JPH0665967U - Cylindrical article dispensing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] An object of the present invention is to prevent a columnar article from falling out of a cassette outlet in a device for ejecting a columnar article. A cassette 4 for accommodating cylindrical articles in a radially aligned state is loaded into the apparatus main body 1 in a forwardly tilted posture, and an ejecting means 1 is provided from an outlet 11 formed at the tip of the cassette 4.
In a columnar article ejecting device for ejecting columnar articles one by one, in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the door body 3 which is opened / closed when the cassette 4 is loaded, when the door body 3 is opened, the outlet of the cassette 4 is taken out. The article dropout prevention mechanism 4 is provided with a closing body 23 that moves to a position where 11 is closed and retracts to a position that does not hinder the ejection of a cylindrical article when the door body 3 is closed.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 In the present invention, for example, a cylindrical article such as a coin bar in which a predetermined number of coins are stacked and packaged is housed in a cassette, the cassette is loaded into the apparatus, and the cassette is ejected one by one from an outlet of the cassette. The present invention relates to a columnar article dispensing device.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, as a device for ejecting the above-mentioned cylindrical article, for example, a device disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 62-59833 is known.

In the apparatus disclosed in this publication, a plurality of cassettes in which cylindrical articles are arranged in a radial direction according to types and stored are loaded from the rear of the apparatus main body into the apparatus main body in a forward tilted posture, and The columnar articles are ejected one by one from the ejection port formed at the tip of the cassette by the ejection means arranged at the tip position.

[0004] The outlet of the cassette is opened upward so that only the top surface of the tip of the cassette can be pushed upwards by one cylindrical article, and the cassette is loaded in the apparatus main body in a forward tilted posture. In this state, the columnar article is urged toward the tip by gravity, but it is designed so that it will not fall out of the outlet.

At the time of ejecting a cylindrical article, the ejecting means enters from a slit formed on the bottom surface of the cassette, pushes up the cylindrical article at the leading edge, and ejects it from the ejection port. .

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the above conventional device, when the cassette is loaded vigorously at the time of loading, the gravity of all the cylindrical articles in the cassette is concentrated at the tip by the impact when the cassette is stopped at the loading position. However, there was a problem that the columnar article was pushed up and pushed out from the outlet, and dropped out of the cassette.

Therefore, it is necessary to carefully load the cassettes, and it takes a lot of time to load the cassettes in an apparatus that loads a large number of cassettes in multiple stages, and there is a problem that operability is poor.

[0008] In view of this, the present invention has a cylindrical article throwing device capable of reliably preventing a cylindrical article from falling out of its outlet when loading a cassette without adding a special operation by adding a simple structure. The purpose is to provide a dispensing device.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 As a means for solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention mounts a cassette, which houses cylindrical articles in a radially aligned state, in the apparatus main body in a forward tilted posture, and the tip of the cassette is mounted. In a columnar article ejecting device for ejecting columnar articles one by one from ejection ports formed in the above, the door is opened and closed in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the door which is opened and closed when the cassette is loaded. It is characterized by comprising an article drop-out prevention mechanism having a closing body which sometimes moves to a position where the outlet of the cassette is closed and retracts to a position where it does not hinder the ejection of a cylindrical article when the door body is closed. .

[0010]

[Action]

 When the door of the device body is opened to load the cassette containing the cylindrical articles into the device body, the closing body moves to the place where the outlet should be located when the cassette is loaded by the operation of the article dropout prevention mechanism. The outlet is closed, and even if the cassette is vigorously loaded and the foremost cylindrical article in the cassette is about to be pushed out, the closing body prevents the ejection.

After the loading of the cassette is completed, when the door of the main body of the apparatus is closed, the article drop-out prevention mechanism operates in conjunction therewith, and the closing body retracts from the position of the outlet of the cassette and throws the cylindrical article. It does not interfere with the delivery.

[0012]

【Example】

 The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an inside of an embodiment in which the present invention is used for depositing a coin, and FIGS. 2A to 2D show its operating state. .

The apparatus main body 1 is a flat and vertically long box-like body, and its rear surface 1a is open, and this rear surface 1a is a door body attached to one side thereof by hinges 2 and 2 so as to be rotatable in the lateral direction. 3 are opened and closed so that a plurality of cassettes 4, 4, ... Can be loaded in the apparatus main body 1 in a forward tilted manner from the rear surface 1a side along the guides 5, 5 ,. It has become. Reference numeral 6 is a stopper for determining the insertion limit of the cassette 4, and reference numeral 7 is a projection on the side surface of the cassette 4 for abutting and positioning the stopper 6.

The cassette 4 has a width capable of accommodating the coin bars 8, 8 ... Arranged in the radial direction, and both sides of the open upper surface cover both ends of the coin bars 8, 8. In this way, the holding edges 9 and 9 for preventing the coin bar from popping out are provided so as to project inward, and there is a standing wall 10 at the front end of the cassette 4 which defines the lower limit of the coin bar 8. From the above, the holding edges 9, 9 are removed by an interval corresponding to the diameter of one bar, so that an outlet 11 for the bar 8 is formed. Further, a pair of left and right slits 12, 12 are formed from the standing wall 10 to the bottom plate 4a of the cassette 4.

A rod that is fixed to a belt 13 driven by a motor (not shown) and moves up and down along a guide rod 14 that is vertically fixed in the apparatus body 1 inside the apparatus body 1. An elevator 15 for taking out gold is provided, and a ejecting means 16 for taking out one coin bar 8 is provided on the side of the elevator 15 facing the cassette 4.

The ejecting means 16 has a rotary shaft 17 axially supported between the side wall of the elevator 15 and in parallel with the outlet 11 of the cassette 4, and a motor 19 for rotating the rotary shaft 17 via a belt 18. And an arm-shaped projecting piece 20, 20 fixed to the rotating shaft 17 and capable of passing through the slits 12, 1 of the cassette 4, the projecting piece 20, 20 being located at the foremost end of the cassette 4. The push bar 8 is pushed up from below and is thrown out into the elevator 15.

A coin-roll receiving port 21 for receiving the coin-roll 8 carried by the elevator 15 is opened on the upper surface of the front side of the apparatus main body 1, and the receiving port 21 is opened and closed by a shutter 22. It is like this.

Inside the apparatus main body 1, there is provided a dropout prevention mechanism 24 having closed bodies 23, 23 ... For opening and closing the outlets 11, 11, ... Of the cassettes 4, 4.

In the falling prevention mechanism 24 in the illustrated embodiment, an operating rod 25 is provided in the up-down direction along the inner side surface of the apparatus body 1, and the upper and lower portions of the operating rod 25 are provided on the upper and lower inner side surfaces of the apparatus body 1. One ends of rocking levers 27, 27 pivotally supported by shafts 26, 26 are connected, and the other ends of the rocking levers 27, 27 are connected by a connecting rod 28. Further, elongated holes 29, 29 formed in the upper and lower portions of the operating rod 25 in the same inclination direction and at substantially the same inclination angle as the cassette 4 are provided on the inner side surface of the apparatus main body 1 with a head-end pin 30, It is fitted to 30 to prevent rattling when the operating rod 25 moves.

On the other hand, an interlocking rod 31 is provided slidably in the front and rear direction inside the main body 1 of the apparatus by means of pins 32 and 32 and long holes 33 and 33, and one end of this interlocking rod 31 is the door. The other end of the interlocking rod 31 is connected to an arm 34 fixed to the body 3 via a lever 35, and the other end of the interlocking rod 31 is connected to one end of a relay rod 38 pivotally supported by the device body 1 by a shaft 37. The end is connected to the upper portion of the operating rod 25 via a lever 39.

On the side surface of the operating rod 25, the closing bodies 23, 23 ... For opening and closing the outlets 11, 11, ... Of the cassettes 4, 4, ... Are provided, and the door body 3 is opened. At this time (indicated by the chain line in FIG. 1), the interlocking rod 31 is pulled and the operating rod 25 is moved obliquely downward by the swinging of the swinging levers 27, 27 which rotate about the shafts 26, 26, thereby closing the closing bodies 23, 23. ... moves slightly in an arc shape and is positioned on the upper surface of the outlets 11, 11 ... of the cassettes 4, 4 ..., and when the door body 3 is closed (shown by the solid line in FIG. 1), the interlocking rod 31 pushes. As a result, the operating rod 25 moves so as to be pulled up obliquely upward, and the closing bodies 23, 23 ... Are moved to a position retracted rearward from the upper surfaces of the outlets 11, 11 ,. ing.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

When the cassettes 4, 4 ... In which the coin bars 8, 8 ... Are aligned and stored in the radial direction are loaded into the apparatus main body 1, when the door body 3 on the rear surface 1a of the apparatus main body 1 is opened, the arms 34 are moved. Since the lever 35 is pulled, the interlocking rod 31 is pulled, and the relay rod 38 connected to the tip thereof is rotated clockwise in FIG. 1, so that the operating rod 25 is pushed through the lever 39 and the operating rod 25 Is moved obliquely downward toward the front of the apparatus main body 1 by the swinging of swinging levers 27, 27 that rotate about shafts 26, 26.

As a result, the closing bodies 23, 23 ... Provided on the operating rod 25 are located at the positions where the outlets 11, 11 ... of the cassettes 4, 4 ... To be loaded are located as shown in FIG. 2 (A). An arcuate trajectory is drawn as indicated by arrow a to move to the upper surface position. Next, the cassettes 4, 4 ... Are loaded in a forward tilted posture along the guides 5, 5 ,. When the projections 7 hit the stoppers 6 and the position is determined, the upper surface of the outlet 11 is as shown in FIG. 2 (B). Then, it is closed by the closing body 23. Therefore, even if the cassette 4 is loaded vigorously and the pressure is applied to the foremost coin bar 8 so as to eject it, it is pressed by the closing body 23 and prevented from ejecting or falling off.

When the loading of the cassettes 4, 4, ... Is completed and the door body 3 is closed, the interlocking rod 31 is pushed by the arm 34 via the lever 35, and the relay rod 38 connected to the tip thereof is shown in FIG. , The actuating rod 25 is pulled back via the lever 39, and the actuating rod 25 is moved rearwardly of the main body 1 by swinging the swing levers 27, 27 about the shafts 26, 26. To the upper side, and by the movement of the operating rod 25, the closing bodies 23, 23 ... Are rearward of the outlets 11, 11 of the cassettes 4, 4 ... As shown in FIG. It draws an arcuate trajectory and evacuates, and moves to a position where it does not hinder the ejection of the coin bar 8.

When the door body 3 is locked and then the ejection operation is started, the elevator 15 is stopped in front of the cassette 4 in which coins of the denomination to be ejected are stored, and then the motor 19 of the ejection means 16 is operated. The rotary shaft 17 is driven to rotate in the direction of the arrow (b) in FIG. 2D via the belt 18, and the ejecting pieces 20, 20 enter the slits 12, 12 at the tip of the cassette 4 from below and The foremost metal bar 8 at the position is pushed up and discharged into the elevator 15 as indicated by the arrow (c).

In this way, after a predetermined number of coins 8 of a predetermined denomination are taken out, the elevator 15 moves to the highest position, the shutter 22 of the receiving port 21 is opened, and the coins 8 are taken out.

It should be noted that the fall-off prevention mechanism 24 shows one embodiment, and if necessary, the closing bodies 23, 23 ... Can be moved between the two positions in conjunction with opening and closing of the door body 3. Of course, other appropriate means can be adopted. Further, in the case of a single cassette, the elevator 15 may not be used and it may be discharged directly to the receiving port.

[0030]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, when the cassette is loaded, since the closing body is located above the portion where the front exit of the cassette should be located, the total weight of the cylindrical articles in the cassette is reduced when the cassette is loaded. Even if it is added to the frontmost cylindrical article, it is prevented from being pushed out and falling off, and it is not necessary to pay attention to the loading of the cassette, and the workability can be remarkably improved. Also, if the door body is closed after loading the cassette, the closing body moves to a position retracted from the cassette outlet so that the ejecting operation is not hindered.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

2A to 2D are explanatory views showing the same operating condition.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Device main body 1a Back surface 3 Door body 4 Cassette 8 Coin bar as a cylindrical article 9 Holding edge 10 Standing wall 11 Outlet opening 12 Slit 15 Elevator 16 Ejecting means 20 Ejecting piece 21 Receiving port 23 Closing body 24 Fall prevention mechanism 25 Operation Rod 28 Connecting rod 31 Interlocking rod 38 Relay rod

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cassette for accommodating cylindrical articles in an aligned state in a radial direction is loaded into a main body of the apparatus in a tilted posture, and a cylindrical article is ejected from an outlet formed at the tip of the cassette by ejecting means. In a columnar article dispensing device that dispenses books one by one, interlocks with the opening / closing operation of the door body that opens and closes when loading the cassette, and when the door body opens, shifts to a position where the outlet of the cassette is closed and the door body is closed. A columnar article ejection device characterized by comprising an article drop-out prevention mechanism having a closing body which is sometimes retracted to a position where it does not hinder the ejection of a columnar article.