JPH0285107A - Coin packing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To permit a reduction in the size of a coin packing machine and facilitate coin feeding operation by providing a coin feeding part and conveyor device at one side of a coin packing machine, a counting and sorting part and coin packing part in the central part thereof and a lift at the other side thereof. CONSTITUTION:A counting and sorting part 8 is adapted for sorting out the coins requiring to be packed from those sent in from an upper and lower hopper 2 and 3 and for counting the number of the selected coins. An accumulating device 9 provided below the counting and sorting part 8 is adapted for accumulating a predetermined number of the coins sent therefrom in a vertically straight position. A packing mechanism 10 is provided below the accumulating device 9 and, in the vicinity thereof, a stand 11 for carrying a roll of packing paper P is also provided. The packing mechanism 10 wraps the packing paper P around the coins accumulated in a straight position sent from the accumulating device 9.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a coin packaging machine that collects and packages coins of the same denomination, and particularly aims to downsize the machine and facilitate coin handling operations. This article relates to a coin wrapping machine that makes it possible to do this.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when inserting coins into the coin wrapping machine, an operator carries a coin bag containing a large number of coins and inserts it into a hopper provided at the top of the coin wrapping machine. The coins in the coin bag were inserted into the coin bag, but this method had the disadvantage that it placed a heavy burden on the operator, as it required actions such as lifting the m-thick coin bag upwards.

Therefore, a coin wrapping machine described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-54325 has been proposed as a device to solve the above-mentioned problems, but this coin wrapping machine conveys the coins that the official has sent to the lower hopper at the bottom of the machine to the upper part of the machine. A coin IJt feeding unit is attached to the outside of the machine. Furthermore, a coin wrapping machine described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-11824 has been proposed as a device similar to this coin wrapping machine, but this coin wrapping machine has a coin transport unit that transports coins input into the lower hopper to the upper part of the machine. is installed inside the aircraft.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, the conventional coin wrapping machine described above has the following problems.

The former type of coin wrapping machine simply has a coin supply unit attached to the outside of a conventional coin wrapping machine, so the entire device becomes larger and there are other problems such as a large space required to install the device. there were. In addition, although the latter coin wrapping machine has a coin transport section inside the machine, the opening of the lower hopper is located below the mounting table on which the coin wrapping paper is placed, so coins can be inserted into the machine. There was a problem in that the above-mentioned placing stand sometimes got in the way and made it difficult to smoothly insert coins.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a coin wrapping machine which has a smaller machine body and which makes it possible to easily carry out coin handling operations.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes: a coin insertion section provided below one side of the machine body into which coins are inserted; a first conveyance section provided above the one side of the machine body to convey official coins to the coin input section; and a counter provided above the central part of the machine body for counting and sorting the coins conveyed by the first conveyance section. a sorting section; a coin wrapping section provided below the counting and sorting section in the center of the machine body and wrapping the accumulated coins counted and sorted by the counting and sorting section with wrapping paper; and a coin wrapping section in the center of the machine body. a wrapping paper placing part provided near the coin wrapping part for placing a rolled wrapping paper to be supplied to the coin wrapping part; and one end part rotatably mounted on the body above the coin insertion part is attached and the other end rotatably supports the wrapping paper placement part,
a support part that is rotatable between the inside of the machine body and above the coin insertion part; a lock mechanism part that locks the support part inside the machine body; and a lock mechanism part that locks the support part inside the machine body; a lock release part for releasing the locked state and allowing the wrapping paper placing part inside the machine body to rotate above the coin insertion part; The present invention is characterized by comprising a second conveying section that conveys the wrapped coins by the wrapping section to the upper side of the other side of the machine body.

[Function] According to the present invention, the coin insertion section and the 1111th
Since the tl feeding section is provided, the counting and sorting section and the coin wrapping section are provided in the center of the machine body, and the second transport section is provided on the other side of the machine body, the machine body can be made smaller compared to the conventional machine.

In addition, the support part that supports the wrapping paper placement part is provided so that it can rotate between the inside of the machine and the upper part of the Sekishi Cargo Danjin part, so if the support part inside the machine is unlocked, the support part can be moved. It rotates from the inside of the machine to the upper force of the coin input section, and it is possible to set the wrapping paper on the wrapping paper placement section supported by the support section.
If the support part that is in the unlocked state is turned into the locked state, the support part above the coin input part will retreat to the inside of the machine.
Coin insertion work into the coin insertion section can be performed smoothly.

[Example 1] An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

In FIGS. 1 to 4, the reference numeral 1 in the figure is the machine body of the coin packaging machine, and the upper and lower parts of one side of the machine l are respectively provided with an upper hopper 2 having an input port 2A above, and an upper hopper 2 having an input port 2A above. A lower hopper 3 having an opening 3A is provided, and the upper hopper 2 and lower hopper 3 temporarily store coins dispensed from the input openings 2A and 3Δ. A conveyor device 4 is disposed in the vertical direction on one side of the machine body 1, and the conveyor device 4 includes a horizontal belt 4A forming the bottom surface of the lower hopper 3, and an upper part of the upper hopper 2 from the terminal end of the horizontal belt 4A. It is composed of an inclined belt 4B disposed to. The coins inside the upper hopper 2 and the lower hopper 3 are sent by a conveyor device 4 to a counting and sorting section to be described later.

A counting chute 5 is disposed in the middle of one side of the machine 1, and coins removed from the accumulating device described later are collected in the counting chute 5.
The bag is attached to the lower end of the bag 5. A fixed shaft 6 is disposed on one side of the machine body 1 below the counting chute 5, and the base end of an arm member 7 is rotatably attached to the upper end of the fixed shaft 6. The wrapping paper support unit including the arm member 7 and the like will be described in detail later.

A counting and sorting section 8 is disposed at the upper stage of the central part of the machine body 1, and the counting and sorting section 8 is connected to the upper hopper 2 and the lower hopper 3.
The coins sent from the bank are sorted into set denomination coins and υ1: removed coins, and 31 losses of set denomination coins are performed. A stacking device 9 is disposed below the counting and sorting section 8, and a predetermined number of set denomination coins sent from the counting and sorting section 8 are stacked in a bar shape. The accumulating device 9
A packaging mechanism 10 is disposed below the packaging mechanism 10, and a mounting table 11 on which a wrapping paper P wound into a roll is placed is disposed near the packaging mechanism 10. The wrapping mechanism 10 is configured to wrap a wrapping paper P around the bar-shaped stacked coins fed from the stacking device 9. Further, the mounting table 11 is rotatably mounted on a support plate, which will be described later, which is fixed to the tip of the arm member 7.

A lift section 12 is disposed in the vertical direction on the other side of the machine body l, and a roll box 13 is disposed above and near the lift section 12. The wrapped coins wrapped in the wrapping mechanism 10 are sent to the lower part of the lift section 12 via the roll chute 14 below the wrapping mechanism 10, and then conveyed upward by the lift section 12 to the roll box 13.
It is designed to be put inside.

Next, to explain the wrapping paper support unit with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7, a support plate 15 is provided at the tip of the arm member 7.
is fixed, and a mounting table 1 for the wrapping paper P is placed on the support plate 15.
1 is rotatably attached. A core bar 11A is protruded from the center of the mounting table 11, and the wrapping paper P is placed on the mounting table 2 by fitting the core tube P0 of the wrapping paper P into the core bar 11A.

It is designed to be Further, a fixed paper support plate 16 and a movable paper support plate 17 are disposed on the arm member 7, and in the vicinity of the movable paper support plate 17, the wrapping paper P set on the mounting table 11 is placed on the packaging mechanism. A supply roller 18 that supplies the feed roller 10 to the feed roller 10 is rotatably disposed.

The fixed paper support plate 16 is fixed approximately at the center of the arm member 7, and a guide roller 19 is rotatably disposed above the fixed paper support plate 16, and the guide roller 19 is connected to the mounting table 2. The wrapping paper P is guided between the supply roller 18 and the supply roller 18.

The movable paper support plate 17 is rotatably supported by a shaft 17A fixed to the base end side of the arm member 7. One end of a spring 20 is fixed to the lower part of the movable paper support plate 17, and the other end of the spring 20 is fixed to the machine body 1, so that the movable paper support plate 17 is always biased toward the machine body i. has been done. Further, a roller 21 is rotatably disposed at the end of the movable paper support plate 17 facing the fixed paper support plate 16, so that the movable paper support plate 17 can be smoothly moved along the block surface of the machine 1. It is said that

A base end of a shaft IB is fixed to the body l near the fixed shaft 6 below the arm member 7, and one end of a regulating piece 22 is rotatably attached to the tip of the shaft IB. . A long hole 22A is formed in the regulating piece 22, and a shaft 7A fixed to the lower part of the arm member 7 is pushed through the long hole 22A. The regulating piece 22 is adapted to regulate the opening ff1 (rotating claw from the solid line position to the one-dot chain line position in FIG. 5) when the arm member 7 rotates around the fixed shaft 6 and performs the opening operation. ing.

That is, when the coin wrapping machine performs a coin wrapping operation, the arm member 7 is in a locked state, as will be described later, and is fixed at the solid line position in FIG. 5. On the other hand, the arm member 7 allows the operator to place the wrapping paper P onto the mounting table 11.
When set, it is unlocked as described below,
It is opened above the input port 3A of the lower hopper 3 at a position indicated by a dashed line in FIG. Therefore, since the wrapping paper P set on the mounting table 11 can be evacuated from above the input port 3A of the lower hopper 3, it is possible to easily insert coins into the lower hopper 3. .

A locking mechanism 23 is disposed between the arm member 7 and the machine body 1 to prevent the wrapping paper support unit from moving within the machine body 1 without interfering with the feeding operation of the wrapping paper P. There is. Two support pieces 24 and 25 each having a hole are fixed to the lower part of the tip part and the lower part of the center part of the arm member 7, and a lock pin 26 is connected to the arm member through the hole between these two support pieces 24 and 25. It is arranged to be slidable in seven axes directions. An engagement piece 27 is provided approximately at the center of the lock pin 26.
is fixed, and a moving roller 28 is attached to the engaging piece 27.
is embedded.

A hook member 29 is disposed below the arm member 7 and at a position facing the support piece 24.
has an engagement groove 29Δ and a hole 29 in which the lock bin 26 engages.
I3 is formed, and the hook member 29 is inserted into the hole 2.
It is rotatably supported on a shaft tC fixed to the body 1 via 9B. One end of a spring 30 is fixed to the hook member 29, and the other end of the spring 30 is fixed to the body 1, so that the hook member 29 is biased clockwise in FIG. In this case, the hook member 29 is normally held in the horizontal position shown in FIG.

A shaft 15Δ is fixed to the lower corner of the support plate 15, and a swinging member 31 is rotatably supported on the shaft 15A. A moving roller 28 fitted into the engaging piece 27 is attached to one end of the swinging member 31. A pin 32 is fixed to one end of the support plate 15, one end of a spring 33 is fixed to the pin 32, and the other end of the spring 33 is opposite to the side on which the shaft 15A of the swinging member 31 is attached. Fixed on the side. The swinging member 31 is urged counterclockwise in FIG. 5 by the action of the spring 33, so that the swinging member 31 projects the lock bin 26 toward the hook member 29 and engages with the engagement groove 29A. It looks like this.

The lock bin 26 is moved to the hook member 2 by the swinging member 31.
When the hook member 29 moves to the 9 side and protrudes, the hook member 29 is temporarily rotated counterclockwise in FIG. The hook member 29 is now rotated clockwise in FIG. 7 from the position where it was rotated counterclockwise by the biasing force of the spring 30, thereby locking the lock pin 26 in the engagement groove 29Δ. ing. This causes the arm member 7 to be in a locked state.

A release rod 34 is fixed to the other end of the swinging member 31, and by pulling the release rod 34 downward in FIG. 5 (toward the operator's side), the O7 state of the arm member 7 is released. It is now possible to do so. That is, since the swinging member 31 rotates clockwise in FIG.
6 slides in the direction away from the hook portion +429 via the moving roller 28 and the engaging piece 27, so that there is nothing to restrict the movement of the lock bin 26. This causes the arm member 7 to become unlocked.

Next, the operation of this embodiment with the above configuration will be explained.

When setting the wrapping paper P in the coin wrapping machine, when the operator pulls the release bar 34 downward in FIG. 2
6 is disengaged from the engagement groove 29A of the hook member 29, the lock of the arm member 7, which was in the closed state, is released, and the arm member 7 rotates from the solid line position to the dashed-dotted line position in the figure, and is in the open state. ! It becomes an island. At this time, the support plate 1 of the arm member 7
The mounting table 11 rotatably mounted on the lower hopper 3 also rotates from the position shown in FIG. 2 to a position facing the recess opening 3Δ of the lower hopper 3 from above. As a result, the operator inserts the core tube P of the wrapping paper (■) into the core metal llA of the mounting table 11 and
Set.

Next, when starting the coin wrapping operation by the coin wrapping machine, when the operator returns the release rod 34 to the upper side in FIG.
rotates from the one-dot chain line position in the figure to the solid line position in the same figure, and the lock pin 26 protrudes toward the hook member 29 and locks into the engagement groove 29Δ of the hook member 29, so that the arm member in the unlocked state 7 is in the locked state. At this time, the mounting table 11 on which the wrapping paper P is set also rotates from above the input 03A of the lower hopper 3 in FIG. 2 to its original position. By retracting the mounting table 11, there is nothing obstructing the upper part of the input port 3A of the lower hopper 3, so that the operator can smoothly insert coins into the lower hopper 3. The wrapping paper P on the placing table 11 can be fed to the packaging mechanism IO via the guide roller 19 and the supply roller 18.

According to the above embodiment, the upper hopper 2, the lower hopper 3, the conveyor device 4, etc. are located on one side of the machine body 1, and the counting and sorting section 8, the accumulating device 9, the packaging mechanism IO, etc. are located in the center of the machine body 1. Since the lift section 12 and the like are arranged on the other side of the machine body 1, the coin wrapping machine can be made smaller in size compared to the conventional one. Furthermore, since the mounting table ti is supported by the tip of the rotatable arm member 7, the mounting table 11 on which the wrapping paper P is set is evacuated from above the input port 3A of the lower hopper 3 into the inside of the machine 1. As a result, the work of inserting coins into the lower hopper 3 can be performed smoothly.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, there is a coin insertion section provided below one side of the machine body into which a coin is inserted, and a coin insertion part provided along the vertical direction of one side of the machine body to receive the coins. a first conveyance section that conveys the coins inserted into the input section upward on one side of the machine body; a counting and sorting section that is provided above the central part of the machine body and counts and sorts the coins conveyed by the first conveyance section; a coin wrapping section provided below the counting and sorting section in the center of the machine body and wrapping the accumulated coins counted and sorted by the counting and sorting section with wrapping paper; a wrapping paper placing section for placing a rolled wrapping paper to be supplied to the coin wrapping section; and one end rotatably attached to the machine body above the coin insertion section; a support part whose other end rotatably supports the wrapping paper placement part and is rotatable between the inside of the machine body and above the coin insertion part; a locking mechanism section for locking the support section, and a port for releasing the locking state of the support section by the locking mechanism section and enabling the wrapping paper placing section inside the machine body to rotate above the coin insertion section. , a release part, and a second transport part that is provided along the vertical direction of the other side of the 411 body and transports the wrapped coins by the coin wrapping part to the upper part of the other side of the machine. , the following effects can be achieved.

0 A coin input section and a first transport section are located on one side of the machine, a coin counting and sorting section and a coin wrapping section are located in the center of the machine, and a second coin wrapping section is placed on the other side of the machine.
Because the transport section is provided, the machine body can be made smaller compared to the conventional model. This allows the coin wrapping machine to be used even in places where installation space is limited.

■ By attaching the wrapping paper placement section to a rotatable support section, the wrapping paper can be retracted from above the opening of the coin insertion section, so that the wrapping paper and the wrapping paper placement section can be used for coin insertion as in the past. It is possible to eliminate problems that hinder the This makes it possible to smoothly insert coins.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the configuration of a coin packaging machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view taken along the line ■-■ in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a side view showing the structure of the coin wrapping machine of this embodiment, FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the structure of the coin wrapping machine of this embodiment, and FIG.
The figure is a plan view showing the configuration of the wrapping paper support unit of this embodiment, FIG. 6 is a front view showing the configuration of the wrapping paper support unit of this embodiment, and FIG. 7 is taken along the line ■-■ in FIG. 6. It is an arrow view. (Support part), 17...Movable paper support plate (Support part)
, 22...Regulation piece, 23...Open/two mechanism (lock mechanism part), 26...Lock pin (lock 1! +Ft part), 29... ...Hook member (0-tsuku mechanism part), 31... Swinging member, 34
・・・・・・Release rod (lock release part), P・・・・・・
wrapping paper. Outgoing person Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd.
... Aircraft, 2 ... Upper hopper, 3 ...
... Lower hopper (coin input section), 4 ... Conveyor device (first conveyance section), 6 ... Fixed shaft, 7 ...
... Arm member (: support part), 8 ... Counting and sorting section, 10 ... Packaging mechanism (coin wrapping section), 1
1... Placement stand (wrapping paper placement part), 12...
...Lift part (second transport part), 13... Roll box, 15... Support plate (support part), 16.
...Fixed paper support plate Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A coin insertion section provided below on one side of the machine body into which coins are inserted, and a coin insertion section provided along the vertical direction of one side of the machine body for inserting coins into the coin insertion part of the machine body. a first transport section that transports the coins upward on one side; a counting and sorting section that is provided above the center of the machine body and counts and sorts the coins transported by the first transport section; and a counting and sorting section that is located at the center of the machine. a coin wrapping section provided below the machine body for wrapping the accumulated coins counted and sorted by the counting and sorting section with wrapping paper; and a roll provided near the coin wrapping section in the center of the machine body and supplying the coins to the coin wrapping section. a wrapping paper placing section on which wrapping paper wound in a shape is placed; one end is rotatably attached to the machine body above the coin insertion section, and the other end is attached to the wrapping paper placing section; a support part rotatably supported and rotatable between the inside of the machine body and above the coin insertion part; a locking mechanism part that locks the support part inside the machine body; a lock release part for releasing the locked state of the support part by the locking mechanism part and enabling the wrapping paper placing part inside the machine body to rotate above the coin insertion part; and an upper and lower part of the other side of the machine body. A coin wrapping machine characterized by comprising: a second conveyance section that is provided along the direction and conveys the wrapped coins by the coin wrapping section to an upper side of the other side of the machine body.