JPH01128182A - Overflow apparatus for coin packed cylinder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve coin housability by providing a projection part on the back side of a rear end part, making a tip take an open position, providing the projection part on the back side of the rear end part, tentatively receiving the front edge of a falling coin and housing the coins in a horizontal state fully in a coin housing cylinder. CONSTITUTION: When the coin M sorted in a coin sorter 1 is dropped through a passage 2 onto a slide 5, the front end part edge of the coin M collides with the projection part 14 at the lower end of a tilted swinging plate 10 and the plate 10 is swung by the collision force, however, the coin is not advanced further, the front edge is dropped in the direction of an arrow and it is turned to the coin M' and housed inside the coin housing cylinder 4. Then, when the coins are housed in the horizontal state fully to the opening of the housing cylinder 4, since the coin M' at a top end pressurizes the projection part 14 of the plate 10 to the side of an overflow passage 8, a tip part 10b is tilted to the side of the slide 5, a coin receiving port 13 is closed and all the coins thereafter are slid on the surface 10a of the plate 10 and guided to the passage 8.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application fields The present invention relates to an overflow device for a coin storage cylinder.

(B) Prior art As disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application No. 51-153691, this type of conventional device has the following effect: When the total weight of the stored coins stored in the coin storage cylinder is applied to the coin ejection plate, The ejection operation of the ejection plate may be hindered by the load of this coin weight. In order to prevent this, the inside of the coin storage cylinder is divided into two stages of coin storage chambers, and coins exceeding a predetermined amount are allowed to slide on the topmost coin surface and overflow into another passage, reducing the load of coin weight on the ejection plate beyond a predetermined amount. There are known structures that prevent this from occurring.

Furthermore, in Utility Model Application Publication No. 54-51898,
A tilted rocking plate is provided above the coin storage cylinder, and when a predetermined number of coins are stored in the coin storage cylinder, the inlet for any more coins is blocked by the tilted rocking plate. There is also known a system in which the water is guided to the overflow passage side.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, none of the above overflow devices has a structure that effectively utilizes the coin storage tube.

That is, in the case of Utility Model Application No. 51-153691, due to the relationship of the coin load to the coin ejection plate, the coins in the coin storage cylinder are stacked diagonally from the middle, and the coins are stored neatly in the coin storage cylinder. It is not configured to do so. In addition, although the coins of Utility Model Application Publication No. 54-51898 are stacked, the reason why the coins overflow is formed is that
After all, the structure is such that it is activated by the coin leaning diagonally against the tilted rocking plate with a few coins still left to be stored in the coin storage cylinder, so the coin storage cylinder is filled with coins until it reaches its mouth. I couldn't do that.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is a coin storage device that can store coins and coins in a horizontal state up to the top end of a coin storage cylinder, and can reliably maintain an overflow state by using the topmost horizontal coin in the storage cylinder. The purpose of this invention is to provide an overflow device.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The overflow device for a coin storage cylinder of the present invention has a coin slide provided below the coin passage, and is pivotally supported so as to be swingable so that its tip end is connected to the coin slide. A protrusion is provided on the back side of the rear end, and the tip is normally in the open position, and the protrusion catches the leading edge of the coin falling down the slide. After temporarily receiving the coin, the coin is horizontally dropped and stored in the coin storage tube, and when the coin storage tube is full, the protrusion is pushed by the edge of the horizontal coin stored at the top end. The present invention is characterized in that an inclined rocking plate is provided which rotates the tip portion to a closed position and allows coins sliding down the slide to pass through the surface and guide them to an overflow passage.

(E) Function With this configuration, each coin that falls along the slide with its lower surface is changed from an inclined state to a horizontal state by the protrusion formed at the rear end of the inclined swing plate. Since the coins are dropped into the coin storage cylinder, the coins can be stored horizontally in the entire coin storage cylinder. Therefore, the number of coins that can be stored can be increased. In addition, since the coin that presses the protrusion of the tilted rocking plate to manipulate it into an overflow state is done with the coin in a horizontal state at the top of the coin storage cylinder, this manipulation force is strong and the overflow state is stabilized. This makes it possible to maintain the system reliably.

(F) Embodiment FIG. 1 is an overall external view of an overflow device which is an embodiment of the present invention. Also, Figures 2 to 4 are cross-sectional views showing the operating states, respectively, and Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view when coins are introduced;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view when the coin storage is in operation, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view when the coin is in an overflow state. 1 is a coin sorter, and 2 is a coin passage formed by the coin sorter l and a side wall 3 which is a part of the coin sorter. 4 is a coin number node that stores specie coins that have been sorted by the coin sorter 1 and sorted by denomination, and as shown in Figure 1, from the left are 10 yen, 50 yen, 50 yen,
I have three bottles for 100 yen. Reference numeral 5 denotes a coin slider, which is disposed between the coin sorter 1 and the coin storage tube 4 as shown in FIGS. The slide 5 has the role of guiding the coins sorted by the coin sorter 1 and falling down the coin passage 2 in a twill pattern into the coin storage tube 4 by making them oblique. More specifically, this slide 5 has an upper end 5a that extends to the end 3a of the side wall 3 so as to receive coins from the coin passage 2, while a lower end 5b that allows the sliding coins to be reliably transferred into the coin storage tube 4. Both end walls extend approximately 1/2 in the caliber direction of the coin storage cylinder 4 so that the coin can be guided into the coin storage cylinder 4, and a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the coin H to be stored in the coin storage cylinder is formed inside or in the center of the both end walls. It has a large semicircular notch 5c. As shown in FIG. 1, the slides 5 are installed above the coin storage cylinders 4, and are formed on the inner surface of a U-shaped fixed wall body 7 equipped with a partition wall 6 that separates each coin storage cylinder 4. has been done. 8 is an overflow passage composed of the back wall 4a of the coin storage tube 4 and a housing wall 9 which is a part of the main body of the coin sorting device;
The positional relationship is opposite to that in the opposite direction. Reference numeral 10 denotes the above-mentioned tilted rocking plate. The tilted rocking plate 10 has a substantially doglegged overall shape, and is rotatably supported by a shaft 11 at a slightly lower part than the intermediate position. It is installed so as to face the coin introduction port 12 of the storage tube 4 and the overflow passage 8. The same number of tilted swing plates 10 as the coin storage tubes are provided, and each of them is attached to a shaft 11 supported by a fixed wall 7 in a row as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, from the relationship of balance, the tip 10b is separated from the surface of the coin slide 5 and a coin receiving opening 13 is formed between the two. There is. Reference numeral 14 denotes a protrusion provided at the lower end of the tilted rocking plate 10, and when the tilted rocking plate 10 is even or odd, a notch 15 formed at the upper end of the back wall 4a of the coin storage tube 4 allows the inside of the coin storage tube 4 to be inserted into the coin storage tube 4. The front edge of the coin N falling while sliding on the slide 5 is caught in a colliding state as shown in FIG. Although the coin is shaken, it still receives the coin H as shown in Fig. 3, and then the coin is rotated so that its rear end falls in the direction of arrow a, and the coin H is placed in the coin storage tube 4 as a horizontal coin M'. It has the effect of storing it. Furthermore, when the coins are stored in the coin storage cylinder 4 all at once, the protrusion 1
4, the coin storage tube 4 is pushed outward and the tilted swing plate 10 is rotated counterclockwise to maintain this state as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation will be briefly described. First, the state in which coins are stored in the coin storage tube 4 will be explained. Since the tilted swinging plate 10 is configured such that its center of gravity is placed on the lower end, the coin receiving port 13 is opened as shown in FIG. are doing. In such a state, when the coin M sorted by the coin sorter 1 falls onto the slide 5 via the coin passage 2, the coin M falls on the slide 5 while sliding on the slide 5 and touches the lower end of the inclined swing plate 10. Projection 14
The front edge of the coin A collides with the front edge of the coin A, and this collision force causes the tilted rocking plate 1 to
0 swings, but the coin cannot advance any further, but the coin falls into the coin storage cylinder 4, becoming a horizontal coin H' with its trailing edge falling in the direction of the arrow. and stored. In addition, the tilted rocking plate 1o, at the time of the above-mentioned coin collision,
- Although the instantaneous coin receiving port 13 is closed, it immediately returns to the initial state due to the center of gravity at the lower end.

Next, to explain the overflow state, the storage operation by the tilted swinging plate 10 is repeated a predetermined number of times for each introduced coin, and when the coins are stored in an orderly horizontal state until they reach the mouth of the coin storage cylinder 4, the As shown in Fig. 4, the topmost coin presses the protrusion I4 of the tilted rocking plate 1° toward the overflow passage 8, so the tip 10b tilts toward the slide 5 and blocks the coin receiving opening 13, and the subsequent All the coins slide on the surface 10a of the tilted rocking plate 1o and enter the overflow passage 8.
be led to.

In this state, when the number of coins in the coin storage cylinder 4 decreases due to change dispensing and the relationship with the coins pressing the protrusion I4 of the tilted swing plate 10 is released, the tilted swing plate 10 is in the initial state. In other words, it becomes possible to receive coins into the coin storage tube as shown in FIG.

(G) Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, a coin can be easily moved by a simple structure in which a protrusion for temporarily receiving the front edge of a coin is provided at the lower end of the back surface of the inclined swing plate. Since the storage tube can be stored horizontally, the number of coins that can be stored can be increased. This means that the same number of coins as in the past can be sufficiently stored in a short coin storage tube, making it possible to make the overflow device more compact than the conventional overflow device. In addition, the tilting rocking plate can be operated to the overflow state by using the horizontal coin at the top level rather than by the coin in the form of a prop as in conventional devices, so it operates stably and maintains that state reliably. can.

Furthermore, because the coin storage tube is stacked horizontally in an orderly manner, even if the coin storage tube is a cassette type that can be freely inserted into and taken out from the coin sorting device, the coins will not stand up when overflowing like in conventional devices. Since the system does not overflow, it has various effects, such as preventing the coins from getting stuck in the coin sorting device body and being unable to be pulled out when the coin storage tube is pulled out.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is an overall external view of a coin storage cylinder equipped with an overflow device of the present invention.
Figures 2 to 4 are cross-sectional views explaining the operation of the overflow device. Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the operation when a coin is introduced, Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the operation when the coin is stored, and Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the operation when the overflow device is in the overflow state. FIG. 3 is an operational cross-sectional view. 2... Coin passage 54... Coin storage tube, 5... Coin slide, 8... Overflow passage, 10... Inclined rocking plate, 11... Shaft, 13... Coin receiver Entrance, 14... hook-shaped protrusion. Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] In the overflow device for the coin storage cylinder, which normally guides coins falling down the coin passage into the coin storage cylinder, but which guides the coins falling into the coin storage cylinder to the overflow passage when the coin storage cylinder is full, a coin slide is provided below the coin passage. In addition, it is pivotably supported so that the tip can take a position that closes or opens the space between it and the coin slide, and a protrusion is provided on the back side of the rear end so that the tip is not always open. After taking the open position and temporarily catching the front edge of the coin falling down the slide with the protrusion, the coin is allowed to fall horizontally into the coin storage tube, while the coin storage tube becomes full. When the protrusion is pushed by the edge of the horizontal coin stored at the top end, the tip is rotated to the closed position, and the coin sliding down the slide is guided to the overflow passage through the surface. An overflow device for a coin storage cylinder characterized by having a moving plate.