JP3036712B2 - Coin storage and ejection device - 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 storing and dispensing apparatus used for a coin depositing and dispensing machine, a vending machine, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional coin storage and dispensing apparatus is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-175886.
Equipped with a coin stacking cylinder that stores coins in a stacked state, and at the bottom of this coin stacking cylinder, a bearing that supports the lowest coin of the stacked coin is provided, and the lowest coin of the stacked coin is stored. A projecting unit for projecting one sheet at a time is provided.

[0003] The storage of coins in the coin stacking cylinder is as follows.
Freely drop coins into the cylinder from the top of the coin stacking cylinder,
The coins are stacked and stored on the coins supported by the bearing.

[0004] When used in a coin depositing and dispensing machine, a deposited coin is stored in a coin stacking cylinder and used as a dispensed coin. In this case, a coin temporary holding unit is provided above the coin stacking cylinder to temporarily hold the deposited coins in a stacked state, and when the deposit is approved, the temporarily stored coins are stored in the coin stacking cylinder and temporarily suspended when the deposit is not approved. The coins are discharged to the return passage.

[0005]

However, as described above, when the coins temporarily stored in the coin temporary storage section are stored in the coin stacking cylinder section, especially when the coin stacking amount in the coin stacking cylinder section is small. , Because the height difference between the position of the temporary coin release and the highest position of the coins in the coin stacking cylinder is large, the coins are likely to be misaligned during the fall of coins, resulting in poor stacking,
Poor coin ejection occurs.

[0006] Further, since there is a large difference in height between the coin ejection area from the coin temporary holding section and the coin ejection area from the coin stacking cylinder section, it is necessary to provide a discharge passage and an ejection passage separately. . Therefore, for example, when trying to send a temporary hold coin and a thrown coin to the same place through the same passage,
The temporarily stored coins must be dropped freely from a high position and sent to the passage of the ejected coins, which causes problems such as standing up of coins, jamming of coins, and increasing noise.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and allows stacked coins in a coin temporary holding unit to be stored in a coin stacking cylinder portion without causing stacking deviations, and temporarily holding coins and stacked coins. It is an object of the present invention to provide a coin storing and dispensing device capable of easily processing coins.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a coin temporary storage unit 21 for temporarily storing coins in a stacked state, and a coin stacker for receiving and storing the temporarily stored coins of the coin temporary storage unit 21 in a stacked state. A cylindrical portion 41; a temporary coin release means 26 for releasing the temporary storage coin of the coin temporary storage portion 21 to one of a storage side and a non-storage release side in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41; A projecting member 47 provided at a predetermined height position above the stacking cylinder portion 41 for ejecting the highest coin of the stacked coins to a discharge area on the non-storage and discharge side of the temporarily stored coin, and the coin stacking cylinder portion A supporting member 71 that supports the lower surface of the stacked coins in 41 and moves up and down, and lowers the supporting member 71 when discharging the temporarily stored coins to the coin stacked cylinder portion 41 to lower the coin stacked cylinder portion 41 The coins are temporarily stored on the top surface of the stacked coins, and the bearing member 71 is raised when the coins are ejected. And a support member driving means 101 for positioning the uppermost coin of the coin at the dispensing position.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the stacked coins in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 are supported on the support member 71, and the highest coin of the stacking coins is positioned at the upper end of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41.

The coins temporarily stored in the coin temporary storage section 21 in a stacked state are discharged to the storage side of the coin stacking cylinder section 41 or to the non-storage release side. The temporarily stored coin released to the storage side is placed on the top coin of the stacked coin located at the upper end of the coin stacked cylinder 41, and is stored in the coin stacked cylinder 41 by the lowering of the support member 71. You.

At the time of coin ejection, the uppermost coin of the stacked coins is located at the ejection position by the raising of the support member 71, and is ejected by the ejection member 47 to the ejection area on the non-storage and ejection side of the temporarily stored coin. Will be issued.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

2 and 3 show a coin dispensing and dispensing machine to which the coin storing and dispensing apparatus of the present invention is applied. Reference numeral 1 denotes an airframe, and coins are vertically inserted into the upper portion of the front of the airframe 1 one by one. An inlet 2 is provided. As shown in FIG.
In addition to the above, a posture converting unit 3 for converting the inserted coin from a vertical posture to a horizontal posture is provided, and a coin passage 4 for discriminating and sorting coins while conveying the coins backward is provided.

The coin passage 4 has a passage bottom plate 5 and a pair of passage side plates 6 and 7 arranged with a gap through which coins can pass.
And A transport belt 8 driven by a motor is stretched over the passage bottom plate 5. The coin entering the coin passage 4 is conveyed by the conveyor belt 8 with the entrance of the passage side plate 6 inclined along the edge of the passage side plate 6.
Conveyed by

An identification section 9 is provided at the entrance of the coin passage 4. The identification unit 9 includes a material sensor and an image sensor, and identifies a genuine coin, a counterfeit coin, a denomination, and the like.

[0016] A reject hole 10 is provided downstream of the discriminating section 9, and when a counterfeit coin is discriminated by the discriminating section 9, the rotary solenoid 11 is driven to move the lever 12 into the passage. Reject hole for the edge of the fake coin on the side wall 6
Drop it into 10. A reject chute 13 is provided below the reject hole 10 and is returned to a coin outlet 14 provided at a lower part of the front of the body 1.

In the wake of the reject hole 10, there are provided sorting holes 15 for 5 yen, 50 yen and 500 yen coins, and 1 yen, 100 yen and 10 yen overflow coins. If identified, the rotary solenoid
16 is driven, the lever 17 enters the passage, and this lever
At 17, the edge of the corresponding coin on the side of the passage side plate 6 is dropped into the sorting hole 15. A conveyor 141 to be described later is provided below the sorting hole 15.
An outlet chute 18 leading upward is provided.

In the downstream of the selection hole 15, a selection hole 19 for selecting a shape of 1 yen, 100 yen and 10 yen is provided in order. In the lower part of these sorting holes 19, as shown in FIGS.
A coin temporary storage unit 21 for temporarily storing coins in a stacked state is provided.

The coin escrow unit 21 includes a sorting frame 22 for each sorting hole.
In addition to being configured inside the storage cylinder portion 23 formed to penetrate in the vertical direction corresponding to 19, it is configured above the ejection member 47 described later. The holding frame 22 allows a plurality of guide pieces 24 projecting from both sides to move along the guide shaft 25, and temporarily holds coins on either the storage side or the non-storage release side of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 described later. The coins are temporarily moved to a position where the coins are ejected to one side by the temporary coin ejection means 26.

The temporary holding coin discharging means 26 includes a cam plate 30 which is rotated through gears 28 and 29 by forward and reverse rotation of a motor 27.
The cam plate 30 and the holding frame 22 are connected by a link 31. Then, by the forward / reverse drive of the motor 27, the holding frame is
22 is a storage side above the coin stacking cylinder 41 and a discharge port to be described later.
It is selectively moved to the non-storage release side above 44. The temporary coin release means 26 also includes a driving means 50 for the ejection member 47.

The moving position of the holding frame 22 is detected by a sensor 33 for detecting the position of the storage side and a sensor 34 for detecting the position of the non-storage release side, which protrudes from the holding frame 22. Further, the moving position of the holding frame 22 is such that a roller 37 rotatably provided on a lever 36 rotationally biased by a spring 35
The cam plate 30 is fitted into the recess 38 for holding the storage side position or the recess 39 for holding the non-storage release side position on the peripheral surface of the cam plate 30.
The rotation of is regulated and held.

Next, reference numeral 41 designates 1 yen, 100 yen, 10 yen, 5 yen, 50 yen, 50 yen along the coin passage 4 from the upstream to the downstream.
This is a coin stacking cylinder portion for storing coins of 0 yen in a stacked state for each denomination.

An ejection frame 42 is provided above the coin stacking cylinder 41. The outlet frame 42 vertically penetrates an outlet 43 communicating with an upper end of each coin stacking cylinder portion 41 and an outlet 44 facing above a conveyor 141 described later. In addition,
The outlet 43 communicating with the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 of 1 yen, 100 yen and 10 yen is located coaxially with the sorting hole 19 and the holding tube portion 23 of the holding frame 22 located on the storage side, and temporarily holds coins. The temporarily stored coins of the unit 21 can be received in a stacked state.

As shown in FIG. 6, a discharge groove 45 communicating the discharge port 43 and the discharge port 44 is formed on the upper surface of the discharge frame 42, and the discharge groove of the discharge port 43 is formed. A groove 46 in which the ejection member 47 is arranged is formed on the side opposite to 45.

The projecting member 47 has a base 48 integrally provided with a projecting plate 49 for each denomination, and each projecting plate 49 is formed by a groove of the projecting frame 42.
46 is movably fitted. The base 48 has driving means
A lever 51 that is movable by a motor (not shown) 50 is connected to the base 48. The projecting member 47 is integrally movable by the operation of the driving means 50, and the retracting position in which the tip of the projecting plate 49 is located closer to the groove 46 than the projecting outlet 43, and the projecting plate 49 The tip moves to the discharge position where it passes over the outlet 43 and faces the outlet 44. When the ejection plate 49 moves from the retracted position to the ejection position, the top coin of the stacked coins is discharged from the ejection port 44.
To be extruded.

The edge of each outlet 43 of the outlet frame 42
A pair of coin upper and lower detectors 52 for detecting the position of the upper end of the coin in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 are provided. Also, one side of each ejection groove 45 of the ejection frame 42 is
A lever 54 having a pin 53 projecting inward is provided so as to be swingable, and a switch 55 for counting the number of coins to be ejected is provided so as to face the tip of the lever 54, and the coin is released by the ejection member 47. When the coin is pushed out to the outlet 44, the coin comes into contact with the pin 53, the lever 54 swings, and the switch 55 is pressed to count the number of coins ejected.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 7 and 8, the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 is formed in a tubular shape having a side wall portion 61 and a bottom plate portion 62. An arcuate surface portion 63 is formed on one side of the side wall portion 61, a plane portion 64 is formed in parallel from the arcuate surface portion 63 in the other direction, and a closing portion 65 is formed from the tip of the flat portion 64. An opening 66 is formed therebetween along the longitudinal direction of the cylinder. At the upper end, an upper plate 69 having a fitting portion 67 detachably fitted to an inner edge of a lower end of the outlet 43 of the throwing frame 42 and a through hole 68 through which coins pass inside the fitting portion 67 is provided. ing.

A cylindrical side wall member 70 is provided between the bottom plate portion 62 and the upper plate 69 so as to face the opening 66 in the coin stacking cylindrical portion 41. The cylindrical side wall member 70 and the arcuate surface 63 of the side wall portion 61 Supports the circumference of the insemination coin between.

A support member 71 for supporting the lower surface of the stacked coins in the stacked coin cylinder portion 41 is fitted to the cylindrical side wall member 70 so as to be vertically movable. The support member 71 is attached to a base 72 formed in accordance with the substantially inner cross-sectional shape of the coin stacking cylinder 41 by a cylinder side wall member 70.
Is provided with a guide hole 73 which is slidably fitted to the outside. A stage for stacking coins on the top surface on the base 72
A support 74 is supported via a support shaft 75 which is inserted into the base 72 so as to be vertically movable, and a spring 76 for urging the stage 74 upward is provided. A hand operation unit 77 is projected from the base 72 through the opening 66, and the hand operation unit 77 is formed by a rectangular protrusion 78 integrated with the base 72 and a connection pin 79 protruding from the tip of the protrusion 78. It is configured.

The coin stacking cylinder 41 for each denomination is integrally formed as a cylinder cassette 81. In this cylindrical cassette 81, coin stacking cylindrical portions 41 are housed in parallel in the order of denominations in a cassette frame 82 opening upward. On one side, a window hole 83 is formed, and on the other side, an opening 84 from which the manual operation unit 77 projects corresponding to the opening 66 of each coin stacking cylinder 41 is formed. A handle 85 for carrying the cylindrical cassette 81 is rotatably mounted on both end surfaces.

A cylinder cassette mounting portion 86 for detachably mounting the cylindrical cassette 81 is provided in the body 1. The cylindrical cassette mounting portion 86 includes one side of an inner wall plate 87 provided substantially vertically, and an upper side of a substantially L-shaped cassette table 88 provided on one side of the inner wall plate 87 so as to be vertically movable. ing. Interior wall plate 87
The opening 91 through which the projection 78 of each support member 71 is inserted is formed along the vertical direction. The cassette table 88
A holding piece that is fixed to the inner wall plate 87 with a pin 91 through an elongated hole 90 extending in the vertical direction and that holds the lower peripheral edge of the cylindrical cassette 81 at the leading edge and both ends of the receiving plate portion 92 on which the cylindrical cassette 81 is mounted.
93 is bent upward.

Further, as shown in FIG.
Rollers 94 are rotatably provided on the lower surfaces of both ends of the roller 94, respectively. Corresponding to the position of each roller 94, a lever 96 that can push up the roller 94 is protrudingly provided on an inner wall of a door body 95 provided on the side surface of the machine body 1 so as to be openable and closable. At the tip of the lever 96, an inclined portion 96a is formed for facilitating the roller 94 to ride on the lever 96.

When the door 95 is opened, the lever 96 is opened.
Is disengaged from the roller 94, the cassette table 88 is lowered, and the cylindrical cassette 81 is mounted between the cassette table 88 and the ejection frame 42,
Alternatively, the tube cassette 81 can be removed from between.
Further, when the door 95 is closed with the cylinder cassette 81 mounted, the lever 96 pushes up the cassette table 88 via the roller 94, and each of the three denomination fitting portions protruding above the cylinder cassette 81.
67 is fitted and held at the lower edge of each outlet 43 of the outlet frame 42.

Further, on the other side of the inner wall plate 87, a support member driving means 101 for moving the support member 71 up and down is provided.
The support member driving means 101 has a stepping motor 102 of a denomination for individually moving the respective support members 71 up and down, and these stepping motors 102 are provided on the inner wall plate.
87 is supported by a support plate 103 attached to the other side surface.

The support plate 103 is provided with a projection 78 of each support member 71.
Are formed along the vertical direction, and the upper support plate 105 from the upper edge and the lower support plate 106 from which the stepping motors 102 are fixed to the lower surface are formed from the lower edge. Each is bent.

A screw shaft 107 is rotatably connected to a rotating shaft 102a projecting upward from each stepping motor 102, and each of the screw shafts 107 is provided by a bearing member 108 provided on an upper support plate portion 105 of the support plate 103. Are rotatably supported at their upper ends.

An elevating member 111 is screwed to each screw shaft 107, respectively. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the elevating member 111 has a screw hole 112 that is screwed to the screw shaft 107, and a guide hole 113 formed in an elongated shape with respect to the screw hole 112. Are formed.

A connecting member 114 is disposed on one side of the elevating member 111, and a mounting piece protruding from upper and lower edges of the connecting member 114 is provided.
115 is rotatably mounted on the upper and lower surfaces of the elevating member 111. The connecting member 114 is urged to rotate in a direction in which the connecting member 114 is joined to one side of the elevating member 111. At the tip of the connecting member 114, a connecting piece 116 is formed to bend in a substantially L-shape.
A connecting groove 117 is formed in the connecting piece 116 so as to be able to engage with the connecting pin 79.
Are formed. On the other side of the elevating member 111, a detection plate 119 is attached.

A swing frame 120 is attached to each screw shaft 107. In the swing frame 120, support plate portions 121 and 122 are formed by bending from an upper edge portion and a lower edge portion.
1 is rotatably fitted to the outside of the bearing member 108, and the lower support plate portion 122 is rotatably fitted to the outside of the bearing member 123 attached to the lower end of the screw shaft 107. These support plate parts 121 and 12
A rotation regulating shaft 124 is inserted between the guide members 113 through the guide holes 113 of the elevating member 111.

The swing frame 120 has a full sensor 125 for detecting a full state of coins and a lower limit sensor 126 for detecting a lower limit position of the elevating member 111, corresponding to a descending area of the detecting plate 119 of each elevating member 111. Is provided. In addition, each elevating member
A near empty sensor 127 for detecting that the amount of stored coins is small and an upper limit sensor 128 for detecting the upper limit position of the elevating member 111 are provided in the rising area of the detecting plate 119 of 111.

An interlocking link 129 is rotatably connected to the upper support plate 121 of each rocking frame 120 by a support shaft 130, and the rocking frames 120 are integrally rocked about the screw shaft 107 by the link 129. It works. One end of the interlocking link 129 is connected to a long hole 133 of one end of a swing lever 132 which is swingably provided with a support shaft 131 as a fulcrum by fitting a pin 134 into the long hole 133. One end of the swing lever 132 is urged by a spring 135, and the swing caused by the bias is regulated by a stopper 136. A roller 137 is rotatably attached to the other end.

An operating member 138 is projected from the inner wall of the door 95 in correspondence with the position of the roller 137 of the swing lever 132. When the door 95 is opened, the swing lever 132 is urged by the spring 135. Swing as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
When the door body 95 is closed, the roller is
137 is pressed to swing the swing lever 132 against the bias of the spring 135 as shown by the solid line in FIG. As the swing lever 132 swings, each swing frame 120 swings integrally via the interlocking link 129.

The door 95 is provided with a conveyor 141. In the conveyor 141, a conveyor belt 143 is stretched between the insides of a conveyor frame 142 provided on the door body 95. The upper part of the conveyor frame 142 faces below the outlet chute 18 and the outlets 44 of the discharge frame 42. On the surface of the conveyor belt 143, projections 144 for catching coins are provided at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt 143 at predetermined intervals.

A chute 145 communicating with the coin outlet 14 is provided facing the transport end of the conveyor 141. A passage switching member 146 is rotatably provided in the middle of the chute 145. When the passage switching member 146 is in the vertical position, the coin to be ejected is guided to the coin outlet 14, and is inserted into the chute 145 of the passage switching member 146. The coins discharged into the chute 145 when the protruding pieces are ejected are guided to the collective storage section 147. The batch storage section 147 is detachable from the body 1.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the setting of the cylinder cassette 81 in the body 1 will be described. The coins are stored in the cylinder cassette 81 by operating the manual operation unit 77 protruding from the cylinder cassette 81 to raise the support member 71 located at the lower part of the cylinder and to lower the coins each time coins are supplied. This makes it possible to easily store coins in a stacked state.

The door 95 is opened, the cylindrical cassette 81 is placed on the lowered cassette table 88, and the door 95 is closed. This door
With the blockage of 95, the cassette table 88 rises and the cylindrical cassette 81
The fitting portions 67 projecting upward from the fitting holes fit into the lower edges of the ejection openings 43 of the ejection frame 42. The connecting pin 79 of each support member 71 enters the support member driving means 101. In addition, each elevating member
111 is located above the position of the connecting pin 79. Further, each swing frame 120 is swung to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG.

Then, by the initial operation, each stepping motor 102 is driven, and the elevating member 111 is once lowered, and the connecting piece 116 of the connecting member 114 comes into contact with the connecting pin 79. At this time, since the arc-shaped introduction portion 118 provided on the lower edge of the connecting piece 116 comes into contact with the peripheral surface of the connecting pin 79, the connecting piece 116
Rotate so as to escape as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
When the connection groove 117 of the connection piece 116 faces the connection pin 79, the connection piece 116 rotates to the solid line position, and the connection groove 117 of the connection piece 116
Engages with the connecting pin 79.

At this time, the lowering position of the elevating member 111 is detected by the lower limit sensor 126, and the drive of each stepping motor 102 is reversed, so that the supporting member 71 and the coins are raised together with the elevating member 111. When each coin upper end detection sensor 52 for each denomination detects the upper end of the stacked coin, the drive of the stepping motor 102 of the corresponding denomination is stopped after being reversed for a predetermined time, and the upper end of the stacked coin is moved to the upper end of the coin. Detection sensor 52
Stopped at a slightly lower standby position.

Next, the coin deposit processing will be described.

The coins inserted into the insertion slot 2 are
And is identified by the identification unit 9. At this time, if the counterfeit coin is identified, it is returned to the coin outlet 14 through the reject chute 13 from the reject hole 10 via the rotary solenoid 11 and the lever 12.

5 yen not stored in the coin stacking cylinder 41,
Denomination coins of 50 yen and 500 yen, or coin stacking cylinder 41
Denomination coins of which the fullness is detected by the full sensor 125 even in the denomination coins of 1 yen, 100 yen, and 10 yen to be stored in the conveyor 141 through the separation chute 18 through the outlet chute 18.
Guided up and suspended.

1 yen, 10 yen to be stored in the coin stacking cylinder 41
The denomination coins of 0 yen and 10 yen, whose fullness has not been detected, are sorted by denomination in the corresponding sorting hole 19 via the rotary solenoid 16 and the lever 17 and are stored in the holding cylinder portion 23 of the holding frame 22. , And is temporarily held in a stacked state on the ejection member 47 in which the lower surface of the holding cylinder portion 23 is closed.

Then, after the coins are temporarily held, if the deposit is approved, the passage switching member 146 enters the chute 145 and the conveyor 141 is driven. Is stored. In addition,
Thereafter, the passage switching member 146 returns to the state before switching.

Further, the stepping motor 102 corresponding to the denomination temporarily held in the holding frame 22 is driven, and the upper end of the corresponding coin is raised to the storage position on the lower surface of the ejection member 47. After that, the ejection member 47 moves to the retracted position, the lower surface of the storage cylinder 23 is opened, and the temporarily stored coins are stacked on the stacked coins on the support member 71 in the stacked state. The corresponding stepping motor 102 is driven in reverse, the coins are lowered and stored in the coin stacking cylinder 41, and the standby position when the upper end of the coins is no longer detected by the coin upper end detection sensor 52. Stopped at Note that the ejection member 47 returns to the ejection position.

On the other hand, when return is instructed after the coins are temporarily held, the motor 27 is driven, the holding frame 22 is moved to the non-storing / discharging position (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1), and is temporarily held. The coin is discharged onto the conveyor 41 through the discharge port 44 of the ejection frame 42. Accordingly, the coins temporarily held on the conveyor 41 and the coins discharged on the conveyor 41 are driven through the chute 145 by the driving of the conveyor 41, and the coins are taken out of the coin outlet.
Returned to 14. Note that the holding frame 22 returns to the storage position before the movement.

Next, the coin dispensing process will be described.

First, the holding frame 22 is moved to the non-storage / discharge position, and the lower surface of the holding frame 22 is exposed above the coin stacking cylinder 41.

Then, only the stepping motor 102 corresponding to the dispensing denomination is driven, and the upper end of the coin is ejected.
It is raised until it comes into contact with the lower surface of 47. At this time, even after the upper end of the stacked coin abuts on the lower surface of the ejection member 47, the driving of the stepping motor 102 is continued so that the elevating member 111 rises by an amount corresponding to the thickness of, for example, four coins. You. The lifting of the lifting member 111 causes the spring 76 of the support member 71 to contract, and the pressing force of the spring 76 presses the stacked coins on the stage 74 upward.

By the ejection operation of the ejection member 47, the ejection member 47 moves to the retreat position and then to the ejection position, where it is raised by the pressing force of the spring 76 and contacts the lower surface of the holding frame 22. One coin is pushed out by the ejection plate 49 of the ejection member 47, and is ejected onto the conveyor 41 through the ejection port 44 of the ejection frame 42.
At this time, the switch 55 is turned on by the coin to be thrown out,
The number of thrown sheets is counted.

If there is a denomination which has been completely ejected by the coin ejection, the stepping motor 102 of the denomination is driven, and the stacked coins are lowered to the standby position. When it is confirmed that the coin is lowered to the standby position, the next dispensing operation becomes possible.

When the number of coins to be ejected for each type of coin to be ejected is two or more, the ejection operation by the ejection member 47 (movement from the retreat position to the ejection position) is continued. Coins are continuously ejected.

If there is a denomination of more than four coins, after the fourth coin is ejected, the stepping motor
102 is driven to further raise and lower the elevating member 111, and the discharging operation is performed as described above.

If the commanded number of coins matches the counted number of coins, the conveyor 141 is driven, and the withdrawn coins ejected onto the conveyor 141 and held through the chute 145. The money is dispensed to the coin outlet 14.

If they do not match, a shot is taken.
The passage switching member 146 enters the 145 and collects coins discharged from the conveyor 141 to the chute 145 in the collective storage section 147.

Next, the removal of the cylindrical cassette 81 from the body 1 will be described.

When the door 95 is opened, the lever 96
, The cassette table 88 and the cylindrical cassette 81 descend,
Each fitting portion 67 projecting upward from the cylindrical cassette 81 falls down from the lower edge of the outlet 43 of the outlet frame 42.

At the same time, the operating member 138 is disengaged from the roller 137, and the interlocking link 129 is pulled and moved by the bias of the spring 135. As shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Swings together. for that reason,
The elevating member 111 swings integrally with the swing frame 120, and the connecting member 11
The connecting piece 116 of FIG. 4 is disengaged from the connecting pin 79 of the support member 71, and the support member 71 and the stacked coins descend in each coin stacking cylinder 41.

Therefore, the cylindrical cassette 81 can be taken out of the body 1 through the opening where the door 95 is opened.

The coin stacking cylinder 41 may be formed of a cylindrical shape, a square tube shape, and a plurality of side wall members that contact a plurality of peripheral edges in the coin radial direction. A part of the cylinder peripheral wall may be open.

FIGS. 12 and 13 show another embodiment of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41. FIG. First, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 12, the closing portion 65 is not provided at the tip of the flat portion 64 of the side wall portion 61,
An arc-shaped concave portion into which a coin fits is provided in the cylindrical side wall member 70, and the edge of the cylindrical side wall member 70 facing the side wall 61 is made to enter the coin stacking space side, so that the cylindrical side wall member 70 and the side wall 61 The size is set so that coins do not enter between them. FIG.
In the embodiment shown in (1), the closing portion 65 is not provided at the tip of the flat portion 64 of the side wall portion 61, but is provided at the edge of the opening 84 of the cassette frame 82.

In the above-described embodiment, the coin temporary holding section 21 is constituted by the holding frame 22 and the ejection member 47 for opening and closing the lower surface of the holding frame 22. A bottom plate that opens and closes the lower surface of 22 may be provided.

When the ejection member 47 also has the function of opening and closing the lower surface of the holding frame 22, the lower edge of the ejection side of the ejection member 47 can be engaged with one coin at the upper end of the stacked coins. Is provided. Then, at the time of coin ejection, the upper end of the stacked coin raised by the support member 71 is received by the step portion of the ejection member 47,
At this step, one coin is hooked and ejected. In this case, it is possible to receive and support the status of the stacked coins without making the lower surface of the holding frame 22 face above the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 as in the above embodiment.

Also, two ejection plates are provided between the holding frame 22 and the ejection frame 42, and the coins in the holding frame 22 are returned and ejected by the upper ejection plate, and the lower ejection plate is provided. The coins in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 may be ejected, and the coins held in the holding frame 22 may be stored in the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 by retreating the two ejection plates. in this case,
It is not necessary to move the holding frame 22 as in the above embodiment.

The predetermined upper height position of the coin stacking cylinder portion 41 in the claims is not limited to the above-described embodiment above the coin stacking cylinder portion 41, but may be the upper predetermined height position within the coin stacking cylinder 41. It may be a height position.

Further, the coin stacking cylinder 41 is arranged at a side position with respect to the lower position of the holding frame 22 at the time of standby, and the coins are discharged from the holding frame 22 to the conveyor 141 or the like as they are when the held coins in the holding frame 22 are returned. However, at the time of storage, the holding frame 22 may be moved onto the coin stacking cylinder 41 to be stored.

In this embodiment, the deposited coins are inserted one by one. However, it is also possible to provide a batch input section for a plurality of coins and to feed out the coins one by one from the inserted section to the coin passage 4. .

[0078]

According to the present invention, the stacked coins of the coin stacking cylinder are supported by the support member, and the support member is raised to move the top coin of the stack of coins from the top of the coin stacking cylinder. When storing coins that have been temporarily stored in the coin storage section in the stacked state to be ejected from the top of the coin stacking cylinder, the temporary storage coin is placed on the stacked coin located at the top of the coin stacking cylinder. Is invaded by
When the bearing member is lowered, it is stored in the coin stacking cylinder. Therefore, the piled coins in the coin temporary holding section can be stored in the coin piled cylinder portion without causing the stacking displacement.

Further, coins ejected from the coin stacking cylinder portion can be ejected to the ejection area on the non-storage and ejection side of the temporarily stored coins. Therefore, the processing of the temporary hold coin and the thrown coin,
It can be easily performed using the same passage or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing one embodiment of a coin storage and ejection device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a coin depositing and dispensing machine to which the coin storing and dispensing device is applied.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view as viewed from the back side (the right side in FIG. 2).

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a coin passage.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a holding frame portion.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a projection frame portion.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a tube cassette.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a coin stacking cylinder portion.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a cylindrical cassette portion.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the support member driving means when viewed from the plane side.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view thereof.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of a coin stacking cylinder showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of a coin stack cylinder showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 Coin temporary holding unit 26 Temporary holding coin discharge means 41 Coin stacking cylinder part 47 Discharge member 71 Bearing member 101 Bearing member driving means

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A coin temporary storage unit for temporarily storing coins in a stacked state; a coin stacking cylinder unit for receiving and storing the temporarily stored coins of the coin temporary storage unit in a stacked state; A temporary coin release means for releasing the temporary storage coin to one of a storage side and a non-storage release side to the coin stacking cylinder, and a coin storage means provided at a predetermined height position on an upper portion of the coin stacking cylinder; A projecting member for projecting the highest coin of the stacked coin to the ejection area on the non-storage and ejection side of the temporary holding coin, and a supporting member that moves up and down by supporting the lower surface of the stacked coin in the coin stacking cylinder portion, When the temporary holding coin is discharged to the coin stacking cylinder portion, the support member is lowered to store the temporary holding coin on the upper surface of the stacked coins of the coin stacking cylinder portion, and the support member is raised at the time of coin ejection. To position the top coin of the coin Coin accommodating and dispensing device being characterized in that includes a member drive means.