JP6290643B2 - Coin storage box - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a coin storage box that stores falling coins.

  In a service providing device that uses coins, a mechanism in which coins inserted from a coin slot pass through (drop) the money amount identification unit and store (drop) in a storage box.

  In a coin storage box that stores falling coins, a coin storage box that diffuses falling coins by providing a member at a dropping point is known. As shown in the schematic diagram of coin storage inside the coin storage box in FIG. 5, the coin storage box has an opening of the storage box that is unevenly piled up in the vicinity of the falling point of the coin and in the vicinity thereof. The coin full sensor that detects the full amount of coin storage in the storage box is prevented from reacting erroneously.

  An example of a coin storage box that diffuses falling coins is described in Patent Document 1. The coin storage box described in Patent Document 1 is arranged on both side walls in the coin storage box according to the location of the falling coin, as shown in the schematic diagram of coin storage inside the coin storage box of FIG. A cylindrical shaft fixed horizontally is provided. Coins that fall as indicated by solid line arrows collide with the shaft, are diffused as indicated by broken line arrows, and are stored in the coin storage box.

JP 2006-202131 A

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1 described above, a shaft is provided inside the coin storage box. Further, referring to the drawings, the coin receiving port for receiving the falling coin is only a part of the top surface of the coin storage box. For this reason, it is impossible for an operator to grip the shaft inside the coin storage box. Further, the top surface of the coin storage box is usually designed to be thin in order to increase the coin storage capacity and reduce the weight, and is not designed on the assumption that the operator puts his / her hand in the money slot. Therefore, the technique described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that it is necessary for an operator to form grip means for handling the coin storage box separately from the shaft.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a coin storage box that can solve the above-described problems.

  A coin storage box according to an aspect of the present invention includes a storage unit that opens a top surface and stores coins that fall from the opening surface, and a height that is close to the opening surface of the storage unit at both ends inside the storage unit. And a grip portion made of a rod-like member fixed so as to pass through a position where a falling coin collides.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the effect that a coin is spread | diffused using the holding part used for removal | desorption of a coin storage box and conveyance, and a coin can be accumulated and stored uniformly is acquired.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a coin storage box 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view at the time of coin storage inside the coin storage box 100 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a coin storage box 110 according to a modification of the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of a cross-sectional shape of the grip portion 102 according to the first embodiment or the grip portion 112 according to a modification of the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view at the time of coin storage inside the coin storage box in the background art. FIG. 6 is a perspective view when coins are stored inside the coin storage box in the technique described in Patent Document 1. FIG.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a coin storage box 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the coin storage box 100 includes a storage unit 101 and a grip unit 102.

  Next, the configuration of the coin storage box 100 in the first embodiment will be described.

  The storage unit 101 takes the shape of a hexahedron having an open top surface, and stores coins that fall from the open surface (a space surface at the top surface position of the opening).

  The grip portion 102 is made of a cylindrical member, and both ends of the cylindrical member are fixed inside the two side surfaces facing the storage portion 101 at a height position near the opening surface. Further, the fixed position of the cylindrical member is determined so as to pass through the position where the coin falling from the opening surface collides with the cylindrical member. In addition, since the top surface of the storage unit 101 is open and the gripping unit 102 is fixed at a height position near the opening surface of the storage unit 101, an operator handling the coin storage box 100 holds the gripping unit 102. The coin storage box 100 can be detached and transported.

  In FIG. 1, in order to join the grip portion 102 to the storage portion 101, the storage portion 101 is cut out in a U-shape so as to form a rectangular through hole. In addition, the vertically upper side of the cut-out portion remains as a fold, and the portion in contact with the grip portion 102 at the fold is bent inside the storage portion 101. The grip portion 102 is fixed to the bent portion of the storage portion 101 using screws.

  However, in the present invention, the structure for joining the grip portion 102 to the storage portion 101 is not limited to the above configuration. Further, in FIG. 1, welding margins and welding marks are illustrated inside the side surface of the storage unit 101, and the edge portion where the end portion of the sheet metal is folded is illustrated in the vicinity of the opening surface, but the configuration of the side surface of the storage unit 101 is illustrated. It is not limited to things.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view when coins are stored inside the coin storage box 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the surface of the storage unit 101 to which one end of the gripping unit 102 is fixed is the front. That is, the grip part 102 is fixed in an orientation along an axis extending from the front surface to the back surface in FIG. Referring to FIG. 2, in the coin storage box 100, a falling coin collides with the grip portion 102 as indicated by a solid line arrow. Depending on the inclination of the coin at the time of collision and the relative position between the coin and the gripping part 102, the coins that have collided as shown by the dashed arrows are diffused, and the coins fall and accumulate at random positions on the bottom of the storage part 101. Further, depending on the relative position between the coin and the grip portion 102, the coin may fall and accumulate as it is without colliding with the grip portion 102.

  Next, effects of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The coin storage box 100 in the present embodiment described above is capable of diffusing coins by using the grip portion 102 used for detaching and transporting the coin storage box 100 and depositing and storing coins uniformly.

  This is because the following configuration is included. That is, first, since the top surface of the storage unit 101 is opened and the gripping unit 102 is fixed at a height position near the opening surface of the storage unit 101, an operator who handles the coin storage box 100 can handle the gripping unit 102. It is possible to detach and transport the coin storage box 100 by grasping it. 2ndly, the holding part 102 is a cylindrical holding part comprised by a cylindrical member, and the both ends pass through the position where the coin which falls collides with a cylindrical holding part inside the two side surfaces which the storage part 101 opposes. Fixed to. Thereby, the falling coin collides with the grip part 102. The coins that have collided diffuse due to the inclination of the coins at the time of the collision and the relative positions of the coins and the gripping part 102, and the coins fall and accumulate at random positions on the bottom of the storage part 101. It is possible to obtain an effect that the coins are diffused by using the grip portion 102 used for detaching and transporting the coin storage box 100, and the coins can be deposited and stored uniformly.

[Modification]
Next, a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, the description overlapping with the above description is omitted as long as the description of the present embodiment is not obscured.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the coin storage box 110 according to the modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 3, the coin storage box 110 in the present modification includes a grip portion 112 instead of the grip portion 102 as compared with that of the first embodiment.

  The gripping part 112 has a pair of two opposing side surfaces to which the gripping part 102 of the storage part 101 is not fixed, and a falling coin collides with the gripping part at a height position in the vicinity of the opening surface like the gripping part 102. The columnar member fixed so as to pass through the position to be integrated is integrated with the grip portion 102 in the first embodiment. Specifically, the shape of the grip portion 112 is a cross shape when viewed from the top of the storage portion 101, and the intersection of the cross matches the position where the falling coin collides with the cylindrical member.

  Similarly to the coin storage box 100 of the first embodiment, the coin storage box 110 is also used to diffuse and store coins uniformly by using the grip portion 112 used for detaching and transporting the coin storage box 110. The effect that it is possible is obtained.

  In addition, both or one of the grip portion 102 according to the first embodiment of the present invention and the grip portion 112 according to the modification of the first embodiment may be a rod-shaped member having another shape instead of a cylindrical member. For example, the grip portion 102 has a structure in which a semi-cylindrical column and a triangular prism are integrated, and the gripping portion 102 is made of a rod-shaped object (a cross-sectional shape is shown in FIG. 4) in which the ridge of the triangular prism faces a direction opposite to the coin falling direction. In this case as well, the same effect as the first embodiment of the present invention can be obtained.

  Further, the shape of the storage unit 101 is not limited to a rectangular parallelepiped with an open top. For example, the storage unit 101 may be formed of a cylindrical member.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to each embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention.

100, 110 Coin storage box 101 Storage section 102, 112 Grip section

Claims (2)

A storage unit that opens the top surface and stores coins falling from the opening surface;
A first gripping portion made of a rod-shaped member fixed at both ends inside the side surface of the storage portion at a height position near the opening surface of the storage portion so that a falling coin collides;
A coin storage box comprising: a second grip portion made of a rod-shaped member fixed so as to pass through a position where a falling coin collides at a height position in the vicinity of the same opening surface as the first grip portion . At least one of the first gripping part and the second gripping part has a structure in which a semi-cylindrical column and a triangular prism are integrated, and a ridge of the triangular prism faces a direction opposite to the coin falling direction or a cylindrical member The coin storage box according to claim 1 , comprising:

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