JPH0662141B2 - Coin packaging mechanism and coin packaging method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a coin packaging mechanism and a coin packaging method.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) A first object of the present invention is to provide a coin packaging mechanism which can be easily packaged without using a complicated guide mechanism for controlling the packaging material during a coin packaging operation. To do.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a method of packaging piled coins so as to form a coin roll which can be easily unpacked.

Configuration of the Invention (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the first object, according to the first invention of the present application, there is provided a coin packaging mechanism for packaging a pile of coins, wherein a predetermined number of coins are provided. A means for accommodating and stacking coins to form a pile of coins to be contained therein, a support plate means for supporting the pile coins to be rotatable about their own axes, and a packaging material being pressed against the pile coins. While rotating and pressing means for rotating the piled coins about their own axis, and means for forcing the piled coins to be taken out from the rotating and pressing means after a desired length of packaging material is wrapped around the coins. And a detachable pressure sensitive adhesive is applied to the side of the packaging material that faces the piled coins so as to adhere to the piled coins and be wound around the piled coins. The pressing means is Elastic means for pressing the packaging material against the peripheral surface of the pile of coins, and the elastic means for winding the packaging material around the pile of coins by rolling the peripheral surface of the pile of coins on the surface of the elastic means. The elastic means has a cutout portion that does not come into contact with the peripheral surface of the piled coin along the circumferential direction, and has a recess formed by the cutout portion. It is possible to use: (i) take out the packed pile of coins, (ii) insert a new pile of coins, and (iii) insert the packaging material between the pile of coins and the elastic means. A coin wrapping mechanism is provided.

Further, according to the second invention of the present application, there is provided a coin packaging mechanism for packaging piled coins, which is an instrument for accommodating and stacking coins therein to form a piled coin including a predetermined number of coins. A support plate means for supporting the pile coins to be rotatable about their own axes, and a rotation / pressing means for rotating the pile coins about their own axes while pressing the packaging material against the pile coins. A packaging material of a desired length is wound around the coin, and means for forcing the stacking coin to be removed from the rotating / pressing means, and a packing material on a side of the packaging material facing the stacking coin. Is adhered to the pile of coins, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive which is detachable so as to be wound around the pile of coins is applied, and an instrument for accommodating and stacking the coins inside is in the vicinity of the support plate means. In Has a pipe for accommodating and holding the inside thereof, wherein the pipe has a first position in which a lower end of the pipe is aligned with the support plate means for placing a pile of coins on the support plate means. ,
The coin wrapping mechanism is pivotally mounted so as to be pivotable between a second position in which a lower end of the pipe is closed so that a new pile of coins can be received through the upper end of the pipe, and the coin wrapping mechanism further includes: There is provided a coin wrapping mechanism having cam means provided so as to be rotatable in synchronization with the rotation of the piled coins for moving the pipe from the position to the second position.

Furthermore, in order to achieve the above-mentioned second object, according to the third invention of the present application, there is provided a method of packaging piled coins, wherein a predetermined number of coins are arranged so as to form piled coins, and the piled coins are faced. On the side, of the packaging material coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive that has a high adhesive strength enough to support a coin and can be peeled off cleanly, the side coated with the adhesive is brought into contact with a pile of coins, where , The width of the packaging material is larger than the perimeter of the pile of coins, the vertical width of the packaging material is at least the same as the height of the pile of coins, and the adhesive adheres the packaging material to the pile of coins so that the packaging material surrounds the pile of coins. The pile material is rotated around its own axis while pressing the packaging material against the pile coins so as to form a coin roll by being wound around the pile coins, wherein the adhesive wraps the pile coins. In the material It is arranged so as to contact with coins at least at both ends of the piled coins for sure holding, the packaging material is pressed against the rotating piled coins by the elastic pressing means, and the piled coins are the elastic pressing means. There is provided a method of packaging coins, characterized in that they are rotated by the movement of.

(Operation) In the coin packaging mechanism according to the first invention of the present application, one end of the packaging material coated with the removable pressure sensitive adhesive is rotated and
When inserted between the pressing means and the pile coin, the rotating / pressing means rotates the pile coin while pressing the packaging material against the pile coin, whereby the packaging material is wound around the peripheral surface of the pile coin. The piled up coins are released from the rotating / pressing means by the removing means.

In the coin pavement mechanism according to the second aspect of the present application, a new pile of coins is loaded and supported on the support pipe at the second position. Subsequently, when the support tube takes the first position, the piled coins in the support tube drop onto the support means and ride on the support means. Rotate one end of the packaging material coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive that can be detached.
When inserted between the pressing means and the piled coins, the rotation / pressing means rotates the piled coins on the support means while pushing the packaging material against the piled coins, whereby the packaging material is placed on the peripheral surface of the piled coins. Wrapped around. The piled up coins are released from the rotating / pressing means by the removing means.

In the coin wrapping method according to the third aspect of the present application, the packaging material coated with a winding adhesive having a high adhesive strength capable of supporting coins and capable of being peeled off cleanly is rotated by the movement of the elastic pressing means. The piled coins are pushed by the elastic pushing means. As a result, the packaging material is wrapped around the peripheral surface of the pile coin, and the pile coin is securely held in the packaging material.

EXAMPLE Referring now to the drawings, FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 show a coin roll wrapping mechanism in three consecutive operating stages. Referring first to FIG. 1, a given height and perimeter (two ends and two
Stack coin having two opposite circular sides)
0 is put into a packaging chamber C formed by a housing 12 from a support tube (buffer tube) 11. The support tube 11 is axially supported on the upper part of the housing 12 by a pair of diametrically opposed pins 13, 14 which fit into the recesses in the outer wall of the support tube 11. As a result, the lower end of the pipe 11 is (1) the pipe 11
Is closed at its bottom by a shoulder 15 formed in the housing 12 just above and adjacent to the packaging chamber C,
“Second position” or “load support” position (shown in FIG. 2) and (2) “First position” or “load packing” position (bottom of FIG. 1) with the bottom of tube 11 open directly to packaging chamber C. And shown in FIG. 3). In the "second position" or "load support" position, the tube 11 receives the piled coins 10 in preparation for the next packaging operation. At the "first position", that is, the "load packaging" position, the piled coins 10 stacked on the support tube 11 fall into the packaging chamber C, and the packaging is prepared.

Stacked coins 10 that have the effect of a specified number of currency units
Can also be formed by any of a variety of coin counting and stacking mechanisms such as those shown in US Pat. No. 4,515,172. Such a coin stacking mechanism typically has a shutter that opens each time one wishes to insert a new pile of coins 10 into the packaging mechanism. When the shutter is opened, the piled coin 10 drops into the support tube 11. It is also possible to manually insert a desired number of coins into the support tube 11.

After the coins in the support tube 11 drop into the packaging chamber C, the support tube 1
A rotating cam 16 having a leading edge 17 with a smooth roundness contacts the outer wall of the tube 11 near the lower end of the tube 11 in order to move the 1 into its retracted or "carrying" position. The lower end of tube 11 is pushed into its retracted position (see Figure 2). Then, the outer edge of the cam 16 is the packaging room C.
The tube 11 is held in its retracted position while the pile coins 10 are being packed therein. When the tail edge 18 of the cam 16 crosses the tube 11, a spring 19 moves the tube 11 into its advanced position,
That is, it is moved to the "load packaging" position (see FIG. 3). The relationship between the rotational movement of the cam 16 and the packaging mechanism will be apparent from the following description.

The piled coins 10 placed in the wrapping chamber C are located on a disk 20 extending radially outward from the bottom of the wrapping roller 21 adjacent to the wrapping chamber C. The lateral support of the piled coins 10 is provided by a pair of idler rollers 21 in the recess of the wall of the packaging chamber C.
a, 21b, an outlet gate 22 pressed by a spring, and a packaging roller 21. The piled coin 10 is freely rotated about its longitudinal axis while being supported in the packaging chamber C by the above method. The cam 16 is attached to the top of the packaging roller 21, and the packaging roller 21 extends slightly above the top of the pile coin 10.

A sheet of packaging material 30, such as a plastic film or paper, is fed by hand between the stack of coins 10 and the packaging roller 21 or by an automatic sheet feeder. The packaging material sheet 30 is made of a flexible material, the width of which is larger than the peripheral length of the pile coin 10, and the vertical width L is at least the height of the pile coin 10. One side of this packaging material 30,
That is, on the side facing the pile coins 10, for example, Tennessee,
No. manufactured by Can Do Co., Ltd. in Neshville. 4351
A removable pressure sensitive adhesive 31 such as a film tape is applied. Other suitable adhesives, such as those shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,418,120, have excellent viscosity and shear properties, but weak adhesion to stainless steel when detached. That is, the adhesive has sufficient shear strength to adhere quickly to the outer surface of the pile of coins 10 and to securely hold the coins in the packaging material 30 during its handling, but without breaking the packaging material 30 and The adhesive force at the time of detachment can be weak enough so that the packaging material 30 can be easily peeled off from the piled coins 10 without substantially leaving the adhesive on the coins. If desired, the packaging material 30 can be reused. It is preferable that the adhesive 31 and the application are continuous along the entire length of the packaging material 30 and over the entire width thereof. However, in order to securely hold the piled coins 10 in the packaging material 30, the adhesives 31 are applied. Shall be arranged so as to come into contact with the coins at least at the ends of the.

In order to press the packaging material 30 against the pile coin 10 while rotating the pile coin 10, the packaging roller 21
An elastic rubber or expandable polymer pad 23 is adhered to the outer surface of the. This elastic pad 23 does not extend over the entire circumference of the packaging roller 21, and an opening angle a is formed therein, and within this range, a new packaging material sheet 30 is provided for each rotation of the roller 21 and the pile coin 10. It is inserted in the throat between and. Then, when the leading edge of the elastic pad 23 contacts a new sheet of packaging material 30, the pad 23 causes the leading edge 32 of the packaging material 30 to stack.
Press against. Since the packaging material 30 has the adhesive 31 on the side facing the piled coins 10, the packaging material 30 adheres to the piled coins 10.

When the roller 21 and the pad 23 rotate continuously, the elastic pad 23 continuously presses the pile coin 10 via the packaging material 30, so that the pile coin 10 is rotated. When the pile coin 10 rotates, the packaging material sheet 30 follows the rotation surface of the pile coin 10. Because the packaging material 3
This is because 0 is adhered to the surface of the pile coin 10, is pulled to the narrow pressure portion between the roller 21 and the pile coin 10, and is continuously pressed against the pile coin 10 by the elastic pad 23. Thus, the packaging material 30 is tightly wrapped around the heap coins 10 as they are driven by the pad 23.

In the illustrated embodiment, the perimeter of the pad 23 is only slightly longer than the perimeter of the heap coin 10, so that only one layer of the wrapping material 30 is wrapped around the main portion of the heap coin 10 and the tail edge of the wrapping material 30 is wrapped. Only 33 overlies the first layer of packaging material 30 and adheres thereto. However, the roller 21
The diameter and / or the perimeter of the pad 23 may be longer so that more than one layer of wrapping material 30 is wrapped around the pile coin 10. Pad 2 if desired
3 is lengthened so as to be wound around the entire circumference of the roller 21, and the roller 21 is once detached from the piled coin 10 at each rotation,
A new sheet of packaging material 30 can also be fed to the packaging mechanism.

The height of the elastic pad 23 is slightly higher than the height of the piled coins 10, so that the coins at the upper and lower ends of the piled coins 10 are securely fixed by the adhesive 31 near both side edges 34, 35 of the packaging material 30. To do so. If desired, the vertical width L of the packaging material 30 may be slightly lengthened so that it is bent at both the upper and lower ends of the piled coin 10, but the crimping as required in the current coin packaging machine. No operation required. Because the coin is the adhesive 31 on the packaging material 30.
This is because it is held in the packaging material 30 by.

When the tail edge of the elastic pad 23 crosses the pile coin 10,
The rotation of the pile coin 10 stops. At this point, the packaging material sheet 30 has been wrapped around the entire stack of coins 10 and is detachably bonded to the stack of coins 10. In order to eject the wrapped coin roll from the packaging mechanism, a pair of ejection pins 40, 41 project laterally from the packaging roller 21 behind the tail edge of the elastic pad 23 only slightly. When these discharge pins 40, 41 come into contact with the packaged coin roll, they push the coin roll towards the spring-loaded outlet gate 22, which causes the gate 22 to oppose the pressing force of the spring. Is pushed open and the wrapped coin roll is discharged through the opened gate 22. At the same time that the ejection pins 40, 41 contact the coin roll, the shoulder 42 on the support disk 20 also contacts the packaged coin roll to facilitate ejection of the coin roll from the packaging mechanism. After the coin roll crosses gate 22, gate 2
The spring load acting on 2 returns the gate 22 to its closed position.

The packaging roller 21 and the cam 16 attached to the upper end thereof
For the purpose of driving the support disk 20 mounted at the lower end of the roller 21, the roller 21 is fixed to the journal-supported drive shaft 50 by a support plate 51 which is cantilevered from the bottom of the housing 12. The drive shaft 50 also carries a drive pinion 52 which is driven by a suitable drive means, for example a toothed belt driven by an electric motor. Drive shaft 50, if desired
Can be driven directly by an electric motor.

FIG. 7 shows a coin roll wrapped halfway, and the inner surface of the packaging material 30 coated with the adhesive 31 of 32 from the leading edge contacts the piled coin 10 (opposite the piled coin 10 in the radial direction thereof). The surface of the packaging material 30 is herein referred to as an "inner" surface, and the surface opposite to the radially opposite side of the pile coin 10 is referred to as an "outer" surface). As shown in FIG. 8, in the packaged coin roll, the packaging material 3
The tail edge 33 of the inner surface coated with the adhesive 31 of 0 overlaps the outer surface of the leading edge 32 and is adhered to the outer surface by the adhesive 31. The portions of the packaging material 30 to which the adhesive 31 is applied along the both side edges 34, 35 are joined to the coins at the ends of the piled coins 10 to securely hold these coins in the wrapped coin roll. Therefore, the adhesive 31 near both side edges 34, 35
The application part must contain an adhesive 31 which can support the coins. Since the adhesive 31 can be peeled off cleanly,
The coin is releasably retained in the packaging material 30, and
By simply peeling and removing the wrapping material 30, the wrapping material 30 can be separately and neatly separated, whereby the pile coin 10 can be taken out neatly.

(Effects of the Invention) As described in detail above, according to the first invention and the second invention of the present application, packaging can be easily performed without using a complicated guide mechanism for controlling the packaging material during the coin packaging operation. A finished coin roll can be formed.

Further, according to the third invention of the present application, the piled coins can be packaged so that a coin roll that can be easily unpacked is formed.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a perspective view of a coin wrapping mechanism in a first operation stage for forming a coin roll embodying the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the coin wrapping mechanism of FIG. 1 in a second operation stage, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the coin wrapping mechanism of FIG. 1 also in the third operation stage, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the coin wrapping mechanism of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is taken along line 5-5 of FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 6-6 of FIG. 5, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a coin roll halfway wrapped, and FIG. 8 is the mechanism of FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the formed fully wrapped coin roll. Stacked coin 10, packaging material 30, pressure sensitive adhesive 31, side edge portions 34, 35, vertical width L.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A coin wrapping mechanism for wrapping piled coins (10), wherein means (11) for accommodating and stacking coins inside to form a piled coin (10) containing a predetermined number of coins. A supporting plate means (20) for rotatably supporting the pile coin (10) about its own axis, and the pile coin (10) while pressing the packaging material (30) against the pile coin (10). Rotating / pressing means (21, 21a, 21b, 23, 5) for rotating 10) about its own axis.
0, 52, C), and a means (22, 40, 41) forcing the stacking coin (10) to be removed from the rotating and pressing means after the desired length of packaging material (30) has been wrapped around the coin. , 42), and the side of the packaging material (30) facing the pile coin (10) is adhered to the pile coin (10) and is detachable so as to be wound around it. A pressure sensitive adhesive (31) is applied, and the rotation / pressing means presses the packaging material (30) against the peripheral surface of the piled coins (10).
And rolling the peripheral surface of the pile coin (10) on the surface of the elastic means (23) to wind the packaging material (30) around the pile coin (10).
3) has a rotation driving means (50, 52) for rotating, and the elastic means (23) has a notch portion which does not come into contact with the peripheral surface of the pile coin along the circumferential direction. Using the recess formed by the notch, (i) taking out the packed pile of coins (10), (ii) inserting a new pile of coins (10), (iii) pile of coins (10) ) And the elastic means (23) between which the packaging material (30) can be inserted. 2. The rotation for rotating a pile of coins (10)
The pressing means is a driven packaging roller (21) and a packaging chamber (C).
And means for taking out (22, 40, 41, 42)
In the direction of rotation of the driven wrapping roller (21) in the wrapping chamber (C)
A coin wrapping mechanism according to claim 1, comprising gate means (22) for enabling the removal of the wrapped pile of coins (10). 3. A coin wrapping mechanism for wrapping piled coins (10), which is an instrument for accommodating and stacking coins therein to form a piled coin (10) containing a predetermined number of coins. 11)
A supporting plate means (20) for rotatably supporting the pile coin (10) about its own axis, and the pile coin (10) while pressing the packaging material (30) against the pile coin (10). Rotating / pressing means (21, 21a, 21b, 23, 5) for rotating 10) about its own axis.
0, 52, C), and a means (22, 40, 41) forcing the stacking coin (10) to be removed from the rotating and pressing means after the desired length of packaging material (30) has been wrapped around the coin. , 42), and the side of the packaging material (30) facing the pile coin (10) is adhered to the pile coin (10) and is detachable so as to be wound around it. A pressure sensitive adhesive (31) is applied, and an instrument (1) for accommodating and stacking the coins therein
1) is a pipe (11) for accommodating and holding a pile of coins (10) in the vicinity of the support plate means (20).
The pipe (11) has a lower end of the pipe (11) aligned with the support plate means (20) for placing a pile of coins (10) on the support plate means (20). The first position and the tube (1
1) is pivotally pivoted between a second position in which the lower end is closed so as to receive a new pile coin (10) through the upper end, and the coin wrapping mechanism further comprises: A coin wrapping mechanism having cam means (16) rotatably provided in synchronization with the rotation of the piled coins (10) for moving the pipe (11) from the first position to the second position. 4. A method for packing piled coins (10), wherein a predetermined number of coins are arranged so as to form piled coins (10), and the coins are supported on the side facing the piled coins (10). A packaging material (30) coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive (31) that has a high adhesive strength that can be removed and that can be peeled off cleanly.
The pile of coins (10) on the side coated with the adhesive (31)
Where the width of the packaging material (30) is larger than the perimeter of the piled coins, and the vertical width (L) of the packaging material (30) is at least the same as the height of the piled coins (10). (31) piles up the packaging material (30) coins (10)
While pressing the packaging material (30) against the piled coins (10) so as to form a coin roll by adhering the packaging material (30) around the piled coins (10) and winding it around the piled coins (10). The pile coin (10) is rotated about its own axis, where the adhesive (31) ensures that the pile coin (10) is retained in the packaging material (30). The packaging material (30) is arranged so as to contact at least coins at both ends, and the packaging material (30) is pressed by the elastic pressing means (23) against the rotating pile coin (10), and the pile coin (10) is A method of packaging coins, characterized in that the elastic pressing means (23) is rotated by the movement of the elastic pressing means (23).