JPH0814863B2 - Sell-out mechanism for paper vending machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a paper sheet vending machine for automatically selling paper sheets made of so-called stickers, cards, papers called tickets, plastics and the like. Regarding the sold-out mechanism of.

(Prior Art) A vending machine for low-priced products such as stickers for children's toys and cards does not have a sold-out mechanism in order to reduce costs.

On the other hand, automatic vending machines for expensive prepaid cards such as telephone cards are equipped with a detector that electrically detects that the paper sheets are gone, a solenoid that operates with this detector, and a solenoid iron core. A sold-out mechanism having a blocking means for blocking coin insertion or bill insertion by operating a solenoid is provided.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Although it is possible to equip the vending machine for low-priced merchandise with a sold-out mechanism of the vending machine for high-priced merchandise, it is practically impossible because of high cost, and low cost. Development of a sold-out mechanism is desired.

According to the present invention, the detection member is swung by the lowering of the weight, the blocking member can be projected to the coin slot by the swinging of the detection member, and the blocking member can be returned to the retracted posture by the return member. An object of the present invention is to provide a sold-out mechanism of a paper sheet vending machine that can be configured by a mechanical mechanism.

(Means for Solving the Problem) A specific means for solving the problem in the present invention is a coin selector 50 provided inside an outer case 48 having a coin insertion slot 69 at the front and a rear surface closed by a rear lid. And the inner case 2 in which the paper sheets A are stacked and stored in the outer case 48, and the paper sheets A are placed on the inner case 2 and rotated to remove the paper sheet from the outer case 48. Sending roller 3
Is provided, the weight 22 is placed on the upper part of the paper sheet A, and the delivery roller 3 can be manually rotated by a predetermined amount by inserting a predetermined amount of coin between the coin selector 50 and the delivery roller 3. In the paper sheet vending machine provided with the operating mechanism 26, the detecting member 52 that abuts and swings when the weight 22 descends to the lowest position, and the swinging of the detecting member 52 causes the retracted posture. A blocking member 53 that is unlocked and has its tip protruding to the coin insertion slot 69 to prevent coin insertion is provided on the inner surface of the front wall of the outer case 48, and the blocking member 53 is detachably engaged at its front end. That is, the return member 71 capable of returning the blocking member 53 to the retracted posture is provided along the front and rear sides of the inner case 2.

(Operation) When the paper sheet A in the inner case 2 disappears and the weight 22 descends to the lowermost position, the engaging projection 58 of the weight 22 detects the detection member 52.
And the detection member 52 is swung about the pin 54. When the detection member 52 swings, the hook 57 at the end of the detection member 52 blocks the blocking member 53.
The hook 64 is disengaged from the hooking portion 64 and the hooking of the blocking member 53 is released. The blocking member 53 receives the pulling force of the spring 65 and swings clockwise from the retracted posture shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, and the beak portion 68 at the tip thereof projects into the coin slot 69 to block the coin B from being inserted. And then sell the vending machine. The detection member 52 swings due to the abutment of the weight 22 to release the locking of the blocking member 53, and all the operations are performed mechanically, and the detection member 52 and the blocking member 53 are placed in front of the outer case 48. The inner case 2 is taken out for maintenance while leaving it on the inner surface of the part.

After the weight 22 is pulled up and the paper sheet A is newly stored in the inner case 2, when the return member 71 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 1, the blocking member 53 returns and swings via the tongue piece 70. Then, the retaining member 64 is returned to the retracted position, and the retaining portion 64 engages with the engaging portion 57, so that the blocking member 53 and the detection member 52 butt against each other, and the blocking member.
53 is held in the retracted posture.

(Example) Hereinafter, the Example of this invention is described based on drawing.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a paper sheet feeding device incorporated in a vending machine for seals, etc., and several dozen sheets are placed in an inner case 2 having left and right side walls 2a and a back wall 2b formed of sheet metal or the like. Through several hundreds of paper sheets A are stored in a stacked state, a sending roller 3 and a receiving member 4 are arranged in the lower part thereof, and a partition plate 5 is erected on the front surface thereof.

The delivery roller 3 is provided on a delivery roller shaft 6 pivotally supported by the inner case 2 so as to receive the front portion of the stacked paper sheets A, and the outer end of the delivery roller shaft 6 is manually rotated. A rotating member 7 such as a gear, a rubber roller, or a sprocket to which a driving force is transmitted from a handle or an electric motor is provided. In front of the delivery roller 3, a guide table 9 is arranged which is inclined forward and upward.

The partition plate 5 has its lower part located in front of and above the feed roller 3, and has a tilt angle with respect to the vertical line on its rear surface.
A guide surface 10 is formed which is inclined forward and downward by 30 to 70 °.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the lower end surface 5a of the partition plate 5 is formed into a downwardly convex arcuate surface within the width in a front view, and intersects with the guide surface 10. When the sheet passes under the lower end surface 5a while making contact therewith, the sheet A is curved in a downward convex shape in the sheet width direction in a front view in the moving direction.

On the rear surface of the partition plate 5, a step portion 12 is formed above the guide surface 10, and the step portion 12 and above are projections 13. This protrusion
By 13, the stacked paper sheets A, for example, more than 10 to 20 sheets are slightly shifted rearward.

The partition plate 5 is provided with a resistance member 25 at the center in the width direction of the inclined inner surface 10 at the lower part thereof. The resistance member 25 is formed of a piece of a conveyor belt, a file, a rubber plate, or the like, and its surface is rough, and provides frictional resistance when the front end of the paper sheet A slides.

Therefore, the number of paper sheets A sliding along the guide surface 10 is 2
When the sheets are superposed, the front ends of both paper sheets A are slightly displaced to the front and rear to make sliding contact with the resistance member 25, and the frictional resistance received by the second paper sheet A2 is increased, so that the lowermost paper sheet is more reliably generated. Only the lowest paper sheet A1 which is separated from the leaf A1 and is in contact with the feed roller 3 is fed.

The receiving member 4 for receiving the rear portion of the stacked paper sheets A has attachment portions 14 at both left and right ends welded or bolted to the inner case 2, and one or a plurality of tongue pieces 15 are provided midway in the left and right direction. The tongue piece 15 is formed with a vertical wall portion 16 and a receiving guide portion 17 that is inclined upward and rearward from the upper end of the wall portion 16. The receiving surface 18 of the receiving member 4 is set at the same height as or slightly higher than the upper portion of the feeding roller 3.

The guide board 9 guides the front end of the delivered paper sheet to the exit. Reference numeral 22 indicates a weight, and 23 indicates a weight trajectory.

Reference numeral 21 is a movable pressing plate that presses the paper sheet A above the guide base 9, which is pivotally supported by the inner case 2 through a pin 20, and 24 is a fixed pressing plate that guides the paper sheet A to the outlet 19. It is fixed to the outer case 48. The outer case 48 has an open rear surface, and an upper lid 49 is attached after closing a rear lid (not shown). Outer case 48
A coin slot 69 is formed on the front surface of the coin, and the coin selector 50 is mounted inside the coin slot 69.

An operating mechanism 26 is arranged outside the one side wall 2a of the inner case 2 to detect that a predetermined number of coins are inserted from the coin selector 50 and to permit the delivery of one sheet. One drive shaft 28 is penetratingly supported by the frame 27 of the operating mechanism 26, the handle 29 is fixed to the outer end, and the drive rotating body 30 is fixed to the side wall 2a side.

The drive rotating body 30 is formed of a gear capable of transmitting power to the rotating member 7, a rubber roller, a sprocket, or the like.

The rotating member 7 is provided with an engaging portion 31 formed of two pins and a stopper portion 32 on one side surface at intervals in the circumferential direction, and the delivery roller shaft 6 is provided with the engaging portion 31 and the stopper portion 32. Stopper part 32
Is provided with an actuating body 33 that selectively engages and abut,
The actuation body 33 is formed by driving a pin into the delivery roller shaft 6.

The engaging portion 31 engages with the actuating body 33 and sends out the roller shaft 6 when the rotating member 7 is driven by the driving rotating body 30.
The stopper portion 32 prevents the actuating body 33 from being separated from the engaging portion 31 by a certain distance or more when the feeding roller shaft 6 is reversely driven by the withdrawal of the sheet A. And prevents the idle roller shaft 6 from idling.

The operating mechanism 26 will handle when a predetermined number of coins are inserted.
29 is rotatable at a constant angle, and in the embodiment,
It is configured such that two ten-yen coins are inserted, the handle 29 is rotated by 390 ° to rotate the rotary member 7 by a required amount, and then the handle 29 is rotated back by 30 °.

That is, in the operating mechanism 26, the operating disk 37 fixed to the drive shaft 28 is arranged between the two frame walls 35 and 36, and the coin detecting body 38 and the ratchet claw 39 are detachable from the operating disk 37. And the coin detecting portion 40 is formed between the coin detecting portion 40 and the one frame wall 36. A return lever 41 is pivotally supported on the outer surface of one of the frame walls 36, and a return body 42 that engages with the return lever 41 is fixed to the drive shaft 28.

When two coins B are inserted from the slot 43, the operating disk
The coin detecting portion 40 is held on one side surface of 37, and the second coin B closes the detection concave portion 44 on the outer peripheral portion of the operating disk 37, so that the coin detecting member 38 cannot be engaged. This allows the drive shaft 28 to rotate via the handle 29, and
Rotate 0 °. When the drive shaft 28 rotates 360 °, the return body 42
Engages with the return lever 41, and the drive shaft 28 is rotated against the spring 45 up to 390 °. When the drive shaft 28 is rotated up to 390 ° and the next coin is not in the coin detector 40, the coin detector 38 engages with the detection recess 44 to prevent the operation disc 37 from rotating. Then, when the handle 29 is released, the pulling force of the spring 45 causes the return lever 41
And the drive shaft 28 is returned and rotated through the return body 42 and 360 °.
The ratchet pawl 39 engages with the ratchet groove 46 when returning to the position, and restricts the return rotation of the operating disk 37.

Reference numeral 51 denotes a sold-out mechanism, which is configured to operate when the paper sheet A decreases and the weight 22 reaches the lowermost position. A detection member 52 and a blocking member 53 are pivotally supported on the inner surface of the front wall of the outer case 48 via pins 54 and 55 so as to be rotatable about their respective front and rear axes. The detection member 52 is L-shaped when viewed from the front, and a spring 56 is connected to one end of the detection member 52, a hook 57 is formed at the other end, and the engagement protrusion 58 of the weight 22 is arranged to be engageable with the other end. .

The weight 22 has rollers 60 for moving up and down along the track 23 on the left and right sides, and a spring for elastically lowering the weight.
An upper end of 61 is locked, an engaging protrusion 58 protruding from the front groove 62 of the partition plate 5 is provided at the front part, and a lifting part 63 for artificially pulling up is provided at the rear part. The lower end of the spring 61 is locked to the left and right side walls 2a.

The blocking member 53 has an L-shaped hooking portion 64 at the lower end thereof, and a pulling force is applied in the clockwise direction in FIG. 1 by a spring 65. The hooking portion 64 has a hooking portion 57 of the detecting member 52. The rocking is prevented by engaging with.

A long groove 66 is formed above the blocking member 53, and the long groove 66 is formed.
The stopper pin 67 is inserted in. This stopper pin
67 is attached to the outer case 48 and, together with the long groove 66, sets the swing range of the blocking member 53.

The blocking member 53 has a beak portion 68 protruding laterally from the upper side,
The tip of this beak part 68 is the coin slot 69 of the coin selector 50.
When the blocking member 53 swings from the solid line position (retracted posture) in FIG. 1 to the two-dot chain line position (advanced posture), the blocking member 53 projects into the coin insertion slot 69 to insert a coin. Ban.

Further, a pair of left and right bent tongues 70 are projected on the upper surface side of the beak portion 68, and the tip of the return member 71 is inserted between the pair of tongues 70. The return member 71 is rotatably supported by the side wall 2a and has a tip bent into an L-shape. By rotating the return member 71, the blocking member 53 can be swung counterclockwise via one tongue 70. Is.

The operation of the sold-out mechanism 51 is such that when the remaining amount of the stacked paper sheets A becomes zero or 1-2 sheets, the engaging projection 58 of the weight 22 reaching the lowest position resists the detection member 52 against the spring 56. Rotate and hang
Release the engagement between 57 and hook 64. When the engagement is released, the blocking member 53 that receives the tensile force by the spring 65
1 swings to the position indicated by the dashed-dotted line in FIG. 1, and the tip of the beak portion 68 advances into the coin slot 69 to prohibit coin insertion.

After that, when the weight 22 is lifted and the paper sheet A is newly supplied onto the feeding roller 3, the return member 71 is rotated, the blocking member 53 resists the spring 65 and reaches the solid line position in FIG. Returning, the hook portion 57 of the detection member 52 is hooked on the hook portion 64, and the solid line position is held.

A weight holder 73 is provided on the upper portion of the inner case 2, and the large head pin portion 74 on the upper portion of the weight 22 can be held by a pair of claws 75. Instead of providing the weight holding tool 73, the upper portion of the track 23 is formed in a hook shape, and a roller 60 is formed on the hook portion.
The weight 22 may be held at the upper position by introducing the.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention described in detail above, when the weight 22 descends to the lowermost position, the weight 22 comes into contact with the detection member 52 and swings the detection member 52, whereby the locking member is released. 53 is a coin slot 69
The sold-out mechanism can be configured with an all-mechanical structure of projecting to, and the manual operation mechanism 26 can be combined to make it extremely simple and inexpensive, and the detection member 52 and the blocking member 53 are in front of the outer case 48. Since the return member 71 is provided on the inner surface of the wall and is provided along the side portion of the inner case 2 and engages with the blocking member 53 in a detachable manner, the inner case 2 can be easily taken out from the outer case 48. Therefore, it is possible to perform maintenance easily, the sold-out mechanism can be operated in the outer case 48 even when the inner case 2 is taken out, and the return member 71 can be easily operated from the rear side of the inner case 2.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a partial sectional front view showing the internal structure, Fig. 2 is a partial sectional side view of the whole, and Fig. 3 is a sectional side view of an essential part. . A: paper sheets, B: coins, 1 ... paper sheet feeding device, 2 ... inner case, 3 ... feeding roller, 5 ... partition plate, 6 ... feeding roller shaft, 19 …… Ejection port, 22 …… Weight, 23 …… Track, 26 …… Operating mechanism, 48 …… Outer case, 50
...... Coin selector, 51 …… Sold-out mechanism, 52 …… Detecting member, 53 …… Blocking member, 57 …… Hooking part, 58 …… Engaging protrusion, 64
…… Hooking part, 68 …… beak part, 69 …… Coin slot, 71 ……
Return member.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A coin selector (50) is arranged inside an outer case (48) having a coin slot (69) at the front and a rear surface closed by a rear lid, and the coin selector (50) is placed inside the outer case (48). Paper sheets (A)
The inner case (2) accommodating and storing the sheets is arranged, and the paper sheets (A) are placed on the inner case (2) and rotated to be delivered to the outlet (19) of the outer case (48). A delivery roller (3) is provided, a weight (22) is placed on the upper part of the paper sheet (A), and a predetermined amount of coins is placed between the coin selector (50) and the delivery roller (3). In a paper sheet vending machine provided with an actuating mechanism (26) for manually rotating the feeding roller (3) by a predetermined amount when the weight (22) descends to the lowest position, A swinging detection member (52) and a blocking member that is unlocked in the retracted position by swinging the detection member (52) and has its tip protruding to the coin slot (69) to block coin insertion. (53) are provided on the inner surface of the front wall of the outer case (48), and the blocking member (53) has a front end releasably engaged with the blocking member (53). The sold out mechanism of the paper sheet dispenser, characterized in that is provided along the front-back on the side of the inner case the recoverable return member (71) to the retracted position (2).