JP4852777B2 - Ticket coin separator - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ticket coin separating device that separates tickets such as numbered tickets and coins.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a fare box such as a route bus is equipped with a ticket coin separating device that separates a numbered ticket that certifies the place of boarding and a coin that is a fare. An example of this type of bill coin separator is disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1 and the like. As shown in FIG. 18, this kind of ticket coin separating apparatus 81 includes a roller mechanism 82 that separates and conveys a numbered ticket and coins put in a fare box by a plurality of rotating roller groups, and a roller mechanism 82 separates the numbered ticket and coins. And a coin identification sensor 83 for identifying the type of coins conveyed.

  The roller mechanism 82 includes a fixed roller group 84 whose position is fixed with respect to the main body of the bill coin separator 81 and a movable roller group 85 whose relative position changes with respect to the fixed roller group 84. Is provided. The movable-side roller group 85 can be approached and separated from the fixed-side roller group 84 using a motor or the like (not shown) as a drive source, and is close to the fixed-side roller group 84 (a state indicated by a solid line in FIG. 18). ) And a separated position (a state indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 18) at a predetermined distance from the fixed-side roller group 84.

  The roller groups 84 and 85 include separation rollers 86 and 87 for separating the numbered tickets and coins, and conveyance rollers 89 and 90 for conveying the coins separated by the separation rollers 86 and 87 to the coin identification sensor 88 one by one. Are provided. The pair of separation rollers 86 and 87 and the conveyance rollers 89 and 90 are also moved closer to and away from each other as the movable roller group 85 moves. The separation rollers 86 and 87 are inclined with respect to the horizontal direction, and when the roller groups 84 and 85 are close to each other, the separation rollers 86 and 87 have a gap through which only the numbered ticket can pass, and the roller groups 84 and 85 are separated from each other. When there is a distance between them, the numbered ticket and the coin are both allowed to pass downward.

  When the numbered ticket and coins are inserted into the fare box, the numbered ticket passes through the gap between the separation rollers 86 and 87 in the close position and falls downward, and the coins are transported on the outer periphery of the separation rollers 86 and 87 by the conveying rollers 89 and 87. By rolling down toward 90, the numbered ticket and the coin are separated. The coins rolled down along the separation rollers 86 and 87 are passed one by one by the transport rollers 89 and 90 to the detection slit 88a of the coin identification sensor 88, and the coin is detected by the coin identification sensor 88 when the coin passes through the detection slit 88a. The type is identified.

This type of ticket coin separating device 81 is provided with a clogging detection sensor 91 for detecting the presence or absence of coin clogging (including numbered ticket clogging) between the fixed side roller group 84 and the movable side roller group 85. When the clogging detection sensor 91 detects a coin clogging, the movable roller group 85 is separated from the fixed roller group 84 by using a motor or the like (not shown) as a drive source, and the fixed roller group 84 and the movable roller group 85 Create a wide gap between the two. Thereby, the coins and numbered tickets jammed between the rollers fall downward, and the coin jams between the rollers are eliminated.
JP-A-10-91834

  However, even if the technique of Patent Document 1 is used, even if the coin clogging between the rollers can be eliminated, if the falling direction of the coin is deviated from the detection slit 88a of the coin identification sensor 88, the coin is detected by the detection slit. There is a case where it does not pass through 88a and may be placed on the upper surface 88b of the coin identification sensor 88, which causes a problem that accurate coin identification cannot be performed. For this reason, in order to correctly identify the coins inserted into the fare box, it is necessary to take some measures to prevent the coins from being placed on the upper surface 88b of the coin identification sensor 88.

  Here, as a method of dropping the coins that have been placed on the upper surface 88b of the coin identification sensor 88, for example, when the movable roller group 85 moves to the separated position, the coin identification sensor 88 itself is moved in conjunction with this movement. It is also conceivable to employ a method of tilting by about 30 to 45 degrees. However, when this method is used, when a reduction in the width direction (direction of arrow Wa in FIG. 18) of the coin separating apparatus 81 is requested, various parts such as a hinge mechanism for tilting the coin identification sensor 88 are required. As a result, the coin identification sensor 88 itself increases in size in the width direction, and the demand for downsizing of the device size in the width direction of the bill coin separating device 81 cannot be satisfied.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a ticket coin separator that can suppress the coins inserted from the coin slot from being placed on the surface of the coin identification member and that is difficult to increase in size when satisfying this requirement. It is in.

  In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, only a ticket is inserted between a ticket and a coin inserted from a ticket coin slot with a pair of separation rollers, and the coin is slid down on the separation roller to identify a coin identification member. The coin is separated into the coin identification member between the separation roller and the coin identification member. When the coin is placed on the surface of the coin identification member, the surface of the coin identification member is separated from the coin identification member when the coin is placed on the surface of the coin identification member. The gist of the invention is that it is provided with a coin removing mechanism that opens the coins on the surface so as to be released outwardly.

  According to this configuration, when the coin removing mechanism is in a state in which the receiving portion is separated from the coin identifying member, at least a part of the periphery of the surface of the coin identifying member is opened outward. For this reason, even if a coin is placed on the surface of the coin identifying member, the coin slides downward from the opened portion at the periphery of the coin identifying member, and the coin is placed on the surface of the coin identifying member. Can be prevented. In addition, when dropping the coin placed on the surface of the coin identification member, for example, a method of largely tilting the coin identification member itself with respect to the horizontal direction may be taken. However, if the structure of the present invention is used, a structure that only moves the receiving portion is sufficient, so that the problem of increasing the size of the apparatus hardly occurs.

  In the present invention, the coins are separated by allowing only the ticket to pass through the gap between the separation rollers by positioning the pair of movable side roller group and the fixed side roller group including at least the separation roller in the proximity position, When the jam detecting unit detects a jammed bill coin, the movable roller group is moved relative to the fixed roller group to be positioned at a separated position, thereby widening the interval between the rollers. It is provided with a movable mechanism for eliminating clogging, and the coin removing mechanism opens the surface by separating the receiving portion from the coin identifying member when the movable roller group is located at the separated position. To do.

  According to this configuration, the movable side roller group moves to the separated position when the coins are jammed on the coin passage route. In this coin jammed state, a plurality of coins are in the middle of the route. Since it is accumulated, when the movable roller group is located at the separated position, a large number of coins accumulated so far reach the coin identifying member at a time. At this time, not all coins can pass through the slits of the coin identification member, and a situation where coins that could not pass through the slits are likely to be placed on the surface of the coin identification member. However, in the present invention, when the movable roller group is located at the separated position, the receiving portion is separated from the coin identifying member to open the surface of the coin identifying member, so that coins can be placed on the surface of the coin identifying member. Since the surface of the coin identifying member is opened under a highly probable situation, it is possible to effectively implement a measure for preventing coins from being placed on the surface of the coin identifying member.

  In the present invention, when the movable roller group is located at the separated position, the coin removing mechanism moves the receiving portion away from the coin identifying member in conjunction with the movement of the movable roller group, and the movable roller group The gist of the invention is an interlocking mechanism for returning the receiving portion to a position capable of assisting the introduction in conjunction with the movement of the position when returning to the proximity position.

  According to this configuration, since the movable side roller group is provided with the interlocking mechanism that operates the receiving portion in conjunction with the movement when the movable side roller group returns from the proximity position to the separation position or returns from the separation position to the proximity position, the movable side roller group is provided. It is possible to move the position of the receiving portion using the position movement operation. Therefore, the coin removal mechanism (interlocking mechanism) that moves the receiving portion has a mechanical structure that uses the position movement of the movable roller group, and there is no need to prepare a special drive source such as a dedicated motor for operating the receiving portion, It is effective in reducing component costs. In addition, for example, as compared with the case where these operations are performed separately, it is possible to shorten the processing time required for performing both these operations.

  In the present invention, the coin exclusion mechanism includes a movable member having the receiving portion at a tip while being rotatably attached to a frame of the fixed roller group when the movable roller group moves to the separation position. By rotating by an urging force of an urging means provided between the movable member and the frame, the receiving portion is separated from the coin identifying member to open the surface, and the movable roller group is When returning to the close position, the proximal end of the movable member is pushed by a pushing portion provided in the movable roller group, and the movable member is rotated to the opposite side against the urging force of the urging means. The gist of the present invention is a rotary interlocking mechanism that returns the receiving portion to a position where the introduction can be assisted.

  According to this configuration, when the movable roller group moves from the proximity position to the separation position, the movable member is rotated to move the receiving member away from the coin identification member, and the movable roller group is separated from the coin recognition member. When returning from the close position to the close position, a simple mechanical structure using a mechanical structure in which the receiving member is returned to the original position by rotating the movable member in the rotation direction opposite to the previous direction by the urging force of the urging means. With this configuration, the receiving portion can be operated in conjunction with the movement of the movable roller group.

  The gist of the present invention is that it is provided with a coin clogging prevention mechanism for removing the coin clogging by detaching the coin clogged in the coin passage slit provided in the coin discriminating member from the slit.

  According to this configuration, for example, even if the coin serving as the coin passage of the coin identification member becomes clogged, the clogged coin is released from the slit by the clogging elimination mechanism, so that the coin is inserted into the slit of the coin identification member. It is possible to prevent clogging.

  In the present invention, when the movable side roller group is located at the separated position, the coin clogging prevention mechanism starts a coin clogging elimination operation in conjunction with the movement of the movable side roller group, and eliminates the coin clogging. When the roller group returns to the proximity position, the gist is that the second interlocking mechanism returns to the initial state before the coin jam clearing operation in conjunction with the position movement.

  According to this configuration, when the movable roller group returns from the proximity position to the separation position or returns from the separation position to the proximity position, the second interlocking mechanism that performs the operation of clearing the coin jamming in the coin identification unit in conjunction with the movement is provided. Therefore, it is also possible to perform a coin jam elimination operation on the coin identification member by utilizing the position movement operation of the movable roller group. Therefore, since the coin jam prevention mechanism (second interlocking mechanism) has a mechanical structure using the position movement of the movable roller group, there is no need to prepare a dedicated motor or the like as a drive source for the coin jam elimination operation. Effective for cost reduction. In addition, for example, as compared with the case where these operations are performed separately, it is possible to shorten the processing time required for performing both these operations.

  In the present invention, the coin jam prevention mechanism causes the coin discriminating member to detach from the slit by giving a motion to the coin discriminating member with the coin discriminating position as an initial state in the coin discriminating member. Is the gist.

  According to this configuration, when the coin identifying member in the initial state is given movement by the coin jamming prevention mechanism, for example, even when the coin that is a slit of the coin passage of the coin identifying member is clogged, the jamming member is clogged. The coin moves out of the slit. For this reason, it becomes possible to detach the coin jammed in the slit of the coin identifying member more reliably from the slit, which is highly effective in eliminating the coin jam.

  In the present invention, the coin clogging prevention mechanism is a pull-out member attached and fixed to the coin identifying member by a latching protrusion provided in the movable side roller group when the movable side roller group moves to the separated position. By pulling out the coin identification member against the urging force of the second urging means provided between the frame that supports the coin identification member so as to be relatively movable and the drawer member, the coin identification member is moved relative to the initial state. When the movable roller group is moved back to the proximity position by moving to a shifted position, the coin identifying member is moved back to the original position by the urging force of the second urging means. The gist of the invention is the pull-out type interlocking mechanism that returns to the initial state.

  According to this configuration, by rotating the movable member with the movement of the movable side roller group from the proximity position to the separated position, the receiving portion is separated from the coin identifying member, and the movable side roller group is separated. When returning from the position to the close position, a mechanical structure is used in which the receiving member is returned to the original position by rotating the movable member in the rotation direction opposite to the previous direction by the urging force of the urging means. With the simple configuration, the receiving portion can be operated in conjunction with the movement of the movable roller group.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress the coins inserted from the coin insertion slot from being placed on the surface of the coin identification member, and even if this requirement is satisfied, it is less likely to cause an increase in apparatus size. be able to.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of a bill coin separator which materializes the present invention is described according to Drawings 1-17.
As shown in FIG. 1, a fare box 1 is installed as a collecting device for collecting a fare in a train such as a route bus or a one-man train. On the upper surface of the fare box 1, a fare input port 3 is provided as an input destination for inputting coins 2 as a fare. The fare box 1 identifies, counts, and stores the coins 2 that have been inserted into the fare slot 3, and when the numbered ticket 4 that certifies the boarding location is inserted into the fare slot 3 together with the coins 2, 2 and numbered ticket 4 are separated and numbered ticket 4 is read at the same time. The fare slot 3 corresponds to a ticket coin slot, and the numbered ticket 4 corresponds to a ticket.

  The fare box 1 incorporates a ticket coin separator 5 as shown in FIG. 2 that separates the coins 2 and the numbered tickets 4 inserted from the fare slot 3. The ticket coin separating device 5 includes a fixed roller group 6 attached and fixed to the device main body 1a of the fare box 1, and a movable member attached to the device main body 1a so as to be movable relative to the fixed roller group 6. A side roller group 7 is provided. The movable roller group 7 slides in the width direction of the apparatus main body 1a (arrow A direction in FIG. 2) with respect to the fixed roller group 6 using a drive motor or the like (not shown) as a drive source. Can be reciprocated in the horizontal direction between a close position close to the fixed position and a separated position positioned at a predetermined interval with respect to the fixed roller group 6.

  The ticket coin separating device 5 is provided with a pair of separation rollers 8 and 9 for separating the ticket coins. The separation rollers 8 and 9 include a fixed-side separation roller 8 rotatably supported by a fixed frame 10 that forms a frame of the fixed-side roller group 6 and a movable frame that forms a frame of the movable-side roller group 7. 11 and a movable side separation roller 9 supported rotatably. The separation rollers 8 and 9 are arranged in parallel to each other while their rotation axes L1 and L2 are along the length direction of the bill coin separation device 5 (the direction of arrow B in FIG. 2). The two end portions in the axial direction are arranged so as to be inclined with respect to the horizontal direction so that the end portion (the lower end portion in FIG. 2) located on the center side of the apparatus main body 1a faces downward.

  A rotation motor 12 serving as a rotational drive source for various roller groups of the bill coin separating device 5 is attached to the fixed side roller group 6 via a motor bracket 13. A fixed-side separation roller 8 and a movable-side separation roller 9 are connected to the tip of the rotation shaft of the rotary motor 12 via a first connecting gear group 14. The separation rollers 8 and 9 are connected at their upper ends to the rotary motor 12 via the first connecting gear group 14, so that the numbered tickets 4 can be wound by the two separation rollers 8 and 9 when the rotary motor 12 rotates. It rotates in the inward direction (the directions of arrows C1 and C2 in FIG. 2). The rotary motor 12 corresponds to a movable mechanism.

  When the movable roller group 7 is positioned in the proximity of the fixed roller group 6, a gap is formed between the fixed separation roller 8 and the movable separation roller 9 so that only the numbered ticket 4 can pass. For this reason, when the numbered ticket 4 and the coin 2 are inserted into the freight slot 3, the numbered ticket 4 falls downward from the gap between the separation rollers 8 and 9 while being caught in the separation rollers 8 and 9, and the fixed side The coin 2 slides along the separation rollers 8 and 9 with the valley portion formed between the outer peripheral surfaces of the separation roller 8 and the movable separation roller 9 as a passage portion 15, whereby the numbered ticket 4 and the coin 2 are separated.

  As shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, a pair of scrapes that function as receiving portions for the falling coins on the moving path of the separated coins 2 are positioned obliquely below the separation rollers 8 and 9 in the ticket coin separating device 5. Rollers 16 and 17 are provided. These scraping rollers 16 and 17 are eccentric rotating rollers, and a fixed-side scraping roller 16 that is rotatably attached to the fixed frame 10 and a movable-side scraper that is rotatably attached to the movable frame 11. And a raising roller 17. The scraping rollers 16 and 17 have their own eccentric shafts L3 and L4 (see FIGS. 4 and 5) aligned in parallel with the rotation shaft L1 (L2) of the separation roller 8 (9) and the scraping roller. Of the two ends in the axial direction of 16 and 17, the end on the separation roller 8 (9) side (the left end in FIG. 3) is disposed so as to be inclined with respect to the horizontal direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of feed rollers 18 and 19 for conveying the separated coins 2 one by one are provided below the scraping rollers 16 and 17 in the ticket coin separator 5. It has been. The feed rollers 18 and 19 include a fixed-side feed roller 18 that is rotatably attached to the fixed frame 10 and a movable-side feed roller 19 that is rotatably attached to the movable frame 11. These feed rollers 18 and 19 also have their own rotation axes L5 and L6 arranged in parallel with the rotation axis L1 (L2) of the separation roller 8 (9) and at both ends in the axial direction of the feed rollers 18 and 19. Among them, the separation roller 8 (9) side end (left side end in FIG. 3) is arranged to be inclined with respect to the horizontal direction so as to face downward. The interval between the fixed-side feed roller 18 and the movable-side feed roller 19 is set to a width that allows one coin 2 to pass when the movable-side roller group 7 is located at the close position.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a shaft shaft 20 extending along the rotation axis L <b> 1 of the separation roller 8 is attached to and supported by the fixed frame 10 in a rotatable state. The shaft 20 is a rotating shaft having a universal joint 20a in the middle of the shaft, and one end is connected to the rotating shaft of the rotary motor 12 via the second connecting gear group 21, and the other end is connected to the third connecting gear group 22. Are connected to the scraping rollers 16 and 17 and the feed rollers 18 and 19, respectively.

  When the bill coin separator 5 is operated and the rotary motor 12 rotates, the rotational force of the rotary motor 12 is scraped up by the scooping rollers 16 and 17 via the second connecting gear group 21, the shaft shaft 20, and the third connecting gear group 22. And transmitted to the feed rollers 18 and 19. At this time, the scraping rollers 16 and 17 are eccentrically rotated outwardly (in the directions of arrows C3 and C4 in FIG. 5) by the rotational force of the rotary motor 12, and one of the feed rollers 18 and 19 (fixed side feed roller 18). ) In the inward direction (arrow C5 direction in FIG. 5) and the other (movable side feed roller 19) rotates in the outward direction (arrow C6 direction in FIG. 5). As a result, when the coin 2 separated by the separation rollers 8 and 9 reaches the scraping rollers 16 and 17, the coin 2 is fed by its own weight and roller rotation while its fall is once received by the scraping rollers 16 and 17. The coins 2 are carried out one by one by the feed rollers 18 and 19.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a coin identification sensor 23 for identifying the type of the coin 2 inserted into the fare input slot 3 is provided below the feed rollers 18 and 19. The coin identification sensor 23 is attached and supported on a metal support frame 24 having a substantially L-shaped cross section fixed to the fixed frame 10, and thus has an attachment relationship integrated with the fixed-side roller group 6. Even when the movable roller group 7 moves to the separated position, the positional relationship with the fixed roller group 6 is maintained. The coin identification sensor 23 is inclined with respect to the horizontal direction so that the end (the left end in FIG. 3) on the separation roller 8 (9) side of the both ends in the length direction of the coin identification sensor 23 faces downward. Are arranged. Since the coin identification sensor 23 is arranged to be inclined with respect to the horizontal direction, its upper surface 23a is an inclined surface. The coin identification sensor 23 corresponds to a coin identification member, the upper surface 23a corresponds to a surface, and the support frame 24 corresponds to a frame.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the coin identification sensor 23 is provided with a sensor holder 25 made of resin in a flat plate shape as a frame. A sensor main body 26 is attached and fixed to the lower surface of the sensor holder 25 as a part for actually identifying and determining the coin 2 sent from the feed rollers 18 and 19. A detection slit 27 serving as a passage path for the coin 2 is provided at the center position of the coin identification sensor 23. The support frame 24 is also provided with a detection slit 28 through which the coin 2 can pass at a position facing the detection slit 27. When the coins 2 are fed one by one from the feed rollers 18 and 19 to the coin identification sensor 23, the coin 2 passes through the detection slit 27 of the coin identification sensor 23, and the sensor body 26 determines the type of the coin 2 in this passing process. By identifying, the type identification of the coin 2 put into the fare box 1 is performed. The detection slit 27 corresponds to a slit.

  The ticket coin separating device 5 is provided with a jam detection sensor 29 (see FIG. 4) for detecting whether or not the bill coins are jammed on the ticket coin transport path. In this type of bill coin separating device 5, as shown in the one-dot chain circle in FIG. 4, the coins 2 may be jammed side by side in the width direction between the feed rollers 18 and 19, and in this state Then, the coin 2 thrown into the fare box 1 does not reach the coin identification sensor 23, and the type identification of the coin 2 is hindered. The clogging detection sensor 29 monitors such clogging of coins and numbered tickets. For example, when an optical sensor is used, if the light output from the light emitting element can be received by the light receiving element, it is determined that there is no clogging. When the coins 2 are jammed and light is blocked by these, it is recognized that there is a jam.

  When the jam detection sensor 29 determines that the coins are jammed, the drive motor that can move the movable roller group 7 relatively starts to rotate, and the movable roller group 7 located in the close position is fixed to the fixed roller group 6. The movable roller group 7 is located at a separated position as shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, since the interval Wb between the fixed roller group 6 and the movable roller group 7 becomes wide, the coins 2 and the numbered tickets 4 that are jammed fall down and a coin identification sensor. By being sent to 23, coin jamming and numbered ticket jamming are eliminated. The clogging detection sensor 29 corresponds to clogging detection means.

  As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, when the coin 2 is placed on the upper surface 23 a of the coin identification sensor 23, the coin coin separation device 5 slides the coin 2 downward, so that the upper surface of the coin identification sensor 23. A coin removing mechanism K1 is provided to prevent the coin 2 from being placed on 23a. The coin removal mechanism K1 corresponds to an interlocking mechanism and a rotary interlocking mechanism. The coin exclusion mechanism K1 will be described below. A support member 30 having a substantially rectangular shape is attached and fixed to a side end portion of the support frame 24 on the fixed frame 10 side. A through hole 31 having a circular cross section is provided at the end of the support member 30 on the side of the anti-separation rollers 8 and 9.

  A movable member 32 shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 13 formed by bending a metal piece on the support member 30 is rotated by a first rotation support pin 33 along the upper surface 23 a of the coin identification sensor 23. It is attached as possible. The movable member 32 is first rotated by a mounting portion 34 having a substantially U-shaped cross-section that is bent at a position slightly closer to the center of the movable member 32 and the side opposite to the separation roller 8, 9, and the through hole 31 of the support member 30. The support pin 33 is connected to the support member 30 (that is, the support frame 24) by inserting the support pin 33 in a rotatable state and preventing the support pin 33 from coming off. That is, the movable member 32 rotates in a plane along the rotation direction (the direction of arrow D in FIGS. 10 and 11) along the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 with the axis La of the first rotation support pin 33 as a fulcrum. It is attached to the support frame 24 as possible.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a first elongated hole 35 extending in a direction along the moving direction of the movable roller group 7 is provided through the movable member 32 at a position closer to the separation rollers 8 and 9 side. Further, a plate-shaped pin attachment piece 36 is formed at a substantially central position in the frame length direction of the support frame 24 by bending. A rotation restricting pin 37 having a large diameter head is attached and fixed to the pin attachment piece 36 in a state where the shaft portion is passed through the first long hole 35. When the movable member 32 rotates in a plane, the rotation restricting pin 37 comes into contact with the edge of the first long hole 35 so that the plane rotation amount is set.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 9 to 13, a plate-like support wall standing upright in the direction perpendicular to the upper surface 23 a of the coin identification sensor 23 at the end of the movable member 32 on the side of the separation rollers 8 and 9. 38 extends in the direction along the moving direction of the movable roller group 7 to receive coins falling from the feed rollers 18 and 19. The support wall 38 functions as a wall that assists the coin 2 passing through the detection slit 27 by receiving the coin 2 conveyed from the feed rollers 18 and 19 on the inner surface thereof. The movable member 32 includes a restriction position (state shown in FIGS. 10, 12, and 14) where the falling coins conveyed from the feed rollers 18 and 19 can be received by the support wall 38 on the upper surface 23 a of the coin identification sensor 23, and the support wall. 38 is separated from the coin identification sensor 23 to open the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 so that the coin 2 placed on the upper surface 23a is dropped downward (state shown in FIGS. 11, 13, and 15). Is rotated along the first long hole 35 between the two positions. The support wall 38 corresponds to the receiving portion.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 10 to 15, a first urging spring 39 made of, for example, a coil spring is interposed between the support frame 24 and the movable member 32. As shown in FIGS. 10 to 13, the first urging spring 39 has one end locked in the spring locking hole 38 a of the support wall 38 and is bent at the side of the support frame 24. The movable member 32 that can be rotated in a plane is always attached in the rotation direction (the direction of arrow D1 in FIGS. 10 and 11) in which the support wall 38 faces the fixed frame 10 side. Rush. The first urging spring 39 corresponds to the urging means.

  As shown in FIGS. 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, and 15, the end of the movable member 32 on the side opposite to the separation rollers 8 and 9 is perpendicular to the upper surface 23 a of the coin identification sensor 23. A plate-like contact wall 41 standing upright is extended in a direction along a direction perpendicular to the support wall 38 of the movable member 32 (the length direction of the coin identification sensor 23). The contact wall 41 is formed by bending the movable member 32 in the same manner as the support wall 38, and is disposed on the opposite side of the support wall 38 with respect to the first rotation support pin 33.

  As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, a substantially bar-shaped pushing portion 42 extending in the width direction of the movable frame 11 is attached to the end of the movable frame 11 in the frame length direction. The pushing portion 42 is capable of pushing the contact wall 41 of the movable member 32 when the movable roller group 7 is located at the close position, and is interposed between the movable frame 11 and the pushing portion 42. For example, the second urging spring 43 formed of a coil spring is constantly urged toward the fixed roller group 6 side, and is prevented from coming off by a large-diameter head portion 42a at the base end. The second urging spring 43 is wound around the outer periphery of the pressing portion 42, and one end abuts on the inner wall surface of the movable frame 11, and a protruding portion 42 b that protrudes at a position slightly closer to the center of the pressing portion 42. The other end contacts.

  When the movable roller group 7 slides from the proximity position to the separation position, the pushing portion 42 that has pushed the contact wall 41 is separated from the contact wall 41, and the movable member 32 is biased by the first biasing spring 39. Thus, the movable member 32 is positioned in the open position (the state shown in FIGS. 11, 13 and 15), and the support wall 38 is in the open state. On the other hand, when the movable roller group 7 slides from the separated position to the close position, the pushing portion 42 pushes the contact wall 41, and the movable member 32 resists the urging force of the first urging spring 39. By rotating the plane toward the closing side, the movable member 32 is positioned at the restricting position (the state shown in FIGS. 10, 12, and 14), and the support wall 38 is closed.

  As shown in FIGS. 7, 8, 10, and 11, the coin separation apparatus 5 is provided with a coin clogging prevention mechanism K <b> 2 that prevents the coin 2 from clogging the detection slit 27 of the coin identification sensor 23. . This coin clogging prevention mechanism K2 constitutes a second interlocking mechanism and a drawer-type interlocking mechanism. The coin clogging prevention mechanism K2 will be described below. The coin identification sensor 23 is a second corner portion 32a of the four corner portions farther from the separation rollers 8 and 9 and the movable member 32. A rotation support pin 44 is attached to the support frame 24 so as to be rotatable in a plane. That is, the coin identification sensor 23 is connected to the support frame 24 so as to be rotatable in a plane along the bottom wall 24a of the support frame 24 with the shaft center Lb of the second rotation support pin 44 as a fulcrum.

  As shown in FIGS. 7, 9, 16, and 17, a plurality of drawing members 45 formed by bending a metal piece are formed below the bottom wall 24 a in the support frame 24 (in this example, 2 By attaching and fixing to the lower surface of the coin identification sensor 23 with the fixing pin 46), it is attached together with the coin identification sensor 23 so as to be relatively movable along the bottom wall 24 a of the support frame 24. The drawer member 45 is attached and fixed at the two corners on the separation rollers 8 and 9 side in the coin identification sensor 23. When the drawer member 45 moves relative to the support frame 24, the coin identification sensor 23 is flattened accordingly. Move to rotate.

  The coin identification sensor 23 is a normal position as an initial state in which the detection slit 27 of the coin identification sensor 23 is parallel to the axial direction of various roller groups (see FIG. 2 and the like) as the drawing member 45 moves. (The state shown in FIGS. 10, 12, 14 and 16) and the offset position where the coin identification sensor 23 rotates and the detection slit 27 is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the various roller groups (see FIG. 10). 11, 13, 15, and 17) with the second rotation support pin 44 serving as a fulcrum, and a plane rotation is performed.

  Each fixed pin 46, 46 reaches the coin identification sensor 23 through each second long hole 47, 47 formed in the bottom wall 24 a of the support frame 24 along the moving direction of the movable roller group 7. These second long holes 47, 47 have a shape that is inclined with respect to the width direction of the support frame 24. By taking such a shape, the drawing member 45 moves in the direction of movement (see FIGS. 16 and 17). When it is pulled out or pulled back along the direction of arrow E), the coin discriminating sensor 23 is allowed to turn on a plane with the second turning support pin 44 located at the corner 32a as a fulcrum. When the coin discriminating sensor 23 rotates on a plane, the fixed pin 46 comes into contact with the edge of the second long hole 47 so that the plane rotation amount is set.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 and 12 to 17, a third urging spring 48 made of, for example, a coil spring is interposed between the support frame 24 and the drawing member 45. The third urging spring 48 has one end locked to a projecting pin 49 made of, for example, a screw that is locked and fixed to the lower surface of the bottom wall of the support frame 24, and a spring latching piece 50 that is bent on the drawing member 45. The attachment state with the other end locked is taken, and the drawing member 45 (that is, the coin identification sensor 23) is constantly urged in the direction in which the drawing member 45 is drawn toward the fixed frame 10 (the direction of arrow E1 in FIGS. The third urging spring corresponds to the second urging means.

  As shown in FIGS. 12 to 15, a latching portion 51 is formed at the end of the pulling member 45 on the movable roller group 7 side by bending the pulling member 45. The hook 51 is a part used when the drawer member 45 is pulled out, and is erected in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the drawer member 45. On the other hand, an extending piece 52 having a metal L-shaped cross section is fixed to the inner wall surface of the movable frame 11. At the position corresponding to the latching portion 51 of the pull-out member 45 in the extension piece 52, a latching projection 53 that can be hooked with respect to the latching portion 51 of the pull-out member 45 is projected.

  When the movable roller group 7 slides from the proximity position to the separation position, the latching protrusion 53 is caught by the latching part 51 of the drawer member 45 to resist the biasing force of the third biasing spring 48. Accordingly, the coin identification sensor 23 is rotated in the plane toward the movable roller group 7 with the movement of the drawing member 45, and the coin identification sensor 23 is offset (shown in FIGS. 11, 13, 15, and 17). Position). On the other hand, when the movable-side roller group 7 slides from the separated position to the close position, the hooking protrusion 53 stops the hooking portion 51 and the pulling member 45 is moved by the biasing force of the third biasing spring 48. By moving to the fixed frame 10 side, the coin identification sensor 23 is rotated in a plane toward the fixed frame 10, and the coin identification sensor 23 is returned to the normal position (the state shown in FIGS. 10, 12, 14, and 16). .

Next, the effect | action of the ticket coin separation apparatus 5 of this example is demonstrated.
When the coin 2 and the numbered ticket 4 are inserted into the fare input slot 3 in the fare box 1, if a coin jam (including a numbered ticket jam) is detected by the jam detection sensor 29, a group of movable rollers located at close positions. 7 starts to slide in a direction away from the fixed roller group 6 and is positioned at the separation position. At this time, since the interval between the fixed roller group 6 and the movable roller group 7 becomes wide, the coins 2 jammed between the rollers or the like fall downward, and the coin jam is eliminated. The coin 2 after the clogging is passed sequentially through the detection slits 27 and 28 of the coin identification sensor 23 depending on the coin drop position, and the coin type sensor 23 identifies the coin type.

  Further, when the movable roller group 7 moves to the separated position, the state where the movable member 32 is pushed by the abutting wall 41 by the pushing portion 42 provided in the movable roller group 7 is eliminated. Is moved in the direction of the arrow D1 in FIGS. 10 and 11 by the urging force of the first urging spring 39, and the movable member 32 moves in the open position (the state shown in FIGS. 11, 13, and 15). Take. At this time, the support wall 38 that closed the upper surface (that is, the inclined surface) 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 at the lower position thereof is in an open state shifted in the sensor width direction, and the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 opens at the lower side. It will be in the state.

  By the way, when the movable-side roller group 7 is positioned at the separated position, the clogged coins are dropped downward, but depending on the case, the dropped coins after the clogging is released with a deviation from the detection slit 27 or a large number of When the coin 2 is clogged between the rollers, and the previous coin 2 passes through the detection slit 27, the next coin 2 reaches the detection slit 27 and is repelled by the passing coin. However, it is also conceivable that the detection slit 27 does not pass normally. As described above, the coin 2 that has not passed through the detection slit 27 may be placed on the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 as shown in FIG. It is conceivable that the detection slit 27 is blocked by the coin 2 placed on the upper surface 23a of the machine, and the clogging of coins can be eliminated simply by moving the movable roller group 7 away from the fixed roller group 6. Will not be.

  However, in this example, when the movable roller group 7 is located at the separated position, the movable member 32 is rotated along with the movement of the movable roller group 32 to thereby rotate the upper surface (that is, the inclined surface) 23a of the inclined coin identification sensor 23. A support wall 38 that acts as a lower coin receiving wall in the periphery is separated from the coin identification sensor 23, and the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 is opened at the lower part. Thereby, the coin 2 placed on the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 slides down the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 and falls below the sensor, and the state where the coin 2 is placed on the sensor upper surface is eliminated.

  After a while after the movable roller group 7 is located at the separated position, the movable roller group 7 starts to slide toward the fixed roller group 6 in order to return to the close position. At this time, the pushing portion 42 of the movable frame 11 gradually pushes the contact wall 41 with the sliding movement of the movable roller group 7, and the movable member 32 pushes the biasing force of the first biasing spring 39 along with this pushing operation. 10 and 11, the movable member 32 is brought into the restriction position (the state shown in FIGS. 10, 12, and 14) when the movable roller group 7 is located in the proximity position. Return. At this time, the lower surface of the inclined upper surface 23 a of the coin identification sensor 23 is closed by the support wall 38.

  Therefore, if the configuration of this example is adopted, even if the coin 2 is put on the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23, the coin placed on the coin identification sensor 23 can be dropped below the sensor. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the coin 2 from being placed on the upper surface 23 a of the coin identification sensor 23. For this reason, when the movable roller group 7 is positioned at the separated position so as to eliminate the clogging of coins, it is difficult for the detection slit 27 of the coin identification sensor 23 to be blocked by the placed coins. It becomes possible to more reliably eliminate coin clogging on the passage route.

  Further, when the coin 2 placed on the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 is dropped downward, for example, the coin identification sensor 23 itself is moved in the horizontal direction (water surface direction) in conjunction with the movement of the movable roller group 7 to the separated position. It is also conceivable to use a structure that is inclined by a predetermined angle. However, when this structure is used, various parts groups that can tilt the coin identification sensor 23 are required, and there is a concern that the mechanism becomes large. However, if the structure of this example is employ | adopted, the coin 2 mounted on the coin identification sensor 23 will be dropped below by opening the support wall 38 by providing the movable member 32 and rotating this flat. Therefore, the mechanism size is small, and the bill coin separating device 5 is also effective in downsizing. The coin 2 that has slid down the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 is temporarily accommodated in a coin collection box (not shown) of the fare box 1, for example.

  Further, when the movable roller group 7 slides from the proximity position and is positioned at the separated position, the latching protrusion 53 provided on the movable frame 11 is hooked on the latching part 51 of the drawer member 45, and the drawer member 45. Is slid to the movable roller group 7 side. Thereby, at the same time as the movable member 32 rotates on the plane, the coin identifying sensor 23 resists the urging force of the third urging spring 48, and the arrows in FIGS. The plane is rotated in the E2 direction, and the coin identification sensor 23 takes the offset position (the state shown in FIGS. 11, 13, 15, and 17). In the process in which the coin identification sensor 23 takes this offset position, the coin identification sensor 23 is strongly shaken in the plane rotation direction.

  By the way, depending on the case, the coin 2 conveyed to the coin identification sensor 23 from the feed rollers 18 and 19 may incline slightly and enter the detection slit 27. Under such circumstances, for example, as shown in FIG. As described above, it is conceivable that the coin 2 is clogged in the detection slit 27. If the coin 2 is jammed in the detection slit 27, the coin 2 conveyed after being jammed cannot pass through the detection slit 27, which also causes a coin jam.

  However, in this example, when the movable roller group 7 moves to the separated position, the coin identification sensor 23 is rotated in a plane and is strongly shaken in the plane direction. For this reason, the coin 2 jammed in the detection slit 27 takes a movement of popping out of the detection slit 27 when the coin identification sensor 23 is strongly shaken, and the coin 2 that has been jammed in the detection slit 27 is now supported by the support wall. The sensor falls from the lower position of the upper surface of the sensor opened by opening 38 to the lower side of the sensor. Accordingly, the coin 2 jammed in the detection slit 27 can be dropped below the sensor, which is also highly effective in preventing coin jamming.

  Further, after the movable roller group 7 is located at the separated position for a while, the movable roller group 7 starts to slide toward the fixed roller group 6 in order to return to the close position. At this time, since the drawing member 45 is pulled toward the fixed frame 10 by the urging force of the third urging spring 48, the coin identification sensor 23 is attached to the third attachment at the same time as the movable member 32 is rotated to the return side. When the urging force of the urging spring 48 rotates the plane in the direction of arrow E1 in FIGS. 16 and 17 with the second rotation support pin 44 as a fulcrum, the coin identification sensor 23 is in the normal position when the movable roller group 7 is positioned in the proximity position. It returns to the state shown in FIG. 10, FIG. 12, FIG. 14 and FIG.

According to the configuration of the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) When the movable roller group 7 slides to the separated position, the movable member 32 is rotated by the movable roller group 7 in the direction of the arrow D1 in FIGS. Thus, the lower portion of the upper surface 23a (ie, the inclined surface) of the coin identification sensor 23 is opened. Therefore, even if the coin 2 on the upper surface 23 a of the coin identification sensor 23 is placed, the coin 2 slides downward from the upper surface 23 a of the coin identification sensor 23, so that the coin 2 is placed on the upper surface 23 a of the coin identification sensor 23. Can be prevented. Further, even if a structure in which the coin 2 placed on the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 is dropped downward is smaller than a structure in which the sensor itself is inclined, for example, Miniaturization can also be satisfied.

  (2) When the coin 2 is jammed on the coin passage path, the movable roller group 7 slides from the proximity position to the separation position. However, in the coin jammed state, a plurality of coins 2 are on the coin passage path. Since the accumulated state is achieved, when the movable roller group 7 slides to the separated position, the coins 2 accumulated so far reach the coin identification sensor 23 at a time. At this time, not all the coins 2 can pass through the detection slits 27 of the coin identification sensor 23, and there is a current situation that the coins 2 that have not passed through the slits can easily be placed on the upper surface 23 a of the coin identification sensor 23. Therefore, in this example, when the movable roller group 7 is positioned from the proximity position to the separation position, the movable member 32 is rotated so that the support wall 38 is positioned at the open position. Since the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 is opened under a situation where there is a high possibility that the coin 2 can ride on the upper surface 23a, more effective measures to prevent the coin 2 from being placed on the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23 are implemented. can do.

  (3) When the movable member 32 that can open and close the support wall 38 is rotated, this rotational movement is interlocked with the sliding movement of the movable-side roller group 7. For this reason, it becomes possible to rotate the movable member 32 using the operating force when the movable roller group 7 slides, and a special drive source such as a dedicated motor for rotating the movable member 32 is prepared. There is no need to do. Further, the sliding movement operation of the movable roller group 7 and the opening / closing operation of the support wall 38 are performed at the same time, so that the total processing time can be shortened as compared with the case where these operations are performed separately. You can also. The same applies to the planar rotation structure of the coin identification sensor 23.

  (4) When the support wall 38 is opened and closed with respect to the upper surface 23a of the coin identification sensor 23, the support wall is opened and closed by a mechanical structure using members such as the movable member 32, the pushing portion 42 and the first biasing spring 39. Therefore, for example, the support wall 38 can be opened and closed in conjunction with the movement of the movable roller group 7 with a simple structure as compared with the case where an electrical structure is used. The same applies to the planar rotation structure of the coin identification sensor 23.

  (5) When the movable roller group 7 slides to the separated position, the drawer member 45 is pulled out by the movable roller group 7 to rotate the coin identification sensor 23 in the direction of the arrow E2 shown in FIGS. It shakes strongly in the plane direction. Therefore, even if the coin 2 is jammed in the detection slit 27 of the coin identification sensor 23, the jammed coin pops out from the detection slit 27 when the coin identification sensor 23 is shaken strongly. Therefore, the coin 2 jammed in the detection slit 27 can be detached from the detection slit 27, and the coin 2 can be prevented from being jammed in the detection slit 27 of the coin identification sensor 23.

  (6) When the coins 2 are jammed on the coin passage path, the movable roller group 7 slides from the proximity position to the separation position, but when the movable roller group 7 is in the separation position, the fixed roller group 6 As the interval between the movable roller group 7 and the movable roller group 7 increases, it is possible to widen the space for rotating the coin identification sensor 23 in a plane. Therefore, when the coin identification sensor 23 is rotated on the plane, the coin identification sensor 23 can be rotated on the plane with as much rotation amount as possible, and the coin 2 jammed in the detection slit 27 of the coin identification sensor 23 can be detected more reliably. It can be detached from the slit 27.

(7) Since the opening / closing operation of the support wall 38 and the rotation operation of the coin identification sensor 23 are performed simultaneously, the total processing time can be shortened compared to the case where these operations are performed separately.
(8) When the coin identification sensor 23 is rotated on the plane, if the rotation fulcrum of the coin identification sensor 23 is on the side where the wiring of the coin identification sensor 23 passes, the sensor wiring hardly affects the plane rotation.

In addition, embodiment is not limited to the structure until now, You may change into the following aspects.
The opening / closing operation of the support wall 38 is not necessarily limited to being performed simultaneously with the sliding movement when the movable roller group 7 slides to the separation position (in the middle of the sliding movement). For example, a motor capable of rotating the movable member 32 is mounted on the ticket coin separating device 5 and the movable member 32 is rotated by the driving force of the motor before or after the movable roller group 7 starts moving. The support wall 38 may be opened and closed. The same applies to the planar rotation structure of the coin identification sensor 23.

  The opening / closing operation of the support wall 38 is not necessarily limited to interlocking with the sliding movement of the movable roller group 7. For example, a motor capable of rotating the movable member 32 is mounted on the bill coin separating device 5 and the movable member 32 is rotated in synchronization with the sliding movement of the movable roller group 7 by using the driving force of this motor. May be. The same applies to the planar rotation structure of the coin identification sensor 23.

  The movement of the movable member 32 when opening and closing the support wall 38 is not limited to a plane rotation movement with the first rotation support pin 33 as a fulcrum, and performs other movements such as a rotation movement around an axis. The support wall 38 may be opened and closed using a movable member.

  The urging means provided between the support frame 24 and the movable member 32 is not limited to the first urging spring 39 made of a spring material, and may be another elastic body such as rubber. This also applies to the second biasing spring 43 and the third biasing spring 48.

  When the movable member 32 rotates in a plane, when the movable roller group 7 is positioned at the separated position, the movable roller group 7 is positioned at the open position by the urging force of the first urging spring 39, and the movable roller group 7 is moved to the close position. The position is not limited to the relationship of rotating to the opposite side by the pressing portion 42 of the movable roller group 7 and returning to the restriction position. That is, the same structure as that of the drawing member 45 is used, and when the movable roller group 7 is located at the separated position, the movable member 32 is drawn into the movable roller group 7 and is located at the open position. When 7 returns to the proximity position, it may be a structure that returns to the original restriction position by the biasing force of the spring material. The same applies to the planar rotation structure of the coin identification sensor 23.

  The opening / closing operation of the support wall 38 is not limited to being performed as a series of roller movement operations when the jam detection sensor 29 detects a coin jam. That is, it is independent of the operation of detecting the clogging of coins by the clogging detection sensor 29 and moving the movable roller group 7 to the separation position. For example, by periodically sliding the movable roller group 7 in the separation direction, You may implement the operation | movement which prevents a coin from mounting on the upper surface 23a of the identification sensor 23. FIG. The same applies to the planar rotation structure of the coin identification sensor 23.

The opening / closing operation of the support wall 38 and the plane rotation operation of the coin identification sensor 23 are not necessarily performed at the same time, and these operations may be performed separately.
-Tickets separated by the ticket coin separating device 5 are not limited to the numbered ticket 4 that proves the boarding position in the vehicle, and may be embodied in various tickets such as bonds, securities, meal tickets, horse tickets, and postal tickets. May be.

  The bill coin separator 5 does not necessarily need to be equipped with the coin jam prevention mechanism K2, and may be omitted. In this case, it is possible to satisfy the effect of preventing coin clogging even when only the coin removing mechanism K1 is mounted on the bill coin separating device 5.

Next, technical ideas that can be grasped from the above-described embodiment and other examples will be described below together with their effects.
(1) In any one of Claims 5-8, by positioning at least a pair of the movable side roller group and the fixed side roller group including the separation roller at a close position, the gap between the separation rollers is removed only by a ticket. By separating the bill coins by passing them, and detecting the jammed bill coins by the jam detection means, the movable roller group is moved relative to the fixed roller group to be positioned at the separated position, thereby A movable mechanism is provided to widen the gap between the coins to eliminate the coin clogging, and the coin clogging prevention mechanism eliminates the coin clogging with respect to the coin identifying member when the movable roller group is located at the separated position. An operation is performed to eliminate the coin clogging in the slit of the coin identification member. In this case, if the movable side roller group is located at the separated position, it is possible to take a larger operation space when operating the coin jam prevention mechanism by the amount of movement of the movable side roller group. . Accordingly, when the coin jam prevention mechanism is operated, it can be operated in a relatively wide space, and the coins jammed in the slit of the coin identification member can be more reliably removed from the slit.

  (2) Taking in the ticket and coins inserted from the fare slot, separating these ticket coins, identifying the type of the separated coins, counting the coins, and reading the ticket type for the tickets as well In the fare box, a fare box comprising the ticket coin separating device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 and the technical idea (1). In this case, it is possible to provide a fare box equipped with a ticket coin separating device in which coins are difficult to be placed on the surface of the coin identifying member.

The perspective view of the fare box in one Embodiment. The top view which shows the structure of the ticket coin separation device mounted in a fare box. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the structure of a ticket coin separator. Sectional drawing of a conveyance system roller part when a movable side roller group is located in a proximity position. Sectional drawing of a conveyance system roller part when a movable side roller group is located in a separation position. The top view which shows the structure of the ticket coin separator when a movable side roller group is located in a separation position. The disassembled perspective view containing a coin identification sensor, a coin exclusion mechanism, and a coin jam prevention mechanism. The perspective view which looked at the coin identification sensor and the surrounding parts group from the upper surface. The perspective view which looked at the coin identification sensor and the component group around it from the lower part. The perspective view which looked at the coin identification sensor in case the movable side roller group is a proximity position from the upper surface. The perspective view which looked at the coin identification sensor in case the movable side roller group is a separation position from the upper surface. The front view of a ticket coin separation device at the time of a movable side roller group being located in a proximity position. The front view of a ticket coin separator at the time of a movable side roller group being located in a separation position. The rear view of a ticket coin separator when a movable side roller group is located in a proximity position. The rear view of a ticket coin separation device at the time of a movable side roller group being located in a separation position. The perspective view which looked at the coin identification sensor in case the movable side roller group is a proximity position from the lower surface. The perspective view which looked at the coin identification sensor in case the movable side roller group is a separation position from the lower surface. The perspective view which shows schematic structure of the conventional ticket coin separation apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

  2 ... coins, 3 ... freight slot as a ticket coin slot, 4 ... numbered ticket as a ticket, 5 ... ticket coin separator, 6 ... fixed roller group, 7 ... movable roller group, 8, 9 ... separation Roller, 12... Rotating motor as movable mechanism, 23... Coin identification sensor as coin identifying member, 23 a... Upper surface as surface, 24... Support frame as frame, 27. 32 ... movable member, 38 ... support wall as receiving part, 39 ... first urging spring as urging means, 42 ... push-in part, 45 ... drawing member, 48 ... second urging means As a third biasing spring, 53... Latching protrusion, K1... Coin removal mechanism (interlocking mechanism, rotating interlocking mechanism), K2 .. coin clogging prevention mechanism (second interlocking mechanism, pull-out interlocking mechanism), Wb …interval.

Claims (8)

A ticket and a coin inserted from a ticket coin slot are wound only by a pair of separation rollers, and the coin is separated by sliding down on the separation roller and guiding it to a coin identifying member. In the ticket coin separating device for identifying the type of the coin identifying member with the coin identifying member,
When the coin is placed on the surface of the coin discriminating member having a receiving portion for assisting the introduction when the coin is introduced into the coin discriminating member between the separation roller and the coin discriminating member. And a coin removing mechanism for separating the coin placed on the surface outwardly by separating the receiving portion from the coin identifying member and opening the surface of the coin identifying member. Ticket coin separator. By locating at least a pair of movable side roller group and fixed side roller group including the separation roller at close positions, the bill coins are separated by allowing only the bill to pass through the gap between the separation rollers. When a coin jam is detected, the movable roller group is moved relative to the fixed roller group to be positioned at a separated position, thereby widening the interval between the rollers and eliminating the coin coin jam. Equipped with a movable mechanism,
2. The coin according to claim 1, wherein when the movable roller group is located at the separation position, the coin exclusion mechanism separates the receiving portion from the coin identification member and opens the surface. Separation device.   When the movable roller group is located at the separated position, the coin removing mechanism moves the receiving portion away from the coin identifying member in conjunction with the movement of the position and moves the movable roller group to the close position. The ticket coin separating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when returning, the ticket coin separating apparatus is an interlocking mechanism that returns the receiving portion to a position where the introduction can be assisted in conjunction with the movement of the position.   When the movable roller group moves to the separated position, the coin removing mechanism includes a movable member that is rotatably attached to a frame of the fixed roller group and has the receiving portion at a tip thereof. By rotating by a biasing force of a biasing means provided between the frame and the frame, the receiving portion is separated from the coin identifying member to open the surface, and the movable roller group is returned to the proximity position. In this case, the receiving portion is formed by pushing the proximal end of the movable member with the pushing portion provided in the movable side roller group and rotating the movable member to the opposite side against the urging force of the urging means. The ticket coin separating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the bill coin separating apparatus is a pivotal interlocking mechanism that returns the position to a position where the introduction can be assisted.   5. The coin clogging prevention mechanism for removing the coin clogging by detaching the coin clogged in a coin passage slit provided in the coin identifying member from the slit. 5. The ticket coin separator according to one item.   When the movable-side roller group is located at the separated position, the coin-clogging prevention mechanism starts the coin-clogging eliminating operation in conjunction with the movement of the position, and the movable-side roller group is 6. The ticket coin separating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein when returning to the proximity position, the ticket coin separating device is a second interlocking mechanism that returns to the initial state before the coin jam clearing operation in conjunction with the movement of the position.   The coin jam prevention mechanism is characterized in that the coin jammed in the slit is detached from the slit by giving a motion to the coin discriminating member with the coin discriminating position as an initial state in the coin discriminating member. The ticket coin separator according to claim 5 or 6.   When the movable roller group moves to the separated position, the coin clogging prevention mechanism pulls out a drawer member attached and fixed to the coin identifying member by a latching protrusion provided on the movable roller group. , Against the biasing force of the second biasing means provided between the frame that supports the coin identifying member so as to be relatively movable and the drawing member, and the coin identifying member is at a position shifted from the initial state. When the movable roller group is moved back to the close position, the coin identification member is returned to the original initial state by the urging force of the second urging means. It is a drawer-type interlocking mechanism to return, The ticket coin separator of Claim 7 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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