JPH0418056Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a coin and ticket separating device used in bus fare boxes and the like.

(Prior Art) Various devices for separating coins and bills have been developed. For example, the first embodiment of the prior art shown in FIG. A first rotating brush 22 is disposed at the terminal end of the flat belt 21, and second and third rotating brushes 23, 24 are arranged at a predetermined distance from the terminal end of the flat belt 21.
are in contact with each other in the vertical direction and are arranged so that they can rotate in opposite directions. Then, the coin C transported by the flat belt 21 and the numbered ticket,
Tickets T such as banknotes are pushed forward by a flat belt 22 and passed through second and third rotating brushes 23, 24.
Before reaching , the heavy coin C falls downward and is guided by the chute 25 and stored in a predetermined place.
The light ticket type T has second and third rotating brushes 23,
24 and was pushed further forward,
The coin C is stored in a different location. In this device, when the coins C are conveyed while stacked on top of the tickets T, the coins C do not fall downward and the coins
Since the coins C are caught between the second and third rotating brushes 23 and 24 along with the tickets T while riding on the coins C, the accommodation rate of the coins C becomes poor. In order to prevent this situation, if the gap between the end of the flat belt 21 and the second and third rotating brushes 23 and 24 is increased, if the coin C overlaps on the ticket T and is pushed out. , the bills T reach the second and third rotating brushes 23 and 24 and fall downward without being caught, and the bills T and coins C are guided together by the chute 25. This caused other equipment to malfunction.

Furthermore, in the unfiled prior art embodiment 2 shown in FIG.
A fixed brush 32 is disposed diagonally downward at the terminal end of the plate portion 32a of the fixed brush 32, and a first rotating brush 33 is disposed at the terminal end of the plate portion 32a of the fixed brush 32. By rotating the second rotating brushes 33, 34 in opposite directions at the terminal end, the ticket T is caught between the two rotating brushes 33, 34 and pushed forward. Then, the coins C and tickets T transported by the flat belt 31 fall from the end of the flat belt 31 onto the fixed brush 32, where the coin C passes between the brushes and falls downward, and the chute 35 and stored in a predetermined location. On the other hand, the bills T remaining on the brushes are written between the first and second rotating brushes 33 and 34 and pushed forward. In this device as well, coins C are added to tickets T.
If the coin C and the ticket T reach the brush with a coin on it, the weight of the coin C may cause the coin C and the ticket T to fall together through the brushes, or the ticket T
Rotating brushes 33, 34 with coin C on them
The coins may get caught in between the coins and be pushed forward, resulting in a poor coin accommodation rate.

Next, the bill/coin separating device according to Embodiment 3 of the prior art according to Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-25489 shown in FIG. A sorting roller 42 is provided to organize coins to organize overlapping coins, a winding roller 43 that comes into contact with the outer peripheral side of the organizing roller 42, and a winding roller 43
and a feed roller 44 located between the organizing roller 42 and in contact with the side surface of the organizing roller 42,
Furthermore, the tip of the brush is provided in contact with the distal end of the moving belt 41 in the conveying direction, and the moving belt 4
The organizing roller 4 rotates in the opposite direction to the transport direction of 1.
2. A brush foil 45 that sweeps up and sorts only the tickets T that have fallen by hiding under the brush in the rotating direction, and a brush wheel 45 that is brought into contact with the lower part of this brush foil 45 and reversed so as to remove the tickets T that are caught between the brushes. It is equipped with a rotating brush-off roller 46, but since the coin C accelerated by the moving belt 41 moves toward the axis 47 of the brush wheel 45, the coin C is defeated by the rotational resistance of the brush. It is easier to reach the tickets T, and there remains the problem that abnormalities (deformations, foreign objects) such as coins C contained in the tickets T get stuck in front of the sorting roller 42.

Furthermore, the bill/coin separation device of the fourth embodiment of the prior art disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 50-142491 shown in FIG. The bundle 53 is brought into contact with the peripheral surface of the engagement portion of the delivery pulley 55 of the conveyor belt 51 in the same rotational direction as the brush ring 54 on which the bundle 53 is implanted, and the elastic roller 56 is placed on the conveyor belt above the delivery pulley 55. The circumferential surface of the brush ring 54 is engaged with the rotating circumferential surface of the brush ring 54.
Abnormalities such as coins contained in the ticket may cause brushing ring 54.
It moves inside, cannot be separated, and may cause a malfunction. Other documents with similar rotating brush configurations include Utility Model Application Publication No. 145198/1983,
No. 92271 exists, but there were still problems with the separation characteristics.

In addition, Utility Model Publication No. 1973-31351 and Utility Model Publication No. 1973
Embodiment 1 shown in FIG.
6 shows a combination of the elements of Example 2 shown in FIG. 6, but there are problems with the separation characteristics when a coin is inserted wrapped in a ticket or when a coin is placed on a ticket. There was no change in what was left.

For example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 48-58199 describes a system in which a guide swash plate is provided at the end of a horizontal belt, and a rotating brush for sorting is provided at a position in contact with the guide swash plate. It seems obvious that when a coin is placed on the guide slant plate, the coin will slide down on the ticket, but in the case of small tickets such as coupon tickets or numbered tickets, the coin will slide down from the horizontal belt to the guide slant board. However, when the coin is placed on a large ticket such as a banknote or train ticket, the coin is not separated and most of it is guided by the ticket and gets mixed into the ticket side. In the first place, in a separation mechanism using a rotating brush, the weight of the coin overcomes the weakness of the brush to separate the coins, and the coin must pass over the outer periphery of the brush. Therefore, it is necessary for the coins to be in contact with the guide swash plate, and even if coins placed on thin small bills can be separated, problems still remain with thick large bills.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In view of the above-mentioned problems, the problem to be solved by the invention is to solve the problem of the conventional technology in that coins and notes are not reliably separated. That is, it solves the problem of coins placed on tickets not being separated during transportation, and the problem of tickets not being separated from coins that are transported as abnormal coins (deformed, foreign objects) such as coins wrapped in tickets. The purpose is to obtain a separation device with good separation characteristics.

(Means for solving the problem) This invention has a basic structure for achieving the above-mentioned purpose, in which an endless flat belt is inclined at an angle of 15 to 20 degrees along the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. In the conventional technology, the conveying section of the flat belt is formed by a horizontal conveying section and an inclined conveying section tilted diagonally downward.
For example, while the belt conveyor shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 48-58199 only has the function of conveying coins and notes, this invention has a conveyance section tilted to provide a separation function in addition to the conveyance function. The section uses the inclination of the belt to separate the coins from the coins in advance due to the difference in weight between the coins and the tickets during conveyance, while a rotating brush for separating is placed in contact with the upper part of the former just before it is connected to the latter. The flat belt is arranged to rotate along the conveyance direction, and the sorting rotary brush that contacts the inclined direction conveyance section is placed at a position horizontally shorter than the minimum dimension of the bills from the contact point of the separation rotary brush. It is arranged so that the outer periphery is facing, and rotated in the opposite direction to the former separating rotating brush.

In addition, the peripheral speed of both rotating brushes is slightly higher than the conveyance speed of the flat belt, and the separation characteristics are enhanced so that the bills are rolled up and discharged by giving inertia so that they are separated from the inclined direction conveyance section. It is.

(Operation) The operation of this invention will be explained with reference to the drawings of the embodiment.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, coins C and tickets T inserted through the input slot 10 fall onto the horizontal conveyance section 1a of the flat belt 1 and are conveyed forward. The heavy hard C is not lifted up by the separating rotary brush 5, but passes through it as it is and advances to the inclined direction conveyance section 1b, and similarly passes between the sorting rotary brushes 6, falls at the end, and is guided by the chute 7. and stored in a coin sorter (not shown).

On the other hand, since the circumferential speed of the separating rotating brush 5 is slightly higher than the running speed of the flat belt 1, the bills T that have reached the separating rotating brush 5 are pushed forward while being pressed onto the flat belt 1. However, since the flat belt 1 in that part has an inclination, the ticket T
leaves the belt surface. Immediately after that, it is scooped up and lifted upward by the sorting rotary brush 6 which is rotating in the opposite direction to the separating rotary brush 5, and after being rotated approximately half a turn along the sorting rotary brush 6, it falls to a predetermined position. will be accommodated at the location.

In addition, when the coin C is placed on the ticket T, since the flat belt 1 itself is inclined at an inclination angle of 15 to 20 degrees along the direction perpendicular to the running direction, the coin C is If the tickets T slips on top of the tickets T, the bills will be separated reliably, so the tickets T will not be pushed by the coin C on top of the tickets T and enter the chute, and the tickets T will slip on top of the tickets T. It is possible to prevent coins from being caught in the sorting rotary brush 6 while riding on the coins, thereby deteriorating the coin accommodation rate.

Therefore, the coin C does not remain on top of the ticket T and proceed to the inclined direction conveyance section 1b. Furthermore, if the bills T do not come off the belt surface due to some reason such as bending or curving while passing between the separating rotating brushes 5, the bills T are scooped up by the separating rotating brushes 5. It advances to the inclined direction conveyance section 1b without any movement. However, since the sorting rotating brush 6 rotated in the opposite direction to the separating rotating brush 5 is disposed in contact with the belt surface, the advancing bills T are scooped up by the sorting rotating brush 6. . That is, the oblique direction conveying section 1b provided to be inclined diagonally downward not only facilitates the separation of the bills T, but also increases the chance of winding up the unseparated bills T again, thereby increasing the effect of the separating action. Make it large. The circumferential speed of the separating rotating brush 5 is made slightly higher than the running speed of the belt, and the light bills are given inertia by the rotational force and are moved upward in the direction of being inserted into the sorting rotating brush 6. Therefore, the separation property of the notes is good without overlapping the coins C transferred on the inclined direction conveying section 1b again, and the circumferential speed of the sorting rotary brush 6 is also slightly increased according to the running speed of the belt.
Overcoming the inertia of the abnormal cargo conveyed by the inclined direction conveyance section 1b, the scooped-up bills are lifted upward and separated from the coins, and the separation rotating brush 5
It has the effect of smoothly ejecting the tickets T upward in cooperation with the above. In addition, since the coins C come into contact with the sorting rotary brush 6 on the belt's inclined direction conveying section 1b and are sorted on the outer periphery of the brush, the coins C have good sorting characteristics.
Its separation effect is great.

(Example) An example of this invention will be described below based on the drawings.

In Parts 1 to 4, an endless flat belt 1
is inclined at an angle perpendicular to the running direction (an angle of inclination of 15° to 20° is acceptable, but in this example
15°) and is hung on pulleys 2, 3, and 4.
The conveying section of the flat belt 1 consists of a horizontal conveying section 1a and an inclined conveying section 1b, and this inclined conveying section 1b is directed diagonally downward at the end of the horizontal conveying section 1a (inclination angle of 35°). It is connected. Since the flat belt 1 conveys the coins C, it is necessary that the coefficient of friction between the flat belt 1 and the coins is large. The separation rotary brush 5 is arranged so that it can rotate along the running direction of the flat belt 1, with its axis located above and in contact with the horizontal conveyance section 1a and the inclined conveyance section 1b of the flat belt 1. It is set up. A sorting rotary brush 6 is disposed in the inclined direction conveying section 1b of the flat belt 1 so as to be in contact with the flat belt 1 and to be able to rotate in the opposite direction to the separating rotary brush 5. Further, the sorting rotary brush 6 is arranged so that the horizontal distance between the contact point between the separating rotary brush 5 and the flat belt 1 and the outer periphery of the sorting rotary brush 6 is shorter than the minimum dimension of the tickets T. Both rotating brushes 5 and 6 are driven by drive motors (not shown) so that the peripheral speed thereof is slightly higher than the running speed of the flat belt 1.

In both cases, a large number of bristles are attached radially around the entire circumference of the rotating shaft.

Note that the two rotating brushes 5 and 6 may be brought into contact with each other, and the ticket T may be caught between them and lifted upward. Further, a chute 7 for guiding the separated coins C to the coin sorting machine is provided at the end of the inclined direction conveying section 1b of the flat belt 1, and a chute 7 is provided above the rotating brushes 5 and 6 for separation and sorting. A guide wire 8 is provided to prevent the tickets T from being scattered. Furthermore, guide plates 9 are provided on both sides of the flat belt 1 to guide coins and the like that slide down the inclined conveyance surface.

Incidentally, an input port 10 for coins C and bills T is provided at the top of a casing 11 of the separating device.

(Effects of the invention) Since this invention has the above configuration, it has the following advantages.

(1) In this invention, the conveying part of the flat belt is hung in an inclined state along the direction perpendicular to the running direction.
While the coins and tickets that have been input together from the input slot are being transported by the horizontal conveyance section, the inclination of the belt has the effect of separating the coins from the tickets in advance due to the difference in weight between the bills and the tickets. To easily separate even coins placed on large bills such as banknotes, and to have extremely effective separation efficiency.

In addition, when inserting irregular coins such as coins wrapped in bills, folded and bent bills are scooped up and discharged by applying inertia through rotating brushes for separating and sorting, while coins are collected by rotating the belt at the inclination of the belt. be able to be transported and separated along the

(2) All the inserted coins fall from the end of the flat belt's inclined direction conveying section, are guided by the chute, and are stored in the coin sorting machine, so that the coin storage rate is extremely high and the coins are not stored. It is possible to prevent failures of the coin sorting machine caused by the coin sorting machine.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device for separating coins and notes of this invention, Figure 2 is a side view, Figure 3 is a view taken along the direction of inclination of the flat belt, and Figure 4 is a side view of the device for separating coins and notes of this invention.
5 is a front view of Embodiment 1 of the conventional separation device, FIG. 6A is a front view of Embodiment 2 of the conventional separation device, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view of Embodiment 3 of the conventional separation device, and FIG. 8 is a sectional view of Embodiment 4 of the conventional separation device. Explanation of the symbols of the main parts, C...coin, T...ticket, 1...flat belt, 1a...horizontal conveyance section of the flat belt, 1b...oblique direction conveyance section of the flat belt,
2... Pulley, 3... Pulley, 4... Pulley, 5... Rotating brush for separation, 6... Rotating brush for sorting, 9... Guide plate.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Guide plates 9 are provided on both sides, and the endless flat belt 1 is tilted at an angle of inclination of 15 to 1500 mm along the direction perpendicular to the running direction.
The conveying section of the flat belt 1, which is hung on the pulleys 2, 3, and 4 with an inclination of 20 degrees, is the horizontal conveying section 1a.
and an inclined direction conveying section 1 which is inclined downwardly.
The coins C and the tickets T, which are both input from the input slot 10, are formed so that they can be separated by using the inclination of the belt while being conveyed by the horizontal conveyance section 1a. A separating rotary brush 5 having an axis located above just before connecting to the directional conveyance section 1b is arranged so as to contact the flat belt 1 and rotate along the running direction of the flat belt 1, and is conveyed in an inclined direction. A sorting rotary brush 6 having an outer circumferential portion at least in the horizontal direction at a position shorter than the minimum dimension of the ticket T from the belt contact point of the separating rotary brush 5 contacts the flat belt 1, and the separating rotary brush 5 Furthermore, by making the circumferential speed of both rotating brushes 5 and 6 slightly higher than the running speed of the flat belt 1, inertia is imparted to move the tickets T from the conveyance section to the ticket storage side. 1. A device for separating coins and notes, characterized in that the coins are rolled up and separated, and the inserted coins can be conveyed to a chute.