JPH10177664A - Ejector for disc object - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cancel a dummy by discriminating and checking the truth/false of coin or medal to be used by controlling the opening/closing of gate means while discriminating the truth/false of disc-shaped object passed through a reference position. SOLUTION: A medal M extruded onto a passage 13 is delivered by the blade of wiper 15 roated while interposing a guide body 14 and further delivered while being guided by a guide element 63 and being pressed onto a circular ring 60 attached to the wiper 15 by the elasticity of spring 65. In such a state, the truth/false of medal M is discriminated while interposing a detection coil 69. In the case of true medal, the plunger of solenoid is operated, a gate 66 is moved up and opened and the true medal is sent into the opening and ejected to an ejecting port 55. When the medal is not true but a dummy, on the other hand, the plunger of solenoid is not operated and the gate 66 is left as it is so that the dummy medal is ejected to an excluding port 56 while being guided along with a projecting line 68.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method for sending out discarded bulk discs one by one to the outside.
The present invention relates to a disc-discharging device. More specifically, the present invention forcibly discards the same kind of discs inserted in bulk, such as disc-shaped coins as money, or disc-shaped medals used in games and the like. The present invention relates to a device for discharging a disc body for sending out one by one. More specifically, the present invention arranges a game device using a specific medal, determines whether or not the medal being used is authentic, and excludes medals other than the specific medal. The present invention relates to a disc-discharging device suitable for the above.

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of disc ejection devices have been developed. For example,
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-36040 (Japanese Patent Application No. 60-122626) discloses a coin ejecting device which is a disk.

[0002] This coin dispensing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.
Briefly, a hopper for accommodating a large number of coins, a cylindrical case 2 provided at the lower end of the hopper and fixed on a substrate 4, and a substrate 4 so that it can rotate concentrically within the cylindrical case 2. It has a coin feeding disk 5 provided thereon and a driving device for rotating the coin feeding disk 5, and a plurality of coin receiving holes 11 of a size capable of receiving coins to be thrown into the coin feeding disk 5 are provided. A coin feeding arm 12 is provided penetratingly spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction and protruding from the lower surface of the coin feeding disk 5 between the adjacent coin receiving holes 11 to a circle connecting the center of the coin receiving hole 11 substantially. The coin provided in the coin receiving hole 11 is extended in the radial direction, so that the coin feeding arm 12 rotates the coin feeding disk 5 and the coin feeding arm 12 feeds the coin onto the substrate 4. An exit hole 13 is provided at the lower end of a part of the peripheral wall. Is, the present invention relates to a coin dispensing apparatus provided on the substrate 4 at the downstream of the exit guide member 14 is the outlet hole 13 for guiding the coin which is pushed onto the substrate 4 to the outlet hole 13 by the feed arm 12.

[0005] The coin dispensing apparatus shown in FIG. 5 has a scraper 15 provided with the same number of feed blades 16 as the coin receiving holes 11 of the coin feed disk 5 and extending radially in the radial direction.
An opening 13 is provided at the leading end of the feed blade 16 at the lower end of the peripheral wall of the cylindrical case 2 so as to be continuous with the outlet hole 13.
a so that the cylindrical case 2 protrudes between the adjacent coin receiving holes 11 below the coin feeding disk 5 in the cylindrical case 2 through the a.
The central portion of the scraper 15 is mounted on a rotating shaft 17 located outside, and the scraper rotating shaft 17 is connected to the driving device so that the scraper 15 is rotated synchronously with the coin feeding disk 5. The coin feeding arms 12 of the coin feeding disk 5 and the feeding blades 16 of the scraper 15 cooperate with each other in the coin case 2 to form a coin A.
At the relative position between the coin feed arm 12 and the feed blade 16 such that the coin feed disc 12 and the scraper 15 are pushed toward the exit guide.
17 is attached.

[0004]

However, the disc-ejecting device as described above has hitherto been used to judge whether coins or medals are genuine or simulated, and simulate coins or medals. There was no disc ejection device to remove objects. In particular, in recent years, with the development of video games, game centers have been established, and various medals have been used in large numbers in various game devices.
There is a problem that various medals used in other stores are mixed. Specifically, there has been a problem that a medal / game device using a specific medal is mixed with medals used in other medals / game devices, resulting in confusion. The present invention has been developed for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned problems.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a new disc-discharging device capable of judging and checking whether it is genuine or pseudo and canceling the pseudo.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems According to the present invention, at least a rotatable disk means for extruding discs one by one and a rotating means for dispensing the disc body extruded by the disc means are provided. Free wiper means,
Means for guiding the disc to be dispensed by the wiper means to a reference position; checking means for determining whether the disc passing the reference position is genuine; And a gate means whose opening and closing are controlled by the discharge means.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that, for portions substantially similar to those in the conventional example, reference numerals used in the description of FIG. 5 are used in the following description.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a main part of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a main part of FIG. It is a perspective view which cuts out and shows. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part for describing the operation of FIG. The flat box-shaped one shown in the lower part of FIG. 1 is a base case 51 made of a plastic molded product, and the similar box-shaped one above it is a lid case 52, which is also made of a plastic molded product. The upper cylinder in FIG. 1 is a head 53 for accommodating a disc, such as a coin or a medal, and is made of a plastic molded product. The slightly smaller box in the right of FIG. Consists of molded articles.

Here, the operation of this embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 1. For example, when a number of medals inserted into the head 53 are operated, the authentic medals become The false medals are emitted from a discharge port 55 formed at the side end of the lid case 52, and the pseudo medals are discharged from a discharge port 56 formed at the center of the side of the lid case 52. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the head 53 and the cover 54 of FIG. 1 removed. The large rectangular one in FIG. 2 is a base part 4 which is the top part of the lid case 52. The base part 4 has a substantially figure-shaped depression formed therein. The Y-shaped wiper 15 made of resin is rotatably housed in the lower circular recess 62. The rotating shaft 10 of the disk 5 and the rotating shaft 17 of the wiper 15 are synchronously driven by, for example, an electric motor (not shown) via a gear train 63 (see FIG. 3). You.

A ring having three projecting pieces 50 is provided at the center of the rotating shaft 17 as shown in the lower part of FIG. These protruding pieces 50 are disposed so as to be located between the blades of the wiper 15, and are detected by the sensor 49. Thus, the rotation speed of the wiper 15 can be accurately detected. In FIG. 2, a pair of regulating pins 34 are disposed on the upper right side of the passage 13 communicating the upper and lower depressions 61 and 62 so as to be able to protrude and retract against the elasticity. On the side, a guide body 14 is provided movably against elasticity. An elongated guide piece 63 is slidably disposed on the right side of the depression 62 in FIG. The upper end of the guide piece 63 is pivoted 64, and the other end of the wiper 63 is
It is attracted in five directions. Further, in FIG.
Above the left side of the recess 62, an exhaust port 56 is formed obliquely, and below it, a gate 66 of an arc-shaped discharge port 55 is disposed so as to be movable up and down, that is, openable and closable. I have.

The elevation of the gate 66 is controlled by a plunger 67 of a solenoid, as shown in FIG. On the upper surface of the gate 66, a ridge 68 for guiding is formed in an arc shape. The two dotted circles shown at the lower right of FIG. 2 are a part of the detection coil 69 and are disposed inside the lid case 52, that is, below the base portion 4. The other part of the detection coil 69 is arranged at an appropriate position on the lid 54, though not shown. An oscillator (not shown) is connected to these detection coils 69. When the medal M approaches the detection coil 69, the impedance of the detection coil 69 changes.
As a result, the oscillation frequency and the oscillation level of the oscillator change. This change depends on the diameter, thickness,
Depends on the material.

Therefore, by comparing this change with the reference value data of the authentic medal stored in advance, it can be easily determined whether the passing medal M is authentic or not.

The present embodiment having the above-described configuration is the same as the head 5
When a group of medals, which are discs, are put into the disc 3 and the discs 5 are piled up in bulk and the disc 5 is rotated by an electric motor or the like, the disc 5 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. Thus, a disk-shaped medal group (not shown) in a piled-up state in the lower part in the head 53
Are stacked in the three through-holes 11 (see FIG. 2) of the rotating disk 5 respectively, and the lowermost medal slides on the base portion 4 to move the two regulating pins 34 and the lower surface of the disk 5. The protrusions (not shown) force the medals one by one into the passage 13.

The medals pushed out to the passage 13 are paid out by the blades of the wiper 15 rotating in the clockwise direction with the guide body 14 interposed therebetween. As shown in FIG. 2, the medals M paid out by the blades of the wiper 15 are further paid out while being guided by the guide pieces 63 and pressed against the circular ring 60 attached to the wiper 15 by the elasticity of the spring 65. Will be. Note that the circular ring 60 is desirably made of a metal without wear. In this state, that is, in the state of FIG. 2, the authenticity of the medal M is determined with the detection coil 69 interposed. If the medal M that has passed through the detection coil 69 is a true medal, the plunger 67 of the solenoid operates to raise the gate 66 and open as shown in FIG. Inside, the authentic medal M2 is sent and discharged to the discharge port 55.

If the medal M passing through the detection coil 69 is a false medal, the plunger 67 of the solenoid does not operate and the gate 66 remains as shown in FIG. , The pseudo medal M1 is
Guided by the ridge 68, it is discharged to the discharge port 56. In the case of the authentic medal M2, the gate 66
The reason why the opening is performed is to prevent trouble when a failure occurs in the device due to disconnection of electric wiring or the like. Further, in the embodiment, the case of a medal has been described, but it is needless to say that a coin may be used.

In consideration of the performance of the checking means such as the detection coil 69, it is possible to determine whether or not a plurality of types of coins or a plurality of types of medals are genuine. Of course, it is not necessary to limit to medals of the same type. Further, as in the embodiment, if one end of the guide piece 63 is pivoted at one end and a spring 65 is provided at the other end, the medal M can be pressed against the circle ring 60 regardless of the size of the medal M. Will be. Since the medal M is pressed against the reference circular ring 60 so as to pass through the detection coil 69, it is needless to say that the determination as to whether or not the medal M is authentic is accurate.

As shown in FIG. 3, the use of the protruding piece 50 and its sensor 49 makes it possible to detect the rotational speed of the wiper 15, so that it is not necessary to control the time but to match the speed of the medal M. In other words, the opening and closing of the gate 66 can be accurately controlled in accordance with the fluctuation of the electric motor or the like due to the load.

As described above, according to the disc ejection apparatus of the present invention, the discs such as coins and medals are ejected while the individual discs are authentic by adding a simple configuration. Thus, it is possible to select only a genuine disk body while judging whether or not the other is true, and to eliminate the others. In particular, the device of the present invention uses a large amount of various medals for each store. In a so-called game center, even if medals from other stores are mixed into a medal game device and confused, The medal of the shop can be prevented from being reused, so that a great effect can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a main part of FIG. 1 with a cutout;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part for explaining the operation of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a front view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 M, M1, M2: medals (disks), 4: base, 5: disk (constituting disk means), 10: rotating shaft (constituting disk means), 11: through hole (constituting disk means) 15) Wiper (constituting wiper means), 17: Rotary shaft (constituting wiper means), 49: Sensor (constituting rotation detection means), 50: Projection piece (constituting rotation detection means) 60: circular ring (constituting guide means), 63: guide piece (constituting guide means), 64: pivot (constituting guide means), 65: spring (constituting guide means), 69: detection Coil (constituting check means), 66: gate (constituting gate means), 67: plunger (constituting gate means).

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. At least a rotatable disk means for extruding one disk body at a time, and said disk body extruded by the disk means
Rotatable wiper means for dispensing, means for guiding the disc body dispensed by the wiper means to a reference position, and whether the disc body passing through the reference position is authentic or not. A disc discharge device comprising: a check unit for determining; and a gate unit whose opening and closing are controlled by the check unit. 2. The disc ejection device according to claim 1, wherein said reference position is formed on said wiper means. 3. A circle according to claim 2, wherein said guide means comprises an elongated guide piece, one end of which is pivoted and the other end of which is attracted in the direction of said wiper means by a spring. Plate ejection device. 4. The disc ejection device according to claim 1, wherein said wiper means includes a part of a rotation detecting means. 5. The disc-discharging device according to claim 4, wherein a part of the rotation detecting means has a ring-shaped projection.