JPH0575875U - Coin sorter - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Correction) [Purpose] To provide a coin sorting device having a small height by sorting coins discriminated by the coin discriminator during horizontal movement. A structure is provided in which one side of a coin is brought into contact with a belt 6 which moves in a substantially horizontal direction and the other side is brought into contact with a holding plate 1 to convey the coin, and a position facing the belt 6. First window portions 3a to 3c provided on the holding plate 1 and the holding plate 1 on the side opposite to the side on which the belt 6 is arranged, and face downward with respect to the conveying direction of the belt 6. And a shutter provided with a first collision piece 13a having an angle of
Through the windows 3a to 3c of the above to the belt 6 side,
Alternatively, the protruding first collision piece 13a may be attached to the belt 6
And a shutter drive mechanism that retracts the side away from the side.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a coin allocating device incorporated in a station service device such as an automatic ticket vending machine or an automatic checkout machine or a coin processing machine such as various automatic vending machines, and particularly, even if the main body of the coin processing machine is reduced in size, it is easy. Related to what can be incorporated into.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 For example, a coin sorter installed in the main body of a coin processing machine such as an automatic ticket vending machine (hereinafter referred to as the main body), when a coin is inserted into a coin slot provided on the upper part of the customer service panel of the main body, After the denomination is determined by the coin check machine, the coins are moved by power. The coins are guided to the temporary holding section for storing coins by denomination through the coin sorter. That is, when coins move through the coin sorter by gravity, the sorter mechanism provided in the coin sorter operates and drops into a specified storage cylinder in the temporary holding section for storage. (For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 47-41793).

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the above-described conventional coin allocating device, coins are moved by gravity so as to be distributed, and therefore the size in the vertical direction becomes large, which is a neck for downsizing the main body. In order to solve such a drawback, the coins may be moved horizontally by the conveyor mechanism. However, there is no effective sorting mechanism during the horizontal movement.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object thereof is to provide a coin allocating device capable of effectively allocating coins moving in a horizontal direction. It is in.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the coin sorting device according to the present invention conveys the coin by bringing one side of the coin into contact with a belt that moves in a substantially horizontal direction and bringing the other side into contact with a holding plate. And a first window portion provided on the holding plate at a position facing the belt, and a holding mechanism arranged on the holding plate opposite to the side where the belt is arranged. A shutter provided with a first collision piece having a downward angle with respect to the direction, and the first collision piece projected to the belt side through the first window portion, or the projected first collision piece. And a shutter drive mechanism for retracting the collision piece No. 1 away from the belt side. Further, a second window portion is provided on the holding plate below the first window portion and on the side where coins are sent out, and the shutter corresponds to the second window portion, and the first window portion is provided. The second collision piece having an angle larger than that of the collision piece is provided.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the above-mentioned configuration, the coin held by the belt and the holding plate moves, and the first collision piece and the second collision piece move to the belt side if the first collision piece projects toward the belt side. If it is protruding, it collides with these colliding pieces and is moved downward to be released from the belt and fall.

[0007]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the apparatus of one embodiment, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the movable state of FIG. Is.

The holding plate 1 has a flat rectangular shape and is fixed to a frame of a main body (not shown) with its longitudinal direction horizontal. The holding plate 1 is provided with a plurality of horizontally long holes 2 (four in the illustrated example) at predetermined intervals in the central portion in the longitudinal direction so that the moving state of the coin can be observed from the outside. At the same time, the first windows 3a to 3c and the second windows 4a to 4c are provided, respectively.

The first windows 3 a to 3 c are made of elongated holes provided on the right-hand side between the holes 2 of the holding plate 1, and the central portions of the elongated holes face the belt 6 described later. Each is provided. The second windows 3a to 3c are provided in a semicircular shape below the lower ends of the first windows 3a to 3c, respectively. Further, in the longitudinal direction of the lower portion of the pressing plate 1, slit-shaped openings 5 are provided extending over the first window portions 3a to 3c and the second window portions 4a to 4c.

The left end of the holding plate 1 in the longitudinal direction is opened and is connected to a not-illustrated coin checking machine. The right end of the holding plate 1 is inclined downward to the right and a part of the holding plate 1 is bent. It is closed by the formed end wall 1a. Further, the lower side of the holding plate 1 in the longitudinal direction is opened and is connected to the temporary holding section C.

The belt 6 has a circular cross section and is made of an elastic material such as synthetic rubber. The belt 6 is stretched on both ends of the holding plate 1 in the longitudinal direction by pulleys 7a and 7b whose rotation shafts are vertically supported. ing. The gap between the belt 6 and the holding plate 1 is set to be slightly smaller than the thickness of the coin. A motor M is connected to one pulley 7b, and its rotation direction is determined so that the belt 6 on the side of the holding plate 1 moves from left to right.

Although not shown in FIG. 1 for simplification of the drawing, a lower collar portion as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is missing between both pulleys 7a and 7b. However, the belt 6 is configured to be movable downward, and a plurality of rollers 8 are provided at predetermined intervals so as not to come off even if the coin moves downward. Further, with respect to the rollers on both ends, a load is applied to the holding plate 1 side by a spring so that the coin transporting force of the belt 6 can be effectively maintained for each coin having a different plate thickness.

Each of the three shutters 10 a to 10 c has a fan shape in which a main part of which a central portion is hollowed out is located above and has a front side of the holding plate 1, that is, a side opposite to a side where the belt 6 is stretched. Then, it is provided so as to face each of the first openings 3a to 3c. Each of the shutters 10a to 10c is rotatably supported by a shaft 11 provided on a frame (not shown) at an upper portion thereof, and a coil spring 12 wound around the shaft 11 causes the shutters 10a to 10c to rotate. The lower end side is always pressed against the holding plate 1 side. Further, solenoids S are connected to the upper portions of the shutters 10a to 10c, respectively, so that the shutters 10a to 10c can be rotated around the shaft 11.

First shutters 10 a to 10 c face the first windows 3 a to 3 c, the second windows 4 a to 4 c, and the opening 5 and have a size capable of moving in and out. A piece 13a, a second collision piece 13b and a protruding piece 13c are provided respectively.

The first collision piece 13a is formed at the same angle as the first windows 3a to 3c. The angle of the second collision piece 13b is larger than the angle of the first collision piece 13a. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the protruding piece 13c has a hole 13a 'through which a coin can pass.

Next, the distribution operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described. Now, it is assumed that a 10-yen coin a has arrived at the left side of the holding plate 1 via the chute 14 from a coin checker (not shown). At this time, the motor M has already been driven by the controller (not shown).

In the apparatus of this embodiment, the 10-yen coin is stored in the rightmost storage cylinder 20d of the temporary holding section A, so that the coin a is transported to the rightmost end. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the shutters 10a to 10b are attracted by the solenoid S, respectively, and the collision pieces 13a and 13b are moved to a position away from the surface of the holding plate 1. As a result, the coin held between the holding plate 1 and the belt 6 can move to the right end side of the holding plate 1 without colliding with the collision pieces 13a and 13b of the shutters 10a to 10c.

Then, when the coin a moves to the right end side of the pressing plate 1, it collides with the end wall 1a and is guided downward, and is stored in the storage cylinder 20d for 10-yen coins.

When a 100-yen coin a is sent from the coin check machine, it is stored in the storage cylinder 20c on the left side of the storage cylinder 20d for 10-yen coins. Therefore, the shutters 10a and 10b other than the shutter 10c provided above the storage cylinder 20c are kept in the suction state by the solenoid S as in the above. However, as shown in FIG. 3, the shutter 10c comes into contact with the front surface of the holding plate 1 by the action of the solenoid S and the action of the coil spring 12, and the collision pieces 13a and 13b are projected toward the belt 6 side. .. As a result, the coin a conveyed by the belt 6 first collides with the first collision piece 13a to change its direction downward, and collides with the second collision piece 13b to collide with the belt 6 in the conveyance direction. Is surely prevented from moving to. Therefore, the coin is guided to the storage cylinder 20c via the opening 13c 'of the protruding piece 13c.

Although the second collision piece 13b is not always necessary, provision of the second collision piece 13b is more convenient because the coin movement in the transport direction of the belt 6 can be reliably prevented.

When a coin of 500 yen is sent out from the coin check machine, it is stored in the storage cylinder 20b adjacent to the left of the storage cylinder 20c for 100 yen coins. At this time, the shutter 10b provided above the storage cylinder 20b moves to the holding plate 1 side similarly to the above-mentioned shutter 10c, and the shutter 10a is brought into the suction state by the solenoid S. When the coin is 50 yen, the leftmost shutter 10a moves to the holding plate 1 side. As a result, 500-yen coins are stored in the storage cylinder 20b, and 50-yen coins are stored in the storage cylinder 20a.

As described above, in the apparatus of this embodiment, the coins held by the holding plate 1 and the belt 6 and conveyed in the horizontal direction are collided by the collision pieces 10a and 10b provided on the shutters 10a to 10c. Since it is received and dropped, it can be used as a coin sorting device with a small height.

In the above-described embodiment, three shutters are provided, but if there is no need to sort 500 yen coins, the number of shutters is two.

[0024]

【The invention's effect】

 The coin sorting device according to the present invention is designed so that the first colliding piece provided on the shutter catches and drops the coin that is carried by the holding plate and the belt and conveyed in the horizontal direction. It is possible to make a coin sorting device having a small size. Further, when the second collision piece is provided, the movement of coins in the conveying direction can be reliably stopped and the sorting accuracy can be further improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a coin sorter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a moving state of a shutter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Holding plate 6 Belt 3a-3c 1st window part 4a-4b 2nd window part 13a 1st collision piece 13b 2nd collision piece S Solenoid

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A conveyance mechanism for bringing one surface of a coin into contact with a belt that moves in a substantially horizontal direction and bringing the other surface into contact with a holding plate to convey the coin, and a transfer mechanism at a position facing the belt. A first window portion provided on the holding plate and a first collision arranged on the holding plate on the side opposite to the side on which the belt is arranged and having a downward angle with respect to the conveying direction of the belt. A shutter provided with a piece, and the first collision piece is projected toward the belt side through the first window portion, or the projected first collision piece is retracted away from the belt side. A coin allocating device comprising: a shutter drive mechanism. 2. The pressing plate is provided with a second window portion below the first window portion and on the side where the coins are sent out, and the shutter corresponds to the second window portion, and the second window portion is provided. The coin sorting device according to claim 1, further comprising a second collision piece having an angle larger than that of the first collision piece.