JPH089824Y2 - Coin slot indicator - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an automatic toll collection machine for automatically collecting tolls of an automobile, and more particularly to a coin slot indicating device for instructing a coin slot.

2. Description of the Related Art In an automatic toll collection machine that automatically collects tolls for automobiles on expressways, etc., as shown in FIG. A coin insertion opening 93 for inserting coins is formed at each of a plurality of positions on the front panel 92 of the main body 91 having different heights. And as a method for instructing the driver of this coin slot to the driver of the car, since the car will pass in front of the automatic toll collection machine, it is dangerous to provide a protrusion. According to the method described above, a planar display method of sticking a sticker indicating that it is an input port or attaching a decorative frame 94 as shown in FIG. 4 has been adopted.

Problems to be solved by the invention When a coin slot is instructed by the above method,
Only when the car is located in front of the receiver body can the driver know where the coin slot is located. There was a situation in which we could go too far forward.

In addition, because the indicator lamp for instructing the operation or other parts such as push button switches are attached to the front panel of the main body of the receiving machine, it is difficult to instantly determine the coin slot. It was

The present invention was conceived in order to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a coin slot indicating device capable of making the position of the coin slot easy to understand.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the coin slot indicating device of the present invention is a coin slot indicating device for instructing a driver the coin slot of an automatic toll collection machine for automatically collecting the toll of a vehicle. And an opening auxiliary plate made of a magnetic material that is attached so as to cover at least a part of the edge along the front edge of the coin slot opened in the front panel of the receiver body, and the opening auxiliary plate And an insertion port indicator that is detachably attached to the insertion port indicator. The insertion port indicator includes an indicator body made of an elastic body, a lower fixing plate made of a magnetic body attached to the indicator body, and And a magnet interposed between the lower fixing plate and the opening auxiliary plate to attract the indicator body to the opening auxiliary plate, and the insertion port indicator is attached to the opening auxiliary plate, Is the car approaching When viewed from above, it projects from the front panel.

Further, in order to solve the above problems, the coin slot indicator of the present invention is a coin slot indicator for instructing the driver the coin slot of the automatic toll collection machine for automatically collecting the toll of the vehicle. The machine is equipped with a support provided on the front panel of the machine body, and an input port indicator having a support insertion hole into which the support is fitted. The friction force between the support insertion hole and the support is provided. The loading port indicator is detachably attached to the front panel, and when the loading port indicator is attached to the front panel, the loading port indicator projects from the front panel when viewed from the approach direction of the vehicle.

Since the input port indicator projects from the front panel of the main body of the receiver, it can be identified by the driver before advancing the vehicle to the front of the front panel. Further, since the loading port indicator is detachably attached to the front panel, when the vehicle touches the loading port indicator, the loading port indicator is disengaged from the front panel due to a shock when touched.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an assembled state of the embodiment shown in FIG.

The front panel 21 of the main body of the receiving machine is provided with a coin slot 22 having a substantially square opening shape, and on the back side of the front panel 21 of the coin slot 22 is made of a corrosion-resistant metal plate such as suntenless. And a pair of coin guide side plates 26, which are made of a material similar to that of the coin guide bottom plate 25 whose inner side is inclined downward, and whose distance becomes narrower toward the inner side, and not shown. The top plate and is attached. The coins are guided by these four plate members 25 and 26 and the back plate 27 that blocks the back side. Further, the upper edge and the side edge of the coin slot 22 are covered with an opening reinforcing plate 23 formed by forming a metal plate or the like in a substantially U shape, and a round hole 241 corresponding to the magnet 15 is formed on the lower edge. The attached rubber plate 24 is attached.

The insertion port indicator 11 has a configuration in which a pointer main body 12 made of an elastic material such as neoprene rubber and a coin sliding plate 13 made of a corrosion-resistant metal plate such as stainless steel and a lower fixing plate 14 are main parts. The indicator body 12 has an opening reinforcement plate 23.
Edge 121 formed to match the shape of the coin slipping plate 1
It has a substantially square V-shape including a plate material mounting portion 122 for supporting the third member 3 and mounting to the lower fixing plate 14, and a lower decorative portion 123 which is curved rearward as it goes downward.

Further, when the insertion port indicator 11 is attached to the front panel 21 of the main body of the automatic receipt machine by a magnet 15 which will be described later, it is projected from the front panel 21 when seen from the traveling direction of the automobile.

On the rear surface of the upper portion 1211 of the edge portion 121, the opening reinforcing plate 2
A screw insertion hole 1212 having a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the head of the screw 232 is formed at a position corresponding to the two screws 232 attached to the upper edge 231 of the side edge 1213 of the edge 121. A screw insertion hole (not shown) corresponding to the screw 233 is similarly formed on the back surface.

Further, the side edge portion 1213 of the edge portion 121 has a thickness in the front-rear direction that increases as it goes from the upper portion to the central portion, and decreases in the front-rear direction as it goes downward from the central portion. In the lower part, the shape is round and curved inward.

The coin sliding plate 13 has a front surface portion 131 that is in contact with the front surface 1221 of the plate material mounting portion 122, and an upper surface portion 132 that is inclined downward toward the rear when the coin sliding plate 13 is mounted on the plate material mounting portion 122. And are integrally formed members,
Mounting screws 133 are provided on the rear surface side of the front surface portion 131 at three locations corresponding to the screw holes 1222 formed in the plate material mounting portion 122. The rear end portions 134 on both sides of the upper surface portion are formed to have a large width and are folded back of the metal plate.

The lower fixing plate 14 is provided on the coin sliding plate 13
A screw hole 142 corresponding to one mounting screw 133 is formed, and an upper plate portion 141 fixed to the plate material mounting portion 122, a horizontal portion 143, and a lower plate portion 144 on which the two magnets 15 are mounted are integrally formed. The lower plate portion 144 is formed with screw holes 145 for attaching the magnet 15 at two positions.

The magnet 15 has a configuration in which a donut-shaped magnet 152 is fixed inside a flat cylindrical container interior 151, and a screw 146 inserted through the screw hole 142 and the screw 146.
The lower plate portion 1 of the lower fixing plate 14 by the nut 147 that meshes with the
It is fixed to 44.

Coin sliding plate 13 and indicator body 12 of lower fixing plate 14
The three mounting screws 133 of the coin sliding plate 13 are attached to the
Is inserted into the screw hole 1222 of the plate material mounting portion 122, and the mounting screw 133 protruding rearward of the plate material mounting portion 122 is inserted into the screw hole 142 of the upper plate portion 141 of the lower fixing plate 14 at the tip end, This is done by tightening the nut 135.

The insertion port indicator 11 assembled as described above,
When the corresponding screws 232 and 233 are inserted with pressure into the screw insertion holes (1212 and that not shown) and the magnet 15 is inserted into the round hole 241, the magnet 15 is attracted to the front panel 21. It is fixed to the front panel 21 by force. Also this input port indicator
11 is inseparably connected to the front panel 21 by a chain (not shown) in order to prevent its loss.

The operation of one embodiment of the present invention having the above configuration will be described below.

When the loading port indicator 11 is attached to the front panel 21, the loading port indicator 11 projects from the front panel 21. The indicator 11 becomes conspicuous, and the vehicle is easily stopped in front of it, and then the coin of the required amount is inserted into the coin slot 22.

As shown in FIG. 2, the inserted coin has the upper surface portion 132 of the coin sliding plate 13 partially overlapping the upper portion of the coin guide bottom plate 25. It slides on the bottom plate 25 and is guided to a hard discriminator from a not-shown drop opening at the innermost portion.

In addition, the insertion port indicator 11 protruding from the front panel 21
When the vehicle comes into contact with the vehicle, the insertion port indicator 11 causes the attraction force of the magnet 15 and the screw insertion hole 1212
Since it is only fixed to the front panel 21 by the frictional force between the screw and the screws 232 and 233, the insertion port indicator 11 is easily separated from the front panel 21 by the force of contact.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the insertion port indicator
As a method for fixing 11 to the front panel 21, the case of using the attractive force of the magnet 15 has been described, but as another method, for example, as shown in FIG. Replace the support 41 with an approximate shape with screws.
It is fixed to the front panel 21 by using 411 and a nut 412, and a support body insertion hole 42 having an inner diameter slightly smaller than the maximum diameter of the support body 41 is formed in the lower part of the indicator body 12, and the support body is inserted. The insertion port indicator 11 can be fixed to the front panel 21 by the frictional force between the hole 42 and the support 41.

Regarding the shape of the slot indicator 11, the coin slot 22
I explained about the case of covering all the edges of
As another configuration, for example, only the side edge and the lower edge of the coin slot 22 can be covered.

Effect of the Invention In the coin slot indicator according to the present invention, the coin slot is detachably attached to the coin slot of the front panel of the receiver body by the magnet or the support, and the slot indicator is When it is attached to the front panel, it protrudes from the front panel when viewed from the traveling direction of the vehicle, so that the position of the coin slot can be easily displayed to the driver. Further, since this insertion port indicator is detachably attached to the front panel by a magnet or a support, even if it comes into contact with the insertion port indicator, the insertion port indicator is easily detached from the front panel. Therefore, there is also an effect that the danger due to the insertion port indicator sticking out from the front panel can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an assembled state of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment. A sectional view and FIG. 4 are external perspective views showing a conventional technique. 11 …… Insert port indicator 21 …… Front panel 22 …… Coin slot.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Katsumi Tanaka 9-52 Ashihara-cho, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo Inside Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. (56) References JP 54-54100 (JP, A) -108498 (JP, U)

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A coin slot indicating device for instructing a driver the coin slot of an automatic toll collection machine for automatically collecting tolls of a vehicle, comprising: An opening auxiliary plate made of a magnetic material is attached along the edge so as to cover at least a part of the edge, and an insertion port indicator detachably attached to the opening auxiliary plate. The mouth indicator includes an indicator body made of an elastic body, a lower fixing plate made of a magnetic material attached to the indicator body, and the indicator body interposed between the lower fixing plate and the auxiliary opening plate. A magnet to be attracted to the opening auxiliary plate, and when the insertion port indicator is attached to the opening auxiliary plate, it is projected from the front panel when viewed from the approaching direction of the vehicle. Coin throw Entrance indicating device. 2. A coin slot indicating device for instructing a driver of a coin slot of an automatic toll collection machine for automatically collecting a toll of an automobile, a support provided on a front panel of a main body of the receipt machine, and a support for the same. A loading port indicator provided with a support insertion hole into which the body fits is provided, and the loading port indicator is detachably attached to the front panel by the frictional force between the support insertion hole and the support. The coin slot indicator, wherein the slot indicator is attached to the front panel and projects from the front panel when viewed from the entering direction of the vehicle.