JPH05162711A - Device for selecting and wrapping coin - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To select and store separately mixed coins of different kinds for each kind of coin and perform wrapping processing for coins of predetermined kinds according to the predetermined number of coins. CONSTITUTION:The present device comprises: a receiving means capable of receiving mixed coins; a selecting means 2 for selecting the mixed coins supplied from the receiving means; storage means for holding therein the coins selected by the selecting means 2 so as to be capable of taking them out for each kind of coin; and a wrapping means 4 for performing wrapping processing for each kind of coin according to the predetermined number of coins, respectively. The wrapping means 4 is disposed in the vicinity of the underside of the storage means, receives any kinds of coins supplied from the storage means and can perform wrapping processing of them.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin wrapping apparatus capable of selecting mixed coins in a state in which coins of different denominations are mixed and wrapping a predetermined number of coins for each denomination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a coin wrapping machine, coins of various different denominations are supplied in a mixed state, the coins are sorted and separated by denomination, and a predetermined number of coins are accumulated to form a columnar appearance. Various types of coin rolls that are wrapped in an eggplant are provided, and one example thereof is, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No.
No. 42524 (publicly known example).

By the way, this known example is the second one.
As disclosed in the examples, the mixed coins carried out by the conveyor 13 from the coin storage device 11 are transferred to the rotary disc 1
5 and further, the coin sorter 17 sorts the coins according to the size of the outer diameter, and only coins of a designated denomination are sent to the coin receiving cylinder 27, and then the wrapping roller 30
Between 32 and 32, the wrapping paper 29 performs a wrapping process so as to form a column shape, and the wrapping coin receiving box 40 stores the wrapping.

On the other hand, coins other than the designated denomination are guided through the chute 41 onto the rotary disc 61 of the coin fractional device 60, and then sorted in the sorting passage 62 in the order of coins having the smallest diameter. The coins are processed and stored in the respective storage units 64 of the coin storage device 44 by type, and the shutter plate 65 at the bottom of the storage unit 64 is opened / closed as necessary, and the coins are conveyed to the conveyors 46a to 46c of the coin return device 46. Can be returned to the coin storage device 11 and made to stand by for the next packaging processing of the designated coins.

[0005]

Even in the above-mentioned known example, although there is no particular problem in packaging the mixed coins in a predetermined number of coins for each coin of the designated denomination,
The following problems to be solved remain, and the user has requested the improvement.

That is, as a first point, for coins other than coins of the designated denomination, the mixed coins are sorted again, then the coins are sorted according to their type, and the coins are stored in the coin storing device 11 for reprocessing. Since it is refluxed, the handling of coins as a pretreatment for packaging involves many steps, and the work efficiency is unavoidably lowered, and the device itself becomes complicated and large in size.

The second point is that coins can be received in the packaging means only for one designated denomination at all times, and not all denominations can be covered. On the other hand, since it is deployed in a laterally isolated position, inefficiency of the packaging process was unavoidable.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As described above, an object of the present invention is to provide an excellent coin sorting and packaging apparatus which can completely solve the problems that cannot be solved by the known examples. The characteristic feature of the configuration is that the receiving means can receive mixed coins mixed with different denominations, the selecting means selects the mixed coins provided from the receiving means, and the selecting means. Storage means for storing the coins selected in step (3) so that they can be taken out for each denomination, and packaging means for wrapping each predetermined number of coins for each denomination, and the packaging means is a subordinate of the storage means. It is arranged in the vicinity so that any coins of each denomination supplied from the storage means can be received and can be packaged.

[0009]

[Operation] Therefore, according to the present invention, coins of mixed denominations are sorted and separated all at once, and are separately stored, and if desired, only coins of the designated denomination are selectively placed in the packaging portion. It can be dropped and can be packaged for each predetermined number of sheets.For the packaging process of only one denomination, it is supplied to the packaging unit at once without passing through the above-mentioned distribution processing unit, and packaged. It can be processed.

[0010]

[Examples] The contents of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings illustrating the examples.

The structure of this embodiment is roughly divided into coin supply / counting means 1, sorting means 2, sorting means 3, packaging means 4, transfer / storage means 5 and drive / control means 6. The details of each part are as follows.

Supply / counting means 1

A rotating disk 12 for distributing coins is arranged at the bottom of a hopper 11 for receiving coins of different denominations stored in a coin bag (not shown) or the like, and a peripheral wall 13 surrounding the disk 12 is provided. An opening (not shown) is provided so as to face a carry-out belt 14 for taking out coins one by one, and a counter (not shown) for counting the number of coins taken out by the belt 14 is the belt. It is configured to be provided at a substantially middle position of 14.

Selection means 2

Adjacent to the end position of the carry-out belt 14, a sorting belt 21 is arranged substantially orthogonal to the carry-out belt 14 to receive the coins taken out and in the direction of arrow A (FIG. 1). 6), and below the sorting belt 21, there are six sorting holes 22 of a sorting unit 22 for sorting coins according to the diameter of the coins.
a to 22f are arranged in a line so that their diameters gradually increase in the direction of the arrow A, and the various coins selected by the selection holes 22a to 22f are arranged below the coins. It is configured to be loaded into the distribution means 3 by its own weight.

Distribution means 3

The sorting means 3 has the sorting holes 22a-22.
Six accommodation holes 31a to 31 corresponding to the respective sorting holes 22a to 22f for temporarily storing coins inserted from f.
A temporary storage 31 provided with f is provided, and a movable bottom 32 that opens and closes the open bottoms of the accommodation holes 31a to 31f is provided.

Further, a guide tube 33 having a trapezoidal shape as seen from the front is integrally fixed to the front surface of the temporary storage 31, and a guide tube 35 located below the guide tube 33 is provided. Coins can be dropped directly into the receiving tray 41 described later, and the temporary storage 31 and the movable bottom 32 are individually moved in the arrow BB 'direction (see FIG. 2) by the drive unit 62 described below. It is supposed to be movable.

A storage box 34 is disposed below the temporary storage 31 and has six storage holes 34a to 34a.
34 f is configured to correspond to each of the accommodation holes 31 a to 31 f of the temporary storage 31, and each of the storage holes 34
An opening / closing bottom 34a 'for opening and closing the open bottoms of a to 34f
34 f ′ is hinged and can be individually opened by a drive unit 62 described later, and coins can be inserted into the packaging means 4 arranged below it as needed.

Packaging means 4

The packing means 4 has the storage box 34a.
A receiving tray 41 capable of receiving coins dropped from ~ 34f is provided, and a distribution disc 42 is provided on an open bottom portion 41a of the receiving tray 41 so as to be swivel-driving by a drive unit 62 described later. An endless take-out belt 43 for carrying out one coin from the distribution disc 42 is provided.
The coins are taken out from the distribution disk 42 and carried in between the stacking cylinders 44. During the transfer, the counter 45 for the designated coins can count the number of passing coins, and the counter 45 Since the counter 45 can be appropriately stopped by an external command, for example, the counter 45 can be stopped to interrupt the counting and transfer of coins at any time.

The coins accumulated by a predetermined number between the accumulating cylinders 44 are carried into the packaging roll 45 and formed into coin-shaped coin rolls R having an external appearance by a packaging paper (not shown). It can be supplied via the roll guide 47 to the transfer / storing means 5 arranged therebelow.

In the receiving tray 41, a detector 4 including a photo sensor for detecting passage of coins is provided.
6 is provided, and when the passage of coins is detected, the signal is notified to the control unit 61 described later, and the drive unit 62 can start the distribution disk 42 and the roll conveyor 51 described later. I am letting you.

Transfer / storage means 5

The transfer means 5 is equipped with an endless roll conveyor 51 forming an L-shaped transfer path in appearance, and a coin roll R dropped on this conveyor 51.
Is a locking body 51 protruding from the conveyor 51 at desired intervals.
A guide 53a locked by a, conveyed in the direction of arrow C (see FIG. 1), and selectively activated by an external command.
A predetermined roll box 5 out of a plurality of roll boxes 52a to 52f that are taken out from above the conveyor 51 and arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction adjacent to the conveyor 51.
2a to 52f are configured to be selectively housed.

Drive / control means 6

As shown in the drawing, the controller 61
Has a configuration capable of issuing a start / stop command to the drive unit 62 at a required timing, and is instructed by a manual operation from an operation panel (not shown).
Further, the coin passing signal from the detector 46 in the receiving tray 41 described above is also received, and a command can be given to the drive unit 62.

The drive unit 62 drives the rotary disk 12 and the distribution disk 42 to rotate, moves the temporary storage 31 and its movable bottom 32 in the direction of arrow BB ', and collects coins between the stacking cylinders 44. In order to move the carrying frame 48 for carrying, further to drive the conveyors 14, 21, 51, open / close the open / close bottoms 34a ′ to 34f ′, and swivel the guides 53a to 53f at appropriate timing. Is configured.

In the figure, 100 is a box for removing abnormal coins, and 200 is a return box. When it is necessary to return the coins in the temporary storage 31, the coins can be aligned with the temporary storage 31 to receive coins. Further, 300 is a box for fractional coins, and 400 is a display panel.

Next, regarding the operation in this embodiment,
This will be described, for example, in the case of selecting and packaging mixed coins.

The operator operates a desired start button on an operation panel (not shown) in advance to turn on the main switch, issues a start command to the control unit 61, activates the drive unit 62, and rotates to receive coins. Disk 12, take-out belt 1
4. With the sorting belt 21 started, when a coin with a mixture of various denominations is carried into the hopper 11 from the coin bag or the like, the coin causes a centrifugal force due to the rotational force of the rotating disk 12 to occur. The coins are received, moved along the inner circumference of the peripheral wall 13, and sequentially taken out one by one by the take-out belt 14, while the number of mixed coins can be counted by a counter.

Next, this mixed coin is taken out from the take-out belt 14
Is passed from the sorting belt 21 to the sorting belt 21 and is transported in the direction of the arrow A by the sorting belt 21.
22f, the storage holes 31a of the temporary storage 31 located below the sorted and separated according to the size of the diameter.
It is put into 31f.

Looking at this point, for example, in the case of a 1-yen coin having the smallest diameter among coins, the sorting hole 22a
In the case of a 10-yen coin having a relatively large diameter, it is sorted into the storage hole 31a in the foreground of the temporary storage 31 and is sorted into the storage hole 31e from the sorting hole 22e. ..

In this way, when the selection / separation processing of the mixed coins is completed without any trouble, the completion detection means (not shown) detects this, the control means 61 starts the drive part 62, and the temporary storage 31 is aligned with the movable bottom 32. It is moved from the position to a position aligned with the storage box 34, that is, in the direction of arrow B ′. (Dotted line (a) position in Figure 2)

At this time, since the movable bottom 32 does not operate and remains at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. It is to be placed in the storage box 34 located below it.

When it is confirmed that the number of coins inserted into the storage box 34 has reached the specified number (for example, 1000 coins for 10 yen coins), the storage holes 34a to 34f are stored. Bottom opening / closing bottom 34a '
Only ~ 34f 'is selectively opened, dropped into the receiving tray 41 located below it by its own weight, and guided to the distribution disk 42.

This point will be described in more detail below, taking the case of a 10-yen coin as an example.

When the detector 46 detects the drop of 10-yen coin, the controller 61 is notified of the information, and the drive unit 6 is informed.
The distribution disk 42, the take-out belt 43, the roll conveyor 51, etc. are started by 2 and the 10-yen coins are transferred from the distribution disk 42 toward the packaging means 4, and on the way, the counter 45 counts the number of passing cards. It

Thus, every time the number of passing sheets reaches 50,
The counter 45 is once stopped to interrupt the carry-out of the coins, and the carrier 48 of the 10-yen coin group located in the stacking cylinder 44 is retracted in the direction of the arrow C, so that the 10-yen coin group is placed in the packaging portion 45 therebelow. Although not shown, although not shown, a coin roll R having a columnar shape in appearance is formed by the wrapping paper provided by the paper feeding means, and the coin roll R is transferred to the roll conveyor 51 via the roll guide 47. ..

Next, regarding the storing procedure of the coin roll R, when it is designated to wrap the 10-yen coins, the designated denomination, namely the designated denomination, of the derivatives 53a to 53f in the roll boxes 52a to 52f is preset. Since only the derivative 53e corresponding to the 10-yen coin is activated and stands by protruding toward the roll conveyor so as to interfere with the coin roll R, the coin-roll R of the 10-yen coin is placed in the roll box 5
It is surely carried in to 3e.

Coins of other denominations such as 50-yen, 100-yen, and 500-yen other than 10-yen are also processed in the same manner as described above for each designated denomination and placed in predetermined roll boxes 52a to 52f. It goes without saying that they are delivered separately.

On the other hand, in the case of processing coins of a single denomination, the processing is as follows.

The description of the parts common to the mixed coin processing operation will be omitted.

That is, for example, when processing the 500 yen coin having the largest diameter, the temporary storage 31 and the guide cylinder 33 provided integrally with the temporary storage 31 are moved to the dotted line (b) position in FIG. The top of the cylinder 33 is the selection hole 2
2a to 22f and the bottom of the guide tube 3
When the movable bottom 32 is moved in the direction of the arrow B ′ (the position indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 2) to be opened in a state where the movable bottom 32 and 5 are aligned,
The 0-yen coin is dropped from the selection hole 22f, directly dropped into the receiving tray 41 via the guide tube 33 and the guide tube 35, and the packaging process can be performed in the same manner as described above.

When the number of coins dropped on the receiving tray 41 is divided by the number of packaging units and a remainder (fractional) is generated, the fractional coins are thrown into the fraction box 300. It is a thing.

In addition, if it becomes necessary to return the coins stored separately in the temporary storage 31 without being packaged, the temporary storage 31 is advanced in the direction of arrow B. By aligning the temporary storage 31 with the return box 200 and keeping the movable bottom 32 at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, the coin can be carried into the return box 200 and used for return. (Figure 2 dotted line (C) position)

[0047]

As described above, since the present invention is as described with reference to the embodiments, it is possible to obtain the following remarkable effects.

That is, the first point is that mixed coins of different denominations are selected, sorted and stored according to each denomination, and selected as a packaging means provided in the lower vicinity of the storage means for each required denomination. It is possible to improve the efficiency of selection / packaging because it can be supplied and packaged.

The second point is that since coins of any selected denomination can be reliably supplied to the packaging means by its own weight, safe packaging processing can be performed.

Further, as a third point, since the packaging means is exposed in the lower vicinity of the storage means for the selected coins, the required installation floor of this device can be greatly reduced, and the office floor can be greatly reduced. It can contribute to the effective utilization of the above, and can be fully utilized by being adopted in an office room located in a place where the land price is relatively expensive such as a bank.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a coin sorting / wrapping apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the embodiment.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Supply / Counting Means 2 Sorting Means 3 Sorting Means 31 Temporary Storage 32 Movable Bottom 4 Packaging Means 41 Receiving Dish 44 Accumulation Cylinder 46 Detector 5 Transfer / Accommodation Means 51 Roll Conveyor 52a to 52f Roll Box 6 Drive / Control means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means capable of receiving mixed coins mixed with different denominations, a selecting means for selecting mixed coins provided from the receiving means, and coins selected by the selecting means for each denomination. Storage means for storing each piece in a retrievable manner, and packaging means for packaging processing for each predetermined number of denominations, the packaging means being arranged near a lower portion of the storage means, A coin sorting and packaging device capable of receiving and packaging any coin of each denomination supplied from the storage means.