JPH02282888A - Coin arranging device for charge collector - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the time required for a coin handling process by receiving and sending the coins received from a coin/note separating device as a they are. CONSTITUTION:A feed roll 4 is set at one of both sides of a rotary path R of a coin arranging device 1 together with a return roll 5 which is set at the other side of the path R opposite to the roll 4 and returns the coins. Then a space S slightly larger than the thickness of a coin K is secured between the circumferential surfaces of both rolls 4 and 5. The coin K rolled out via a slant path of a note/coin separating device 21 rolls on the path R and is sent to a coin discriminator 22 through the space S formed between both rolls 4 and 5. When plural coins K are rolled overlapping with each other, only the coin K touching the roll 4 through its end face passes through the space S. While other coin K are stopped by the roll 5 and then successively carried out with touch secured to the roll 4. As a result, the coins rolled out of the device 21 can be quickly carried out one by one.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is a fare collecting machine installed in a one-man bus, etc., in which coins separated from coupon tickets by a temple coin separating device are sent to the next coin sorting device into one coin. This relates to a coin alignment device that sends out coins one by one, and more specifically, it is configured to send out coins one by one at high speed using a combination of rotating rollers.

(Prior Art) Various configurations are used as coin sorting devices for fare collection machines installed in one-person buses, etc., but a typical conventional coin sorting device is 1
There is one shown in Publication No. 9870.

In the device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6:1-19870, the upper surface of the rotary plate on which the coins separated from the coupon tickets are supplied is an inclined surface, and the peripheral edge of the upper surface of the inclined rotary plate is A plurality of grooves into which one coin fits are provided at intervals, and the coins fitted into the grooves are sent out sequentially from a predetermined position using the rotational movement of a rotary plate. It has become.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

This prior art technique disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 19870/1987 has the advantage of being able to reliably feed out coins one by one in a fixed posture, but it is difficult to accommodate the supplied coins. It is necessary to form a coin storage space with the rotating plate as the bottom surface, the grooves need to be formed at intervals on the periphery of the rotating plate, and the central part, which occupies most of the upper surface of the rotating plate, is used to align coins. There is a problem in that the overall size of the device increases because it does not have any effect on feeding.

In addition, in order to align and feed the coins, it is necessary for the coins to fit into the grooves, and in order to ensure that the coins fit into the grooves, there is a limit to the rotational speed of the rotary plate. etc., the processing capacity per unit time is low, and as a result, there is a problem in that it takes a long time to complete processing for confirming the amount of money deposited, processing for dispensing change, etc.

Furthermore, since the coins are fed out by using the coin's rolling motion due to its own weight, it is easy for dirt and small particles to cause malfunctions in the feeding operation. It is necessary to take measures to forcibly feed the coins to the next coin sorting device, which poses the problem of complicating the overall structure of the toll collection machine.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art. The purpose of this system is to quickly send out coins one by one, which are rolled and supplied from the temple coin separation device, by using a smooth return operation.

[Means to solve the problem]

The means of the present invention for achieving the above object is a device that constitutes a fare collection machine installed in a one-man bus, etc., and which separates coins from coupon tickets in a temple coin separating device and sends the coins one by one to a coin sorting device. It is an alignment device; It has a passage plate that forms a rolling passage for coins that is inclined downward in the feeding direction; It is arranged on one side of the rolling passage, and the peripheral surface forms one side of the rolling passage. A feed roller that rotates in the direction to send out coins is disposed on the other side of the rolling path, facing the feed roller, and has a circumferential surface that forms the other side of the rolling path and rotates in the direction of returning the coins. The coin has the following features: a rotating return roller; and a gap slightly larger than the thickness of the coin formed between the opposing circumferential surfaces of the feed roller and the return roller.

In addition to the above means, a fixed side pull-in roller that rotates in a direction to pull in coins is disposed on the upstream side of the rolling path in parallel with the feed roller, and a movable side pull-in roller that rotates in a direction to pull in coins is placed in a rolling path. A side plate is disposed opposite the stationary pull-in roller across the passage, and is placed between the stationary pull-in roller and the feed roller and between the moving pull-in roller and the return roller to prevent coins from entering between both rollers. It is better to arrange

In order to ensure that the movable pull-in roller can pull in coins with the fixed-side pull-in roller, the moving-side pull-in roller can move toward and away from the fixed-side pull-in roller while receiving a biasing force toward the fixed-side pull-in roller. establish.

In addition, fixed side retraction roller, moving side retraction roller,
fl on the circumferential surface of each roller, the feed roller and the return roller.
It is desirable to carve several circumferential grooves at intervals of J, and to extend arm pieces located in the circumferential grooves from the front and rear edges of the side plates.

Similarly, it is preferable that the peripheral surfaces of each of the fixed side pull-in roller, movable side pull-in roller, feed roller, and return roller be formed of an elastic material with a large surface PJ friction coefficient and excellent wear resistance.

[Effect]

The coins that have been rolled on the inclined transfer path of the temple coin separating device are rolled on the rolling path and sent out to the coin sorting device through the gap between the sending roller and the return roller.

When the coin passes through the gap, it may receive a return force from the return roller, but since the coin receives a feed force from the feed roller that cancels out the return force from the return roller, it will be sent out as it is with the momentum of rolling. .

When multiple coins roll on top of each other, only the coin whose end surface is in contact with the feed roller passes through the gap, and the other coins are stopped by the return roller, but the coins stopped by the return roller As the coins are sent out by the feed roller, the coins contact the feed roller in order and are sent out.

When a fixed-side pull-in roller and a movable-side pull-in roller are provided, the coins transferred from the temple coin separation device are forcibly fed into the gap by the pull-in action of both the pull-in rollers. Therefore, the coins are not aligned at the rolling speed due to their own weight, but at the high circumferential speed of both drawing rollers.

Even when a plurality of coins are transferred out of the temple coin separation device in an overlapping state, both the drawing rollers forcefully draw the overlapping coins as they are between the two drawing rollers. At this time, in order to make it possible to draw multiple coins between both the drawing rollers, the moving side drawing roller
It is displaced in a direction that increases the distance from the fixed side retraction roller. In this way, even if a plurality of coins are drawn between the two pull-in rollers, the operations of the feed roller and the return roller remain unchanged, and the coins are sequentially fed out through the gap. At this time, a biasing force toward the stationary side pull-in roller is constantly acting on the movable side pull-in roller, so as soon as the first coin passes through the gap, the next coin is immediately pressed against the stationary side pull-in roller or the feed roller. Then, it is sent out through the gap.

The biasing force acting on the moving side pull-in roller increases the frictional resistance between the overlapping coins, but since the circumferential surface of each roller is made of an elastic material with a large surface friction coefficient, The frictional resistance between each roller and the coin is much greater than the frictional resistance between the coins, and therefore the coin is not drawn between the two rollers, regardless of the frictional resistance between the coins. is achieved, and the sending of the coin by the feeding roller is achieved.

When pulling multiple coins between the fixed-side pull-in roller and the moving-side pull-in roller, only the moving-side pull-in roller displaces and widens the space between the two pull-in rollers. This is because the side plate assembled to the side pull-in roller and the feed roller forms the reference side surface of the coin rolling path.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall view showing the arrangement of each component of a toll collection machine A equipped with a coin sorting device 1 according to the present invention, and the arrangement of each component will be explained along the flow of coins.

The coins inserted through the slot are separated from coupon tickets by a coin separating device 21 and sent to a coin sorting device 1 of the present invention, and the coin sorting device 1 sequentially feeds the coins one by one to a coin sorting device 22. The coins fed into the coin sorting device 22 are sorted by type by the coin sorting device 22 and then sorted and stored in a coin storing and punching device 23. The coins stored in the coin storing and punching device 23 are punched as necessary and transported by the coin conveying device 24 to the change dispensing port 25 or the safe 2g.

In addition, a coin sorting device 22 and a coin storing and punching device 23
A banknote recognition machine 26 and a banknote transport device 27 are provided in parallel with the banknote recognition machine 26 , and the banknotes sent in after being inspected by the banknote recognition machine 26 are sent into a safe 28 by the banknote transport device 27 .

FIG. 2 shows the rolling path of coins from the coin sorting device 21 to the coin sorting device 22 through the coin sorting device 1.
A rolling path R is formed by extending the inclined rolling path formed by the inclined roller 21a, and this rolling path R
A sorting passage formed by a sorting rail plate 22a of the coin sorting device 22 is connected to.

3 to 9 show an example of the structure of the coin aligning device 1 according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view, FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the positional relationship of the frames, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of each roller. 6 is a plan view showing the positional relationship between the side plate and the roller, FIG. 7 is a side view of the moving roller, FIG. 8 is a side view of the fixed roller, and FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the positional relationship between the side plate and the roller. It is a side view which shows the combination relationship of a self-board and a roller.

The fixed side pull-in roller 2 and the feed roller 4 are rotatably attached to a fixed frame 9 which is immovably fixed with a passage plate 10 integrally provided at the lower end, and the fixed side pull-in roller 2 projects upward from the fixed frame 9. A pair of driving pulleys 16, 16' are fixed to the rotating shaft of the feed roller 4, and a driven pulley 17 is similarly fixed to the rotating shaft of the feed roller 4, which projects upwardly from the fixed frame 9. A belt 20 is passed between the driving boolean 6 and the motor pulley 15 of the motor 14 on the fixed side, and a belt is also passed between the second driving boolean 6 and the driven pulley 17. Since the coin K is being passed, the fixed side pull-in roller 2 and the feed roller 4 are rotated together in the direction of feeding out the coin K (clockwise in FIG. 5) by the drive of the fixed side motor 14.

The movable side pull-in roller 3 is rotatably attached to a support frame 12, and this support frame 12 is always rotated counterclockwise in FIG. It is assembled so that it can be oscillated when subjected to a force in the direction. The base end of the swing frame 11, on which the return roller 5 is rotatably attached to the rotating shaft of the movable pull-in roller 3, is constantly under force in the clockwise direction due to the elasticity of a spring (not shown). , are assembled so as to be swingable, so that the moving-side pull-in roller 3 and the return roller 5 can be swing-displaced independently of each other.

The moving side pull-in roller 3 protrudes above the support frame 12
A drive pulley 16 and a drive gear 18 are fixed to the rotation shaft of the return roller 5. Similarly, a driven gear 19 is fixed to the rotation shaft of the return roller 5 protruding from the swing frame II. A belt 20 is passed between the motor 16 and the motor pulley 15 of the motor 14 on the moving side, and the driving gear 18 and the driven gear 19 are directly engaged with each other. The moving-side drawing roller 3 pulls the coin K by the moving-side motor 14.
The return roller 5, which is directly gear-coupled with the movable pull-in roller 3, rotates in the direction to push the coin K back.

As shown in FIG. 5, the fixed side pull-in roller 2 and the feed roller 4 are precisely arranged along the path direction of the rolling path R formed by the path plate 1o, and the peripheral surface thereof is located at the rolling path R. On the other hand, the movable side pull-in roller 3 is arranged with a large distance between its circumferential surface and the circumferential surface of the fixed-side draw-in roller 2 in advance. This is to allow the coins coming out of the temple coin separating device 21 to enter the gap S smoothly.

The reason why the return roller 5 can be oscillated in the direction of widening the gap S with respect to the feed roller 4 is to protect the feed roller 4 and the return roller 5. This prevents the peripheral surface of the roller from being damaged due to friction with coins attempting to enter the gap S. In this way, when the return roller 6 is moved backward against the strong urging force and a plurality of coins K enter the gap S,
Due to this intruding coin and the strong biasing force, a strong resistance is generated to the rotation of the feed roller 5 and the return roller 6, and the feed roller 5 and the return roller 6 become unable to rotate, and the rotation of both rollers is stopped. It is possible to detect the occurrence of fraud (11).

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, four circumferential grooves 6 are formed on the circumferential surface of each of the fixed-side pull-in roller 2, moving-side draw-in roller 3, feed roller 4, and return roller 5. are placed around the circumference at intervals sufficiently smaller than the diameter of the
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 9, the 20th circumferential groove is provided with a roller that is fixed to the fixed frame 9 and the swinging frame 11 between the fixed side pull-in roller 2 and the feed roller 4, and the movable side pull-in roller. The arm pieces 8 of the side plate 7 provided between the roller 3 and the return roller 5 are positioned loosely together, and the extending tip portion of each arm piece 8 is curved along the circumferential surface of each roller. ,
This prevents it from hitting the coin K.

The arm pieces 8 located within the circumferential groove 6 are recessed by about 1.5 cylinders from the circumferential surface of each roller made of silicone rubber, thereby ensuring that each roller moves reliably with respect to the coin K. I am trying to achieve it.

The diameter of each roller 2.3.4.5 is 22[+1111~24
The number of coins that can be processed in -seconds is about 10.

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention has the configuration as described above, it produces the following effects.

Since the coins being transferred from the temple coin separating device are received and sent out in their transferred posture, the overall size of the device is extremely small, thereby fully satisfying the demand for miniaturization of the fee collecting device.

Since the coins are processed by sending out the transferred coins as they are, the processing capacity is extremely high, and as a result, the time required for the coin handling process in the toll collection machine can be significantly shortened.

The coin alignment process is achieved by forcibly feeding the coins using the rotating motion of the rollers, so the coins are aligned.
There are no malfunctions in the feeding operation due to scratches or small particles, which makes it possible to obtain reliable and stable coin alignment processing, eliminates the need for a special device to feed coins into the coin sorting device, and reduces costs. The overall configuration of the storage machine can be made that much simpler.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of each component of a fare collection machine into which the device of the present invention is incorporated. FIG. 2 is a layout diagram showing the relationship between the coin separating device, the device of the present invention, and the coin sorting device regarding the coin rolling path. 3 to 9 are diagrams showing a positional example of the device of the present invention, with FIG. 3 being an overall plan view, and FIG. 4 being a plan cross-sectional view showing the positional relationship among a fixed frame, a support frame, and a swinging frame. , FIG. 5 is a plan sectional view showing the arrangement relationship of each roller, and FIG.
The figure is a plan cross-sectional view showing the combination of each roller and the side plate, Figure 7 is a side view of a combination of a moving side pull-in roller and a return roller, and Figure 8 is a side view of a combination of a fixed side pull-in roller and a feed roller. FIG. 9 is a side view of a combination of both openings and side plates. Explanation of symbols: Coin alignment device, 2: Fixed side pull-in roller, 3: Moving side pull-in roller, 4: Feed roller, 5: Return roller, 6: Circumferential groove, 7: Side plate, 8: Arm piece, 9: Fixed flame,
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Claims (6)

[Claims] (1) A coin alignment device in a fare collection machine installed in a one-man bus, etc., which feeds out coins separated from coupons one by one by a ticket/coin separation device, and the coins are tilted downward in the feeding direction (K) rolling path (R
) and a passage plate (10) disposed on one side of the rolling passage (R), whose peripheral surface forms one side of the rolling passage (R) and feeds out the coin (K). a feed roller (4) rotating in the direction; and a feed roller (4) on the other side of the rolling path (R).
a return roller (5) that is arranged to face the coin (K) and whose circumferential surface forms the other side of the rolling path (R) and rotates in the direction of returning the coin (K); A coin alignment device in a toll collection machine, which is formed by forming a gap (S) slightly larger than the thickness of the coin (K) between the circumferential surfaces of the feed roller (4) and the return roller (5). (2) The coin alignment device for a toll collection machine according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral surfaces of the feed roller (4) and the return roller (5) are formed of an elastic material having a large surface friction coefficient and excellent wear resistance. (3) A fixed-side pull-in roller (2) that rotates in the direction of pulling in the coin (K) is arranged on the upstream side of the rolling path (R) in parallel with the feed roller (4), and pulls in the coin (K). A movable pull-in roller (3) that rotates in the direction is arranged to face the fixed pull-in roller (2) across the rolling path (R), and ) and between the moving side pull-in roller (3) and the return roller (5), a side plate (7) is arranged to prevent coins (K) from entering between both rollers.
A coin alignment device in the above-mentioned fare collection machine. (4) The movable side pull-in roller (3) is provided so as to be able to move toward and away from the fixed-side pull-in roller (2) while receiving a biasing force toward the fixed-side pull-in roller (2). 3. The coin alignment device in the fare collection machine according to 3. (5) Fixed side pull-in roller (2), moving side pull-in roller (3), feed roller (4) and return roller (5)
Several circumferential grooves (6) are carved at intervals on the circumferential surface of each roller, and arm pieces (8) located in the circumferential grooves (6) are cut from the front and rear edges of the side plate (7). 5. A coin aligning device in a toll collecting machine according to claim 3, wherein the coin aligning device is extended. (6) Fixed side retraction roller (2), moving side retraction roller (3), feed roller (4) and return roller (5)
6. The coin aligning device for a fare storage machine according to claim 3, wherein the peripheral surface of the coin is formed of an elastic material having a large surface friction coefficient and excellent wear resistance.