JP3205492B2 - Bar storage 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-rolling machine which is incorporated in a coin-handling machine used in a financial institution such as a bank and stores the coin-roll in the coin-handling machine in a coin-rolling tray.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a coin-roll storage device for storing coins wrapped with a predetermined number of coins, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 3-240
No. 897 (the numbers in parentheses below correspond to the description of “Examples” in this publication). The coin storage mechanism disclosed in this publication includes a bar cassette (41) in which a plurality of bars are arranged vertically in a state inclined at a predetermined angle and in which bar bars are aligned and stored in the front-rear direction, and a coin bar cassette (41). And (6) a vertically moving mechanism (61) for vertically swinging a lower front end portion, which is a storage side of the coin-roll, and a stick provided on the front side of the coin-roll cassette and transporting the coin in the vertical direction. It has a gold lift (111), a lever (71) for receiving the bar fed by the bar lift, and a lever moving mechanism (81) for moving the lever along the length direction of the bar cassette. The bar bar received by the lever is moved into the bar bar cassette by the swing of the bar bar cassette by the bar bar cassette vertical movement mechanism and the movement of the lever in the front-rear direction by the lever moving mechanism. To push it into .

[0003]

By the way, in the coin-roll storing apparatus constructed as described above, a coin-rolling cassette vertical movement mechanism for swinging the coin-rolling cassette, Each of the lever moving mechanisms for receiving the bar bar conveyed by the gold lift and pushing the bar bar into the bar bar cassette is provided, so that the machine body becomes larger in the vertical direction, which is the arrangement direction of the bar bar cassette, and Accompanying this, the number of parts of the entire apparatus also increases. Such an increase in the size of the machine body and an increase in the number of parts become more remarkable as the number of stages of the coin-roll cassette increases.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and compared with the prior art, it is possible to reduce the size of the body in the vertical direction and reduce the number of parts as a whole. The purpose is to provide the device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first invention, a plurality of bars are vertically arranged in a state in which the front side is inclined so as to be lowered so that the bars are arranged in a line in the front-back direction. A bar tray that is arranged and stored in the tray, a bar lift mechanism that is provided in front of these bar trays, and that vertically conveys the bar, and that can be raised and lowered between the bar tray and the bar lift mechanism. provided at a position immediately before the coin bar tray to be housed coin, receive coin rolls carried by the coin-roll lift mechanism, and the coin-roll storing mechanism to push against rod gold tray, each It is provided above the bar tray,
A bar-rolling mechanism that further presses and aligns the bar that has been pressed into the bar-roll tray by the bar-roll storing mechanism into the bar that has been stored earlier; An elevating mechanism for elevating the elevating body at a position between the bar tray and the bar elevating mechanism; a fork provided on the elevating body for scooping the bar fed by the bar elevating mechanism; A storage arm that is provided on the body and presses the rear part of the bar that has been scooped by the fork, and the bar-bar alignment mechanism is configured to move vertically about a horizontal axis positioned above each bar tray. Is provided to be able to swing freely,
A plurality of coin-rolling arms for guiding the coins pushed into the coin-rolling tray by the storage arm from above, and a coin-rolling arm when the coin-rolling arm is pivoted upward by pushing the storage arm. And a bar-rolling alignment arm driving mechanism for pressing downwardly.

In the second invention, the storage arm of the metal bar storing mechanism is provided at a position above the fork so as to protrude and retreat with respect to a transport path of the metal bar formed on the fork, and is retracted. Allows the bar picked up by the fork to roll along the transport path when in the position,
Further, when at the protruding position, the rear part of the bar that has rolled on the transport path is pressed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the coin-rolling arm driving mechanism, the upward rotation range of the coin-rolling arm is set in accordance with the denomination, and the rotation beyond the pivot range is performed. A regulating cam mechanism is provided.

[0008] Based on the above-described configuration, the following operation is achieved. First, according to the coin-roll storing device shown in the first invention, the coin-roll storing mechanism is made to stand by at a position immediately before the coin-roll tray in which the coin-roll is to be stored. The bar which has been conveyed by the bar-lift mechanism is scooped by the fork, and the bar which has been scooped by the fork is pushed into the bar tray by the storage arm of the bar-storage mechanism. On the other hand, as a coin-rolling mechanism, a coin-rolling arm that is swingable in a vertical direction around a horizontal axis is provided at a position above the coin-rolling tray,
By such a bar-rolling arm, the bar pressed into the bar tray is guided from above. On the other hand, the position of pushing the coin bar by such a storage arm is on the front side of the coin bar tray whose height is lower than the rear side (the bar bars stored earlier are gathered and aligned at this position). At the front position of the coin-roll tray, the coin-roll pushed into the coin-roll tray by the coin-rolling arm pushes back the coin-roll previously stored and aligned, and is pushed into the coin-roll tray at this time. The coin bar rides on the previously stored coin bar, whereby the coin bar aligning arm pivots upward.

In the case where the pressed bar is laid on the previously stored bar in the bar tray, and the bar-aligning arm is turned upward, the bar-aligning arm is driven. The mechanism presses the coin-rolling arm in a downward direction, and by such pressing of the coin-rolling arm, the coin fed to the coin-roll tray is placed in the previously stored coin. Is pushed in, so that the bars in the bar tray are aligned.

In the above-described coin-roll storage device,
Between the coin-roll tray and the coin-lift mechanism, there is provided a coin-roll storing mechanism having a vertically movable fork for scooping the coins, and the coin-roll storing mechanism is used to store the coins transported by the coin-roll lifting mechanism. Since the scooping is performed and the bar is further pushed into the bar tray, a lever (7) for scooping the bar is provided at each lower position of the bar bar as in the related art.
1), a lever moving mechanism (8) for driving the lever
It is not necessary to provide 1) individually, thereby making it unnecessary to provide a space for arranging these devices between the bar trays as in the conventional case, and preventing the machine from becoming large in the vertical direction. In addition, it is possible to suppress an increase in the number of parts used. Further, in the coin-roll storing device of the present invention, the coin-roll is pushed into the coin-rolling tray by the coin-rolling mechanism provided above the coin-rolling tray, and is aligned. Since a complicated mechanism, such as the swinging bar cassette vertical movement mechanism (61) for swinging, is not required, also in this regard, the interval between the bar bar trays can be narrowed to prevent the machine from becoming large in the vertical direction, and An increase in the number of parts can be suppressed (the numbers in the parentheses correspond to the contents described in the conventional publication).

According to the coin-roll storage device shown in the second invention,
A storage arm of the coin-roll storing mechanism is provided at a position above the fork so as to protrude and retreat with respect to a transport path of the coin-roll formed on the fork, and is scooped by the fork when in the retracted position. When the bar is allowed to roll along the transport path, and when in the protruding position, the rear part of the bar that has rolled the transport path is pressed. In addition, the bar that has been scooped by the fork can be reliably pushed into the bar tray.

According to the coin-roll storage device of the third invention,
Since the height position of the bar-bar alignment arm is adjusted according to the denomination by the cam mechanism provided in the bar-bar alignment mechanism, such adjustment of the bar-bar alignment arm results in a diameter larger than the set denomination. Can be prevented from being erroneously pushed into the coin-roll tray, and accurate coin-roll storage in the coin-roll tray can be performed.

[0013]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a depositing unit for receiving deposited coins and storing the coins according to denominations, and reference numeral 2 denotes a unit of packaging of coins supplied from the depositing unit 1 in a unit of packaging. A packaging part for carrying out the packaging is indicated by the reference numeral 3 is a coin-roll storing part for storing the metal bars supplied from the packaging part 2 by denomination. Hereinafter, the configurations of the depositing unit 1, the packaging unit 2, and the coin-roll storage unit 3 will be described in detail.

<< Receiving Portion 1 >> As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a receiving port 5 which is opened and closed by a receiving port shutter 4 is provided on the upper surface of the body 100, and the receiving port 5 is provided immediately below the receiving port 5. A supply disk 6 is provided for receiving loose coins inserted from the outside through the opening 5. The supply disk 6 is provided so as to rotate in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis, and the centrifugal force generated when the supply disk 6 rotates causes the coins in the supply disk 6 to be adjacently arranged. Is sent to the rotating disk 7 that has been rotated. The rotating disk 7 is also provided so as to rotate in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis similarly to the replenishing disk 6, and the centrifugal force generated when rotating causes coins in the rotating disk 7 to rotate. Disk 7
Is sent to the sorting unit 8 provided in the tangential direction of. The peripheral edges of the supply disk 6 and the rotary disk 7 are surrounded by guide walls 6A and 7A, respectively. However, these guide walls 6A and 7A lack only the portion adjacent to the supply disk 6 and the rotary disk 7, The supply disk 6 and the rotating disk 7 are communicated with each other at the adjacent portion, so that coins are transferred from the supply disk 6 to the rotating disk 7. The supply disk 6 is driven intermittently so that coins are gradually fed from the supply disk 6 to the rotating disk 7.

The sorting section 8 is arranged at a sorting path 9 through which coins are conveyed one by one and at an upper position along the sorting path 9.
A conveyor belt 10 that slides coins along the sorting passage 9 by pressing coins from above, and a plurality of denomination sorting holes provided along the sorting passage 9 and having a size corresponding to the coin diameter. 11 and
In the sorting section 8, a denomination sorting hole 11 for sorting a denomination with a small coin diameter is arranged on the upstream side of the sorting passage 9 so that a denomination with a small coin diameter (for a Japanese coin, 1 yen is used). , 50
(5 yen, 100 yen, 10 yen, 500 yen) in this order from the denomination sorting hole 11. Further, a sorting passage 9 located between the rotating disk 7 and the denomination sorting hole 11 has a coin discrimination sensor (not shown) for discriminating the authenticity, fouling and denomination of coins, and a bad coin distribution. A member (not shown) is provided, and the defective coin determined as “false” or “dirty” by the coin determination sensor is guided to the chute 14 shown in FIG. 2 by the defective coin sorting member. Further, a path switching plate 14A is provided in the middle of the chute 14, and the path switching plate 14A guides coins determined as "false" to the reject box 12 based on the result of the discrimination by the coin discrimination sensor, The coin determined to be “dirty” is guided to the dirty coin box 13.

The denomination sorting hole 11 located at the most upstream part
Is provided with guide means (not shown) for dropping all coins that are not discriminated as fake or dirty by the coin discrimination sensor into the denomination sorting hole 11 located at the most upstream part. 2 is provided movably in the directions of arrows ab as shown in FIG. 2, and all of the coins dropped into the denomination sorting hole 11 are transferred to the chute 29 or the temporary storage 15. Route switching means 8 for guiding to one side
2 are provided. When the coin is guided to the chute 29 by the path switching means 82, the coin bypasses the temporary storage 15 and the fixed storage 21 and replenishes the supply disk 30. 31 directly. Further, magnetic sensors (not shown) are provided near the entrance of each denomination sorting hole 11 and upstream of the entrance, respectively, and the denomination and counting of coins are performed by these magnetic sensors. Then, the number of coins stored in each of the temporary storages 15 to 20 and the fixed storages 21 to 26 is calculated based on the count determination results of these magnetic sensors.

In addition, cylindrical temporary storages 15 to 20 for temporarily storing coins are provided below the respective denomination sorting holes 11, and below the temporary storages 15 to 20, respectively. These temporary storages 15 to
A fixing plate 27 that closes the bottom of 20 is provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the temporary storages 15 to 20 are mounted on path switching means 82 which is movable in a direction (arrows ab) perpendicular to the plane of FIG. When moving from the position shown in FIG. 2 to the rear side (the direction of arrow a), the bottoms of the temporary storages 15 to 20 are shifted from the position of the fixing plate 27, and the bottoms of the temporary storages 15 to 20 are opened. Thereby, the temporarily stored coins in the temporary storages 15 to 20 are supplied to the fixed storages 21 to 26 located below. Also,
When the temporary storages 15 to 20 move forward (in the direction of arrow b) from the stop position (the position shown in FIG. 2), the bottoms of the temporary storages 15 to 20 are shifted forward from the position of the fixing plate 27. The bottoms of the temporary storages 15 to 20 are opened, whereby the temporarily stored coins in the temporary storages 15 to 20 are supplied to the return box 67 located below. The return box 67 is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the machine body 100, and the temporarily stored coins are returned to the operator through the return box 67.

The fixed storages 21 to 26 provided below the temporary storages 15 to 20 are provided with the temporary storages 15 to 2 respectively.
The shutters 21A to 26A open and close based on a packaging instruction from an operation unit (not shown) at the bottom of the fixed storages 21 to 26.
Is provided. In addition, each of these fixed storages 21 to 2
6 comprises a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element, depending on whether light emitted from these light-emitting elements toward the light-receiving element is blocked by coins integrated therein,
A storage full detection sensor (not shown) for detecting whether or not the inside is full is provided. Further, the fixed storages 21 to 26 are provided with shutter detection sensors (not shown) for detecting whether the lower shutters 21 to 26 are open or closed.

<< Packing Unit 2 >> As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, below the fixed storages 21 to 26, two fixed storages 21 to 26 and two coins for receiving coins supplied from the chute 29 are provided. Supply disks 30 and 31 and a rotating disk 32 are provided adjacent to the supply disks 31. The supply disk 30, the supply disk 31, and the rotating disk 32
Are provided so as to be adjacent to each other, similarly to the above-described replenishing disk 6 and rotating disk 7, and are intermittently driven from the replenishing disk 30 to the replenishing disk 31 by intermittent driving of the replenishing disks 30 and 31.
Coins are sequentially sent from the supply disk 31 to the rotating disk 32.

The rotating disk 32 includes the rotating disk 32
The transport passage 33 is provided so as to extend along the tangential direction of the arrow. The transport passage 33 is provided with a transport belt 34 disposed above.
Is pressed against the coin from above,
The coin is slid by driving the coin. In the middle of the transport passage 33, a discriminator (not shown) for counting the coins, and the coins are distributed to either the counting chute 35 or the stacking cylinder 36. Distributing mechanism (not shown)
Is provided. The width of the transport passage 33 is adjusted by a passage width adjusting mechanism (not shown) in accordance with the denomination.

The counting chute 35 is provided for collectively receiving coins supplied from the rotating disk 32 in a bulk state. For example, by directly attaching a coin bag to the counting chute 35, It is also possible to pack coins. The collecting cylinder 36 is a rotating disk 3
For accumulating coins supplied from 2,
As shown in FIG. 1, an integrated coin mounting plate 36A that is movable in the directions of arrows (a) and (b) is provided at the bottom of the stack. The stacked coin mounting plate 36A is indicated by an arrow (a) shown in FIG.
When the coin is ejected in the stacking cylinder 36 on the upper side when the coin is ejected, and when the coin is moved in the direction of the arrow (b), the coins in the stacking cylinder 36 are moved downward through the chute 68. In a genuine coin collection box 41 (to be described later).

The coin stacking plate 36A is indicated by an arrow (b).
The collection of the coins stored in the stacking cylinder 36 into the true coin collection box 41 by moving in the direction is performed when the stacked coins are fractional coins that are less than the unit number of packaging units (50). On the other hand, the number of packaging units (50
When the coins are stacked, the stacked coins are moved between the wrapping rollers 38 by sandwiching the upper end surface and the lower end surface of the stacked coins with a pair of holding bars 37.

The three wrapping rollers 38 are provided so as to approach and separate from each other. When the wrapping rollers 38 are separated from each other, the wrapping rollers 38 are sandwiched between the wrapping rollers 38 by a holding rod 37. The pinched stack of coins is sent, and then the stacking rollers 38 approach each other, so that the stack of coins is pinched between the packing rollers 38. Then, while rotating the wrapping roller 38 in this state, the leading end portion of the wrapping paper 28 supplied from the wrapping paper supply means (not shown) is fed between the wrapping roller 38 and the stacked coins, whereby After the wrapping paper 28 is wound around the wrapping paper, the wrapping paper 28 is cut by a cutter (not shown), and then the upper and lower parts of the wrapping paper 28 are caulked with caulking claws 69 to form a stack of coins. The bar C formed by winding the wrapping paper 28 is created. The holding bar 37, the wrapping roller 38, the wrapping paper supply means,
9. The driving of the stacked coin placing plate 36A and the like is performed by a packaging system mechanism (not shown). In addition, since this packaging system mechanism is a well-known technique, the detailed configuration will not be described.

A roll chute 39 is provided immediately below the packaging roller 38 as shown in FIGS.
The roll chute 39 is disposed in the up-down direction. A discharge door 40 is provided at the lower end of the roll chute 39 so as to be openable and closable. There is provided a genuine coin collection box 41 for storing fractional coins less than, and loose coins due to poor packaging. Further, a tray 43 of the bar-and-roller horizontal transfer device 42 (described later) is arranged above the genuine coin collection box 41. The tray 43 is provided so as to be movable in the directions of arrows (a) and (b).
When arranged in the direction of the arrow (a), the upper opening of the coin collecting box 41 is closed, and the coin collecting box 41 is arranged in a direction orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. C is placed on its upper surface. Then, the bar C placed on the tray 43 is transferred to the first lift unit 44 of the bar storage unit 3 after the direction of the bar C is changed by 90 ° in the horizontal plane with the movement of the tray 43. It is.

Next, the bar-and-roller horizontal transfer device 42 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The body 96 has a shaft 96 along a horizontal direction (arrow (a)-(b) directions).
Is fixed, and a slider 92 is movably supported on the shaft 96 along the same direction. The slider 92 is fixed to a conduction belt 91 driven by a drive motor 90, and a tray 43 is rotatably supported on the upper surface thereof about a vertical shaft 43A. The tray 43 is provided with a bar mounting recess 43 B on which the bar C is to be mounted, and the tray 43 is counterclockwise driven by a tension spring 97 disposed between the tray 43 and the slider 92. Biased in the direction.

A cam follower 93 is supported at a lower portion of the tray 43, and a rail-shaped cam 94 is fixed to the machine body 100 side. When the cam follower 93 is moved in the directions b) and b), the cam follower 93 is guided by the rail-shaped cam 94, whereby the slider 9 is moved.
The upper receiving tray 43 rotates 90 ° about a vertical axis 43A in a horizontal plane against the urging force of the tension spring 97.

With the above configuration, the slider 92 is positioned at the "stick position" where the slider 92 is located in the direction of the arrow (a).
, The tray 43 on the slider 92 is arranged as shown in FIG. 4, and at this position,
The bar C supplied from the roll chute 39 is transferred to the tray 4.
3 can be placed. After that, when the slider 92 moves in the direction of the arrow (b), the cam 94
, The pan 43 is rotated 90 ° about the vertical axis 43A, whereby the direction of the pan 43 is changed along the arrows (a)-(b), as shown in FIG. It is placed at the "coin collection / delivery position".

On the other hand, the body 100 is provided with a pushing arm 95 which is rotatable about a vertical axis 95A.
The pushing arm 95 is provided in the movement path of the slider 92, and when the slider 92 moves to the vicinity of the "separated coin collection / rolling bar delivery position", the protrusion of the slider 92 is formed. It is pressed in the direction of arrow (b) by 92A and rotated in the same direction about vertical axis 95A. Then, when the pushing arm 95 rotates in the direction of the arrow (b), as shown in FIG. 5, the bar C on the tray 43 is pushed out by the tip of the pushing arm 95 in the same direction. The bar C is mounted on the mounting plate 44A of the first lift unit 44 (see FIG. 3).

On the other hand, when the receiving tray 43 has moved to the "separated coin collection / coin bar delivery position", the upper portion of the true coin collection box 41 located below the discharge door 40 is in an open state. The loose coins with poor packaging discharged from the discharge door 40 can be collected in the genuine coin collection box 41. When the slider 92 moves in the direction of the arrow (a) by the power transmission from the drive motor 90, the receiving tray 43 moved to the “bulk coin collection / coin bar transfer position” is used to guide the cam follower 93 by the cam 94. , By the bias of the tension spring 97, rotates 90 ° in the opposite direction to the previous direction,
Thereby, it is arranged again at the above-mentioned "bar money receiving position".

<Regarding the coin-roll storage unit 3> As shown in FIG. 3, the first lift unit 44 is provided so as to be able to move up and down by an elevating mechanism 45. ) Is arranged in a straight line and adjacent to the tray 43 disposed at the end of the pushing arm 9.
The bar C sent out from the tray 43 in the direction of arrow (b) by 5 is received on the regulating plate 44A of the first lift unit 44. The first lift portion 44 is supported by a mounting plate 44A on which the bar C is mounted in a cantilever manner. When the mounting plate 44A is at the "down position", the first lift portion 44 is restricted by the restriction plate 98. When the mounting plate 44A is at a position raised from the "down position", the mounting plate 44A is inclined downward by the urging of the urging means (not shown).

A guide plate 46 is arranged on the opposite side of the elevating mechanism 45 and near the tip of the first lift unit 44 so as to extend in the vertical direction.
Thus, when the first lift portion 44 is inclined, the bar C placed on the first lift portion 44 is supported from the side. Further, the guide plate 46 is missing at the “elevated position” where the first lift portion 44 stops at the upper position, and thus the first lift portion 44 is “elevated position” when the bar C is placed on the first lift portion 44. Is moved to the guide plate 4
6 loses the support and rolls in the direction of the arrow (c).

A discharge switching plate 47 is provided in the course of the rolling of the bar C. This release switching plate 47
Guides the bar C to the external discharge port 48 when it is at the collecting position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 3, and moves the bar C to the second position when it is at the receiving position shown by the solid line in FIG. It is guided to the second lift unit 49. The external discharge port 48 is provided on the front side of the body 100, and the bar C is discharged to the outside via the external discharge port 48. In addition, the second lift 49
A plurality of bars provided for each denomination after the bar C sent from the first lift unit 44 is placed at the “down position” at a “descent position”. It rises to guide the bar C to one of the gold trays 50-57. Also, on the front side of the coin-roll trays 50 to 57,
A coin-roll storage mechanism 61 (described later) that scoops up the coins C transported by the second lift 49 is provided on the transport path of the coins C on the second lift unit 49.

Then, the coin bar C mounted on the second lift unit 49 and ascended rises to a fork 121 (described later) of the coin bar storage mechanism 61 which has been waiting near the entrance of the coin bar trays 50 to 57 in advance. By being scooped up, it is guided to predetermined bar trays 50 to 57. These bar trays 50 ~
Numeral 57 is provided so as to be inclined so that the front part located on the side of the coin-roll storage mechanism 61 becomes lower as a whole. Each of these coin-roll trays 50 to 57 includes: A coin-rolling mechanism 58 (to be described later) for pushing the coins C scooped up by the coin-roll storing mechanism 61 into the coin-rolling trays 50 to 57 and aligning them is provided. The coin-rolling mechanism 58 includes a swingable coin-rolling arm 59 provided at a position above each of the coin-rolling trays 50 to 57 around a horizontal axis. ~ 57
When the bar C is inserted into the front of the bar, the bar alignment arm 5
By the swing of 9, the coin bar C is pushed into the coin bar trays 50 to 57 and aligned (described later).

Hereinafter, the second lift portion 49 and the peripheral structure of the second lift portion 49 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 6 (the coin trays 56 and 57 are omitted in FIG. 6), the second lift unit 49 includes a coin tray 110 on which the coin bar C is placed, and an elevating unit for raising and lowering the coin tray 110. It comprises a mechanism 111 and a lift drive motor (not shown) for driving the elevating mechanism 111. The coin tray 110 is a coin loading surface 1 on which the coin C is placed.
10A is provided so as to be inclined,
As shown in FIG. 3, when the coin tray 110 is at the “down position”, the loading plate 44
The coin bar C sent from A is placed on the coin placing surface 110A.

A protruding member 110B is provided at an upper position of the coin receiving tray 110 so as to face the coin loading surface 110A. The tip of the protruding member 110B is bent obliquely upward, and a coin-bar mounting space for mounting the coin C is formed between the inclined portion and the coin mounting surface 110A. And such a protruding member 110B
Accordingly, when the coin tray 110 on which the coin bar C is placed stops suddenly rising, the coin bar C on the coin tray 110 is prevented from floating and jumping out. Lifting mechanism 1
11 is a pulley 112 provided at intervals above and below
And two sets of transfer belts 113 wound around the pulleys 112 and arranged at intervals in the width direction of the machine body 100. The pulley rotating shaft 112A fixed to the pulleys 112 has When driven by a lift drive motor (not shown), the transfer belt 113 is driven, and the coin tray 110 fixed to the transfer belt 113 is moved up and down.

As shown in FIG. 6, the coin tray 110 is moved up and down in the "descent position".
Tray detecting means 114 for detecting whether or not there is a tray. The tray detecting means 114 is provided for the coin tray 1
10 is constituted by an optical sensor for detecting a plate 119 fixed to the lower surface of the coin tray 10.
Is determined to be at the “descent position”. In addition, coin tray 11
As shown in FIG. 6, near the "falling position" of No. 0, a coin bar presence / absence detecting means 115 for detecting whether or not the coin bar C is placed on the coin placing surface 110A of the coin tray 110. Is provided. The coin-roll detecting means 115 is constituted by an optical sensor, and its detection area reaches the coin tray 110 through a hole 110C formed in the coin tray 110. Whether or not the coin bar C is placed on the coin placing surface 110A of the coin receiving tray 110 is detected depending on whether or not the coin bar is blocked.

Then, the receiving tray detecting means 114 detects that the coin receiving tray 110 is at the "down position", and the coin-roll detecting means 115 places the coin receiving tray 110 on the coin placing surface 110A of the coin receiving tray 110 through the discharge switching plate 47. When it is detected that the fed bar C is mounted, the lift drive motor (not shown) of the second lift unit 49 is driven,
The coin tray 110 on which the coin C is placed is raised. In addition,
The plate 119 on the lower surface of the coin tray 110 is fixed so as to cross the detection area of the coin-roll detection unit 115, and based on the detection signal output from the coin-bar detection unit 115, the coin tray 110 is set to “ It is also detected whether or not the vehicle has descended to the vicinity of the "descent position".

Next, the coin placing surface 110 of the coin receiving tray 110
The coin bar storage mechanism 61 for scooping the coin bar C placed on A will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 7 to 12. The coin-roll storage mechanism 61 is provided with a lifting mechanism 140 (FIG. 1) such as a pulley and a belt in front of the coin-roll trays 50 to 57.
1, see FIG. 12), and an elevating body 120 movably provided in the up and down direction, and a protruding path of the coin tray 110 and rotatably provided on the elevating body 120 about a horizontal shaft 121A. The fork 121 and the fork position detecting means 122 for detecting whether or not the fork 121 is in a rotated state are the main components. When the coin tray 110 on which the coin C is placed is in the "fixed position" as shown in the figure, and the coin tray 110 on which the coin C is placed has passed up the height position of the fork 121, the coin tray C is pushed away by the coin bar C on the coin tray 110 and the (See FIGS. 13 to 15), and then
When the coin tray 110 has passed down the height position of the fork 121, the coin bar C on the coin tray 110 is scooped (FIGS. 16 to 18) (described later). In FIG. 3, a plurality of elevating bodies 120 are shown.
0 indicates the movement along the ascending / descending route,
In practice, only one is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 6, 7 and 10, two fork pieces passing through a notch 110D formed on a coin loading surface 110A of the coin receiving tray 110 are provided at the tip of the fork 121. When the coin tray 110 on which the coins C are placed passes down the position of the fork 121, the coins C on the coin tray 110 are scooped by these fork pieces 121B. It is supposed to be. Further, a tension spring 125 is provided between the base end of the fork 121 and the elevating body 120, and the tension spring 125 urges the fork 121 to be in the “fixed position” shown in FIGS. ing.

The fork position detecting means 122 includes a plate 123 fixed to the base end of the fork 121,
The optical sensor 124 detects the plate 123. When the optical sensor 124 is ON to detect the plate 123, it is determined that the fork 121 is at the "fixed position" shown in FIG. In addition, when the optical sensor 124 is OFF in which the plate 123 is not detected, it is determined that the fork 121 is at the position turned upward from the “fixed position”.

As shown in FIG. 8, FIG. 9, FIG. 11, and FIG. A gold rolling path 120C is provided.
A cover 130 is fixed at a position above 20C.
In the cover 130, an arm drive motor 131 having a storage arm 132 fixed to its output shaft 131A is provided.
Is arranged. The storage arm 132 is connected to the output shaft 1
The arm body 132A fixed to 31A and the arm body 13
An arm 132B rotatably connected to the tip of the arm 2A via a pin 133, and a roller 134 rotatably held at the tip of the arm 132B and pressing the bar C from the rear side. The roller 134 at the tip end of the storage arm 132 is used for a bar rolling path 120C.
In this case, when the roller 134 rotates by itself, the storage arm 132 is prevented from being fixed to the upper surface of the fork 121.

In the coin-roll storing mechanism 61 as described above, when the arm drive motor 131 is not driven, the storage arm 132 is arranged at the "standby position" as shown in FIG. When the 131 is driven, the output shaft 131A rotates in the direction of the arrow m, and the storage arm 132 connected to the output shaft 131A operates as shown in FIGS. The arm body 132B located on the distal end side of the storage arm 132 is formed in a U-shape so as to surround the arm body 132A from the periphery as shown in the plan view of FIG. Due to such a shape of the arm body 132B, when the output shaft 131A of the arm drive motor 131 rotates in the direction of the arrow m and the arm body 132A is arranged linearly with respect to the arm body 134A, the arm body 132A Comes into contact with the surface (indicated by reference numeral 132b) of the arm 132B, and further rotation of the arm 132A is restricted. That is, the state where the arm body 132A and the arm body 132B are arranged in a straight line is maintained.

A bar detecting sensor 136 that is turned on by the weight of the bar C is provided on the bar rolling path 120C as shown in FIG. This bar detection sensor 13
Numeral 6 is for detecting whether or not the bar C is present based on the ON / OFF thereof. As shown in FIGS. The bar 59 is provided at a position where the bar C is stopped by the distal end of the bar 59.

Hereinafter, the elevating mechanism 140 for elevating the elevating body 120 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The elevating body 120 is slidably provided along a vertical axis 141 fixed to the machine body 100 in a vertical direction, and a roller 150 provided on the elevating body 120 is
Guides 147a, 1
The lifting / lowering body 120 is connected to a belt 142 by a guide 47b. The belt 142 is guided by a pulley 143a fixed to an output shaft 144A of the elevating motor 144 and a plurality of pulleys 143b supported by the body 100. The pulley 143a is driven by the elevating motor 144. Thereby, the elevating body 120 is moved up and down along the vertical axis 141.

Further, the body 100 and the elevating body 120 are provided with a fork positioning mechanism 145 for positioning the fork 121 in front of specific bar trays 50 to 57.
As shown in FIG. 11, the fork positioning mechanism 145 includes a guide 147a fixed vertically to the body 100 and having a plurality of notches 146 formed at regular intervals, and an arrow about the shaft 148A on the elevating body 120. A lock member 148 rotatably provided in the HI direction and engaged with one of the notches 146, a spring member (not shown) for urging the lock member 148 in the direction of arrow H; The lock member 1
Solenoid 14 forcibly turning 48 in the direction of arrow I
9, and the solenoid 149 is OF
At the time of F, the lock member 148 is rotated in the direction of arrow H by the urging force of the spring material, and the solenoid 149 is turned on.
At this time, the lock member 148 is rotated in the direction of arrow I against the urging force of the spring material.

The plurality of notches 146 formed in the guide 147a are provided corresponding to the intervals and height positions of the coin-rolling trays 50 to 57, and the lock member 148 is provided with these notches. When engaged with one of the 146, the fork 121 is arranged at the same height as one of the coin-roll trays 50-57.

The standby position detecting sensor 15 for detecting whether or not the fork 121 is at the “upper standby position” located at the upper end of the elevating path is provided on the body 100 and the elevating body 120.
1. A tray detection sensor 152 for detecting which bar tray 50 to 57 the fork 121 is located in front of
Are provided respectively. Standby position detection sensor 151
The optical sensor 154 provided on the frame 153 integrated with the body 100 and the frame 155 integrated with the lift 120
And a light shielding plate 156 provided in
When the light shielding plate 156 shields the detection light of the optical sensor 154, it detects that the fork 121 is at the “upper standby position”.

The tray detection sensor 152 is provided with a plurality of recesses 1 provided in a frame 153 on the body 100 side in the vertical direction.
A light-shielding plate 157 having a projection 57A and a projection 157B, and an optical sensor 158 provided on a frame 155 on the side of the elevating body 120
When the elevating body 120 is moved up and down by driving the elevating motor 144, and the detection light of the optical sensor 158 is transmitted and blocked by the concave portion 157A and the convex portion 157B of the light shielding plate 157, By counting the number of light-shielded and light-shielded, it is detected which of the bar trays 50 to 57 the fork 121 is in front of. The passage of the detection light from the optical sensor 158 and the blocking of the light allow the fork 121 to move the desired bar tray 50 to 57.
, The drive of the elevating motor 144 is immediately stopped.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 3 and 19 to 28, a detailed description will be given of the bar-rolling mechanism 58 for aligning the bar C supplied through the bar-storage mechanism 61 into the bar trays 50 to 57. Will be described. The coin-rolling mechanism 58 includes a swingable coin-rolling arm 59 provided around a horizontal shaft 59A at a position above each of the coin-roll trays 50 to 57, and a coin-rolling arm for driving the coin-rolling arm 59. Alignment arm drive mechanism 6
0 as a main component, and the coin-roll tray 5
When the coin bar C is inserted into the front portion of the coin bar 0 to 57, the coin bar C is moved by the swing of the coin bar aligning arm 59.
It is pushed into 57 and aligned.

Referring to FIG. 19 to FIG. 21, the machine body 100 is provided with a slider 161 supported by a V roller 160 so as to be vertically movable.
A pusher 162 is integrally fixed to 1. The pusher 162 has a plurality of cutouts 163 formed along its length. Each of the cutouts 163 has a protrusion 164 provided at each end of the bar-rolling alignment arm 59. Are arranged, and a tension spring 165 is arranged between the projection 164 and the pusher 162 so as to press each bar-bar alignment arm 59 downward. In addition,
The tension force of the tension spring 165 is strong, and unless an external force is applied, as shown in FIG. 19, each bar-bar alignment arm 59 is in a state of being drawn to the lower position of the notch 163.

On the other hand, the machine body 100 is provided with a coin-rolling arm driving motor 166, and a cam 167 is fixed to an output shaft 166A of the coin-rolling arm driving motor 166. The cam 167 comes into contact with a cam follower 168 provided at the upper end of the slider 161, and the cam follower 168 is moved up and down by the rotation of the cam 167. Further, a tension spring 169 (see FIG. 21) is provided between the slider 161 and the body 100, and the cam follower 168 is brought into close contact with the cam 167 by the tension spring 169.

In the coin-rolling arm driving mechanism 60 constructed as described above, the coin-rolling arm driving motor 1
When the cam 167 rotates from the standby position (the position where the cam follower 168 is located at the uppermost position is the “standby position” of the cam 167) to the cam set position (described later) by driving the 66, the cam 167 comes into contact with the cam 167. The cam follower 168 is pressed down, and the push-down of the cam follower 168 causes the pusher 162 fixed to the slider 161 to move downward. Depressed. The pressing amount of the coin-rolling arm 59 at this time is determined based on the cam setting position of the cam 167, and the cam setting position is determined in advance according to the denomination diameter.

Specifically, the bar C is a large-diameter denomination (500
In the case of (circle), the coin-rolling arm driving motor 166
The cam 167 is arranged at the cam setting position indicated by “E” in FIG. 22A by the control of FIG. 22A, and when the bar C is a medium-diameter denomination (5 yen, 100 yen, 10 yen), Under the control of the coin-rolling arm drive motor 166, the cam 167 is arranged at the cam setting position indicated by “F” in FIG. 22B, and the coin bar C is a medium-diameter coin (50 yen, 1 yen). In this case, the cam 167 is arranged at the cam setting position indicated by “G” in FIG. 22C under the control of the coin-rolling arm driving motor 166. Then, as the denomination diameter becomes larger due to the cam setting positions indicated by “E”, “F” and “G”,
The coin-rolling arm 59 is disposed at a higher position, and
The smaller the denomination diameter, the lower the bar-bar alignment arm 59 is located. In this embodiment, since 500 yen is the largest coin in Japanese coins, the cam setting position of 500 yen is set as the standby position of the cam 167 (the position where the cam follower 168 is raised most).

In a state where the bar-roller alignment arm 59 is pushed down by the cam setting position of the cam 167 as described above (at this time, the projection 164 at the tip of the bar-roller alignment arm 59 becomes the lower end of the notch 163). 23), the distance between the tip end of the coin-rolling arm 59 and the upper surface (indicated by the symbol h) located on the front side of the coin-roll trays 50-57, as shown in FIGS. (Denoted by the symbol x1) is set to be smaller than the diameter of the denomination set for the cam 167, whereby the bar C picked up by the fork 121 is stopped at the end of the bar rolling path 120C. It is supposed to be. Also, the cam 167 as described above
In a state where the coin-rolling arm 59 is pushed down by the cam setting position (at this time, the coin-rolling arm 5
9 is located at the lower end of the notch 163), and the bar-bar alignment arm 59 is connected to the projection 164 of the tip.
Is pushed up to the upper end of the notch 163,
As shown in FIG. 25, the interval (reference numeral x2) between the front surface of the bar trays 50 to 57 and the upper surface (represented by reference numeral h) is located.
Is set to be slightly (several millimeters) larger than the denomination set for the cam 167, so that the bar C which has been stopped at the end of the bar rolling path 120C is replaced with a bar. The trays are stored in the trays 50 to 57. The cam 167 has a cam setting position for pushing the tip of the coin-rolling arm 59 down to a position close to the coin-roll trays 50 to 57, as indicated by “H” in FIG. ing. This cam setting position "H"
The tip of the coin-rolling arm 59 and the coin-roll trays 50 to 57
Of the bar mounting surface (indicated by the symbol x3 in FIG. 27)
Is set so that the coin-roll aligning arm 59 is positioned so as to be substantially the same as the diameter of the maximum diameter coin (500 yen coin).

Next, the second lift unit 49 and the coin-roll storing mechanism 6
1, the operation of the coin-rolling mechanism 58 is shown in FIGS.
28 will be described in order. First, when the coin bar C is carried by the coin tray 110 of the second lift unit 49, the following preparation operations <1> and <2> are performed. In addition, the following second lift unit 49 and the coin-roll storage mechanism 6
1. All operations of the coin-rolling mechanism 58 are executed based on an instruction from a control unit (not shown).

<< 1 >> Preparing operation of the coin-roll storing mechanism 61 The solenoid 149 is turned on, and the lock member 148 is rotated in the direction of arrow I as shown by the dashed line in FIG. Is the guide 147
a is not engaged with the notch 146 of FIG. By driving the elevating motor 144, the "upper standby position"
Is lowered.

When the fork 121 is lowered, the light shielding plate 1 is detected by the optical sensor 158 of the tray detection sensor 152.
The number of light transmitted or blocked by the concave portion 157A and the convex portion 157B of the 57 is counted, and based on the count result, the fork 121 moves the bar trays 50 to 57 corresponding to the denomination of the bar C to be inserted. It is detected whether or not it is positioned one step higher. At this time, the coin C to be inserted is
The denomination is determined based on the discrimination data of a discrimination unit (not shown) provided in the transport path 33 of the packaging unit 2. And
Based on the detection by the tray detection sensor 152, when it is detected that the fork 121 is located at the upper stage of the coin-roll trays 50 to 57 corresponding to the type of coin-roll C to be inserted, the solenoid 149 is turned off, and the lock member 148 is rotated in the direction of arrow H as shown by the solid line in FIG. 11B, whereby the lock member 148 can be engaged with the notch 146 of the guide 147a.

When the tray detection sensor 152 detects that the fork 121 is located in front of the coin-roll trays 50 to 57 corresponding to the type of the coin-roll C to be inserted, the drive of the elevating motor 144 is performed. Stop immediately,
As a result, the lock member 148 in the projected state is
47a is engaged with the notch 146. The engagement of the lock member 148 with the notch 146 causes the fork 121 to be arranged and fixed at the same height as the coin-roll trays 50 to 57 corresponding to the type of the coin-roll C to be inserted. become.

<< 2 >> Preparing operation of the coin-rolling mechanism 58 (1) The coin-rolling arm drive motor 166 is driven based on the discrimination data of the discriminating section (not shown) provided in the transport path 33 of the packaging section 2. Then, the cam 167 is rotated from the standby position to a cam setting position (see FIG. 22) corresponding to the type of the coin bar C. In the present embodiment, when the discrimination data supplied from the discrimination unit (not shown) indicates 500 yen, 5
Since the cam setting position of 00 yen is the same as the standby position, the cam 167 is not rotated. (2) When the cam 167 is rotated by the above (1), the cam follower 1 that contacts the cam 167
68 is pushed down, and by pushing down the cam follower 168, the coin-rolling arm 59 is pushed down via the slider 161, the pusher 162, the notch 163, and the protrusion 164, whereby the coin-rolling arm 59 is pressed.
Are arranged at a height corresponding to the cam setting position.

<< 3 >> The operations (1) to (6) until the coin bar C of the second lift unit 49 is scooped by the fork 121 of the coin bar storage mechanism 61 are described with reference to FIGS. 6, 13 to 18. I will explain. (1) In a state where the coin tray 110 is detected to be in the “down position” by the tray detection unit 114 (see FIG. 6), the coin-roller horizontal transport device 42, the first lift unit 44, and the discharge switching plate 47 are moved. By sequentially driving, the coin bar C is guided onto the coin tray 110. (2) When it is detected that the coin bar C is placed on the coin tray 110 based on the detection signal output from the coin bar detecting means 115 (see FIG. 6) (see FIG. 13), the lift is performed. By driving a drive motor (not shown), the coin tray 110 on which the coin C is placed is raised at a high speed.

(3) Coin tray 11 on which the coin C is placed
When 0 moves upward through the fork 121, the fork 121 at the “fixed position” is pushed up by the bar C and rotates upward about the horizontal shaft 121 </ b> A (see FIGS. 13 and 14). Then, based on the detection signal from the fork position detecting means 122 at this time, the fork 12
1 is detected (see FIG. 14), and thereafter, it is detected that the bar C has passed upward and the fork 121 has returned to the “predetermined position” before the rotation by the urging of the tension spring 125. (See FIG. 15), the drive of the coin tray 110 by the lift drive motor (not shown) is stopped, and
By actuating brake means (not shown), the coin tray 110
To stop the climb. Further, when the coin tray 110 stops rising suddenly, the coin bar C on the coin tray 110 tends to jump out, but this jump is caused by the projecting member 11.
0B prevents it.

(4) The lift drive motor (not shown) is driven in reverse to lower the coin tray 110 on which the coin C is placed at a high speed. Then, at this time, when the coin receiving tray 110 descends and passes through the height position of the fork 121, the coin receiving tray 110 passes through the fork 121 via the notch 110D formed on the coin mounting surface 110A. The coin bar C of the coin tray 110 is scooped by a fork 121, whereby the coin bar C on the coin tray 110 is sent to one of the coin trays 50 to 57 through the fork 121 (see FIGS. 16 and 23). ). (5) When the coin-roll detecting means 115 detects the passage of the plate 119, it is determined that the coin tray 110 is located “near the descent position”, and the lift driving motor (not shown) drives the coin tray 110. And stop
By operating the brake means (not shown), the coin tray 110
Is stopped suddenly (see FIG. 17).

(6) Then, the tray detecting means 11
If it is determined that the coin receiving tray 110 is at the "down position" according to 4, the process returns to the above (1) and the above process is repeated again. In (6), the brake timing operated in (5) is too early, and the pan detection means 114 may not be able to detect the plate 119. In this case, until the pan detection means 114 detects the plate 119,
A lift drive motor (not shown) is driven at a low speed.

Next, the fork 121 of the coin-roll storing mechanism 61
The coin bar C picked up by the coin tray C
The operation (seven) to (eleven) when storing in one of the storage devices 57 to 57 will be described with reference to FIGS. (7) As shown in FIG. 16 and FIG.
The bar C picked up by No. 1 has a bar rolling path 120C.
As described above, the distance (indicated by the symbol x1) between the tip of the coin-rolling arm 59 and the upper surface (indicated by the symbol h) located on the front side of the coin-roll trays 50 to 57. Is
Since the diameter of the denomination set for the cam 167 is set to be smaller, the bar C picked up by the fork 121 is stopped at the end of the bar rolling path 120C. (8) When it is determined based on the output of the coin-roll detection sensor 136 that the coin C is present at the end of the coin-rolling path 120C, as shown in FIGS.
31 is driven to rotate in the direction of the arrow m, whereby the "standby position" above the coin-rolling path 120C.
Is moved downward.

(9) The arm drive motor 131
When the output shaft 131A is driven to rotate, as shown in FIG. 24, the roller 134 at the tip of the storage arm 132 projects into the coin-rolling path 120C, and the roller 134
Is pressed toward the bar tray 50-57,
At this time, as described above, the interval (indicated by the symbol x1) between the tip of the coin-rolling arm 59 and the upper surface (indicated by the symbol h) located on the front side of the coin-roll trays 50 to 57 is equal to the cam. 167 is smaller than the diameter of the denomination set, as shown in FIGS. 25 to 26, when the roller 134 at the tip of the storage arm 132 presses the rear part of the bar C, The bar-rolling arm 59 is lifted upward through the bar-bar C, and the bar-bar C is guided along the length direction of the lower surface of the lifted bar-aligning arm 59.

Further, the coin-roll trays 50 to 57 are arranged so as to be inclined so that the front portion located on the coin-roll storing mechanism 61 side is lowered.
As shown in FIG.
Presses the rear part of the coin bar C, the coin bar C (indicated by the symbol c0) is placed on the front side of the coin bar trays 50 to 57. Gather at this front side: indicated by the symbol C1),
This forms a space for storing the coin bar C0 in front of the coin bar trays 50 to 57, and the coin bar C0 pushed in at this time rides on the previously stored coin bar C1. The alignment arm 59 is further rotated upward.

(10) When the arm drive motor 131 is driven, the roller 134 at the tip of the storage arm 132 is moved as shown in FIG.
6 (detected by a position detection sensor (not shown)).
Is stopped, and then the coin-rolling arm driving motor 1
66 is driven to rotate the cam 167 one revolution. When the cam 167 reaches the set position "H" as shown in FIGS. 22D and 27 by one rotation of the cam 167, the coin-rolling arm 59 moves the coin-rolling tray 50 to 50H. 5
7 is pushed down to a position close to the coin loading surface, the coin C0, which has climbed onto the coin C1, is pushed into the coin C1, whereby the coin C0 is moved to the coin tray. It will be arranged and stored in 50-57. (11) When one rotation of the cam 167 is completed by the coin-rolling arm driving motor 166, the output shaft 131A of the arm driving motor 131 as shown in FIGS.
Is rotated in the direction of arrow n to raise the storage arm 132. Thereafter, when the storage arm 132 is located at the “standby position” shown in FIG. 23 (detected by a position detection sensor (not shown)), the arm drive motor 131 Stop driving.

As described in detail above, in the coin-roll storage device shown in this embodiment, the coin-rolling tray 50 to 57 and the second lift portion 49 can be moved up and down for scooping coin-rolls C. A metal bar storage mechanism 61 having a simple fork 121 is provided.
Picks up the transported bar C and further pushes the bar C into the bar trays 50 to 57. It is not necessary to separately provide a lever (71) for scooping C and a lever moving mechanism (81) for driving the lever.
It is not necessary to provide a space for arranging these devices in between, and it is possible to prevent the body from increasing in size in the vertical direction, and to suppress an increase in the number of parts used. Further, in the coin-roll storage device of the present invention, the coin C is pushed into the coin-roll trays 50 to 57 by the coin-rolling mechanism 58 provided above the coin-roll trays 50 to 57 and aligned. Like the bar tray 50
Since a complicated mechanism such as the bar-and-cassette vertically moving mechanism (61) for swinging the bar 57 is not required, also in this respect, the interval between the bar-roll trays 50 to 57 is narrowed to prevent the body from being enlarged in the vertical direction. It is possible to suppress the increase in the number of parts (the numbers in parentheses correspond to the contents described in the conventional publication).

Further, in the coin-roll storage device shown in the present embodiment, the storage arm 132 of the coin-roll storage mechanism 61 is configured so that the storage arm 132 of the metal bar C formed on the fork 121 at a position above the fork 121. The fork 12 is provided so as to be able to protrude and retract with respect to the gold rolling path 120 </ b> C.
1. The bar C picked up by No. 1 is in a bar rolling path 120C.
And presses the rear part of the bar C which has rolled along the bar rolling path 120C when in the projecting position.
By this operation, the bar C picked up by the fork 121 can be reliably pushed into the bar trays 50-57. Further, in the coin-roll storing apparatus shown in the present embodiment, the height position of the coin-rolling arm 59 is adjusted according to the denomination by setting the position of the cam 167 provided in the coin-rolling mechanism 58. Therefore, by adjusting the coin-rolling arm 59, it is possible to prevent a coin having a diameter larger than the set coin from being erroneously pushed into the coin-roll trays 50 to 57. It is possible to accurately store the coin-rolls for No. to No. 57.

The above embodiment may be modified as follows. Although the bar C is transported from the lower side of the body 100 by the second lift unit 49, the present invention is not limited to this. The bar C transported from the upper side of the body 100 passes through the coin tray 110 of the second lift unit 49. The fork 121 of the coin-roll storing mechanism 61
May be passed to The bar C picked up by the fork 121 of the bar storage mechanism 61 is stopped at the tip of the bar alignment arm 59. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be located at the height indicated by the symbol X2.

In the above embodiment, the second lift 4
9, one set of coin storage devices including the coin-roll storing mechanism 61, the coin-roll trays 50 to 57, and the coin-roll aligning mechanism 58 is provided. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and two sets or coins are provided as shown in FIG. The above may be provided. And FIG.
In the case where two sets of coin storage devices are provided as shown in FIG. 5, a coin-roll transport passage 170 for transporting coins by sliding the coin is provided below the lowermost coin-roll tray 50. Through the fork 1 of the coin-roll storage mechanism 61
The coin C picked up by 21 is preferably transported onto the coin tray 110 of the second lift unit 49 of the adjacent coin storage device.

The components described in the claims and the components described in the embodiments have the following correspondence. (1) coin-roll storing device: the second lift unit 49, the coin-roll storing mechanism 61, the coin-roll trays 50 to 57, and the coin-roll aligning mechanism 58. (2) Bar trays: Bar trays 50-57. (3) Bar Lifting Mechanism—Second Lifting Section 49. (4) Steel bar storage mechanism ... Steel bar storage mechanism 61 (elevator 1
20, fork 121, lifting mechanism 140, storage arm 1
32 etc.). (5) Bar-roller aligning mechanism: a bar-roller aligning mechanism 58 (including a bar-roller aligning arm 59, a bar-roller aligning arm driving mechanism 60, a cam mechanism (cam 167, cam follower 168), etc.).

[0073]

As described above in detail, according to the coin-roll storage device of the first invention, the coin-roll storing mechanism is made to stand by at a position immediately before the coin-roll tray in which the coin is to be stored. In this state, the bar bar transported by the bar bar lift mechanism is scooped by the fork of the bar bar storage mechanism, and the bar bar scooped by the fork is further moved by the storage arm of the bar bar storage mechanism. Pushed against the tray. On the other hand, as a coin-rolling mechanism, a coin-rolling arm that is swingable up and down around a horizontal axis is provided at a position above the coin-rolling tray. Is pushed from the upper side. on the other hand,
The position at which the bar is pushed by such a storage arm is on the front side of the bar bar whose height is lower than the rear side (the bar previously stored at this position is gathered and aligned). At the front position of the tray, the bar pushed into the bar by the bar aligning arm pushes back the bar previously stored and aligned, and at this time, the pushed bar in the bar tray. Rides on the previously stored coin-roll, whereby the coin-roll aligning arm pivots upward. Then, in the coin-roll tray, the pushed-in coins ride on the previously stored coins,
When the coin-rolling arm is rotated upward, the coin-rolling arm driving mechanism presses the coin-rolling arm downward, and by the pressing of the coin-rolling arm, the rod is aligned. The bars fed into the tray are pushed into the previously stored bars, so that the bars in the tray are aligned.

In the above-mentioned coin-roll storage device,
Between the coin-roll tray and the coin-lift mechanism, there is provided a coin-roll storing mechanism having a vertically movable fork for scooping the coins, and the coin-roll storing mechanism is used to store the coins transported by the coin-roll lifting mechanism. Since the scooping is performed and the bar is further pushed into the bar tray, a lever (7) for scooping the bar is provided at each lower position of the bar bar as in the related art.
1), a lever moving mechanism (8) for driving the lever
It is not necessary to provide 1) individually, thereby making it unnecessary to provide a space for arranging these devices between the bar trays as in the conventional case, and preventing the machine from becoming large in the vertical direction. In addition, it is possible to suppress an increase in the number of parts used. Further, in the coin-roll storing device of the present invention, the coin-roll is pushed into the coin-rolling tray by the coin-rolling mechanism provided above the coin-rolling tray, and is aligned. Since a complicated mechanism, such as the swinging bar cassette vertical movement mechanism (61) for swinging, is not required, also in this regard, the interval between the bar bar trays can be narrowed to prevent the machine from becoming large in the vertical direction, and It is possible to suppress an increase in the number of parts (the numbers in parentheses correspond to the contents described in the conventional publication).

According to the coin-roll storage device shown in the second invention,
A storage arm of the coin-roll storing mechanism is provided at a position above the fork so as to protrude and retreat with respect to a transport path of the coin-roll formed on the fork, and is scooped by the fork when in the retracted position. When the bar is allowed to roll along the transport path, and when in the protruding position, the rear part of the bar that has rolled the transport path is pressed. In addition, it is possible to reliably push the bar that has been scooped by the fork into the bar tray.

According to the coin-roll storage device shown in the third invention,
Since the height position of the bar-bar alignment arm is adjusted according to the denomination by the cam mechanism provided in the bar-bar alignment mechanism, such adjustment of the bar-bar alignment arm results in a diameter larger than the set denomination. Can be prevented from being erroneously pushed into the coin-roll tray, and the coin-roll can be accurately stored in the coin-roll tray.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of a coin processing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of the coin-roll storing section 3;

FIG. 4 is a plan view specifically showing the coin-roller horizontal transfer device 42, showing a state in which the tray 43 is arranged at a “stick-roll receiving position”.

FIG. 5 is a plan view specifically showing the coin-roller horizontal transfer device 42, showing a state in which the receiving tray 43 is disposed at a “separated coin collection and coin-roll delivery position”.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a positional relationship among a second lift unit 49, a coin-roll storing mechanism 61, and coin-roll trays 50 to 55.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the vicinity of the fork 21 of the coin-roll storing mechanism 61 in detail.

FIG. 8A shows a storage arm 132 of the coin-roll storage mechanism 61.
The top view which shows the vicinity in detail, (b) is a side view of (a).

FIG. 9 is a view of FIG. 8 as viewed from the direction of arrow IX.

FIG. 10 shows a coin rolling path 120C of the coin-roll storing mechanism 61.
Is a plan view in the case where the pieces are arranged at the same height as one of the coin-roll trays 50 to 57.

11A and 11B are diagrams illustrating a coin-roll storing mechanism 61, wherein FIG.
7B is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 7B is a side view of the vicinity of the fork positioning mechanism 145 of FIG.

FIGS. 12A and 12B are diagrams showing a coin-roll storing mechanism 61, wherein FIG.
Is a plan view thereof, and (b) is a side view of the vicinity of the elevating mechanism 140 of (a).

FIG. 13 is a side view for explaining the operation (1) when the coin bar C is stored in the coin trays 50 to 57, and the coin bar is placed on the coin tray 110 at the “down position”. The state shown is shown.

FIG. 14 is a side view for explaining the operation (2) following FIG. 13, in which the coin tray 110 is raised and the coin tray 1 is raised.
10 shows a state in which the coin bar C on the top 10 pushes up the fork 121.

15 is a side view for explaining the operation (3) following FIG. 14, and shows a state where the coin tray 110 has stopped after passing through the fork 121. FIG.

FIG. 16 is a side view for explaining the operation (4) following FIG. 15, in which the coin tray 110 is lowered and the coin tray 1 is lowered.
10 shows a state in which the metal bar 10 is scooped by the fork 121.

FIG. 17 is a side view for explaining the operation (5) following FIG. 16;
5 shows a state detected.

18 is a side view for explaining the operation (6) following FIG. 17 and shows a state in which the coin tray 110 is detected by the tray detection unit 114. FIG.

FIG. 19 is a side view showing the coin-rolling arm driving mechanism 60 of the coin-rolling mechanism 58.

FIG. 20 is a plan view of FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a front view of FIG. 19;

FIG. 22A is a view showing a setting position “E” of the cam 167 when the denomination of the bar C is a large-diameter denomination or at a standby position. The figure which shows the setting position "F" of the cam 167 in the case of a medium diameter denomination, (c) The setting position "G" of the cam 167 in a case where the denomination of the bar C is a small diameter denomination.
(D) The coin-rolling alignment arm 59 is moved to the coin-rolling tray 50.
The figure which shows the setting position "H" of the cam 167 at the time of approaching the coin-roll placement surface on -57.

FIG. 23 shows a bar C picked up by a fork 121.
FIG. 9 is a side view showing a state in which the rolling of FIG.

FIG. 24 shows an arm drive motor 131 of the coin-roll storing mechanism 61.
FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which the driving of FIG.

FIG. 25 is a side view showing a state where the coin bar C is pushed into the coin trays 50 to 57 by the storage arm 132 of the coin bar storage mechanism 61.

FIG. 26 is a side view showing a state in which the coin-rolling arm 59 is pushed up by the storage arm 132 of the coin-roll storing mechanism 61 to push up the coin-rolling arm 59;

FIG. 27 is a side view showing a state where the coin-rolling arm 59 is pushed down by rotation of the cam 167 of the coin-rolling mechanism 58;

FIG. 28 is a side view showing a state where the storage arm 132 of the coin-roll storage mechanism 61 has returned to the standby position.

FIG. 29 is a front view showing a state in which another coin-roll storage device including the second lift unit 49, the coin-roll storing mechanism 61, the coin-roll trays 50 to 57, and the coin-roll aligning mechanism 58 is optionally connected.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Receiving part 2 Packaging part 3 Bar-roll storage part 39 Roll chute 42 Bar-roll horizontal conveyance apparatus 44 1st lift part 47 Release switching plate 49 2nd lift part (bar-roll lift mechanism) 50-57 Bar-roll tray 58 Bar-roll alignment Mechanism 59 Bar-roller aligning arm 60 Bar-roller aligning arm drive mechanism 61 Bar-roll storing mechanism 110 Coin tray 120 Lifting body 120C Roll-rolling path 121 Fork 132 Storage arm 140 Lifting mechanism 145 Fork positioning mechanism 167 Cam (cam mechanism) 168 Cam follower (Cam mechanism) 170 Bar transporting path C Rod

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tomonori Nakaguchi 2-5-1, Tagawa, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Laurel Machinery Co., Ltd. Osaka No. 2 Research Laboratory (56) References JP-A-55-970 (JP) , A) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07D 9/00

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bar tray in which a plurality of bars are vertically arranged in a state in which the front side is inclined so as to be lowered so that bar bars are arranged and stored in a line in the front-rear direction inside each bar. A bar-bar lift mechanism for vertically transporting the bar-bar, and a bar-bar tray that is provided between the bar-bar tray and the bar-bar lift mechanism so as to be able to move up and down to store the bar. At the immediately preceding position, a coin-roll storage mechanism that receives the coins conveyed by the coin-roll lifting mechanism and pushes the coins into the coin-roll tray, and is provided at a position above each coin-roll tray, and is provided by the coin-roll storage mechanism. And a bar-rolling alignment mechanism for further pressing and aligning the bar that has been pressed into the bar-roll into the bar that has been previously stored, wherein the bar-roll storing mechanism includes a bar-roll tray and a bar. Raising and lowering the lifting body at a position between the gold lift mechanism A lowering mechanism, a fork provided on the elevating body for scooping the bar carried by the bar lifting mechanism, and a storage arm provided on the elevating body and pressing a rear part of the bar picked up by the fork. The bar-rolling mechanism is provided so as to be vertically swingable about a horizontal axis positioned above each bar-tray, and is pushed into the bar-tray by the storage arm. A plurality of coin-rolling arms for guiding the gold from above, and a coin-rolling arm drive mechanism for pressing the coin-rolling arm downward when the coin-rolling arm is rotated upward by pushing the storage arm. And a coin storage device. 2. A case where the storage arm of the coin-roll storing mechanism is provided at a position above the fork so as to protrude and retreat from a transport path of the coin-roll formed on the fork, and is located at a retracted position. Wherein the bar which has been scooped by the fork is allowed to roll along the transport path, and when the bar is in the protruding position, the rear part of the bar which has rolled the transport path is pressed. Item 6. The coin-roll storage device according to Item 1. 3. A cam mechanism for setting a range of upward rotation of the bar-rolling arm in accordance with a denomination and restricting rotation beyond the range of rotation. 2. The coin storage device according to claim 1, further comprising: