JPH087812B2 - Coin storage device in coin processing machine - Google Patents

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TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a coin storage device in a coin processing machine that deposits and stores coins in an upright storage cylinder.

"Prior Art" Conventionally, for example, as a coin depositing / dispensing machine, which is one of the coin processing machines, a mechanism for temporarily holding the coins discriminated and counted by the discriminator / counter in a deposit transaction for each denomination based on the discrimination result. It is known that the coin collecting mechanism and the paying-out mechanism corresponding to each denomination are arranged vertically in pairs (Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 61-60195 and 62). -6396 gazette).

"Problems to be solved by the invention" However, in the conventional coin depositing / dispensing machine,
The mechanism that temporarily holds coins by denomination and the mechanism that receives coins in this mechanism and pays them out as withdrawal coins are arranged vertically, so that the height of the aircraft becomes high, and this aircraft There was a problem that the amount of coins stored would decrease if the height of the coin was reduced. Then, these problems remarkably appear in the coin depositing / dispensing machine used as a tabletop type, and there has been a demand for the development of a tabletop type coin depositing / dispensing machine which has a large amount of coins and which does not increase the height of the machine body. .

Therefore, as a solution to the above problem, the present applicant has proposed a new coin depositing / dispensing machine (Japanese Patent Application No. 63-183269).
No.). In this coin depositing / dispensing machine, a temporary storage cylinder that receives and collects coins sorted by denomination from above and a dispensing cylinder that receives coins stored in the temporary storage and withdraws them from the bottom are in a horizontal plane. The bottom plates are provided side by side in the temporary storage cylinder so as to be movable in the vertical direction, and the coins in the temporary storage cylinder are provided above the temporary storage cylinder with the bottom plate rising and the withdrawal cylinder or return. A coin transfer roller that distributes to the passage is provided. Further, in this coin depositing / dispensing machine, since the temporary storage cylinder and the dispensing cylinder are provided side by side in the horizontal plane, the amount of coins that can be accommodated can be increased and the height of the machine body can be kept low. it can.

By the way, in the coin depositing / dispensing machine, since the coin transfer roller is provided above the temporary storage cylinder, there is a possibility that the coin inserted into the temporary storage cylinder may come into contact with and interfere with the coin transfer roller. Yes, in some cases, coins may not be smoothly stored in the temporary storage.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to be able to smoothly and reliably store coins in a storage cylinder and prevent the coins from being caught by a coin transfer roller. It is to provide a coin storage device in a coin processing machine.

"Means for Solving the Problem" In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a storage cylinder that stands and stores coins therein, and a bottom plate that is vertically movable inside the storage cylinder, A coin transfer roller that is rotatably provided above the storage cylinder and that rotates with the rise of the bottom plate to carry out coins in the storage cylinder; and a coin transfer roller provided above the storage cylinder and A coin storage device in a coin processing machine, comprising a charging passage for charging a coin therein, wherein a drive control mechanism for rotating the coin transfer roller is stored when the coin is stored in the storage cylinder. It is provided on the coin transfer roller.

[Operation] In the coin storage device of the coin processing machine of the present invention, when the coin is stored in the storage cylinder by the drive control mechanism, the coin transfer roller is rotated to store the coin along the input passage. The coins inserted into the storage cylinder are smoothly and forcibly guided into the storage cylinder.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14.

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an example of a coin depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention. This coin depositing / dispensing machine is covered with an upper body 1 and has an upper mechanism part 2 which can be opened upward and an upper mechanism part 2. A front mechanism portion 5 which is provided below the upper mechanism portion 2 and is openable to the front side and covered by the front door 3 and the machine body 4, and below and above the upper mechanism portion 2 and behind the front mechanism portion 5. The rear / side mechanism section 7 provided on one side and the rear / side mechanism section 7 provided behind the rear / side mechanism section 7 and supplying power to these mechanism sections 2, 5, 7 and at the same time. , 7 and a control / power supply mechanism section 8 for controlling.

As shown in FIG. 3, the upper mechanism portion 2 has a deposit port 20
A coin separating and supplying mechanism 21 for separating and sending out coins inserted one by one, and in order to transfer the coins separated and supplied from this coin separating and supplying mechanism 21, both sides are guided by a pair of guide plates 23, And the discrimination counting passage bent at a right angle
22, a discrimination and counting sensor 24 provided between the entrance end and the curved portion of the discrimination and counting passage 22 and for discriminating and counting the coin type of the coin, and the bending portion and the exit end of the discrimination and counting passage 22. In between, a pair of near feed sensors 25 provided on both sides of the discrimination counting passage 22 and for detecting a moving coin, and a distance of a predetermined distance from these near feed sensors 25 A pair of timing sensors 26 that are provided on both sides near the exit end and that detect coins
And provided adjacent to the outlet end of the discrimination counting passage 22,
Further, in response to the coin detection signals of both the sensors 25, 26, a gate opening / closing mechanism 27 for opening / closing the gate 27a, and a gate opening / closing mechanism 27 provided adjacent to the gate opening / closing mechanism 27 and capable of turning coins at right angles, Is guided by a pair of guide plates 28a, and a curved sorting storage passage 28,
An upper carrier 29 (see FIG. 4) provided above the passages 22 and 28 and configured to convey coins on the passages 22 and 28 is mainly configured.

And, the coin separating and supplying mechanism 21 is one in which a rotary disc 21b is installed below a hopper liner 21a whose central opening is the deposit port 20, and coins dropped on the rotary disc 21b are rotary discs. 21b and the take-in roller 29a are rotated so that they are separated one by one and delivered to the discrimination / counting passage 22. In addition, the gate opening / closing mechanism 27
As shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 11 and FIG.
A chute port 27b is provided between 22,28, and this chute port is
The gate 27a for opening and closing 27b is supported by a shaft 27c that is rotatably provided below the exit end of the discrimination counting passage 22, and a gate rotating lever 27d is connected to one end of the shaft 27c. A plunger of an opening / closing solenoid 27f is connected to the gate turning lever 27d via a link 27e by a pin connection, and a chute 2 is provided below the free end of the gate 27a.
7g is provided. The gate 27a is formed in a rectangular tube shape having a coin passage inside, and a notch 27h is formed at the center of the upper part of the gate 27a along the transfer direction to avoid the secondary acceleration belt 29e of the upper carrier 29. Are formed. The gate 27a is connected to the opening / closing solenoid 2
By operating 7f, the coin passage (inner surface) at the same height as the passages 22 and 28 is configured to be inclined downward from the horizontal state in the transfer direction.

Further, in the sorting storage passage 28, a plurality of (six in FIG. 3) sorting ports 28b for dropping coins in ascending order of the diameter are located closer to one side portion (lower side portion in FIG. 3). It is formed in each state. Then, a guide plate 28c is attached to the lower surface of the sorting storage passage 28 in which each sorting port 28b is formed so as to close the front part of each sorting port 28b, and this guiding plate 28c has a coin transport direction. And an inclined surface portion 28e which is continuous with the orthogonal surface portion 28d and which is inclined by a predetermined angle (45 ° in FIG. 3) with respect to the coin transport direction. This inclined surface part 28e
Is disposed near one side (the lower side in FIG. 3) of the sorting storage passage 28. Further, the upper transfer body 29 is configured to take in the coins sent from the coin separating / supplying mechanism 21 to the side of the discrimination / counting passage 22 and the take-in roller 29a.
In order to accelerate and convey coins from the entrance end of the discrimination counting passage 22 to the curved portion, the primary accelerating belt 29c wound around the pulley 29b, and the gate opening / closing mechanism 27 from the bending portion of the discrimination counting passage 22. In order to further accelerate and convey coins through the entrance end of the sorting and storage passage 28 via the pulley 29d.
The secondary acceleration belt 29e wrapped around and the sorting storage passage 2
The straight line portion 8 includes a sorting belt group 29g wrapped around a pulley 29f for transporting coins while pressing them toward one (lower side in FIG. 3) guide plate 28a side.

In the gate opening / closing mechanism 27, as shown in FIG. 12, when the gate 27a is inclined downward,
The distance d between the intersection of the upper inner surface of the gate 27a and the secondary acceleration belt 29e and the gate inclination start position (gate base end position) is set to be at least larger than the maximum diameter of the conveyed coins.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 9, the front mechanism section 5 has
A pair of front side plates 50 are arranged in parallel with each other with a predetermined distance therebetween, a first frame 51 extending between these front side plates 50, and provided below the respective sorting ports 28b. Supporting the sorting chutes 52, the temporary storage cylinders 53 arranged to face the sorting chutes 52 and locked to the first frame 51, and the coins in the temporary storage cylinders 53,
The coin support mechanism 54 to be raised, the feeding rollers 56 mounted above the respective temporary storage cylinders 53 and respectively mounted on the roller rotation shafts 55 rotatably provided on the both front side plates 50, and the first Mounting plate 57 and first provided below the frame 51
A pair of photosensors mounted on a mounting plate 58 extending between the front side plates 50 above the frame 51.
59, 60, a leaf spring 61 provided above the first frame 51, and a leaf spring 61 for holding the dispensing cylinder 70c of the rear / side mechanism portion 7, and a leaf spring 61 provided also above the first frame 51. Further, the coin guide plate 62 for guiding coins into the dispensing cylinder 70c and the front side plate 50 are provided in front of the temporary storage cylinder 53, and the temporary storage cylinder 53 is provided.
Second frame 63 fitted to the front part of the annular groove 53c for supporting the temporary storage cylinder 53, the first return chute 64 mounted on the upper part of the second frame 63, and the coin support mechanism 54 ascending and descending. The main component is a locking mechanism 65 that engages with the shaft 54m and stops the lifting shaft 54m at the upper end position. A pair of transmission holes 53a are formed in the upper part of the temporary storage cylinder 53 in parallel with the roller rotation shaft 55.
A pair of full detection sensors 66, 67 are provided so as to penetrate the front side plate 50 on an extension line connecting the 3a. The full detection sensors 66 and 67 detect an abnormal state in which one of the temporary storage cylinders 53 is filled to the upper end.

The coin support mechanism 54 includes a support plate 54a that moves up and down in the temporary storage cylinder 53, and a support plate arm that supports the support plate 54a and moves up and down along an arm slit 53b formed in the temporary storage cylinder 53. 54b, an elevating block 54d attached to the lower portion of the support plate arm 54b in an L-shape in plan view, and fitted to a fixed shaft 54c standing between the upper and lower portions of the second frame 63, and the support plate A block post 54e attached to the L-shaped lower front surface of the arm 54b and moving up and down along a post slit 63a formed in the second frame 63, and supported from below by these block posts 54e, and Elevating plate 54f arranged on the front side of the frame 63
A pulley 54g rotatably provided on the support plate arm 54b, a block pin 54h attached to the support plate arm 54b, and a second plate 54f attached to the lift plate 54f.
Insert the pin slit 63b of the frame 63 into the support plate arm 5
An elevating plate 54i protruding toward the 4b side, a coil spring 54j mounted between the pins 54h and 54i and wound around the pulley 54g, and an L-shaped member attached to both ends of the elevating plate 54f. A roller mounting plate 54k and a pair of upper and lower guide rollers rotatably provided on the inner side of the both roller mounting plates 54k and vertically moving along the roller guide slits 50a formed on the both front side plates 50. 54l, the elevating shaft 54m provided on the outer side of each roller mounting plate 54k and engaging with the elevating lever 73j of the rear / side mechanism 7, and the one roller mounting plate 54k (machine body). The connecting plate 54q screwed to the lower part of the roller mounting plate 54k on the right side when viewed from the front, that is, in the direction of arrow A in FIG.
And a support roller 54r rotatably attached to the connecting plate 54q. Then, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 14, the support plate 54a has a through hole 54 for the upper end position.
The n and lower end position transmission holes 54p are formed at a predetermined distance. It should be noted that these transmission holes 54n and 54p are the same as those on the right side of the six support plates 54a arranged side by side in FIG.
Each piece is formed in a U-shaped cutout shape, and one left side support plate 54a is formed in a round hole shape.
Further, each of the photosensors 59 and 60 includes a transmission hole 54n for the upper end position when the support plate 54a is at the upper end position, and the support plate 5
It is installed on a straight line connecting the lower end position transmission hole 54p when 4a is at the lower end position, and its optical axis is arranged at a predetermined angle with respect to the vertical direction. Furthermore, the front door 3 is provided rotatably in the vertical direction about the shaft 30 by mounting the shaft 30 provided at the lower end thereof in the shaft hole of the machine body 4, and Inside the door 3, the second return chute 32 and the third return chute 32 are vertically arranged.
Are arranged respectively. Then, the above first, second, and third
The return chutes 64, 31, 32 form a first return passage 11 from above the temporary storage cylinder 53 to the dispensing port 10.
A dogleg-shaped connecting plate 68 is rotatably connected by pin connection between the front door 3 and the upper portion of the front side plate 50.

In the locking mechanism 65, a pair of elongated hole-shaped guide slits 65b is formed in the lock plate 65a, and a pair of guide shafts 65c attached to the front side plates 50 are mounted in the guide slits 65b. As a result, the lock plate 65a is provided on each front side plate 50 so as to be movable horizontally within a predetermined range, and the lower hook 65d of the lock plate 65a is attached to the roller guide slit 50a of the front side plate 50.
A lock spring 65e that projects to the side is provided between the front side plate 50 and the lock plate 65a, while a lock opener 65f that pushes out the lock plate 65a to the front side (front door 3 side) faces the lock plate 65a. Then, it is provided on the side of the rear / side mechanism 7. And
During normal operation (during operation), the lock opener 65f pushes the lock plate 65a forward against the urging force of the lock spring 65e, so that the lower hook 65d of the lock plate 65a causes the roller guide of the front side plate 50 to move. While retracting from the slit 50a, when opening the front mechanism section 5 described later,
The lower hook 65d of the lock plate 65a is projected toward the roller guide slit 50a by the lock spring 65e,
The coin supporting mechanism 54 can be engaged with the elevating shaft 54m.

The rear part / side part mechanism part 7 receives a coin in the temporary storage cylinder 53 and dispenses it when necessary,
Coupling mechanism 71, which is provided between the front mechanism unit 5 and rotatably supports the front mechanism unit 5, and coins inserted from the chute opening 27b of the gate opening / closing mechanism 27 are collectively stored. The collective storage mechanism 72 and the drive mechanism 73 for operating the feeding roller 56 of the front mechanism section 5, the support plate 54, and the collective storage basket 72a of the collective storage mechanism 72 are provided.

In the dispensing mechanism 70, a plurality (six in FIG. 9) are provided between the pair of rear side plates 70a that are arranged in parallel to each other behind the front side plates 50 and are separated by a predetermined distance. The rectangular payout tube bases 70b are provided in a line. On these withdrawal barrel bases 70b, the cylindrical barrel body 7
0s is fitted behind each of the temporary storage cylinders 53 to form a dispensing cylinder 70c. A pair of bottom plates 70e supported by a bottom plate base 70d is attached below each withdrawal cylinder 70c, and a coin slot 70f is provided between the bottom plate 70e and the withdrawal cylinder 70c. And a payout device 74 for paying out coins one by one from the dispensing port 70f to the dispensing port 10 at the lower front part is attached to the dispensing tube base 70b. Further, each of the dispensing cylinder bases 70b is provided with a set pin 70g at a position different for each type of gold, while the set shaft 70h attached between the both rear side plates 70a is provided with each of the set pins 70g. Set groove 7 at the position corresponding to
0i is formed, and each set pin 70g and set groove 7
With 0i, each withdrawal cylinder 70c can be detachably set from the upper side of the machine to a predetermined position without error in the type of money. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the ejection device 74 has a solenoid 74b fixed to a solenoid mounting plate 74a.
A link 74c connected to the plunger of the solenoid 74b by pin connection, an extruded plate holder 74d connected to the link 74c by pin connection, and a long hole 74e formed in the extruded plate holder 74d. A pair of pins 74f
And a coin extruding plate 74g that is movably supported in the extruding plate holder 74d in the horizontal direction, and a protrusion 74h that extrudes the lower portion of the coin extruding plate 74g, and is supported by a rotating shaft 74i. A spring 7 that is provided between the push-out plate advancing / retracting cam 74j, the pin 74f on the front side of the coin push-out plate 74g and the pin 74k of the push-out plate holder 74d, and returns the coin push-out plate 74g to the rear side.
4l and a lower biasing spring 74n that is provided between the lower end of the pushing plate holder 74d and the spring base 74m and biases the pushing plate holder 74d downward. 74p and a drive pulley 74r mounted on its drive shaft 74q, a pulley 74s, a transmission pulley 74t mounted on the rotating shaft 74i, and a belt 74u.
By rotating the push-out plate advancing / retracting cam 74j counterclockwise in FIG. 5 about the rotating shaft 74i, the coin push-out plate 74g passes through between the bottom plates 70e to the front side. It is supposed to stick out.

Further, the solenoid mounting plate 74a and the sensor mounting plate 70j are provided with a pair of near-end detection sensors 70k, 70l that detect that the remaining amount of coins in the dispensing cylinder 70c has decreased. , These near-end detection sensors
An optical axis connecting between 70k and 70l is set so as to pass through a pair of transmission holes 70m and a bottom plate base 70d that are arranged to face the dispensing tube base 70b. Furthermore, the sensor mounting plate 70j
A dispensing count sensor 70n that counts the dispensed coins is attached to the. Furthermore, a pair of transmission holes 70p are formed in the upper portion of each of the dispensing cylinders 70c in parallel to the set shaft 70h, and penetrate the rear side plate 70a on an extension line connecting the transmission holes 70p. A pair of full detection sensors 7
0q and 70r are provided. The full detection sensor 70q, 70r
Is for detecting an abnormal state in which one of the dispensing cylinders 70c is filled to the upper end. A shutter 70t that opens and closes the outlet 70f is provided in the lower portion of the dispensing cylinder base 70b so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. The shutter 70t faces the dispensing cylinder base 70b. ,Shutter
A magnet 70u is attached to attract 70t and close the outlet 70f.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the connecting mechanism 71 has a pair of bearing plates 71a screwed to both rear side plates 70a, and supports the front side plates 50 on the bearing plates 71a. An opening / closing shaft 71b is rotatably provided, and the side plates 50,
A roller catch mechanism 71e including a diamond-shaped protrusion 71c and a recess 71d that engages with the protrusion 71c is provided between the upper portions of 70a, and one rear side plate 70a is provided as shown in FIG.
With an open stopper 71g rotatably attached to one end of the elongated hole attached to the shaft 71f, a shaft 71h attached to the front side plate 50 is slidably provided along the elongated hole,
It is provided between the both side plates 70a and 50. When the locking state of the roller catch mechanism 71e is released, the front side plate 50 is released.
Is the opening stopper 7 about the opening / closing shaft 71b.
The shaft 71h is opened (rotated) toward the front side along the 1-g long hole until the shaft 71h reaches the other end of the long hole.

As shown in FIG. 13, the collective storage mechanism 72 includes the collective storage basket 72a supported by the rotating shaft 72b below the chute 27g of the upper mechanism unit 2 and the lower left side of the collective storage basket 72a. A fourth return chute (second return passage) 72c that is provided and guides the coins in the collective storage basket 72a to the dispensing port 10, and is placed at the lower right of the collective storage basket 72a and is guided by the guide plate 72d. It stores coins stored in the batch storage basket 72a, and is composed of a detachable safe 72f having a lock unit 72e.

In the drive mechanism 73, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the drive gear G1 is mounted on the drive shaft 73b of the main drive source 73a mounted in the machine body 4, and the transmission gear G2 is attached to the drive gear G1. Are meshed. A belt 73e is provided between the pulley 73d mounted on the shaft 73c of the transmission gear G2 and the pulley 50b rotatably supported via a bracket on the lower portion of the one front side plate 50 (see FIG. 7). The belt 50e is wound between the pulley 50c mounted on the shaft 50f of the pulley 50b and the pulley 50d mounted on the roller rotating shaft 55. A transmission shaft 50g is provided between the lower portions of the pair of front side plates 50, and a transmission roller 50h mounted on the transmission shaft 50g is pressed against the belt 73e. Further, the end portion of the transmission shaft 50g (the end portion on the right side when viewed from the front of the machine body, that is, when viewed in the direction of arrow a in FIG. 8).
An elliptical roller 50i is attached to the support roller 54i, and the elliptic roller 50i abuts the support roller 54r and supports the support roller 54r from below.

Furthermore, a transmission gear group 73f is connected to the transmission gear G2. The transmission gear group 73f includes the transmission gear G2.
A gear G3 meshed with the gear G3, a gear G4 mounted on the shaft of the gear G3, a gear G5 meshed with the gear G4, a gear G6 mounted on the shaft of the gear G5, and a gear G6. G7 meshed with the gear and the gear mounted on the shaft of this gear G7
G8, gear G9 meshed with this gear G8, and this gear
It is composed of an electromagnetic clutch 73g connected to G9. When the electromagnetic clutch 73g is excited, the gear G9
The rotational force from the side is transmitted to the output shaft 73h.

As shown in FIG. 6, lifting lever cams 73i are attached to both ends of the output shaft 73h. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, these lifting lever cams 73i have a pair of vertically symmetrical upper and lower cam surfaces, and are provided at one end of the dogleg-shaped lifting lever 73j on the cam surfaces. The roller 73k is abutted. The other end of the elevating lever 73j supports the elevating shaft 54m of the coin supporting mechanism 54 from below, and the lever shaft 7 attached to each of the rear side plates 70a.
The bent portion of the elevating lever 73j is provided on 3l so as to be vertically rotatable.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the output shaft 73h is
A transmission gear G10 is attached, and this transmission gear G10 has
The transmission gear G12 is connected via the transmission gear G11.
A bevel gear G14 is meshed with a bevel gear G13 attached to the shaft of the transmission gear G12.
The basket rotation gear G15 mounted on the shaft of 14
As shown in the figure, the rotation shaft 7 of the collective storage basket 72a is
The gear 72g mounted on 2b is meshed.

When performing a depositing process using the coin depositing / dispensing machine configured as described above, first, a coin is dropped onto the rotary disc 21b from the depositing port 20 at the center of the hopper liner 21a.
As a result, the coins on the rotary disc 21b are separated one by one by the rotation of the rotary disc 21b and sent to the discriminant counting passage 22 side, and are drawn into the discriminative counting passage 22 by the take-in roller 29a, and then the primary acceleration belt Accelerated transportation by 29c.

When the coin reaches the installation position of the discrimination counting sensor 24 on the discrimination counting passage 22, the discrimination counting sensor 24 performs denomination discrimination and counting. Next, when the coin reaches the curved portion of the discrimination counting passage 22 by the primary acceleration belt 29c, it is conveyed toward the exit end while being further accelerated by the secondary acceleration belt 29e in order to separate the distance from the subsequent coin. After that, the operation of dropping the coin from the chute opening 27b of the gate opening / closing mechanism 27 or sending it to the sorting storage passage 28 is performed based on the result of the discrimination and counting.

This operation is performed by the pair of the near feed sensor 25 and the timing sensor 26 and the opening / closing operation of the gate 27a. That is, in the denomination of the coin, the predetermined number of coins are not yet stored in the primary storage cylinder 53, and the number of coins in the primary storage cylinder 53 and the number of coins stored in the dispensing cylinder 70c are added. If the coins have not yet reached the allowable number of coins to be stored in the dispensing cylinder 70c, the opening / closing solenoid 27f is activated when the coin is detected by the timing sensor 26.
Is operated to rotate the gate 27a about the shaft 27c via the link 27e and the gate rotation lever 27d to bring the gate 27a into a horizontal state. This allows the coins to
It is smoothly transferred into the sorting storage passage 28 through the inner surface of 27a. At this time, when the coin is detected by the timing sensor 26 and the subsequent coin is detected by the near-feed sensor 25, it is determined that the distance between the coins is equal to or less than a predetermined value (near-feed state). To be done. Then, in the denomination of this subsequent coin, when a predetermined number of coins are stored in the temporary storage cylinder 53 and there is no room to store them, or the dispensing cylinder 70c in which the storage coins in the temporary storage cylinder 53 are added. If the number of coins inside has reached the allowable number and there is no room to store it, it is necessary to surely drop the following coins from the chute port 27b, so the operation to drop the preceding coins from the chute port 27b is also necessary. To do. Therefore, in this case, at the time when the preceding coin is detected by the timing sensor 26 (when the succeeding coin is detected by the near feed sensor 25), the opening / closing solenoid 27f is operated so that the gate 27a is opened. The shaft 27c is tilted downward. As a result, the two coins smoothly fall along the inner surface of the lower portion of the cylindrical gate 27a, and the chute opening 2
Fall from 7b. Here, since the gate 27a has a notch 27h formed along the coin transfer direction at the center of the upper portion thereof, the secondary acceleration belt 29e moves in the notch 27h regardless of the opening / closing operation of the gate 27a, Therefore, gate 27a
And the secondary acceleration belt 29e do not come into contact with each other. Further, since the preceding coin has already been counted and stored in the control unit as having been transferred to the sorting storage passage 28 side, the number of stored coins is reduced by one when it is dropped from the chute port 27b.

On the other hand, in the denomination of the preceding coin, if there is no room to store it in the temporary storage cylinder 53, or if there is no room to store it in the dispensing cylinder 70c, the time when the coin is detected by the timing sensor 26. Then, the opening / closing solenoid 27f causes the gate 27a to incline downward, and this coin has a chute opening 27b.
Dropped from. In this case, at the above-mentioned time point, if the subsequent coin is detected by the near feed sensor 25,
Even if the succeeding coin is determined to be in the near-feed state and is to be sent to the sorting storage passage 28, the coin is dropped from the chute port 27b like the preceding coin. This is because when the gate 27a is returned to the horizontal state in the near feed state, the subsequent coins cannot be transferred smoothly,
This is because a jam may occur. At this time, if the coin is originally sent to the sorting and storing passage 28, the sorting and storing passage 28 has already been set in the control unit.
Since it is counted and stored as being sent to the side, the number of stored sheets is reduced by one at the stage of dropping from the chute port 27b.

Here, in the gate opening / closing mechanism 27, the gate 27
When a is inclined downward (see FIG. 12), the distance d between the intersection position of the upper inner surface of the gate 27a and the secondary acceleration belt 29e and the gate inclination start position (gate base end position) is at least the transfer coin. The coin that slides along the inner surface of the lower part of the gate 27a does not get caught between the secondary acceleration belt 29e and the gate 27a and moves smoothly, because it is set larger than the maximum diameter of the gate 27a. It drops from the chute port 27b, is guided to the chute 27g, and is stored in the collective storage basket 72a. Further, when the gate 27a is in a horizontal state, the coins that are accelerated and conveyed by the secondary acceleration belt 29e are transferred on the inner surface of the gate 27a, and are reliably delivered onto the sorting storage passage 28, It does not fall from the chute mouth 27b.

Next, the coins sent to the sorting storage passage 28 are transferred by the sorting belt group 29g while being pressed against one (lower side in FIG. 3) guide plate 28a in the straight portion of the sorting storage passage 28. Will be done. Therefore, the coin corresponds to the diameter of the coin as the six sorting ports 28b formed so that the width thereof is gradually widened in the state where the coin approaches one side portion in the straight line portion. It is dropped into the sorting port 28b, guided to the sorting chute 52 provided below the sorting port 28b, and temporarily stored in the storage cylinder 53.
It is stored inside.

In this case, the coins conveyed along the one side part fall into the sorting port 28b from the upper end in FIG. 3 when passing through the sorting port 28b corresponding to the diameter thereof. Along with, still continue to advance along the sorting and storage passage 28, hit the inclined surface portion 28e of the guide plate 28c installed on the front side of the sorting port 28b, is repelled by this inclined surface portion 28e and orthogonal to the transport direction. Change direction (upward in FIG. 3). Therefore, the coins fall from the sorting port 28b in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction and reach above the temporary storage cylinder 53 along the upper surface of the sorting chute 52. At this time, the feeding roller 56 located above the temporary storage cylinder 53 is rotating clockwise around the roller rotation shaft 55 in FIG.

That is, in FIG. 7, when the main drive source 73a is driven to rotate the drive shaft 73b and the drive gear G1 counterclockwise, the transmission gear G2, the pulley 73d, the belt 73e, the pulley 5
Roller rotation shaft 55 through 0b, 50c, belt 50e and pulley 50d
And the feeding roller 56 rotates clockwise. At this time, since the electromagnetic clutch 73g is not excited, the transmission gear G2
The rotation transmitted from the transmission gear group 73f to the transmission gear group 73f is not transmitted to the output shaft 73h. Therefore, the pair of lifting lever cams 73i do not rotate, the lifting lever 73j does not rotate, and the collective storage basket 72a also rotates. It doesn't move.

As described above, when the coin falling along the upper surface (inclined surface) of the sorting chute 52 reaches above the temporary storage cylinder 53, the feeding roller 56 above the temporary storage cylinder 53,
Since the coins contacting the lower part of the feeding roller 56 are rotated clockwise by the feeding roller 56 in FIG.
It is smoothly guided between the feeding roller 56 and the temporary storage cylinder 53, and is reliably accommodated in the temporary storage cylinder 53.

Further, in this case, in FIG. 7, since the belt 73e rotates clockwise between the pulleys 73d and 50b, the belt 7e
The transmission roller 50h in contact with 3e is rotating counterclockwise. Therefore, in FIG. 8, the transmission shaft 50g and the elliptical roller 50i rotate clockwise, and the rotation of the elliptic roller 50i causes the support roller 54r to vibrate up and down. As a result, the vibration of the support roller 54r is caused by the connection plate 54q and the roller mounting plate 5
4k, the lifting plate 54f, the lifting plate pin 54i, the coil spring 54j, the pulley 54g, the support plate arm 54b, is transmitted to the support plate 54a, the support plate 54a vibrates, coins stored in the temporary storage cylinder 53 However, even if it stands, the above support plate
The vibration of 54a causes it to be smoothly leveled, and is reliably accumulated on the support plate 54a. In the present embodiment, the elliptical roller 50i and the corresponding support roller 54r are
It is located at the right end as seen from arrow a in Fig. 8, but the reason is from the right side to the left side (see Fig. 9), 1 yen, 50 yen, 5 yen, 100 yen, 10 yen, 500 yen. Temporary storage cylinder for circle
This is because the 53s are arranged in the order of small diameter, and the most lightweight and easy-to-stand 1-yen coin is most effectively vibrated.
In addition, an elliptical roller is provided at the end on the right side when viewed from the arrow A in FIG.
In addition to placing the 50i, the elliptical roller 5
0i may be arranged to surely vibrate the support plate 54a in the all-temporary storage cylinder 53.

In this way, all the coins inserted from the deposit port 20 can be stored in the temporary storage cylinder 53 and withdrawn, after the denomination discrimination and counting are performed by the discrimination counting sensor 24. As many coins as can be stored in the cylinder 70c are stored in the temporary storage cylinders 53 from above the sorting and storage passage 28, and the remaining coins are all stored in the batch storage basket 72a, so that only the necessary number is stored. It is sent to the passage 28, and accordingly, the occurrence of troubles such as a jam at the time of sorting and erroneous sorting is controlled as much as possible.

Then, when all the deposited coins are stored in the temporary storage cylinder 53 or the collective storage basket 72a and this deposit transaction is approved, the coins in each temporary storage cylinder 53 are respectively stored in the dispensing cylinder 70c. And the bulk storage basket 72a
The coins inside are stored in the removable safe 72f. That is, in FIG. 7, when the main drive source 73a is driven to rotate the drive shaft 73b counterclockwise together with the drive gear G1, the transmission gear 73
G2, pulley 73d, belt 73e, pulleys 50b, 50c, belt 50
e, the roller rotation shaft 55 and the feeding row 56 via the pulley 50d.
Rotates clockwise. On the other hand, when the transmission gear G2 rotates clockwise, the gears G3 to G of the transmission gear group 73f are
The rotation is transmitted to the electromagnetic clutch 73g via 9. At this time, since the electromagnetic clutch 73g is excited, the rotation is transmitted to the output shaft 73h, and the output shaft 73h rotates clockwise in FIG. 7 (counterclockwise in FIG. 8). Therefore, the pair of lifting lever cams 73i mounted on the output shaft 73h rotate in the same direction as the output shaft 73h. As a result, a pair of lifting levers 73j, which are in contact with the cam surfaces of the lifting lever cams 73i via rollers 73k, rotate about the lever shafts 73l, and the other ends of the lifting levers 73j move to the lifting shafts 54m. Lift up. As a result, the roller mounting plate 54k moves upward while moving the pair of elevating guide rollers 54l along the roller guide slits 50a of the front side plate 50. 54f rises. At this time, the supporting roller 54r below the roller mounting plate 54k moves away from the rotating elliptical roller 50i and rises. Therefore, since the end of the coil spring 54j fixed to the lifting plate pin 54i of the lifting plate 54f is pulled up, the coil spring wound around the pulley 54g between the lifting plate pin 54i and the block pin 54h. Five
4j lifts the pulley 54g, whereby the support plate arm 54b, the elevating block 54d, and the block post 54e together with the pulley 54g ascend along the fixed shaft 54c and are supported by the support plate arm 54b. The support plate 54a also rises in the temporary storage cylinder 53.

As described above, the feeding roller 56 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 5 and the support plate 54a rises in the temporary storage cylinder 53, so that the coins stored in the temporary storage cylinder 53. Are pushed up in sequence and sent to the right,
While being guided by the coin guide plate 62, the coin guide plate 62 is stored in the dispensing cylinder 70c. In this case, as coins are moved one by one from the temporary storage cylinder 53 into the dispensing cylinder 70c, the coins in the temporary storage cylinder 53 vibrate in the vertical direction.
The coin is smoothly moved because it is absorbed by the coil spring 54j wound around g.

Further, as the output shaft 73h rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 8, the transmission gears G10 to G12 and the bevel gear G1 are rotated.
Since the basket rotation gear G15 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 13 via G3 and G14, the rotation shaft 72b rotates clockwise through the gear 72g, and the collective storage basket 72a is rotated.
Tilts to the right, and the coins stored in the collective storage basket 72a are stored in the removable safe 72f.

Further, when all the deposited coins are stored in the temporary storage cylinder 53 or the collective storage basket 72a and the deposit transaction is not approved, the main drive source 73a is driven to operate as shown in FIG. , Rotates the drive shaft 73b clockwise with the drive gear G1. As a result, contrary to the above-described case of approval, the collective storage basket 72a rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 13 and the collective storage basket 72a is rotated.
Since the coins in the coins are paid out onto the fourth return chute 72c, the coins are stored in the carton 12 placed on the dispensing port 10 via the fourth return chute 72c. Along with this, while the feeding roller 56 rotates clockwise in FIG. 5,
Each elevating lever cam 73i rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 7 (clockwise in FIG. 8). In this case, since a pair of cam surfaces is formed on each of the lifting lever cams 73i in line symmetry, the roller 73k of the lifting lever cam 73i contacts the cam surface on the opposite side of the above-mentioned approved cam surface. By contacting, similarly, the other end of the elevating lever 73j lifts the roller mounting plate 54k together with the elevating shaft 54m.
Therefore, since the feeding roller 56 rotates clockwise in FIG. 5 and the support plate 54a rises in the temporary storage cylinder 53, the coins in the temporary storage cylinder 53 are sequentially paid out and first returned. Through the chute 64, the second return chute 31 and the third return chute 32 in the front door 3, and the withdrawal port 10
Housed in Calton 12 of.

In this way, by using one main drive source 73a, and by turning on and off the electromagnetic clutch 73g,
When the coins on the sorting storage passage 28 are stored in the temporary storage cylinder 53 via the sorting port 28b, the electromagnetic clutch 73g is turned off, and the operation of raising the support plate 54a in the temporary storage cylinder 53 and the collective storage basket are performed. While the turning operation of 72a is stopped, the feeding roller 56 is rotated, the support plate 54a is vibrated, and the guide plate 28 having the inclined surface portion 28e at the sorting port 28b.
With the provision of c, the coins conveyed on the sorting and storage passage 28 fall from the sorting port 28b in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction, and the coins between the temporary storage cylinder 35 and the delivery roller 56 are dropped. It is easily stored in the temporary storage tube 53 through the
It is accumulated smoothly without standing in 53. On the other hand, by turning on the electromagnetic clutch 73g and rotating the drive shaft 73b of the main drive source 73a forward and backward, the withdrawal cylinder 70 from the temporary storage cylinder 53 is discharged.
The payout operation to the c or the first return passage 11 and the delivery operation from the collective storage basket 72a to the removable safe 72f or the second return passage 72c are simultaneously and surely performed.
Further, since the temporary storage cylinder 53 and the withdrawal cylinder 70c are arranged side by side in front and behind, the height of the coin depositing / dispensing machine can be reduced, and the coins can be accommodated in the temporary storage cylinder 53 and the withdrawal cylinder 70c. A sufficient amount can be secured and it is easy to handle as a tabletop type.
Further, when the coin is paid out from the temporary storage cylinder 53, the support plate 54a in the temporary storage cylinder 53 moves up and down, but when the support plate 54a is at the lower end position, the support plate 54a is arranged obliquely with respect to the vertical direction. The optical axis of the pair of upper and lower photosensors 59, 60 is transmitted through the lower end position transmission hole 54p of the support plate 54a, whereby it is detected that there is no coin in the temporary storage cylinder 53, and the temporary storage cylinder 53 is detected. It is detected that the preparation for inserting the coin into the is completed. Next, when a coin is inserted into the temporary storage cylinder 53, the optical axis is blocked by the coin. And
As described above, the support plate 54a rises to dispense all the coins in the temporary storage cylinder 53, and when it reaches the upper end position, all the coins on the support plate 54a are dispensed and the optical axis is supported. Since all the coins have been paid out, since the photo sensor passes through the through hole 54n for the upper end position of the plate 54a, the photo sensor
Detected by 59,60. In addition, when an abnormal state occurs such that the coin is jammed in the temporary storage cylinder 53 or stands up when it is fed out, the support plate 54a does not reach the predetermined upper end position. In this case, since the optical axis is blocked by the support plate 54a, it can be reliably detected that the support plate 54a is not at the upper end position.

Furthermore, when the feeding operation is completed and the support plate 54a at the upper end position is lowered, the main drive source 73a is driven to rotate the elevating lever cam 73i, and the elevating lever cam 73i is moved to the maximum diameter portion. The roller 73k of the lifting lever 73j that is in contact is returned to the minimum diameter part. As a result, the elevating lever 73i rotates about the lever shaft 73l, and the other end of the elevating lever 73j descends. Therefore, the elevating shaft 54m supported by the elevating lever 73j is connected to the roller mounting plate 54k and the elevating plate. 54f descends along with coil spring 54j, pulley 54g, lifting block 54d, block post 54e, and support plate arm 54b.
Also descends along the fixed axis 54c. Therefore, the support plate 54a supported by the support plate arm 54b smoothly descends inside the temporary storage cylinder 53 to the lower end position.

Further, in the case of paying out the dispensed coins stored in the dispensing cylinder 70c, the dispensing drive source 74p in FIG.
While rotating the rotating shaft 74i counterclockwise together with the push-out plate advancing / retracting cam 74j, the protrusion 74h of the push-out plate advancing / retracting cam 74j contacts the coin push-out plate 74g to cause the coin push-out plate 74g to spring 74l.
When pushing forward against the spring force of the solenoid 74
The plunger of b is raised to raise the push-out plate holder 74d by about one coin. As a result, the push plate holder 74
Since the coin pushing plate 74g supported movably in the horizontal direction by a predetermined distance in d is raised by approximately one coin from between the pair of bottom plates 70e of the dispensing cylinder 70c, the coin pushing plate 74g is moved forward. By moving, one coin is dispensed from the dispensing port 70f of the dispensing cylinder 70c onto the carton 12 of the dispensing port 10. In this case, the shutter that attracts the magnet 70u and blocks the outlet 70f
The coin 70t is lifted and rotated upward by pushing out the coin by the coin pushing plate 74g. And
When coins are thrown onto the carton 12, the shutter 70t
It rotates downward, returns to the original state, and is attracted to the magnet 70u. Accordingly, the coins in the dispensing cylinder 70c are attracted to the magnet 70u by the shutter 70t even if the coin depositing / dispensing machine is tilted, except when the coin pushing plate 74g pushes the coins out of the dispensing port 70f. Since the outlet 70f is blocked, it does not go out through the outlet 70f. Next, when the protrusion 74h that pushed out the coin pushing plate 74g retreats downward, the spring 74l
The coin pushing plate 74g is pulled back in the horizontal direction by the spring force of, and the plunger of the solenoid 74b is lowered to push the pushing plate holder 74d supporting the coin pushing plate 74g to the downward biasing spring 74n. Since one coin is moved downward by the urging force, the coin pushing plate 74g is pulled back in a state of being sunk between the bottom plates 70e.
In this way, the required number of coins of the predetermined denomination are smoothly dispensed.

Next, a case will be described in which the front mechanism portion 5 is pulled out to the front side together with the front door 3 during maintenance or when a jam occurs.

In this case, first, the upper machine body 1 and the upper mechanism portion 2 are opened upward and retracted above the machine body 4, and then the front door 3 is rotated forward around the shaft 30. As a result, as the front door 3 is pulled out to the front side, the front side plate 50 is pulled to the front side via the connecting plate 68, so that the engagement state between the projection 71c of the roller catch mechanism 71e and the recess 71d is released. To be done. As a result, the front side plate 50 rotates forward with respect to the rear side plate 70a about the opening / closing shaft 71b, and the opening / closing stopper 71g rotates about the shaft 71f attached to the rear side plate 70a. At the same time, the shaft 71h attached to the front side plate 50 moves along the long hole of the opening / closing stopper 71g.
Then, when the shaft 71h reaches the end of the elongated hole of the opening / closing stopper 71g, the rotation of the front side plate 50 is stopped, and the front side plate 50 is
While being supported by the opening / closing stopper 71g, it stands still while being inclined forward by a predetermined angle. In this case, the lower hook 65d of the lock plate 65a of the locking mechanism 65 is locked by the lock opener.
The front side plate 50 resists the biasing force of the lock spring 65e by 65f.
When the front side plate 50 is opened to the front side from the state of retracting from above the roller guide slit 50a (front mechanism portion 5 closed state), the lock spring 65e urges the roller guide slit 50a above the roller guide slit 50a. And is in a state where it can be locked with the elevating shaft 54m. In addition, the front side plate 50
Together with the opening operation of the first and second frames 51, 63, the sorting chute 52, the temporary storage cylinder 53, the coin support mechanism 54, the feeding roller.
56, photo sensors 59, 60, leaf spring 61, coin guide plate 6
2. The first return chute 64, the locking mechanism 65, the full detection sensors 66, 67, etc. are also inclined forward by a predetermined angle about the opening / closing shaft 71b. As a result, since the upper part of the temporary storage cylinder 53 is exposed, maintenance and jam removal inside or around the temporary storage cylinder 53 can be easily performed, and at the same time, the dispensing cylinder
Also in 70c, since the leaf spring 61 and the coin guide plate 62 are retracted from above, maintenance is facilitated.

Furthermore, when coins remain in the temporary storage cylinder 53, the feeding roller 5 is manually moved while raising the support plate 54a.
By rotating 6, the coins in the temporary storage cylinder 53
As shown in FIG. 10, it is recovered from the first return chute 64 through the back side of the second return chute 31 and into the carton 12 of the dispensing port 10 via the third return chute 32. Furthermore, if the front side plate 50 is opened to the front side, the lifting shaft 54m can be pulled up to the upper end position and engaged with the lower hook 65d of the lock plate 65a of the locking mechanism 65 to eliminate maintenance or jam. Later, when the front door 3 and the front mechanism portion 5 are returned to their original states as they are, the lifting shaft
54m can always be positioned above the other end of the elevating lever 73j, so that the lock plate 65a contacts the lock opener 65f to release the engagement state between the lower hook 65d and the elevating shaft 54m. Then, the elevating shaft 54m descends and becomes supported by the other end of the elevating lever 73j,
It will be ready for operation automatically. In this way, it is possible to improve the workability during maintenance and quickly return to the operable state.

Although the present embodiment has been described with respect to the case of being applied to a coin depositing / dispensing machine, the present invention is not limited to this and can be widely applied to a device for performing a depositing operation.

[Advantages of the Invention] As described above, the present invention provides a storage cylinder that stands upright and stores coins therein, a bottom plate that is vertically movable inside the storage cylinder, and above the storage cylinder. A coin transfer roller that is rotatably provided and that rotates with the rise of the bottom plate to carry out coins in the storage cylinder; and a coin insertion slot that is provided above the storage cylinder and inserts coins into the storage cylinder. A coin storage device in a coin processing machine comprising a passage, wherein a drive control mechanism for rotating the coin transfer roller is provided in the coin transfer roller when the coin is stored in the storage cylinder. Therefore, when storing coins in the storage cylinder, the drive control mechanism rotates the coin transfer roller to force the coins inserted into the storage cylinder along the input passage into the storage cylinder. By guiding to There is an effect that it is possible to be prevented from snagging in the coin-conveying rollers, to smoothly and reliably stored coins in the storage tube.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 14 show an embodiment of the present invention,
1 is a schematic side view, FIG. 2 is a schematic front view, FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view, FIG. 4 is a perspective view, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a plan view of the drive mechanism section, FIG. 7 is a side view of the drive mechanism section seen from the left, and FIG. 8 is a side view of the drive mechanism section seen from the right. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the main part of the mechanism, Fig. 10 is an explanatory view for explaining the opened state of the front mechanism, Fig. 11 is a side view of the gate opening / closing mechanism, and Fig. 12 is the same. FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the gate is inclined downward, FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the collective storage mechanism, and FIG. 14 is an explanatory view illustrating the periphery of the temporary storage cylinder. 52 …… Selection chute (input passage), 53 …… Temporary storage cylinder (storage cylinder), 54a …… Support plate (bottom plate), 56 …… Feeding roller (coin transfer roller), 73g …… Electromagnetic clutch (drive control) mechanism).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage cylinder which is provided upright and stores coins therein, and a bottom plate which is vertically movable inside the storage cylinder.
A coin transfer roller that is rotatably provided above the storage cylinder and that rotates with the rise of the bottom plate to carry out coins inside the storage cylinder; and a coin transfer roller that is provided above the storage cylinder and inside the storage cylinder. A coin storage device in a coin processing machine, comprising a charging passage for charging coins into the storage cylinder, wherein a drive control mechanism for rotating the coin transfer roller is stored when the coins are stored in the storage cylinder. A coin storing device in a coin processing machine, which is provided on a transfer roller.