JPH06301841A - Coin lifting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently and accurately perform the work which raises and lowers collected coins for the next processing and automatically and surely picks up coins dropped on the way. CONSTITUTION:An endless belt 8 is perpendicularly set, and this endless belt, is provided with plural plate blades 9 obliquely at intervals of a certain length, and the endless belt and plate blades 9 are covered with a main body cover 2 with such a distance between them that the cover 2 is not brought into contact with plate blades 9, and a hopper 4 is provided around the lower part of the main body cover 2, and a coin guide 5 which sends coins in this hopper 4 to the endless belt 8 is provided, and a return part (b) under the main body cover 2 is covered with a tail cover 21, and a return part (a) above the main body cover 2 is provided with a discharging part 6 from which coins are discharged, and a perpendicular plate 25 is provided in a position close to the front end of the plate blade 9 on the way of descending of the endless belt 8, and side plates 26 which are bent to both sides of the plate blade 9 from both sides of the perpendicular plate 25 are provided, and a recovery box 7 is provided behind the perpendicular plate 25.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin lift device for collecting coins used in a game center, a pachinko arcade, etc., and coins for coin substitution, and raising and lowering the collected coins for the next processing. It is a thing.

[0002]

[Prior Art] At game centers and pachinko game arcades,
Many game machines that use coins are installed for entertainment. In particular, in recent years, the prosperity has reached the point where it surpasses pachinko games. In a conventional coin lift device installed in a machine that uses those coins, a plurality of buckets are attached to an endless belt, and a hopper is provided below the belt. When the motor is operated, the endless belt rotates, the coins collected in the hopper are picked up by the bucket, and the coins are moved up and down for the next process.

However, the conventional conveyor of this type has the following drawbacks. As shown in FIG. 6, the bucket attached to the belt has a shape that wraps the coin, and when the coin is picked up from the hopper in which the coin is collected, it is difficult to determine the posture of the coin in the bucket.
There were many coins that dropped onto the bottom part of the way, such as riding on a bucket. Also, when coins are discharged from the bucket to the discharge part provided at the return part of the conventional lift device, the coin is less likely to be discharged smoothly from the bucket, and falls from the gap between the bucket and the discharge part to the lower part of the main body. I was in trouble for the recovery work. Further, since it is formed in a bucket shape, there is a problem in that the manufacturing cost becomes high.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The problem to be solved by the present invention is to solve these problems of the prior art and to automatically collect coins dropped from a gap, thus eliminating the need for a collecting operation and reducing the cost. An object is to provide an excellent coin lift device that can be manufactured at low cost.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The gist of the present invention which has solved the above problems is as follows: 1) An endless belt is vertically installed, and a plurality of plate blades are obliquely installed on the endless belt at regular intervals. Cover the endless belt and plate blades with a body cover at a distance that does not contact,
A hopper is installed around the bottom of the main body cover, a coin guide for sending coins in the hopper to the endless belt is provided, the lower return part of the main body cover is covered with a tail cover, and the coin is discharged to the upper return part. A vertical plate is provided at a position close to the tip of the plate blade on the descending side of the endless belt, and side plates bent from both sides of the vertical plate to both sides of the plate blade are provided at the rear of the vertical plate. Coin lift device characterized by having a recovery box 2) A coin lift device according to 1), wherein the recovery box is provided with a discharge port, and the hopper is arranged at a position for receiving coins from the discharge port 3) Main body The coin lifting device according to 1), wherein the front surface of the cover is a transparent cover.

[0006]

The present invention having the above-described structure operates as follows. When a coin is inserted into the hopper,
The slope of the hopper causes the coins to slide down into the coin guide. When the endless belt is operated, coins are picked up by the plate blades obliquely installed upward from the belt, and the coins rise while being housed in the plate blades. By returning the plate blades that have risen to the return portion, the plate blades change to a downwardly inclined direction, and the coins stored in the plate blades are discharged from the plate blades and fall from the discharging portion.

When a coin drops from the gap between the plate blade and the discharging portion, a vertical plate is provided near the tip of the plate blade while the endless belt is descending, and the plate blade is inserted from both sides of the vertical plate. Bent side plates are provided on both sides of the vertical plate, and a collection box is formed at the rear of the vertical plate. The coins dropped in the collection box are collected. However, if the coin does not enter the collection box, the coin falls to the bottom of the main body cover, but is picked up by the plate blade returning at the return part and rises. Further, when a coin that is unstablely stored in the plate blade drops during the ascending, the coin is picked up by the plate blades that are rising one after another and then rises again.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described more concretely with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the internal structure of the hopper of the embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a conventional coin lifting device.

In the figure, 1 is a main body, 2 is a main body cover, 3 is a motor, 4 is a hopper for throwing coins, 5 is a coin guide, 6 is a discharging section for discharging coins, 7 is a collecting box,
8 is an endless belt, 9 is a plate blade obliquely installed on the belt, 10
Is an upper rotary shaft, 11 is a lower rotary shaft, 12 is a chain, 1
3 is a hook for attaching the main body 1 to another machine, 14
Is a transparent cover, 15 is a machine using coins such as a game machine or a pachinko game machine, 16 is a coin, 17 is a U-shaped opening, 18 is a gear, 19 is a belt conveyor, 20 is a bucket, 21 is a tail cover, 22 is a Gap, 23 is handle, 2
4 is a discharge port, 25 is a vertical plate, 26 is a side plate, and a and b are return parts.

A chain 12 is interposed between a gear 18 attached to the motor 3 and a gear 18 attached to the upper rotary shaft 10. 2 of the upper rotary shaft 10 and the lower rotary shaft 11
An endless belt 8 is attached straddling between the shafts, and rubber plate blades 9 are obliquely provided at an angle α in the belt rising direction. A plurality of plate blades 9 are obliquely installed on the belt 8 with a certain distance.
The belt 8 rises as the belt 8 rotates and returns from the return portion a centering on the upper drive shaft 10. At that time, blade 9
Changes to a downwardly inclined state in the descending direction of the endless belt 8 and descends. When descending to the lowermost part of the main body cover 2, the return part b centered on the lower rotary shaft 11 is returned. As a result, the plate blades 9 are changed to a state in which they are obliquely provided upward in the upward direction of the endless belt 8. A plate that covers the endless belt 8 and the plate blade 9 obliquely provided on the endless belt 8 with the main body cover 2, the front face with a transparent cover 14 so that the rising state of the coin 16 can be seen, and the bottom part returns from the return part b. The tail cover 21 covers the blades 9 at intervals so as not to slightly contact the blades 9.

A coin guide 5 is provided on the lower front surface of the main body cover 2, and a hopper 4 for collecting coins is provided around the coin guide 5. A vertical plate 25 is provided at a position close to the tips of the plate blades 9 on the way down the endless belt 8, and a U-shaped opening 17 is provided at the upper end. Side plates 26 that are bent from both sides of the vertical plate 25 to both sides of the plate blade 9 are provided, and
The collection box 7 is formed behind the
A discharge port 24 for discharging coins is provided in the main body cover 2, and a discharge part 6 for discharging coins 16 is provided on the upper back surface of the main body cover 2.

Hooks 13 for attaching the main body 1 to a coin-using machine 15 such as a game machine or a pachinko gaming machine are provided at two positions on the back surface of the main body cover 2 so that the hooks 23 can be easily attached to the machine 15. Are provided at two positions on the front surface of the body cover 2. The main body 1 is engaged with the machine 15 by lifting the main body 1 while holding the handle 13. When the present embodiment configured as described above is used, when the motor 3 is operated, the upper rotary shaft 10 is rotated by the chain transmission mechanism including the gear 18 and the chain 12, and the upper rotary shaft 1 is rotated.
0 and the endless belt 8 attached to the lower rotary shaft 11 also rotates.

When a coin 16 is inserted into the hopper 4 provided at the bottom of the main body 1, the hopper 4 is inclined so that the coin 16 slides into the coin guide 5. The coins 16 are picked up by the plate blades 9 obliquely provided on the endless belt 8 which is rising one after another, and are raised. The plate blade 9 that has risen to the upper rotary shaft 10 returns from the upper return portion a and changes to a state in which it is obliquely installed downward. As a result, the coins 16 stored in the plate blades 9 fall from the plate blades 9 and are discharged from the discharging unit 6 to the outside, and the coins 16 are transferred by the belt conveyor 19 and the like provided outside the discharging unit 6.

When the coin 16 falls from the gap 22 between the plate blade 9 and the discharging portion 6, the vertical plate 25 having the U-shaped opening 17 provided on the descending side of the endless belt 8 and both sides of the vertical plate 25 are provided. Coin 1 falling on the bent side plate 26
6 is received, and the coin 16 is collected in the collecting box 7 formed behind the vertical plate 25. The U-shaped opening 17 allows the coin 16 to easily enter the collection box 7. The coin 16 that has entered the collection box 7 is discharged from the discharge port provided in the collection box, enters the hopper 4 that is provided around the lower portion of the main body cover 2, and the coin 16 slides down due to the slope of the hopper 4. Guide 5
It enters and is picked up by the blades 9 and rises in the same manner as described above. Further, when the coin 16 also drops from the gap between the U-shaped opening 17 and the plate blade 9, the coin 16 drops onto the tail cover 23. The coins 16 that have fallen are collected so that they can be picked up by the plate blades 9 that have returned from the lower return part b, and the coins 16 rise.
Further, when the coin 16 that is unstablely accommodated in the rising plate blade 9 falls during the rising, the coin 16 is picked up by the rising plate blade 9 one after another and the coin 16 moves up. It is possible to reliably perform the work of raising and lowering the coin by repeating the above process, discharging the coin, and transferring the coin for the next processing.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, the coins thrown into the hopper have excellent automatic collecting ability by raising the coins by the plate blades obliquely provided on the endless belt and discharging the coins. Even if it falls on the way, it has a recovery box on the back of the main body cover, a hopper around the bottom, and a tail cover on the bottom, so you can pick up and raise coins securely and discharge them to the next process. This has an excellent effect of efficiently and accurately carrying out the work of transferring.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the internal structure of the hopper of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the inside of the recovery box of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a conventional coin lifting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Body 2 Main Body Cover 3 Motor 4 Hopper 5 Coin Guide 6 Discharge Section 7 Collection Box 8 Endless Belt 9 Plate Blade 10 Upper Rotating Shaft 11 Lower Rotating Shaft 12 Chain 13 Hook 14 Transparent Cover 15 Machine 16 Coin 17 U-shaped Open 18 Gear 19 Belt conveyor 20 Bucket 21 Tail cover 22 Gap 23 Handle 24 Discharge port 25 Vertical plate 26 Side plate a Return part b Return part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An endless belt is vertically installed, and a plurality of plate blades are obliquely provided on the endless belt at regular intervals, and the endless belt and the plate blades are covered with a main body cover at a distance not contacting the plate blades. , A hopper is provided under the main body cover, a coin guide for feeding coins in the hopper to an endless belt is provided, a return portion below the main body cover is covered with a tail cover, and a coin is discharged to an upper return portion. A discharge part is provided, a vertical plate is provided on the lower side of the endless belt at a position close to the tip of the plate blade, and side plates bent from both sides of the vertical plate to both sides of the plate blade are provided. A coin lifting device characterized in that a recovery box is provided in the. 2. The coin lifting device according to claim 1, wherein the recovery box is provided with a discharge port, and the hopper is arranged at a position for receiving a coin from the discharge port. 3. The coin lifting device according to claim 1, wherein the front surface of the main body cover is a transparent cover.