JPH01128184A - Coin collector for coin tube - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent the erroneous feeding to another coin tube of coins to be replenished to one coin tube by providing a switching member for respectively switching the two columns of front and back coin tubes and replenishing the coins on the upper part of the coin tubes arrayed in front and back columns inside a coin mechanism. CONSTITUTION: The switching member 10 is tightly held between the side wall of a coin sorter and the side face plate 8a of a housing while a boss 15 is engaged with the hole 14a of a slit 14 and is made freely vertically turnable by a horizontal shaft passed through the boss 10. At the time of switching the member 10 and replenishing the coins to the auxiliary coin tube 5 for instance, the member 10 is turned fully upwards. At the time, hook parts 21 at the front ends of sid plates 11 and 12 are engaged with the front end edge of the side face plate 8a of the housing and the switching member 10 is held. In this case, the coins are not dropped to the coin tube 6 of the back column by being blocked by the guard plate 20 of the member 10 and the lower surface of a guide plate 17 and the coins M are fed to the opening part 5a of the coin tube 5 of the front column from the lower part of the member 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a coin storage device for coin tubes that replenishes coins back and forth in each coin tube arranged in the front and back direction within a coin mechanism.

(B) Conventional Technology A coin mechanism for processing coins in a vending machine is provided with a coin tube for holding coins for change. This coin tube includes a main coin tube in which coins sorted by a coin sorter installed in the coin mechanism are sorted and stored, and coins that are frequently dispensed as change, such as 10 yen 1 coin, are stored in advance. There is also a spare coin tube in case you run out of change. The coins held in the spare coin tube are sequentially paid out and used as change when the coins in the main coin tube run out.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-39181 discloses an example of a device in which such a spare coin tube is disposed on the side of a cassette-type coin tube main body in which a plurality of main coin tubes are arranged side by side.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention By the way, the above-mentioned auxiliary coin tube is not simply disposed on the side of the main coin tube as in the device disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, but is also Due to space constraints, they may be provided at the rear of the main coin tube, or may be arranged in two rows on the sides of the main coin tube, front and rear.

When auxiliary coin tubes are arranged in two rows, front and back, there is no problem if the coin tubes store coins of the same denomination, but if coins of different denominations are stored in each coin tube, It is absolutely necessary to avoid mistakes such as accidentally inserting coins that are supposed to be stored in one auxiliary coin tube into the other auxiliary coin tube.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a coin storage that allows coins of different denominations to be replenished into coin tubes arranged in two rows, front and back, within a coin mechanism, without making a mistake in inserting coins. The purpose is to provide equipment.

(d) Means for solving the problem In order to achieve this object, the coin storage device of the coin tube according to the present invention has a horizontal axis at the upper part of the coin tubes arranged in two rows in the front and back in the coin mechanism. The coin tube can be held and rotated freely, and is characterized by being provided with a switching member that closes the upper opening side of the other coin tube when replenishing coins to one coin tube.

(e) Effect: According to the above-described configuration, by rotating the switching member about the horizontal axis, while one coin tube is being refilled with coins, the double opening side of the other coin tube can be closed. , no coins are inserted into the other coin tube, and no replenishment errors such as incorrectly inserting coins of different denominations occur.

(f) Example Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a coin mechanism in which a coin storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided at the top of a coin tube.

In FIG. 1, a coin mechanism 1 that performs operations related to coin processing in a vending machine is provided with a coin receiving port 2 at the top, and the coins taken in from the coin receiving port 2 are transferred to a coin sorter below. 3.

In addition, a cassette-type coin tube body 7 that integrates a plurality of main coin tubes 4 and an auxiliary coin tube 5.6 for making up for lack of change is detachably attached to the housing 8 of the coin mechanism 1. There is. Coins sorted and sorted by the coin sorter 3 are stored in a plurality of main coin tubes 4 arranged below the coin sorter 3 as change.

Auxiliary coin tubes 5 and 6, which are provided for the purpose of supplementing coins stored in the main coin tube 4 when they run out, are arranged in parallel on the right side of the main coin tube 4 in the rightmost column in the figure. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, this auxiliary coin tube 5 is located in the front row, and the auxiliary coin tube 6 is located behind it.
is installed. These auxiliary coin tubes 5.6
are the side wall 3a of the coin sorter 3 and the side plate 8 of the housing 8.
The extension tubes 5B and 6B placed between the lower tubes 5A and 6A are detachably attached to the lower tubes 5A and 6A, respectively, and since the tubes are long, a large amount of spare change can be stored. . Note that a change dispensing mechanism section 9 is provided below the coin tube main body 7.

A switching member 10 constituting the coin storage device is provided above the auxiliary coin tube 5.6 and is sandwiched between the side wall 3a of the coin sorter 3 and the side plate 8a of the housing 8. . This switching member 10 is used to switch which of the front and rear coin tubes 5 or 6 to drop coins into when replenishing the auxiliary coin tubes 5 or 6 with coins.

The switching member 10 is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and a protruding step 11a is formed at the rear of the side plate 11 on the side of the coin sorter 3, and this step 11a serves as a coin sorter. It comes into contact with the side wall 3a of the container 3. Further, on the side plate 12 of the housing 8 on the side plate 8a side, an elastic locking piece 13 formed by cutting out the periphery leaving the base part is provided at the rear part, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. Hole 14a in the center of the slit 14 bored in the side plate 8a
A boss 15 that engages with the locking piece 13 is provided in a protruding manner at the tip of the locking piece 13. The rear parts of the side plates 11 and 12 are connected by a connecting part 16.

In addition, the guide plate 17 that is inclined diagonally downward is connected to the side plate 1.
It is provided near the front between 1.1.2, and the guide plate 17
A pair of coin sliding ribs 18.18 are provided on the top in the coin insertion direction. This guide plate 17 is formed in a length sufficient to cover the upper opening 5a of the auxiliary coin tube 5 in the front row when the switching member 10 is rotated downward. As shown in FIG. 3, this portion comes into contact with the front edge of the upper opening 6a of the auxiliary coin tube 6 in the rear row.

Further, a drop port 19 is provided at the rear of the guide plate 17 for dropping coins into the rear auxiliary coin tube 6 when the switching member IO is rotated downward. is larger than the opening 6a of the coin tube 6.

Further, a guard plate 20 hangs down from the front edge of the guide plate 17, and when the switching member 10 is rotated downward, the lower end of the guard plate 20 is connected to the opening 5a of the coin tube 5 in the front row. Abuts against the front edge. This guard plate 20 is
This is to prevent coins from falling into the coin tube 5 in the front row when replenishing the coin tube 6 in the rear row with coins.

With the above configuration, the switching member 10 is tightly sandwiched between the side wall 3a of the coin sorter 3 and the side plate 8a of the housing 8, with the boss 15 engaged with the hole 14a of the slit 14. , is vertically rotatable about a horizontal axis passing through a boss 15.

When switching the switching member 10 to replenish the auxiliary coin tube 5 in the front row with coins, for example, the switching member 10 is rotated upward all the time as shown in FIG. At this time, the hook-shaped locking portions 21.21 at the upper front ends of the side plates 11 and I2 engage with the front edge of the side plate 8a of the housing 8, and the switching member 10 is held.

In this state, the guard plate 20 of the switching member 10 and the guide plate 1
The coins are not prevented from falling into the coin tube 6 in the rear row by the lower surface of the coin tube 7, and the coin N can be thrown into the opening 5a of the auxiliary coin tube 5 in the front row from below the switching member 10.

Further, when replenishing the auxiliary coin tube 6 in the rear row with coins, the switching member 10 is rotated downward all the time as shown in FIG.

In this state, the guard plate 20 prevents coins from being thrown into the coin tube 5 in the front row, and the coins thrown in from the guide plate 17 slide down on the guide plate 17.
It is dropped into the auxiliary coin tube 6 in the rear row through the upper opening 68.

By using the switching member 10 in this way, it is possible to easily switch which of the front and rear spare coin tubes 5 or 6 is to be refilled with coins, and it is possible to easily replenish coins of different denominations in the front and rear coin tubes. When replenishing coins, there is an advantage that mistakes in coin replenishment can be prevented.

Next, the operation for removing the switching member 10 will be explained with reference to FIG. 6. In this case, the side plate 8a of the housing 8
For example, a coin 22 is applied to the slit 14 from the outside to push the boss 15 inward. Since the boss 15 is provided at the tip of the elastic locking piece 13, the locking piece 13 is pushed inward and the boss 15 is easily removed from the hole 14a in the center of the slit 14. The switching member 10 can be easily removed from the housing 8 by pulling the switching member 10 forward in this state.

The switching member 10 has the boss 15 connected to the hole 14a of the side plate 8a.
It has a simple installation structure that simply engages with the holder and inserts it between the walls on both sides, and since no screws are used, the workability of installation can be improved.

In this way, the coin storage device of this embodiment has coin tubes arranged in two rows, front and rear, which need to be refilled with coins of different denominations. Suitable for cases where

(g) As described in detail, according to the present invention, there is a switch located above the coin tubes arranged in two rows in the front and back in the coin mechanism, for replenishing coins by switching between the coin tubes in the two rows in the front and back. Since the member is provided, it is possible to prevent a problem in which coins that are supposed to be replenished into one coin tube are mistakenly thrown into the other coin tube.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a coin mechanism in which a coin storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention is arranged on the top of a coin tube, and FIG. 2 is a first diagram for explaining the operation of the coin storage device.
A partially cutaway sectional view taken along line A-A in the figure, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway A in FIG. 1 for explaining the operation of the coin storage device.
-A sectional view, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the switching member used in the coin storage device, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the switching member,
FIG. 6 is a sectional view for explaining the removal operation of the switching member. 1... Coin mechanism, 4... Main coin tube, 5.6... Auxiliary coin tube, 5a, 6a
...Top opening, 7...Cassette type coin tube body, 8...Housing, 8a...Side plate, 8b.
... Top plate, 10... Switching member, 11.12... Side plate, 13... Engagement piece, 14a... Hole, 15... Boss, 17... Guide plate, 19... - Drop opening, 2...guard plate, 21...hook-shaped engagement part. Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure I9 Figure 6! 5 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] Inside the coin mechanism, two rows of coin tubes are arranged in the front and back direction, and each coin tube has an opening for refilling coins at its upper end. 1. A coin storage device for a coin tube, characterized in that a switching member is provided to close the opening of the other coin tube when performing the coin storage.