JPH0558425A - Coin lifting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a small-sized coin lifting device which can efficiently carry coins from lower to higher position. CONSTITUTION:This coin lifting device has a coin uptake slot 11 and a coin discharge slot 12 located higher that the coin uptake slot 11 and includes a main endless chain mechanism which links the uptake slot 11 with the discharge slot 12 and a guide mechanism 40 which forms a coin carrier path 20 spaced from the main endless chain mechanism 30 at an interval less than or equal to the thickness of a coin 10 in opposition to the belt of the main endless chain mechanism 30, wherein the guide mechanism 40, in cooperation with the main endless chain mechanism 30, carries toward the discharge slot 12 the coin taken up from the uptake slot 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin lifting device, and more particularly to a device for moving coins from a low level to a high level.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, most of the devices for moving coins from a low level to a high level have an endless chain mechanism as a medium because of the advantage that a large number of coins can be transferred in a relatively short time by continuous transfer. It was something that was done. The structure of the endless chain mechanism used here was mainly of the following two types. One of them is a structure in which a lower take-in unit and a higher take-up unit are connected by being diagonally positioned by a winding medium node (for example, a belt), and coins are directly placed on the winding medium node and conveyed. Is. The other is to connect the lower intake part and the higher transfer part by vertically arranging them by the wrapping media section, and attach a projection or a box body to the wrapping media section, and attach the projection or the box. It is a structure that stores coins in the body and conveys them.

[0003]

However, the above-described conventional coin lifting device has the following problems.
First, in a coin hoisting device using an endless chain mechanism having a structure in which a lower take-up part and a higher send part are diagonally positioned by a winding medium node, the winding medium node is arranged obliquely. Therefore, there is a problem that a large space is required for the device itself, and that the wrapping medium node becomes long and slack easily occurs.

On the other hand, in a coin lifting device using an endless chain mechanism having a structure in which a projection and a box are attached to a winding medium node, a coin to be conveyed is placed on the projection and the box and There is also a problem that coins are liable to be spilled from the protrusions and the box body, because they also require a structure that works to remove them from the box. The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a coin lifting device that can efficiently convey coins from a low level to a high level and that has a small space occupied by the device itself, that is, a downsized coin.

[0005]

The present invention is to achieve the above-mentioned object. The coin lifting device according to claim 1, which has a coin taking-in port and a coin discharging port located at a higher position than the coin taking-in port, and which is a main for carrying a coin for connecting the coin taking-in port and the coin discharging port. Formed with an endless chain mechanism and a guide mechanism that faces the medium node of the main endless chain mechanism at a distance equal to or less than the thickness of the coin and forms a coin transport path between the medium node of the main endless chain mechanism. The guide mechanism is characterized in that it cooperates with the main endless chain mechanism to convey the coins taken in from the coin intake port toward the coin discharge port.

In the coin lifting device according to the second aspect of the present invention, the guide mechanism is composed of an endless chain mechanism to form a coin conveying path, and the medium node of the main endless chain mechanism and the medium node of the guide mechanism have the same speed. It is characterized in that it is formed so as to move by.

[0007]

[Operation] According to the coin hoisting device of the first aspect, the following operation is achieved. First, the main endless chain mechanism operates, coins are taken into the coin inlet, and the coins try to be wound into the coin transport path. Since the space between the medium node and the guide mechanism of the main endless chain mechanism that forms the coin transport path is formed to be less than the thickness of the coin, the coin taken in from the coin intake port is caught in the coin transport path and the main endless It stops relative to the medium section of the chain mechanism.

The movement of the medium section of the main endless chain mechanism cooperates with the guide mechanism so that the medium section and the guide mechanism convey coins from the coin inlet to the coin outlet. Since it is provided with a guide mechanism that faces the medium node of the main endless chain mechanism at a distance equal to or less than the thickness of the coin and forms a coin transport path between the medium node of the main endless chain mechanism,
The coins can be conveyed with height difference without shifting.

According to the coin hoisting device of the second aspect, the following actions are exhibited. The operation of the coin lifting device is the same as that of the coin lifting device described above until the coin is taken in from the coin inlet and the coin enters the coin conveying path and stops relatively to the medium section. Since the main endless chain mechanism and the guide mechanism cooperate with each other, and the medium node of the main endless chain mechanism and the medium node of the endless chain mechanism forming the guide mechanism move at the same speed, both medium nodes move coins. The coins are conveyed from the coin inlet to the coin outlet while being pinched.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to embodiments and drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a first embodiment of the coin lifting device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a second embodiment of the coin lifting device according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a third embodiment of the coin lifting device according to the present invention.

First, the structure of the coin lifting device shown in FIG. 1 will be described. This coin lifting device has a coin taking-in port 11 opened at the lower part of the device and a coin discharging port 12 positioned higher than the coin taking-in port 11, and has two main endless chain mechanisms, which are main endless mechanisms. It has a chain mechanism 30 and a guide mechanism 40. The coin transport path 20 connects the coin intake port 11 and the coin discharge port 12 to form a coin transport path, which is the coin transport path 20.
Are formed in the space between the endless belt 33 of the main endless chain mechanism 30 and the endless belt 45 of the guide mechanism 40. The portion of the coin transport path 20 that forms the vicinity of the coin intake 11 and the coin outlet 12 is horizontal, but the portion that forms the height difference between the coin intake 11 and the coin outlet 12 is vertical. Is playing. The vertical portion of the coin transport path 20 has an interval equal to or smaller than the thickness of the coins 10 to be transported, and enables the transportation of height differences.

The main endless chain mechanism 30 has a driving roller 31 driven by a power from a driving motor 34 provided outside the main endless chain mechanism 30 and an auxiliary roller 32 not receiving the power.
And an endless belt 33 wound around the drive roller 31 and the auxiliary roller 32. Inside the main endless chain mechanism 30 and on the coin transport path 20 side of the endless belt 33, a plate-shaped belt holding member 36 is vertically positioned along the endless belt 33, and the endless belt 33 in motion is disturbed. Is preventing.

The guide mechanism 40 is a main endless chain mechanism 3
The drive roller 41 is positioned vertically below the drive wheel 31 of 0, the auxiliary roller 42 is positioned horizontally behind the drive roller 41, and the tension roller 43 is positioned vertically above the auxiliary roller 42. An auxiliary roller 42 is provided on the front side of the roller 42 in the horizontal direction.
Is formed, and the endless belt 45 is stretched over the four rollers.

The drive roller 41 is the main endless chain mechanism 3
It has the same diameter as that of the drive roller 31 of 0, and is driven by receiving a driving force from a drive motor 34 for driving the drive roller 31 of the main endless chain mechanism 30. That is, the drive roller 41 of the guide mechanism 40 receives the driving force by being directly supported by the rotation shaft of the drive motor 34, and the drive roller 31 of the main endless chain mechanism 30 is rotated by the rotation shaft of the drive motor 34. The number of teeth meshed with the synchronously supported synchronous gear 35 is axially supported by the rotary shaft of the synchronous gear 35 having the same number of teeth. Therefore, the drive roller 31 of the main endless chain mechanism 30 and the drive roller 41 of the guide mechanism 40 are
Rotate in the opposite direction at the same speed. That is, the endless belt 33 of the main endless chain mechanism 30 and the endless belt 45 of the guide mechanism 40 move at the same speed if there is no slack.

The tension roller 43 is biased toward the outer side of the endless belt 45 by a tension spring 44 fixed to its rotating shaft. The coin transport path 20 of the endless belt 45 inside the guide mechanism 40
On the side, a plate-shaped pressing member 46 is vertically positioned along the endless belt 45, and a pressing spring 47 for urging the pressing member 46 toward the coin transport path 20 side is provided. While preventing the disturbance of
The width of the coin transport path 20 is kept constant.

Endless belt 33 of main endless chain mechanism 30
Also, the endless belt 45 of the guide mechanism 40 is made of rubber having appropriate elasticity, and even if the vertical portion of the coin transport path 20 is formed at an interval smaller than the thickness of the coin 10, the end belt 45 is adapted to the coin 10 and can be transported. It is possible. Next, the operation of this coin lifting device will be described.

First, the drive motor 34 operates. Then, the drive roller 31 of the main endless chain mechanism 30 and the drive roller 41 of the guide mechanism 40 rotate in the opposite directions at the same speed. Here, when the coin 10 is taken into the coin taking-in port 11, the coin 10 tries to be wound into the coin carrying path 20. The interval between the endless belt 33 of the main endless chain mechanism 30 and the endless belt 45 of the guide mechanism 40 forming the coin transport path 20 is formed to be equal to or less than the thickness of the coin 10, and the endless belts 33 and 45 have appropriate elasticity. It is made of rubber. Therefore, the coin 10 taken in from the coin taking-in port 11 is carried in the coin carrying path 20. It should be noted that the coins 10 to be conveyed are sandwiched and held in the space between the endless belt 33 of the main endless chain mechanism 30 and the endless belt 45 of the guide mechanism 40, and the endless belt 33,
It has stopped relatively to 45.

The main endless chain mechanism and the guide mechanism are driven by a single drive motor 34, a synchronous gear 35, and drive rollers 31, 41 having the same diameter.
Moreover, since the endless belt 33 of the main endless chain mechanism 30 and the endless belt 45 of the guide mechanism 40 move at the same speed, both the endless belts 33 and 45 sandwich the coin 10 and, at the same time, from the coin inlet 11 to the coin outlet 12 The coin 10 is conveyed to. Since the vertical portion of the coin transport path 20 has an interval equal to or smaller than the thickness of the coin 10 to be transported, the coin 10 can be transported to both endless belts 33 and 45 with no difference in height.

The effects of the coin lifting device of the first embodiment described above will be described below. According to the coin hoisting device of the present embodiment, it is possible to efficiently convey coins from the low level to the high level and to provide the coin hoisting device that achieves downsizing. In particular, since the coin transport path 20 is vertical, the entire apparatus can be downsized in the horizontal direction.

Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Like the first embodiment, this coin lifting device also
A coin inlet 11 provided at the bottom of the device,
It has a coin discharge port 12 positioned higher than the coin intake port 11, and also has a main endless chain mechanism 30 and a guide mechanism 40 that are two endless chain mechanisms. Hereinafter, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described.

The coin transport path 20 is curved in an arc shape. In order to configure the curved coin transport path 20, the configurations of the main endless chain mechanism 30 and the guide mechanism 40 are slightly different. First, in the main endless chain mechanism 30, the endless belt 33 is elongated and a large number of mini rollers 37 are provided without using the plate-shaped belt holding member 36 so that the endless belt 33 is projected toward the guide mechanism 40. It is curved in a shape. In the guide mechanism 40, the endless belt 45 is also made longer and is slackened in the coin transport path 20 in a concave shape. Further, the auxiliary roller 42 adjacent to the drive roller 41 is positioned higher than the drive roller 41, and the tension roller 43 is positioned lower than the other auxiliary roller 42.

The coin hoisting device thus constructed has substantially the same operation as the coin hoisting device of the first embodiment. However, since the endless belt 45 is slack, it does not cling to the coin 10 being conveyed and the coin 10 being conveyed does not fall. The effects of the coin lifting device of the second embodiment described above will be described below. According to the coin hoisting device of the present embodiment, it is possible to efficiently convey coins from the low level to the high level and to provide the coin hoisting device that achieves downsizing.

Since the coin conveying path 20 is curved, the whole apparatus is smaller than the coin hoisting apparatus of the first embodiment in terms of downsizing in the horizontal direction, but the coin being conveyed is located at a lower position. Since it rarely slides down toward the inside coins, it is suitable when the amount of coins transported is large. Next, FIG.
A third embodiment will be described based on the above. Similar to the first embodiment, this coin lifting device also has a coin taking-in port 11 opened at the lower part of the device and the coin taking-in port 11
In addition to having the coin outlet 12 located at a higher position, the main endless chain mechanism 30 and the guide mechanism 40, which are two endless chain mechanisms, are provided. Hereinafter, differences from the coin lifting device of the first embodiment or the second embodiment will be mainly described.

First, in this coin hoisting device, unlike the coin hoisting devices of the first and second embodiments, the direction in which the coins 10 to be conveyed are directed to the coin inlet 11 and the coin outlet. It is formed so that the coin 12 is ejected from the same direction. Therefore, unlike the coin lifting device of the second embodiment in which the coin transport path 20 is curved, the coin transport path 20 is S-shaped (back S-shaped in FIG. 3).

In order to form the S-shaped coin transport path 20, the main endless chain mechanism 30 and the guide mechanism 40 have slightly different structures. First, the main endless chain mechanism 3
In No. 0, the endless belt 33 is made longer, and a large number of mini rollers 37 are provided at the portion of the endless belt 33 projecting to the coin transport path 20 side to project the endless belt 33 to the guide mechanism 40 side. Further, a tension roller 38 and a tension spring 39 for urging the tension roller 38 outward are provided on the side of the anti-coin transport path 20. That is, in the endless belt 33, only the portion of the coin transport path 20 where the mini roller 37 does not exist sags.
In the guide mechanism 40, the endless belt 45 is also lengthened, and a large number of mini rollers 48 are provided in a portion of the endless belt 45 projecting toward the coin transport path 20 side.
Is projected to the main endless chain mechanism 30 side. Furthermore,
A tension roller 43 and a tension spring 44 that urges the tension roller 43 outward are provided on the side of the anti-coin transport path 20. That is, the endless belt 45
Is slackened only in the coin transport path 20 where the mini roller 48 does not exist.

The coin hoisting device constructed as described above has substantially the same operation as the coin hoisting device of the second embodiment. However, the coin 10 being conveyed is the coin intake 11
The direction in which the coin 10 is discharged is the same as the direction in which the coin 10 is discharged from the coin discharge port 12. The effects of the coin lifting device of the third embodiment described above will be described below.

According to the coin hoisting device of this embodiment, it is possible to provide a coin hoisting device which can efficiently transfer coins from a low level to a high level and which has achieved miniaturization. Since the coin transport path 20 has an S-shape, the size of the entire device in the horizontal direction is not as small as that of the coin lifting device of the first embodiment, but the direction in which the transported coin 10 is directed toward the coin intake port 11,
This is convenient when a layout in which the direction in which the coin 10 is discharged from the coin discharge port 12 must be the same direction is required.

A variation of the present invention will be described. In the above-mentioned first to third embodiments, the coin lifting device according to the invention of claim 2 wherein the guide mechanism 40 is an endless chain mechanism. However, the guide mechanism 40 is not limited to the endless chain mechanism that is driven by the drive motor 34, and may be an endless chain mechanism that is not supplied with a driving force, or may be formed by a large number of mini rollers without an endless belt. May be.

[0029]

According to the coin hoisting device of the present invention, it is possible to provide a coin hoisting device capable of efficiently transporting coins from a low level to a high level and achieving miniaturization. ..

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a first embodiment of a coin lifting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a second embodiment of the coin lifting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a third embodiment of the coin lifting device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 coin 11 coin inlet 12 coin outlet 20 coin transport path 30 main endless chain mechanism 31 drive roller 32 auxiliary roller 33 endless belt 34 drive motor 35 synchronous gear 36 belt holding member 37 mini roller 38 tension roller 38 tension spring 40 guide mechanism 41 drive roller 42 auxiliary roller 43 tension roller 44 tension spring 45 endless belt 46 pressing member 47 pressing spring 48 mini roller

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A main endless chain mechanism for transporting coins, which has a coin inlet and a coin outlet positioned higher than the coin inlet, and connects the coin inlet and the coin outlet, A guide mechanism that is opposed to the medium node of the main endless chain mechanism at a distance equal to or less than the thickness of the coin and forms a coin transport path between the medium node of the main endless chain mechanism and the guide mechanism is formed. A coin lifting device, characterized in that, in cooperation with a main endless chain mechanism, coins taken in from a coin inlet are formed to be conveyed toward a coin outlet. 2. The guide mechanism is configured by an endless chain mechanism to form a coin transport path, and the medium node of the main endless chain mechanism and the medium node of the guide mechanism are formed to move at the same speed. The coin lifting device according to claim 1.