JPH04302081A - Coin selecting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely eject thrown-in coins to a coin return hole even at the time of repeatedly operating a return lever at intervals of a short time. CONSTITUTION:A gate lever 14 shaked in accordance with the operation of the return level is provided. The shaking of the gate lever 14 not only opens a route prescribing member which prescribes a coin selecting route through an interlocking mechanism to a return route but also closes the selecting route to close a flapper which guides coins to the return route side. In this coin selecting machine, a rotation damper device 18 which delays the restoration from shake of the gate lever is provided to prevent the return lever from being repeatedly operated in a short time.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin sorting machine that sorts coins inserted into a vending machine into denominations.

0002

[Prior Art] In a vending machine, coins inserted from the coin slot are sorted into 10 yen, 50 yen, and 100 yen coins by a coin sorting machine.
It is known that coins are sorted by denomination, such as yen and 500 yen, and stored separately in respective storage sections, and when there is change, the required number of coins are discharged from each storage section.

[0003]The money sorting machine also has a function to distinguish between genuine coins and counterfeit coins, and to discharge the counterfeit coins to a coin return port.
A function is required to return inserted coins to the coin return port when the return lever is operated before selecting and dispensing products.

As an example of the configuration of a coin sorting machine having such a function, as shown in FIG.
A means 31 for identifying genuine coins and counterfeit coins, a means 32 for discharging the identified counterfeit coins from a sorting path to a return path, and first, second, and third denominations for sorting coins by denomination. Sorting means 33, 34, and 35 are disposed, and one or more route regulating members 36 constitute one side that regulates the sorting route 30.
is provided to be able to swing open and close, and a flapper 37 is provided at the end of the sorting path 30 to close the sorting path 30 and guide falling coins to the return path 38 (see FIG. 6). A gate lever 39 is provided that swings in conjunction with the operation, and as shown in FIG. When the apparatus returns to normal state, as shown in FIG. 7, a structure is known in which the route regulating member 36 regulates the sorting route 30 to a normal state and the flapper 37 opens the sorting route 30.

[0005]

However, in the coin sorting machine having the above structure, when the return lever is operated many times at short intervals, the path regulating member 36 in the middle of the sorting path 30 is opened. The coin 40 is closed again before the coin 40 moves to the return path 30, and the coin 40 falls down the sorting path 30 to the terminal end, and furthermore, the coin 40 that should be ejected to the return path 38 side at the final stage flapper 37 is also closed. However, Figure 8
As shown in , when the product is about to fall down the sorting route 30, the flapper 37 closes and the product is caught between the tips of the flapper 37, and then when the flapper 37 opens, the product falls to the storage section.
There was a problem in that even though the return lever was operated, the coins were not ejected to the return port.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a coin sorting machine that can reliably discharge coins inserted into a coin return port when a return lever is operated.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides an authentic/false sorting means for sorting coins into genuine coins and counterfeit coins along a sorting path through which the coins pass while falling, and a denomination sorting means for sorting coins by denomination. The route regulating member, which constitutes one side that regulates the sorting route, is configured to be able to swing open and close, and a return route that connects to the coin return port is provided on the opposite side of the route regulating member from the sorting route. A means is provided for discharging the sorted counterfeit coins from the sorting path to the return path, and a flapper is provided at the end of the sorting path to close the sorting path and guide falling coins to the return path. A damper is provided with a gate lever that swings in conjunction with the operation, an interlocking mechanism that opens a path regulating member and closes a flapper in conjunction with the swing of the gate lever, and delays the return of the gate lever to swing. It is characterized by the provision of a mechanism.

[0008]

[Operation] According to this configuration, while the coins fall down the sorting route, they are sorted by genuine coins, counterfeit coins, and denominations, the counterfeit coins are discharged to the return route, and the genuine coins are sent to the end of the sorting route for each denomination. is discharged from. Also, if you operate the return lever halfway,
The gate lever swings, and in conjunction with this, the path regulating member opens and the flapper closes, thereby ejecting the coins to the return path. Furthermore, since the return swing of the gate lever is delayed by the damper mechanism, it is not possible to operate the return lever many times in short time intervals, and therefore, unlike conventional methods, when the flapper opens, the return movement of the gate lever is delayed. To reliably prevent a problem such as a coin being pinched by a flapper that is about to close when it reaches the end of a sorting path and being ejected from the sorting path as it is when the flapper is opened again.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. In Figure 1, 1 is a coin sorting machine;
Reference numeral 2 denotes an entrance portion of a sorting path 3 (indicated by a broken line) that accepts coins inserted from the coin slot of the vending machine. The front side of the sorting route 3 is provided with an upper route regulating member 4 that can be swung open and closed.
and is regulated by a lower route regulating member 5, one side of which is supported so as to be swingable around a vertical axis 4a, and a lower route regulating member 5 that is supported by pivot brackets on both sides of its upper end. 5a is supported so as to be swingable around a horizontal axis. At the lower end of the sorting path 3, coins that have fallen after closing the sorting path 3 are transferred to a return path 7 provided on the front side of the upper path regulating member 4, the lower path regulating member 5, and the flapper 6.
A flapper 6 is provided to guide the user. Further, the front side of the return path 7 is regulated by a front cover 8. The return path 7 communicates with the coin return port.

[0010] The sorting route 3 is constructed so that the coins introduced into the entrance portion 2 pass through while falling, and a portion of the sorting route 3 corresponding to the upper route regulating member 4 is provided with a section where genuine coins and counterfeit coins are separated. A genuine and counterfeit currency discriminating means 9 for identifying genuine and counterfeit currency, and a genuine and counterfeit currency distributing means 10 operated by a solenoid driven by an identification signal from the genuine and counterfeit currency discriminating means 9 are provided, and a counterfeit currency sorting means 9 is provided.
It is configured so that the liquid is discharged to the return path 7 side.

A portion of the sorting path 3 corresponding to the lower path regulating member 5 is provided with first sorting means 11 for sorting coins into 500 yen coins, 100 yen coins, 50 yen coins and 10 yen coins, and 50 yen coins.
a second sorting means 12 for sorting into yen coins and 10 yen coins;
A third sorting means 13 for sorting into 0 yen coins and 100 yen coins is provided.

A gate lever 14 is provided on one side of the entrance portion 2.
is arranged to be swingable around a horizontal axis 15 in the front-rear direction, and a gate roller 14a is attached to the tip thereof. This gate lever 14 is urged toward an upper stop position by a spring 16 (see FIGS. 3 and 4). As shown in FIG. 2, a fan-shaped gear 17 is integrally formed on the gate lever 14, and is meshed with a pinion 19 attached to a rotating shaft 18a of a rotary damper device 18. The rotary damper device 18 is
A viscous fluid is housed inside, and the rotating shaft 18a is provided with a resistor against the viscous fluid, which provides rotational resistance and causes the gate lever 14 to resist the biasing force of the spring 16 via the pinion 19 and sector gear 17. It is configured to rotate slowly.

[0013] Also, a cam 20 is installed at the bottom of the gate lever 14.
is formed and the gate lever 14 swings downward,
The upper path regulating member 4 is pushed forward by this cam 20,
It swings forward around the shaft 4a and returns the sorting path 3 to the path 7.
It is configured to open to the side.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in conjunction with the swinging of the gate lever 14, the lower path regulating member 5 is swung forward to open, and the flapper 6 is swung back to open the sorting path 3. An interlocking mechanism 21 for closing is provided. The interlocking mechanism 21 includes an operating piece 22 that projects rearward from the gate lever 14, an elevating piece 23 whose upper end engages with the actuating piece and is supported movably in the vertical direction, and an intermediate portion of the elevating piece 23. A pressing piece 24 that pushes forward a protrusion 25 protruding from the back surface of the lower path regulating member 5, and an elevating piece 23.
An engaging portion 26 provided at the upper end of the flapper 6 at the lower end of the
The slide cam portion 27 is provided to engage with the slide cam portion 27 to swing the flapper 6 rearward.

According to the above structure, while the coins fall down the sorting path 3, the genuine and counterfeit coin identifying means 9 distinguish between genuine and counterfeit coins, and the counterfeit coins are returned to the return route by the genuine and counterfeit coin sorting means 10. It is discharged towards 7. The coins that further fall down the sorting path 3 are
The sorting means 11 sorts the coins into 500 yen coins, 100 yen coins, 50 yen coins, and 10 yen coins, and then the second sorting means 1
2, the coins are sorted into 50 yen coins and 10 yen coins, and are also sorted into 50 yen coins and 10 yen coins by the third sorting means 13, and are separately discharged from the terminal end of the sorting path 3 toward a storage section for each coin. Ru.

The counterfeit coins discharged into the return path 7 are returned to the coin return port. Furthermore, when the return lever is operated midway, the gate lever 14 is pressed downward and swings against the urging force of the spring 16, and the upper path regulating member 4 is opened toward the return path 7 by the cam 20. , and as shown in FIG. 4, the lower path regulating member 5 swings forward via the interlocking mechanism 21 and opens toward the return path 7, and the flapper 6 swings backward to open the sorting path. 3 is closed, the coins falling down the sorting path 3 are discharged to the return path 7.

Furthermore, since the return swing of the gate lever 14 due to the biasing force of the spring 16 is delayed by the rotary damper device 18, the return lever cannot be operated many times at short time intervals. As shown in FIG. 8, when the flapper 6 opens, the coins to be discharged into the return path 7 reach the end of the sorting path 3 and are caught by the flapper 6, which is about to close, and the flapper 6 opens again. There is no problem such as sometimes being ejected from the sorting path 3 as is.

[0018]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, while the coins are falling down the sorting path, proper sorting and sorting by genuine/counterfeit coins and denominations is performed, and the return lever is operated on the way. Then, the gate lever swings, and in conjunction with this, the path regulating member opens and the flapper closes, so that the coins are ejected to the return path.Furthermore, the return swing of the gate lever is delayed by the damper mechanism. It is not possible to operate the return lever many times at short time intervals, and therefore, when the flapper opens, the coins to be ejected to the return path reach the end of the sorting path and are pinched by the flapper as it attempts to close. It is possible to reliably prevent a problem such as being directly discharged to the sorting path when the flapper is opened again.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a coin sorting machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, with a front cover partially cut away.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the configuration around the gate lever.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a gate lever interlocking mechanism.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the state of the interlocking mechanism when the gate lever is operated.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the sorting route and the arrangement of sorting means by the coin sorting machine.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the flapper position when the return lever is activated.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the flapper position during the sorting operation.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a malfunctioning state of the flapper when the return lever is operated.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Coin sorting machine 3 Sorting route 4 Upper path regulating member 5 Lower path regulating member 6 Flapper 7 Return route 9. Genuine and counterfeit currency identification means 10. Genuine and counterfeit currency sorting means 11 First distribution means 12 Second distribution means 13 Third distribution means 14 Gate lever 18 Rotating damper device 21 Interlocking mechanism

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] Authenticity sorting means for sorting coins into genuine coins and counterfeit coins and denomination sorting means for sorting coins by denomination along a sorting path through which the coins pass while falling are provided, and sorting is carried out. A route regulating member constituting one side for regulating the route is configured to be able to swing open and close, and a return route connected to a coin return port is provided on the opposite side of the route regulating member from the sorting route,
A means is provided for discharging the sorted counterfeit coins from the sorting route to the return route, and a flapper is provided at the end of the sorting route to close the sorting route and guide the falling coins to the return route,
A gate lever is provided that swings in conjunction with the operation of the return lever, and an interlocking mechanism is provided that opens the path regulating member and closes the flapper in conjunction with the swing of the gate lever, and the gate lever swings back. A coin sorting machine characterized by being equipped with a damper mechanism that delays the rate of change.