JP3266444B2 - Tabletop coin counting and sorting machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a table type coin counting and sorting machine which can perform both counting and sorting modes, and can collect both bags and cartons in the counting mode.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, coin sorters have been used,
As described in Japanese Patent No. 4064, coins on a rotating disk are sent out to a coin passage by centrifugal force of the rotating disk,
The coins are classified by denomination in a classification passage that follows the coin passage.

[0003] In this coin sorting machine, only coin sorting processing is performed, and coin counting processing such as counting coins of a certain denomination and collecting bags or cartons cannot be performed.

[0004] Generally, a centrifugal disc type coin sorter in which a rotating disc is installed in a substantially horizontal shape and coins are sent to a coin passage by centrifugal force of the rotating disc,
It is suitable for high-speed processing of a large number of coins, and is a floor-standing type that is installed on the floor.

[0005] The coin counter is, for example, a real coin 4-4.
As described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 52, coins inserted are counted, and coins can be collected in both bag collecting and carton collecting. In this coin counter, there is a desk type which is installed and used on a desk or the like because the mechanism is simple and small.

In Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-452, a support table on which a coin counter is mounted is provided, and when the coins counted by the coin counter are cartoned, the carton table is pulled out from the support table. The carton is placed on the carton table, and the counted coins are collected in the carton.

[0007]

As described above, conventionally, the coin sorter and the coin counter are constituted by different machines,
Both coin sorting and counting cannot be performed by one machine.

In a centrifugal disc type coin sorter, a floor-standing type is generally used because a horizontal installation area is large. Therefore, it is demanded that it be small and used as a tabletop type.

[0009] Further, in the coin counting machine, when the coins after counting are to be cartoned, it is necessary to provide a support stand and a carton placing stand separately from the coin counting machine, and there is a problem in that the price becomes expensive.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is a table type coin counting and sorting machine which can be made into a table type, can perform both sorting and counting of coins, and can cope with both bag collecting and carton removing at the time of counting. The purpose is to provide a machine.

[0011]

A table type coin counting and sorting machine according to the present invention is provided with a hopper formed in an upper surface of a body thereof, and a rotary unit provided below the hopper unit for feeding coins by centrifugal force due to rotation. A disc, a coin counting passage extending from the periphery of the rotating disc toward the front of the fuselage, and having a coin discriminating portion and a reject coin discharging portion; and a coin counting passage connected to the coin counting passage and sent out from the coin counting passage. A direction change passage for changing the direction of the coin in the width direction of the fuselage, and a plurality of denomination coin sorters extending along the front side of the fuselage from the passage exit of the direction change passage in the width direction of the fuselage. A coin sorting passage, and a passage bottom surface at a position downstream of the reject coin discharge unit. The passage bottom is closed and coins are sent to the coin sorting passage. A movable passage bottom plate which is moved to two positions, an open position where the air is dropped and discharged, and a lower end of the movable passage bottom plate which communicates with the lower end of the movable passage bottom plate and protrudes from the front side of the body to form a bag hooking portion at the end. A chute portion that guides coins that are dropped and released when the movable passage bottom plate is located at the open position, and is capable of being withdrawn from a storage position stored in the aircraft to a withdrawal position in front of the aircraft, and is located at the withdrawal position. And a carton table which is located at the lower end of the chute when it is located.

[0012]

In the desk type coin counting and sorting machine of the present invention, when sorting coins, the movable passage bottom plate is moved to the closed position, and the coin put into the hopper is rotated by the rotating disk, the coin counting passage and the direction. It is sent to the coin sorting passage through the conversion passage. In the coin counting passage, the coin is identified by the coin identification unit, and the reject coin is ejected by the reject coin ejection unit. Coins sent to the coin classification passage are classified by denomination.

When counting coins, the bottom plate of the movable passage is moved to the open position, and coins put into the hopper are passed through the rotating disk, the coin counting passage and the chute to the previously mounted bags or cartons. Will be collected. When collecting coins after counting, a bag is attached to the bag hook at the end of the chute. When collecting coins after counting, the carton table stored in the body is pulled out to a pull-out position below the end of the chute, and the cartons are mounted on the carton table.

[0014]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a desk type coin counting and sorting machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a table type coin counting and classifying machine. Numeral 11 denotes an airframe. A cover 13 is provided on the upper surface of a main body 12 so as to be openable and closable. Alternatively, a hopper section 14 into which coins to be counted are inserted is formed with an opening.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the inside of the fuselage 11, and a rotating disk 15 is disposed horizontally below the lower opening 14a of the hopper 14 and on the back side of the fuselage 11. This rotating disk 15
The motor M1 is configured to be rotationally driven in the direction of the arrow in the figure, and a substantially conical projection 16 is provided at the center of the upper surface to protrude.
A peripheral wall 17 is provided around the periphery. And the hopper section 14
The coins supplied to the rotating disk 15 from above move to the peripheral edge of the rotating disk 15 by the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the rotating disk 15 and move along the inner surface of the peripheral wall 17.

A notch 18 is formed in a part of the peripheral wall 17 on one side in the width direction of the body 11 (hereinafter referred to as right side).
A thickness regulating member 19 is provided above the rotating disk 15 facing the front. The thickness regulating member 19 is disposed between the upper surface of the rotating disk 15 and a space slightly larger than the thickness of the processed coin.

A substantially L-shaped passage bottom plate 20 is disposed horizontally at substantially the same height as the upper surface of the rotating disk 15 so as to extend along the right side of the body 11 and along the front side of the body 11. This passage bottom plate 20
On the top, a coin counting passage 21 is formed along the right side of the body 11 from the periphery of the rotating disk 15 toward the front of the body 11,
The coin which is connected to the front end exit of the coin counting passage 21 near the front corner on the right side of the
A direction change passage 22 that changes direction substantially at right angles toward the other side in the width direction of the body 11 (hereinafter, referred to as the left side) is formed, and the front side of the body 11 extends from the passage exit of the direction change passage 22 to the left side of the body 11. A coin sorting passage 23 is formed toward the coin sorting passage 23.

The coin counting passage 21 has a peripheral wall 17 on the upstream side of the passage.
Has an introduction passage portion 25 facing the notch portion 18. In the introduction passage portion 25, a reference introduction passage wall member 26 is provided on one side in the passage width direction, and an introduction passage wall member 27 is provided on the other side of the passage. The size of the coin is slightly larger than the diameter of the largest coin. The reference introduction passage wall member 26 is formed with an introduction wall 26a projecting outward from the passage on the upstream side facing the notch 18, and a regulating wall 26b projecting inward from the passage following the introduction wall 26a. Is formed.

On the downstream side of the coin counting passage 21, a reference passage wall member 28 is disposed on one side in the passage width direction and continuously with the downstream end of the reference introduction passage wall member 26, and the introduction passage is provided on the other side in the passage width direction. A passage wall member 29 is disposed continuously at the downstream end of the wall member 27, and the opposing interval between the two wall members 28, 29 is formed to be slightly larger than the diameter of the maximum diameter coin to be processed. Note that the reference passage wall member 28 is connected to the direction changing passage 22 and the coin sorting passage 23.
The passage wall member 29 extends to the direction change passage 22.

Above the coin counting passage 21, a transport belt 30 for transporting coins along the reference introducing passage wall member 26 and the reference passage wall member 28 is stretched. This conveyor belt 30
Is a motor that is stretched by a pulley 31 rotatably supported above the entrance of the introduction passage portion 25 and a pulley 32 rotatably supported on the direction changing passage 22, and rotates the pulley 31. Rotated by driving M2. On one side of the pulley 31, there is a roller 33 for taking coins into the passage from above the rotating disk 15.
Are integrally formed. Note that the rotation speed of the conveyor belt 30 is faster than the rotation speed of the rotating disk 15, and the coins conveyed in the passage are spaced apart.

Each of the pulleys 31 and 32 is urged downward by an urging means, and is normally supported at a height smaller than the minimum thickness coin with respect to the passage bottom plate 20. When the coin has entered downward, the coin is raised to the height of the coin with respect to the passage bottom plate 20.

In the middle of the coin counting passage 21, a coin identification unit is provided.
34 are arranged. This coin identification unit 34
, And image sensors 36 disposed on both sides in the width direction of the passage. Then, the material of the coin is detected by the magnetic sensor 35 and the image sensor 36 is detected.
Thus, the diameter, color, degree of dirt, and the like of the coin are detected.

A pair of stoppers 37 are provided on both sides in the passage width direction on the downstream side of the image sensor 36. The pair of stoppers 37 are usually waiting outside the passage, and when the coins stop, the solenoids SD (shown in FIG. 10) are driven relative to the passage to stop the coins.

In the vicinity of the downstream side of the coin counting passage 21, a reject coin discharging section 38 is provided. The reject coin discharge unit 38 has a reject hole 39 formed in the passage bottom plate 20 with reference to the reference passage wall member 28. A coin is inserted between the reject hole 39 and the wall members 28, 29 on both sides. An edge portion on which both side edge portions are mounted and movable is formed.

The reference passage wall member 28 on one side of the reject hole 39
A branch body 40 is provided on the side. This branch 40
A lever 42 is swingably mounted on a reference passage wall member 28 about a fulcrum 41, and a roller 43 is attached to one end of the lever 42.
Are rotatably supported. Normally, the roller 43 is retracted outside the passage by the spring 44 stretched over the lever 42 and enters the recess 45 of the reference passage wall member 28. A pin 46 protrudes from the other end of the lever 42, and an arm 48 having a long hole 47 fitted with the pin 46 is attached to a rotating shaft of a motor M4 composed of a stepping motor. Passage bottom plate
In the vicinity of the upstream side of the 20 reject holes 39, a passage confirmation sensor 49 for detecting passage of coins conveyed in the passage is provided.

When the reject coin identified by the reject coin identification unit 38 as a reject coin (a false coin or a denomination coin other than the designated denomination in the counting mode) is detected by the passage confirmation sensor 49, the motor M4 When the arm 48 rotates, the lever 42 swings against the bias of the spring 44, and the roller 43 advances into the passage to drop one side edge of the reject coin into the reject hole 39. And reject coins from the passage.

The direction change passage 22 includes a reference wall member 28 on one side in the width direction of the passage and a wall member 29 on the other side, a curved wall portion 51 that curves from the coin counting passage 21 toward the coin sorting passage 23,
52 are respectively formed.

A branch hole 53 is formed in the passage bottom plate 20 of the direction changing passage 22.
A movable passage bottom plate 54 configured as a passage bottom surface of the direction change passage 22 is provided in the branch hole 53 so as to be openable and closable. The movable passage bottom plate 54 is driven by a motor M5 as a driving means with a support shaft 55 protruding from an edge on the coin sorting passage 23 side, closing the branch hole 53 and moving coins to the coin sorting passage 23. The coin is moved to two positions: a closing position for feeding, and an opening position for opening the branch hole 53 to drop and release coins into the branch hole 53.

In the vicinity of the branch hole 53 of the passage bottom plate 20 on the upstream side,
A passage confirmation sensor 56 for detecting passage of coins conveyed in the passage is provided.

On the branch hole 53, a pulley 32 on the downstream side of the conveyor belt 30 in the coin counting passage 21 is disposed, and a pulley 75 on the upstream side of a conveyor belt 74 described later in the coin sorting passage 23. Are arranged.

The coin sorting passage 23 is disposed on one side in the passage width direction, that is, on the front side, downstream of the reference passage wall member 28, and is continuous with the curved wall portion 51 of the direction change passage 22. A regulating wall portion 61 is formed to protrude inward of the passage, and a reference wall portion 62 is formed continuously with the regulating wall portion 61.

The passage bottom plate 20 is arranged on the basis of the reference wall portion 62 of the reference passage wall member 28 in the order of the hole width from the small coin to the large coin from the upstream side, that is, 1 yen, 50 yen, 5 yen, 100 yen and 10 yen.
Classification holes 63 as coin type classification units by denomination are formed in the order of hole widths of yen and 500 yen, respectively. When coins conveyed by contacting one side with the reference wall portion 62 of the reference passage wall member 28 pass over the classification hole 63, coins larger in diameter than the corresponding denomination of the classification hole 63 are placed on both sides of the coin. The edge of the coin passes while the edge rests on both side edges of the classification hole 63, and the coin of the corresponding denomination is
It falls and falls and is classified.

In the vicinity of the upstream side of each classification hole 63 of the passage bottom plate 20, passing confirmation sensors 64 for detecting passage of coins conveyed in the passage are provided.

By the way, the diameter of a coin is 20 mm for one yen,
50 yen is 21mm, 5 yen is 22mm, 100 yen is 22.6m
m, 10 yen is 23.5 mm, 500 yen is 26.5 mm. Also, the coin diameter difference of each denomination is 1 yen and 50 yen is 1
mm, 50 yen and 5 yen are 1 mm, 5 yen and 100 yen are 0.6 mm,
0.9 yen for 100 yen and 10 yen, 3 mm for 10 yen and 500 yen
It has become. Therefore, the coin diameter difference is the smallest between 5 yen and 100 yen, which are two denominations whose coin diameters are similar.

The distance from the reference wall portion 62 of the reference passage wall member 28 to the other side edge of each classification hole 63 is 20.15 per one circle.
mm, 50 yen is 21.15mm, 100 yen is 22.75mm,
10 yen is 23.65 mm and 500 yen is 26.65 mm. With respect to the 5-yen classification hole 63, the difference in the coin diameter between the 5-yen and the 100-yen is small, and the 100-yen reduced in diameter due to wear may be misclassified. The distance from the reference wall portion 62 to the other side edge of the classification hole 63 is, for example, 21.6 mm, which is smaller than the five-circle diameter of 22 mm.

The reference passage wall member 28 on one side of the 5-circle classification hole 63
A branch body 65 is provided on the side. This branch 65
A lever 67 is swingably mounted on the reference passage wall member 28 about a fulcrum 66, and a roller 68 is attached to a tip of the lever 67.
Are rotatably supported. Normally, the roller 68 is retracted out of the passage by the spring 69 stretched on the lever 67, and enters the recess 70 of the reference passage wall member 28. An arm 71 is connected to an intermediate portion of the lever 67.
A disk 73 having a pin 72 that engages with the tip of the motor M6 is attached to the rotating shaft of a motor M6 composed of a stepping motor.

When the coin discriminating section 34 detects a 5-yen coin which is discriminated as 5 yen and is sent to the coin sorting passage 23 by the passage confirmation sensor 64 immediately before the 5-yen classification hole 63, the motor
When the M6 is driven, the lever 67 swings via the disk and the arm 71 against the bias of the spring 44, and the roller 68 advances into the passage to insert one side edge of the 5 yen coin into the classification hole 63. Drops and branches a 5-yen coin from above the aisle.

Above the coin sorting passage 23, two transport belts 74 for transporting coins along the regulating wall portion 61 and the reference wall portion 62 of the reference passage wall member 28 are stretched. The transport belt 74 is stretched by a pulley 75 rotatably supported above the branch hole 53 of the direction change passage 22 and a pulley 76 rotatably supported above the classification hole 63 for 500 yen. And is rotated by the drive of a motor M3 that rotates the pulley 76. The downstream side of the transport belt 74 is located on the reference passage wall member 28.
, And the coins are reliably made to follow the reference wall 62. Further, a belt portion facing the passage surface of the transport belt 74 is pressed downward by a pressing roller 77 rotatably supported above each classification hole 63.

Each of the pulleys 31, 32 and each of the pressing rollers 77 are urged downward by urging means, and are normally supported at a height smaller than the minimum thickness coin with respect to the passage bottom plate 20, and Is moved up to the height of the coin with respect to the passage bottom plate 20 when it enters below the conveyor belt 30.

As shown in FIG. 2, a storage recess 81 is formed on the right front surface of the body 11, and a reject coin storage box 82 is detachably attached from the side of the storage recess 81.
A chute (not shown) for guiding the rejected coin dropped into the reject hole 39 of the rejected coin discharge unit 38 into the rejected coin storage box 82 is provided above the storage recess 81. The reject coin storage box 82 is formed in a box shape with an open upper surface, and a pull handle 83 is formed on the right side surface.

A chute 91 is formed on the right side of the front of the body 11 so as to protrude. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the chute portion 91 has an upper end opening communicating with a lower portion of the branch hole 53 of the direction change passage 22, an intermediate portion bent rightward and forward, and a lower end opening (end). Is projected forward of the body 11. A bag hanging portion 92 is formed at the lower end of the chute portion 91.
In the figure, a mouth frame 93 whose outer lower surface is tapered is formed, and a ring 94 for closing the bag is fitted around the mouth frame 93. When the bag is to be taken out at the time of counting, as shown in FIG.
Is fitted to the outside of the mouth 96 of the bag 95 so that the ring 94
Fits around the lower large-diameter side of the mouth frame 93 to form the mouth 96 of the bag 95.
Stops at the mouth frame 93.

A chute portion 91 projecting forward from the body 11 is covered with a chute cover 97.
An opening (not shown) for cleaning in the chute portion 91 is formed, and a cap 98 is detachably attached to this opening.

As shown in FIG. 2, a storage recess 101 is formed in the lower part of the front surface of the body 11, and each coin storage box 102 as a denomination coin storage unit is individually formed from the front surface of the storage recess 101. It is attached detachably. Storage recess
A chute (not shown) for guiding coins dropped into the respective classification holes 63 of the coin classification passage 23 into the respective denomination coin storage boxes 102 is provided above the respective storage positions where the respective denomination coin storage boxes 102 are stored. Has been established. Each denomination coin classification box 102 is formed in a box shape with an open upper surface, and a handle 10 for withdrawal is provided on the upper edge of the front surface.
3 is formed. Furthermore, coin storage box 102 for each denomination
A detection hole 104 is formed in the vicinity of the upper edge on both sides of each of the coins. When the coin storage boxes 102 of respective denominations are stored in the storage recesses 101, as shown in FIG. Coin storage box 1 for each denomination between transmitter 106 and receiver 107
The sensor light of the fullness detection sensor 105 is transmitted and received through the detection hole 104. Then, the coins stored in any one of the coin storage boxes 102 are full, and the full coin is detected by blocking the sensor light of the full detection sensor 105 with the full coin.

As shown in FIG. 1, legs 111 which are supported on a desk D (desk) are attached near four corners on the lower surface of the body 11. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a rubber leg 112 installed on the desk D is a
It is attached to the lower surface of 11.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a carton table 121 is mounted so as to be swingable in the horizontal direction around a leg 111 at the front right corner disposed near the lower part of the direction change passage 22. . That is, the rubber leg 112 of the leg 111 and the body 11
A vibration isolating member 122 made of urethane resin is rotatably mounted around a core member 113 between the vibration isolating member 12 and the lower surface of the core member 113.
2, two ends of a substantially U-shaped support bar 123 are mounted, and a carton table 121 is mounted on the top surface of the tip of the support bar 123. The carton table 121 is formed in a disk shape on which a carton 124 (shown in FIG. 9) can be placed, and a depression 125 for finger hooking is formed on the upper edge.

The carton table 121 can be swung to two positions, a storage position where it is stored in the bottom of the body 11 and a withdrawal position in front of the body 11, and when it is located at the withdrawal position, the shooter 121 shoots. It is located at the lower end of the part 91.

The power switch 13 is located on the right side of the body 11.
1, an operation unit 132 and a display unit 133 are arranged on the right side of the upper surface of the cover 14 of the machine body 11, and a printer unit 134 is arranged on the left side. Printer 134
Is composed of a printer operation unit 135 and a printer 136 which prints and outputs on recording paper.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the entire drive control system. Reference numeral 141 denotes a control unit. The control unit 141 controls the entire coin counting and sorting machine, and also has a storage unit function.

On the input side of the control unit 141, the power switch 13
1, operation unit 132, printer operation unit 135, full detection sensor
105, a coin identification unit 34 (magnetic sensor 35 and image sensor 36), and pass confirmation sensors 49, 56, 64 are connected respectively. Further, an output side of the control unit 141 is connected to a solenoid SD, each of the motors M1 and M6, a display unit 133, and a printer 136.

The operation unit 132 includes ten keys and various keys, and includes a mode designation unit 142, a denomination designation unit 143, and a number designation unit.
144, a restoration time designation unit 145, and other operation units 146. The mode specifying unit 142 selects and specifies one of the counting mode and the classification mode. The denomination designation part 143 is 1 yen,
It has a denomination designating key of 5, 10, 50, 100, and 500 yen, a denomination designation no key, and a denomination automatic selection key. The number designation section 144 includes 50 sheets, 100 sheets, and 200 sheets.
, 1000, 2000, and infinite keys. The restoration time designation unit 145 can arbitrarily designate a time for automatically restoring from the counting mode to the classification mode, for example, 5 to 30 minutes.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a drive control system of the movable passage bottom plate 54. The control unit 141 has a switching control unit 147 having a function of a mode restoring unit. The mode designation signal is input from 142,
The restoration time signal is input from the restoration time designation unit 145, and the detection signal output from the coin arrival detection unit 148 in response to the identification signal from the coin identification unit 34 is input. Restore time designation part 145
Then, the time for automatic restoration is specified. The function of the mode restoration means of the switching control section 147 is to automatically restore the coins to the classification mode unless the coin identification section 34 identifies the coins for the predetermined time designated by the restoration time designation section 145 in the counting mode.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the case of performing coin classification processing will be described.

When the power switch 131 is turned on, if the counting mode was set before the power was turned off, the switching control section 147
Automatically restores to the classification mode, and if the mode is the classification mode, the classification mode is maintained as it is. Immediately after performing the counting process in the counting mode, the mode specifying unit 142 specifies the classification mode and switches.

The mode control signal of the classification mode is supplied to the switching control unit.
147, the movable passage bottom plate 54 is driven by the motor M5.
Is moved to the closing position where the branch hole 53 is closed.

Then, the coins to be classified are placed in the hopper section.
14 and operate the start key of the operation unit 132,
The motors M1 to M3 are driven, the rotating disk 15 is rotated, and the transport belts 30, 74 are rotated.

Thus, coins supplied from the hopper 14 onto the rotating disk 15 move along the inner surface of the peripheral wall 17 due to the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the rotating disk 15 and pass under the thickness regulating member 19 in the thickness direction. It is made into one layer, and is fed into the introduction passage portion 25 of the coin counting passage 21 in a single state in the width direction. That is, coins pass from the rotating disk 15 to the coin counting passage in a single layer state.
It is sent into the introduction passage 25 of 21.

The coins fed into the introduction passage 25 are held under the conveyor belt 30 and conveyed in the passage. At this time, the rotation speed of the conveyor belt 30 is faster than the rotation speed of the rotating disk 15, and the coins are spaced in the passage. The coin conveyed in the introduction passage portion 25 comes into contact with the regulating wall portion 26b of the reference introduction passage wall member 26, and is identified by the magnetic sensor 35 and the image sensor 36 of the coin identification portion 34.

The coin passing through the coin discriminating section 34 is conveyed along the reference passage wall member 28 and detected by the passage confirmation sensor 49 immediately before the reject hole 39. At this time, the coin identification unit 34
If the coin is identified as a genuine coin, the coin will be rejected as it is.
If the coin passes through the above and is identified as a reject coin such as a fake coin or a defaced coin, the motor M4 is operated, the branch body 40 enters the passage, and one side edge of the reject coin is rejected.
Drop into 39 and branch off from the passage. The rejected coin that has fallen into the reject hole 39 is stored in the rejected coin storage box 82.

The coin passing over the reject hole 39 is conveyed to the coin sorting passage 23 through the direction changing passage 22 where the movable passage bottom plate 54 is located at the closed position, and along the curved wall portion 51 of the reference passage wall member 28. The direction of the coins is changed toward the coin sorting passage 23, and moves from below the conveyor belt 30 to below the conveyor belt 74, and is conveyed to the coin sorting passage 23 while being held below the conveyor belt 74.

The coins conveyed to the coin sorting passage 23 by the conveyor belt 74 come into contact with the regulating wall 61 and are guided to the reference wall 62,
The sheet is conveyed while being attached to the reference wall 62.

When a coin conveyed while one side of the coin is brought into contact with the reference wall portion 62 passes over the classification hole 63, a coin having a larger diameter than a corresponding denomination of the classification hole 63 has both side edges of the coin in the classification hole 63. The coin of the corresponding denomination falls into the classification hole 63 on the other side and falls, and the coin storage box 102 of the lower denomination type
Is stored inside.

The coin discriminating section 34 discriminates the 5-yen coin into the coin sorting passage 23 and sends the 5-yen coin to the classification hole for 5 yen.
When detected by the passage confirmation sensor 64 immediately before 63, the motor M6
The branching body 65 advances into the passage by the drive of, and one side edge of the 5-yen coin is dropped into the classification hole 63, and the 5-yen coin branches off from the top of the passage. The five-yen coin dropped into the classification hole 63 is stored in the denomination coin storage box 102 below.

As described above, when the coin diameter is approximately 5 yen and 10 yen,
By forcibly branching a small-diameter 5-yen coin of the 0-yen denomination, even a worn 100-yen coin does not fall into the 5-yen classification hole 63, thereby preventing misclassification and preventing coin classification. Accuracy can be increased.

The passing of the coin from the coin counting passage 21 to the coin sorting passage 23 is confirmed by the passage confirming sensor 56 of the direction changing unit 22, and the coin is determined by the passage confirming sensor 64 of the coin sorting passage 23 so that the coin is of the corresponding denomination. It is confirmed whether the object is classified into the classification hole 63.

Further, when the coins stored in any of the coin storage boxes 102 are full, the sensor light of the full detection sensor 105 is blocked by the full coins. As a result, the classification process is temporarily stopped. At this time, the motor M1 is stopped immediately and the rotating disk 15
Is stopped, but the other motors M2, M2,
M3 is stopped after a lapse of a predetermined period of time (starting from full detection) after a time sufficient for the coins remaining in the coin counting passage 21 and the coin sorting passage 23 to be completely sorted.

Then, the coin-type coin storage box 10 becomes full.
2 is removed from the front of the fuselage 11, and the coin storage box 102
After the coin is removed from the box, the coin is re-attached and the start key of the operation unit 132 is operated to restart the sorting process.

As described above, when the coin type coin storage box 102 becomes full, the processing is temporarily stopped, so that there is no need to provide a branch portion for full coins on the coin passage, the structure can be simplified, the size can be reduced, and the size can be reduced. Price can be increased.

If all the coins are sent from the rotating disk 15 to the coin counting passage 21 and the coin identification unit 34 does not detect the coins for a predetermined time, the control unit 141 determines that the coin classification processing has been completed, and Stop M1 to M3.

The display unit displays the number of coins and the total amount of coins.
The classification data is displayed at 133 and the classification data is printed out from the printer 136 by operating the printer operation unit 135.

Next, a case where the coin is counted will be described.

The operation procedure for performing the counting process is as follows.
Next, the counting mode is specified by the mode specifying unit 142.
Secondly, the denomination specifying unit 143 operates any one of a denomination specifying key from 1 yen to 500 yen, a denomination specifying no key, and a denomination automatic selection key. Third, a predetermined number key or an infinity key is operated in the number specification section 144. Fourth, the start key is operated. The restoration time designation unit 145 designates in advance the automatic restoration time from the counting mode to the classification mode.

When the fourth operation is performed without performing the second and third operations, the same state as when the denomination designation no key is operated in the second operation is automatically selected. At the same time, the same state as when the infinite key is operated in the third operation is automatically selected.

When the mode designating signal of the counting mode is inputted from the mode designating unit 142 to the switching control unit 147, the movable passage bottom plate 54 is moved to the open position where the branch hole 53 is opened by the motor M5.

When the coins after counting are collected by the bag 95, as shown in FIG.
Then, cover the mouth 96 of the bag 95 and stop with the ring 94. In addition, when the coins after counting are collected by the carton 124, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the operator puts the carton table 121, which is located at the storage position on the bottom of the
The carton 124 is placed on the carton table 121 as shown in FIG.

Then, the coins to be counted are transferred to the hopper section.
14 and through the operation procedure as described above, the operation unit 132
When the start key is operated, the motors M1 and M2 are driven, the rotating disk 15 is rotated, and the transport belt 30 is rotated.

Thus, similar to the above-described classification processing,
The coins supplied from the hopper 14 onto the rotating disk 15 are sent from the rotating disk 15 to the coin counting passage 21 in a single layer state, and are not transported in the coin counting passage 21 by the transport belt 30. Identified in part.

Here, the denomination specifying unit 143 sets the denomination from 1 yen to 5 yen.
If any of the 00 yen denomination designating keys is designated, for example, if the 1 yen key is designated, the coin identified by the coin identifying section 34 as 1 yen is rejected to the reject hole 39.
After passing above, it is conveyed to the direction change passage 22, falls into the opened branch hole 53, and is collected in the bag 95 or the carton 124 through the chute 91. Rejected coins such as denominated coins and counterfeit coins other than 1-yen coins are
When it passes above, it is dropped into the reject hole 39 via the branch body 40 by the operation of the motor M4, and is collected in the reject coin storage box 82.

When the denomination-specifying no key is designated by the denomination designation unit 143, coins of a denomination of 1 yen to 500 yen are conveyed to the direction change passage 22, and the branch hole 53,
Through the chute 91, it is collected in the bag 95 or the carton 124. Reject coins such as counterfeit coins are
And stored in the reject coin storage box 82.

When the denomination automatic selection key is designated by the denomination designation unit 143, after the start, the coin is first sent to the coin counting passage 21 and the coin identified by the coin identification unit 34 is identified. The denomination is automatically selected as the denomination to be counted. Therefore, coins of the denomination automatically selected are conveyed to the direction change passage 22 and collected in the bag 95 or the carton 124 through the branch hole 53 and the chute 91. Rejected coins such as coins other than the denomination of coins automatically selected and fake coins are branched at the reject hole 39 and stored in the reject coin storage box. If the first coin is a coin that cannot be identified by the coin identification unit 34, the coin is branched at the reject hole 39, and the denomination of the second coin is automatically selected. In other words, the denomination that has been identified as a legitimate coin by the coin identification unit 34 first is automatically selected.

On the other hand, when the counted number is designated by the number designation unit 144, when the designated number of coins is counted by the coin identification unit 34, a stop signal is issued and the solenoid SD is activated. When activated, the pair of stoppers 37 enter the passage, and stop the next coin of the specified number. When the stop signal is issued, the motor M1 is immediately stopped, and the motor M2 is stopped after a lapse of a predetermined time, which is the time required for all the coins remaining in the coin counting passage 21 to branch off from the passage.

When the number of counts is specified to be infinite by the number specification section 144, the counting process is performed until all the coins in the rotating disk 15 and the coin counting passage 21 have been processed.

The number of coins and the total amount of coins are displayed on the display unit 133. By operating the printer operation unit 135, the count data is printed out from the printer 136.

After the counting mode is designated by the mode designating section 142, coins (regardless of rejected coins such as true coins and fake coins) are produced by the coin identifying section 34 within the time designated by the restoration time designating section 145. Is detected, the switching state of the movable passage bottom plate 54 to the open position is maintained.However, even if the time specified by the restoration time specifying unit 145 elapses and the coin identification unit 34 does not detect a coin, Switching control unit from coin arrival detection unit 148
The no coin arrival signal is input to 147, and the switching control unit 147 automatically restores the counting mode to the sorting mode by the function of the mode restoring means, and switches the movable passage bottom plate 54 to the closed position.

The same is true during and after the counting operation. If the coin is not detected within a predetermined time after the coin is finally identified by the coin identifying unit 34, the counting mode is automatically switched from the counting mode to the sorting mode. Then, the movable passage bottom plate 54 is switched to the closed position.

The purpose of automatically restoring the counting mode to the classification mode in this manner is when the operator forgets to switch the counting mode to the classification mode and attempts to perform the classification processing with the intention of the classification mode. , Bag 95 or carton 124
This is to prevent the coins from being separated from the chute unit 91 to the outside of the machine due to the absence of. Also, if the operator attempts to perform the process in the counting mode after automatically restoring from the counting mode to the sorting mode, if the sorting mode is set, the coin-type coin storage
The coins are stored in 2 so that the coins do not fall outside the machine.

When the classification mode is designated by the mode designation unit 142, the operations of the denomination designation unit 143 and the number designation unit 144 are disabled (invalid), and the classification process is performed by operating the start key. You. That is, the mode designating section
By specifying the sort mode by 142 and operating the start key,
The classification process is started.

Further, when the counting coins are to be cartoned, the coins fall onto the carton 124 to give an impact, but the support rod 123 of the carton table 121 is moved by the urethane vibration isolating member 12.
Since it is attached to the leg 111 via the second member 2, it is possible to reduce the transmission of the vibration of the carton table 121 to the body 11.

The purpose of opening and closing the movable passage bottom plate 54 on the bottom surface of the direction change passage 22 for branching of the counted coins is to temporarily open and close the side wall at the tip of the coin counting passage 21. The chute that receives the coins ejected from the open part of the car must protrude greatly toward the front of the fuselage. This is because the weight of the coin is too forward with respect to the carton table. Further, if the side wall at the tip of the coin counting passage 21 is to be opened and closed, the coin is disengaged from the conveyor belt 30 and then sent from the open portion of the side wall to the front chute due to the inertial force. Because.

Note that a bag mounting detection sensor for detecting the mounting of the bag 95 and a carton mounting detecting sensor for detecting the mounting of the carton 124 (the mounting detection sensor sharing the both can detect the mounting of the bag 59 and the carton 124). Good), and the switching of the movable passage bottom plate 54 to the open position may not be performed unless either the bag attachment or the carton attachment is detected by the sensor. That is, when the attachment detection sensor detects attachment of the bag 95 or the carton 124,
A function of switching the movable passage bottom plate 54 to the open position may be provided according to an AND condition of both the signal and the mode designation signal of the counting mode of the mode designation unit 142, or may be added to the automatic restoration function of the above-described embodiment. Good.

[0092]

According to the tabletop coin counting and sorting machine of the present invention, the movable passage bottom plate moves to the closed position to send coins to the coin sorting passage, and the movable passage bottom plate moves to the open position to move the coin to the chute portion. The coins can be picked up and bagged or cartoned through the chute, so that both coin sorting and counting can be performed. In addition, when removing bags, the bag can be attached to the bag hook at the end of the chute, and when removing cartons, the carton table that can be pulled out to the machine is pulled out below the end of the chute and the carton is attached Therefore, it is possible to take out bags and cartons without using a support stand separate from the machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an internal plan view showing one embodiment of a tabletop coin counting and sorting machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the tabletop coin counting and sorting machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the chute of the embodiment as viewed from the front.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the chute of the embodiment as viewed from the side.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the carton table of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the carton table of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a front view for explaining detection of fullness of a denomination coin storage unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a side view illustrating bag removal of the counted coins of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a side view for explaining carton removal of the counted coins of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an entire drive control system of the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a drive control system of the movable passage bottom plate of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Airframe 14 Hopper part 15 Rotating disk 21 Coin counting passage 22 Direction change passage 23 Coin classification passage 34 Coin identification part 38 Reject coin discharge part 54 Movable passage bottom plate 63 Classification hole as denomination coin classification part 91 Chute part 92 Bag hanging part 121 Calton table

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Eiichi Nomura 1-3-1, Shimoteno, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture Inside Glorry Industry Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-61-68689 (JP, A) Kaihei 4-452 (JP, U) Shokai 63-5561 (JP, U) Shokai 63-53174 (JP, U) Shohei 2-27264 (JP, U) (58) Fields surveyed ( Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07D 3/00 G07D 9/04

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A hopper portion formed in the upper surface of the body, a rotating disk provided below the hopper portion and sending out coins by centrifugal force due to rotation, and a forward edge of the body from a periphery of the rotating disk. Extended,
A coin counting passage having a coin identification unit and a reject coin discharging unit, a direction change passage connected to the coin counting passage and changing the direction of coins sent from the coin counting passage toward the width direction of the body, A coin sorting passage extending from the passage exit of the direction change passage along the front side in the width direction of the fuselage and having a plurality of denomination coin sorting units, and a passage bottom surface at a downstream position of the reject coin discharging unit. A movable passage bottom plate which is moved to two positions: a closed position where the bottom of the passage is closed and coins are sent to the coin sorting passage; and an open position where the bottom of the passage is opened and coins are dropped and discharged. A hard end which is communicated with the lower portion of the passage bottom plate and whose end protrudes toward the front side of the body to form a bag hooking portion at the end, and which is dropped and discharged when the movable passage bottom plate is located at the open position. A chute section for guiding coins, a retractable position to be stored in the fuselage, and a pull-out position in front of the fuselage, which is capable of being pulled out, and a carton table positioned at a lower end of the chute section when positioned at the pull-out position; A tabletop coin counting and sorting machine comprising: