading section18… Coin single sheet take-out mechanism  35 ... Foreign matter insertion prevention piece

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A slit-shaped coin slot is provided on a customer service surface.
Te, the width of the coin slot, set to a size that allows simultaneous mass loading of a plurality of coins, subsequent the coin slot
Separating means for separating coins that have been put in
Separate the coins that have been inserted into the coin slot
A vending machine that takes in the inside of the coin , wherein the coin input slot at the front of the separating means extends from one short side of the slit-shaped coin input port to the other short side opposite thereto, and the input port is divided into a plurality of pieces. Vending machine equipped with a foreign substance insertion prevention piece that prevents foreign substance insertion.