JPS5821011Y2 - Coin handling device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a coin handling device that is provided with a removable means for storing coins conveyed by an endless belt.

Multiple ticket vending machines were installed in parallel, and the coins inserted into each ticket vending machine were transported to a circulation bath by a conveyance mechanism, stored in a circulation machine in a circulation tower, and pressed, resulting in a shortage of change at the ticket vending machines. sometimes,
A coin handling device such as a ticket vending machine centralized control system that replenishes stored coins as coins for a hanging iron generally uses a coin storage device such as the above-mentioned circulation machine that stores coins transported by a transport mechanism. The means is constructed so that it can be pulled out for maintenance and inspection purposes.

For this reason, in conventional coin handling devices, unless the coin storage means is accurately set at a predetermined location, the coins conveyed by the conveyance mechanism are not stored in the coin storage means.

To solve this drawback, the conveyance mechanism should not be driven unless the coin storage means is set at a predetermined location, but devices that use a belt conveyor as the conveyance mechanism are is wrapped around the pulley, so even if the belt conveyor is stopped, the portion of the endless belt that is wrapped around the pulley at the end of the coin transport, that is, the end of the coin transport, will retain the state in which it was previously transported. A stationary coin may fall along the surface of the coin conveying end of the endless belt due to a slight impact when the coin storage means is attached or removed.

゛This invention prevents coins that have been conveyed and stopped at the end of the coin transport of the endless belt from falling from the endless belt to the attachment point of the coin storage machine unless the coin storage machine is installed accurately at a predetermined location. It is an object of the present invention to provide a coin handling device that does the following.

The embodiments shown in the drawings will be described below.

1 and 2, 1 is an endless belt for conveying coins, 2 is a pulley at the end of coin conveyance by the endless belt 1, and 3 is a support member that rotatably supports the shaft 4 of the pulley 2. , 5 and 6 are pillars, and 7 is a horizontally provided support plate.

Although not shown, the support member 3, the support column 5.6, and the support plate γ are fixed to a frame or the like.

A coin guide (not shown) provided along a coin conveyance path by the endless belt 1 is attached to the support member 3 .

Reference numeral 10 denotes a shirt plate that prevents coins from falling from the endless belt 1, and is hinged to the support plate 7 with a hinge 11, and is attached to the portion of the endless belt 1 that is wound around the pulley 2, that is, the end portion of the coin conveyance. It is placed facing the surface.

The shirt shirt plate 10 is urged in a direction away from the endless belt 1 by a torsion coil spring 9.

12 is a tilting arm bent in an F-shape, and a long part 1
2' extends downward, and the fulcrum 1 is located in a plane perpendicular to the direction of coin conveyance (from left to right in Figure 2).
It is attached to a support post 5 so as to be tilted about 3.

14 is a sliding shaft provided on the lower side of the support plate 7;
, and is supported by the support plate 7 so as to be slidable in the longitudinal direction.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a tilting plate provided at a location facing the shirt top plate 10, and supported by a post 16 fixed downward to the support plate 7 so as to be tiltable in a horizontal plane.

As shown in FIG. 3, this tilting plate 15 is formed into an L-shape.

A U-shaped notch 15' is formed at one end of the tilting plate 15 to engage with a locking member 17 fixed to the lower surface of the sliding shaft 14, and a contact piece 18 is formed at the other end of the tilting plate 15. There is a hole 1 for the post 16 near the notch 15'. // is formed.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a tension coil spring, which is locked to a locking portion 20.21 fixed to the support plate I and the sliding shaft 14.
is firing towards pillar 5.

22 is a connecting piece connecting the sliding shaft 14 and the tilting arm 12, and 23 is a stopper attached to the support plate 7.

The maximum sliding position of the sliding shaft 14 toward the column 5 is set by the stopper 2.
3.

24 is a coin storage device such as a circulation machine or a safe; in this example, it is inserted in the direction of arrow A in FIG.
is pulled out in the opposite direction.

When the coin storage device 24 is installed at a predetermined location, it is locked to prevent movement.

In this device, when the coin storage device 24 is inserted in the direction of arrow A in FIG. Since the long portion 12' is pressed in the direction of arrow A, the tilting arm 12 is tilted in the direction of arrow B, and the sliding shaft 14 is thereby moved against the elastic force of the coil spring 19. The tilting plate 15 is tilted in the direction of the arrow C, and the tilting plate 15 is further tilted in the direction of the arrow C, and the shirt shirt plate 10 is separated from the endless belt 1 by the elastic force of the spring 9.

In this state, the coins conveyed by the endless belt 1 fall into the coin storage machine 24.

If the coin storage device 24 is removed or not inserted to the predetermined position, the sliding shaft 14 will have been moved toward the column 5 by the elastic force of the coil spring 19, so the tilting plate 15 will move in the direction of the arrow. The shirt shirt plate 10 is tilted in the opposite direction to press the shirt shirt plate 10 toward the endless belt 1 via the contact piece 18, and the shirt shirt plate 10 is tilted as shown in FIG. It is pressed against the lower outer surface of the conveyance end.

In this state, the coin is conveyed to the end of the coin conveyance by the endless belt 1 at 1, and as shown in FIG.
Even if the coin stopped at the position indicated by 5 slips down on the endless belt 1 due to a slight impact, it is blocked by the shirt top plate 10 and stops between the shirt top plate 10 and the endless belt 1.

If the coin handling device is a device such as a ticket vending machine centralized control system that has multiple belt conveyors arranged side by side and has a button, and a coin storage machine that has multiple storage sections corresponding to each belt conveyor, Shaft plate 10, tilting plate 15, post 1
6. The locking member 17 and the contact piece 18 can be provided for each belt conveyor so that each tilting plate can be tilted simultaneously by the sliding shaft 14.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments,
For example, the shirt flap plate 10 may be brought into contact with the upper surface of the coin transport end of the endless belt.

As described above, the present invention includes a shutter that comes into contact with the surface of the coin transport end of the endless belt and prevents coins from falling from the endless belt to the attachment point of the coin storage machine, and a shutter that is attached to the coin storage machine at a predetermined location. A tilting arm that is tilted by the coin storage machine when the coin storage device is tilted, and a sliding shaft that is connected to this tilting arm and moves as the tilting arm is tilted. The coin storage machine is equipped with a tilting plate that allows the shutter to move in the direction away from the endless belt and a spring that biases the sliding shaft in the direction in which the shutter comes into contact with the endless belt. If it is not attached to the designated place, the shirt plate will come into contact with the endless belt, and therefore, the end of the coin conveying end of the endless belt will be damaged.
Even if a coin that is being conveyed and stopped slips off the endless belt due to a slight impact, it will not fall to the bottom of the belt conveyor.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a mechanism at the end of coin conveyance of the coin handling device, FIG. 2 is a view taken along line 1--n shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the tilting plate. 1... Endless belt, 10... Shirt plate, 12...
・Tilt arm, 14...Sliding axis, 15...Tilt plate,
19...Tension coil spring.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A coin handling device in which a coin storage device for storing coins conveyed by the endless belt is removably provided on the coin conveyance end side of the endless belt, and the endless belt is stopped when the coin storage device is not attached. A shutter that contacts the surface of the end of the coin conveyance and prevents coins from falling from the endless belt to the mounting location of the coin storage machine, and a shutter that is tilted by the coin storage machine when the coin storage machine is mounted at a predetermined location. A tilting arm, a sliding shaft connected to the tilting arm and moved as the tilting arm tilts, and a sliding shaft connected to the sliding shaft and tilted as the sliding shaft moves in a direction away from the endless belt. A coin handling device comprising: a tilting plate that allows the shutter to move; and a spring that biases a sliding shaft in a direction in which the shutter contacts an endless belt.