JP6678055B2 - Coin processor, coin slot and coin tray - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a coin processing device, a coin slot, and a coin tray.

  In a coin processing apparatus, when coins are inserted from the outside, foreign substances such as clips and staples may be inserted into the coins, which is one of the causes of coin jamming. For this reason, there is a rotating disk provided with a foreign matter removing hole to remove foreign matter from the foreign matter removing hole (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP-A-10-83469

  There is a demand for simple and efficient removal of foreign matter.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing device, a coin slot, and a coin tray that can easily and efficiently remove foreign matter.

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention is a coin processing device that takes a coin into the inside of the device and processes the coin, wherein a foreign matter exclusion hole having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the minimum diameter coin to be processed is provided. A plurality of trays formed on the bottom and into which coins are inserted from the outside, and a coin exceeding the predetermined number on the bottom is allowed to pass through the predetermined number of coins and restricts the passage of the coins exceeding the predetermined number. and pass limiting portion for forming a passage opening between the bottom and a introduction portion for introducing the coins sent into the passage opening within said device from said pan portion, said bottom portion, said passage opening A plurality of rows of ribs extending toward are provided at intervals from each other, and the foreign matter elimination hole is provided between the adjacent ribs. Notch formed by notch Vignetting and the position of the extending direction of the notch is characterized Rukoto respect to the moving direction of the coin located on the upstream side of the foreign object removing hole.

According to the first aspect, for example, coins inserted into the tray are manually moved on the bottom and fed into the passage formed by the bottom and the passage restricting portion. At this time, the number of coins passing therethrough is limited by the passing opening, so that the coins are fed into the passing opening little by little. As a result, the coins in the receiving portion gradually disperse. By separating the coin in this manner, foreign matter mixed with the coin falls on the bottom, and is pushed directly or by a moving coin and falls from the foreign matter removing hole.
Also, since a plurality of rows of ribs are provided at the bottom so as to extend toward the passage opening, a gap is created between the coin and the foreign matter removing hole when a coin is placed on the rib. Therefore, the foreign matter falls better from the foreign matter removing hole.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, a boundary between the rib and the notch is formed in a semicircular shape in plan view.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the passage restricting section is provided on a cover that opens and closes the introduction section.

According to the third aspect, since the passage restricting portion is provided on the cover that opens and closes the introduction portion, the number of components can be reduced, and cost can be reduced.

A fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first to third any one aspect of the bottom, and near the stage, and the remote stage is less far height from the passage opening than the proximity stage, the proximity connecting the said remote stage and stage, said a proximity stage side as the height is higher rising gradient portion, have a, to the remote stage first plurality of rows extending continuously towards the passage opening A plurality of rows of second ribs intermittently extending toward the passage opening are provided on the proximity stage, and the first ribs and the second ribs corresponding to the first ribs are provided. Are provided continuously in the extending direction .

According to the fourth aspect, the coins inserted into the bottom remote stage are moved on the uphill from the remote stage for passing through the passage opening, reach the proximity stage, and are sent into the passage opening. Will be. At that time, the coins that have not been able to climb up the proximity stage return to the remote stage down the uphill section. As a result, the coins in the tray portion are further scattered, and foreign matter mixed in the coins falls more properly on the bottom portion, and more appropriately falls out of the foreign matter removing holes.
Further, since the cutout portions are formed in the ribs, it is possible to prevent a foreign substance longer than the interval between the adjacent ribs from straddling the adjacent ribs and sliding as it is with the coin.

In a fifth aspect according to the present invention, in the fourth aspect, a descending slope portion whose height decreases as the distance from the proximity stage is increased is provided on a side of the proximity stage opposite to the remote stage, A downgraded portion forms the passage opening.

According to the fifth aspect, when the coins moved to the proximity stage are moved toward the passage opening, they move on the downward slope by gravity. Therefore, the work of sending coins to the passage opening becomes easy.

In a sixth aspect according to the present invention, in the first aspect, the cutout portion is arranged so as to be shifted to a side opposite to the passage opening with respect to the foreign matter removing hole in the extending direction of the rib. It is characterized by.

According to the sixth aspect, since the cutout portion is arranged so as to be shifted to the side opposite to the passage opening with respect to the foreign matter removing hole in the extending direction of the rib, the cutout portion is pushed by a coin and is inserted into the cutout portion of the rib. The contaminated foreign matter falls well by the foreign matter removing hole.

Seventh aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to sixth aspects, a lower side of the bottom portion, a magnet is provided on the downstream side in the moving direction of the coin in the foreign object removing hole It is characterized by being.

According to the seventh aspect, the metallic foreign matter that has entered the foreign matter removing hole is attracted and, in some cases, a magnet to be attracted is provided below the bottom, so that the metallic foreign matter is drawn into the foreign matter removing hole. be able to. In this way, by guiding the metal foreign matter into the foreign matter elimination hole instead of the surface portion of the tray portion, it is possible to prevent the metal foreign matter from being pushed into the passage opening by coins or the like flowing next. it can.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect, the bottom is detachable, and the magnet is provided integrally with the bottom.

According to the eighth aspect, when the bottom is removed, the magnet and the metallic foreign matter adsorbed by the magnet are also taken out together. Therefore, the work of removing the metallic foreign matter becomes easy.

A ninth aspect according to the present invention is directed to a ninth aspect, in which a plurality of foreign matter exclusion holes having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the minimum diameter coin to be processed are formed at the bottom, and a tray portion into which coins are inserted from outside, and a predetermined number of coins on the bottom portion A passage restricting portion that forms a passage opening between the bottom portion and a passage opening that allows passage of coins overlapping beyond the predetermined number of coins and regulates passage of the coins exceeding the predetermined number of coins, from the tray to the passage opening. An introduction opening through which the fed coins pass , and a plurality of rows of ribs extending toward the passage opening are provided at intervals at the bottom , and the ribs of the adjacent ribs are provided. The foreign matter elimination hole is provided therebetween, and the rib is provided with a cutout portion formed by cutting the rib in the thickness direction, and the position of the cutout portion in the extending direction is defined by a coin. Above the foreign matter removal hole with respect to the moving direction Characterized that you have located on the side.

According to the ninth aspect, for example, coins inserted into the tray are manually moved on the bottom and are fed into the passage formed by the bottom and the passage restricting portion. At this time, the number of coins passing therethrough is limited by the passing opening, so that the coins are fed into the passing opening little by little. As a result, the coins in the receiving portion gradually disperse. By separating the coin in this manner, foreign matter mixed with the coin falls on the bottom, and is pushed directly or by a moving coin and falls from the foreign matter removing hole.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tray, in which a plurality of foreign matter exclusion holes having a diameter smaller than the diameter of a minimum diameter coin to be processed are formed at the bottom and coins are input from the outside, and a predetermined number of coins are placed on the bottom. A passage restricting portion that forms a passage opening between the bottom portion and the passage portion that allows passage of the coins overlapping beyond the predetermined number of coins and restricts the passage of the coins exceeding the predetermined number, and the bottom portion includes: A plurality of rows of ribs extending toward the passage opening are provided at an interval from each other, and the foreign matter exclusion hole is provided between the adjacent ribs. notches formed by cutting in the thickness direction is provided, the position of the extending direction of the cutout, the Rukoto respect to the moving direction of the coin located on the upstream side of the foreign object removing hole Features.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a coin processing device, a coin slot, and a coin tray that can easily and efficiently remove foreign matter.

It is a front view showing roughly the coin processor concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view in the state where the cover showing the coin slot of the coin processor concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention was closed and the bottom plate member was attached. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the coin processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention in a state where a cover showing a coin insertion slot is opened and a bottom plate member is removed. FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view illustrating a portion where a foreign matter removing hole is formed in a bottom plate member of the coin processing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a partial plan view showing a bottom plate member of the coin processing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a sectional side view showing a rib formation part of a bottom board member of a coin processor concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view showing a rib formation part of a bottom plate member of a coin processor concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a modification of the coin processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in a state in which a cover is closed and a foreign object accommodating portion is drawn out. It is a perspective view in the state where the cover showing the coin slot of the coin processor concerning a 2nd embodiment of the present invention was closed and the bottom plate member was attached. It is a perspective view in the state where the cover showing the coin slot of the coin processor concerning a 2nd embodiment of the present invention was opened and the bottom plate member was removed.

[First Embodiment]
A coin processing apparatus including a coin slot according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a coin processing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment has a coin insertion slot 11 provided at an upper portion thereof. The coin processing unit 12 below the mouth 11 performs a predetermined process. The coin processing unit 12, for example, identifies and counts loose coins, accumulates a predetermined number of coins of a designated single denomination, and performs packaging processing for packaging the accumulated coins, or designates without performing packaging processing. Or a counting process for counting the denominated coins and discharging the counted coins outside the machine. Of course, the coin processing unit 12 only needs to perform predetermined processing on loose coins, and may perform processing other than these.

  The coin processing unit 12 is provided with a funnel-shaped hopper 15, a rotating disk 16 provided so as to close the lower opening of the hopper 15, and coins separated from the rotating disk 16 and fed out one by one. It has an identification counter 17 for identifying and counting authenticity, denominations and the like, and performs the above processing.

  The coin slot 11 has a base member 21 shown in FIGS. The base member 21 includes a rectangular frame-shaped peripheral wall 22, an introduction opening 23 formed inside one side of the peripheral wall 22 in the longitudinal direction, and a peripheral wall 22, as shown in FIG. 3. And a foreign matter accommodating part 25 provided between the introduction opening 23 and the bottom part 24. Below the introduction opening 23, the above-mentioned hopper 15 and rotating disk 16 are provided so as to receive coins falling through the introduction opening 23.

  The coin insertion slot 11 has a cover 31 rotatably connected to the introduction opening 23 side of the peripheral wall 22 of the base member 21. The cover 31 has a rectangular plate-shaped main body plate portion 32 and an extension plate portion 33 that extends from one end edge of the main body plate portion 32 substantially perpendicularly to the main body plate portion 32. When the main body plate portion 32 is placed on the peripheral wall portion 22 of the base member 21, the cover 31 spreads horizontally and closes the introduction opening 23, and at this time, the extension plate portion 33 It is in a state of extending downward from the edge on the bottom component 24 side of the main body plate portion 32. In this state, the extension plate portion 33 extends orthogonally to the length direction of the base member 21. The cover 31 is in a closed state in which the introduction opening 23 is closed in this state.

  The cover 31 has one end edge extending in a direction orthogonal to the extension plate portion 33 of the main body plate portion 32 and a hinge at the top of a portion extending in the length direction of the peripheral wall portion 22 of the base member 21. The opening is opened by pivoting upward around this edge. That is, the cover 31 opens and closes the introduction opening 23. Although not shown, a lock mechanism for locking the cover 31 to the base member 21 in a closed state may be provided between the cover 31 and the base member 21. The lock mechanism automatically locks when the cover 31 is changed from the open state to the closed state, and is unlocked when, for example, a button operation is performed.

  The bottom component 24 extends inside the peripheral wall 22 of the base member 21 at a lower height than the upper end of the peripheral wall 22. The bottom component 24 has a rectangular base bottom portion 41 that spreads horizontally, and the height increases from the edge of the base bottom portion 41 on the introduction opening 23 side toward the introduction opening 23 toward the introduction opening 23 side. And a rectangular inclined portion 42 extending in such a manner as to be inclined. The bottom component 24 has a bottom surface 41a in which the base bottom portion 41 extends upward and extends horizontally, and the inclined portion 42 has a bottom surface 42a which inclines upward. The bottom component 24 has a plurality of rows (six rows in the illustrated example) of stripe-shaped ribs 43 protruding above the bottom faces 41a and 42a.

  Each of the plurality of ribs 43 extends along the length direction of the base member 21 and is arranged in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction. That is, a plurality of rows of ribs 43 are arranged in the bottom part 24 in parallel. The plurality of ribs 43 are arranged at equal intervals, and are all formed continuously over the entire length of the bottom component 24 in the length direction of the base member 21. The plurality of ribs 43 have an interval between adjacent ones slightly shorter than, for example, the outer diameter of a minimum-diameter coin (a one-yen coin in Japan).

  The foreign matter housing portion 25 is entirely spread inside the peripheral wall portion 22 at a height lower than the upper end portion of the peripheral wall portion 22, and extends horizontally from the storage bottom portion 51 and upward from the peripheral edge of the storage bottom portion 51. And a protruding rectangular frame-shaped accommodation wall portion 52. The upper end surface of the housing wall portion 52 extends horizontally, and its height is slightly lower than the edge of the bottom surface 42 a of the inclined portion 42 opposite to the base bottom portion 41.

  The coin insertion slot 11 has a bottom plate member 61 that can be removed and attached to the base member 21. The bottom plate member 61 opens and closes the foreign object storage unit 25. The bottom plate member 61 has a rectangular plate-shaped main plate portion 63 and an inclined plate portion 64 extending from one end edge of the main plate portion 63 at an obtuse angle to the main plate portion 63. It is placed on the upper end surface of the accommodation wall 52 of the foreign matter accommodation part 25 and attached to the base member 21.

  When the bottom plate member 61 is attached to the base member 21, the main plate portion 63 covers the foreign substance accommodating portion 25, and the inclined plate portion 64 is an end of the main plate portion 63 on the opposite side to the bottom component 24. In the direction away from the bottom component 24 from the edge, it extends obliquely with a downward slope so as to be located lower as the distance from the bottom component 24 increases.

  The bottom plate member 61, the bottom portion 24, and the peripheral wall 22 around the bottom plate member 61 form a tray 71 into which coins are inserted from the outside at the coin insertion slot 11, and the bottom plate member 61 and the bottom portion 24 Are the bottom portions 72 of the tray portions 71.

  The inclined plate portion 64 of the bottom plate member 61 overlaps the extension plate portion 33 of the cover 31 in the closed state with the position in the length direction of the base member 21 and passes coins between the extension plate portion 33 and the extension plate portion 33. A passing port 75 is formed. The passage opening 75 extends linearly in a horizontal direction orthogonal to the length direction of the base member 21. The height of the passage opening 75 can be arbitrarily selected according to the shape of the coin to be processed and the like. For example, the thickness is equal to or more than the thickness of three minimum coins (one yen coin in Japan). And is less than the thickness of four sheets, for example, set to 5 mm. In other words, the passage opening 75 allows the coins overlapping the predetermined number on the bottom 72 of the receiving tray 71 to pass up to the predetermined number and restricts the passage of the coins exceeding the predetermined number. The extension plate portion 33 is a passage restricting portion that forms the passage port 75 between the extension plate portion 33 and the bottom portion 72 of the saucer portion 71.

  Here, in the coin processing apparatus 10, for example, coins put into the tray 71 are manually fed into the passage 75. The introduction opening 23 of the base member 21 allows coins sent from the tray 71 to the passage opening 75 to pass therethrough. The introduction opening 23 of the base member 21 and the hopper 15 below the introduction opening 23 constitute an introduction part 76 for introducing the coin fed from the tray 71 to the passage opening 75 into the inside. The cover 31 opens and closes the introduction unit 76, and in the closed state, restricts the insertion of loose coins directly into the introduction unit 76 without passing through the passage opening 75.

  The bottom plate member 61 attached to the base member 21 and constituting the bottom portion 72 of the tray portion 71 has a bottom surface 63a that extends horizontally with the main plate portion 63 facing upward and the inclined plate portion 64 facing upward. And has a bottom surface 64 a that is inclined downwardly toward the introduction portion 76. The bottom plate member 61 has a plurality of rows of striped ribs 81 protruding above the bottom surfaces 63a and 64a. The bottom surfaces 41a, 42a, 63a, and 64a of the bottom 72 are smoothly continuous without any level difference in the length direction of the base member 21.

  Each of the plurality of ribs 81 extends along the length direction of the base member 21 and is arranged in a horizontal direction orthogonal to the extending direction. That is, a plurality of ribs 81 are arranged on the bottom plate member 61 in parallel. The plurality of ribs 81 are arranged at equal intervals, and are provided in the same number as the plurality of ribs 43 of the bottom part 24 in alignment with each other. That is, each of the plurality of ribs 81 of the bottom plate member 61 is disposed continuously with a corresponding one of the plurality of ribs 43 of the bottom component 24. The plurality of rows of ribs 43 provided on the bottom portion 24 constituting the bottom 72 of the tray 71 extend toward the passage opening 75 and are provided on the bottom plate member 61 constituting the bottom 72 of the tray 71. The plurality of rows of ribs 81 also extend toward the passage opening 75.

  In the main plate portion 63 of the bottom plate member 61, a circular foreign matter exclusion hole 82 is formed between the adjacent ribs 81 so as to penetrate the main plate portion 63 in the thickness direction (vertical direction). The foreign matter exclusion holes 82 have an inner diameter smaller than the diameter of the minimum diameter coin (1 yen coin in Japan) to be processed, and a plurality of (four in the illustrated example) foreign matter exclusion holes 82 are adjacent to the main plate portion 63. The ribs 81 are provided at equal intervals between the matching ribs 81 in series in the extending direction of the ribs 81. A plurality of such rows of a plurality of foreign substance removing holes 82 in a series are provided at positions between the adjacent ribs 81, and as a result, a plurality of rows (seven rows in the illustrated example) are provided on the main plate portion 63. I have. In each row of the foreign substance elimination holes 82, the arrangement pitch of the respective foreign substance elimination holes 82 is equal, and the positions in the extending direction of the ribs 81 are aligned with each other.

  A plurality of magnets 83 shown in FIG. 4 are fixed to the lower surface of the main plate portion 63 of the bottom plate member 61 opposite to the ribs 81. The magnet 83 is a permanent magnet, and is provided adjacent to the passage opening 75 side (the left side in FIG. 4) of all the foreign matter removing holes 82. As described above, the magnet 83 provided below the bottom plate member 61 sucks the metallic foreign matter B such as a clip or a stapler that has entered the foreign matter removing hole 82 and, in some cases, attracts it. The magnet 83 is provided integrally with the bottom plate member 61 and is removed together with the bottom plate member 61 from the base member 21. The magnet 83 may be provided adjacent to the passage opening 75 side of a part of the foreign matter removal holes 82 instead of being provided adjacent to the passage opening 75 side of all the foreign matter removal holes 82. It should be provided at least adjacent to the passage opening 75 side of the foreign matter removing hole 82 closest to the passage opening 75 side.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the plurality of rows of ribs 81 of the bottom plate member 61 have a shape that is interrupted in the extending direction by forming a cutout portion 86. Each of the notches 86 is formed in the range of the main plate portion 63, and is not formed in the range of the inclined plate portion 64. The notch 86 has a position in the extending direction of the rib 81 different from that of the foreign matter removing hole 82, and is arranged between the foreign matter removing holes 82 adjacent to each other in the extending direction of the rib 81. . Adjacent ribs 81 are also different from each other in the position of the notch 86 in the extending direction of the rib 81. Thus, the cutouts 86 are arranged in a staggered manner, that is, alternately. Each of the cutouts 86 is disposed so as to be shifted to the opposite side (the right side in FIG. 5) of the passage opening 75 with respect to any of the foreign matter removing holes 82 in the extending direction of the rib 81. The length of the cutout portion 86 in the extending direction of the rib 81 can be arbitrarily selected according to the shape of the coin to be processed, but the diameter of a minimum-diameter coin (1 yen coin in Japan) is given as an example. Shorter, for example, 10 mm.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the upper end surface 81 a of the rib 81 in the range of the main plate portion 63 is parallel to the bottom surface 63 a of the main plate portion 63. In addition, the rib 81 is formed such that, of the boundary portions 81B and 81C on both sides of each cutout portion 86, a boundary portion 81B opposite to the cutout portion 86 (on the right side in FIG. (The left side in FIG. 6) has a downward slope in which the inclined surface 81b is formed so as to become lower. In the rib 81, of the boundary portions 81B and 81C on both sides of each cutout portion 86, the boundary portion 81C on the side of the passage opening 75 with respect to the cutout portion 86 rises substantially perpendicularly to the bottom surface 63a of the main plate portion 63. . As shown in FIG. 7, each of the ribs 81 has a semicircular rounded boundary portion 81B, 81C in plan view. Here, the cutout portion 86 is formed not only in the rib 81 in the range of the main plate portion 63 of the bottom plate member 61 but also in the rib 43 of the bottom portion 24 in addition to the rib 81 of the bottom plate member 61. It is also possible to form only the rib 43 of the bottom part 24.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the main plate portion 63 of the bottom plate member 61 is a proximity stage (upper stage) located on the upper side in the vicinity of the passage port 75 in the bottom portion 72 of the tray portion 71. The bottom portion 41 is a remote stage (lower stage) of the bottom portion 72 of the receiving portion 71, which is farther from the passage port 75 than the main plate portion 63 and has a lower height. In addition, the inclined portion 42 of the base member 21 connects the main plate portion 63 and the base bottom portion 41, and is an ascending portion in which the height increases toward the main plate portion 63. The inclined plate portion 64 of the bottom plate member 61 is provided on the opposite side of the base plate portion 41 of the main plate portion 63, and is a downward slope portion whose height decreases as the distance from the main plate portion 63 increases. Of the main plate portion 63 that is the proximity stage, the base bottom portion 41 that is the remote stage, the inclined portion 42 that is the upward gradient portion, and the inclined plate portion 64 that is the downward gradient portion, which constitute the bottom portion 72 of the tray portion 71, Only a certain main plate portion 63 is provided with a foreign matter exclusion hole 82 and a cutout portion 86.

  The cover 31 restricts the insertion of loose coins directly into the hopper 15 without passing through the passage opening 75 in the closed state that closes the introduction opening 23, whereby the loose coins are basically placed in the receiving tray. It is put into the unit 71. At this time, loose coins are collectively thrown into the most concave base bottom 41 of the tray 71. As described above, the coins put on the receiving tray 71 are manually moved on the bottom 72, and are fed into the passage 75 formed by the bottom 72 and the cover 31. In other words, the loose coins on the base bottom 41 are pushed by the palm of the operator, are slid toward the passage 75, climb up the inclined portion 42, move on the main plate 63, and are sent into the passage 75. Will be. At this time, coins that have not been able to reach the main plate portion 63 return to the base bottom portion 41 by moving down the inclined portion 42 by gravity. As a result, the coins on the main plate 63 are separated.

  Then, by restricting the number of coins passing therethrough by the passage opening 75, the coins pass through the passage opening 75 and are fed into the hopper 15 little by little. As a result, the pile of coins in the receiving portion 71 is broken and the coins are gradually separated. By separating the coins in this manner, foreign matters mixed in the coins fall on the bottom 72, and are pushed directly or by the moving coins before being sent to the passage 75, and foreign matters in the main plate 63 are removed. It falls from the exclusion hole 82. The coin sent to the passage opening 75 is guided by the gravity of the inclined plate portion 64 and is introduced into the introduction portion 76 including the hopper 15.

  At this time, if a coin is placed on the rib 81, a gap is formed in the vertical direction between the coin and the foreign matter removing hole 82, and foreign matter is more easily dropped from the foreign matter removing hole 82. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, even if the foreign matter B longer than the interval between the adjacent ribs 81 and 81 slides along with the coin while straddling the adjacent ribs 81 and 81, it is notched. The portion 86 is prevented from dropping from the rib 81 and being caught and slipping and moving with the coin as it is. Further, when the foreign matter B that has fallen into the notch 86 is pushed toward the passage opening 75 together with the coin, the foreign matter B easily falls from the foreign matter removing hole 82 that is diagonally forward of the notch 86. The metallic foreign matter B partially entering the foreign matter removing hole 82 is attracted by the magnet 83 and drawn into the foreign matter removing hole 82 as shown in FIG. Is done.

  Here, the cover 31 is used in a closed state during normal coin processing, and is opened in a maintenance work or the like to enable access to the identification counting unit 17 and the like. As the coins overlap, the risk of foreign objects being inserted between the overlapping coins increases. Therefore, as a visual deterrent effect for allowing small coins to be inserted little by little, the height of the passage opening 75 is set to 5 mm (three-yen coins). Or two 500 yen coins). If it is determined that there is no foreign matter in the coin storage bag or the coin storage box brought for counting, the cover 31 is opened and the coin is allowed to be directly inserted into the introduction unit 76 including the hopper 15. I do. Further, by closing the cover 31, dust and the like can be prevented from entering the inside of the apparatus from the introduction section 76.

  According to the first embodiment described above, for example, coins put into the tray 71 are manually moved on the bottom 72 and fed into the passage 75 formed by the bottom 72 and the cover 31. become. At this time, by restricting the number of coins passing therethrough by the passage opening 75, coins are fed into the passage opening 75 little by little. Thus, the coins in the receiving portion 71 are gradually separated without providing a mechanical mechanism or the like requiring a drive source. By separating the coin in this manner, foreign matter mixed with the coin falls on the bottom 72, and is pushed directly or by a moving coin and falls from the foreign matter removing hole 82. Therefore, the foreign matter can be easily and efficiently removed. For this reason, even if it is a foreign object such as a clip whose length is longer than the diameter of the minimum-diameter coin, it can be easily and efficiently removed.

  Further, since the passage restricting portion that forms the passage opening 75 with the bottom portion 72 of the tray portion 71 is the extension plate portion 33 integrally provided on the cover 31 that opens and closes the introduction portion 76 including the introduction opening 23, The number of parts can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

  In addition, coins inserted into the base bottom portion 41, which is a remote stage of the bottom portion 72, are moved from the base bottom portion 41 on the inclined portion 42, which is an ascending portion, for passing through the passage opening 75, and are moved to the near stage. It reaches a certain main plate 63 and is fed into the passage 75. At this time, the coins that have not been able to reach the main plate portion 63 go down the inclined portion 42 by gravity and return to the base bottom portion 41. As a result, the coins in the receiving portion 71 are further dispersed, and foreign matter mixed with the coins falls more properly on the bottom 72, and more appropriately falls out of the foreign matter removing holes 82.

  In addition, when the coins moved to the main plate 63 as the proximity stage are moved toward the passage opening 75, the coins are lowered by the gravity of the inclined plate 64 as the downward slope. Therefore, the work of sending coins to the passage 75 becomes easy.

  Further, since a plurality of rows of ribs 81 are provided at the bottom 72 of the tray 71 so as to extend toward the passage opening 75, when coins are placed on the ribs 81, a gap is formed between the coins and the foreign matter removing holes 82. to make. Therefore, the foreign matter falls from the foreign matter removing hole 82 better.

  Further, since the notch portion 86 is formed in the rib 81, a foreign substance longer than the interval between the adjacent ribs 81 is laid across the adjacent ribs 81 and slips and moves as it is with the coin as it is. Can be prevented.

  In addition, since the notch 86 is arranged in the extending direction of the rib 81 so as to be shifted to the side opposite to the passage opening 75 with respect to the foreign matter removing hole 82, the notch 86 is pushed by a coin and enters the notch 86 of the rib 81. The contaminated foreign matter drops well through the foreign matter removing hole 82.

  In addition, since the metal foreign matter that has entered the foreign matter elimination hole 82 is provided below the bottom portion 72 to attract and possibly attract the metal foreign matter, the metal foreign matter can be drawn into the foreign matter elimination hole 82. . In this way, by guiding the metallic foreign matter into the foreign matter removing hole 82 instead of the surface portion of the receiving portion 71, the metallic foreign matter is prevented from being pushed into the passage opening 75 by the next coin or the like flowing. can do.

  When the bottom plate member 61 constituting the bottom 72 is removed from the base member 21, the magnet 83 and the metallic foreign matter adsorbed by the magnet 83 are taken out of the base member 21 together with the bottom plate member 61. Therefore, the work of removing the metallic foreign matter becomes easy. Since the bottom plate member 61 can be removed from the base member 21, there is no need to adopt a structure in which the foreign object storage portion 25 can be pulled out.

  The first embodiment can be modified as follows.

  The main plate portion 63 of the bottom plate member 61 is inclined downhill so as to be lower toward the passage opening 75 side. With this configuration, the coins of the main plate portion 63 can easily move to the passage opening 75 side.

  The main plate portion 63 of the bottom plate member 61 is inclined uphill so as to be higher toward the passage opening 75 side. With such a configuration, the coins of the main plate 63 are less likely to move to the passage opening 75 side, are more easily disintegrated, and the foreign matter removing effect is enhanced.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the foreign matter storage portion 25 is formed in a separate tray shape, and can be pulled out from the opening 91 of the peripheral wall portion 22 of the base member 21. In this case, the bottom plate member 61 does not need to be detachable from the base member 21 and can be integrated with the base member 21. Further, in this case, it is preferable to provide the magnet 83 in the foreign matter accommodation part 25.

  It is possible to form the coin slot 11 separately and attach it later to an existing coin processing device so as to be in the above-mentioned state. In this case, the coin insertion opening 11 is detachably engaged with the coin processing device. An attachment type may be provided which is detachable from the coin processing device by providing an engagement mechanism. In the case of the attachment type, the coin processing device can be used after being replaced with a plurality of coin processing devices, or attached to the coin processing device only when counting coins of a specific customer having many foreign substances. If the coin slot 11 is attached later, the coin slot 11 may protrude from the coin processing device.

[Second embodiment]
A coin processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described below mainly with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10, focusing on differences from the first embodiment.

  In the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the length of the base member 21 of the coin insertion slot 11 is shorter than that of the first embodiment, and the base member 21 has one side in the length direction. An opening 23 is provided on the opposite side, and a foreign matter accommodating portion 25 is provided on the opposite side in the length direction, and the bottom component 24 of the first embodiment is not provided. In the second embodiment, the bottom portion 72 of the receiving portion 71 is formed only by the bottom plate member 61. In the bottom plate member 61 of the second embodiment, the length of the main plate portion 63 is longer than that of the first embodiment, and the number of the foreign substance removing holes 82 and the cutout portions 86 is larger than that of the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, the bottom portion 72 of the tray portion 71 includes only a main plate portion 63 that spreads horizontally and an inclined plate portion 64 that extends downward from the main plate portion 63 to the introduction portion 76 side. In such a second embodiment, the coin slot 11 can be reduced in size.

  In the second embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, the main plate portion 63 of the bottom plate member 61 is inclined with a downward slope so as to be lower toward the passage opening 75 side, or the main plate portion 63 of the bottom plate member 61 is inclined toward the passage opening 75 side. You may incline with an upward gradient so that it may become high. In addition, the foreign matter storage portion 25 may be formed as a separate tray so as to be drawn out from the opening of the peripheral wall portion 22 of the base member 21, and the bottom plate member 61 may be integrated with the base member 21. The coin insertion slot 11 is formed as a separate body, and the coin insertion slot 11 is attached to an existing coin processing apparatus by retrofitting in the above-described state, or an engagement mechanism is provided between the coin processing apparatus and the coin processing apparatus so as to be detachably engaged with the coin processing apparatus. An attachment type that is detachable from the processing device may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Coin processing apparatus 11 Coin slot 23 Introducing opening 33 Extension plate part (passage restriction part)
41 Base bottom (remote stage)
42 Inclined section (uphill section)
43, 81 rib 63 main plate (proximity stage)
64 Inclined plate (downward slope)
71 Receiving part (coin receiving part)
72 bottom part 75 passage opening 76 introduction part 82 foreign substance exclusion hole 83 magnet 86 notch part

Claims (10)

A coin processing device that takes coins into the device and processes the coins,
A receiving portion into which coins are inserted from the outside while a plurality of foreign matter exclusion holes having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the smallest coin to be processed are formed at the bottom,
A passage restricting portion that forms a passage opening between the bottom and the bottom that allows passage of the coins that exceed the predetermined number to the predetermined number of coins and that regulates the passage of the coins exceeding the predetermined number.
An introduction unit for introducing coins sent from the tray unit to the passage opening into the inside of the device ,
In the bottom portion, a plurality of rows of ribs extending toward the passage opening are provided at an interval from each other, and the foreign matter elimination hole is provided between the adjacent ribs.
The rib is provided with a notch formed by cutting the rib in the thickness direction,
The position of the extending direction of the notch, the coin processing apparatus according to claim Rukoto respect to the moving direction of the coin located on the upstream side of the foreign object removing hole.   The coin processing device according to claim 1, wherein a boundary portion between the rib and the cutout portion is formed in a semicircular shape in plan view. The passage restriction portion, the coin processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that provided on the cover for opening and closing the inlet portion. The bottom is
A proximity stage,
A remote stage farther from the passage opening than the proximity stage and having a lower height,
The proximity stage and connecting the said remote stage, have a, and the proximity high stage side as the height rising gradient portion,
The remote stage is provided with a plurality of rows of first ribs continuously extending toward the passage opening,
The proximity stage is provided with a plurality of rows of second ribs extending intermittently toward the passage opening,
The coin processing according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first rib and a second rib corresponding to the first rib are continuously provided in an extending direction. apparatus. On the opposite side of the proximity stage from the remote stage, a downgraded portion whose height decreases as the distance from the proximity stage increases is provided, and the downgraded portion forms the passage opening. The coin processing device according to claim 4 , wherein 2. The coin processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the cutout portion is arranged so as to be shifted to a side opposite to the passage opening with respect to the foreign matter removing hole in the extending direction of the rib. 3. Wherein a lower side of the bottom portion, the coin processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the magnet on the downstream side in the moving direction of the coin in the foreign object removing hole. The coin processing device according to claim 7 , wherein the bottom is removable, and the magnet is provided integrally with the bottom. A receiving portion into which coins are inserted from the outside while a plurality of foreign matter exclusion holes having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the smallest coin to be processed are formed at the bottom,
A passage restricting portion that forms a passage opening between the bottom and the bottom that allows passage of the coins that exceed the predetermined number to the predetermined number of coins and that regulates the passage of the coins exceeding the predetermined number.
And an entry opening for passing the coins fed into the passage opening from the pan unit,
In the bottom portion, a plurality of rows of ribs extending toward the passage opening are provided at an interval from each other, and the foreign matter elimination hole is provided between the adjacent ribs.
The rib is provided with a notch formed by cutting the rib in the thickness direction,
The position of the extending direction of the notch, the coin slot, wherein Rukoto respect to the moving direction of the coin located on the upstream side of the foreign object removing hole. A receiving portion into which coins are inserted from the outside while a plurality of foreign matter exclusion holes having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the smallest coin to be processed are formed at the bottom,
A passage restricting portion that allows a passage of coins overlapping the predetermined number of sheets over the predetermined number on the bottom to the predetermined number and forms a passage opening between the bottom and the passage to regulate the passage of the coins exceeding the predetermined number. ,
In the bottom portion, a plurality of rows of ribs extending toward the passage opening are provided at an interval from each other, and the foreign matter elimination hole is provided between the adjacent ribs.
The rib is provided with a notch formed by cutting the rib in the thickness direction,
The position of the extending direction of the cutout, the coin and wherein Rukoto respect to the moving direction of the coin located on the upstream side of the foreign object removing hole saucer.

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