JPH074681Y2 - Coin flow path switching mechanism - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention is a coin handling mechanism such as a vending machine and a money changer, and in particular, switching of a coin flow path in an apparatus having a collecting section for coins remaining in a coin hopper. Regarding the mechanism.

(Prior Art) In a vending machine, a money changer, etc., a hopper for coins used as change or small money lending and a discharge duct for customers are provided, and residual coins in the hopper are prevented to prevent theft when the machine is out of operation. It was common to diverge the recovery duct from the discharge duct.

However, since the switching gate provided at the branch point is conventionally driven manually by an operator or by a solenoid or the like in order to select discharge and collection of coins, it is not only troublesome but also the coins are scattered due to erroneous operation or malfunction. There was a flaw.

Further, in order to solve such a problem, there is a system in which the hopper is operated by the switching detection signal of the gate to perform the recovery, but there is a defect that the cost is increased.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the defects of the conventional coin flow path switching mechanism as described above, and can reliably and inexpensively switch the coin flow path without adding a special device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a switching mechanism that enables the above.

(Summary of the Invention) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the coin flow path switching mechanism of the present invention is such that the coin flow path selection gate provided at the duct branch point is switched by opening and closing the panel of the machine body.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.

Prior to the description of the embodiments, a conventional coin passage switching mechanism will be briefly described in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a conventional coin flow path switching mechanism, in which a coin return duct 4 is provided from the bottom of the coin hopper 1 toward the coin receiver 3 provided on the front panel 2 of the machine body. The coin flow path is switched by arranging it and branching the recovery duct 6 from the middle of the duct 4 through the switching gate 5 and manually rotating the gate 5.

Further, in FIG. 2B, instead of the gate 5, a part 7 of the duct can be manually switched to either the return side or the recovery side.

The conventional coin passage switching mechanism configured as described above is not only troublesome to operate, but also has a switching gate 5 or a rotating duct 7.
As described above, there is a defect that the coins may be scattered due to the malfunction or the incorrect operation.

In order to solve this problem, the switching mechanism of the present invention has a structure as shown in FIG.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1A, the switching gate 5 provided at the branch point of the duct 10 is biased by the spring 8 and the coin receiver 3 is provided when the coin is returned (when the front panel 2 is closed).
Pushing the switching gate 5 at a part 9 of the part 9 or the part 9
And a part of the switching gate 5 is used as a flow path for coins.

Further, when the coin is collected (when the front panel 2 is opened), the switching gate 5 constitutes a part of the collection duct by the spring 8 as shown in FIG.

By doing so, the coin flow path can be switched very easily and surely, so that there is almost no risk of erroneous operation or malfunction.

In the above embodiment, the case where the gate is opened and closed by a part of the coin receiver has been described, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this. For example, the switching gate is driven by a stick provided inside the front panel. You may.

Needless to say, this idea can also be applied to a device of the type in which a part of the duct shown in FIG. 2 (b) rotates.

(Effects of the Invention) Since the present invention is configured as described above, the coin flow path can be switched easily, reliably, and inexpensively, facilitating the coin collecting work and preventing the misoperation and the scattering of coins due to the malfunction. Very effective above.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b) are configuration diagrams showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are configurations showing different configurations of a conventional coin passage switching mechanism. It is a figure. 1 …… Coin hopper, 2 …… Panel, 3 …… Coin receiver,
4,10 …… Coin return duct, 5 …… Coin flow path selection gate, 6 …… Collection duct.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A coin return duct for a vending machine or the like and a collection duct for collecting coins in a coin hopper arranged in a branch, wherein a coin passage switching gate pivotally supported at a branch point of the duct. A biasing means attached to one end of the coin flow channel switching gate for previously biasing the coin flow channel switching gate so that the coin flow channel is connected to the recovery duct when the panel of the machine body is opened. A coin return duct that is attached to the panel and presses the other end of the coin flow channel switching gate so that the coin flow channel is connected to the coin return duct when the panel is closed. Switching mechanism of the coin flow path.