JPH06333118A - Coin processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply reduce the error of the number of coins left in a storage tube. CONSTITUTION:The coin processor consisting of a cassette type coin tube main body having plural coin storage tubes 7a-7d provided in parallel whose upper end is provided with a coin deposit entry section 5, whose lower end is provided with a placing section 5a on which a coin is placed, and having a payment outlet port 6 paying coins at the lowest position mounted to the placing section 5a and of a housing used to mount the coin tube main body removably is provided with an open hole 9 provided to a side face at a position corresponding to the number of coins placed on the placing section 5a of the coin storage tubes 7a-7c, a pressing section 12 provided corresponding to the open hole 9, a thin thickness part 15 energizing the pressing section 12 in a direction parted from the coin storage tubes 7a-7c in the usual state and a projection section 14 projected to a rear side of the pressing section 12, escaped from the coin storage tubes 7a-7c in the usual state, projected inward of the coin storage tubes 7a-7c by the pressing of the pressing section 12 to be in press contact with coins and supporting the coins through the pressing them to an inner wall face 16 opposite to the coins.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A part of the peripheral edge of a stored coin stored in each coin storage tube of a coin tube body is exposed, and a vertically elongated opening is formed so that the exposed peripheral edge part of the coin can be pressed and held by a finger. A coin processing device is provided in the storage tube, and the peripheral edge of the stored coins exposed from this opening is pressed by the pad of the finger, and the desired number of coins can be retained as change for quick and collective collection of coins. 3-35394
No. 2 is shown.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, since the coins are held by the pad of the finger, the number of coins that can be held differs depending on how the force is applied. It is difficult to do so, and there will be an error of several sheets than you actually want to leave. Therefore,
An object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing device that is simple and can reduce the error in the number of coins left in the storage tube.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a coin slot provided at an upper end portion, a placing portion for placing a coin at a lower end portion, and a placing portion placed on the placing portion. A coin processing device comprising a cassette type coin tube main body having a plurality of coin storage tubes formed side by side with a coin outlet for discharging lower coins, and a housing to which the coin tube main body is detachably mounted, An opening provided on a side surface at a position corresponding to a predetermined number of coins placed on the placement unit of the coin storage tube, a pressing unit provided corresponding to the opening, and the pressing unit in a normal state. In the urging portion for urging in a direction away from the coin storage tube, the protruding portion is formed on the back surface of the pressing portion, and in the normal state, it is retracted from the coin storage tube and is pressed by the pressing portion. Coin storage tube Projecting inwardly are those having projections for supporting and pressing the inner wall surface facing the abutting coins in the coin.

[0005]

With the predetermined number of coins left in the coin storage tube, the coin tube body is removed from the housing when the coins are collected, and the pressing portion is pressed, so that the protrusions provided on the back surface of the pressing portion face the coins. Supports by pressing against the inner wall surface,
By turning the coin tube body upside down, a predetermined number or more of coins stored in the coin storage tube are discharged from the coin slot, and a predetermined number of coins remain in the coin storage tube.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a coin processing device, and this coin processing device 1 is a housing 2
And a coin tube main body 3 which is detachably attached to the housing 2. The housing 2 is provided with a coin receiving port 4 at an upper part thereof, and a coin sorting device 4a for sorting the received coins and an amount counting device (not shown) for counting the amount of the sorted coins are provided below the coin receiving port 4.

On the other hand, the coin tube main body 3 has a coin insertion opening 5 for coin replenishment at the upper end, a mounting table 5a for placing coins at the lower end, and a payout exit 6 for paying out coins. Further, a plurality of coin storage tubes 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d are arranged side by side and are integrally formed of synthetic resin such as plastic to form a cassette type. The coin tube main body 3 is attached to the housing 2 by engaging the lower engaging pieces 3 a, 3 a with the housing 2 and engaging the movable engaging pieces 3 b, 3 b provided on the upper side with the housing 2.

Coin storage tubes 7a, 7b, 7c, 7
For example, 100d, 50yen, 10yen, and 500yen coins and coins of different denominations are received and stored. On the side surface on the back surface 8 side of the coin storage tube 7a for storing 100 yen, the mounting table 5 is provided.
An opening 9a is provided corresponding to a position where 25 coins stacked in a are provided, an opening 9b is provided corresponding to a position where 35 coins are provided, corresponding to a position where 45 coins are provided. Then, an opening 9c is provided.

A coin storage tube 7b for storing 50 yen
An opening 9d is provided on the side surface of the back surface 8 side of the table corresponding to the position where 30 coins are stacked on the mounting table 5a, and an opening 9e is provided corresponding to the position where the coin is 40 coins. ,
An opening 9f is provided at a position corresponding to 50 coins. On the side surface of the back side 8 of the coin storage tube 7c for storing 10 yen, the coins stacked on the placing table 5a are 3
An opening 9g is provided corresponding to a position of 0 coins, an opening 9h is provided corresponding to a position of 40 coins, and an opening 9i is provided corresponding to a position of 50 coins. The opening 9j is provided at a position corresponding to 60 coins.

A support member 1 for closing the openings 9a-9j.
0 is provided on the back surface 8 side of the coin tube body 3. The support member 10 is elastic and is integrally formed of silicon rubber having a high friction coefficient. The holes 9a-9
Corresponding to j, on the surface 11 side of the supporting member 10, a pressing portion 12 that protrudes from the supporting member main body 10a and can be pressed.
(12a to 12j corresponding to the openings) are provided, and the protrusions projecting inward of the coin storage tubes 7a to 7d corresponding to the pressing portion 12 on the back surface 13 side of the support member 10. 14 are provided. The pressing portion 12 is the support member main body 10.
is connected to a through a thin portion 15 which is a biasing portion,
Due to the elasticity of the thin portion 15, the pressing portion 12 and the protruding portion 14 are urged in the direction of withdrawing from the coin storage tubes 7a to 7d. Then, corresponding to each pressing portion 12, each pressing portion 1
The number of coins that can be supported by pressing 2 is displayed.

The support member 10 engages an engagement protrusion (not shown) provided on the back surface 13 side with an engagement groove (not shown) provided on the coin tube body 3. The protrusion 3c provided on the coin tube body 3 is provided with the hole 10b provided on the support member body 10a.
The support member 10 is fixed by penetrating through and supporting the protrusion with a fixing member (not shown). With the above configuration, when the need to collect coins arises, the moving engagement piece 3b is operated to release the engagement with the housing 2, and the coin tube main body 3 is pulled out to the front side, remove. By pressing the pressing portion 12 (for example, 25 100-yen coins, 40 50-yen coins, 10
If you want to collect coins with 30 yen coins left, check the display on the support member and use 12a with your index finger.
Press 12e with the middle finger and 12g with the ring finger. ), Thin part 1
5, the protrusion 14 resists the urging force of the coin storage tube 7a for storing coins.
Project into ~ 7d. Of the coin storage tubes 7a to 7d, the coin storage tube 7b will be further described with reference to the vertical side view of FIG. The corresponding protrusion 14 projects into the coin storage tube 7b, and
The 40th coin placed on a is pressed. At this time, since the pressing portion 12 and the protruding portion 14 are formed of silicon rubber having elasticity, they are elastically deformed when they come into contact with a coin to absorb the strength of the pressing force applied to the pressing portion 12. be able to. The pressed coin comes into contact with the inner wall surface 16 facing the protrusion 14, and the 40th coin is sandwiched and supported by the protrusion 14 and the inner wall surface 16.

The coin tube body 3 is turned upside down and the coin slot 5 is turned downward. Then, 40 or more coins can be discharged and collected from the coin slot 5, but the coins stored between the 40th supported coin and the mounting table 5a will not be discharged and the coins will be stored. It can be left in the tube 7b. At this time, the protrusion 14
Also comes into contact with the 41st coin, but does not support the entire side edge of the coin, and when the coin tube body 3 is turned upside down, the coin cannot bear the weight of the coin itself and is discharged.

The coin storage tubes 7a and 7c are also the same. Therefore, if the coins are collected by pressing the pressing portions 12a, 12e and 12g, the coin storage tube 7a.
There are 25 100-yen coins left inside, 40 50-yen coins left in the coin storage tube 7b, and 30 10-yen coins left in the coin-storage tube 7c. It can be carried out.

In this embodiment, the pressing portion, the urging portion (thin portion), the protruding portion and the supporting member main body are integrally formed of the same silicone rubber, so that the number of components is reduced and the coin tube main body is reduced. Although it is made easy to attach to each of them, each may be configured as a separate member.

[0015]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a coin processing device capable of speedily collecting coins and reducing the error in the number of coins left in the coin storage tube.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a coin processing device.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a coin tube body.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the coin tube body.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional side view taken along the line AA ′ of the coin tube body.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a support member.

FIG. 6 is a vertical side view taken along line B-B ′.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a main part of a support member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coin processing device 2 Housing 3 Coin tube main body 5 Coin insertion port part 5a Loading part 6 Discharge port part 7a-7d Coin storage tube 9a-9j Open hole 10 Supporting member 16 Inner wall surface

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A coin insertion opening provided at an upper end portion, a placing portion for placing a coin at a lower end portion, and a payout outlet portion for paying out the lowest coin placed on the placing portion. And a coin-type cassette tube body with multiple coin storage tubes arranged side by side,
In a coin processing device comprising a housing to which the coin tube body is detachably mounted, an opening provided on a side surface at a position corresponding to a predetermined number of coins placed on the placing portion of the coin storage tube. A pressing portion provided corresponding to the opening, an urging portion for urging the pressing portion in a normal state in a direction away from the coin storage tube, and a protrusion formed on the back surface of the pressing portion, In the normal state, it is in the exit position from the coin storage tube,
A coin processing device provided with a protrusion that protrudes inwardly of the coin storage tube by the pressing of the pressing portion, abuts against the coin, and presses and supports the coin against an inner wall surface facing the coin.