JPH0660239A - Coin selection device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly and appropriately select a large quantity of coins by providing a belt conveyor for carrying the coins up to the upper part of a coin selecting slope, a coin supply mechanism for supplying intermittently the coins, and a coin distributing mechanism. CONSTITUTION:Coins thrown in from a coin throw-in port descend along a slope 22, and are fed little by little by a coin intermittent supply mechanism 23 onto a belt conveyor 25. By this belt conveyor 25, the coins are guided up to the upper part of a coin selecting slope, and during that time, by a coin distributing member 29a, the superposed coins are distributed. That is, the coins are supplied little by little onto the belt conveyor 25 by the coin intermittent supply mechanism 23. Also, the coins superposed on the belt are distributed by a coin distributing mechanism 29. Accordingly, when the coins reach the soin selecting slope, the coins become one piece each, the coin can be selected quickly and appropriately, and also, they are not jammed on the way.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional coin sorting device, for example,
The one described in JP-B-55-37197 is known. This coin sorting device sorts coins inserted from a coin slot on a coin sorting slope having a coin sorting opening corresponding to various coins and sorts them by type, and a sorting provided under the coin sorting opening. It is designed to be stored in a coin storage room.

[0003]

However, the conventional coin sorter of this type has a problem that a large amount of coins cannot be sorted quickly. That is, when a large amount of coins are inserted, there is a problem that the coins are overlapped with each other, the coins are clogged in the middle, or the coins do not enter the expected sorted coin storage chamber.

An object of the present invention is to provide a coin sorting device capable of quickly sorting a large number of coins.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A coin sorting device according to the present invention is a predetermined sorting coin in which coins inserted from a coin slot are slid by a coin sorting slope having a coin sorting opening and sorted by type. In the coin sorting device adapted to be housed in the storage chamber, between the coin slot and the coin sorting slope, a belt conveyor for transporting coins to the slope of the coin sorting slope is provided, and further, the coin slot. Between the belt conveyor,
An intermittent coin feeding mechanism for intermittently feeding the inserted coins to the belt conveyor is provided, and a coin sweeping mechanism for sweeping the superposed coins is provided on the belt conveyor. In another invention, openings corresponding to the diameters of various coins are formed in the coin selection slope. In still another invention, on the sorted coin storage chamber, a coin sweeping mechanism for sweeping away excess coins when the coin storage chamber is full of coins is provided, and at the back of the coin storage chamber, A surplus coin receiver that accommodates the swept coins is detachably installed. In the present specification, coins are used as a broad concept to refer to not only coins but also chips and patches used in games.

[0006]

According to the above-mentioned means, a large amount of coins inserted from the coin insertion slot are gradually fed onto the belt conveyor by the intermittent coin feeding mechanism before riding on the coin selection slope. Further, the coins superposed on the belt are swept out by the coin sweeping mechanism. Therefore, when the coin selection slope is reached, 1 coin
The coins can be sorted one by one, and the coins can be sorted quickly and appropriately. Also, there is no clogging on the way.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a coin sorting device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In order to facilitate later understanding, an outline of the operation and usage of the coin sorting apparatus of the embodiment will be described first with reference to FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 represents a coin selecting device. When coins are selected by the coin selecting device 1, coins 3 are inserted from a coin slot 2 provided on the upper surface of the main body.
Throw in. Then, the coin 3 is appropriately processed by a rear mechanism (not shown in FIG. 1), and is then carried to the slope of the coin sorting slope 4 in the front part, and slides down the coin sorting slope 4. Meanwhile, the coin 3 falls into the coin selection opening 5 suitable for itself. Then, the coin 3 that has fallen into the opening 5 enters the sorted coin storage chamber 6. When the coin 3 is taken out from the coin sorting apparatus 1, the image 7a of the door 7 attached in front of the sorted coin storage chamber 6 is pulled to the front side to bring the door 7 forward. Then, the superposed coins 3 come out in a state of being placed on the door 7. In the figure, reference numeral 8 is a main switch for operating the rear mechanism and the like.

Next, a specific structure of the coin sorting device 1 of the embodiment will be described. The main body 10 of the coin sorting device 1 is roughly divided into a front frame 11 and a rear frame 12 (see FIG. 1). A transparent window 13 is provided on the front frame 11 so that it can be opened and closed. Further, a main switch 8 is attached to the right side of the front surface of the front frame 11, and a total of six sorted coin storage chambers 6 are provided in parallel to the left side of the main switch 8. Each sorted coin storage room 6 is a 1-yen coin from the right side,
It is used to store 50-yen coins, 5-yen coins, 100-yen coins, 10-yen coins, and 500-yen coins. On the other hand, a coin slot 2 is formed on the rear frame 12, and a surplus coin receiver 14 that can be pulled out is attached to the left side surface. The surplus coin receiver 14 is used to store the coins 3 that are no longer able to enter the selection coin storage chamber 6 when the amount of coins to be sorted is large and any one of the selection coin storage chambers 6 is full. It is what is done.

The rear mechanism is unitized. As shown in FIG. 2, a slope 22 having a downward slope toward the left is formed integrally with the rear plate 21 of the unit case 20 with the bottom of the coin slot 2 as the top. In addition, an intermittent coin supply mechanism 23 is attached below the slope 22 in the unit case 20. This coin intermittent supply mechanism 23 is provided with a motor 51
The link mechanism 24a is connected to the link mechanism 24a (see FIG. 7) and the rocking body 24b rocks by the link mechanism 24a. A belt conveyor 25 extending along the slope 22 is installed below the slope 22 in the unit case 20. This belt conveyor 25 includes an endless belt 26 and several rollers 27.
It is composed of a, 27b, 27c and 27d. Ribs 26a are formed at a predetermined interval on the surface of the endless belt 26, and the ribs 26a prevent the coin 3 from sliding down. In addition, a coin drop prevention member 28 is provided in the unit case 20 above the endless belt 26 and below the rocking body 24b just in case.
A coin sweeping mechanism 29 is provided below the slope 22. The coin sweeping mechanism 29 is configured to include a rubber coin sweeping member 29a having a wavy tip. The tip of the coin sweeping member 29a is in light contact with the endless belt 26 of the belt conveyor 25, and has a function of sweeping out coins 3 when they overlap each other. Further, below the slope 22 and obliquely above the coin sweeping member 29, an idle roller 30 that is in light contact with the surface of the endless belt 26 is installed. The idle roller 30 has a function of stably supplying the coin 3 to the slope of the coin selecting slope 4 of the next stage.

The coin selection slope 4 is formed in an L shape when viewed from above. This coin selection slope 4 is shown in Figure 1.
And as shown in FIG. 3, it has a downward slope toward the front side and the left side. Further, a coin guide rail 4a is provided on the front side of the coin selection slope 4. Coin selection slope 4 has 1 yen coin, 50 yen coin, 5 yen coin, 100 yen coin
Coin selection openings 5a, 5b, 5c for yen coins and 10 yen coins,
5d and 5e are formed. The width dimension of each opening 5 is substantially the same, and only the depth dimension is configured to increase toward the lower side. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the front edge of each opening 5 is located equidistant from the coin guide rail 4a, and the rear edge is spaced from the coin guide rail 4a by the opening located below. It is supposed to be done. A coin selection opening 5f for a 500-yen coin is formed outside the lower end of the coin selection slope 4.
The coin 3 sliding down the coin selecting slope 4 while being guided by the coin guiding rail 4a is a 1-yen coin, 5
The 0-yen coin, the 5-yen coin, the 100-yen coin, the 10-yen coin, and the 500-yen coin lose their support in that order and fall from the opening 5.
A partition 32 is provided below the opening forming portion of the coin selection slope 4 for stably supplying the coins 3 dropped by the coin selection openings to the next stage.

Below the coin selection slope 4, as shown in FIG. 3, a coin sweeping mechanism 33 is installed. The coin sweeping mechanism 33 is composed of an impeller in which a large number of rubber blades 33a are formed, and is driven by a motor 51 (see FIG. 7). The coin sweeping mechanism 33 is installed at a position where the tip of the blade 33a can sweep over the sorted coin storage chamber 6. Therefore, when the sorted coin storage chamber 6 is full, the coins 3 placed on it can be swept off. Since the coin sweeping mechanism 33 is installed right above the sorting coin storage chamber 6, it is necessary to bend the passage of the coin 3.
In the embodiment, a coin bypass member 34 for bypassing the coin 3 is provided between the coin selection slope 4 and the selected coin storage chamber 6. On the upper surface of the coin detour member 34, 1-yen coin, 50-yen coin, 5-yen coin, 100-yen coin, 10-yen coin
Coin receptacles 34a, 34b, 3 for coins and 500-yen coins
4c, 34d, 34e and 34f are formed. In addition, as shown in FIG.
Two slopes 35, 36 forming a detour for the coin 3
Is provided.

Each coin storage chamber 6 is constructed to have a circular cross section, and the front portion of each coin storage chamber 6 has an arcuate cross section having a photograph 7a, as shown in FIGS. It is partitioned by the door 7. A half-moon shaped coin support plate 7b is attached below the door 7 (see FIG. 1), and the bottom half of each coin storage chamber 6 is partitioned by the coin support plate 7b. The coin support plate 7b functions to put the stored coins 3 on the inner surface of the door 7 when the door 7 is tilted forward.

As shown in FIG. 5, a surplus coin receiver 14 for receiving the coins 3 swept away by the coin sweeping mechanism 33 is installed in the coin storage chamber 6 so as to be drawn out. As shown in FIG. 6, two pieces of terminal pieces 38a, 38b are laid inside the coin receiver 14, and the terminal pieces 38a, 38b are partially pulled out to the back surface. The terminal pieces 38a, 38b pulled out to the back surface are in contact with the terminal pieces 40a, 40b on the coin receiving and placing plate 39. When the coin 3 falls into the coin receiver 14, the terminal pieces 38a and 38b are electrically connected by the coin 3 so that an alarm buzzer (not shown) sounds. On the other hand, the coin receiving plate 39
Is swingable up and down about a support shaft 39a, and its tip is supported by a spring 41. When the coin receiving / placing plate 39 is lowered by the weight of the coin 3, the contact piece 42a of the normally-closed contact pieces 42a, 42b of the motor switch 42 described later is pressed to stop the driving of the motor 51. It has become.

Next, the power transmission mechanism will be described. In the figure, reference numeral 51 represents a motor, and the power of the motor 51 is gears 52a, 52b, 52c, 52d, 52.
It is adapted to be transmitted to the link mechanism 24a of the intermittent coin feeding mechanism 23 through e, 52f, 52g and 52h. Also, a gear 53a coaxial with the gear 52f on the way,
It is adapted to be transmitted to the gear 33b of the coin sweeping mechanism 33 through the shaft-free gear 53b, the crowns 53c and 53d, and the gears 53e and 53f. The motor 51, gears 52a, 52b, 52c, 52d, 52e,
52f, 52g, 52h, 53a, 53b and the crown 53c are provided in the gear box 54.

Next, the operation of the coin sorting device 1 configured as described above will be described. The coins 3 inserted from the coin insertion slot 2 travel down the slope 22, reach the intermittent coin supply mechanism 23, and are gradually sent onto the belt conveyor 25 by the intermittent coin supply mechanism 23. The belt conveyor 25 guides the coins to the top of the slope 4, while the coin sweeping member 29a sweeps the overlapping coins 3 apart. Then, the coins 3 guided to the coin selection slope 4 slide down on the coin selection slope 4 one by one. In this case, a 1-yen coin is first captured by the first coin selection opening 5a. Further, the coin selection openings 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f sequentially capture 50-yen coins, 5-yen coins, 100-yen coins, 10-yen coins, and 500-yen coins. Then, the captured coin 3 passes through the coin detour member 34 and enters the sorted coin storage chamber 6 corresponding to the coin 3.

When the sorted coin storage chamber 6 becomes full in this manner, the extra coin 3 is swept away by the coin sweeping mechanism 33 and enters the surplus coin receiver 14 in the rear of the sorted coin storage chamber 6. Then, the coin 3 causes conduction between the terminal plates 38a and 38b in the surplus coin receiver 14 to provide a warning buzzer. If coins 3 are still inserted, the weight of the coins 3 in the surplus coin receiver 14 lowers the coin receiving plate 39, which opens the normally closed switch 42 for the motor to turn it off. Will stop. To cancel the stop, the surplus coin receiver 14 may be pulled out and emptied.

According to the coin sorting apparatus 1 of the above embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. That is, according to the coin sorting device 1 of the above-described embodiment, the coins are intermittently supplied by the intermittent coin supply mechanism 23 onto the belt conveyor 25. The coins 3 superposed on the belt are swept out by the coin sweeping mechanism 29. Therefore, when the coin selection slope 4 is reached, 1 coin
The coins can be sorted one by one, and the coins can be sorted quickly and appropriately. Also, there is no clogging on the way.

Further, according to the coin sorting apparatus 1 of the embodiment, since the belt conveyor 25 is inclined so as to be along the lower coin sorting slope 4, compared with the case where the belt conveyors 25 having the same length are placed flat. Thus, the coin sorting device 1 itself can be made compact. In addition, on the selected coin storage chamber 6, a coin sweeping mechanism 3 that sweeps away excess coins 3 when the coin storage chamber 6 is full of coins 3.
3 is provided, and a surplus coin receiver 14 for receiving the swept-out coins 3 is provided at the back of the coin storage chamber 6 so that any one of the coin storage chambers 6 is full. Even if it becomes, it is possible to continue the selection to some extent. Therefore, the selection efficiency is increased accordingly.

As shown in FIG. 8, a bottomed cylindrical coin case 61 may be incorporated in the coin storage chamber 6 of the apparatus 1 for use. FIG. 9 shows the assembled state. In this embodiment, a sticker 62 for indicating the number of pieces is attached to the coin case 61 so that it can be seen at a glance how much the coin case 61 is filled with. Also, a lid 63 is formed, for example,
The coin case 61 can be carried around and can be stored as it is.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

That is, in the above embodiment, the inside of the surplus coin receiver 14 is not partitioned, but the inside of the surplus coin receiver 14 may be partitioned so that coins can be received for each type of coin. By doing so, it becomes easy to handle the surplus coin 3.

[0024]

The coin sorter according to the present invention is a coin sorter according to the present invention, in which coins inserted from the coin slot are slid on a coin sort slope having a coin sort opening to sort the coins by type. Then, in the coin sorting device adapted to be stored in the predetermined sorting coin storage chamber, between the coin slot and the coin sorting slope, a belt conveyer for transporting coins to the slope of the coin sorting slope is provided, and A coin intermittent supply mechanism for intermittently supplying the inserted coins to the belt conveyor is provided between the coin slot and the belt conveyor, and a coin sweeper for sweeping the superimposed coins on the belt conveyor. Since the dividing mechanism is provided, a large amount of coins can be sorted quickly and appropriately.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a coin sorting device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a rear mechanism of the coin sorting device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a front mechanism of the coin sorting apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a coin sorting opening of a coin sorting slope of the coin sorting apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a coin sweeping mechanism and its periphery in the coin sorting device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a surplus coin receiver and its periphery in the coin sorting device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a motor and a power transmission mechanism of the coin sorting device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a coin case of the coin sorting device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a coin storage chamber and its periphery of a coin sorting device according to a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Coin sorting device 2 Coin insertion slot 3 Coins 4 Coin sorting slope 5 Coin sorting opening 6 Coin storage chamber 23 Coin intermittent supply mechanism 25 Belt conveyor 29 Coin sweeping mechanism

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A coin inserted from a coin insertion slot,
In a coin sorting device, which is slid on a coin sorting slope having a coin sorting opening and sorted by type to be stored in a predetermined sorting coin storage chamber, between the coin slot and the coin sorting slope, A coin conveyor is provided for conveying coins to the slope of the coin selection slope, and further, an intermittent coin supply mechanism for intermittently supplying the inserted coins on the belt conveyor between the coin insertion slot and the belt conveyor. Along with
A coin sorting device provided with a coin sweeping mechanism for sweeping overlapping coins on the belt conveyor. 2. The coin sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the coin sorting slope is provided with coin sorting openings corresponding to diameters of various coins. 3. A coin sweeping mechanism for sweeping away excess coins when the coin storing chamber is full of coins is provided on the sorted coin storing chamber, and a coin sweeping mechanism is provided at the back of the coin storing chamber. The coin sorting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a surplus coin receiver that receives swept coins is detachably provided.