JPH0637958U - Coin counting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Compact, inexpensive, and capable of high-speed processing of coins. [Composition] A partitioning member for partitioning a plurality of delivery rows 4a into a plurality of delivery rows 4a in a lower opening portion 3 of a hopper 2 for storing a large number of coins, at a constant width interval not less than the diameter of the coins and not more than twice the diameter of the coins. 4 is provided. At the bottom of each delivery row 4a formed by the partitioning member 4, delivery belts 6 and 7 for delivering coins in an ascending direction are stretched in an inclined manner. A coin regulation member 26 for regulating the coins fed in the upper portion of the feeding belt 7 on the feeding side in an inclined manner is provided. A coin counting means (35) for counting coins that are fed out one by one after passing through the coin regulation member is provided. The coin regulating member 26 is composed of a regulating roller 29 that rotates in a direction opposite to the coin feeding direction at a speed higher than the feeding speed of the feeding belt 7. The partition member 4 is configured to be low so that coins can be moved between the respective rows 4a for feeding coins at a position before the regulating roller 29.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a coin counting machine that counts a large number of coins of the same type such as gaming medals or coins.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 As a conventional coin counting machine, for example, a coin counting machine described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-33413 is known. This coin counter is a hopper that can store a large amount of coins, a rotating disc that receives coins supplied from this hopper and that centrifuges the coins in a single row, and conveys the coins that are fed from the rotating disc. When the coins stored in the hopper are manually fed to the rotating disc by an appropriate amount, the coins are moved to the peripheral edge by the centrifugal force of the rotating disc, and the coins are further accumulated in the coin counting passage. A structure was adopted in which coins were sent out in a single line and the sent coins were counted by a ratchet wheel.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the coin counting machine with the above-mentioned conventional structure, if a large amount of coins are supplied onto the rotating disc at one time, it cannot be fed out by centrifugal force.Therefore, the hopper for temporarily storing the coins before supplying to the rotating disc However, there is a problem in that it hinders downsizing and cost reduction of the machine, and there is a troublesome operation in supplying coins from the hopper to the rotating disc.

Further, since the coins are sent out from the rotating disk only in a single line, there is a limit to the number of coins that can be counted per unit time, no matter how fast the sending speed is increased, and there is a problem that a large amount of coins cannot be processed at high speed. It was

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a coin counting machine which is compact, inexpensive, and capable of high-speed processing.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 A coin counting machine according to the first aspect of the present invention stores a large number of coins and a hopper having a lower opening through which the stored coins flow out, and a lower opening of the hopper has a diameter of coins. As described above, a partition member that is partitioned into a plurality of delivery rows by dividing it into a plurality of rows at a constant width not more than twice the diameter, and the bottom of each delivery row formed by the partition member is formed in an inclined shape. And a feeding belt that is stretched in an inclined shape to feed the coins in the ascending direction, and a coin control member that regulates the coins fed in the upper part of the feeding-side tilt of the feeding belt in a single line. The coin counting device is provided with a coin counting unit that counts coins that are fed out one by one after passing through the coin regulation member.

A coin counting machine according to a second aspect of the present invention is the coin counting machine according to the first aspect, wherein the coin regulating member is in a direction opposite to a direction in which the coins are fed by the feeding belt and is fed by the feeding belt. It consists of a regulation roller that rotates at a speed higher than the speed, and the partitioning material is configured so that coins are low enough to move between each row at the position before the regulation roller and the excess coins returned by the reversing roller. It is possible to transfer items to a delivery line with few coins.

[0008]

[Action]

 In the coin counting machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, the coins stored in the hopper are discharged from the lower opening, and the coins are stored in the partition member in the lower opening of the hopper. The coins are fed in the ascending inclination direction by driving the feeding belt installed in the lower opening of the hopper, which falls between a plurality of feeding rows that are divided into a plurality of rows with a constant width interval that is not less than twice the diameter and not more than twice the diameter. The coins are aligned by the aligning means by the coin regulation member, and the coins are further regulated in a single line by the coin regulation member in the upper region of the feeding side of the feeding belt, and one coin is regulated by the coin regulation member. The coins fed out one by one are counted by the coin counting means.

In the coin counting machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the coins fed by the feeding belt are overlapped, the coin regulating member is provided in the direction opposite to the feeding direction of the coins by the feeding belt and the feeding operation is performed. Coins in the upper layer are returned by the regulation roller that rotates at a speed faster than the feeding speed by the belt, move from the lower part of the partitioning member to the delivery row with less excess coins, and the coins are delivered to each delivery row. Are distributed evenly, and coins are efficiently delivered.

[0010]

【Example】

 Next, a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a case-shaped machine body, and an upper surface of a hopper 2 capable of accommodating pachinko balls and coins such as coins and medals in a mixed state is opened at one end of an upper surface of the machine body 1. The lower opening 3 for letting out the pachinko balls and coins of the hopper 2 is inclined upward from one end side to the other end side, and the lower opening of the hopper 2 has a minimum coin diameter larger than the maximum coin diameter. The partitioning member 4 that partitions into a plurality of partitioning plates 4b arranged in the width direction of the machine body 1 at a constant width interval of not more than twice the diameter of the It is provided from one end side of the machine body 1 toward the other end side.

In addition, in the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2, the bottoms of the respective feeding rows formed by the partitioning member 4 along the lower opening 3 are formed in a slanted shape to form a pachinko ball machine body. The feeding conveyor means 5 is provided in an inclined shape so as to roll in a downward tilt direction toward one end side of 1 and to feed coins in a rising tilt direction toward the other end side of the machine body 1.

The feeding conveyor means 5 is arranged from the entire area of the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2 to one end side of the machine body 1 and to the upper side of the first feeding belt 6. The first and second feeding belts 6 and 7 are provided so as to be inclined upward from one end side of the machine body 1 toward the other end side thereof. There is. The second feeding belt 7 is driven at a higher speed than the first feeding belt 6.

In addition, a pin-shaped pachinko ball control member 8 that allows passage of pachinko balls and prevents passage of coins is provided in the machine body 1 in the vicinity of the end of the payout conveyor means 5 on the downward slope side. It is provided so as to project toward the conveying surface of the feeding conveyor means 5.

Numeral 10 is an aligning means, which is composed of a plurality of aligning plates 12 projecting from the base plate portion 11 at intervals slightly wider than the diameter of the pachinko balls. 1 is disposed inside the machine body 1 at one end side of the machine body 1, and the aligning means 10 arranges the pachinko balls that pass through the pachinko ball regulating member 8 toward the one end side of the machine body 1 in a line. It is designed to let you.

Numeral 15 is a pachinko ball counting means for counting the pachinko balls rolling on the substrate portion 11 in an aligned state between the aligning plates 12 of the aligning means 10 and located between the aligning plates 12. The light receiving element 17 and the light emitting element 18 for detecting the light transmitted through the detection hole 16 formed in the substrate 11 facing the position deviated to the one side from the center portion in the width direction, and the pachinko ball is formed. It is possible to count even if the aligning means 10 is continuously rolled.

In addition, a pachinko ball delivery path 20 for delivering the pachinko balls delivered from the aligning means 10 to the delivery end of the aligning means 10 located at one end side inside the machine body 1 of the machine body 1 A pachinko ball outlet 21 is formed at one end on the bottom side of the pachinko ball delivery path 20 so as to be inclined downward in the width direction toward one side.

Further, in the partition member 4, a portion having a height lower than the partition member 4 from the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2 toward the other end side of the machine body 1, that is, two-thirds or more of the coin diameter. A partition extension 25 that can move each of the delivery rows 4a at the lower height is integrally extended.

A coin control member 26 is provided on the other end side of the machine body 1 of the partition extension portion 25. The coin regulating member 26 is a regulating roller 29 for regulating the coins fed in the upper region of the feeding side of the second feeding belt 7 of the feeding conveyor means 5 in a further state so as to allow the pachinko balls to enter. , And a regulation plate 27 that regulates and allows coins to pass in a line. The regulation roller 29 is rotatably supported by the second feeding belt 7 so as to be rotatable. The regulation roller 29 is in a direction opposite to the coin feeding direction by the second feeding belt 7 and by the second feeding belt 7. The coins are rotated at a higher speed than the feeding speed to prevent coins from being fed out in an overlapping manner. Further, the regulation plate 27 is provided above the second feeding belt 7 and is narrowed in the width direction so that the coins transferred by the second feeding belt 7 are in a single row. 28 are formed.

A coin passage 30 is formed on the upper side of the second feeding belt 7 to feed the second feeding belt 7. The coin passage 30 forms a plane substantially flush with the upper end of the second feeding belt 7. Guide edges 34, which extend from the regulation plate 27 and guide the coins fed one by one, are formed facing each other on both sides, and the guide edges 34 regulate the position of coins passing through the coin passage 30. A regulating edge portion 31 that is inclined to one side is formed.

A sorting hole 32 for sorting small-sized coins is formed in the coin passage 30, and a small-diameter coin storage box 39 is inserted into and removed from the outlet end of a chute 33 provided below the sorting hole 32. Arranged freely.

Further, a coin counting means 35 for counting the coins which are guided by the regulation plate 27 and passed through and fed out one by one is provided on the upper side of the coin passage 30. The coin counting means 35 is located between the regulation plates 27 and faces the position deviated from the central portion in the width direction to the other side, and detects the light transmitted through the detection hole 36 formed in the coin passage 30. Composed of 37 and a light emitting element 38, coins can be counted even if they pass through the coin passage 30 continuously.

Further, the coin passage 30 is provided with a conveying means 40 for conveying coins fed into the coin passage 30. The carrying means 40 is composed of a carrying belt 41, and is designed to press coins into the coin passage 30 from above and carry them.

Further, at the carrying end of the coin passage 30, there is a coin delivery passage 45 located at the other end side in the machine body 1 for delivering coins delivered from the coin passage 30 to the width of the machine body 1. It is formed so as to be inclined downward toward one side in the direction, and a coin delivery port 46 is formed at one end on the bottom side of the coin delivery path 45.

Further, a rotation shaft 49 of a pin-shaped rotation collapsing body 48 that prevents pachinko balls and coins from being bridged is supported by the hopper 2. Furthermore, a standing-up prevention member 50 for coins is provided on one end side of the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2, and the standing-up prevention member 50 faces downward from one end side to the other end side of the hopper 2 to form a plane concave arc. Has been formed.

Further, a conduction mechanism arrangement portion 51 is formed on one side of the machine body 1, and the transmission mechanism arrangement portion 51 has pulleys 54, 55 provided on an output shaft 53 provided on the first electric motor 52. Drive belts 59 and 60 are suspended around a pulley 57 provided on the drive shaft 56 of the first delivery belt 6 and a pulley 58 provided on the rotation shaft 49 of the rotation breaking body 48, respectively. Further, in the transmission mechanism arrangement portion 51, a pulley 63 provided on an output shaft 62 provided on the second electric motor 61, a pulley 65 provided on a drive shaft 64 of the second feeding belt 7 and a regulation roller 29 are provided. The drive belt 67 is suspended around the pulley 66. Further, a drive belt 71 is suspended around a pulley 68 provided on the drive shaft 64 and a pulley 70 provided on a rotary shaft 69, and gears 73 provided on the rotary shaft 69 and the drive shaft 72 of the conveyor belt 41, 74 meshed. The rotary shaft 76 of the driven pulley 75 of the transport belt 41 is rotatably supported by the long hole 77.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The pachinko balls in the mixed state and the coins C such as coins and medals, which have been put into the hopper 2, flow out from the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2. Then, the coins C are sorted by the partitioning member 4 into rows one by one by the first feeding belt 6 driven by the drive of the first electric motor 52, and are conveyed toward the upper inclined side of the machine body 1. It Further, the pinball balls P are rolled toward the one end side of the machine body 1 by the inclination of the first feeding belt 6. Further, the movement of the coin C to the one end side of the machine body 1 is regulated by the pachinko ball regulation member 8.

Then, the pachinko balls P that have rolled the first feeding belt 6 are allowed to be aligned without being blocked by the pin-shaped pachinko ball restricting member 8 that blocks the passage of coins C, and the alignment means is allowed. Rolled to 10. On the aligning plate 12 of the aligning means 10, the pachinko balls rolling through the pachinko ball restricting member 8 are aligned in a line.

The pachinko balls rolling between the aligning plates 12 of the aligning means 10 are counted when the light receiving element 17 of the pachinko ball counting means 15 blocks the light reception from the light emitting element 18. Then, the counted pachinko balls roll on the pachinko ball delivery path 20 and are guided to the pachinko ball outlet 21.

Further, the coins C conveyed to the other end side of the machine body 1 by the first feeding belt 6 are divided into rows by the partitioning member 4, and the coins C are fed from the first feeding belt 6 to the second feeding belt 6. Transferring to the belt 7, the second feeding belt 7 is driven at a higher speed than the first feeding belt 6, so that the coins do not stay in the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2 toward the other end of the machine body 1. The coins conveyed and delivered by the second delivery belt 7 are overlapped with each other, and the regulation roller 29 of the coin regulation member 26 moves the coins C in the opposite direction to the delivery direction of the coins C by the second delivery belt 7. The upper layer coins are returned by the regulation roller 29 that rotates at a speed higher than the feeding speed by the feeding belt, and the coins in the lower portion of the partitioning member 4 are moved to the delivery row 4a in which a small amount of surplus coins are present. And send each Coins are distributed evenly 4a, efficiently coin C is paid out. In this way, coins are regulated in a further state by the regulation roller 29 without being dispensed, and the regulation roller 29 prevents the pachinko balls P from passing.

Then, the coins C are aligned in a line by the guide edge portion 28 in which the width direction of the regulation plate 27 is narrowed, and the coins C are arranged on the coin passage 30 by the second feeding belt 7. It is fed out and conveyed between the guide edge portions 34 extended from the regulation plate 27 by the conveyor belt 41, and the guide edge portion 34 has the regulation edge portion 31 regulate the alignment position of the coins C, and the sorting hole. Small-sized coins C are selected and dropped at 32, and are stored in a small-sized coin storage box 39 from a chute 33 provided below the selection hole 32.

Further, the coins C which are guided by the regulation plate 27 to the upper side of the coin passage 30 and are fed out one by one, the coins C are transmitted through the detection hole 36 of the coin counting means 35, and the light of the light emitting element 38 is transmitted. It is counted when the received light is blocked. The coins C that are counted and delivered by the conveyor belt 41 are delivered from the conveyor end of the coin passage 30 to the coin delivery passage 45, and are led out from the coin delivery passage 45 to the coin delivery outlet 46. .

In this way, the number of pachinko balls P and coins C can be counted by one counting machine.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the feeding conveyor means 5 is provided with the first feeding belt 6 and the second feeding belt 7 to prevent a large amount of coins from accumulating. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be configured by a single feeding belt.

[0035]

[Effect of device]

 According to the first aspect of the present invention, a coin counter that is compact and inexpensive and can process at high speed is obtained, and the installation space can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the coins are efficiently distributed from the lower portion of the partition member to the delivery row with less excess coins, and the coins are evenly distributed to each delivery row. Is delivered.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a pachinko ball / coin counter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Hopper 3 Lower opening 4 Partitioning member 4a Sending row 6 First feeding belt 26 Coins control member 29 Control roller 35 Coins counting means C Coins

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A hopper for storing a large number of coins and having a lower opening for letting out the stored coins, and a lower opening of the hopper having a constant diameter not less than twice the diameter of coins and not more than twice the diameter. Partitioning members that partition into a plurality of delivery rows by partitioning into a plurality of width intervals, and an inclined shape in which the bottoms of the respective delivery rows formed by the partitioning members are formed in an inclined shape and coins are raised and fed in the inclination direction. And a coin control member for controlling the coins fed in the upper part of the feeding belt inclined sideward in a single line, and a feeding belt that passes through the coin control member and feeds one by one. And a coin counting means for counting the coins to be used. 2. A coin regulating member is constituted by a regulating roller that rotates in a direction opposite to a coin feeding direction by a feeding belt and at a speed higher than a feeding speed by the feeding belt, and the partitioning member is located in front of the regulating roller. The coins are configured to be movable between the respective delivery rows, and the surplus coins returned by the reverse rotation roller are movable to the delivery row having a small number of coins. Coin counting machine.