JP2902537B2 - Coin processing 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 coin processing machine such as a coin wrapping machine and a coin counting machine, and more particularly, to receiving a inserted coin and receiving it by centrifugal force generated by rotation. A coin discriminating passage, which includes a rotating disc for sending coins to the coin sorting passage, and a pair of guide members, and is configured to be able to pass only coins of a denomination to be processed,
In the coin sorting passage, there is provided a transport belt means for transporting coins of a denomination to be processed, a transport belt motor means for driving the transport belt means, and a denomination selecting means for selecting a denomination of the coin to be processed. Coin processing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A coin processing machine such as a coin wrapping machine or a coin counting machine generally feeds inserted coins from a rotating disk to a coin sorting passage provided with a pair of guide members to process denominations. While the coins are transported by the transport belt,
A coin smaller in diameter than the coin of the denomination to be processed is dropped into the space between the pair of guide members, and only coins of the denomination to be processed are passed through the coin sorting passage, and are used for packaging, counting, etc. It is configured to perform predetermined processing.

[0003] Further, in the event that coin jamming occurs in the coin sorting passage, for the purpose of eliminating the jamming of coins, a transport belt unit having a transport belt attached thereto has a support shaft attached to the machine body. Generally, it is provided so as to be able to open and close around the support shaft. Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 62-146268 discloses a transport belt wound around a drive pulley and a driven pulley, and a support shaft fixed to the drive pulley and the driven pulley and movably mounted in a vertical direction. Around the support shaft, a transport belt unit configured to be openable and closable, a transport belt motor fixed to the body, a transmission pulley and a transmission belt, and a driving force for transmitting a driving force of the transport belt motor to the driving pulley. A coin processing machine provided with a transmission mechanism is disclosed.

According to this coin processing machine, coins of a denomination to be processed are transported in a coin sorting path by a transport belt as desired. The gap can be adjusted.

[0005]

However, in such a coin processing machine, the transport belt motor is fixed to the machine body, and the driving force of the transport belt motor is controlled by a driving force transmission mechanism having a transmission pulley and a transmission belt. When the vertical position of the transport belt unit is adjusted together with the support shaft according to the thickness of the coin of the denomination to be processed, the driving force transmission mechanism is configured to be transmitted to the driving pulley. It is inevitable that the power transmission belt constituting the transmission belt will be distorted.Especially, when various kinds of coins which are greatly different from each other have to be processed, the tension of the power transmission belt changes depending on the denomination of the coin to be processed. In some cases, the conveyor belt cannot be driven.

[0006]

The object of the present invention is to accept inserted coins,
By the centrifugal force generated by rotation, accepted coins,
A coin discriminating passage having a rotating disc to be sent out to a coin sorting passage, a pair of guide members, and configured to be able to pass only coins of a denomination to be processed, and coins of a denomination to be processed in the coin sorting passage Transport belt means for transporting, a transport belt motor means for driving the transport belt means, a coin processing machine equipped with denomination selection means for selecting the denomination of coins to be processed, with a simple structure, It is an object of the present invention to provide a coin processing machine capable of transporting various coins having greatly different thicknesses in a coin sorting passage as desired.

[0007]

The object of the present invention is to provide a transfer belt unit and a transfer belt motor unit, wherein the transfer belt unit and the transfer belt motor unit are fixed to a transfer belt unit. A drive gear fixed to the output shaft, a cam that rotates with the rotation of the drive gear, a cam follower in contact with a cam surface of the cam, and the cam follower is rotatably mounted at one end thereof. Lever means that can swing around an axis inserted through the end, a roller rotatably provided near the axis of the lever means, and a roller belt that is formed integrally with the transport belt unit and contacts the roller. In contact with the roller, the roller moves in the vertical direction due to the swing of the lever around the axis, and the connecting member movable in the vertical direction and the coin to be packed are collected. Coin stacking means, and at a post standby position immediately below the coin stacking means, the coins stacked in the coin stacking means, received on its upper surface, coin support post means for supporting, a plurality of packaging rollers, Coin wrapping means for wrapping wrapping paper around the stacked coins supported by the coin supporting post means, wrapping the stacked coins to generate a wrapped coin roll, and the coin supporting post means, the coin stacking means The support post that moves the coins supported on the upper surface of the post standby position between the post-packing position where the coin can be wrapped and the post retreat position retracted from between the plurality of wrapping rollers by the coin wrapping means. Moving means, a packaging roller packaging position for packaging coins, and a packaging roller in which the plurality of packaging rollers are slightly separated from the packaging roller packaging position. A first wrapping roller moving means capable of moving the plurality of wrapping rollers between the plurality of wrapping rollers and a standby position, wherein the transport belt unit is attached to the machine so as to be vertically movable. A shaft that can be opened and closed around the shaft, the position of which can be adjusted in the vertical direction according to the thickness of the coin of the denomination to be processed, and the coin accumulating means is one After stacking less than the number of coins to be wrapped in the wrapped coin roll, the coin supporting post means receives the coins accumulated in the coin accumulating means, and then wraps them in one wrapped coin roll. Each time a coin is received, the support post moving means comprises a coin support post means for moving the support post by a distance substantially corresponding to the thickness of one coin until the required number of coins is supported on the upper surface. Configured to descend Achieved by a used coin processor.

[0008]

[0009]

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, after the coin supporting post means receives the coins accumulated in the coin accumulating means, the coin supporting post means removes the number of coins to be wrapped in one wrapped coin roll. Until supported on its top surface, 1
Each time a coin is received, the number of coins to be lowered and wrapped in one wrapped coin roll by the support post moving means is set by a distance substantially corresponding to the thickness of one coin. After being supported on the upper surface, the stacked coins are configured to be lowered to a post-packing position where the supported coins can be packed.

In a further preferred aspect of the present invention, the first wrapping roller moving means can move the plurality of wrapping rollers by a distance between the wrapping roller wrapping position and the wrapping roller standby position. And a second package capable of moving the plurality of packaging rollers by a distance between the packaging roller standby position and the packaging roller retreat position where the plurality of packaging rollers are further separated from the packaging roller standby position. A roller moving means, wherein the supporting post moving means moves the coin supporting post means in synchronization with the movement of the plurality of wrapping rollers by the first wrapping roller moving means.

In a further preferred aspect of the present invention, an openable shutter member is provided at the bottom of the coin stacking means. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the coin accumulating means includes a pair of accumulating blocks that can move relative to each other. In a further preferred aspect of the present invention, the coin supporting post means is configured to be vertically moved by a step motor.

In a further preferred aspect of the present invention, the plurality of wrapping rollers are constituted by three wrapping rollers. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, when wrapping coins, the shutter means is closed,
According to the denomination selected by the denomination selection unit, the plurality of packaging rollers are moved to a predetermined packaging roller standby position by the first packaging roller moving unit and / or the second packaging roller moving unit. With
The width of the coin sorting passage is adjusted by the passage width adjusting means, and the coins accumulated in the coin accumulating means are transferred by the support post moving means before being transferred to the coin supporting post means. The support post means is configured to be moved to a post standby position immediately below the shutter means.

[0014]

According to the present invention, since the conveyor belt means and the conveyor belt motor means are fixed to the conveyor belt unit, the position of the conveyor belt unit is determined according to the thickness of coins of the denomination to be processed. When adjusting in the vertical direction,
There is no need for a power transmission belt constituting a driving force transmission mechanism for transmitting the driving force of the conveyance belt motor to the conveyance belt means.Therefore, with a simple structure, various coins having greatly different thicknesses can be converted into desired coins by the conveyance belt means. Thus, it is possible to convey the coin in the coin sorting path.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a coin sorting passage and a coin accumulation unit of a coin wrapping machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a coin wrapping machine according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to be capable of counting coins of a specific denomination and counting and wrapping coins, and receives coins from a coin insertion unit (not shown). Coins inserted into the packaging machine
It is conveyed by a conveyor belt (not shown) and is sent onto the rotating disk 1. As is well known, an annular guide member 2 is arranged on the periphery of the rotating disk 1, and a coin sorting passage 4 is connected to an opening 3 of the annular guide member 2.

The coin sorting passage 4 includes a pair of guide members 5,
6 and a conveyor belt (not shown), on the lower edges of the guide members 5 and 6, respectively, are shelf-shaped coin supporting portions 5 a for supporting coins to be counted or counted and packed on the upper surface thereof. , 6a are formed so as to face each other. The interval between the pair of guide members 5 and 6 can be adjusted by a passage width adjusting motor described later, and only coins of a denomination to be counted or counted and packed are supported by the coin support portions 5a and 6a. , Coin sorting passage 4
, Coins of a denomination larger in diameter than the coins of the denomination to be counted or counted and packed remain on the rotating disk 1, and coins of a denomination with a small diameter are passed through a pair of guide members 5. 6
It is configured to fall and be collected from between.

A temporary coin stacking section 7 is provided downstream of the coin sorting passage 4. The coin temporary stacking section 7 is provided with a pair of stacking blocks 8a and 8b that can move with respect to each other and a lower portion thereof. A shutter 9 is provided. When the shutter 9 is opened, the gap between the pair of accumulation blocks 8a and 8b is opened downward, and when closed, the gap is formed by the pair of accumulation blocks 8a and 8b and the shutter 9. An accumulating unit capable of temporarily accumulating coins is formed. Here, the coin temporary accumulating unit 7 includes a pair of accumulating blocks 8a,
8b are configured to form a hexagon when they come into contact with each other. That is, the inner surfaces of the pair of stacking blocks 8a and 8b facing each other have a 45-degree angle with respect to the direction in which the coin sorting passage 4 extends, a surface parallel to the coin sorting passage 4, and a coin sorting passage 4. In the direction in which
And a surface forming an angle of 5 degrees.

Below the shutter 9, a coin wrapping section described later is provided. FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a transport belt position adjusting mechanism for adjusting the vertical position of the transport belt 10, and FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view thereof. The conveyor belt position adjustment mechanism adjusts the position of the conveyor belt 10 in the vertical direction so as to correspond to the thickness of the coins of the denominations to be counted or counted and wrapped, and as shown in FIG.
The conveyor belt position adjusting mechanism includes a motor 11, and an output shaft 11 a of the motor 11 is connected to a gear 12.
Are engaged with the gear 13. The gear 13 has a cam 14
The cam 14 is in contact with a cam follower 16 attached to one end of a lever 15. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a shaft 17 fixed to the coin wrapping machine is inserted through the other end of the lever 15, and the lever 15 is configured to be swingable around the shaft 17. Have been. A roller 18 is rotatably mounted on the lever 15 near the shaft 17, and a lower surface of the roller 18 is provided with a transport belt 10 and a motor 19 for driving the transport belt 10, and is provided by a spring (not shown). A circular connecting plate 21 formed integrally with the conveying belt unit 20 urged upward is in contact with the conveying belt unit 20. Therefore, the motor 11
Is driven, the driving force of the motor 11 is transmitted to the cam 1 via the output shaft 11 a of the motor 11, the gear 12 and the gear 13.
4, the cam 14 is rotated, and the cam follower 16 is moved in the vertical direction according to the cam lobe. As a result, the lever 15 swings around the shaft 17, and the connecting plate 21 is moved in the vertical direction by the roller 18, and the transport belt unit 2 formed integrally therewith is moved.
0, that is, the vertical position of the conveyor belt 10 is adjusted. A rotary encoder 22 is connected to the gear 13, and the rotation amount of the gear 13, that is, the position of the conveyor belt 10 can be detected by the rotary encoder 22. In FIG. 3, 23 is a guide pin,
Reference numeral 24 denotes a roller, and reference numeral 25 denotes a slide rail in contact with the roller, and these support the transport belt unit 20 so as to be movable in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG.
Is wound around a driving pulley 26 and a driven pulley 27, and is configured to hold a coin between the lower surface thereof and the coin supporting portions 5 a and 6 a and to convey the coin in the coin sorting passage 4. I have. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 28 denotes a gap regulating member formed integrally with the conveyor belt unit 20,
The gap regulating member 28 has a gap with the rotating disk 1 at the opening 3 of the annular guide member 2 which is larger than the thickness of one coin having the maximum thickness to be counted or counted and packed, and The coins are arranged so as to be smaller than the thickness of two coins having the maximum thickness to be counted or counted and packed. Therefore, when the vertical position of the conveyor belt 10 is adjusted by the conveyor belt position adjusting mechanism so as to correspond to the thickness of the coins of the denominations to be counted or counted and wrapped, at the same time, the vertical position of the gap regulating member 28 is adjusted. The position in the direction is also adjusted to prevent two or more coins from being supplied from the rotating disk 1 into the coin sorting passage 4. Further, the transport belt unit 20 has a support shaft 29 attached to the coin packaging machine main body so as to be allowed to move in the vertical direction, and is configured to be able to open and close around the support shaft 29. . Therefore, when coins jam in the coin sorting passage 4, for example, the transport belt unit 20 opens around the support shaft 29, and the jammed coins can be removed.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the coin sorting passage 4 in FIG. 9 shows a passage width adjustment mechanism for adjusting the width of the passage to be suitable for the diameter of the denomination. As shown in FIG. 1, the passage width adjusting mechanism includes a motor 30, and a drive gear 31 is connected to an output shaft of the motor 30.
2 and the gear 32 meshes with the gear 33. The gears 32 and 33 are respectively one-way clutches 34 and 3
5 are connected to the coarse adjustment cam 37 and the fine adjustment cam 36. The cam lobe of the coarse adjustment cam 37 is formed so as to have larger irregularities than the cam lobe of the fine adjustment cam 36. The cam surfaces of the fine adjustment cam 36 and the coarse adjustment cam 37 are in contact with cam followers 39 and 40 attached near both ends of the elongated plate 38, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5 which is a schematic view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1, a swing arm 41 is disposed below the plate 38, and a shaft 42 fixed to the center of the swing arm 41 is It extends upward and at the center of the plate 38, the plate 38
Is swingably supported. The swing arm 41 is configured to be swingable around a shaft 43 provided at one end thereof, and a first roller 44 rotatable at a distance of L1 from the shaft 43 and a roller L2 from the shaft 43 to L2. A rotatable second roller 45 is provided at a distance so as to be located below the swing arm 41, respectively. Here, the ratio between L1 and L2 is 1: √2. The first roller 44 is provided integrally with the guide member 5 and is in contact with one side surface of the movable plate 46 having a rectangular parallelepiped shape standing upright.
Is provided integrally with the accumulation block 8a, and is in contact with one side surface of a rectangular parallelepiped movable plate 47 which stands upright.
Here, the movable plate 46 is urged by a spring (not shown) in the right direction in FIG. 1, that is, in the direction in which the width of the coin sorting passage 4 increases, and the movable plate 47 is Direction, that is, the other integrated block 8b
And the accumulation block 8a are urged by a spring (not shown) in a direction in which the accumulation block 8a is separated.

The movable plate 48 in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped is used for the coin sorting passage 4.
On the other hand, on the side opposite to the movable plate 46, it is provided integrally with the guide member 5 so as to stand upright. Movable plate 48
Are in contact with the roller 49 and the roller 50. The roller 49 is rotatably mounted near one end of the link 51, and the roller 50 is rotatably mounted near one end of the link 52. Near the other end of the link 51, a roller 53 is rotatably mounted.
A roller 54 is rotatably mounted near the other end of the link 52. FIG. 6 is a schematic view taken along line CC of FIG.
As shown in the figure, the link 51 has a shaft 55 at a distance L3 from the axis of the roller 49 and a distance L4 from the axis of the roller 53, and is configured to be able to swing around the shaft 55. , The link 52 is a distance L from the axis of the roller 50.
A shaft 56 is provided at a position separated from the shaft of the roller 54 by a distance L6 from the shaft of the roller 54, and is configured to be swingable around the shaft 56. Here, L3 and L4 are equal, and L5 and L4 are equal.
The ratio to 6 is set to 1: √2. Roller 53
Is provided integrally with the guide member 6 and is in contact with one side surface of a rectangular parallelepiped movable plate 57 erected upward.
7 is a spring (not shown) in FIG.
The coin is urged leftward, that is, in a direction in which the width of the coin sorting passage 4 is increased. The roller 54 is provided integrally with the other stacking block 8b and at a position corresponding to the movable plate 47 of the stacking block 8a with respect to the coin temporary stacking unit 7, and has a rectangular solid movable upright. It is in contact with one side surface of the plate 58. The movable plate 58 is urged leftward in FIG. 1, that is, in a direction in which the other accumulation block 8a and the accumulation block 8b are separated from each other. In FIG. 1, reference numerals 59a, 59b, 59c and 59d are slide rails, respectively, and reference numerals 60 and 61 are rotary encoders.

The motor 30 is capable of rotating the drive gear 31 by 360 degrees in the forward and reverse directions, and the one-way clutch 35 causes the fine adjustment cam 36 to rotate only when the gear 33 is rotated, for example, in the forward direction. Transmitting torque, while
The one-way clutch 34 is configured such that the rotational force is transmitted to the coarse adjustment cam 37 only when the gear 32 is rotated, for example, in the forward direction. Therefore, when the drive gear 31 is rotated in the reverse direction by the motor 30, for example, the torque of the motor is transmitted to the coarse adjustment cam 37 via the gear 32 and the one-way clutch 34, while the motor 30 , Drive gear 31
However, for example, when rotated in the forward direction, the gear 32,
The torque of the motor is transmitted to the fine adjustment cam 36 via the gear 33 and the one-way clutch 35.

In the passage width adjusting mechanism configured as described above, before counting or counting and wrapping coins of a predetermined denomination, the diameter of coins of the denomination to be counted or counted and wrapped is determined. Correspondingly, the width of the coin sorting passage 4 and the diameter of the coin temporary stacking unit 7 are adjusted as follows. First, the motor 30 rotates the drive gear 31 by, for example, a predetermined angle in the reverse direction,
The coarse adjustment cam 37 is rotated in the forward direction. At this time, gear 3
3 also rotates, but the fine adjustment cam 36 does not rotate because the one-way clutch 35 is interposed between the fine adjustment cam 36 and the gear 33. At the start of the operation, the width of the coin sorting passage 4, that is,
The interval between the pair of guide members 5 and 6 is maximized. As a result, the cam follower 40 abutting on the coarse adjustment cam 37 having the cam lobe having large irregularities is rotating, while moving leftward in FIG. When pushed, the plate 38 swings around the axis 42. Here, the shaft 42 is fixed to the swing arm 41, and the cam follower 39 is
Since the movement to the right in FIG. 1 is restricted by contacting the fine adjustment cam 36, the swing arm 41 swings clockwise in FIG.
1 is attached to a movable plate 46
The second roller 45 and the movable plate 47 respectively
In, press to the left. As a result, the guide 5 provided integrally with the movable plate 46 is moved leftward in FIG. 1 against the force of a spring (not shown) and provided integrally with the movable plate 47. Integrated block 8a
Is moved to the left in FIG. 1 against the force of a spring (not shown). At the same time, similarly to the movable plate 46, a movable plate 48 provided integrally with the guide member 5 is provided.
Is moved to the left in FIG.
Are pushed by the movable plate 48, and the link 51 is rotated around the shaft 55, clockwise in FIG.
1, respectively, in a counterclockwise direction in FIG. As a result, the roller 53 pushes the movable plate 57 and the roller 54 pushes the movable plate 58 to the right in FIG.
And integrated block 8b provided integrally with movable plate 58
Is moved rightward in FIG. As described above, the ratio of the distance L1 between the shaft of the first roller 44 and the shaft 43 and the distance L2 between the shaft of the second roller 45 and the shaft 43 is 1: √.
Since it is set to 2, the ratio of the moving distance of the movable plate 46, that is, the guide member 5, to the moving distance of the movable plate 47, that is, the moving distance of the accumulation block 8a is 1: √2. On the other hand, since the distance L3 between the shaft of the roller 49 and the shaft 55 and the distance L4 between the shaft of the roller 53 and the shaft 55 are set to be equal, they are formed integrally with the movable plate 46. The moving distance of the movable plate 57 due to the movement of the movable plate 48 is equal to the moving distance of the movable plate 46, and therefore, the moving distance of the guide member 6 is equal to the moving distance of the guide member 5. On the other hand, since the ratio of the distance L5 between the shaft of the roller 50 and the shaft 56 and the distance L6 between the shaft of the roller 54 and the shaft 56 is set to 1: √2, the moving distance of the movable plate 57, that is,
The ratio of the moving distance of the movable plate 47 to the moving distance of the movable plate 58 is 1: √2, and the ratio of the moving distance of the guide member 6 to the moving distance of the accumulation block 8b is also 1: √2.

When the guide members 5, 6 and the accumulation blocks 8a, 8b are first moved over a relatively large distance so as to be close to each other by rotating the rough adjustment cam 37, the motor 30 The drive gear 31 is rotated in the forward direction. Since the one-way clutch 34 is interposed between the gear 32 and the coarse adjustment cam 37, the driving force of the motor 30 is not transmitted to the coarse adjustment cam 37, and the gear 32, the gear 33 and the one-way clutch 35 Thus, the fine adjustment cam 36 is rotated in the forward direction. As described above, the cam follower 39 attached to the plate 38 is in contact with the fine adjustment cam 36, and the cam follower 39 is pushed to the left in FIG. Swing around 42. Here, the shaft 42 is fixed to the swing arm 41, and the coarse adjustment cam 37 is in contact with the cam follower 40, and the movement to the right in FIG. 1 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 1 around the shaft 42, and the guide members 5, 6 and the accumulation blocks 8a, 8b move so as to approach each other. Here, since the cam lobe of the fine adjustment cam 36 has smaller irregularities than the cam lobe of the coarse adjustment cam 37, first, the coarse adjustment cam 37 is rotated to move the guide members 5, 6 and the accumulation blocks 8a, 8b. For a relatively large distance,
Move them close to each other and then
By rotating the guide member 6, the guide members 5, 6 and the stacking blocks 8a, 8b are moved little by little so as to come close to each other, thereby adjusting the interval between the guide members 5, 6 to a predetermined interval, and stacking. The interval between the blocks 8a and 8b can be adjusted to a predetermined interval. Here, the guide members 5, 6 and the accumulation blocks 8a, 8b are moved such that the ratio of the movement distance of the guide members 5, 6 to the movement distance of the accumulation blocks 8a, 8b always becomes 1: √2. The configuration is such that a pair of integrated blocks 8
a and 8b can move only in parallel with the guide members 5 and 6. As described above, the coin temporary stacking unit 7 forms a hexagon when the pair of stacking blocks 8a and 8b abut on each other. Since the coins are formed, even when the accumulation blocks 8a and 8b are not in contact with each other, the coins temporarily accumulated in the coin temporary accumulation unit 7 are always provided by the four points on the inner wall surfaces of the accumulation blocks 8a and 8b. For example, it is to be guided at an interval of 1 mm between each inner wall surface.

In this embodiment, each of the fine adjustment cam 36 and the coarse adjustment cam 37 has a circumference divided into sixteen, and the fine adjustment cam 36 is divided into thirteen of the sixteen divisions. The guide members 5 and 6 are configured to move by 0.1 mm each at one pitch, and the coarse adjustment cam 37 is divided into 15 out of 16 and the guide members 5 and 6 are moved at one pitch. Are configured to move by 1.3 mm each. Therefore, 15 × 13
= 195 steps, that is, the guide members 5 and 6 can be moved over 15 mm to 34 mm.

The shutter 9 which forms the bottom of the coin temporary stacking section 7 has a substantially rectangular cross section, and is disposed on the longitudinal axis near the edge opposite to the coin temporary stacking section 7 in the coin packaging. A shaft 63 fixed to the main body of the machine is mounted. Further, the arm 65 of the shutter solenoid 64 is attached to a position shifted from the longitudinal axis near the edge opposite to the coin temporary accumulating portion 7, and therefore, when the shutter solenoid 64 is driven, the shutter 9 is
By swinging around the shaft 63, a pair of accumulation blocks 8a, 8
It is configured to be able to advance and retreat to the lower part of the space between b.

A sensor 6 for detecting whether or not coins can be accepted is provided upstream of the coin temporary stacking section 7 in the coin sorting passage 4.
The detection signal is input to a CPU (not shown). A stopper 67 is provided downstream of the sensor 66 so as to be able to protrude into the coin sorting passage 4 and to prevent coins from being sent to the coin temporary stacking unit 7 when protruding. The stopper 67 is formed by cutting off a part of a cylinder along its axis, and the stopper solenoid 6
8, it is configured to be rotatable. Stopper 67
When the cut-out side faces the coin sorting passage 4, the side surface smoothly connects to the side surface of the guide member 6 on the coin sorting passage 4 side, and when it is turned, The surface of the cylinder projects into the coin sorting passage 4 and is arranged so as to prevent the coin from being further transported.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view taken along line DD in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the accumulation blocks 8a and 8b are respectively formed so that the downstream portion is higher than the upstream portion, and the coins sent through the coin sorting passage 4 are accumulated. On the inner wall of the downstream portion of the blocks 8a and 8b,
It is configured to collide and be reliably accumulated in the coin temporary accumulation section 7.

FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view of the coin wrapping portion. In FIG. 8, the coin wrapping section includes a coin support post 70 that receives coins from the coin temporary stacking section 7 and supports the coin on the upper surface thereof. The coin support post 70 is moved by a post vertical movement mechanism (not shown in detail in FIG. 8).
It is configured to be movable in a vertical direction from a post standby position immediately below the shutter 9 to a post packaging position where coins are wrapped. That is, when a predetermined number of coins are accumulated in the coin temporary accumulation unit 7, the shutter solenoid 64 is driven, the shutter 9 is opened, and the accumulated coins are
The coin is received by the upper surface of the coin support post 70 located immediately below the shutter 9. When the coin support post 70 receives the predetermined number of coins accumulated in this way, thereafter, as described later, one coin is accumulated in the coin temporary accumulation unit 7.
Is sent to the uppermost coin among the accumulated coins already supported by the coin support post 70, every time the coins are accumulated, by a stepping motor and a post vertical moving mechanism described later, one coin is accumulated. The coin support post 70 is lowered by the thickness, and when a predetermined number of coins are stacked on the upper surface of the coin support post 70, the coin support post 70
Is configured to be lowered to a position where coins are wrapped.

FIG. 9 is a schematic side view showing the post vertical moving mechanism. In FIG. 9, the coin support post 70 is
The post support block 71 is fixed to a post support block 71 via an arm 110 formed integrally, and is supported by a support shaft 72 so as to be movable in a vertical direction. A roller 73 supported by one end of an arm 74 is inserted in a concave groove (not shown) provided in the post support block 71, and the other end of the arm 74 is fixed to the coin wrapping machine main body. Is mounted so as to be able to swing around a shaft 75 which is provided. A cam follower 76 is attached to a portion of the arm 74 near the shaft 75, and the cam follower 76 is in contact with a cam surface of a post elevating cam 77. The post elevating cam 77 is fixed to a cam shaft 78. When the cam shaft 78 is rotated by a step motor (not shown), the post elevating cam 77 is rotated, and its cam lobe is rotated. , The cam follower 76 is moved. As a result, the arm 74 swings around the axis 75, the post support block 71 moves vertically along the support shaft 72, and the coin support post 70 moves vertically. ing. On the cam shaft 78,
A disk 80 having two notches 79a and 79b formed thereon is fixed to a part of the peripheral portion.
When 0 is located immediately below the shutter, the photo sensor 81 detects a small notch 79a, and the coin support post 70 is connected to three wrapping rollers (not shown) as described later. When the package roller is retracted to the retracted position, the large cutout 79b is detected.

Referring to FIG. 8, a step motor 82 is provided, a gear 84 is fixed to an output shaft 83 of the step motor 82, and a cam shaft 78 is fixed to a gear 85 meshing with the gear 84. In FIG. 8, 86a, 86
Reference numerals b and 86c denote packaging rollers, each of which has an arm 8
7a, 87b and 87c are rotatably attached to one end. The portions near the other ends of the arms 87a and 87b are connected to each other by a link 88a.
Is connected to a portion near the other end of the arm 87b by a link 88b, and the other end of the arm 87c is connected to an inverted L-shaped arm 87a.
Is connected to the bent portion of the. Arms 87a, 87c
Is provided around the support shaft 89a, and the arm 87b is provided around the support shaft 89b.
Each is configured to be swingable around. A tension spring 90 is attached to the other end of the arm 87a, and urges the other end of the arm 87a leftward in FIG. Further, the link 88a of the arm 87a
A pin 91 is attached to the connecting portion with the
1 is in contact with one end of an arm 93 fixed to the movable shaft 92. A cam follower 94 is rotatably attached to the other end of the arm 93, and the packaging roller 86a,
A first wrapper for moving the packs 86b and 86c from the wrapping roller standby position corresponding to the coin of the selected denomination to a wrapping roller wrapping position where the stacked coins can be pinched and packed by being brought close to each other. It is in contact with the roller position adjusting cam 95. The movable shaft 92 is inserted through one end of an arm 96 arranged above the arm 93. The arm 96 is
At a substantially central portion thereof, it is attached to a spindle 97 fixed to the coin packaging machine main body so as to swing around the spindle 97, and a cam follower 98 is attached to the other end. The first packaging roller position adjusting cam 95 is
8 is fixed.

The cam follower 98 should count at a predetermined wrapping roller standby position corresponding to the diameter of coins of the denomination to be wrapped when the wrapping mode is selected, and count when the counting mode is selected. Regardless of the denomination of the coin, the three wrapping rollers 8
The second packing roller position adjusting cam 99 for moving 6a, 86b, 86c is in contact with the cam surface. The second wrapping roller position adjusting cam 99 is fixed to a camshaft 100, and the camshaft 100 has an output shaft 102 of a motor 101.
A gear 104 that meshes with the gear 103 fixed to is fixed. In FIG. 8, reference numeral 105 denotes a packaging roller 86.
This is a rotary switch for detecting the intervals a, 86b, 86c. FIG. 10 shows the packaging rollers 86a, 86
It is a schematic plan view which shows the relationship of b, 86c of the packaging roller packaging position, the packaging roller standby position, and the packaging roller retreat position. In FIG. 10, the distance between the wrapping roller wrapping position and the wrapping roller standby position is constant irrespective of the type of coin to be wrapped, and therefore, the first wrapping roller position adjusting cam 95 should be wrapped. Regardless of the coin denomination,
Always wrap the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c by the distance between the packaging roller packaging position and the packaging roller standby position.
It is constituted so that it may approach or separate. Also,
The retracting position of the wrapping roller is also fixed irrespective of the denomination of the coin, but the wrapping roller standby position is set to a different position according to the denomination of the coin to be wrapped, that is, the diameter. Therefore, the second wrapping roller position adjusting cam 99 moves the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c by the distance between the wrapping roller retreat position and the wrapping roller standby position set according to the type of coin to be wrapped. , So as to be close to or separated from each other. As described above, since the wrapping roller standby position differs according to the denomination of the coin to be wrapped, the wrapping roller wrapping position also differs according to the denomination of the coin to be wrapped.

When wrapping coins, first, the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 8 located at the wrapping roller standby position corresponding to the diameter of coins of the denomination wrapped in the previous wrapping operation.
6c is moved to a wrapping roller standby position corresponding to the diameter of coins of a denomination to be wrapped in the current wrapping operation. That is, the motor 101 is driven, and the interval between the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, and 86c is a predetermined distance larger than the diameter of the coin of the denomination to be wrapped, according to the diameter of the coin of the denomination to be wrapped. The packing rollers 86a, 8a are slightly larger.
6b and 86c are moved to the packaging roller standby position while being separated or approached. For example, if the coin of the denomination to be wrapped by the current wrapping operation is larger in diameter than the coin of the denomination wrapped by the previous wrapping operation, the motor 10
1 is a gear 103 and a gear 1 via an output shaft 102.
04, and the camshaft 100 and the second packaging roller position adjusting cam 99 are rotated. As a result, the cam follower 98 is moved rightward in FIG. 8 according to the cam lobe of the second packaging roller position adjusting cam 99, and the arm 96 swings around the support shaft 97 and counterclockwise in FIG. Let me do. Therefore, the movable shaft 92 is
8, the arm 93 fixed to the movable shaft 92 moves the pin 91 rightward in FIG. 8 against the force of the tension spring 90. As a result, the arm 87a is swung clockwise in FIG. 8 around the support shaft 89a, and the arm 87b is moved clockwise in FIG.
8 are pivoted in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 8 via the links 88a and 88b, respectively, so that the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b and 86c are separated from each other, and the coins of the denomination to be wrapped are It is moved to the packaging roller standby position. Compared to the denomination coins wrapped in the previous wrapping operation,
If the coin of the denomination to be wrapped by this wrapping operation has a small diameter, the cam follower 98 is conversely moved to the left in FIG. 8, and the arm 96 moves around the support shaft 97, and in FIG. The packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c are moved closer to each other and moved to a standby position for packaging coins of a denomination to be packaged.

On the other hand, when coins are wrapped, the first wrapping roller position adjusting cam 95 for moving the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c from the wrapping roller standby position to the wrapping roller wrapping position so as to approach each other is Since the coin support post 70 is fixed to the cam shaft 78, the coin support post 70 is rotated in synchronization with the vertical movement of the coin support post 70. That is, the shutter 9
Is opened, and the coin support post 70 receives a predetermined number of accumulated coins on its upper surface, and thereafter, one coin is
The coins are sent to the coin temporary stacking unit 7 and are already
0, the coin supporting post 70 is lowered by the thickness of one coin every time it is accumulated on the uppermost coin among the accumulated coins supported by the stepping motor 8.
2 is driven, and its output shaft 83, gear 84 and gear 8
Via 5, the camshaft 78 is rotated. During this time, the cam profile of the first packaging roller position adjusting cam 95 with which the cam follower 94 is in contact is uniform and does not change, and the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c are held at the packaging roller standby position. Here, when the coin supporting post 70 supports the number of stacked coins to be wrapped in one wrapping paper roll and descends to the post wrapping position where the coins are wrapped, the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c The cam lobe of the first wrapping roller position adjusting cam 95 is determined so that the stacked coins supported by the coin supporting post 70 are moved to the wrapping roller wrapping position where the coins can be wrapped. That is, the first wrapping roller position adjusting cam 95 is rotated, and the cam follower 94 at the end of the arm 93 which is in contact with the first wrapping roller position adjusting cam 95 is moved rightward in FIG. To the arm 93 around the movable shaft 92.
Swings clockwise in FIG. Therefore,
8, the arm 87a urged leftward in FIG. 8 by the tension spring 90 is pivoted counterclockwise in FIG. 8 around the support shaft 89a.
The arm 87c swings around the support shaft 89b through the link 88a in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 8, and around the support shaft 89a through the links 88a and 88b in the clockwise direction in FIG. Moved and the packaging roller 8
6a, 86b, 86c move closer to each other.

On the other hand, when counting coins, the motor 10
1 is driven, and the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c
The gaps are moved so as to be separated from each other so as to be the maximum, and are positioned at a predetermined packaging roller retracting position. As shown in FIG. 8, a wrapping paper supply mechanism for feeding wrapping paper 106 from a wrapping paper roll (not shown) is provided between the three wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c. The wrapping paper supply mechanism includes a pair of paper feed rollers 107a and 107b that sandwich and feed the wrapping paper 106,
Guides 108a and 108b for guiding the wrapping paper 106 so that the wrapping paper 106 is sent along a predetermined path.
And a predetermined length of wrapping paper 106
a, 86b, 86c, the wrapper 106
Is provided with a cutter 109 for cutting off.

The coin support post 70 is formed integrally with the arm 110, and the arm 110 is fixed to the post support block 71. An arm 111 is fixed to the post support block 71.
It is configured to be swingable around the support shaft 72, and is constantly urged counterclockwise in FIG. 8 by a spring (not shown). One end of the arm 111 has a roller 11
3 is rotatably mounted, and the roller 113 wraps the wrapped coins or the counted coins after the wrapping of the coins is completed and when only counting the coins is performed.
6a, 86b, 86c, the coin supporting post 70 is attached to a post retreat arm 114 for retreating from between the three wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c so that the coin support post 70 can be collected. Abut. The post retreat arm 114 is connected to the shaft 11 fixed to the coin wrapping machine main body.
5, and a post retreat cam 11 fixed to a cam shaft 78 is provided at an end opposite to the roller 113.
A cam follower 117 that contacts the cam surface of No. 6 is rotatably mounted.

After the wrapping paper 106 is wound around the coin to be wrapped, a pair of upper and lower caulking claws (not shown) for caulking the upper and lower ends of the wrapping paper 106 are used to caulk the wrapping paper 106. A caulking claw retracting mechanism is provided for retracting from the caulking position to the caulking claw retreat position. The caulking claw retreat mechanism includes a caulking claw retreat arm 121 that can swing around a shaft 120 fixed to the coin packaging machine main body. A cam follower 122 rotates at one end of the caulking claw retreat arm 121. Mounted as possible. The cam follower 122 is in contact with a cam surface of the caulking claw retreating cam 123 fixed to the cam shaft 78. The other end of the caulking claw retreat arm 121 is integrally formed with the caulking claw, and abuts a roller 126 rotatably attached to one end of an arm 125 fixed to an arm 124 extending therefrom. The arm 124 and the arm 125 are configured to be swingable around the support shaft 127. The arms 124 and 125 are urged counterclockwise around a shaft 127 in FIG. 8 by a spring (not shown). In FIG. 8, 12
Numeral 8 denotes a caulking claw operating stopper for holding the caulking claw at the caulking claw retreat position when the accumulated coins are to be ejected without being wrapped. A cam 129 for operating a caulking claw for raising and lowering the caulking claw and caulking the upper end and the lower end of the wrapping paper 106 wound around the stacked coins is fixed to the cam shaft 78. I have. A known mechanism is used as a caulking mechanism for caulking the upper end and the lower end of the wrapping paper 106 by raising and lowering the caulking claw, and further includes wrapping rollers 86a and 86.
As a mechanism for rotating b and 86c, a well-known mechanism is used, and a description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 11 shows the post elevating cam 77 and the first wrapping roller position adjusting cam 9 when the cam shaft 78 makes one rotation.
5. Post retraction cam 116 and caulking claw retraction cam 1
23 is a cam chart of FIG. In FIG. 11, the photo sensor 81 detects a long notch 79b, and when the packaging of coins is completed and when only coin counting is performed, the concave cam surface of the post elevating cam 77 is attached to the cam follower 76, The convex cam surface of the post retracting cam 116 is on the cam follower 117, the convex cam surface of the first packaging roller position adjusting cam 95 is on the cam follower 94, and
The convex cam surfaces of the caulking claw retreat cams 123 are in contact with the cam followers 122, respectively. Therefore, the coin support post 70 and the post support block 71 are located below, and the post retreat arm 114 is
Because it is swung clockwise around the axis 115,
The coin supporting post 70 is provided with the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 8
6c is located at the post evacuation position retracted.
On the other hand, since the arm 93 is swung counterclockwise around the movable shaft 92, as described above, the packaging roller 86
a, 86b, 86c become larger, and the
6a, 86b, and 86c are located at the packaging roller standby position. Further, the swaging claw retreat arm 121 is connected to the support shaft 12.
Since it is swung clockwise around 0, the arm 124 formed integrally with the caulking claw is swung counterclockwise around the support shaft 127, and the caulking claw is also swaged. It is located at the claw retreat position.

As shown in FIG. 11, as the cam shaft 78 rotates, the cam profile of the post elevating cam 77 with which the cam follower 76 abuts becomes convex, and as a result, the coin support post 70 and the post support block 71
Gradually rises, the cam shaft 78 is rotated by about 45 degrees, and the photo sensor 81 is moved to the small notch 7 of the disk 80.
When 9a is detected, the cam profile of the post elevating cam 77 with which the cam follower 76 abuts becomes the most convex shape, and the coin supporting post 70 and the post supporting block 71
Is raised to the highest position. On the other hand, the cam follower 11
The cam profile of the post evacuation cam 116 with which the abutment member 7 abuts becomes gradually concave as the cam shaft 78 rotates, so that the post evacuation arm 114 is moved by the shaft 11.
5 around the coin supporting post 7
0 moves to the space between the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c. Therefore, the photo sensor 81 is
When the small notch 79a is detected, the coin supporting post 70 has three wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c.
Is located at the post standby position immediately below the shutter 9 in the center of the space between the two. In this state, when a predetermined number of coins are accumulated in the coin temporary accumulating section 7, the shutter solenoid 64
Is driven, the shutter 9 is opened, and the coins accumulated in the coin temporary accumulating portion 7 are received immediately below the shutter 9 by the upper surface of the coin supporting post 70 waiting.

Furthermore, when the cam shaft 78 is rotated, the cam profile of the post elevating cam 77 with which the cam follower 76 is in contact gradually becomes concave, and
The coin supporting post 70 descends while supporting the accumulated coins on the upper surface thereof. On the other hand, cam follower 1
The cam profile of the post evacuation cam 116 with which the abutment 17 comes into contact becomes uniform when the cam shaft 78 rotates about 30 degrees.
The space between a, 86b and 86c is lowered. Here, the cam shaft 78 is intermittently rotated by the step motor 82, and is controlled so that the coin support post 70 intermittently descends by the thickness of one coin to be wrapped. Then, when the cam shaft 78 is rotated about 100 degrees,
The coin support post 70 reaches a post-packing position at which the accumulated coins can be wrapped while supporting a predetermined number of accumulated coins to be wrapped on the upper surface thereof.
Until the cam follower 76 is rotated by 70 degrees, the cam profile of the post elevating cam 77 in contact with the cam follower 76 becomes uniform, and the coin supporting post 70 is held at the post packaging position.

On the other hand, while the cam shaft 78 rotates to move the coin support post 70 from the post standby position immediately below the shutter 9 to the post packaging position, the first packaging roller position adjusting cam 95 with which the cam follower 94 abuts. Cam profile is uniform and does not change, so the packaging roller 86
a, 86b and 86c are held at the packaging roller standby position. Then, after the coin support post 70 supporting the predetermined number of stacked coins to be wrapped on its upper surface reaches the post wrapping position, when the cam shaft 78 rotates about 110 degrees, 3
The wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, and 86c of the book are closest to the wrapping roller standby position, reach the wrapping roller wrapping position where the accumulated coins can be wrapped, and hold the accumulated coins. Here, the distance between the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c moved by the first wrapping roller position adjusting cam 95 is constant, but before the cam shaft 78 is rotated, the diameter of the coin of the denomination to be wrapped is changed. The three packaging rollers 86a, 86b,
86c is located at a predetermined interval, so that the first
The packaging roller 86 is adjusted by the packaging roller position adjusting cam 95.
The a, 86b, and 86c can be located at the wrapping roller wrapping position where coins of the denomination to be wrapped accumulated on the upper surface of the coin support post 70 can be wrapped. Immediately before the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, and 86c reach the wrapping roller wrapping position from the wrapping roller standby position, the wrapping paper 106 is moved from the wrapping paper roll (not shown) by the paper feed rollers 107a and 107b. The coins supplied between the stacked coins supported on the upper surface of the post 70 and the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c are pinched by the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c together with the stacked coins, and the wrapping of the stacked coins is performed. Done.

On the other hand, the cam profile of the caulking pawl retracting cam 123 with which the cam follower 122 is in contact hardly changes until the cam shaft 78 rotates about 155 degrees. Substantially stays at the caulking claw retreat position, but when the cam shaft 78 rotates about 155 degrees, the cam profile of the caulking claw retraction cam 123 with which the cam follower 122 is in contact gradually becomes concave. Since the swaging claw retreat arm 121 is swung counterclockwise around the support shaft 120, the arm 124 integrally formed with the swaging claw swings around the support shaft 127 to form a pair. Move vertically above and below the stacked coins on which the wrapping paper 106 is wound. Thereafter, the cam 129 for swaging the claw is rotated, and the upper end and the lower end of the wrapping paper 106 wound around the stacked coins are swaged.

Thus, coin wrapping and wrapping paper 106
When the camshaft 78 is rotated by about 270 degrees, the cam profile of the post elevating cam 77 with which the cam follower 76 abuts again becomes concave, and the coin supporting post 70 is moved from the post-packing position. And then descend. Thereafter, when the cam shaft 78 rotates by about 290 degrees, the cam profile of the post retraction cam 116 with which the cam follower 117 comes into contact gradually becomes convex, and as a result, the coin supporting post 70 becomes wrapped by the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86.
It is moved from the space between c to the post retreat position.

Further, when the cam shaft 78 rotates about 320 degrees, the cam profile of the caulking claw retreating cam 123 with which the cam follower 122 is in contact gradually becomes convex.
The caulking claw is moved to the caulking claw retreat position. Cam shaft 78
However, when rotated about 340 degrees, the cam profile of the first wrapping roller position adjusting cam 95 with which the cam follower 94 comes into contact gradually becomes convex, and the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b,
86c is moved from the packaging roller packaging position to the packaging roller standby position.

Thus, one cycle of the packaging operation is completed. FIG. 12 is a schematic plan view of an operation unit and a display unit provided on the outer surface of the coin wrapping machine according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, and FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating control, storage, driving, and detection. And a block diagram of an operation system. In FIG. 12, an operation unit 150 provided on the outer surface of the coin wrapping machine according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with a wrapping / counting mode selection switch for selecting whether the coin wrapping machine is to wrap or count coins. 151, a clear switch 152 for making the coin wrapping machine perform a preparatory operation prior to packaging of coins or counting of coins, a start / stop switch 153 for activating or stopping the operation of the coin wrapping machine, and coins to be wrapped or counted. The denomination setting switch 154 operated when setting the denomination of the coin, and when wrapping coins, the number of wrapped coin rolls consisting of a predetermined number of coins is designated, and the number of wrapped coin rolls of the number is obtained. Wrapping and stopping, or specify the total number of coins to be wrapped and wrap until the number of coins is wrapped. To select either stop,
When counting coins, specify the number of coins to be counted and stop counting them.Or, do not specify the number of coins to be counted and stop counting coins. Switch 155 and denomination setting switch 15 operated to select the
4 or the operation stop condition selection switch 155 is operated, the selection switch 156 and the display unit 16 for selecting the condition for stopping the operation of the denomination or the coin wrapping machine.
0 is provided with a display mode selection switch 157 for selecting whether to display the number or the number of wrapped coin rolls of wrapped coins.

That is, every time the packaging / counting mode selection switch 151 is operated, the packaging and counting of coins or the counting of coins are alternately selected. Similarly, every time the start / stop switch 153 is operated, the packaging and counting of coins or counting of coins is started, or the packaging and counting of coins or counting of coins is stopped.

Further, when the denomination setting switch 154 is operated, selectable denominations are displayed on the display section 160.
The selection switch 156 makes it possible to arbitrarily set the denomination of coins to be wrapped and counted or to be counted. When the operation stop condition selection switch 155 is operated, the selection switch 156 is operated. When wrapping and counting coins, it is possible to specify the number of wrapped coin rolls to be wrapped or the number of coins to be wrapped. It is possible to specify the number of coins to be completed.

The display unit 160 displays, for example, information on whether coin packaging is being performed or whether coin counting is being performed, the packaging designated by the operator, or the coin denomination to be counted. The number of wrapped coin rolls to be wrapped or the total number of coins to be wrapped, the number of wrapped coin rolls that have been wrapped or the total number of wrapped coins, and a warning when a trouble occurs will be displayed. It is configured.

As shown in FIG. 13, the control, storage, drive, detection and operation system of the coin wrapping machine according to the embodiment of the present invention has a CPU 200 as control means.
The PU 200 includes an operation program of the coin wrapping machine, coin data of a denomination such as a diameter and a thickness of each coin denomination, a reference number M0 of coins to be accumulated in the coin temporary accumulation unit 7, a reference packaging unit number W0, At the time of coin counting, the wrapping roller 86
a, 86b, 86c should be located at the retracting position of the packaging roller,
Before starting the coin wrapping, the coin supporting post 70 is moved by the wrapping roller standby position where the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b and 86c should be located, and the thickness of one coin of each denomination, according to the denomination of the coin to be wrapped. The ROM 201 stores various data such as the number of pulses that need to be output to the step motor 82 in order to descend, the denomination of coins to be counted or packed, the number of coins detected by the sensor 66,
It is configured to be able to access the RAM 202 which stores information on whether the shutter 9 is open, the number of coins accumulated in the coin temporary accumulating unit 7, and / or the total thickness.

The CPU 200 includes a packaging / counting mode selection switch 151, a clear switch 152, a start / stop switch 153, and a denomination setting switch 15.
4. Operation signals from the operation stop condition selection switch 155, the selection switch 156, and the display mode selection switch 157 are input, and the CPU 200
And a display signal for displaying predetermined information.

The CPU 200 further includes a coin detection signal from the sensor 66 and a passage width detection switch 203 comprising rotary encoders 60 and 61 for detecting the width of the coin selection passage 4, that is, the interval between the pair of guide members 5 and 6. , A belt position detection signal from a belt position detection switch 204 comprising a rotary encoder 22 for detecting the position of the conveyor belt 10, and a packaging roller 86.
a, a packing roller interval detection switch 205 comprising a rotary encoder 105 for detecting the interval between 86a and 86c.
Roller spacing detection signal from disk, notch 79 in disk 80
The camshaft rotation position detection signal from the photo sensor 81 for detecting the rotation position of the camshaft 78 and the wrapping paper supply amount detection switch 206 for detecting the supply length of the wrapping paper 106 by detecting a and 79b. The paper supply amount detection signal has been input.

The CPU 200 further includes a rotating disk motor 210 for rotating the rotating disk 1, a motor 19 for driving the conveyor belt 10, and a motor for adjusting the width of the coin sorting passage 4, that is, the interval between the guide members 5 and 6. 30, a motor 11 for adjusting the position of the conveyor belt 10, a packaging roller 86a,
A motor 101 for adjusting the interval between 86b and 86c, a step motor 82 for rotating the cam shaft 78, and a packaging roller 86
a, a packaging roller motor 21 for rotating 86b, 86c
2. A driving signal or a stop signal is supplied to a paper feeding motor 213 for rotating the paper feeding rollers 107a and 107b, a caulking claw operating stopper solenoid 214 for driving the caulking claw operating stopper 128, and to a stopper solenoid 68 for rotating the stopper 67. A rotation signal or a reverse rotation signal and an opening signal or a closing signal to a shutter solenoid 64 for opening and closing the shutter 9 can be output.

The coin wrapping machine according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above operates as follows when only counting coins is performed. First, a power supply (not shown)
Is turned on, it is detected by the sensor 66 and the RAM 2
The number of coins stored in 02 is displayed on the display unit 160, but is zero at the start of operation.

The packaging / counting mode selection switch 151 and the denomination setting switch 154 are operable only when the number of coins detected by the sensor 66 and stored in the RAM 202 is zero. The packaging / counting mode selection switch 151 is operated to switch from the packaging mode to the counting mode, and the counting mode is selected.

Next, the operator operates the clear switch 152.
Operate. When the clear switch 152 is operated, C
The PU 200 includes a rotating disk motor 210 and a motor 19.
A drive signal is output to the stop solenoid 6
8, a reverse rotation signal is output, and the rotating disk 1 is reversely rotated for a predetermined time to drive the transport belt 10 in the reverse direction.
Further, the stopper 67 is rotated such that the cut-out flat side surface smoothly connects to the inner surface of the guide member 6.

As a result, when coins remain in the coin sorting passage 4 or when coins jam in the coin sorting passage 4, these coins are
It is returned on the rotating disk 1. After a predetermined time has elapsed, the CPU 20
0 outputs a drive stop signal to the rotating disk motor 210 and the motor 19, and outputs a rotation signal to the stopper solenoid 68 to close the coin sorting passage 4 by the stopper 67.

When the clear switch 152 is operated, the packaging mode is selected at the time of the previous operation, and when the packaging and counting of coins are being executed, the CPU 200 simultaneously sends an opening signal to the shutter solenoid 64 and sends a release signal to the shutter solenoid 64. Axis 78
, A stepping motor 82, a packaging roller 86a,
A drive signal is output to the motor 101 for adjusting the interval between 86b and 86c and the caulking claw operation stopper solenoid 214 for driving the caulking claw operation stopper 128, respectively. On the other hand, when the counting mode was selected at the time of the previous operation and coin counting was being performed, the shutter 9
Is in the open state, the CPU 200 does not output an open signal to the shutter solenoid 64.

When coins are wrapped and counted in the previous operation, the coin support post 70 is located at the post standby position immediately below the shutter 9, and the shutter 9 is moved to the pair of accumulation blocks 8a, Since the space between the coins 8b is opened downward, if coins remain in the coin temporary stacking unit 7 on the shutter 9, these coins are transferred to the upper surface of the coin support post 70 at the post standby position. Moved to The drive signal to the step motor 82 is output until the photo sensor 81 detects the large notch 79b of the disk 80, so that the coin supporting post 70 descends,
When the coin moved to the post-packing position and moved to the upper surface of the coin support post 70 and the coin remains on the upper surface of the coin support post 70, both of the remaining coins are
Packaging rollers 86a, 86 located at the packaging roller packaging position
b, 86c, and thereafter, the coin supporting post 7
0 moves to the post retracted position retracted from the space between the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c, and the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c are also moved to the packaging roller retracted position, and the interval increases. Packaging rollers 86a, 8
The coin sandwiched between 6b and 86c falls downward in the space between the three wrapping rollers 86a, 86b and 86c.

The packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c
The drive signal to the motor 101 that adjusts the interval between the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, and 86c is determined by the wrapping roller interval detection switch 205 regardless of the type of coin to be counted.
Is output until it is detected that the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c have reached the packaging roller retracted position where the interval of the maximum is reached.

On the other hand, the drive signal to the caulking claw operating stopper 128 is output until the photosensor 81 detects the large notch 79b of the disk 80. Therefore, the caulking claw (not shown) The coin supporting post 70 is lowered from the post standby position immediately below the shutter 9 and moved to the post retreat position by the caulking claw operating stopper 128 until the coin supporting post 70 moves to the post retreat position.
The caulking claw is held at the retracted position. Therefore, the coin remains on the coin temporary stacking unit 7 or the upper surface of the coin support post 70, and as a result, on the upper surface of the coin support post 70,
When less than the number of coins wrapped by one wrapping roller is supported, the coin supporting post 70 is lowered from the post standby position to the post wrapping position, and the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86
c, the caulking claw is held at the caulking claw retreat position despite the cam shaft 78 being rotated,
When the caulking claw is moved to the caulking position and the caulking operation is performed, the coin is damaged, or an undesired force is applied to the coin nipped by the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, and 86c. Thus, the risk of coins being scattered is prevented.

After the clear switch 152 is operated, the shutter solenoid 64 finishes counting coins,
It is in the open state until the counting mode selection switch 151 is operated and the packaging mode is selected. On the contrary,
At the time of the previous operation, when the counting mode was selected and the counting of coins was being performed, the coin supporting post 70 moves the three packaging rollers 86a, 86b,
86c is also located at the retracting position of the packaging roller, and the caulking claw is also at the retracting position of the caulking claw. Therefore, even if the clear switch 152 is operated, the CPU 200 does not output an opening signal to the shutter solenoid 64, and The drive signal is not output to the step motor 82 for rotating the shaft 78 and the caulking claw operation stopper solenoid 214 for driving the caulking claw operation stopper 128.

Next, when the operator operates the denomination setting switch 154 and further operates the selection switch 156 to select coins of the denomination to be counted, C is displayed.
The PU 200 reads from the ROM 201 coin data such as the diameter and thickness of the coin of the selected denomination. CPU 20
0 further outputs a drive signal to the motor 30 for adjusting the interval between the guide members 5 and 6 and the motor 11 for adjusting the position of the conveyor belt 10 based on these coin data, And the position of the conveyor belt 10 are adjusted. This adjustment is performed by the passage width detection switch 20.
3, the distance between the guide members 5, 6 and the position of the conveying belt 10 read from the passage width detection signal from the belt 3 and the belt position detection signal from the belt position detection switch 204;
The process is performed until the target interval between the guide members 5 and 6 and the target position of the conveyor belt 10 corresponding to the diameter and thickness of coins of denominations to be counted read from M201 match. Here, the width of the coin sorting path 4 is
That is, when the distance between the guide members 5 and 6 is adjusted, the distance between the pair of accumulation blocks 8a and 8b is also adjusted in accordance with the diameter of the coin of the selected denomination.

When the preparation operation is completed, the CPU
The operation stop condition selection switch 155 can be operated by the operator 200.
5 is operated to specify the number of sheets N0 for which the counting should be completed, and if the number of sheets N0 has not been specified, the number of sheets to be counted should be infinite.
2 is stored.

When all the preparatory operations are completed, information indicating that the coins can be counted is displayed on the display unit 16.
It is displayed as 0, and the coin counting operation becomes possible for the first time. After the operator inserts coins to be counted into a coin insertion unit (not shown), a start / stop switch 153 is provided.
Is operated, a coin counting operation is started.

That is, the start / stop switch 1
When 53 is operated and a start signal is input, the CPU
200 outputs a drive signal to the rotating disk motor 210 and the motor 19 and outputs a reverse rotation signal to the stopper solenoid 68. As a result, the rotating disk motor 21
The motor 0 and the motor 19 are driven in the forward direction, and the stopper solenoid 68 rotates the stopper 67 such that the cut-out flat side surface smoothly connects to the inner surface of the guide member 6.

As a result, the width of the coin sorting passage 4, that is, the interval between the guide members 5, 6 is adjusted to correspond to the diameter of the coin of the denomination to be counted. Coins and coins of a smaller diameter are sent from the rotating disk 1 into the coin sorting passage 4, but coins of a larger diameter than the coins of the denomination to be counted are placed on the rotating disk 1. It remains on the top and is not sent into the coin sorting passage 4.

On the other hand, coins of a denomination smaller than the coins of the denomination to be counted sent into the coin sorting path 4 fall downward from the space between the guide members 5 and 6 and collect small-diameter coins. Collected in a box (not shown). Thus, only coins of the denomination to be counted pass through the coin sorting passage 4,
It is detected by the sensor 66. The sensor 66 outputs a coin detection signal to the CPU 200 each time a coin is detected, and the CPU 200 increases the number of coins stored in the RAM 202 by one each time a coin detection signal is received from the sensor 66. .

The coin passing through the sensor 66 is sent to the coin temporary accumulating section 7. Here, a pair of integrated blocks 8a,
8b is formed so that the downstream portion is higher than the upstream portion, so that the coins sent through the coin sorting passage 4 are placed on the inner wall of the downstream portions of the accumulation blocks 8a, 8b. The shutter 9 is opened, but the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86
c is retracted to the wrapping roller retracting position, and the coin support post 70 is located at the lower position and at the post retracting position. , 86c and collected in a set denomination coin collection box (not shown).

On the other hand, when the operator operates the operation stop condition selecting switch 155 and designates the number of coins N0 to be counted, the CPU 200 determines that the number of coins stored in the RAM 202 is equal to the designated number of coins. It is determined whether or not it matches N0. As a result, when the number of coins stored in the RAM 202 is less than the designated number N0, the counting of coins is continued, and the coins are passed through the coin sorting path 4 and the coin temporary accumulating section 7, and are wrapped by the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b. , 86c and collected in the set denomination coin collection box.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of coins stored in the RAM 202 has become equal to the designated number N0, the CPU 200 outputs a drive stop signal to the rotating disk motor 210 and the motor 19, and The rotation signal is output to the stopper solenoid 68, and the coin sorting passage 4 is closed by the stopper 67. As a result, coins are no longer sent from the rotating disk 1 into the coin sorting passage 4 and coins are moved by the stopper 67 to the stopper 6.
No more coins are sent downstream of 7, and the counting of coins is completed.

When the coin counting is completed, the CP
U200 displays on display unit 160 that the counting of the specified number of coins has been completed. On the other hand, when the operation stop condition selection switch 155 is not operated by the operator and the number N0 of which counting should be completed is not specified, all coins of the specified denomination are in the coin sorting passage 4 and the coin temporary. After the stacking unit 7, the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c
And the coin counting is continued until the coin is collected in the set denomination coin collection box, and the coin detection signal is input from the sensor 66 to the CPU 200. When the coin detection signal is no longer input from the CPU 66, the CPU 200
A drive stop signal is output to the motor 0 and the motor 19, and a rotation signal is output to the stopper solenoid 68, so that the coin sorting path 4 is closed by the stopper 67.

Further, CPU 200 determines that the counting of the coins of the designated denomination has been completed, outputs a display signal to the display unit, and detects the designated denomination detected by sensor 66 stored in RAM 202. Display section 160
, And that the counting of coins has been completed is displayed on the display unit 160. After the counting of coins is completed as described above, the operator removes coins having a diameter larger than that of the designated denomination and remaining on the rotating disk 1 by removing the lid of the coin wrapping machine. Open and remove.

On the other hand, the power supply (not shown) is turned on, the number of coins stored in the RAM 202 is zero, and the packaging / counting mode selection switch 15 is operated by the operator.
When 1 is operated and the packaging mode is selected, the coin wrapping machine operates as follows to execute coin wrapping. As in the case of counting coins, when the clear switch 152 is operated, the CPU 200
0 and a drive signal to the motor 19, and a reverse rotation signal to the stopper solenoid 68 to rotate the rotating disk 1 in the reverse direction for a predetermined period of time.
Is driven in the opposite direction, and the stopper 67 is further rotated such that the cut-out flat side surface smoothly connects to the inner surface of the guide member 6.

As a result, when coins remain in the coin sorting passage 4 or when coins jam in the coin sorting passage 4, these coins are
It is returned on the rotating disk 1. After a predetermined time has elapsed, the CPU 20
0 outputs a drive stop signal to the rotating disk motor 210 and the motor 19, and outputs a rotation signal to the stopper solenoid 68 to close the coin sorting passage 4 by the stopper 67.

When the clear switch 152 is operated, C
The PU 200 simultaneously outputs a drive signal to the stepping motor 82 for rotating the cam shaft 78 and the caulking claw operation stopper solenoid 214 for driving the caulking claw operation stopper 128, respectively. When the mode is selected and the coin is wrapped and counted, an open signal is output to the shutter solenoid 64. On the other hand, in the previous operation,
When the counting mode is selected and the counting of coins is being executed, since the shutter 9 is open, the CPU 200
Does not output an open signal to the shutter solenoid 64. Instead, since the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, and 86c are at the most separated packaging roller retracted position, the CPU 200
The packaging rollers 86a, 86b,
A drive signal is output to the motor 101 to move the motor 86c.

The drive signal to the step motor 82 is output until the photo sensor 81 detects the small notch 79a of the disk 80. Therefore, in the previous operation, when the counting mode was selected and the counting of coins was being performed, the coin supporting post 70 was moved from the lower post retreat position to the post standby position immediately below the shutter 9. The packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c are also moved from the packaging roller retreat position to a packaging roller standby position corresponding to coins of a denomination to be packaged.

On the other hand, when the packaging mode was selected and the coins were wrapped and counted during the previous operation, the coin support post 70 is at the post standby position immediately below the shutter, The shaft 78 is rotated for one cycle, and the coin support post 70 is once lowered and retracted to the post retreat position, then raised again and moved to the post standby position immediately below the shutter 9. Therefore, during the previous operation, the packaging mode was selected,
If coins are wrapped and counted and coins remain in the coin temporary stacking unit 7 on the shutter 9, the shutter 9 opens the space between the pair of stacking blocks 8a and 8b downward. As a result, these coins are transferred to the upper surface of the coin support post 70 at the post standby position. afterwards,
The coin support post 70 is lowered, moved to the post packaging position, and when the coins transferred to the upper surface of the coin support post 70 and the coins remain on the upper surface of the coin support post 70, the remaining coins are removed. Both are pinched by the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c located at the wrapping roller wrapping position, and thereafter, the coin supporting post 70 is
6a, 86b, and 86c, and moves to the post retracted position retracted from the space between them.
6c is also moved to the retracting position of the packaging roller, and the interval is increased, and the coins sandwiched by the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c are replaced by three packaging rollers 86a, 86c.
It falls down in the space between b and 86c. Thereafter, the coin support post 70 is moved from the post retreat position to the post standby position immediately below the shutter 9 again.

On the other hand, the drive signal to the caulking claw operating stopper 128 is output until the photosensor 81 detects the small notch 79a of the disk 80, and accordingly, the caulking claw (not shown) The coin support post 70 is held at the caulking claw retreat position until the coin support post 70 moves to the post standby position immediately below the shutter 9. Therefore, coins remain on the coin temporary accumulating portion 7 or the upper surface of the coin support post 70, and as a result, less than the number of packages wrapped by one packaging roller is supported on the upper surface of the coin support post 70. When the coin support post 70 is lowered from the post standby position to the post-packing position and is pinched by the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c, the caulking claw is pressed even though the cam shaft 78 is rotated. The coin is held at the retracted position, and the caulking claw is moved to the caulking position and the caulking operation is performed, thereby damaging the coin or causing the packaging roller 86 to be damaged.
Undesired force is applied to the coins sandwiched by the a, 86b, and 86c, thereby preventing the coins from being scattered.

When an open signal is output to the shutter solenoid 64, the open signal is output until a predetermined time elapses after the clear switch 152 is operated, and thereafter, a close signal is output from the CPU 20, and 9
Is closed. Next, when the operator operates the denomination setting switch 154 and further operates the selection switch 156 to select the coin of the denomination to be packed,
The CPU 200 reads from the ROM 201 coin data such as the diameter and thickness of the coin of the selected denomination.

The CPU 200 further outputs a drive signal to the motor 30 for adjusting the interval between the guide members 5 and 6 and the motor 11 for adjusting the position of the conveyor belt 10 based on the coin data, and The intervals of 5 and 6 and the position of the conveyor belt 10 are adjusted. This adjustment is
The distance between the guide members 5 and 6 and the position of the conveyor belt 10 read from the passage width detection signal from the passage width detection switch 203 and the belt position detection signal from the belt position detection switch 204, and the denomination to be packed read from the ROM 201 Until the target interval of the guide members 5 and 6 and the target position of the conveyor belt 10 corresponding to the diameter and thickness of the coin are matched. Here, the width of the coin sorting passage 4, that is, the guide members 5, 6
Is adjusted, the interval between the pair of accumulation blocks 8a and 8b is also adjusted in accordance with the diameter of the coin of the selected denomination.

When the denomination setting switch 154 is operated and the selection switch 156 is operated to select the coin of the denomination to be packed, the CPU 200 simultaneously sets
From the ROM 201, a wrapping roller 86 corresponding to a coin denomination
a, 86b, 86c read out the standby position of the packaging roller,
A driving signal is output to the motor 101, and the wrapping roller 86a detected by the
According to the interval between 86b and 86c, the packaging roller 86 is moved to the packaging roller standby position corresponding to the coin of the selected denomination.
The motor 101 is driven until a, 86b and 86c are located.

As described above, when all the preparatory operations are completed, information indicating that coins can be wrapped is displayed on the display unit 160, and the coins can be wrapped for the first time. When the start / stop switch 153 is operated after the operator inserts a coin to be wrapped into a coin insertion unit (not shown), a coin wrapping operation is started.

That is, the start / stop switch 1
When 53 is operated and a start signal is input, the CPU
200 outputs a drive signal to the rotating disk motor 210 and the motor 19 and outputs a reverse rotation signal to the stopper solenoid 68. As a result, the rotating disk motor 21
The motor 0 and the motor 19 are driven in the forward direction, and the stopper solenoid 68 rotates the stopper 67 such that the cut-out flat side surface smoothly connects to the inner surface of the guide member 6.

As a result, the width of the coin sorting passage 4, that is, the interval between the guide members 5, 6 is adjusted to correspond to the diameter of the coin of the denomination to be wrapped. Coins and coins of a smaller diameter are sent from the rotating disc 1 into the coin sorting passage 4, but coins of a larger diameter than the coins of the kind to be packed are placed on the rotating disc 1. It remains on the top and is not sent into the coin sorting passage 4.

On the other hand, coins of a denomination smaller than the coins of the denomination to be packed sent into the coin sorting path 4 fall downward from the space between the guide members 5 and 6 to collect small-diameter coins. Collected in a box (not shown). Thus, only coins of the denomination to be wrapped pass through the coin sorting passage 4,
It is detected by the sensor 66. When detecting the coin, the sensor 66 outputs a coin detection signal to the CPU 200.

When a coin detection signal is received from the sensor 66,
The CPU 200 operates the shutter 9 stored in the RAM 202.
It is determined whether the shutter 9 is open or closed based on the information on the state of. The memory indicating the state of the shutter 9 in the RAM 202 stores “0” when the shutter 9 is closed and “1” when the shutter 9 is open. When 0 "is stored and the shutter 9 is closed, the number of coins stored in the RAM 202 is increased by one.

The coins passing through the sensor 66 are sent to the coin temporary stacking unit 7. Here, a pair of integrated blocks 8a,
Since the downstream portion is formed so that the downstream portion is higher than the upstream portion, the coins sent through the coin sorting passage 4 are placed on the inner walls of the downstream portions of the accumulation blocks 8a and 8b. Collides and is directed to the lower shutter 9. Immediately after the start of the wrapping operation, the coins are placed on the shutter 9 because the shutter 9 is closed.

When it is determined that the number M of coins detected by the sensor 66 has become equal to the reference number M0 of coins to be accumulated in the coin temporary accumulation section 7 stored in the ROM 201, the CPU 200 A drive signal is output to the shutter solenoid 64 to move the shutter 9 to the shaft 63.
It swings around and opens to open the space between the accumulation blocks 8a and 8b downward. At this time, since the coin support post 70 is located at a position immediately below the shutter 9, the coin support post 70 reliably removes the coins accumulated in the coin temporary accumulation unit 7 on the shutter 9. On the top, you can receive. Here, the reference number M0 of coins to be accumulated in the coin temporary accumulation unit 7 is the accumulation block 8
It is set in advance based on the thicknesses a and 8b.
In this way, the predetermined number M0 of coins is
The reason that the shutter 9 is opened and the coin is supported on the upper surface of the coin support post 70 for the first time after the coins are accumulated in the coin temporary accumulating unit 7 without accumulating the coins
When coins are directly accumulated on the upper surface of the coin support post 70, the upper surface of the coin support post 70 does not form a flat surface over a certain area like the upper surface of the shutter 9 or a coin. This is because it becomes difficult to accumulate coins as desired. In this sense, it is sufficient that the number of coins temporarily accumulated in the coin temporary accumulation unit 7 is one or more.

When the shutter 9 is opened, the CP
U200 stores “1” in the memory indicating the state of the shutter 9 of the RAM 202 and lowers the coin support post 70 from the ROM 201 by the thickness of one coin of the denomination of the coin to be wrapped. , The number of pulses required to be output to the step motor 82 is read out. Next, when the sensor 66 detects a coin, the CPU 200
Outputs a drive signal to the step motor 82 and outputs
The cam shaft 78 is rotated by the number of pulses read from 201.

As a result, the coin supporting post 70 is lowered by the thickness of one coin to be wrapped. Thus, based on the coin detection signal from the sensor 66, it is determined that the number M of coins detected by the sensor 66 has become equal to the reference packaging unit number W0 stored in one packaging coin roll stored in the ROM 201. At this time, the CPU 200 outputs a drive stop signal to the rotating disk motor 210 and the wrapping belt motor 211 to stop the rotation of the rotating disk 1 and the driving of the transport belt 10, and outputs a rotation signal to the stopper solenoid 68. Then, the stopper 67 is moved to the coin sorting passage 4
To prevent the following coins from being sent into the coin temporary stacking unit 7.

At this time, the coin supporting post 70 has not been lowered to the post-packing position where the coins accumulated on the upper surface can be wrapped, and the CPU 200 further lowers the coin supporting post 70. At this point, 1
Since the number of coins to be wrapped in the wrapped coin roll of the book has already been accumulated on the upper surface of the coin support post 70, a pulse signal is no longer output intermittently to the step motor 82, and this is output. No need for step control
Therefore, the CPU 200 outputs a continuous pulse signal until the photo sensor 81 detects the small notch 79a of the disk 80 to generate the next wrapped coin roll.
Output to the step motor 82.

When the CPU 200 detects that the coin support post 70 has reached the post-packing position in accordance with the number of pulses output to the step motor 82,
13, a drive signal is output to feed rollers 107a, 1
07b is rotated, and the wrapping paper 106 is
a, 86b, 86c and the coins supported on the upper surface of the coin support post 70.

As is well known, the paper feed rollers 107a,
7b rotates, the rotational force is applied to the packaging rollers 86a,
86b and 86c, and is supplied to the sheet feed rollers 107a and 107c.
7b, and the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 8
6c is also rotated. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the coin support post 70 is held in the post-packing position, while the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c move closer to each other from the packaging-roller standby position, and When the position reaches the position, the leading end of the wrapping paper 106 is sandwiched between the coins.

Thereafter, as is well known, the paper feed roller 107
a and 107b continue to rotate, supply the wrapping paper 106 around the stacked coins, and wrap the wrapping rollers 86a and 86a.
b and 86c also continue to rotate, so that the wrapping paper 1 is wrapped around the stacked coins supported on the upper surface of the coin support post 70.
06 is wound. When the CPU 200 determines that the wrapping paper 106 that is about twice the circumference of the coin has been supplied based on the detection signal from the wrapping paper supply amount detection switch 206, the CPU 200 sends a drive stop signal to the paper feeding motor 213. Output,
While stopping the rotation of the paper feed rollers 107a and 107b, a drive signal is output to the packaging roller motor 212,
The packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c are rotated. As is well known, the packaging rollers 86a, 8 are driven by the packaging roller motor 212 by a one-way clutch (not shown).
6b and 86c are rotated, the paper feed rollers 107a,
07b is not rotated.

Here, the packing rollers 86a, 86b, 8 by the packing roller motor 212 are compared with the rotation speed of the packing rollers 86a, 86b, 86c by the sheet feeding motor 213.
The rotation speed of 6c is set to increase. Therefore, when the wrapping paper 106 is supplied around the stacked coins, the wrapping paper 106 is supplied at a low speed by the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, and 86c.
06 can be wrapped around a coin stack, while
After the wrapping paper 106 is wound around the stacked coins, the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, and 86c are rotated at a high speed. Furthermore, the wrapping paper 106 can be caulked quickly and reliably.

As described above, the paper feed rollers 107a, 107
After the rotation of the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, and 86c, the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, and 86c are rotated by the packaging roller motor 212.
A tensile force is generated in the wrapping paper 106 between the wrapping paper 106 and the wrapping paper 106 by the cutter 109.

The step motor 82 further includes a camshaft 7
8 and the caulking claw operating stopper 128 is not driven, so that the cam profile of the caulking claw retreating cam 123 with which the cam follower 122 abuts becomes concave,
The caulking claw (not shown) is moved from the caulking claw retreat position to between the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c. further,
The caulking claw operating cam 129 operates a caulking mechanism (not shown) to caulk the upper and lower ends of the wrapping paper 106 wound around the stacked coins, as is well known. Thus, one wrapped coin roll made of a predetermined number W0 of coins is obtained.

Immediately before the caulking operation by the caulking claw is completed, the cam profile of the post elevating cam 77 with which the cam follower 76 abuts becomes further concave, so that the coin supporting post 70 is moved from the post packing position to the post packaging position. Further, since the cam profile of the post evacuation cam 116 with which the cam follower 117 abuts is convex, the coin supporting post 70 is
From the space between a, 86b and 86c, it moves to the post retreat position.

At this point, when the coin support post 70 starts lowering further from the post-packing position, the accumulated coins are nipped by the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c and wrapped by the caulking claws. Since the upper end and the lower end of the paper 106 are crimped, there is no danger of falling. Further, when the cam shaft 78 is rotated by the step motor 82, the caulking claw is vertically separated and further moved to the caulking claw retracting position by the caulking claw retracting cam 123.

In this manner, when the cam shaft 78 rotates about 340 degrees, the cam profile of the first wrapping roller position adjusting cam 95 with which the cam follower 94 comes into contact becomes convex, and as a result, the three wrapping rollers 86a , 86b, 86
c are separated from each other to the packaging roller standby position. Therefore, the roll-shaped coin stack wrapped by the wrapping paper 106 falls downward, and passes through a chute (not shown).
Collected in a wrapped coin collection box (not shown).

The CPU 200 controls the step motor 82 to
The pulse sensor continues to output, and the photo sensor 81
The small notch 79a of 0 is detected and the coin supporting post 70 is detected.
Is located at the post standby position immediately below the shutter 9,
Stop output of pulse signal. At the same time, drive signals are output to the rotating disk motor 210, the motor 19, and the shutter solenoid 64, respectively, to rotate the rotating disk 1, drive the transport belt 10, close the shutter 9, and
A reverse rotation signal is output to the stopper solenoid 68, and the cutout side surface of the stopper 67 is smoothly connected to the side surface of the guide member 6 on the coin sorting passage 4 side, and coins pass through the coin sorting passage 4. Make it possible.

At the same time, the CPU 200
Indicated at 60 is the completion of the packaging of one packaging coin roll, and one cycle of the packaging operation is completed. CPU2
00 indicates that the start / stop switch 153 is operated again, the coin detection signal is not input from the sensor 66 for a predetermined time, and it is determined that there are no more coins to be wrapped, or the operation stop condition selection is performed. The above operation is repeated until the number of wrapped coin rolls specified by the switch 155 is obtained or the wrapping of the specified number of coins is completed.

The start / stop switch 153 is operated again, or the coin detection signal is not input from the sensor 66 for a predetermined time, and it is determined that there are no more coins to be wrapped, or the operation stop condition selection is performed. When the number of wrapped coin rolls specified by the switch 155 has been obtained or the wrapping of the specified number of coins has been completed, the CPU 200 outputs a drive stop signal to the rotating disk motor 210 and the motor 19. Then, these are stopped, and a rotation signal is output to the stopper solenoid 68 to cause the stopper 67 to protrude into the coin sorting passage 4.

At the same time, the CPU 200
Then, the number of wrapped wrapped coin rolls or the number of wrapped coins is displayed, and the completion of the wrapping operation is displayed. According to the present embodiment, when a predetermined number of coins are accumulated in the coin temporary accumulating unit 7, the shutter 9 is opened, and the accumulated coins are placed in a coin support post waiting just below the shutter 9. After the coin passes through the sensor 66, the coin supporting post 70 is lowered by the thickness of one coin, and the coins W0 to be packed are supported by the coin supporting post 70. After the post 70 is supported, it is configured to reach the post wrapping position, so that it is not necessary to provide a coin stacking unit for stacking the number W0 of coins to be wrapped, unlike a conventional coin wrapping machine. ,
With a simple structure, the height of the coin wrapping machine can be significantly reduced. Further, coins are sent into the coin temporary accumulating section 7 as in the conventional coin wrapping machine, so that jamming of coins can be reliably prevented. Furthermore,
As with the conventional coin wrapping machine, three wrapping rollers 8
Since the stacked coins are wrapped by 6a, 86b and 86c, the coins can be wrapped as desired. The drive pulley 26 around which the transport belt 10 is wound
And the driven pulley 27 and the transport belt motor 19
Since it is fixed to the conveyor belt unit 20, the position of the conveyor belt unit 20 in the vertical direction is adjusted by the motor 11 in accordance with the thickness of the coins of the denominations to be counted or counted and packed. Motor 1
9 can be transmitted to the drive pulley 26 to drive the conveyor belt 10 as desired, and therefore, as desired, the coins of the denomination to be counted or counted and packed are sorted into coins. The coins can be transported in the passage 4 and sent to the coin temporary stacking unit 7.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention described in the claims, which are also included in the scope of the present invention. Needless to say, For example, in the above embodiment, a coin wrapping machine is described as a coin processing machine, but the present invention can be applied to a coin processing machine other than the coin wrapping machine, for example, a coin counting machine. The present invention can be applied to a coin wrapping machine having the structure shown in the above embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the ROM 20
1 stores the number of pulses required to be output to the step motor 82 in order to lower the coin support post 70 by the thickness of one coin of each denomination, and the shutter 9 is opened to temporarily store coins. After the coins accumulated in the unit 7 are received by the coin support post 70, every time the sensor 66 detects a coin, the CPU 200 sends a step motor 82
A pulse signal is output to lower the coin supporting post 70 by a distance corresponding to the thickness of one coin to be wrapped, but the post descent amount data D (i) and the denomination of the denomination to be wrapped are The thickness d of the coin may be stored in the RAM 202, and the number of pulses output to the step motor 82 may be determined as follows.

Each time the sensor 66 detects a coin, RA
The post descent amount data D stored in M202 is updated according to the following equation. D (i) = D (i-1) + d Next, based on D (i) obtained in this manner, the number of pulses p (i) to be output to the step motor 82 is obtained by truncating the decimal part according to the following equation. Ask for.

P (i) = D (i) / D0 Here, D0 is the value of the coin support post 7 per pulse.
0 is a distance at which the value falls, which is stored in the ROM 201, and p (i) is a positive integer. After obtaining the pulse number p (i) and outputting the pulse number to the step motor 82, the CPU 200 updates the post descent amount data D stored in the RAM 202 according to the following equation.

D (i) = D (i) −p (i) × D0 In this way, when the number of pulses to be output to the step motor 82 is determined, when a new type of coin is issued, The coin support post 70 can be lowered as desired only by inputting the thickness of one type of coin. Further, in the above embodiment, the reference number M0 of coins to be accumulated in the coin
The shutter 9 is opened when the number M of coins stored in the memory 201 and detected by the sensor 66 becomes equal to the reference number M0.
The reference total thickness T0 of coins to be accumulated in the coin temporary accumulating unit 7 is stored, and the CPU 200 converts the number M of coins detected by the sensor 66 into a thickness to convert the total thickness T of coins to a thickness.
However, when it is determined that the total coin thickness has become equal to or greater than the reference total thickness T0, the shutter 9 may be opened.

Further, in the above embodiment, a predetermined number of coins less than the number to be wrapped in one coin wrapping roll are accumulated in the coin temporary accumulating section 7, and the coins are accumulated in the coin temporary accumulating section 7. After the received coin is received by the coin support post 70, every time the sensor 66 detects the coin,
A pulse signal is output from the CPU 200 to the step motor 82 so that the coin supporting post 70 is
The coin is wrapped by lowering it by a distance corresponding to the thickness of the sheet.
The number of coins to be wrapped in one coin wrapping roll is accumulated, and thereafter, the accumulated coins are transferred to the upper surface of the coin support post 70, lowered to the post wrapping position, and wrapped in coins. It may be performed.

In the above embodiment, the guide member 5 and the guide member 6 are always synchronized by the fine adjustment cam 36 and the coarse adjustment cam 37 so that the center line of the coin sorting passage 4 does not change. By moving the coins by the same distance, the center of the coins accumulated in the coin temporary accumulating section 7 coincides with the center of the coin temporary accumulating section 7, and the accumulated coins are aligned with the center of the accumulated coins and the upper surface of the coin support post 70. Is configured to be supported by the upper surface of the coin support post 70 so as to coincide with the center of the coin. However, when the coin processing machine according to the present invention is used as a coin counter, only the guide member 5 is moved. Then, the width of the coin sorting passage 4 may be adjusted. In this case, the coin temporary stacking unit 7, the coin support post 70, the movable plate 48 formed integrally with the guide member 5, the rollers 49, 50, 53, 54, the links 51, 5
2. The movable plates 57 formed integrally with the shafts 55 and 56, the guide member 6, and other means for packaging coins are unnecessary.

Further, in the above embodiment, first, the guide members 5 and 6 are moved by the coarse adjustment 37 cam.
Next, the guide members 5 and 6 are moved by the fine adjustment cam 36 to adjust the width of the coin sorting passage 4. First, the guide members 5 and 6 are moved by the fine adjustment cam 36, and then, The guide member 5,
6, the width of the coin sorting passage 4 may be adjusted.

In the above embodiment, the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b and 86c are provided with the first wrapping roller position adjusting cam 95 fixed to the cam shaft 78 and the second wrapping roller position adjusting cam 95 independent of the first wrapping roller position adjusting cam 95. Packaging roller position adjustment cam 9
9, the first packaging roller position adjusting cam 95 is fixed to a cam shaft 78 to which a post elevating cam 77, a post retreating cam 116, and a caulking claw retreating cam 123 are fixed. Therefore, the packaging roller 86a,
When the coins 86b and 86c are moved, the coin supporting post 7
0 and the caulking claw are also moved in synchronization with this, but the wrapping rollers 86a, 86b, 86c
In order to move the packing rollers 86a, 86b, 86c completely independently of the movement of the crimping claw and the caulking claw, a cam for moving the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c is fixed to a cam shaft independent of the cam shaft 78, and its cam profile is May be formed so that the packaging rollers 86a, 86b, 86c can be moved to a packaging roller packaging position, a packaging roller standby position, and a packaging roller retreat position according to the rotation angle of the cam.

In the present invention, each means does not necessarily mean a physical means, but includes a case where the function of each means is realized by software.
Further, the function of one unit may be realized by two or more physical units, or the function of two or more units may be realized by one physical unit.

[0115]

According to the present invention, there is provided a rotary disk for receiving the inserted coins and sending out the received coins to a coin sorting passage by centrifugal force generated by rotation, and a pair of guide members for processing. In the coin sorting passage configured to be able to pass only coins of the power denomination, and in the coin sorting passage,
A coin processing machine comprising a transport belt means for transporting coins of a denomination to be processed, a transport belt motor means for driving the transport belt means, and a denomination selecting means for selecting a denomination of a coin to be processed. Thus, it is possible to provide a coin processing machine capable of transporting various coins having greatly different thicknesses with a simple structure in a coin sorting passage as desired.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a coin sorting passage and a coin accumulation section of a coin wrapping machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a transport belt position adjusting mechanism for adjusting a vertical position of a transport belt used in the coin wrapping machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of a transport belt position adjusting mechanism for adjusting a vertical position of the transport belt used in the coin wrapping machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1, showing a passage width adjusting mechanism used in the coin wrapping machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view taken along line BB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view taken along line CC in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view taken along line DD in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view of a coin wrapping part.

FIG. 9 is a schematic side view showing a post vertical movement mechanism.

FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view illustrating a relationship among a packaging roller packaging position, a packaging roller standby position, and a packaging roller retracted position of the packaging roller.

FIG. 11 is a cam chart for a post elevating cam, a first wrapping roller position adjusting cam, a post retreat and a caulking claw retreat when the camshaft makes one rotation.

FIG. 12 is a schematic plan view of an operation unit and a display unit provided on an outer surface of the coin wrapping machine.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a control, storage, drive, detection and operation system of the coin wrapping machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rotating disk 2 Guide member 3 Opening 4 Coin sorting passage 5, 6 Guide member 5a, 6a Coin support part 7 Coin temporary accumulation part 8a, 8b Integration block 9 Shutter 10 Transport belt 11 Motor 11a Motor output shaft 12,13 Gear 14 Cam 15 Lever 16 Cam follower 17 Lever shaft 18 Roller 19 Motor 20 Conveying belt unit 21 Connecting plate 22 Rotary encoder 23 Guide pin 24 Roller 25 Slide rail 26 Drive pulley 27 Follower pulley 28 Gap regulating member 29 Support shaft 30 Motor 31 Drive Gears 32, 33 Gears 34, 35 One-way clutch 36 Fine adjustment cam 37 Rough adjustment cam 38 Plate 39, 40 Cam follower 41 Swing arm 42 Axis 43 Axis 44 First roller 45 Second roller 46 Movable plate 47 Movable plate 48 Movable plate 49, 50, 53, 54 Roller 51, 52 Link 55, 56 Link shaft 57 Movable plate 58 Movable plate 59a, 59b, 59c, 59d Slide rail 60, 61 Rotary encoder 63 Shutter shaft 64 Shutter solenoid 65 Shutter solenoid Arm 66 sensor 67 stopper 68 stopper solenoid 70 coin support post 71 post support block 72 support shaft 73 roller 74 arm 75 shaft 76 cam follower 77 post elevating cam 78 cam shaft 79a, 79b notch 80 disk 81 photo sensor 82 step motor 83 Output shaft 84 of step motor 84, 85 Gear 86a, 86b, 86c Packaging roller 87a, 87b, 87c Arm 88a, 88b Link 89a, 89b Support shaft 90 Tension spring 9 Pin 92 Movable shaft 93 Arm 94 Cam follower 95 First wrapping roller position adjusting cam 96 Arm 97 Support shaft 98 Cam follower 99 Second wrapping roller position adjusting cam 100 Camshaft 101 Motor 102 Motor output shaft 103, 104 Gear 105 Rotary switch 106 Packaging Paper 107a, 107b Paper feed roller 108a, 108b Guide 109 Cutter 110 Arm 111 Arm 113 Roller 114 Post retreat arm 115 Shaft 116 Post retreat cam 117 Cam follower 120 Shaft 121 Caulking claw retreat arm 122 Cam follower 123 Caulking claw retraction cam 124 arm 125 arm 126 roller 127 support shaft 128 caulking claw operation stopper 129 cam for caulking claw operation 150 operating unit 151 packaging / counting mode selection switch 15 Clear switch 153 Start / stop switch 154 Denomination setting switch 155 Operation stop condition selection switch 156 Selection switch 157 Display mode selection switch 160 Display unit 200 CPU 201 ROM 202 RAM 203 Passage width detection switch 204 Belt position detection switch 205 Packaging roller Interval detection switch 206 Wrapping paper supply amount detection switch 210 Rotating disk motor 212 Wrapping roller motor 213 Feeding motor 214 Caulking claw operation stopper solenoid

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Mitsumasa Tsuruta 1-12-6 Higashi Tabata, Kita-ku, Tokyo Laurel Seiki Co., Ltd. Tokyo Research Laboratory (56) References Japanese Utility Model 1987-146268 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G07D 3/00-3/16 G07D 9/00 G07D 9/00 418

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotating disk for receiving an inserted coin and sending out the received coin to a coin sorting passage by centrifugal force generated by rotation, and a pair of guide members, wherein only coins of a denomination to be processed are provided. A coin sorting passage configured to be able to pass through, a conveyance belt means for conveying coins of a denomination to be processed in the coin selection passage, a conveyance belt motor means for driving the conveyance belt means, Denomination selection means for selecting a coin denomination, wherein the transport belt means and the transport belt motor means are fixed to a transport belt unit, and further, a transport belt unit position adjusting motor, and a transport belt unit position A drive gear fixed to the output shaft of the adjusting motor, a cam that rotates with the rotation of the drive gear, a cam follower abutting on a cam surface of the cam, and the cam A follower is rotatably attached to one end of the lever, and is capable of swinging around an axis inserted into the other end thereof, and a roller rotatably provided near the axis of the lever, A connecting member formed integrally with the transport belt unit, abutting on the roller, and movable in the vertical direction with the vertical movement of the roller due to the swing of the lever means around the axis;
Coin stacking means for stacking coins to be packed, and coin support post means for receiving and supporting the coins stacked in the coin stacking means on the upper surface thereof at a post standby position immediately below the coin stacking means; A wrapping roller, a coin wrapping means for wrapping a wrapping paper around the accumulated coins supported by the coin supporting post means, wrapping the accumulated coins to generate a wrapped coin roll, and the coin supporting post means A post standby position immediately below the coin stacking means, a coin supported by the upper surface thereof, between the post wrapping position where the coin wrapping means can wrap and the post retreat position where the coins are retracted from between the plurality of wrapping rollers. In this case, the supporting post moving means to be moved, the packaging roller packaging position for packaging coins, and the plurality of packaging rollers are located at positions less than the packaging roller packaging position. A first wrapping roller moving means capable of moving the plurality of wrapping rollers between the wrapping roller standby position and the wrapping roller standby position, wherein the transport belt unit moves vertically to the machine body. Comprising a shaft mounted so as to be capable of being opened and closed around the shaft,
The position is vertically adjustable according to the thickness of the coin of the denomination to be processed, and the coin accumulating means accumulates less than the number of coins to be wrapped in one wrapped coin roll. Then, after the coin supporting post means receives the coins accumulated in the coin accumulating means, the number of coins to be wrapped in one wrapping coin roll is supported until one coin is supported on the upper surface thereof. A coin processing machine, wherein each time a coin is received, said support post moving means is configured to lower said coin support post means by a distance substantially corresponding to the thickness of one coin. 2. After receiving the coins accumulated in the coin accumulating means, the coin supporting post means, after supporting the number of coins to be wrapped in one wrapped coin roll on its upper surface, Each time one coin is received, the number of coins to be lowered and wrapped in one wrapped coin roll by the support post moving means by a distance substantially corresponding to the thickness of one coin, 2. The coin processing machine according to claim 1, wherein after being supported on the upper surface, the supported stack of coins is lowered to a post-packing position at which the stacked coins can be wrapped. 3. The wrapping roller standby means is capable of moving the plurality of wrapping rollers by a distance between the wrapping roller packaging position and the wrapping roller standby position. And a second packaging roller moving means capable of moving the plurality of packaging rollers by a distance between the packaging roller standby position and the packaging roller retreat position where the plurality of packaging rollers are further separated from each other, 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the supporting post moving means is configured to move the coin supporting post means in synchronization with the movement of the plurality of wrapping rollers by the first wrapping roller moving means. The coin processing machine as described. 4. The coin processing machine according to claim 1, wherein a shutter means that can be opened is provided at a bottom portion of the coin stacking means. 5. A coin processing machine according to claim 1, wherein said coin stacking means includes a pair of stacking blocks which can move relative to each other. 6. A coin processing machine according to claim 1, wherein said support post moving means comprises a step motor. 7. When wrapping coins, the shutter means is closed, and the first wrapping roller moving means and / or the second wrapping roller moving means move according to the denomination selected by the denomination selecting means. The plurality of wrapping rollers are moved to a predetermined wrapping roller standby position, and the width of the coin sorting passage is adjusted by the passage width adjusting means, and the coins accumulated in the coin accumulating means are replaced with the coins. 2. A coin post mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said coin supporting post means is moved to a post standby position immediately below said shutter means by said supporting post moving means before being transferred to said supporting post means. 7. The coin processor according to any one of items 6 to 6.