JP5004543B2 - Coin bridge release mechanism of coin processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a coin bridge release mechanism of a coin processing device that effectively releases a coin bridge phenomenon caused by accumulated coins.

  Conventionally, for example, in a coin processing apparatus capable of depositing, a deposited coin is temporarily held in a temporary holding unit, and a coin temporarily held in the temporary holding unit is released and stored in a storage unit in response to a payment approval or a payment non-approval. Or return it.

  In such a temporary storage section, a bottom plate that is configured with walls on the four sides in the vertical direction and that can be opened and closed is provided at the bottom, and coins are accumulated in the temporary storage section in the closed state of the bottom plate, and are deposited by opening the bottom plate. Coins are released downward.

  By the way, when the bottom plate is opened and the deposited coins are released from the temporary storage part, a coin bridge phenomenon occurs in which the deposited coins are bridged between the mutually facing wall surfaces of the temporary storage part, and the coins remain without being released. There is.

In order to release the coin bridging phenomenon caused by accumulated coins, the temporary holding part is configured to be movable in the horizontal direction, the side of the temporary holding part is cut out, and the guide part in which the protrusion is formed faces the notch. In addition, the coin bridging phenomenon caused by the accumulated coins is released by collapsing the bridged coins with protrusions when the temporary holding unit is horizontally moved (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 10-334304 A (page 3-5, FIG. 1-2)

  However, in the mechanism for releasing the conventional coin bridging phenomenon, the coins in the bridged state are crushed by the protrusions, so there is a possibility that an excessive load is applied to the mechanism. In addition, in the case of the denomination type of temporary hold method in which coins are temporarily detained in denominations, the number of denominations (for example, six denominations in Japan is compared to the so-called collective hold method in which coins are temporarily detained in a denomination mixed state. ) Only requires a temporary holding part, and there is a problem that the mechanism becomes too complicated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can reliably release the coin bridging phenomenon of accumulated coins. For example, in the case of arranging a plurality of coin depositing units in parallel to deposit coins by denomination, It is an object of the present invention to provide a coin bridge release mechanism of a coin processing device that can simplify the above.

  The coin bridge releasing mechanism of the coin processing device according to claim 1 includes a bottom plate that is formed in a substantially quadrangular shape in plan view by a wall surface along the vertical direction and that can be opened at a bottom portion, and at least one wall surface is swingable. The coin depositing portion and the bottom plate of the coin depositing portion are closed to restrict the swinging of the swingable wall surface when depositing coins on the coin depositing portion, and the bottom plate of the coin depositing portion is opened. And a lock piece that permits rocking of the rockable wall surface when the coins accumulated in the coin accumulation part are discharged downward.

Coin bridge release mechanism of the coin processing apparatus 請 Motomeko 2 wherein, in the coin bridge release mechanism of claim 1 Symbol placement of the coin processing apparatus, a plurality of coin deposited portion are arranged parallel to each other of the plurality of coins deposited portion Of the adjacent wall surfaces, every other wall surface is configured as a rockable wall surface.

The coin bridge releasing mechanism of the coin processing device according to claim 3 is the coin bridge releasing mechanism of the coin processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the swingable wall surface is provided with a swing fulcrum above the wall surface. The swinging fulcrum is supported so as to be swingable in a direction in which the lower side of the coin depositing portion becomes wider.

The coin bridge releasing mechanism of the coin processing device according to claim 4 is the coin bridge releasing mechanism of the coin processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the coin depositing portion is a temporary storage portion of the coin processing device. is there.

  According to the coin bridge releasing mechanism of the coin processing device according to claim 1, when the coin accumulated in the coin depositing part is discharged downward by opening the bottom plate of the coin depositing part, the lock piece permits the wall surface to swing. By doing so, it is possible to reliably release the coin bridging phenomenon of the accumulated coins generated between the swingable wall surface and the facing wall surface.For example, in order to deposit coins by denomination, a plurality of coin accumulation units are provided. In the case of arranging in parallel, the configuration can be simplified if the wall surface between adjacent coin depositing portions is shared as a swingable wall surface.

According to the coin bridge release mechanism of the coin processing apparatus 請 Motomeko 2 wherein, in addition to the effect of the coin bridge release mechanism of claim 1 Symbol placement of the coin processing apparatus, adjacent to each other of the plurality of coin deposited portions arranged in parallel By configuring every other wall surface as a rockable wall surface, for example, when six coin depositing portions are arranged in parallel, only three rockable wall surfaces and lock pieces are required. It can be simplified.

According to the coin bridge release mechanism of the coin processing apparatus according to claim 3, in addition to the effect of the coin bridge release mechanism of the coin processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 wherein, pivotable wall, the upper side swing Since the lower side of the coin depositing portion is supported at the fulcrum so as to be swollen, the coin bridging phenomenon of the deposited coin can be reliably released.

According to the coin bridge release mechanism of the coin processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, in addition to the effects of claims 1 to 3 coins bridge release mechanism of the coin processing apparatus according to any one applies to the escrow unit of the coin processing apparatus Thus, it is possible to reliably prevent the coins from remaining in the temporary storage unit.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 3 show a first embodiment.

  2 and 3, 11 is a machine body of a coin processing device, and a depositing unit 12 is provided on the front side of the upper surface in the machine body 11 so as to be able to receive deposit coins in a denomination mixed state. The coins received in the depositing section 12 are fed one by one into the coin passage and identified, reject coins that cannot be identified are branched from the coin passage, and normal coins are sorted by money type from the coin passage.

  Below the coin passage, there is disposed a temporary holding unit 13 as a coin depositing unit of a denomination that temporarily holds coins selected by denomination. Since the current Japanese coins are 6 denominations, 6 temporary storage units 13 are arranged in parallel.

  Below one side of the temporary holding unit 13, a coin sorting box 14 for storing the coins released from the temporary holding unit 13 of the denomination at the time of deposit approval after temporary holding in the denomination is detachably disposed from the body 11. ing.

  Below the other side of the temporary holding unit 13, a return box 15 that accepts the return coins released from the temporary holding unit 13 in denomination at the time of non-approval of payment after temporary holding is detachably disposed from the body 11. The return box 15 is also provided with a reject coin storage box 16 for receiving reject coins branched from the coin passage.

  During the deposit process of the coin processing device, the coins received by the depositing unit 12 are fed one by one to the coin passage and identified, and the unrecognizable reject coin is branched from the coin passage and stored in the reject coin storage box 16. The normal coins are sorted into denominations from the coin passages and temporarily held in the denominations in the temporary holding unit 13. At the time of deposit approval after temporary hold, the coins temporarily held by denomination are released to the temporary hold unit 13 and stored in the coin sorting box 14 by denomination, and when payment is not approved after temporary hold, the temporary hold unit The coins temporarily held at 13 are released and accepted into the return box 15 by denomination, and the return coins are returned when the return box 15 is removed from the machine body 11.

  Next, FIG. 1 illustrates four temporary holding units 13 among the six temporary holding units 13.

  Each temporary storage section 13 includes a temporary storage frame 21 formed integrally with six temporary storage sections 13 and a bottom plate 22 that can open and close the bottom of the temporary storage frame 21. While the bottom plate 22 is disposed at a fixed position, the temporary storage frame 21 is provided so as to be movable in a horizontal direction intersecting the direction in which the six temporary storage units 13 are arranged. The bottom portion can be opened and closed relative to the bottom plate 22. Then, the temporary holding frame 21 is moved by driving of a temporary holding unit driving means including a motor and a transmission mechanism (not shown).

  The temporary holding frame 21 includes a side holding plate 13 between both side plates 24 (the side plates on the near side are omitted in FIG. 1) positioned in the moving direction of the temporary holding frame 21 and between both ends of the side plates 24 on both sides. And a plurality of side plates 25 arranged on both sides of each temporary holding portion 13 in the direction in which the two are arranged. Each temporary storage portion 13 has a quadrangular shape in a plan view surrounded by the wall surfaces 24a, 24a, 25a, 25a of the side plates 24, 24, 25, 25 along four directions in the vertical direction, and is formed with an opening in the vertical direction.

  A plurality of projecting portions 26 having a substantially triangular cross section are formed on the bottom plate 22 so as to project along the moving direction of the temporary storage frame 21. A plurality of grooves 27 having a substantially triangular cross section are formed on the lower edges of the side plates 24 on both sides located in the moving direction of the temporary storage frame 21 in order to avoid interference with the protrusions 26.

  A gap allowing movement of the temporary holding frame 21 is formed between the temporary holding frame 21 and the bottom plate 22, but this gap is smaller than the thickness of the coin and no coin enters.

  On one side or both sides of the bottom plate 22 corresponding to the moving direction of the temporary holding frame 21, a denomination outlet 28 for denomination that discharges coins when each temporary holding unit 13 comes off from the bottom plate 22 by the movement of the temporary holding frame 21. Is formed. These discharge ports 28 are partitioned into denominations by a partition plate 29. The upper edge of the partition plate 29 protrudes upward from the upper surface of the bottom plate 22.

  When the discharge port 28 is provided only on one side of the bottom plate 22, the course of coins is switched to the coin sorting box 14 and the return box 15 on the downstream side of the discharge port 28. In the case where the discharge port 28 is provided, the discharge port 28 on one side can be used for storing in the coin sorting box 14, and the discharge port 28 on the other side can be used for returning to the return box 15.

  Further, the temporary holding unit 13 employs a coin bridge releasing mechanism 31 that releases the coin bridge phenomenon of the deposited coins within the temporary holding unit 13.

  That is, the movable side plate 32 is disposed on the lower side of every other three side plates 25 among the five side plates 25 positioned between the six temporary storage portions 13. The movable side plate 32 is provided with a lateral width that can swing between the side plates 24 on both sides located in the moving direction of the temporary holding frame 21, and the upper side of the movable side plate 32 is supported on the side plates 24 on both sides. It is supported by a swing fulcrum 33 that is a shaft, and is supported so as to be swingable in the direction of the temporary holding portions 13 adjacent to each other with the swing fulcrum 33 as a fulcrum.

  The movable side plate 32 is provided with side plate portions 34 facing the temporary holding portions 13 adjacent to each other via a predetermined gap portion 35, and the wall surface 34a of these side plate portions 34 of the side plate 25 forming the temporary holding portion 13 is provided. It is also used as a part of the wall surface 25a.

  Lock pieces 36 are fixedly disposed on the bottom plate 22 by screws or the like corresponding to the positions of the movable side plates 32 of the temporary storage frame 21. The lock piece 36 enters the gap portion 35 between the side plate portions 34 of the movable side plate 32 in the closed state of the bottom surface of the temporary holding portion 13 where the temporary holding frame 21 is on the bottom plate 22 and swings the movable side plate 32. The movable side plate is separated from the gap 35 between the side plate portions 34 of the movable side plate 32 in the open state of the bottom surface of the temporary holding portion 13 where the temporary holding frame 21 is moved from the bottom plate 22 to the discharge port 28. Allow 32 swings.

  When the temporary holding frame 21 moves from the bottom plate 22 to the discharge port 28, the upper portion of the partition plate 29 enters the gap portion 35 between the side plate portions 34 of the movable side plate 32, and each side plate portion 34 of the movable side plate 32 is The movable side plate 32 can swing within a range in contact with the partition plate 29. Therefore, the upper part of the partition plate 29 is configured as a swing range restricting portion 29a that restricts swing of the movable side plate 32 to a predetermined range.

  In the lock piece 36, an end corresponding to the moving direction of the temporary holding frame 21 is formed in a substantially triangular cross section so that it can easily enter the gap 35 between the side plates 34 of the movable side plate 32. In addition, a guide portion 37 that is bent so that the end of the lock piece 36 can easily enter the gap portion 35 is formed at the edge portion of the both side plate portions 34 of the movable side plate 32.

  Next, the operation of the coin bridge release mechanism 31 will be described.

  When temporarily storing coins in the temporary storage unit 13, the temporary storage frame 21 is positioned on the bottom plate 22, and the bottom surface of each temporary storage unit 13 is in a temporary storage state closed by the bottom plate 22.

  In this temporary holding state, the lock piece 36 enters the gap portion 35 between the side plate portions 34 of each movable side plate 32, and the swing of the movable side plate 32 is restricted.

  Then, at the time of deposit processing, the coins sorted by denomination in the coin passage are sent from above into each temporary storage unit 13 and temporarily stored. The coins temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 13 are deposited on the bottom plate 22 between the four wall surfaces 24a, 24a, 25a, 34a.

  When the coin temporarily held in the temporary holding unit 13 is released by the payment approval or the payment non-approval after the temporary holding, the temporary holding frame 21 moves from the bottom plate 22 to the discharge port 28. Due to the movement of the temporary storage frame 21, the bottom surface of each temporary storage unit 13 is detached from the bottom plate 22 and opened on the discharge port 28, and the coins in the temporary storage unit 13 fall to the discharge port 28.

  When the temporary storage frame 21 is moved from the bottom plate 22 to the discharge port 28, the bottom surface of the temporary storage unit 13 is opened, and the lock piece 36 is released from the gap 35 between the side plates 34 of the movable side plate 32, and the movable side plate 32 Is allowed to swing. For this reason, even if a coin bridging phenomenon occurs in which the accumulated coins are bridged between the wall surface 34a of the movable side plate 32 and the wall surface 25a of the side plate 25 facing the wall surface 34a, the wall surface 34a of the movable side plate 32 is swung upward. Since the lower side of the temporary holding part 13 is supported so that the lower side of the temporary holding part 13 is widened at the moving fulcrum 33, the dimension between the wall surfaces 34a, 25a on the lower side of the temporary holding part 13 increases, and the coin bridge of the deposited coins The phenomenon can be surely released. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent coins from remaining in the temporary storage unit 13.

  When the temporary holding frame 21 moves from the bottom plate 22 to the discharge port 28, the swing range restricting portion 29a on the upper side of the partition plate 29 enters the gap portion 35 between the side plate portions 34 of the movable side plate 32. The movable side plate 32 can be swung within a range in which the movement range restricting portion 29a and each side plate portion 34 of the movable side plate 32 abut. Thereby, it is possible to restrict the movable side plate 32 from largely swinging to the adjacent temporary holding portion 13 side and the coins being discharged to the discharge port 28 of the adjacent denomination.

  In addition, after the coins are released from the temporary storage unit 13, the temporary storage frame 21 moves from the discharge port 28 to the bottom plate 22, and the bottom of each temporary storage unit 13 returns to the temporary storage state closed by the bottom plate 22. To do.

  When the temporary storage frame 21 moves from the discharge port 28 to the bottom plate 22, the lock piece 36 enters the gap portion 35 between the side plate portions 34 of each movable side plate 32, and the swinging of the movable side plate 32 is restricted.

  In this way, when the bottom plate 22 of the temporary storage unit 13 is opened and the coins accumulated in the temporary storage unit 13 are discharged downward, the lock piece 36 allows the wall surface 34a to swing so that the rocking is possible. It is possible to reliably release the coin bridging phenomenon of accumulated coins that occurs between the opposite wall surface 34a and the facing wall surface 25a.

  When a plurality of temporary storage parts 13 are arranged in parallel to deposit coins by denomination, the configuration can be simplified if the wall surface between adjacent temporary storage parts 13 is shared as a swingable wall surface 34a. In particular, when the six temporary holding portions 13 are arranged in parallel by configuring every other wall surface among the adjacent wall surfaces 25a of the plurality of temporary holding portions 13 arranged in parallel as the swingable wall surface 34a, The swingable wall surface 34a and the lock pieces 36 only need to be three each, which can be simplified.

  Next, FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment.

  In the first embodiment, the movable side plate 32 is disengaged or engaged with the lock piece 36 along with the movement of the temporary holding frame 21, and the swing of the movable side plate 32 is permitted and restricted. By forcibly displacing the piece 36, the swinging of the movable side plate 32 is surely permitted and restricted.

  In this case, the lock piece 36 is displaceable over a swing prevention position that restricts the swing of the movable side plate 32 and a swing permission position that allows the movable side plate 32 to swing. The displacement of the lock piece 36 may be any of rotation, slide or swing.

  A drive unit 41 such as a motor or a solenoid is used to displace the lock piece 36 from the swing prevention position to the swing permission position.

  In the example shown in FIG. 4, the lock piece 36 has a shape having a long side and a short side, and the long side of the lock piece 36 is brought into contact with both side plate portions 34 of the movable side plate 32 by driving of the drive unit 41. Thus, the swing of the movable side plate 32 is restricted, and the drive of the drive unit 41 allows the short side of the lock piece 36 to face both side plate portions 34 of the movable side plate 32, thereby allowing the swing of the movable side plate 32.

  Even in this configuration, when the bottom plate 22 of the temporary storage unit 13 is opened and the coins accumulated in the temporary storage unit 13 are discharged downward, the drive unit 41 swings the lock piece 36 from the swing prevention position. By displacing the movable side plate 32 to the permitted movement position and allowing the swinging of the movable side plate 32, the coin bridging phenomenon of the deposited coins generated between the swingable wall surface 34a and the facing wall surface 25a can be reliably released.

  In each of the above embodiments, the movable side plate 32 is configured to freely swing with the swing fulcrum 33 as a fulcrum. It may be possible to reliably release the bridging phenomenon.

  The configuration of the coin bridge release mechanism 31 is not limited to the temporary storage unit 13, but can be applied to a coin storage unit having a function of depositing and discharging coins.

It is a perspective view of the temporary storage part to which the coin bridge release mechanism of the coin processing apparatus which shows the 1st Embodiment of this invention is applied. It is a schematic diagram which shows the aspect which discharges a coin from a temporary storage part to the coin selection box of a coin processing apparatus same as the above. It is a schematic diagram which shows the aspect which discharges a coin from a temporary storage part to the return box of a coin processing apparatus same as the above. It is a block diagram of a coin bridge release mechanism of a coin processing device showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

13 Temporary holding section as coin deposit section
22 Bottom plate
24a, 25a, 34a Wall surface
31 Coin bridge release mechanism
33 Swing fulcrum
36 Lock piece

Claims (4)

A coin accumulating portion that is formed in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view by a wall surface along the vertical direction and includes a bottom plate that can be opened at the bottom, and at least one wall surface of which can be swung;
When the bottom plate of the coin depositing portion is closed to deposit coins on the coin depositing portion, the swing of the swingable wall surface is regulated, and the bottom plate of the coin depositing portion is opened to be deposited on the coin depositing portion. A coin bridge release mechanism of a coin processing device, comprising: a lock piece that permits rocking of the rockable wall when discharging coins downward . A plurality of coin deposited portion is arranged in parallel, No placement claim 1 Symbol every other wall of the mutually adjacent wall surfaces of the plurality of coins deposited portion is characterized in that it is constructed as a pivotable wall Coin bridge release mechanism for coin handling equipment. The swingable wall surface is provided with a swing fulcrum on the upper side of the wall surface, and supported by the swing fulcrum so as to be swingable in a direction in which the lower side of the coin accumulating portion expands toward the end. The coin bridge release mechanism of the coin processing device according to claim 1 or 2 . Coin depositing section claims 1 to 3 coins bridge release mechanism of the coin processing apparatus according to any one characterized in that it is a temporary holding section of the coin processing apparatus.

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