JP2973839B2 - Coin sorting equipment - 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 sorting apparatus applied to a vending machine or a public telephone, and more particularly to a light coin sorting and a magnetic coin sorting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a light weight sorting apparatus and a magnetic sorting apparatus have been individually arranged. FIG. 5 shows a schematic configuration of a conventional coin sorter of this type. Referring to FIG. 5, reference numeral 40 denotes a substantially upright substrate, and 41 denotes a coin insertion attached to one upper end of the substrate 40. A mouth member, 42 is a vertical trajectory formed immediately below the coin slot, and 43 is a vertical trajectory 42.
A coin receiving portion attached to the substrate 40 so that the rolling surface is inclined downward and to the left at the lower end of the magnet, 44 is a magnet attached to the upper outer portion of the vertical orbit 42, 45 is the vertical orbit 42 on the magnet side in the width direction. This is an extended orbit extended from the vertical orbit 42 by a coin receiving portion 43 and is connected to a coin return orbit 53. 46 is an outer diameter selection window, 47 is swingably supported on the back side of the substrate 2, and has a bent portion 47 at the tip.
This is a lightweight sorting lever provided with a swinging behavior such that a protrudes from the outer diameter sorting window 46 to the surface of the substrate 2. 48 is located at the lower end of the outer diameter sorting window 46 and the rolling surface is
A coin storage lever 49 which can move back and forth between the coin storage section 51 and the coin storage track 52;
Reference numeral 0 denotes a coin return lever that can move back and forth between the coin storage unit 51 and the coin return orbit 53.

In such a configuration, among the coins C inserted from the coin insertion slot member 41, the magnetic pseudo coin C2 is attracted by the magnet 44, sorted into the extended orbit 45, and guided to the coin return orbit 53. The coins that have not been sorted out fall on the coin receiving section 43 and are
, And the small-diameter pseudo coin C
3 falls from the coin rail 48 and is guided to the coin return orbit 53. Further, the light pseudo coin C1 is dropped from the coin rail 48 by the light sorting lever 47 and guided to the coin return orbit 53. The regular coin C5 that has passed through the magnetic sorting, the outer diameter sorting and the light weight sorting is transferred to the coin storage orbit 51.
In this case, the coin is stored by being locked by the coin storage lever 49 and the coin return lever 50. With the arrival of the storage signal, the coin storage lever 49 exits, the regular coin C5 is guided to the coin storage orbit 52, and the coin return lever 50 exits in conjunction with the coin return operation, and the accumulated normal coin C5 Is
The coin is returned to the coin return orbit 53.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional coin sorting apparatus has a magnet 44 for magnetic sorting.
Since the and the light selection lever 47 are provided at separate positions, it hinders downsizing of the apparatus, and the magnet 44 is disposed on the side of the coin orbit, so that the magnetic pseudo coin C2 is eliminated. Extended orbit 45 to vertical orbit 4
Since the coin must be provided in the diameter direction of the coin from 2, the device is spread in the diameter direction of the coin, and there is a disadvantage that the device becomes large in size.

[0005] Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional disadvantages, and an object of the present invention is to provide a coin sorting apparatus in which the size of the apparatus is reduced.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a coin sorting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a coin input from a coin insertion slot, and a rail supporting a diameter direction and a substrate supporting a surface direction. In a coin sorting device that rolls the coin orbit formed by and sorts pseudo coins, a swingably supported lightweight sorting lever whose tip faces into the coin orbit through a window formed in the substrate and sandwiches the coin orbit. And a magnetic sorting magnet disposed on the opposite side of the lightweight sorting lever. In the coin sorting device according to the present invention, a lightweight sorting lever and a magnet are disposed immediately below a coin slot.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the light sorting and the magnetic sorting are performed at the same position, and the pseudo coins are eliminated in the thickness direction of the coins. In addition, there is no need for a space in which both the light sorting device and the magnetic sorting device are provided on the coin sorting orbit to the coin storing orbit.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a coin sorting apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the lightweight sorting apparatus as viewed from the rear side, and FIG. In these figures, a coin sorter generally denoted by reference numeral 1 includes a substrate 2 made of a synthetic resin having a rectangular shape and formed in a substantially flat plate shape, and the substrate 2 is inclined such that the rear side is slightly inclined. In addition, a shallow bottom case-shaped cover 3 is detachably attached to cover the entire surface of the substrate 2. Reference numeral 5 denotes a coin insertion slot member attached to one upper end of the substrate 2 and has an insertion slot gauge 6. Reference numeral 7 denotes a coin receiving portion attached to the substrate 2 such that the rolling surface is inclined downward and to the left below the coin insertion member 5, and a vertical track 8 is provided between the coin receiving portion 7 and the coin insertion member 5. Are formed.

A light sorting device 10 and a magnetic sorting device 17 are arranged at the same position on the front and back of the vertical track 8. That is, the lightweight sorting device 10 is made of a synthetic resin, and has a rotating plate 11 integrally formed with a pair of arms 12, and a lightweight sorting lever attached to the rotating plate 11 so as to hang obliquely downward by screws 14. 13. Dowels 12a are protruded from both outer surfaces of the distal end of the arm 12, and the pair of arms 12 are elastically deformed so as to be close to each other, and a pair of opposed bearing plates are provided so that the dowel 12a is protruded from the substrate 2. The light weight selection lever 13 is swingably supported about the dowel 12a by being fitted to the bearing hole of the lever 15. The light sorting lever 13 is provided with a swinging behavior such that the screw 14 functions as a weight, and a tip of the lever 13 projects into the vertical track 8 from the window 16 formed in the substrate 2. It is in contact with the formed thin stopper 16a .

[0010] Magnetic sorting device 17 is formed of a synthetic resin, a semi-cylindrical bracket 18 which arms 19 are integrally formed a pair of opposed and are provided with a cylindrical by screws 21 to the bracket 18 The magnet 20 is fixed. On the opposing inner surfaces at the tips of the pair of arms 19,
A dowel 19a is protruded, and the pair of arms 19 are elastically deformed so as to be separated from each other, and the dowel 19a is fitted into the concave fitting portions on both side surfaces of the mounting body 22 protruding from the surface of the cover 3. The bracket 18 is swingably supported by the mounting body 22. Usually, the swinging habit is given by its own weight so that the magnet 20 comes into contact with the back surface of the cover 3.

[0011] These lightweight sorting apparatus 10 and magnetic sorting apparatus 1
7 and the light-weight selection lever 13 and magnet 20
Are arranged opposite to each other with the vertical track 8 interposed therebetween. The vertical track 8 on which the magnets 20 and the light sorting levers 13 are arranged is moved downward from the position of the coin receiving portion 7 toward the direction in which the magnets 20 are disposed, in the thickness direction of the coin rolling. Is increased to form a coin rejection trajectory 23.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a coin sorting section provided downstream of the coin receiving section 7 in the rolling direction, and an outer diameter sorting window 25 for sorting the outer diameter of the coin and a sorting rail as a thickness gauge for sorting the thickness of the coin. The sorting rail 26 is provided with the coin receiving section 7.
The rolling surface is connected. Reference numeral 27 denotes a flapper which covers the outer diameter sorting window 25 at a constant interval from the substrate 2, and is swingably supported at an upper portion by the substrate 2, and a coin drop window 28 formed at the lower end can be opened and closed with respect to the substrate 2. And is normally urged in the closing direction by a spring (not shown). A coin support portion 29 protrudes from the lower back surface of the lower end of the flapper 27 adjacent to the coin drop window 28, and a spindle-shaped coin return operating portion 30 is formed at an upper end and extended at an upper end.

Reference numeral 31 denotes an escape pin which is inserted through a hole formed in the substrate 2 from the rear surface of the substrate 2 and which can be advanced and retracted to the front surface by the operation of a rotary solenoid (not shown) disposed on the rear surface of the substrate 2. Reference numeral 32 denotes a coin storage sensor, and reference numeral 33 denotes a storage lever which can be moved back and forth through a hole formed in the substrate 2 alternately from the back surface to the front surface of the substrate 2 in conjunction with the escape pin 31. Reference numeral 34 denotes a coin storage sensor, and reference numeral 35 denotes a coin storage orbit 37 for storing regular coins accumulated by the coin selection unit 24.
And a branch plate for branching into a coin return orbit 36.

Next, a coin sorting operation of the coin sorting apparatus having such a configuration will be described. The coin C inserted from the insertion slot gauge 6 of the coin insertion slot member 5 is selected by the insertion slot gauge 6 without being able to insert a pseudo coin having an outer diameter and a thickness larger than a regular coin. . Among the coins that have passed through the insertion slot gauge 6, the lightweight pseudo coin C1 is not dropped onto the coin receiving portion 7 by the lightweight sorting lever 13 protruding into the vertical orbit 8, but is in the thickness direction of the coin, that is, the coin removing orbit 23. Be eliminated on the side. The magnetic coin C2 is
Since the magnet 20 attracts the cover 3 side, it does not fall on the coin receiving portion 7 like the lightweight pseudo coin C1, but is removed to the coin rejection track 23 side, and the lightweight pseudo coin C1 and the magnetic coin C2 are removed. , Is guided to the coin return orbit 36.

As described above, since the light-weight sorting device 10 and the magnetic sorting device 17 are arranged at the same position, the size can be reduced as compared with the individually arranged conventional devices.
In addition, since the direction in which the pseudo coins are removed by these two sorting devices 10 and 17 is the thickness direction of the coins, it is possible to reduce the size of the device which has conventionally been increased in the diameter direction of the coins, and to reduce the size of the coins. , 17 remove the coins in the same direction, so that the coin rejection track 23 can be used in common, which can also prevent the apparatus from being enlarged. Further, by disposing the two sorting devices 10 and 17 on the vertical track 8 immediately below the coin slot member 5, it is not necessary to lengthen the sorting track of the coin sorting unit 24 provided on the downstream side. The size of the device can be reduced.

The coins other than the pseudo coin C1 and the magnetic coin C2 fall on the rolling surface of the coin receiving portion 7, roll along the rolling surface, and on the sorting rail portion 26 connected to the rolling surface. Rolling. On the sorting rail section 26, the pseudo coin C3 having an outer diameter smaller than that of regular coins is sorted by the coin sorting window 25, and is guided from the coin falling window 28 to the coin return orbit 36. In addition, a pseudo coin C4 having a smaller thickness than a regular coin.
Is sorted by the sorting rail section 26, and the pseudo coin C
Similarly to 3, the coin is guided from the coin drop window 28 to the coin return orbit 36.

The regular coin C5 that has passed through the coin sorting section 24
Are supported by the storage lever 33 and the coin support portion 29 of the flapper 27, and are temporarily accumulated in the coin sorting portion 24 direction. When the storage signal arrives, the storage lever 33 retreats from the coin orbit, and at the same time, the escape pin 31 advances into the coin orbit. Therefore, the lowest accumulated coin is guided to the coin storage orbit 37 and the second and subsequent coins are accumulated. The coin is prevented from rolling on the coin orbit by the escape pin 31. When it is confirmed by the storage sensor 34 that the coin is stored in the coin storage track 37, the storage lever 33 advances to the coin track, and at the same time, the escape pin 31 retreats from the coin track. Since it is supported by the storage lever 33 and the coin support portion 29, the regular coin C
5 are stored one by one.

When the return operation is performed after the operation of the device is completed, the coin return operation section 30 of the flapper 27 is pushed toward the substrate 2 by an interlocking rod (not shown) in conjunction with the return operation. , The lower end of the flapper 27 is separated from the substrate 2,
The lower part of the coin orbit is opened, and the accumulated normal coin C5 is guided to the coin return orbit 36 and returned.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, a coin inserted from a coin insertion slot is rolled on a coin orbit formed by a rail supporting a diameter direction and a substrate supporting a surface direction, In a coin sorting device for sorting pseudo coins, a swingably supported lightweight sorting lever whose tip faces a coin orbit from a window formed in a substrate, and is arranged on the opposite side of the lightweight sorting lever across the coin orbit. With the provision of the magnet for magnetic separation provided, the light weight selection lever and the magnet are arranged at the same position, so that the size can be reduced as compared with the individually arranged conventional apparatus. . In addition, since the direction in which the pseudo coins are removed can be set to the thickness direction of the coins and a common rejection trajectory can be achieved by using the lightweight sorting lever and the magnet, the apparatus which has conventionally been enlarged in the diameter direction of the coins can be reduced in size. be able to.

Further, according to the present invention, since the lightweight sorting lever and the magnet are arranged immediately below the coin insertion slot and arranged downstream, there is no need to lengthen the sorting trajectory of the coin sorting section. Therefore, the size of the device can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a coin sorting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the light weight sorting device in the coin sorting device according to the present invention as viewed from the back.

FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of a magnetic sorting device in the coin sorting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 (a) is a front view of a conventional coin sorting device,
(B) is a sectional view taken along line Vb-Vb of (a).

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Coin sorter, 2 ... Board, 3 ... Cover, 5 ... Coin insertion member, 8 ... Vertical track, 10 ... Lightweight sorter, 13 ...
Light-weight sorting lever, 17: magnetic sorting device, 20: magnet, 23: coin removal trajectory, 24: coin sorting unit.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A coin sorting device for sorting coins inserted from a coin insertion slot on a coin orbit formed by rails supporting a diametrical direction and substrates supporting a surface direction to select pseudo coins. A swingably supported light-weight sorting lever whose tip faces the coin orbit from a window formed in the coin orbit, and a magnetic sorting magnet arranged on the opposite side of the coin orbit from the light-weight sorting lever. A coin sorting device characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The coin sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
A coin sorting device comprising a light sorting lever and a magnet arranged directly below a coin slot.