JPH09259318A - Diameter changeable disk body transmission device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exclusively set plural kinds of disk bodies to one desired type by means of adjustment with a simple manual operation by providing a roller means which can freely move for opening the exit of the disk bodies and a control means for setting the roller means in a position corresponding to the diameters of the disk bodies. SOLUTION: When a rotary disk rotates, a coin which is pushed out along the upper edge of an upper exit knife and which passes pushes up the roller against a spring. When the roller is pushed up, a movable arm 33 rotates, a proximity switch 31 operates and the coins are counted. At the time of using the desired coin, the side wall of a control board 37, which becomes a seven angular ring form so that a distance between the upper edge of the exit knife becoming a reference and the roller fits to the diameter of the used coin, is selected and it is fixed by a screw 38. Since the diameter can be changed with the simple manual operation in accordance with the diameter of the used coin, the diameter can be changed with the simple operation when the coin of a memory changer is exchanged to the coin of different denomination.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disc body feeding device for accurately feeding individually loaded disc bodies of the same kind one by one to the outside. The present invention, specifically, a disc-shaped coin that is currency, or a disc-shaped medal used for a game or the like, discs of the same type, depending on the size of the diameter, BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disc-shaped disc feeding device capable of changing the diameter, which is capable of accurately feeding discs of the same type one by one by manual adjustment in advance. More specifically, the present invention, among various coins that are currency, according to the size of the diameter of the coin used, by performing a simple manual adjustment in advance,
The present invention relates to a disc-shaped disc feeding device capable of changing the diameter of coins of the denomination so that the coins can be fed out one by one. Therefore, the present invention has a novel diameter suitable for an apparatus for processing a plurality of types of discs, for example, a vending machine including a medal lending machine, a currency exchange machine, a game machine using medals, and the like. It is a changeable disc feeding device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of disc feeding devices have been developed so far. For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 62-45588 of the applicant of the present application discloses a disc-shaped coin delivery device. FIG.
It is a perspective view which shows the conventional coin sending device, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view which expands and shows the principal part. This coin delivery device is a pan-shaped base plate 2 that is provided so as to stand upright with respect to the horizontal and has a lateral opening for storing coins for delivery, which is attached to the base plate 2. The hopper 5 and the rotating disk 6 that is rotated around a rotation axis (not shown) at a position inclined upright with respect to the horizontal are provided in the hopper 5. The rotary disk 6 has a disk-shaped base portion 9 provided at the center of the upper surface thereof, and a predetermined outer peripheral surface 6a of the rotary disk 6 outside the base portion 9 in a predetermined circumferential direction. And a plurality of coin feeding pins 8 projecting at intervals of.

Although not shown in the drawings, this coin feeding device is provided with a plurality of bearings, which are inserted between the outer peripheral portion 6a of the rotary disk 6 and the base plate 2 so as to be circumferentially separated from each other. It has balls. These balls are
A supporting device, in other words, a bearing device for rotatably supporting the outer peripheral portion 6 a of the rotating disk 6 on the base plate 2 is configured. Further, this coin feeding device has an outlet knife 10 provided above the outer peripheral edge 9a of the base portion 9 so as to contact the tip portion 10a, and is taken up by the upper edge 10b of the outlet knife 10. For receiving and ejecting a coin C (see FIG. 6),
An outlet chute 11 is provided, and further on the stand portion 9,
A stirring device 15 for stirring the coins in the hopper 5.
It has.

A roller 13 is arranged above the exit knife 10 so as to face it. This roller 13 is attached to a pivoted inverted U-shaped actuating arm 12, which is urged by a spring of a switch for counting coins, although not shown. . Therefore, the coin C passing through the upper outlet 7 is
By pushing up the roller 13 against a spring (not shown), the coin counting switch is operated and the coins C are counted. The elliptical 14 shown in the upper part of FIGS. 6 and 7 is a wiper, and the upper outlet part 7
This is to prevent the coins C from being fed in a state of being overlapped with each other. The wiper 14 is made of soft rubber, and is attached to the base plate 2 with a fixed block 16 interposed. Reference numeral 17 is a spring plate for pressing the wiper 14 against the hood 19 which is a peripheral wall surrounding the rotary disk 6.

Further, reference numeral 1 shown at the bottom of FIG.
Is a mounting frame for mounting the coin sending device at a predetermined position such as a money changer or a medal exchanger. In the coin delivery device described above, the disk-shaped base portion 9 corresponding to the size of the coin C to be handled is provided in the central portion of the rotating disk 6, and the plurality of coin feeding pins 8 are rotated. The base portion 9 and the coin feed pin 8 are provided so as to project from the disc 6, and a holding pocket for the coin C is formed. Thus, by rotating the rotary disc 6 in the hopper 5, coins C in the hopper 5 are picked up one by one by the coin feed pins 8 into the respective holding pockets of the rotary disc 6, and the coins C are picked up at the upper outlet part 7. At the outlet 7, the tip 1 is attached to the outer peripheral edge 9a above the base 9.
The coins C are sent out one by one to the outlet chute 11 via the outlet knife 10 which is provided so as to be in contact with 0a.

[0006]

However, there is a problem that the above-mentioned coin sending device is only for one type of coin or for one type of medal and cannot be applied to other types of coins and medals. It was That is, in the conventional coin delivery device, when the types of coins are different and the diameters of the coins are different, it is necessary to change the entire delivery device in accordance with the desired diameter of the coin. In particular,
Different kinds of coins of the same type that are put into the hopper 5,
Naturally the diameters are different. Therefore, the spacing between the pins 8 arranged on the rotary disk 6, the spacing between the pins 8 and the outer peripheral edge 9a, the width size of the outer peripheral portion 6a, and the step size between the outer peripheral portion 6a and the base portion 9 Etc. had to be changed depending on the denomination of coins.

In other words, in the conventional coin feeding device, it is necessary to change the entire rotary disk 6 for each coin used. The present invention was developed for the purpose of solving the above problems, and when changing the coins used,
It is a disc-shaped feeding device whose diameter can be changed by a simple manual operation without changing the rotating disk. Specifically, the present invention, for example, when a coin stored in a coin handling machine such as a money changer is used by replacing it with a coin of another denomination, It is an object of the present invention to provide a new disc feeding device which does not need to be changed and whose diameter can be changed by a simple operation. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a disc-shaped disc feeding device having a variable diameter, which can be easily dedicated to a desired one of a plurality of types of discs by a simple manual adjustment. .

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides at least a movable body for opening an outlet of a disk body against the elasticity of a spring by a disk body delivered along a reference plane. A roller means, contactable with the roller means, and adjusting means for setting the roller means at a position corresponding to the diameter of the disc body, and for detecting movement of the roller means, And a movable discriminating means, the disc-shaped disc feeding device having a variable diameter. Further, in the present invention, the adjusting means includes a square ring-shaped adjusting plate, a screw for fixing the adjusting plate,
It is a disc body delivery device characterized by including. Furthermore, the present invention is the disc feeding device, wherein the detecting means includes at least a movable adjusting arm and a screw for fixing the adjusting arm.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that parts of the conventional example that are common to FIGS. 6 and 7 may be described using the same reference numerals. FIG.
1 is a front view schematically showing an embodiment according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG. 3A is an enlarged plan view of the main part of FIG. 1 seen from above, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of FIG. 1 viewed from the right side. 4 is an enlarged side view of FIG. 1 seen from the right side, and FIG. 5 is an oblique view showing an enlarged main part of FIG. The largest circular shape in FIG. 1 is a base plate 2 that constitutes a disc feeding device. The base plate 2 is fixed by a pair of frames (not shown) in a substantially upright state with a slight inclination. Has been done.

A large substantially ring-shaped hood 19 is fixed to the upper surface of the base plate 2 with screws or the like. Since the base plate 2 is obliquely fixed in a substantially upright state, the center axis of the cylindrical hood 19 has an inclination of about 30 degrees with respect to the horizontal line, although not shown. It will be. A circular rotary disk 6A is rotatably housed inside a substantially cylindrical hood 19 with a bearing mechanism (not shown) interposed. Rotating disk 6
The small circle in the center of A is the base 9A, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (A), the base portion 9A is formed to be slightly higher than the outer peripheral portion 6B of the rotary disk 6A. A large hole 20 in the center of the base 9A is also formed in the base plate 2 and is for inserting a drive shaft (not shown) for rotating the rotary disk 6A.

A plurality of small holes around the central hole 20 are provided for attaching a stirring spring or the like (not shown). Outer peripheral portion 6 of rotating disk 6A
Formed in B at equal intervals in the circumferential direction and in a pair in the radial direction are disk bodies, for example, pins 8A and 8B for sending out coins. The pin 8A on the inner side of the outer peripheral portion 6B is mainly for picking up and transporting coins regardless of the size of the diameter of the coin, which will be described later. The pin 8B on the outer side of the outer peripheral portion 6B is mainly for sending the coin out of the apparatus regardless of the size of the diameter of the coin, which will be described later.

Therefore, the distance between the inner and outer pins 8A and 8B is, of course, smaller than that of the coin having the smallest diameter among the types of coins of interest, and as will be described later. It goes without saying that the distance between the peripheral edge 9B and the inner pin 8A is also smaller than the coin having the smallest diameter. Further, the disc feeding device is provided with the base portion 9A.
The outlet knife 10 provided so as to contact the tip portion 10A on the outer peripheral edge 9B of the
Coin C guided by the upper edge 10B of 0 (see FIG. 1)
Is provided with an outlet chute 11 for receiving and discharging. An arcuate cut 21 is formed in the base plate 2 and the hood 19 above the exit knife 10.
As will be described later, a roller 22 is loosely fitted in the notch 21 so as to be able to move up and down.

The upper reference numeral 23 in FIG. 2 is a rear view.
Indicates a slightly large bolt, and the bolt 23 is fixed by fastening in a hole formed in the base plate 2. Reference numeral 24 is a slightly larger L-shaped adjusting arm, and the upper end of the adjusting arm 24 is rotatably mounted on the shaft 26 of the bolt 23 as shown in FIG. An arc-shaped elongated hole 28 is formed in almost the entire area. Reference numeral 29 is a screw hole formed in the base plate 2. The screw hole 29 is formed so as to communicate with the elongated hole 28, and the screw 30 can be screwed therein. The rectangular body fixed to the left end of the lower end portion 27 is the proximity switch 31, and the standing piece 32 at the right end is used for manual adjustment as described later. The upper substantially elliptical shape in FIGS. 2 and 5 is the movable arm 33.

The movable arm 33 has a left end portion rotatably mounted on the bolt shaft 26 and a right end portion with a shaft 34 planted in the front direction. The shaft 34 will be described above. Further, the roller 22 is externally mounted so as to prevent the roller 22 from coming off and rotating. The lower edge 35 of the movable arm 33 is an upright piece bent in an L shape. 36 below the notch 21
Is a screw hole formed in the base plate 2, and a screw 38 for fixing a substantially heptagon ring-shaped adjustment plate 37 can be screwed into the screw hole 36. The upper portion 39 of FIGS. 4 and 5 is a spiral spring.
9 is externally mounted on the bolt shaft 26, one end 40 is hooked on the hole of the base plate 2, and the other end is hooked on the movable arm 33, so that the standing piece 35 of the movable arm 33 and the side wall of the adjusting plate 37. 41 is pressed.

The right side of FIG.
The upper end of the lever 42 is rotatably mounted on the bolt shaft 26, and the leading edge of the upper end is fixed to the upper edge of the movable arm 33. An iron piece 43 is fixed to the lower end of the lever 42, and the iron piece 43 can pass near the proximity switch 31. It should be noted that a small circle 50 indicated by a dashed-dotted line in the upper part of FIG. 1 is a truncated cone-shaped small protrusion as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3B, the protrusion 50 is fixed to the hood 19 above the bottom of the trapezoid, and below the bottom of the trapezoid is a groove 51 formed on the entire outer periphery of the outer peripheral portion 6B. , Is slidably projected. The protrusion 50 is for preventing the coins being conveyed from overlapping each other.

That is, a large number of coins of the same kind are piled up in the hopper head in bulk, and a large rotating disk 6
When A is rotated counterclockwise at high speed in FIG. 1,
In the outer peripheral portion 6B, two coins may be overlapped and sent. At this time, the coins on the outer peripheral side, which are overlaid on each other, collide with the protrusion 50, and as a result,
Only one coin on top will be turned over and dropped. The groove 51 is formed on the outer peripheral portion 6
This is to prevent a coin from being caught between B and the protrusion 50.

[Embodiment] Although not shown in the drawings, the present embodiment having the above-mentioned configuration appropriately mounts a pot-shaped hopper head with a horizontal hole on a cylindrical hood 19, and in the hopper head, When the same coin group, which is a disk body, is stacked in bulk and the drive shaft (not shown) of the rotary disk 6A is rotated, the rotary disk 6A is rotated counterclockwise in FIG.

Thus, in the lower part of FIG. 1, one coin C1 which is a stack of disc-shaped coins (not shown) is hooked by the inner pin 8A of the rotary disk 6A and conveyed upward. Will be. Inner pin 8
The coin that is being conveyed upward by A tends to drop due to its own weight as it is conveyed upward.
As shown in the coin C2, the coin C2 has an outer peripheral edge 9B.
It is supported by the stepped portion of No. 1 and is not dropped, and is further conveyed upward and counterclockwise. The coins conveyed counterclockwise by the pin 8A and the outer peripheral edge 9B are
At the uppermost position, as shown in FIG. 1, a coin C
Is guided by the upper edge 10B of the outlet knife 10,
By the outlet knife 10 and the outer pin 8B, the coin C is further pushed out in the leftward direction in FIG.

In FIG. 1, the coin C sent out to the left passes through the roller 22 which is vertically movable. That is, the coin C that is pushed out and passes along the upper edge 10B of the outlet knife 10 located above the roller 22
Will be pushed up against the spring 39 (see FIGS. 4 and 5). When the roller 22 is pushed up, FIG.
2, the movable arm 33 rotates around the bolt shaft 26, and the adjustment arm 42 rotates to the position indicated by the chain line in FIG. 2, so that the iron piece 43 passes through the proximity switch 31. The proximity switch 31 is activated, and as a result, the coins C are counted.

1 and 2 show the case of a coin having the largest diameter. That is, the adjusting plate 3
7 and the standing piece 3 of the movable arm 33.
5 is adjusted by rotating the adjusting plate 37 so that the spring 5 and the spring 5 come into contact with each other, and then the screw 38
The adjusting plate 37 is fixed with. Next, the adjusting arm 24 is rotated around the bolt shaft 26 by the upright piece 32 so that the lower end of the elongated hole 28 communicates with the screw hole 29, and the adjusting arm 24 is fixed by the screw 30 at this position. In other words, when the roller 22 moves upward, that is, when the movable arm 33 and the lever 42 rotate counterclockwise in FIG. 2, the iron piece 43 is adjusted so as to pass through the proximity switch 31. This is a case where the position of the arm 24 is determined and fixed with the screw 30.

FIG. 5 shows the case of the coin having the smallest diameter. That is, the adjustment plate 3 is adjusted so that the side wall 41 of the adjustment plate 37 having the shortest distance L and the standing piece 35 of the movable arm 33 are brought into contact with each other by the spring 39.
7 Rotate 7 to adjust, then adjust plate 37 with screw 38
Then, the adjusting arm 24 is rotated,
This is a case where the upper end of the long hole 28 is communicated with the screw hole 29 and the adjusting arm 24 is fixed with the screw 30. Therefore, when a desired coin is used, the adjustment plate has a heptagon ring shape so that the distance between the upper edge 10B of the outlet knife 10 serving as a reference and the roller 22 matches the diameter of the coin used. Select the side wall of 37 and secure with screws 38. In other words, while rotating the adjusting plate 37 about the screw hole 36, the position of the roller 22 is changed by interposing the spring 39, the upright piece 35, the movable arm 33, and the like, and the roller 22 that fits the diameter of the coin used. Position is selected and the adjusting plate 37 is fixed with the screw 30.

After that, when the roller 22 is moved upward, that is, when the used coin moves the roller 22, the position of the adjusting arm 24 is adjusted so that the iron piece 43 passes through the proximity switch 31. Rotate around the bolt shaft 26 to adjust the position, determine the position, and fix with the screw 30. Although the adjusting plate 37 has a heptagonal ring shape in the embodiment, it may have a triangular shape or more, for example, a pentagonal ring shape or the like, depending on the number of types of coins of interest. Of course. Further, in the embodiment, the contactless proximity switch 31 and the iron piece 43 are combined as the coin counting means, but a combination of a magnet and a reed switch or a contact type snap switch may be used. Of course, the good thing is, of course.

[0022]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The disc feeding device of the present invention as described above can be changed in diameter by a simple manual adjustment operation according to the diameter of the disc to be used. For example, when a coin stored in a coin handling machine such as a money changer is used by replacing it with a coin of a different denomination, the diameter can be changed with a simple adjustment operation, so the rotating disc can be changed. There is no need for, which is a great effect. In other words, the disc feeding device of the present invention can be easily dedicated to a desired one of a plurality of types of discs by a simple manual adjustment, so that one device can be effectively used. That is a big advantage.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view schematically showing an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG.

3A is an enlarged plan view of a main part of FIG. 1 viewed from above, and FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 viewed from the right side.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of FIG. 1 viewed from the right side.

5 is a perspective view showing an enlarged main part of FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view showing a main part of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 C: coin (disc body), 10B: upper edge (reference surface), 22: roller (constituting roller means), 24: adjusting arm (constituting detecting means), 30: screw (constituting detecting means) ), 31: proximity switch (constituting detection means), 33: movable arm (constituting roller means), 37: adjusting plate (constituting adjusting means), 38: screw (constituting adjusting means), 39 : Spring (constituting roller means), 42: Lever (constituting roller means), 43: Iron piece (constituting roller means).

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A movable roller means for opening an outlet of the disk body against the elastic force of a spring by at least a disk body sent out along a reference plane, and this roller means. An adjusting means for setting the roller means at a position corresponding to the diameter of the disc body, and a movable detecting means for detecting the movement of the roller means. A disc feeding device having a variable diameter, which is characterized by being provided. 2. The disc feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting means includes a square ring-shaped adjusting plate and a screw for fixing the adjusting plate. 3. The circle according to claim 1, wherein the detecting means includes at least a movable adjusting arm and a screw for fixing the adjusting arm. Plate feeding device.