JPH0741670U - Bulk coin insertion device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When the coins C are put in at one time, the coins C can be easily inserted in an upright aligned state, and the coins C are fed into the inside one by one while maintaining the upright aligned state. [Structure] The coin insertion port 14 allows a coin C to be inserted from a radial direction in a standing alignment state between one fixed reference wall portion 17 and the other wall portion 18. The roller 21 is arranged in a protruding state on the side of one fixed reference wall portion 17. On the other wall portion 18 side, a pressing member 28 is arranged so as to project. The pressing member 28 retracts from the coin insertion opening 14 during standby, and presses the coin C against the roller 21 by the urging force of the spring 32 when the coin C is inserted into the coin insertion opening 14. When the coin is pressed by the pressing member 28, the roller 21 is rotated to feed the coins C one by one into the slits 19 on the back side of the coin insertion opening 14.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a coin batch inserting device capable of batch-inserting a plurality of coins in a vending machine, a money changer, a coin locker, and the like.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 A conventional coin batch insertion device, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 58-124874, aligns a plurality of coins in a vertically stacked state and drops the vertically stacked coins from above. Discharge and place it on the belt at the bottom of the coin slot. Then, as the belt rotates, the lowermost coins contacting the belt are sequentially fed into the inside by frictional contact between the lowermost coin lower surface and the belt upper surface.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the conventional device, the vertically stacked coins are dropped and ejected from above and placed on the belt on the bottom surface of the coin slot, so it is easy to break the vertically stacked condition and the coins stand up. Therefore, it is not possible to reliably send coins one by one.

The present invention has been made in view of the above point, and it is easy to insert coins in an aligned state, and the coins can be accurately inserted one by one while the aligned state of the coins at the time of insertion is reliably maintained. It is an object to provide a coin batch insertion device that can send in coins.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention is a coin insertion slot formed between one fixed reference wall portion in the left-right direction and the other wall portion facing the fixed reference wall portion, and for inserting coins from the radial direction in a standing aligned state, A coin presence / absence detection sensor for detecting the insertion of a coin into the coin insertion opening, and a slit provided on the back side of the coin insertion opening at an interval allowing passage of one coin with reference to the fixed reference wall side. A part of the coin insertion opening is provided so as to project from the fixed reference wall portion, the roller for feeding the coin into the slit during rotation, the roller driving means for imparting rotation to the roller, and the other of the coin insertion opening. A pressing member that is provided so as to project from the wall portion and presses the coin toward the roller by a spring bias, and a pressing member that is positioned at the retracted position against the spring bias and detects the presence or absence of the coin. Coin inspection by sensor And retracting means for at releasing the retreat of the pressing member, it is obtained; and a roller drive instruction switch for actuating the roller drive means when the coin pressing by the pressing member.

[0006]

[Action]

 According to the present invention, when coins in an upright aligned state are inserted from the radial direction into the coin insertion slot, the coin presence / absence detection sensor detects the insertion of the coin, the evacuation drive means is released, and the pressing member pushes the coins by urging. It presses against the roller, and holds the coins in the standing position aligned state in the coin insertion slot between the roller and the pressing member. When the coin is pressed by the pressing member, the roller driving command switch operates the roller driving means, and the rotation of the roller sequentially feeds coins contacting the roller one by one to the slit.

[0007]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, a configuration of an embodiment of the coin batch insertion device of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a front panel of an operation unit such as an automatic vending machine, a money changer, or a coin locker, and a coin batch insertion device 2 is arranged on the front panel 1.

In the coin batch insertion device 2, a coin insertion frame 12 protruding from the front panel 1 to the front is attached to a support frame 11 attached to the front panel 1. On the front surface of the coin insertion frame body 12, a plurality of coins C can be inserted in a state where they are aligned in the left-right direction in a standing posture, and a coin that holds the coins C in the standing posture from the left-right direction. An insertion recess 13 is formed so that the finger of the implanter can be inserted together. A coin insertion port 14 is formed in the center of the back side of the insertion recess 13 so that coins C in an upright position can be inserted from the radial direction. An upper surface 15 of the coin insertion port 14 is inclined downward toward the back side. The lower surface 16 is formed into an arc surface, the fixed reference wall portion 17 is formed on the left side, and the wall portion 18 facing the fixed reference wall portion 17 is formed on the right side. On the back side of the coin insertion slot 14, slits 19 are formed penetrating the coin with an interval that allows passage of one coin with reference to the fixed reference wall 17 side.

A window 20 is formed in the fixed reference wall 17 on the left side of the coin insertion opening 14 in the vicinity of the slit 19, and the window 20 is horizontally arranged on the left back of the coin insertion frame 12. A part of the peripheral surface of the roller 21 is arranged in a protruding state. In this roller 21, a contact member 24 such as rubber having a large friction coefficient is attached around a roller portion 23 having a boss 22, and the boss 22 of the roller portion 23 has a rotating shaft of a motor 25 as a roller driving means. It is connected to 26. Then, the roller 21 is rotationally driven in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 1 by the motor 25 to feed the coin C into the slit 19.

On the right side portion of the coin insertion opening 14 of the coin insertion frame body 12, a wall portion 18 facing the inside of the coin insertion opening 14 and a cylindrical hole portion 27 penetrating in the left-right direction are formed in the right side surface. A cylindrical pressing member 28 is fitted in the hole 27 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. A recess 29 is formed in the center of the right side of the pressing member 28, a projecting piece 30 is formed on the lower right end of the pressing member 28 so as to project downward, and a projection 31 is formed on the left surface of the projecting piece 30. . A coil-shaped ridge 32 is housed between the recess 29 of the pressing member 28 and the right side plate portion 11a of the support frame 11, and the spring 32 keeps the pressing member 28 in the leftward direction, that is, the wall portion 18a. It is urged in the direction in which it projects into the coin insertion slot 14.

A retracting mechanism 33 for retracting the pressing member 28 in the right direction is disposed on the right back portion of the coin insertion frame 12. In this retracting mechanism 33, a lever 34 is arranged along the plate portion 11a on the right side of the support frame 11, the rear end of this lever 34 is pivotally supported by a support shaft 35, and the tip is It is in contact with the projection 31 of the pressing member 28. A cam 36 is disposed on the left side of the lever 34. A substantially semicircular cam plate 38 is formed around the boss 37, and a pin 39 is formed on the lower surface of one end of the cam plate 38. The boss 37 is connected to the rotating shaft 41 of the motor 40 as a retracting drive means. Then, as shown in FIG. 1, the cam 36 is in a fixed position when the pin 39 is engaged with the lever 34 and the lever 34 is moved to the right, that is, the pressing member 28 is retracted, and the motor 40 is rotated. This makes one full rotation in the counterclockwise direction.

Further, a roller drive command switch 42 is disposed on the left side of the cam 36, and the roller drive command switch 42 is located at a position where the operating plate 43 can contact the cam plate 38 of the cam 36. 1, the operating plate 43 projects rightward at the fixed position of the cam 36 as shown in FIG. 1 and is in the off state, and as shown in FIG. The actuating plate 43 is pushed leftward by the cam plate 38 to be turned on. Then, when the roller drive command switch 42 is turned on, the motor 25 of the roller 21 operates.

Further, at the central back portion of the coin insertion frame body 12, there is provided a shoe 44 for guiding the coin C fed from the coin insertion opening 14 to the back portion side through the slit 19 to a coin discrimination counting portion (not shown) below. Has been done.

Further, an optical coin presence / absence detection sensor 45 for detecting the insertion of the coin C into the coin insertion opening 14 is provided. This coin presence / absence detection sensor 45 has a light emitter and a light receiver arranged in the upper and lower parts of the coin insertion frame 12, passes the detection light through the coin insertion opening 14, and when the detection light is transmitted, there is no coin. When light is blocked, the presence of coins is detected.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

In the standby state, as shown in FIG. 1, the lever 34 is swung to the right by the cam 36, the pressing member 28 is retracted to the right via the lever 34, and the coin insertion slot 14 Is opened.

When a plurality of coins C are to be inserted at a time, the plurality of coins C are aligned in the left-right direction in a standing posture, and the coins C in the standing alignment state are arranged in the left-right direction by the coin depositor. With the finger held, the coin C is inserted into the coin insertion opening 14 through the insertion recess 13 from the radial direction. At this time, the coins C may be of the same denomination or different denominations.

By inserting the coin C into the coin insertion opening 14, the detection light of the coin presence / absence detection sensor 45 is blocked and the presence of the coin is detected.

Upon detection of the presence of the coin, as shown in FIG. 2, the motor 40 is operated and the cam 36 is rotated counterclockwise in the figure, and the pin 39 of the cam 36 is moved leftward to move the lever 34. The rightward pressing of the pressing member 28 is released, the pressing member 28 retracted by the lever 34 is moved leftward by the bias of the spring 32, and the left end surface of the pressing member 28 contacts the coin C, The urging force of the spring 32 holds the coin C between the pressing member 28 and the fixed reference wall portion 17. In the state where the coins C are sandwiched in this way, the standing aligned state of the coins C is reliably maintained even when the finger is removed from the coin C. After the coin C is clamped, the pressing member 28 stops moving leftward, so that only the lever 34 is continuously moved leftward and the lever 34 is in contact with the rotating shaft 41. The lever 34 also stops moving.

Further, when the cam 36 rotates approximately half a turn, as shown in FIG. 3, the cam plate 38 of the cam 36 pushes the operating plate 43, the roller drive command switch 42 is turned on, and the motor 40 is stopped. At the same time, the motor 25 is operated. The roller 21 is rotated counterclockwise by the operation of the motor 25, one coin C contacting the peripheral surface of the roller 21 is sent to the slit 19 on the back side, and the remaining coin C is inserted into the coin insertion slot. Movement is restricted by 14 rear wall parts. At the moment when one coin C fed into the slit 19 comes out of the aligned portion in the coin insertion slot 14 and there is a gap for one coin, the coin C in the aligned state via the pressing member 28 by the urging force of the spring 32. Moves toward the fixed reference wall portion 17, the next fed coin C contacts the roller 21, and is fed into the slit 19 like the first coin C. The feeding speed of the coins from the coin batch insertion device 2 to the identification / counter unit is set according to the speed at which the identification / counter unit can perform the identification and the counting process one by one.

In this way, the coins C are sequentially sent to the slit 19 one by one, and the coins C sent to the slit 19 are guided to the coin identifying / counting unit through the chute 44.

After all the coins C have been sent, if no coins have been sent to the coin identification counting unit for a predetermined time, a termination signal is output from the coin identification counting unit that determines that the coin has been inserted, and based on this termination signal. , The motor 25 is stopped and the motor 40 is activated again. The cam 36 is rotated by the operation of the motor 40, the pin 39 of the cam 36 is again brought into contact with the lever 34, and the pressing member 28 is retracted rightward via the lever 34.

Then, when it is detected by the fixed position detection switch (not shown) that the cam 36 has made one rotation and returned to the fixed position, the motor 40 is stopped, and as shown in FIG. Return to the operation standby state.

As described above, the coins C in the standing aligned state can be inserted into the coin insertion opening 14 from the radial direction while being held by the coin inserter's finger from the left and right directions, and the coins C can be erected during this insertion. Since the position alignment state can be held between the roller 21 and the pressing member 28, the coin C can be easily inserted and the alignment state of the coin C can be reliably held. Moreover, since the coins C are fed under the pressing condition between the roller 21 and the pressing member 28, the coins C can be reliably fed one by one without disturbing the aligned state.

The retracting drive means 40 is not limited to a motor, and an electric drive means such as a solenoid may be used.

[0027]

[Effect of device]

 According to the present invention, coins can be inserted into the coin insertion slot from the radial direction in the standing position aligned state, and the standing position aligned state of the coins at the time of insertion can be held between the roller and the pressing member. The coins are easy to insert, and the coins can be reliably maintained in the aligned state during insertion. Moreover, since the coins are fed under the pressing condition between the roller and the pressing member, the coins can be reliably fed one by one without disturbing the aligned state of the coins.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the coin batch insertion device of the present invention,
It is a top view which notched a part of coin insertion state.

FIG. 2 is a plan view in which a part of a state in which a coin is sandwiched in the above embodiment is cut away.

FIG. 3 is a plan view in which a part of the state after the coin is fed in according to the above embodiment is cut away.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the embodiment.

5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 4 of the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a part of the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 14 Coin insertion slot 17 Fixed reference wall 19 Slit 21 Roller 25 Motor as roller driving means 28 Pushing member 40 Motor as retracting driving means 42 Roller drive command switch 45 Coin presence / absence detection sensor C Coin

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A coin insertion opening formed between one fixed reference wall portion in the left-right direction and the other wall portion facing the fixed reference wall portion, for inserting coins from the radial direction in an upright aligned state. A coin presence / absence detection sensor for detecting insertion of a coin into the coin insertion opening, and a slit provided on the back side of the coin insertion opening at an interval allowing passage of one coin with reference to the fixed reference wall side. A part of the coin insertion opening protruding from a fixed reference wall portion for feeding the coin into the slit during rotation, a roller driving means for imparting rotation to the roller, and the other of the coin insertion openings It is provided so that it can project from the wall of
A pressing member that presses the coin toward the roller by a spring bias, and the pressing member is positioned at the retracted position against the spring bias and the retracting of the pressing member is released when the coin is detected by the coin presence detection sensor. A coin batch insertion device, comprising: a retracting drive unit that operates the roller and a roller drive command switch that operates the roller drive unit when the coin is pressed by the pressing member.