JPH08147516A - Coin aligning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To mechanically dissolve the jamming at an ejection port of each feed of coins and to quickly eject the entire amount/remaining amount of inserted coins by switching aligned ejection of the coins one by one and random ejection by the changeover of the forward and reverse rotation of a motor. CONSTITUTION: When the motor 14 is rotated forward and a rotary shaft 11 and an auxiliary disk 19 are rotated forward through a pulley belt 15 and a pulley 13, a rotary panel 3 is rotated forward as well. When the rotary panel 3 is rotated forward, the coins 16 on the rotary panel 3 are rotated as well, the coins 16 are pushed toward the side face of a cylindrical body 1 by centrifugal force and ejected from an ejection slit 5 and the coins 16 are continuously ejected one by one from an ejection path 8. When the motor 14 is rotated reversely, the auxiliary disk is rotated reversely as well and the rotary panel 3 is rotated reversely accompanying it. By the reverse rotation of the rotary panel 3, the entire amount/remaining amount of the coins 16 on the rotary panel 3 are quickly and randomly ejected from the ejection port 7 which is a large opening at a low position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin aligning device for randomly inserting a large number of coins such as game coins, entrance ticket substitute coins, coins, etc., and continuously ejecting them one by one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional coin aligning device is provided with an insertion opening above a cylindrical body, a rotary bottom plate below the cylindrical body, and an opening through which a coin can pass through at a lower edge of a side surface of the cylindrical body. That is, coins are randomly inserted from the insertion port above the cylindrical body, the rotary bottom plate is rotated, and the coins on the rotary bottom plate are discharged one by one from the ejection port at the lower end of the side surface of the cylindrical body. In this conventional aligning device, the inserted coins or foreign substances gather in the narrow discharge port at the lower end and are clogged at the discharge port, so that the coins may not be discharged smoothly one by one, and the coin alignment device cannot be used. , There were cases where the entire flow of coins was stopped. Further, even if it is desired to immediately discharge all the coins inside the coin aligning device, the coins can be discharged only by feeding one coin, which takes time. Furthermore,
The clogging of coins or foreign matter at the discharge port could not be automatically cleared, and it was troublesome because it was manually cleared by the operator.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The problems to be solved by the present invention are to solve these problems in the prior art and to mechanically eliminate the clogging at the discharge port of single coin feeding. An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent coin aligning device that can quickly discharge all and remaining amount of inserted coins and can avoid stopping the entire coin system.

[0004]

The structure of the present invention which has solved the above-mentioned problems is as follows: 1) A turntable having an outer diameter substantially the same as the inner diameter of the cylindrical body can be lifted and lowered inside a cylindrical body having an upper coin insertion slot. A discharge slit for discharging one coin in a horizontal state is opened on the intermediate side surface of the cylindrical body, and a large discharge opening for discharging a plurality of coins simultaneously is opened on the side surface of the cylindrical body below the discharge slit. A coin aligning device having a rotating means for rotating the turntable and a turning means for raising and lowering the turntable 2) As a turning means and a vertically moving means, an auxiliary device is provided below the rotatable turntable. A disk is arranged and an annular ridge is provided on the upper surface of the auxiliary disk, and a plurality of upper horizontal portions and lower horizontal portions with different heights of the upper end surface are formed on the ridge and the upper horizontal portion is formed. The lower horizontal part is continuous with an inclined surface, and the upper horizontal part A stopper is provided at the end of the lower horizontal part and the end of the lower horizontal part, and a plurality of rollers running along the upper end surface of the above-mentioned ridges are hung vertically on the bottom surface of the rotary disk. The coin aligning device according to the above 1) is configured to be driven by a motor capable of reverse rotation. The rotating means and the vertical moving means of the present invention are not limited to those having the structure according to the second aspect, and an elevating cylinder for the rotary shaft and a rotary drive device may be separately provided.

[0005]

In the present invention, the turntable is normally rotated at the position of the discharge slit, and coins are inserted in a random posture from the insertion opening above the cylindrical body. The inserted coin rotates inside the cylindrical body while being moved outward by the centrifugal force of the rotating disk. While the coin pushed to the side wall of the cylindrical body is rotating, it finally enters the discharge slit of the opening for one coin and is discharged to the outside through the discharge slit. In this way, one coin is continuously discharged from the discharge slit. If coins or foreign matter are clogged in the discharge slit, if the coin flow stops in the coin processing device after being discharged from the discharge slit, or if you want to discharge all the coins without aligning the total amount and the remaining amount immediately, The moving means lowers the turntable until the upper surface of the turntable reaches the position of the lower edge of the discharge port. When the turntable is rotated at this position, the coins on the turntable are moved outward by centrifugal force and are discharged in a random posture from the large discharge port of the cylindrical body. When the vertical moving means and the rotating means have the structure according to the second aspect, when the motor is rotated in the normal direction, the auxiliary disk rotates, and the annular projection of the auxiliary disk rotates, and the auxiliary disk is placed on the upper end surface of the projection. The roller relatively moves to the upper end surface of the upper horizontal portion, and the turntable rises until its upper surface reaches the position of the ejection slit. The roller comes into contact with a stopper provided at the end of the upper horizontal portion, and the upper rotary disk rotates at a raised position as the auxiliary disk rotates, and coins on the rotary disk are discharged one by one from the discharge slit. Next, when the motor is rotated in the reverse direction, the auxiliary disc is rotated in the reverse direction, and the roller is relatively moved from the upper horizontal part of the ridge to the lower horizontal part via the inclined surface, and is locked by the stopper at the end of the lower horizontal part. To do. In this process, the upper surface of the rotating disk descends from the position of the discharge slit to the position of the lower edge of the discharge port. In this state, when the motor continues to rotate in the reverse direction, the upper rotary disk rotates together with the auxiliary disk, and the coin on the rotary disk is discharged from the discharge port by the centrifugal force and the rotating force.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the discharge state of the embodiment. 5, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state where coins are ejected from the ejection opening of the embodiment, FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of the embodiment, FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing lifting and lowering of a turntable of the embodiment, and FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the cylindrical body of the embodiment, FIG.
[FIG. 4] An explanatory view showing a horizontal groove of the embodiment.

1 to 9 are drawings of an embodiment of the invention described in claim 2. In the figure, 1 is a cylindrical body manufactured by bolt-connecting a cylindrical body that is divided into two parts, an upper part and a lower part, as shown in FIG. 8, 2 is a coin slot above the cylindrical body, and 3 is a rotary disk. 4 is a rotary shaft of the rotary disk, 5 is a discharge slit provided on an intermediate side surface of the cylindrical body, 6 is a horizontal groove provided on the side surface of the cylindrical body at the height of the discharge slit, and 7 is a lower portion of the cylindrical body 4. A discharge port is provided, 8 is a discharge passage for guiding the coin outward from the discharge slit 5, 9 is an auxiliary disc, 10 is an annular protrusion provided on the upper surface of the auxiliary disc, and 10a is a horizontal direction above the protrusion. , 10b is a lower horizontal part, 10c is an inclined surface, and 10d is an upper horizontal part 10.
a stopper at the end of a, 10e a stopper at the end of the lower horizontal portion 10b, 11 a rotary shaft hung vertically on the bottom surface of the auxiliary disk 9, 12 a pair of rollers mounted on the bottom surface of the turntable 3, 1
3 is a pulley attached to the rotary shaft 11, 14 is a motor capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions, 15 is a pulley belt for transmitting the rotation of the motor to the rotary shaft 11, and 16 is a game coin.

In this embodiment, the coins 16 are randomly inserted from the insertion slot 2. When the coins 16 are aligned and discharged, the motor 14 is rotated in the normal direction, the rotating shaft 11 and the auxiliary disc 9 are rotated in the normal direction via the pulley belt 15 and the pulley 13, and the roller 12 causes the upper horizontal portion 10 a of the annular projection 10 to rotate. The roller 12 is moved so that it is placed on the upper end surface of the
It is locked to d. When the motor 14 further rotates in the normal direction in this state, the rotary disk 3 rotates in the normal direction together with the auxiliary disc 9. In this state, the upper surface of the turntable 3 is lifted upward and the horizontal groove 6,
It is located at the height of the ejection slit 5 (see FIGS. 2 and 7B). When the turntable 3 rotates in this state, the coin 16 on the turntable 3 also rotates and is pushed by the centrifugal force toward the side surface of the cylindrical body 1 into the horizontal groove 6 and into the horizontal groove 6.
6 is inserted into the horizontal groove 6 in the direction of the deep groove along with the rotation of the turntable 3 and rotationally moves, and is discharged from the last discharge slit 5 and continuously discharged from the discharge passage 8 one coin at a time (FIG. 3, FIG. 9).

Next, when it is desired to immediately discharge the entire amount and the remaining amount of the coins 16 in the cylindrical body 1, when the discharge slit 5 is clogged with coins 16 or a foreign substance, or the flow of coins after the discharge passage 8 is stopped. If so, the motor 14 is rotated in the reverse direction. When the motor 14 rotates in the reverse direction, the auxiliary disk 9 also rotates in the reverse direction, and the roller 12 changes its position from the upper horizontal portion 10a to the lower horizontal portion 10b via the light slope 10c and contacts the stopper 10e to reverse the rotary disk 3. In this state, the turntable 3 changes from the upper horizontal portion 10a to the lower horizontal portion 10b at the lower position and becomes the position of the lower edge of the discharge port 7 at the lower position (see the dotted line in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 and FIG. 7A). ). In this state, if the turntable 3 is reversed, the coin 16 is quickly discharged to the outside from the discharge opening 7 having a large opening (see FIG. 5). As described above, in this embodiment, by switching the forward / reverse rotation of the motor 14, it is possible to alternately perform the aligned discharge of each coin and the random discharge of coins. Also, the clogging of the coin 16 at the ejection slit 5 is mostly eliminated by the coin 16 dropping when the turntable 3 descends.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, the randomly inserted coins can be continuously ejected one by one in a surely and quickly aligned state. The coins in the cylinder can be quickly and surely discharged even in a random state, and a more practical coin alignment device can be obtained. In addition, the clogging of foreign matter of the coin in the discharge slit can be considerably eliminated, and the coin can be bypassed without stopping the flow of coin by discharging the coin from the discharge port, so that the entire flow of coin can be prevented. . Furthermore, in the structure that uses a forward / reverse motor, an auxiliary disc, an annular ridge, a roller, and a stopper, it is possible to switch between normal single-row feed and full-quantity / residual discharge by using only one motor forward / reverse. Easy to control.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of an example.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a discharge state from a discharge port of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which coins are discharged from a discharge port of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the raising and lowering of the turntable of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a cylindrical body of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a horizontal groove of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cylindrical body 2 Input port 3 Rotating plate 4 Rotating shaft 5 Discharge slit 6 Horizontal groove 7 Discharge port 8 Discharge passage 9 Auxiliary disk 10 Annular protrusion 10a Upper horizontal part 10b Lower horizontal part 10c Inclined surface 10d Stopper 10e Stopper 11 Rotating shaft 12 roller 13 pulley 14 motor 15 pulley belt 16 coin

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A turntable having an outer diameter substantially the same as the inner diameter of the cylindrical body is vertically movable inside a cylindrical body having an insertion slot for coins, and one coin is horizontally placed on an intermediate side surface of the cylindrical body. The discharge slit for discharging in a state is opened, the large discharge port for simultaneously discharging a plurality of coins is opened on the side surface of the cylindrical body below the discharge slit, and the rotating means for rotating the turntable and the vertical for raising and lowering the turntable are provided. A coin aligning device comprising: a moving means. 2. An auxiliary disc is disposed below a rotatable turntable as the rotating means and the vertical moving means, and an annular ridge is provided on the upper surface of the auxiliary disc, and an upper end surface of the ridge is provided. Forming a plurality of upper horizontal portions and lower horizontal portions having different heights, connecting the upper horizontal portion and the lower horizontal portion with an inclined surface, and providing stoppers at the end of the upper horizontal portion and the end of the lower horizontal portion. A structure is provided in which a plurality of rollers that run along the upper end surface of the protrusion are vertically provided on the bottom surface of the rotary disk, and the rotation shaft that is vertically provided on the bottom surface of the auxiliary disk is driven by a motor capable of forward and reverse rotation. 1. The coin alignment device according to 1.