JPH0716215Y2 - Coin handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial field of application of the present invention> The present invention relates to a coin processing device which is used in a public telephone, a vending machine or the like, and which carries out return storage processing of inserted coins.

<Prior Art> (Figs. 6 and 7) For example, in a coin processing device of a public telephone, a plurality of inserted coins are temporarily stored in the end portion of a storage track in the order of insertion, and the coins are directed to a safe according to a call charge. The sorting process is performed so that the coins are moved to the storage track and the remaining coins are moved to the return track toward the return slot.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a conventional processing mechanism.

The inserted coins C1, C2, C3, after undergoing coin selection (not shown), roll on the accumulation track 1 and come into contact with the storage lever 2 and the return lever 3 provided near the exit thereof. The coins C1 are stopped in order from the coin C1.

The storage lever 2 and the return lever 3 are controlled by the drive devices 4 and 5 composed of electromagnets and the like so as to move back and forth to and from the coin orbit, and the storage lever 2 formed as shown in FIG. When proceeding in the direction of arrow A (closer to the coin orbit), the leading coin C1 passes through the passage slit 2a provided in the storage lever 2 by its own weight and proceeds in the direction of arrow B, that is, the storage orbit 6 (FIG. 6).

The storage lever 2 is provided with a stop pin 7 projecting from the side in the direction of the accumulation track 1. When the coin is stored, the stop pin 7 moves in the direction A together with the storage lever 2 to stop the subsequent coin C2 from advancing. ing.

Therefore, when the storage lever 2 returns to the original position, the subsequent coin C2 advances to a position where it comes into contact with the return lever 3, and further the coin C3 also goes to a position where it comes into contact with the coin C2.

The return lever 3 is also provided with a similar passage slit 3a, and when the drive device 5 moves the return lever 3 in the direction of arrow C, the remaining coins (C2, C3) on the accumulation track 1 are moved in the direction of arrow D, that is, We will proceed to the return orbit 8 (Fig. 6).

<Problems to be solved by the invention> However, in the conventional coin processing device having the above-mentioned mechanism, even if the usage charge (call charge) is smaller than the leading coin C1, the leading coin C1 It will be stored and payment will be made.

For example, the first coin C1 is a 100-yen coin, and the second coin C2 is 1.
Even if the usage fee is 10 yen for a 0 yen coin, if the return lever 3 is driven, the 10 yen coin will be returned together with the 100 yen coin, so only the 100 yen coin is returned and the 10 yen coin is stored. It is not possible to do so, and it will damage the user for 90 yen.

In order to solve this, the stop pin 7 that was integrally linked with the storage lever 2 is configured to be independently driven by another drive device, and when returning a coin before the coin to be stored, the return lever 3 With this stop pin accumulation track 1
It is possible to return the coins one by one until the target coins come into contact with the return lever 3, but in this case, the number of drive devices increases and the device becomes large. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing device that solves this problem.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to solve the above problems, the coin processing device of the present invention is formed so as to be capable of advancing and retracting from the side direction near the end of the coin orbit, and contacts the leading coin to the first path. A first gate member having an abutting part for restricting passage of the first coin and a passing part for passing the leading coin to the first path, and the abutting part or passage of the first gate member is moved. A first drive device for locating the portion on the coin orbit, and an entry stop member that is connected to the first gate member and that enters the coin orbit along with the passage portion of the first gate member to restrict entry of subsequent coins into the passage portion. , A contact portion for advancing and retreating from the side direction near the end of the coin orbit and for contacting the leading coin to restrict passage to the second path and for passing the leading coin to the second path A second gate member having a passage portion; A second drive unit for moving the contact member and moving the contact portion or the passage portion thereof on the coin orbit, and the second gate device, which is connected to the second gate member, and also enters the passage on the coin orbit. And a passage prohibiting member that closes the passage portion of the first gate member on the coin orbit and prevents passage of the leading coin to the first path.

<Operation> Therefore, when both the contact portions of the first and third gate members are on the coin orbit, the inserted coin abuts on the contact portion and stops, and from this stopped state, only the first gate member When the coin moves and the passage portion and the entry stop member enter the coin orbit, only the leading coin advances to the first path.

Further, when only the second gate member moves from the stopped state and the passage portion and the passage prohibition member enter the coin orbit, the leading coins and the succeeding coins advance to the second path.

Further, when the first and second gate members move from the stopped state and the respective passage portions, the entry stop member and the passage prohibition member enter the coin orbit, only the leading coin moves to the second route. Become.

<Embodiment of the Invention> (FIGS. 1 to 3) Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part of one embodiment, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a part of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing the whole one embodiment.

In FIG. 3, the coin processing device 10 has a coin track formed by two track forming plates 12 and 17 attached to the substrate 11 with a gap.

The track forming plate 12 allows the coin received from the coin receiving port 13 provided at the upper end to pass through the coin selecting sensor 15 provided between the coin selecting tracks 14.

The coin sorting sensor 15 detects a change in the magnetic field generated in the coin sorting track 14 when the coins pass, in order to sort whether the passing coins are regular coins, and sends the coins to a sorting device (not shown). When the sorting device determines that the passing coin is an illegal coin, the defective coin discharging window provided on the side surface of the coin sorting track 14 is provided.
Eject coins from 16 (ejecting mechanism not shown).

The regular coins that have reached the lower end of the coin sorting track 14 are track forming plates.
It rolls on the coin accumulation orbit 18 formed in 17.

At the lower end of the coin accumulating track 18, a coin storage lever 20 is arranged which penetrates the first insertion hole 11a provided in the board 11 along the track from the back side of the board 11.

The coin storing lever 20 is a lever for storing coins on the coin accumulating track 18 as the first gate member.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the coin storage lever 20 is bent in a substantially L shape, and at the tip of the storage gate plate 21 which is substantially orthogonal to the substrate 11, the bottom end 18 of the coin accumulation track 18 is formed.
An abutting piece 22 that is elongated so as to be continuous with a and a passage slit 23 that is formed along the inside of the abutting piece 22 are provided.

On the rear side of the substrate 11, the connecting plate 24 is bent so as to rise from the storage gate plate 21 substantially parallel to the substrate 11, and
A stop pin 25 orthogonal to the substrate 11 direction is attached.

The length of the stop pin 25 from the connecting plate 24 is the same as the connecting plate.
The distance from 24 to the edge of the passage slit 23 close to the contact piece 22 is set to be substantially equal, and the entire coin storage lever 20 moves toward the substrate 11, and the passage slit 23 extends the coin accumulation track 18. When located above, the tip of the stop pin 25 has a second insertion hole 11b formed in the board 11 in a V shape.
(Fig. 3) will be inserted to enter the track 18.

The coin storage lever 20 has an upper end portion of a connecting plate 24 connected to a suction movable plate 27 of an electromagnet 26 serving as a first driving device.

The electromagnet 26 drives the coin storage lever 20 so that the contact piece 22 is located on the bottom extension of the coin accumulating track 18 when not energized and the passage slit 23 is located when energized.

On the other hand, at the front end of the coin accumulating track 18, a coin return lever 30 is provided which inserts the third insertion hole 11c provided in the substrate 11 from the rear side.

The coin return lever 30 is a lever for returning coins on the coin accumulation track 18 as the second gate member.

As shown in FIG. 1, the return gate plate 31 of the coin return lever 30 is arranged at a predetermined angle above the storage gate plate 21 of the coin storage lever 20 and is bent in a direction orthogonal to the board 11. The tip portion is provided with an abutting piece 32 that comes into contact with the coin to prevent the coin from proceeding, and a passing cutout portion 33 formed inside the abutting piece 32.

The return gate plate 31 is connected to a connecting plate 34 formed substantially parallel to the substrate 11, and the lower end portion of the connecting plate 34 is
A passage prohibition plate (35) extending to the lower surface side of the storage gate plate (21) of the coin storage lever (20) is provided.

The length of the passage prohibiting plate 35 in the direction of the substrate 11 from the connecting plate 34 is
Similarly, the length from the connecting plate 34 to the edge of the passage cutout 33 near the contact piece 32 is set to be substantially equal, and the entire coin return lever 30 moves toward the substrate 11, so that the passage cutout 33 becomes coin. When located on an extension of the storage track 18, the passage prohibition plate 35
Also goes through the first insertion hole 11a and enters the track.

In this coin return lever 30, the upper end of the connecting plate 34 is connected to the attraction movable plate 37 of the electromagnet 36 which is the second drive device.

The electromagnet 36 drives the coin return lever 30 so that the contact piece 32 is located on the extension of the coin accumulating track 18 when not energized and the passage cutout 33 and the passage prohibition plate 35 are located when energized.

In addition, the position of the stop hinge 25 is the contact piece 22 of the two levers,
The dimensions of each part are set in advance so as to be located in the gap between the coin that has come into contact with 32 and stopped, and the coin that follows it, and the track forming plate 17 is provided with the first, second and third parts provided on the substrate 11.
Evacuation holes 17a, 17b, 17c are provided at positions corresponding to the insertion holes 11a, 11b, 11c, respectively.

A track formed downward from the escape hole 17a is a coin storage track 40, and coins passing through the track 40 are stored in a safe (not shown) through a discharge port 40a opened downward. Become.

An open return outlet 45 is formed on the right side of the escape hole 17c (Fig. 1), and the coins discharged from the return outlet 45 are coins together with the coins from the defective coin discharge window 16. It will be returned to the return port (not shown).

<Operation of the Embodiment> (FIG. 4) Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described.

For example, when regular 100-yen coins, 10-yen coins, and 50-yen coins are sequentially received from the coin receiving port 12a, these coins proceed to the coin accumulation orbit 18 via the coin sorting orbit 14.

At this time, assuming that the two electromagnets 26 and 36 are in the non-energized state, the inserted coin is the first 100-yen coin, as shown in FIG. 4 (a) when FIG. 1 is viewed from the direction of arrow S. The abutting pieces 22, 32 of the two levers abut and stop, and the subsequent 10-yen coin and the 50-yen coin also abut on each other and stop on the coin accumulating track 18 in order.

Here, when a device (public telephone, vending machine, etc.) is used and the charge is 10 yen, both electromagnets 26 and 36 are energized, and the coin storage lever 20 and the coin return lever 30 are both on the substrate 11. Move in the direction.

Therefore, although the leading 100-yen coin tries to fall into the passage slit 23 of the coin storage lever 20, the coin return lever
Since the passage prohibition plate 35 of 30 is also moving in the orbit at the same time,
The leading 100-yen coin rolls on the passage prohibition plate 35 as shown in FIG. 4 (b), passes through the passage cutout 33, is discharged from the return discharge port 45, and is returned.

At this time, 10 yen coins and 50 yen coins
It has stopped due to the entry of 25.

When the two electromagnets 26, 36 return to the non-energized state, the 10-yen coin advances as the leading coin and comes into contact with the two contact pieces 22, 32 to stop.

Next, when one of the electromagnets 26 is energized, FIG. 4 (c)
As shown in, the coin storage lever 20 moves toward the board 11, and the 10-yen coin passes through the passage slit 23,
After 40, it is stored in a safe.

This completes the settlement of the charge, then the electromagnet 26 is de-energized, the electromagnet 36 is energized, and the coin return lever
Only 30 moves toward the substrate 11, and the 50-yen coin passes through the passing notch 33 and is returned as shown in FIG. 4 (d).

<Other embodiment of the present invention> (Fig. 5) In the above embodiment, the coin storing lever 20 is provided at the bottom end of the coin accumulating track 18, and the coin returning lever 30 is provided in the front direction. However, this is not a limitation of the present invention. For example, as shown in FIG.
The first and second gate members 51 and 52 may be arranged so as to receive the coin C dropped from above via 50 at an equal angle (53 is a passage stop member and 54 is an entrance stop member).

The shapes of the two gate members (the coin storage lever 20 and the coin return lever 30) are not limited to those in the above embodiment, and the two gate members may be arranged on both sides of the coin path. Alternatively, the stop pin 25 as the entry stop member and the passage prohibition plate 35 as the passage prohibition member may be connected via a link mechanism or the like even if they are not directly connected to the gate member as in the above embodiment. You may

Further, although the rotary electromagnets 26 and 36 are used as the drive device for rotating the gate member as the drive device in the above embodiment, a drive device such as a slide electromagnet or a motor may be used.

<Effects of the Present Invention> As described above, the coin processing device of the present invention moves only the leading coins to the first path by moving the two gate members at the same time, and independently moves the coins. Since only the first coin can be advanced to the second route or all the coins can be advanced to the first route, it can be formed in a small size without increasing the number of driving devices, and the optimal settlement of charges can be performed to the user. This has the effect of not causing significant damage.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an essential part of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a part of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing the whole one embodiment. FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (d) are views showing an operation state of one embodiment of FIG. 1 viewed from the direction of arrow S, and FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a conventional device, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a main part of the conventional device. 10 …… Coin processing device, 18 …… Coin accumulation track, 20 …… Coin storage lever, 22 …… Abutting piece, 23 …… Passing slit, 25…
… Stop pin, 26 …… Electromagnet, 30 …… Coin return lever, 32
...... Abutment piece, 33 ...... Passage notch, 35 ...... Passage prevention plate, 36
…… Electromagnet, 40 …… Coin storage orbit, 45 …… Return outlet.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A coin processing device which arbitrarily distributes coins inserted into a predetermined coin orbit to a first or second path in the order of insertion, and is capable of advancing and retracting from a side direction near the end of the coin orbit. A first gate having a contact portion for contacting a leading coin to restrict passage to the first path and a passage portion for passing the leading coin to the first path. A member, a first drive device that moves the first gate member, and positions a contact portion or a passage portion of the first gate member on the coin orbit, and is connected to the first gate member. An entrance stop member that enters the coin orbit along with the passing portion to restrict the entrance of a succeeding coin into the passing portion, and is formed so as to be capable of advancing and retreating from a lateral direction near the end of the coin orbit and abutting the leading coin. For restricting passage to the second path A second gate member having a contact portion and a passage portion for passing the leading coin to the second path; and a contact portion of the second gate member for moving the second gate member. Alternatively, a second drive device for locating the passing portion on the coin orbit and the second gate member are connected to the second gate member and enter the coin orbit together with the passing portion of the second gate member to move on the coin orbit. And a passage prohibiting member that closes the passage portion of the first gate member and blocks passage of the leading coin to the first path.