JP3005445U - Coin shooter - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Making coins of small change easily reusable. [Structure] In the coin shooter 10, specific coins can be aligned and stored in a stacked state in a coin stacking storage portion 31 of a storage cylinder 30 that is erected on a pedestal 20. A finger insertion slit 34 is provided from the lower end to the upper end.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a coin shooter (coin box) for storing coins such as 1-yen coin, 5-yen coin, and 10-yen coin at home.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 The coins of coins such as 1-yen coin, 5-yen coin, and 10-yen coin that are generated by payments for shopping are placed on desks, drawers, etc., or thrown into savings boxes.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the conventional technique has the following problems. Coins placed on a desk, in a drawer, etc., or thrown into a savings box, etc., are left unmixed with different types of coins scattered or thrown in and thrown away, and are difficult to reuse.

In order to reuse the above coins, the coins are sorted by type, the sorted coins of the same type are aligned in a rod-shaped stacked state, and then the aligned rod-shaped coin group is used for a packaging film or the like. It will be packaged in and exchanged for high-value currency at banks, etc., and the above-mentioned complicated work of sorting and arranging is required.

The present invention aims to make coins of small change easily reusable.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention is a coin shooter for storing specific coins in a stacking state on a pedestal by aligning specific coins in a stacked state. The gantry includes a support portion that supports the storage cylinder in an upright state. The coin stack inside the storage cylinder supported by the support can be seen from the outside, and the storage cylinder has a coin stack with an inner diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of a specific coin. It is equipped with a storage part, the bottom of the coin stacking storage part is the bottom part, the top of the coin stacking storage part is the coin receiving part, the finger insertion slit from the lower end of the front of the coin stacking storage part to the top end is provided, and the upper part of the pedestal. Is provided with a coin insertion opening facing the coin receiving opening of the storage cylinder supported by the support.

[0007]

[Action]

 According to the present invention, the following effects are obtained. The coin shooter has a storage tube for a specific coin that corresponds to a specific coin outer diameter. Then, the specific coins inserted into the coin insertion slot on the upper part of the pedestal are received and dropped into the cylinder from the coin receiving section of the storage cylinder, and are sequentially stored one by one in a stacked state. It That is, coins of the same type are automatically stored as a bar-shaped coin group arranged in a bar-shaped stacked state.

When the fact that a predetermined amount of coins have been stored is visually confirmed by checking the scale provided on the storage cylinder, the storage cylinder is taken out of the gantry.

Then, with the forefinger inserted into the finger insertion slit opened on the coin receiving portion side of the storage cylinder, the storage cylinder is turned upside down while holding the upper end surface of the bar-shaped coin group, Insert your thumb into the finger insertion slit on the bottom side of the and press the lower end face of the bar-shaped coin group. As a result, the bar-shaped coin group is sandwiched between the index finger and the thumb, the index finger and the thumb are pulled out of the cylinder along the slit, and the bar-shaped coin group is taken out of the cylinder in a rod-shaped stacked alignment state.

After that, the group of bar-shaped coins is wrapped in a packaging film or the like and exchanged for reuse.

From the above, it becomes possible to easily reuse coins of small change without complicated operations such as manually selecting and aligning specific coins.

[0012]

【Example】

 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a coin shooter according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a usage state of the coin shooter.

The coin shooter 10 stores specific coins in a stacked state in a storage cylinder 30 standing on a pedestal 20. In this embodiment, the coin shooter 10 is a two-row parallel type equipped with two storage cylinders 30A and 30B. The storage cylinder 30A is for a one-yen coin, and the storage cylinder 30B is for a five-yen coin.

The pedestal 20 has a box shape in which a bottom plate 21, a back plate 22, left and right side plates 23, a top plate 24, and an eaves plate 25 made of synthetic resin are joined together.

The pedestal 20 is provided with a rectangular recessed support recess 26 (a support recess 26A for the storage cylinder 30A and a support recess 26B for the storage cylinder 30B) in the bottom plate 21, and a circle near the top of the back plate 22. A support receiving portion 27 (a support receiving portion 27A for the storage cylinder 30A and a support receiving portion 27B for the storage cylinder 30B) having an arcuate receiving surface is provided. The storage cylinder 30 is inserted into the pedestal 20 so as to pass under the eaves plate 25, the lower end is locked to the front edge of the support recess 26, and the side near the upper end is supported by the support receiving portion 27. They are supported by the support recesses 26 and the support receiving portions 27 in an upright state such that they are stored on the surface. The lower end of the storage cylinder 30 is slightly lifted above the support recess 26 to release the engagement with the front edge of the support recess 26, and the storage cylinder 30 is directly pulled outward from the lifted lower end. In particular, it is taken out.

Further, the pedestal 20 has an open front surface so that the coin stacking state in the storage cylinder 30 supported by the support recess 26 and the support receiving portion 27 can be visually recognized from the outside. At this time, in the pedestal 20, the side plate 23 and the back plate 22 are made of a transparent material or a semi-transparent material, so that the stacked state of the coins in the storage cylinder 30 can be visually recognized from the outside from the side surface other than the front surface and the back surface. Can also be

It should be noted that in the pedestal 20, it is also possible to attach a description on the usage method and meaning of the coin shooter 10 to each side surface of the back plate 22, side plate 23, top plate 24, and eaves plate 25.

The storage cylinder 30 is made of synthetic resin and includes a coin stack storage portion 31 having an inner diameter slightly larger than a specific coin outer diameter. The above-mentioned 1-yen coin storage cylinder 30A has an inner diameter slightly larger than the 1-yen coin outer diameter, and the 5-yen coin storage cylinder 30B has an inner diameter slightly larger than the 5-yen coin outer diameter.

In the storage cylinder 30, the bottom end of the coin stacking storage portion 31 serves as a bottom portion 32, and the top end of the coin stacking storage portion 31 serves as a coin receiving portion 33. The storage cylinder 30 also includes a finger insertion slit 34 extending from the lower end to the upper end of the front surface of the coin stacking storage portion 31.

Further, the storage cylinder 30 is provided with a scale 35 for displaying the number of stacked coins at an edge portion along the slit 34 of the coin stacked storage unit 31. For example, a scale 35 of "30" is attached to the portion corresponding to the 30 sheet stacking level, and "50" is attached to the portion corresponding to the 50 sheet stacking level. The storage cylinder 30 may be made of a transparent material or a semi-transparent material so that the coin stacking level can be visually recognized from a position other than the slit 34.

Further, the frame 20 of the coin shooter 10 is located at a position facing the coin receiving port 33 of the storage cylinder 30 supported by the support recess 26 and the support receiving part 27 of the frame 20 (intersection between the top plate 24 and the eaves plate 25). The coin insertion slot 28 is provided on the inner surface). The coin slot 28 is formed in the gap between the upper guide plate 28A and the lower guide plate 28B. At this time, the upper guide plate 28A has a two-step shape, the insertion side gap g1 of the coin insertion slot 28 is slightly larger than the thickness of the coin to be inserted, and the exit side of the coin insertion slot 28 (the storage cylinder 30 The side) gap g2 is made larger than the entrance side gap g1.

The reason for making the output side gap g2 larger than the input side gap g1 of the coin receiving opening 33 is as follows. That is, in FIG. 2, the coin 1 inserted from the coin insertion slot 28 is allowed to pass only one coin in the insertion side gap g1, and is not allowed to simultaneously pass two or more coins. Then, the coin 1 inserted along the coin insertion direction P1 regulated by the insertion side gap g1 of the insertion opening 28 and passing through the insertion side gap g1 reaches the larger output side gap g2 and passes through it. In the process, the tip end is directed downward, and a falling direction P2 is given so that the tip end is directed downward, so that the tip falls inside the storage cylinder 30. At this time, when the upper guide plate 28A and the lower guide plate 28B have the entire gap between the entry side and the exit side as the upper entry side gap g1, the coin 1 is inserted into the storage cylinder 30 in the insertion direction P1. The coin 1 hits the inner surface of the storage cylinder 30 at an angle close to a right angle, receives a strong reaction force and is disturbed in the falling posture, and may even pop out from the front slit 34. On the other hand, since the coin 1 whose falling direction P2 is downward from the closing direction P1 hits the inner surface of the storage cylinder 30 downward, it is given a stable falling posture. The coin 1, which has reached the upper surface of the preceding coin 1 that has been stacked in the coin stacking storage portion 31, rotates in the rotation direction P3 and is stacked on the preceding coin 1.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. The coin shooter 10 includes a storage cylinder 30 (30A, 30B) for a specific coin corresponding to a specific coin outer diameter (one-yen coin, five-yen coin). Then, the specific coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 28 on the upper part of the pedestal 20 are received into the cylinder 30 from the coin receiving section 33 of the storage cylinder 30 and fall, and are sequentially stacked one by one. It is then stored (Fig. 2). That is, coins 1 of the same type are automatically stored as a bar-shaped coin group 2 arranged in a bar-shaped stacked state.

When the fact that a predetermined amount of coins 1 have been stored is visually confirmed, for example, by checking the scales 35 provided on the storage cylinder 30, the storage cylinder 30 is taken out of the pedestal 20 (see FIG. 3). (A)).

Then, with the forefinger inserted into the finger insertion slit 34 that is open to the coin receiving portion 33 side of the storage cylinder 30, the upper end surface of the bar-shaped coin group 2 is pressed, and the storage cylinder 30 is inserted. It is turned upside down and a finger is inserted into the finger insertion slit 34 on the bottom 32 side of the storage cylinder 30 to press the lower end surface of the bar-shaped coin group 2. As a result, the bar-shaped coin group 2 is sandwiched between the index finger and the thumb, and the index finger and the thumb are pulled out of the cylinder along the slit 34 (FIG. 3 (B)), and the bar-shaped coin group 2 is formed into a bar-shaped stacked alignment state. And take it out of the cylinder (Fig. 3 (C)).

Thereafter, the rod-shaped coin group 2 is reused by wrapping it with a wrapping film 3 or the like for exchange (FIG. 3D).

From the above, the coins 1 of small change can be easily reused without complicated operations such as manually selecting and aligning the specific coins 1.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and changes in design within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention are possible. Even if it exists, it is included in the present invention. For example, the coin shooter may be either one having only one storage cylinder 30 or a multiple parallel type having three or more storage cylinders 30.

In addition, the coin shooter is not limited to the form of the pedestal of the above embodiment.

[0030]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, coins of small change can be easily reused.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a coin shooter according to the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a usage state of the coin shooter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Coin 2 Rod-shaped coin group 10 Coin shooter 20 Stand 26 Supporting concave part (supporting part) 27 Supporting receiving part (supporting part) 28 Coin insertion opening part 30 Storage cylinder 31 Coin stacking storage part 32 Bottom part 33 Coin receiving part 34 Finger insertion slit

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A coin shooter for storing specific coins in a stacked state in a storage cylinder standing on a gantry, wherein the gantry includes a support portion for supporting the storage cylinder in an upright state,
The storage cylinder can be removed from this support, and the stacking state of the coins inside the storage cylinder supported by the support can be visually confirmed from the outside.The storage cylinder has a coin with an inner diameter slightly larger than the specific coin outer diameter. It is equipped with a stacking compartment, the bottom of the coin stacking compartment is the bottom, the top of the coin stacking compartment is the coin receiving section, and the finger insertion slit from the bottom to the top of the front of the coin stacking compartment is provided. The coin shooter, wherein the coin shooter is provided with a coin insertion opening facing the coin receiving opening of the storage cylinder supported by the support.