JPH0226536Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to a coin sorting device that vertically aligns coins collected by a coin conveying device or the like from a coin-operated game device that plays a game using coins. It is something.

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY Conventionally, a coin sorter vertically aligns coins flowing in in an arbitrary state, and a coin transport path with a downward slope transfers the sorted coins discharged from the sorter by rotation. What we have is JP-A-1973-
It is proposed as Publication No. 103239.

Furthermore, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 53-44240 has proposed a device in which a coin is caused to fall into a downward space by the rotation of a pair of rollers made of an elastic body.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the device described in JP-A No. 52-103239 moves the lifting plates inside the coin sorter vertically up and down randomly along the guide groove, and the coin sorter gradually moves up and down due to the phase difference between the lifting plates. The coin is repositioned so that it will eventually be placed vertically between any adjacent elevator plates, making it difficult to quickly convert the coin vertically and send it accurately between the elevator plates. However, the elevating plate must be raised and lowered in the vertical direction at all times, which not only increases power consumption, but also complicates and increases the size of the operating mechanism for randomly moving the elevating plate up and down.

In addition, the one described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 53-44240 is
The coin input tube was kept airtight by a pair of rollers, and the coins were fed into the pneumatic feed tube in the sealed lower space by rotation of the pair of rollers by a motor.

The object of the present invention is to quickly position one coin in the vertical direction as the coin direction changing member rotates, and at the same time, move only one coin to the position of the coin direction changing member. By rotating the coins, the coins can be accurately dropped and slid into the alignment grooves formed between the corresponding guide plates while being positioned vertically, and the coins fed into the alignment grooves will be placed on the bottom wall of the alignment gutter. The coins are rolled one by one along the slope of the line, and the coins are aligned vertically on the alignment groove, so that the coins do not overlap in the alignment groove, and the coins continue to be polished, lifted, or counted. To provide a coin aligning device that facilitates coin processing work and improves work efficiency.

Means for Solving the Problems The coin sorting device of the present invention has a plurality of guide plates erected inside the coin sorter, and an alignment gutter having a partition wall continuing to the guide plates in the coin sorter, and An alignment groove is formed between the guide plates, a rotatable coin direction changing member is provided above the guide plate corresponding to each guide plate, and a bottom wall that slopes following the alignment groove is provided in the alignment gutter. It has a configuration characterized by the following.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a coin sorter, and inside the coin sorter 1, a plurality of mutually parallel guide plates 3 are respectively provided. An alignment gutter 4 is provided, and the alignment gutter 4 is formed integrally with the coin aligner 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, above the coin sorter 1, a conveying device 2 for conveying the coins a is arranged.
An alignment groove 10 for vertically aligning the coins a collected from the coin transport device 2 is formed between the guide plates 3, and an inclined portion is provided at the upper end of the guide plate 3, near the center inside the coin aligner 1. , a plurality of elastic rollers 5 are rotatably provided as coin direction converting members for vertically converting the coin a corresponding to the upper part of the plurality of guide plates 3, and the elastic rollers 5 are fixed in the horizontal direction. The shafts are fixed to the coin aligner 1 at intervals of .

The alignment gutter 4 is provided with a bottom wall that slopes next to the alignment groove 10, so that the coins a vertically aligned by the alignment groove 10 roll along the slope of the bottom wall of the alignment gutter 4. .

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

When the coin a collected from the coin transport device 2 falls into the coin aligner 1, the coin a hits the elastic roller 5 corresponding to the upper part of the guide plate 3 inside the coin aligner 1, and the coin a hits the elastic roller 5 that corresponds to the upper part of the guide plate 3 inside the coin aligner 1. The body rollers 5 rotate in opposite directions due to the weight of coin a,
One coin a is converted vertically as the pair of elastic rollers 5, 5 rotate, and at the same time, one coin a passes between the pair of elastic rollers 5, 5 and is placed between the guide plates 3. The coins a are dropped and fed into the alignment groove 10, and the coins a fed into the alignment groove 10 roll one by one along the slope of the bottom wall of the alignment groove 4, and the coins a are vertically placed on the alignment groove 4. They line up.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which a guide plate 3 is installed near the center of the inside of the coin sorter 1.
A chevron-shaped actuating plate 6 is rotatably provided as a coin direction changing member corresponding to the upper side of the coin aligner 1, and the chevron-shaped actuating plate 6 is pivoted to the coin aligner 1 at a constant interval.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

When the coin a collected from the coin transport device 2 falls into the coin sorter 1, the coin a hits the chevron-shaped actuating plate 6 corresponding to the upper part of the guide plate 3 inside the coin sorting device 1, and the chevron-shaped actuating plate 6 The coin a is swung by the weight of the coin a, and at the same time, one coin a is transformed in the vertical direction as the chevron-shaped actuating plate 6 swings, and at the same time, the coin a is moved along the inclination of the pair of chevron-shaped actuating plates 6. The coins a are dropped and fed into the alignment groove 10 between the guide plates 3, and the coins a fed into the alignment groove 10 roll one by one along the slope of the bottom wall of the alignment gutter 4, and are placed on the alignment gutter 4. Arrange the coins a vertically.

Note that since the coin a rolls around the coin a in the alignment gutter 4, the bottom wall of the alignment gutter 4 only needs to have a small slope.

4, 5 and 6 show the invention combined with other devices.

In FIG. 4, the alignment gutter 4 is connected to a lifting device 7, and the coins a vertically aligned on the alignment gutter 4 are lifted upward one by one by the lifting device 7.

In FIG. 5, a pair of polishing rollers 8, 8 are rotatably provided in the middle of the alignment gutter 4, and the coins a, which are vertically aligned on the alignment gutter 4, are moved one by one as they pass between the polishing rollers 8, 8. It is designed to be polished.

In FIG. 6, an optical sensor 9 is provided in the middle of the alignment gutter 4, and the coins a arranged vertically on the alignment gutter 4 block the light from the optical sensor 9, so that the number of coins a is detected one by one. This is what I did.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the coin sorting device of the present invention, a plurality of guide plates are erected inside the coin sorter, and an alignment gutter having a partition wall that continues to the guide plates is provided in the coin sorter. an alignment groove is formed between the guide plates, a rotatable coin direction changing member is provided above the guide plate corresponding to each guide plate, and a bottom wall that slopes following the alignment groove is provided in the alignment gutter. As a result, the coin direction changing member rotates, and one coin can be quickly positioned in the vertical direction as the coin direction changing member rotates. While vertically positioning the coin by rotation, it can be accurately dropped and slid into the alignment groove formed between the corresponding guide plates, and the coin fed into the alignment groove is placed on the bottom wall of the alignment gutter. Since the coins are rolled one by one along the slope, the coins can be aligned vertically on the alignment groove, and the coins do not overlap in the alignment groove, making it convenient for polishing, lifting coins, detecting the number of coins, etc. The subsequent coin processing work becomes easier and work efficiency can be improved.

Furthermore, since the structure of the coin aligning device can be simplified, the entire device can be downsized and costs can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a coin aligning device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the same coin aligning device as described above, and FIG. 3 is a coin aligning device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the aligner, and Fig. 5 is a side sectional view of the main part combining the present invention and a lifting device.
The figure is a perspective view of the main parts of a combination of the present invention and a polishing roller, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the main parts of a combination of the present invention and an optical sensor. 1... Coin sorter, 2... Coin transport device,
3... Guide plate, 4... Alignment gutter, 5... Elastic roller, 6... Chevron-shaped actuating plate, 7... Lifting device, 8...
Polishing roller, 9... optical sensor, 10... alignment groove, a... coin.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) A plurality of guide plates are erected inside a coin aligner, and an alignment gutter having a partition wall continuing to the guide plates is provided in the coin aligner, and the coin aligner is arranged between the guide plates. A groove is formed, a rotatable coin direction changing member is provided above the guide plate corresponding to each guide plate, and a bottom wall that slopes following the alignment groove is provided in the alignment gutter. Coin alignment device. (2) The coin aligning device according to claim 1, wherein the coin direction changing member is a rotatable elastic roller. (3) The coin alignment device according to claim 1, wherein the coin direction changing member is a rotatable chevron-shaped operating plate.