JPH0237084Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Field of industrial application] The present invention relates to a coin dispensing machine that is incorporated into a vending machine or a currency exchange machine and dispenses change coins or exchange coins. The present invention relates to a coin batch collection device that collects all coins in an output machine.

[Conventional technology]

In the coin collecting device of the conventional coin dispenser,
A coin replenishing section (having a replenishing means such as a replenishing belt or a replenishing disk) that is operated by the drive control section to send out coins; A coin dispensing unit (for example, having a rotating disk) that dispenses a predetermined number of coins one by one.
a bag hanging frame that can be pulled out from the coin ejecting section to a receiving area for coins ejected for coin collection and on which a storage bag for collected coins is hung; and a drive control section for the coin supply section and the coin ejecting section. It also had a recovery command switch that gave a recovery command to the machine.

Then, by manually operating the collection command switch, all the coins in the coin supply section are sent out to the coin dispensing section, and through the coin discharging operation of the coin discharging section, the coins are collected into the storage bag. I was getting used to it.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

The outlet section of the coin supply section is sized to match the amount of coins supplied to the coin dispensing section, and the amount of coins delivered from this coin supply section is large enough to prevent coins from jamming in the coin dispensing section. To prevent this, the coins accumulate little by little, so when collecting coins, it takes time to send all the coins in the coin supply section to the coin dispensing section, and the coins sent to the coin dispensing section are Since the coins are ejected one by one and collected into the storage bag by the ejecting operation of the ejecting section, it takes time until all the coins are collected into the storage bag. Therefore, coin collection work takes time.

Therefore, we installed a gate plate that can widen and narrow the exit part of the coin replenishing section, and this gate plate is moved from the narrow position to the wide position in conjunction with the pull-out movement of the bag hanging frame, and is switched when collecting coins to replenish coins. It is conceivable to provide a collection passage that accepts the coins sent out from the section and leads them to the storage bag, and to collect the coins directly into the storage bag through this collection passage, but when the bag hanging frame is pulled out, the gate plate moves to the expanded position. As a result, when the coins in the coin supply section expand, they fly out from the outlet section and are sent to the bag hanging frame through the collection passage.At this time, since the storage bag has not yet been hung on the bag hanging frame, It is possible that coins will be scattered on the floor.

Furthermore, since the collection command switch is manually operated separately from the loading and unloading of the bag hanging frame, there is a problem in that if the switch is operated before the bag hanging frame is pulled out, the collected coins will be scattered on the floor.

The present invention has been developed in view of the above-mentioned points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a coin batch collecting device for a coin dispensing machine that can reliably perform coin collecting work in a short time.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention includes a coin supply section 2 that is operated by a drive control section to send out coins, and a coin supply section 2 that receives coins supplied from the coin supply section 2 through a supply passage 22 and is operated by a drive control section to dispense a predetermined number of coins. A coin dispensing section 23 for dispensing coins, a bag hanging frame 46 that can be pulled out from the coin dispensing section 23 to a receiving area for coins dispensed for coin collection, and on which a storage bag for collected coins is hung, and the coin replenishing section. 2 and a collection command switch 66 that gives a collection command to the drive control unit of the coin dispensing unit 22, a passage switching piece 42 that is provided in the middle of the supply passage 22 and switches the passage for coin collection; A collection passage 3 in which the passage switching piece 42 is switched to the collection side to collect coins sent to the supply passage 22.
9, a gate plate 11 capable of moving the exit portion of the coin replenishing section 2 from a narrow position when replenishing the coin dispensing section 23 to an enlarged position for collecting coins, and the bag hanging frame 4.
an interlocking mechanism 54 that switches the passage switching piece 42 to the collection passage side and unlocks the locking mechanism 59 that locks the gate plate 11 from moving to the expanded position in conjunction with the withdrawal movement of the gate plate 6; The present invention is equipped with a recovery command switch 66 that is automatically switched to issue a recovery command when the gate plate 11 is manually moved to the expanded position.

[Effect]

In this invention, when the bag hanging frame is pulled out, the passage switching piece is switched to the collection passage side, and the gate plate is unlocked.Then, by manually moving the gate plate to the expanded position, the bag can be collected. The command switch is automatically switched, and the coin replenishing section and coin dispensing section are operated based on the collection command from the collection command switch, and the coins in the coin supplying section and coin dispensing section are fed out in parallel and placed in a bag. It is collected in a storage bag hung on a frame.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Figures 1 and 2 show a coin counting machine, and 1 is a machine body forming the outer shell of the machine, and a coin supply section 2 is provided on the upper part of this machine body 1.
The hopper 3 has a hopper 3 that expands upward and is narrowed at the lower end and is supplied with coins from above, and a pair of replenishment rollers 4 arranged at the front end side (on the left side in FIG. 1) and the rear end side of the lower part of the hopper 3. , 5, and a pulley 7 is attached to the rotating shaft of the replenishment roller 5 on the rear end side. A drive belt 10 is spanned between a pulley 9 of a motor 8 and a pulley 9 of the motor 8, and the rotation of the motor 8 causes the replenishment belt 6 to move the coins supplied onto the replenishment belt 6 in the coin replenishment direction A on the front end side. Rotationally driven.
Although not shown, the motor 8 is driven and controlled by a drive control section.

A gate plate 11 for adjusting the amount of coins sent out from the front end of the supply belt 6 is disposed above the front end of the supply belt 6.
1, as shown in FIG. 3, a pair of support pieces 13 on the upper end side are rotatably supported on a support shaft 12 whose both ends are supported by the machine body 1, and the lower end of the support pieces 13 are rotatably supported in the coin supply direction A. The swinging end 14 side, which is bent at an angle, is swingably provided, and a stopper 15, which is bent in the same direction as the swinging end 14, is provided at the upper end.

A gate plate opening/closing member 17 is rotatably supported on the support shaft 12 along with the gate plate 11 by fitting a spring 16 thereinto, and both ends of the gate plate closing member 17 and the front surface of the gate plate 11 are connected to each other. Due to the biasing force of the abutted spring 16, the stopper 15 of the gate plate 11 comes into contact with the upper surface of the gate plate opening/closing member 17 and is stopped, and the gate plate 11 resists the spring 16 when the gate plate opening/closing member 17 is in the locked state. It is designed to be able to swing in the coin replenishing direction A. This gate plate opening/closing member 17 has an operating lever 1 extending toward the front end.
8 is provided protrudingly, and this operating lever 1
Lock shaft 1 is located on the left side of the middle part of 8 (left side in Fig. 2).
9 is provided in a protruding manner, and its operation lever 18 protrudes from an operation opening 20 opened vertically in the front of the body 1, and a lock shaft 19 is provided in an arc shape centered on the support shaft 12 on the left side of the body 1. Opened guide groove 21
It is protruded from.

Below the front end of the supply belt 6 is a supply passage 22.
is formed, and the coins sent out from the coin supply section 2 through this supply passage 22 are supplied to the coin dispensing section 23.

As shown in FIG. 4, the coin dispensing section 23 has a rotating disk 24 on the top surface to which coins are supplied from the coin supplying section 2, and this rotating disk 24 has a rotating shaft protruding from the center bottom surface. Disk drive pulley 2 is attached to the lower end of 25.
6 is attached, and this pulley 26 is driven by the driven pulley 2.
7, 28 and a pair of pulleys 35, 36 described later
A drive pulley 30 connected to the motor 29 via
The transmission belt 31 is stretched over the
The rotary disk 24 is rotated in the rotation direction B (shown in FIG. 4) through the rotation direction B (shown in FIG. 4). In addition, sensors 32a and 32, which are made up of a pair of light transmitters and receivers, are placed facing the top surface of the rotating disk 24 and detect the amount of coins on the rotating disk 24.
b are arranged at the front and rear near the left side of the fuselage 1. Further, although not shown, the motor 29 is driven and controlled together with the motor 8 by a drive control section.

Along the outer peripheral edge of the rotating disk 24, the rotating disk 2
A peripheral wall 33 is provided to support coins that are moved to the periphery by the centrifugal force of 4, and a part of the front end side of this peripheral wall 33 is cut out to form a coin passage 34 along the radial direction of the rotating disk 24. 1, and coins ejected in the radial direction by the centrifugal force of the rotating disk 24 are guided one by one into this coin passage 34.

In the coin passage 34, a pair of pulleys 35 are provided at the starting end side (the rear end side of the machine body 1) and the terminal end side of the coin passage 34,
A part of the transmission belt 31 is hooked around the pulleys 35 and 36, and the transmission belt 31 conveys the coins sent from the rotating disk 24 into the coin passage 34, and also conveys the coins sent from the rotating disk 24 into the coin passage 34. The liquid is discharged from the terminal end to a discharge port 37 that is opened downward at the front of the body 1. As shown in FIG. 4, the coin passageway 34 is provided with a substantially U-shape in the middle, with both ends facing the upper and lower surfaces of the coin passageway 34, so that the coins conveyed through the coin passageway 34, for example, A sensor 38 is arranged to detect magnetism and perform coefficient or identification.

A recovery passage 39 for recovering coins in the coin supply section 2 is provided at a side position of the outlet 37 on the front side of the machine body 1, and an entrance 40 of this recovery passage 39 faces the supply passage 22. The outlet portion 41 and the outlet 37 are opened downward at the front of the body 1.

In the middle of the supply passage 22, the entrance part 40 of the collection passage 39 is closed to guide the coins sent out from the coin supply part 2 to the coin dispensing part 23, and the coins are switched into the supply passage 22 to enter the coin supply part 23. A passage switching piece 42 that guides the coins sent out from the machine body 1 into the collection passage 39 is arranged. Entrance section 4 of passage 39
The passage switching piece 42 has a switching shaft 44 on the left side.
The switching shaft 44 projects from a guide groove 45 formed in an arc shape on the left side surface of the body 1 with the support shaft 43 as the center.

At the bottom of the body 1, a rectangular bag hanging frame 46 with openings on the upper and lower surfaces is attached to the body 1 so as to be swingable in the front and back direction.
A hook 47 on which a storage bag for collecting coins can be hung is provided on the front side of the bag hanging frame 46 and on both sides near the front side of the bag hanging frame 46. It is hung so as to open on the upper surface of the front end side of the hanging frame 46, and
The bag hanging frame 46 is pulled out to the collected coin receiving area, and the coins are collected into the storage bag from the collection passage 39 through the chute 48. This chute 48 is
A bending frame portion having approximately the same width dimension as the outlet portion 41 of the outlet portion 37 and the recovery passageway 39, with guides 49 erected on both sides thereof, and a bending frame portion bent into a substantially U-shape on the back side of the chute 48 at the lower part. 50 is provided, and the upper end of this chute 48 is connected to the outlet 37 and the collection passage 3.
When the bag hanging frame 46 is pulled out, a projecting shaft 51 protruding from the inner surface of the bag hanging frame 46 moves the back side of the chute 48 toward the front end. When pressed, the lower end side of the chute 48 is pulled out to the front end side, and the coins are guided from the outlet 37 and the collection passage 39 to the storage bag. Furthermore, on the left side of this body 1, there is a detection switch 5 for detecting the pulled out position of the bag hanging frame 46.
2 is provided.

Further, a substantially U-shaped operating member 53 that opens upward is provided on the inner surface of the left side of the bag hanging frame 46.
The interlocking lever 5 of the interlocking mechanism 54 is connected to this operating member 53.
5 is loosely engaged in the front-back direction.

The interlocking lever 55 of the interlocking mechanism 54 is formed in a substantially cross shape, is rotatably supported by a support shaft 56 provided on the left side of the body 1 at the center thereof, and has a lower end 55a. A ring piece 57 that engages with the actuating member 53 and is rotatably connected to the switching shaft 44 of the passage switching piece 42 is rotatably attached to the upper end 55b, and on the left and right ends 55c and 55d,
When the interlocking lever 55 rotates, the sensor 32a,
A sensor cleaner 58, such as a brush, for scrubbing and cleaning the light transmitting/receiving surface of 32b is attached and inserted into the interior of the body 1.

A connecting portion 60a of a lock lever 60 of the lock mechanism 59 is connected to the upper end 55b of the interlocking lever 55 in a freely moving state in the front and rear and up and down directions. The lock lever 60 is rotatably supported by a shaft 61, and the lock lever 60 is provided with a lock groove 62 into which the lock shaft 19 of the gate plate opening/closing member 17 is fitted. A circular arc groove 63 provided in an arc shape around the support shaft 12 of No. 17, a lock groove 64 in an open position that communicates with the lower part of this arc groove 63 and is provided horizontally in the front end direction, and an upper part of the circular arc groove 63. A lock groove portion 65 in the closed position that is horizontally provided in the rear end direction and communicates with the lock groove portion 65.
It is composed of. Note that the lock shaft 19 is located in the lock groove portion 6 of the lock groove 62 on the left side of the body 1.
A recovery command switch 66 is provided for detecting that the switch 5 is engaged.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

When counting coins, the bag hanging frame 46 is pushed toward the machine body 1, so the interlocking lever 55 is in its normal position, rotating clockwise in FIG. 3 about the support shaft 56. According to
The passage switching piece 42 connects to the support shaft 43 via the link piece 57.
The lock lever 60 rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. 3 about the shaft 61 to close the entrance 40 of the collection passage 39, and the lock lever 60 rotates in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. The lock shaft 19 is inserted into the lock groove 64, preventing vertical movement of the lock shaft 19. Therefore, the gate plate opening/closing member 17 is locked with its front end tilted downward, and the gate plate opening/closing member 17 is locked with its front end tilted downward. Depending on the position of member 17,
The gate plate 11 is located at a narrow position with a narrow distance from the supply belt 6.

When coins are supplied into the hopper 3 of the coin supply section 2, the supply belt 6 moves the coins into the supply passage 2.
Coins are fed out at step 2, but since the gate plate 11 is in a narrow position, the coins are fed out little by little.

The coins sent out from the supply belt 6 fall onto the rotating disk 24, and are moved to the periphery of the rotating disk 24 by the centrifugal force caused by the rotation of the rotating disk 24.
After moving along the circumference, the coins are sent out one by one into the coin passage 34 by centrifugal force. The coins sent out to the coin passage 34 are conveyed to the terminal side by the transmission belt 31 while being counted by the sensor 38.

Coins dispensed from the terminal end of the coin passage 34 to the dispensing port 37 are guided to the coin processing device by a discharging member (not shown) disposed below the dispensing port 37.

Next, when collecting coins, the bag hanging frame 46 is pulled out to the front end side, and as the bag hanging frame 46 is pulled out, the interlocking lever 55 is moved to the third position around the support shaft 56.
This interlocking lever 55 rotates counterclockwise in the figure.
The passage switching piece 4 is connected to the link piece 57 via the link piece 57.
2 rotates in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 3 about the support shaft 43, and the passage switching piece 42 enters into the supply passage 22. Further, the lock lever 60 rotates around the support shaft 61 in the clockwise direction in FIG.
9 is shifted and the lock shaft 19 is unlocked.

Furthermore, when the bag hanging frame 46 is pulled out, the lower end side of the chute 48 is pulled out to the front end side inside the bag hanging frame 46, and the storage bag is hung on each hook 47 at the front end of the bag hanging frame 46 (the bag hanging frame 46 (You may hang the storage bag before pulling out the storage bag.)

Then, the operating lever 1 of the gate plate opening/closing member 11
When the lock lever 19 is pushed up, the lock lever 19 slides upward along the arcuate groove 63, and when the lock shaft 19 reaches the upper end of the arcuate groove 63, the upper surface of the introduction part of the lock groove 65 is a circular surface. When the lock shaft 19 comes into contact with the circular surface, the lock lever 60 rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. 3, and the lock shaft 19 is engaged in the lock groove 65. The lock shaft 19 inserted into the lock groove 65 is prevented from moving in the vertical direction, so that the gate plate opening/closing member 17 is locked in a horizontal state pushed upward. Therefore, the gate plate 11 is in an expanded position in which the distance between the gate plate 11 and the replenishment belt 6 that has rotated from the upper surface of the replenishment belt 6 toward the front end side is increased. The reason why the lock lever 60 rotates when the lock groove 65 engages with the lock shaft 19 is that play is provided in the connection between the lock lever 60 and the interlocking lever 55, and between the interlocking lever 55 and the operating member 53. It is.

Further, on the condition that the detection switch 52 detects that the bag hanging frame 46 has been pulled out to a predetermined pull-out position, the collection command switch 66 is turned on by pushing up the gate plate opening/closing member 17. A collection command is output from the collection command switch 66 to a drive control section that controls the motors 8 and 29, and the motors 8 and 29 are driven to automatically rotate the supply belt 6, rotating disk 24, and transmission belt 31.

Then, the coins on the supply belt 6 are transferred to the gate plate 1
1 is in the expanded position, a large amount of coins are sent out from the supply belt 6 to the supply passage 22 at once, and this large quantity of coins passes through the passage switching piece 42, the collection passage 39, and the chute 48, and is then put all at once into the storage bag. Therefore, even if a large amount of coins are held in the coin supply section 2, the collection of coins is completed quickly. Also,
The coins in the coin dispensing section 23 are collected in parallel with the coins in the coin supply section 2, and the coins in the coin dispensing section 23 are collected in parallel.
The coins on the rotating disk 24 of 3 pass through the coin passage 34, pass through the outlet 37, and the chute 48, and enter the storage bag.
Although the coins are collected one by one, the amount of coins on the rotating disk 24 is small and moreover, coins are not replenished during collection, so the collection of coins at the coin dispensing section 23 is completed quickly.

In addition, at the end of coin collection, the storage bag is removed from the bag hanging frame 46 and the bag hanging frame 46 is pushed into the machine body 1 side, thereby removing the interlocking lever 55, the passage switching piece 42, the gate plate opening/closing member 17, and the gate. The plate 11 returns to its normal state from the coin collecting position.
At this time, the lock shaft 19 is unlocked by rotating the lock lever 60 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. The lock groove 64 engages the lock shaft 19 again, and the lock shaft 19 is locked.

In addition, by rotating the interlocking lever 55 when the bag hanging frame 46 is pulled out and pushed in,
Sensor cleaners 58, 58 are the sensor 32
Since the light transmitting and receiving surfaces of the sensors 32a and 32b are cleaned, malfunctions of the sensors 32a and 32b can be prevented, and cleaning work for the sensors 32a and 32b can be made unnecessary.

Further, in the above embodiment, the coin collection operation is started by turning on the collection command switch 66 on the condition that the detection switch 52 detects that the bag hanging frame 46 is pulled out, but the coin collecting operation is started when the collection command switch 66 is turned on. A bag detection switch is provided to detect when the bag detection switch 5 is turned on.
Recovery command switch 66 on the condition that both 2 and 2 are detected.
The coin collecting operation may be started by turning on the button, and in this case, it is possible to prevent collected coins from being scattered on the floor due to forgetting to hang the storage bag.

[Effect of idea]

According to the present invention, by pulling out the bag hanging frame, the passage switching piece is switched to the collection side and the gate plate is unlocked, and by manually moving the gate plate to the expanded position, the collection command is issued. The switch is automatically changed and the coin supply section and coin ejection section are operated, and a large amount of coins in the coin supply section are sent out at once, and the coins in the coin ejection section are sent out in parallel to the bag hanging frame. Since the coins are collected all at once in the hanging storage bag, the time required for coin collection work is greatly shortened and work efficiency is improved.In addition, the gate plate can only be opened when the bag hanging frame is pulled out. Since the collection command switch is automatically switched by the movement of the gate plate, the gate plate is not moved to the expanded position or the collection command switch is not switched before the bag hanging frame is pulled out, and the coins can be collected. Misoperation such as scattering of coins does not occur, and a reliable coin collection operation is performed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 2 showing an embodiment of the coin batch recovery device for a coin dispensing machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main parts, and 4
The figure is a perspective view showing the coin dispensing section. 2...Coin supply section, 11...Gate plate, 22...
...supply passageway, 23...coin dispensing section, 39...collection passageway, 42...passage switching piece, 46...bag hanging frame,
54... Interlocking mechanism, 59... Lock mechanism, 66...
...Collection command switch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) A coin supply section that is operated by a drive control section to send out coins, and a coin supply section that receives coins supplied from the coin supply section through a supply passage and is operated by a drive control section to supply a predetermined number of coins. a coin dispensing section for dispensing coins, a bag hanging frame that can be pulled out from the coin dispensing section to a receiving area for coins dispensed for coin collection, and on which a storage bag for collected coins is hung; and a recovery command switch that gives a recovery command to the drive control unit of the coin discharging unit and the drive control unit of the coin ejecting unit, the passage switching piece is provided in the middle of the supply passage and switches the passage for coin recovery, and the passage switching piece is A collection path for collecting coins that are switched to the collection side and sent to the supply path, and an exit portion of the coin supply section are moved from a narrow position when replenishing the coin dispensing section to an expanded position for coin collection. The closing gate plate is interlocked with the pulling out movement of the bag hanging frame to switch the passage switching piece to the collection passage side and unlock the lock mechanism that locks the gate plate from being extended to the expanded position. A coin dispensing machine that collects all coins at once, comprising: a mechanism; and a collection command switch that is automatically switched to issue a collection command when the unlocked gate plate is manually moved to the enlarged position. Device. (2) The interlocking mechanism switches the passage switching piece to the supply passage side in conjunction with the pushing movement of the bag hanging frame that is pushed in to dispense coins, and also moves the cade plate to the narrow position and locks the locking mechanism. A coin bulk storage device for a coin dispensing machine as set forth in claim 1 of the utility model registration claim.