JPH08305917A - Coin supply device of coin processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the operation efficiency and to reduce the cost by moving one coin supply part 41 which is not quantitatively restricted between an upper and a lower positions and using the same coin supply part at either of the positions. CONSTITUTION: This device is provided with an elevation mechanism 42 which elevates the coin supply part 41 between the upper position and lower position of a machine body 1. An upper throw-in slot 43 which is opened when the coin supply part 41 is at the upper position to enable a coin to be thrown in the coin supply part 4 is formed in the top surface of the machine body 1 so that it can be opened and closed. In the flank of the machine body 1, a lower throw-in slot 44 which is opened when the coin supply part 41 is at the lower position and enables a coin to be thrown in the coin supply part 41 is formed so that it can be opened and closed. The device is also provided with a 1st coin guide means 45 which guides a coin supplied from the coin supply part 41 to the processing part side of the coin processing machine when the coin supply part 41 is at the upper position. Further, the device is provided with a 2nd coin guide means 46 which guides a coin sent out from the processing part side of the coin processing machine into the coin supply part 41.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin processing machine used in a financial institution or the like, and more particularly to a coin feeding device for a coin processing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a coin processing machine having a coin supply device, for example, there is one described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-258152.

The coin feeding device of this coin handling machine is provided with a lower coin feeding part capable of dropping coins in the lower part of the machine body, and is capable of feeding coins in the upper part of the machine body to feed coins to the coin processing part of the coin handling machine. And an upper coin supply unit, and a coin transfer means capable of transferring coins inserted in the lower coin supply unit to the upper coin supply unit.

A rotary disc is arranged at the bottom of the upper coin supply unit, and coins are paid out one by one by rotation of the rotary disc. Further, the lower coin supply unit is composed of a first conveyor having a horizontal bottom, and is configured to transfer coins in one direction. Further, the coin transfer means is composed of a second conveyor which has a locking portion on the surface and is provided in an inclined state, receives the coin transferred in one direction by the first conveyor of the lower coin supply portion, and receives the upper coin. It is designed to be transferred to the supply section.

[0005]

However, in the conventional apparatus, there are two coin supply parts, the upper coin supply part and the lower coin supply part, and the coins inserted into the lower coin supply part are the bottom parts of the lower coin supply part. After being moved in the horizontal direction by the first conveyor constituting the above, it is transferred to the upper coin supply unit by the second conveyor that is provided in an inclined shape,
When the coins are transferred from the second conveyor to the second conveyor, the coins are not transferred and remain, or the coins are spilled while being transferred by the second conveyor.

Further, since the bottom of the upper coin feeding unit is a payout mechanism using a rotating disk, if too much coins are put in, it will not be possible to take out the coins. Subject to the constraint that it must be. Therefore, it is conceivable to provide a coin supply unit such as the lower coin supply unit that is not subject to quantitative restrictions in the upper part, but since it has two equivalent coin supply units in the upper and lower parts, the cost increases and Since only one of them is used in one processing, the moving efficiency is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above point, and one coin supply unit which is not limited in quantity is made movable to an upper position and a lower position, and the same is obtained at any position. An object of the present invention is to provide a coin supply device for a coin processing machine, which uses a coin supply unit, improves the moving efficiency, reduces the cost, and prevents the coin from being lost during the transfer of the coin.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin supply device for a coin processing machine, comprising a coin supply unit for storing a large amount of coins and supplying a predetermined amount of coins by rotationally driving a conveyor formed at the bottom. In a coin supply device of a coin processing machine having, an elevating mechanism for elevating and lowering the coin supply section between an upper position and a lower position inside the body of the coin processing machine, and an openable and closable provided on an upper surface of the body, An upper insertion opening that is opened when the coin supply unit is in the upper position to allow coins to be inserted into the coin supply unit, and an openable and closable side surface below the upper surface position of the machine body, the coin supply unit being in the lower position. When the coin supply unit is in the upper position, the lower input port that is opened to insert coins into the coin supply unit, and the coin supplied from the coin supply unit when the coin supply unit is in the upper position is disposed on the processing unit side of the coin processing machine. Leading to And a second coin guiding means for guiding the coins sent from the processing section side of the coin processing machine into the coin supply section when the coin supply section is at the lower position. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin supply device for a coin processing machine according to the first aspect, wherein the processing content of the coin processing machine is a packaging process of coins. The processing unit side for guiding the coins by means is the coin feeding processing unit for feeding coins one by one, and the processing unit side for feeding the coins to the second coin guiding unit is the coin selection processing unit that does not perform the packaging process.

[0010]

In the coin feeding device of the coin processing machine according to claim 1, when the coin feeding portion is at the upper position, the coin is fed from the upper charging opening onto the conveyor of the coin feeding portion, and the coin is driven by the rotation of the conveyor. The coin is supplied from the coin supply unit to the processing unit side of the coin processing machine via the first coin guiding means. Also,
When the coin supply unit is in the lower position, coins are inserted into the conveyor of the coin supply unit from the lower insertion slot, or coins delivered from the processing unit side of the coin processing machine are supplied through the second coin guide means. The coin supply unit which is loaded on the conveyor of the unit and stores the inserted coin is moved to the upper position by the elevating mechanism, and the coin is processed by the rotary drive of the conveyor from the coin supply unit through the first coin guide means. It is supplied to the processing side of the machine.

In addition to the function of the coin feeding device of the coin handling machine according to the first aspect, the coin feeding device of the coin handling machine according to the second aspect does not perform the packaging process sent out from the processing section side of the coin handling machine. The coins are re-supplied to the processing unit side of the coin processing machine by the coin supply unit, and the coin wrapping process is sequentially performed.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The structure of an embodiment of a coin feeding device for a coin processing machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a coin processing machine for packaging coins. Reference numeral 1 denotes a machine body. A coin supply device 2 is arranged on the left side of the machine body 1, and a packaging processing mechanism 3 is arranged on the center and the right side.

At the upper part of the packaging processing mechanism 3, a coin feeding processing section is provided.
The coin feeding unit 11 has a rotating disc 12 shown in FIG. 2, and the coins on the rotating disc 12 are transferred to the coin passage 13 by the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the rotating disc 12. Feed out one by one.

The coin passage portion 13 conveys the coins unwound from the coin unwinding processing part 11 by the carrying belt 14 stretched upward in a one-layer one-row state, and the identifying part 15 identifies the denomination. Non-wrapped normal coins, foreign coins other than normal denomination coins that cannot be packed, abnormal coins such as counterfeit coins, deformed coins, etc. are excluded from the exclusion section (not shown) in the middle of the passage, and the money selected for packaging is also set. Only normal seed coins are sent to the coin stacking unit 16 from the end of the passage.

The coin stacking unit 16 has a belt cylinder 18 with a pair of endless belts 17 facing each other. A predetermined number of coins are stacked in the belt cylinder 18 and supplied to the coin packing unit 19. To do. The facing distance between the pair of endless belts 17 of the belt cylinder 18 is adjusted according to the diameter of coins to be wrapped.

The coin wrapping unit 19 has three wrapping rollers 20, and receives the coins accumulated in the coin accumulating unit 16 by the guide rod 21 and supplies them between the three wrapping rollers 20 to wrap the three coins. A wrapping paper P supplied from a wrapping paper supply unit 23, which will be described later, is wound while the coins are nipped and rotated by the roller 20, and the upper and lower edges of the wrapping paper P are wound by the winding claws 22 to form a rod-shaped wrapping coin.

The wrapping paper supply section 23 is provided with a paper feed roller 24 at the time of paper feeding.
The wrapping paper P between the wrapping rollers 20 by
The wrapping paper P drawn in between 20 is cut into a predetermined length by a cutter 25.

Below the coin wrapping unit 19, there is provided a switching unit 26 for switching the route between the wrapping coins discharged from the coin wrapping unit 19 and the loose coins or the incomplete wrapping coins in which stacking collapse has occurred. There is. Below this switching unit 26, a packaging coin storage box 27 for storing the packaging coins guided through the switching unit 26 is detachably arranged, and loose coins such as collapsed stacks or incomplete A collection coin storage box (28) for storing packaging coins is detachably arranged.

Below the excluding part of the coin passage 13, there is provided a switching part 29 for switching the paths of the unwrapped normal coins and abnormal coins excluded from the excluded coins. Below the switching unit 29, a first storage unit 30 for storing non-wrapped normal coins guided through the switching unit 29 is detachably arranged, and a second storage unit for storing abnormal coins is provided. The storage section 31 is detachably arranged. In addition, the 1st storage part 30 is comprised so that a coin can be selectively discharged. Also, the coin passage
The excluding unit 13, the switching unit 29, the first storage unit 30, and the like constitute a coin sorting processing unit 32 that does not perform the packaging process.

Next, the coin feeding device 2 has a coin feeding portion 41 capable of accommodating a large amount of coins, and the coin feeding portion 41 is located at the upper position (two-dot chain line position) and the lower position (solid line) of the machine body 1. A raising / lowering mechanism 42 for raising and lowering the vehicle 1 is disposed on the left side of the machine body 1. Further, an upper insertion port 43 for inserting coins into the coin supply unit 41 at the upper position is formed on the upper surface of the machine body 1, and a lower insertion for inserting coins into the coin supply unit 41 at the lower position is formed on the side surface of the machine body 1. A mouth 44 is formed.

When the coin supply unit 41 is at the upper position, it receives the coins inserted from the upper insertion port 43, and transfers the received coins to the coin feeding processing unit 11 via the first coin guide means 45. Supply in fixed quantity. Further, when the coin supply unit 41 is in the lower position, it receives coins inserted from the lower insertion slot 44 and coins discharged from the first storage unit 30 and guided through the second coin guide means 46, It moves to the upper position and supplies a predetermined amount to the coin feeding processing unit 11.

As shown in FIG. 2, the coin supply unit 41 has a box-shaped storage case 51 having an open top surface, and a conveyor 52 is arranged at the bottom of the storage case 51. This conveyor 52 consists of a belt conveyor and is a storage case.
A pair of rollers rotatably arranged at the left and right corners of 51
A belt 54 is stretched between 53, and a support plate 55 that supports the belt surface is disposed below the belt surface that faces above the belt 54. Then, the conveyor 52 is rotated by a motor (not shown) provided in the coin supply unit 41 so as to send out coins to the right in FIG.

An opening 51a is formed on the right side surface of the storage case 51, and a shutter 56 is arranged in the opening 51a so as to be openable and closable with a support shaft 57 at the lower end as a fulcrum. As shown in FIG. 4, an operating plate 58 is fixed to the end of the support shaft 57 of the shutter 56, and a spring 59 is stretched between the operating plate 58 and the outer surface of the storage case 51. The shutter 56 is biased in the opening direction (clockwise direction in FIG. 4) by the pulling force. A pin 60 is provided at the tip of the operating plate 58 so as to project.

On the outer surface of the storage case 51, a lock mechanism 61 for locking the storage case 51 to the closed position by the shutter 56 is provided. The lock mechanism 61 has a lock lever 62, and one end of the lock lever 62 is pivotally supported by a support shaft 63 so that the pin 60 can engage with the upper surface of the lock lever 62 on the other end side. A concave portion 64 and an inclined introduction portion 65 that is continuous with one end side edge portion of the concave portion 64 are formed. Lock lever
A spring 66 is stretched between 62 and the outer surface of the storage case 51, and is urged in the locking direction (counterclockwise direction in FIG. 4) by the tensile force of the spring 66. The tensile force of the spring 66 is set stronger than the tensile force of the spring 59.

As shown in FIG. 4 (a), when the coin feeding portion 41 is not in the upper position, the shutter 56 is closed and the pin 60 is engaged with the concave portion 64 of the lock lever 62 so that the shutter is closed. The rotation of 56 in the opening direction is restricted, and the locked state is maintained.

As shown in FIG. 4 (b), when the coin feeding portion 41 moves to the upper position, the tip of the lock lever 62 contacts the contact member.
The lock lever 62 rotates in the releasing direction relative to the ascending 67 and the coin feeding unit 41 that rises, the recess 64 is disengaged from the pin 60, and the lock is released. The shutter 56 moves to open. Open shutter
The first coin guide means 56 contacts the contact member 67 and is inclined downward toward the rotary disk 12, and guides the coins delivered from the coin supply unit 41 to the coin delivery processing unit 11.
Make up 45.

As shown in FIG. 4 (c), when the coin feeding portion 41 descends from the upper position, the shutter 56 comes into contact with the contact member 67 and rotates in the closing direction, and the lock lever
62 rotates in the locking direction relative to the descending coin supply part 41, and in the process, the pin 60 and the introduction part 65 of the lock lever 62 come into contact, and the pin 60 is recessed from the introduction part 65. When it faces, the recess 64 is engaged with the pin 60 by the strong pulling force of the spring 66. When the recess 64 is engaged with the pin 60, the shutter 56 is rotated in the closing direction, so that the shutter 56 is locked at the closed position.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lift mechanism 42 has a lift case 71 attached to the side surface of the machine body 1, and the lift body 72 is disposed in the lift case 71 so as to be lifted and lowered. . This lifting / lowering body 72 has a rectangular lifting / lowering plate 73. Rollers 74 rolling on the left and right inner wall surfaces of the lift case 71 are rotatably attached to the four corners of the lifting / lowering plate 73, and the lifter 73 is lifted. Rollers 75 that roll on the front and rear inner wall surfaces of the case 71 are rotatably attached, and these rollers 74 and 75 perform positioning and guiding in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction, and ascend and descend while maintaining the parallel state.

A drive mechanism 76 for raising and lowering the lifting / lowering body 72 has timing pulleys 77 and 78 rotatably arranged in the upper and lower parts of a lift case 71, and an endless timing belt 79 is stretched between the timing pulleys 77 and 78. A connecting member 80 fixed to the elevating plate 73 is connected to the timing belt 79. The lower timing pulley 78 is connected to the rotating shaft of the motor 81. Then, by driving the motor 81, the elevating body 72 is moved up and down via the timing belt 79.

Further, there is provided a lock mechanism 82 which is locked at the upper position or at the height where the lifting body 72 is located at the time of power failure. The lock mechanism 82 includes a hook 83 that is attached to the elevating plate 73 and has a lower surface that is a horizontal surface and an upper surface that is an inclined surface that descends forward. The lock mechanism 82 is provided on a side portion of the timing belt 79 and has an elongated slender hook 83 in the vertical direction. A lock plate in which a plurality of lock holes 84 that can be engaged and disengaged are formed along the vertical direction.
Equipped with 85. The lock plate 85 is connected to the left side wall of the lift case 71 via a pair of links 86 pivotally mounted on both sides of the upper and lower ends, and supported so as to be movable in parallel in the left-right direction. A plunger 88 of a solenoid 87 is connected to the lower portion of the lock plate 85. Then, when the solenoid 87 is excited, the lock plate 85 moves in parallel to the right and the engagement between the hook 83 and the lock hole 84, that is, the lock is released,
When de-energized, the elasticity of the spring 89 mounted on the plunger 88 causes the lock plate 85 to move in parallel to the left, and the hook 83 and the lock hole 84 are engaged or locked.

On the right side of the lift plate 73, a pair of arm plates projecting to the right through an opening (not shown) of the lift case 71.
90 is attached, and the coin supply unit 41 is attached on the pair of arm plates 90.

Further, a bellows-shaped shutter 101 is openably and closably arranged on the lower surface of the upper charging opening 43, and a winding section 102 for winding the shutter 101 is arranged on the lower surface side of the upper charging opening 43. There is.

Further, a door body (not shown) is provided at the lower insertion port 44 so as to be opened and closed.

Further, the first coin guiding means 45 is provided with a shutter 56.
And the second coin guiding means 46 is composed of a chute 103 for guiding the coins discharged from the first storing section 30 to the coin supplying section 41 at the lower position.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, a coin to be packed in a bag or a box is put into a coin processor. Either one of the upper insertion slot 43 and the lower insertion slot 44 can be selected for inserting the coin. For example, when the amount of inserted coin is small and the coin is light, the coin can be lifted relatively lightly to the upper surface of the machine body 1. ,
The coins are inserted from the upper insertion port 43. On the other hand, when the amount of inserted coins is large and heavy, the work load of lifting the coins to the upper surface of the machine body 1 is large, and therefore the insertion is made from the lower insertion port 44.

When the operator selects an input port through an operation unit (not shown) provided on the upper surface of the machine body 1 or the like, the upper input port 43
When is selected, the coin supply unit 41 moves to the upper position, and when the lower insertion port 44 is selected, the coin supply unit 41 moves to the lower position.

Then, for example, a case of inserting a large amount (for example, 4000 coins) of coins stored in a large bag from the lower insertion slot 44 will be described. The door is opened and the lower insertion slot 44 is opened.
Is opened, the mouth of the large bag is inserted from the lower insertion port 44 onto the coin supply unit 41 at the lower position, and the bottom of the large bag is lifted.
The coins in the large bag are put into the coin supply unit 41. Therefore, even if it is difficult to lift the large bag to the upper surface of the machine body 1, it can be relatively easily loaded through the lower loading port 44.

The coins thrown into the coin supply unit 41 are placed on the conveyor 52 and stored in a storage space surrounded by the inside of the storage case 51 and the shutter 56 locked at the closed position.

By closing the door and closing the lower insertion slot 44, selecting the packaging denomination and operating the packaging start button and the like on the operating section, the elevating mechanism 42 operates and the coin supply containing coins is supplied. The part 41 rises. The operation of the elevating mechanism 42 is such that the solenoid 87 is excited and the lock plate 85 moves in parallel to the right,
After the engagement between the hook 83 and the lock plate 85, that is, the lock is released, the motor 81 is driven and the coin supply unit 41 is moved up together with the lifting body 72 via the timing belt 79.

When the coin feeder 41 reaches the upper position, the shutter 56 is unlocked and opened, as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), and the tip of the shutter 56 is directed onto the rotary disk 12. It becomes a posture to descend and tilt.

When the coin feeder 41 reaches the upper position, the sensor (not shown) detects it and the operation of the lifting mechanism 42 is stopped, the solenoid 87 is de-energized, and the lock mechanism 82 causes the coin feeder 41 to move. Is locked in the upper position.

The coin supply unit 41 reaches the upper position and the shutter is released.
By opening 56, the coins stored on the shutter 56 side slide down on the upper surface of the shutter 56, and the coin payout processing unit.
It is supplied on 11 rotating disks 12.

The conveyor 52 of the coin supply unit 41 is driven to rotate according to the amount of coins on the rotary disc 12, and if the amount of coins on the rotary disc 12 is less than a predetermined amount, the conveyor 52
Is driven to rotate, and the coins on the conveyor 52 are supplied onto the rotating disk 12 by a predetermined amount.

Then, the coins supplied to the coin feeding processing unit 11 are subjected to the packaging processing by the packaging processing mechanism 3. At this time, when an unwrapped normal coin different from the denomination selected in the coin passage portion 13 is identified, the coin is removed from the passage and is stored in the first storage portion 30. If identified, it is stored in the second storage unit 31. When the non-wrapped normal coins stored in the first storage unit 30 are not packaged, the first storage unit 30 can be removed from the machine body 1 and taken out. Similarly, the abnormal coin can be taken out by removing the second storage unit 31 from the machine body 1.

When the coin supply unit 41 moves from the upper position to the lower position, the shutter 56 is closed and locked in the closed position as shown in FIG. 4 (c).

When coins are inserted from the upper insertion port 43, the shutter 101 is opened while the coin supply unit 41 is in the upper position, and the coins are fed from the upper insertion port 43 onto the conveyor 52 of the coin supply unit 41. Insert coins. The coins thrown on the conveyor 52 are fed by the rotary drive of the conveyor 52.
Is supplied onto the rotating disk 12 of.

Next, insert coins of other denomination mixed state,
A case will be described in which the setting is made to sequentially wrap coins of each denomination. Only normal coins of the denomination to be packaged first are sent out from the coin passage portion 13 to the coin stacking portion 16, and non-wrapped normal coins other than that denomination are stored in the first storing portion 30. After supplying all the coins to the coin payout processing unit 11, the coin supply unit 41 moves to the lower position. And the coin passage part
All coins on the upstream side of 13 are sent to the coin stacking unit 16, and if no coins are detected in the coin passage unit 13 for a predetermined time or longer, the coins stored in the first storing unit 30 are discharged, and the coins are discharged through the chute 103. It is introduced into the coin supply unit 41 at the lower position. After that, the coin supply unit 41 moves to the upper position to supply the coins to the coin feeding processing unit 11, and performs the packaging process for the denomination to be packaged next. In this way, coins of each denomination are sequentially packed.

As described above, by moving one coin supply unit 41 which is not subject to quantitative restrictions, to the upper position and the lower position,
Since the same coin supply unit 41 is used at any position, the moving efficiency can be improved and the cost can be reduced, and the coin can be prevented from being lost during the transfer of the coin.

In the present embodiment, the coin processing machine for carrying out the packaging processing is described as the processing content, but the same operational effect can be obtained even when applied to the coin processing machine for carrying out coin depositing / dispensing processing, coin counting processing and the like. .

[0052]

According to the coin feeding device of the coin processing machine of the first aspect, one coin feeding portion, which is not limited in quantity, is moved to the upper position and the lower position, and at any position. Since the same coin supply unit is used, the moving efficiency can be improved and the cost can be reduced, and the coin can be prevented from being lost during the transfer of the coin.

According to the coin feeder of the coin processor of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the coin feeder of the coin processor of the first aspect, the packaging processing delivered from the processing section side of the coin processor is performed. Unused coins can be re-supplied to the processing unit side of the coin processor by the coin supply unit, and the coin wrapping process can be sequentially performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of a coin supply device of a coin processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the coin feeding device of the above embodiment as viewed from the front.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the coin feeding device of the above embodiment.

4A and 4B show opening and closing of a shutter of the coin processing unit of the above-described embodiment, wherein FIG. 4A is a sectional view of a state before the coin feeding unit moves to an upper position, and FIG. FIG. 7 (c) is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the coin supply unit is moved down from the upper position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Aircraft 2 Coin feeding device 11 Coin feeding processing unit 32 Sorting processing unit 41 Coin feeding unit 42 Elevating mechanism 43 Upper input port 44 Lower input port 45 First coin guide means 46 Second coin guide means 52 Conveyor

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A coin supply device of a coin processor having a coin supply unit for storing a large amount of coins and for supplying a predetermined amount of coins by rotationally driving a conveyor formed at the bottom, wherein the coin supply unit is used for the coin processing. An elevating mechanism for moving up and down between an upper position and a lower position inside the machine body, and an openable and closable structure provided on the upper surface of the machine body, which is opened when the coin supply unit is at the upper position so that the coins are inside the coin supply unit. An upper input port that can be inserted into the coin, and a lower input that can be opened and closed on the side surface below the upper surface position of the machine body and is opened when the coin supply part is in the lower position so that coins can be inserted into the coin supply part. A mouth, a first coin guiding means for guiding the coin supplied from the coin supply part to the processing part side of the coin processor when the coin supply part is in the upper position, and the coin supply part is in the lower position. One day Coin supply device of the coin processing machine, characterized in that it comprises a second coin guide means for guiding coins fed out from the processing unit side of the coin processor to the coin supply portion. 2. The processing content of the coin processing machine is the packaging processing of coins, and the processing unit side for guiding the coins by the first coin guiding means is the coin feeding processing unit for feeding coins one by one, and the second coin guiding unit. 2. The coin supply device for a coin processing machine according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit side that sends out the coins to the means is a coin selection processing unit that does not perform a packaging process.