JPS5951020A - Coin accumulator - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a coin accumulating device for accumulating coins drawn out from a coin passage in a accumulating section, such as a coin accumulating device installed in a coin packaging machine.

[Technical background of the invention]

When accumulating coins taken out from the coin passage into the accumulating section, the support position of the support device that supports the lower surface of the accumulated coins is lowered by driving the Gurun motor in accordance with the thickness of each coin and the accumulated number of coins. There is a coin accumulator.

However, the thickness varies depending on the denomination of the coin, and while the thickness of each coin varies, the
Since the descending distance of the supporting position by driving only the steps is constant, it is not possible to match the descending amount of the supporting position with the total thickness and quality of the accumulated coins. In relation to the passage surface of the coin passage, it is difficult to keep the coins within an appropriate range, and it is difficult to accumulate them appropriately.

[1] The purpose of the invention is to maintain the position of the top surface of the accumulated coins at an appropriate level in relation to the road surface of the coin passage, so that the coins Accumulation can be carried out appropriately by (a) providing four coin accumulating devices;

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

The figures show an embodiment in which the coin accumulating device according to the present invention is applied to a coin accumulating section of a coin packaging machine, with FIG. 1 showing the front and FIG. 2 showing the longitudinal side.

The coins C fed from the illustrated coin supply source are transferred to the coin accumulating section A by moving the conveyor belt 1 in the direction of the arrow i.
A path 1'ij 2 is provided for sending freight in pieces - this path 2
A pulley 3 is supported by a shaft 4, and the folded end of the belt 1 faces above the approximate center of the coin accumulation section A.

An operating member P is provided above the coin accumulation section A. This actuating member P is rotatably supported on the shaft 5A and the first
, what should be done with the inkstone restraining member 5 that is biased by the spring 5B? The lower surface of this pulling training section set 5 is approximately the same as the lower surface of the belt 1.
level, and the tip of the coin C to be fed is regulated. 11 A roller 6 capable of freely rotating IJJ is pivotally supported at a slightly rear portion t111 directly above the coin accumulation section A. This free roller 6 has its center of rotation at the upper blade on the extension line of the coin passage 2, and on the extension line, a part of the circumferential surface is r17°111, and the coin passage 2 also comes into contact with the coin being taken out, l! When the upper surface of the accumulated coins in the accumulative part A is higher than a predetermined position, the coins come into contact with the accumulated coins. When the roller 6 comes into contact with a coin and receives a force that resists the bias of the spring 5B, the regulating portion 5 rotates and the detection means 70 detects this.

On the other hand, the end yA (4
A roller 7' serving as a guide member 7 is provided on the opposite side.
It is being The roller 7' in the illustrated example is as follows:
J, is rotatably supported on a shaft t1 at the tip of an arm 10 which is swingably supported by a shaft 8 on a 41111 plate 9.
, this IIIIII 11 is a long hole 1 formed in the side plate 9.
It is movably inserted through the inside of 2. -Also the arm 1
0 has a downward U-shaped engaging portion 13 on one side, and an identified bottle 6 is fitted into a plate 15 extending above a bearing portion I4, which will be described later. There is. (-Therefore, when the bearing portion I4 is moved in accordance with the metal (11), the frame 10 swings about the shaft 8 via the bottle 1G.

The roller 7' is moved back and forth to a position commensurate with the coin diameter.

Next, we will explain the structure of the coin accumulating section A17,1 shown in the figure. 17, a pulley 18 forming an upper and lower pair with 17,
18 and 1, 1 and 19 are respectively supported by 11II11, and ch et al. I! l,
Between 19 and 19, belts 20 and 20 are wound around 5 so that one running surface faces each other.

Projecting coin support parts 21, 21 are provided on the outer surfaces of the coins 20 and 20 at symmetrical positions on the left and right sides, respectively. In the illustrated embodiment, coin support sections 2], 23 are provided for two equally spaced buttons so that two coins are accumulated in one rotation of the bell) 2t), 2(+). There are 1.

A smoke M (only one of which is shown in the figure) is attached to the support blocks 17, 17 via a plate 22.
1llll.

The gear casting having a constant trprt and the gear 5 of the lower pulley 190 and the shaft J2 are arranged back to back to each other, so that this pulley 19 is given rotation in the direction of the arrow.

In addition, the detection board 2 is attached to al+ 23 of the A Rusmoke M.
G is fixed, and the periphery of this detection board is connected to the plate 22.
It is opposed to the sensor 27 which is supported by the support.

The support blocks 17, 17 have upper and lower pulleys l.
Front plate 2. serves as a holding member that closes the gap between belt attachment and 20 between 18.19 and 19, prevents the accumulated coins C from falling forward, and holds the periphery of the coins C. '3 and 28 are installed respectively.

Near the end of the coin passage 2, there is provided a coin detection means 29 using a phototube for detecting the passing coin C, and when the detection means 29 detects that the coin C is passing, No. 6 will be described later. is given to the control section 60 of.

In this case, the accumulated coins C cover a large number of denominations, and the outer diameter differs depending on the denomination. Therefore, depending on the denomination, the left and right belts or the 200 interval are optimized. Equipped with a circumferential adjustment (1.Y) for setting.

That is, as shown in FIG.
, 17 are supported by arms, and in response to setting the arm group C to the denomination to be packaged, the support positions 11M of the support blocks 17, 1.7 are adjusted.
[Sa Jl is there.

There is a connecting plate on the side part of the support shaft 17 and the valley of 17;
゜30 is protruding Jl, C connecting plate: 30, :5oo
) There is a bearing part 31, 3] at the end, and this bearing part: 3
1 and 31, the turtle 1 and the 2nd . Third.
Each of the fourth arms; 32°33: (4:: Uniformly supported).

Support block J on the right side (left side when viewed from the front) in the figure
The 17th arm 32 supporting one end of 7 has a trifurcated shape,
The center part of the arm 32 is rotatably supported in a horizontal plane by a shaft 36 on the body of the coin packaging machine. A cam follower 3 is attached to the arm portion 32b.
8 is pivotally mounted, and this cam follower J) 8 is brought into contact with a cam 40 on the denomination setting shaft 39 by the bias of a spring 41. Further, an interlocking link 42 is connected to the other arm portion 32G.

At the other end of the support block 17, the tip of a second arm 33 whose base is pivotally supported on the body by a shaft 43 is +Ili+44.
It is supported by

Support block 1 on the left side (right side when viewed from the front) in the figure
The 37th beam 34 supporting one end of 7 has a ■-shape,
The bent part is pivoted to the fuselage by 11145, and the tip of one arm part 34a is -7> of the support block 17.
J by a shaft 46.

The other end of the support block 17 is the tip of a fourth arm 35 whose base is pivoted to the fuselage by a support 47, and l/ia is a shaft 1.
It is pivoted by 8.

The other end of the link 42 is connected to the intermediate portion of the end portion 34a of the third arm 34, so that the first arm
2 is rotated by the cam 40 which rotates when setting the denomination, within the range between the disaster line illustrated position and the chain line illustrated position 1ei in FIG.
7 is moved in parallel in the direction of separation and separation, and the distance between the opposing running surfaces of the belt adder 20 is adjusted to a distance that matches the outer diameter of the selected denomination hard 1'.

On the other hand, a fifth arm 49 is attached to the shaft 47 of the fourth arm 35.
The roller 50 at the end of this arm 49 is loosely fitted between the parts h, and the roller 50 at the tip of this arm 49 is connected to the other arm part 34b of the 3-7"
It is urged by a spring 51 and is brought into contact with the inner surface of the holder.

A connecting plate 52 is fixed to the base of this 57th person 490, and the connecting plate 152 of C: connects the belt 2C1 on the opposite side to the front plate road 28, and between the oppositely facing running parts of the eggplant. The convex plate 53 is fixed to 11'1' facing 11'1', and the convex plate 53 is fixed to 11'1'.
1. Previous Ml-! Belt 20. While closing the space between the running parts of ΔJ, (+'n 1'1.' q:: r+ as a holding part that holds the circumference of C) (T - t' Considering, Perlm I, 2
(The cross section of the water yJt is hooked so that it can enter slightly between the opposing surfaces of I.)
2tl, 2(+) is formed on the surface of Jl.

In the figure, a shutter 54&' is provided at F of the coin accumulating section A, and is opened when the accumulated coins Ca are transferred to the guide rod 55 of the packaging section. A bearing 56 is a bearing provided at the end of the coin passage 2, and is used to smoothly introduce the coin C from the coin passage 2 to the running surface of the belt 20 facing each other.

FIG. 5 shows a control system of a coin wrapping machine equipped with the coin accumulating device of FIGS. 1 to 3. In the figure, α) is written in a program memory (ROM) 62. A central office that operates according to the program! This is a control unit consisting of a device (CPU), and is connected to each device via a nozzle line BUS K. 64 is data memory (RAM),
Record various data 1. @do. Reference numeral 66 denotes a driving unit which receives the ξ pulse from the control unit 66 via the signal line PL, and receives the received A.
ξ The number of pulse motors M is driven by the number of pulses. In this embodiment, when the control unit 60 generates one .xi. rus, the sail 455 of the support device is lowered between the support positions. 6
A display section 8 displays various data. 72 is a denomination input section for inputting the denomination of coins to be counted and packaged. Reference numeral 74 denotes a word count processing unit which sends a coin "f" from a coin supply source (not shown) to the coin passage 2, detects the first coin, and calculates the number of coins (1). 76 is a packaging processing section, which collects a predetermined number of sheets of paper accumulated in the accumulation section A (11jiv?, r; knee (,
Pack it. System 9 [11 part 60, detection hand 1 and 27, 2
9, '70's output Sho-No.
After receiving all 4'Jf entry from the month π issue, the counting department 7
4. In cooperation with the packaging processing section 76, the driving section 66 and the display section 6
Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

If you operate a denomination hole (not shown) and set the denomination to be processed, the cam 40 will respond to this setting operation.
As a result, the first arm 32 is rotated via the cam 7 lower link.

・Togiha Tani Aichi）% where the coin diameter of the denomination is small
, 32 H; s3, knee j4 H knee 35 is on the side shown by the solid line in Figure 3, tel::! where the coin diameter is larger. , in case @
``I diagram pressure side cover'' t, thereby supporting block 1
7 and 17 move toward and away from the left and right, and the belt 20. 11th of Canada
The distance between the opposing running surfaces is 1-1 to match that coin C')
NU'J is adjusted. Along with this, the fifth arm 4 also
The back plate 53 is positioned on the side between the running surfaces of the belt 200 and is set so as to be able to guide the side surface of the accumulated coins Ca. Furthermore, the bearing part 14
The bin 16 is moved by this movement, and the arm 10 is swung to move the roller 7' as the guide member 7 back and forth to correspond to the coin diameter.

On the other hand, left and right bells) 20.20 coin support parts 2],
21 is located near the end of the coin passage 2, and when the coin C supplied from the coin supply section is conveyed by the conveyor belt 1 on the coin passage 2, it is placed near the end of the coin passage 2. It is smoothly guided by the bearing 56 and enters the coin accumulation section A. The tip of this coin C hits the circumferential surface of the free roller 60 (FIG. 4(A)), and the tip of the coin C is directed slightly downward, resulting in a forward-inclined posture. 11 coins C in this position
moves forward, and the tip part is a roller 7 serving as a guide member 7.
' (Fig. 4(B)). Since this guide portion 7 has a convex curved surface, the tip of the coin C is turned slightly upward (Fig. 4 (C)), and the rear end of the coin C is placed from the passage surface of the coin passage 20. In a slightly downward state, it hits the lower surface of the regulating member 5 and is stopped. In this state, when the next coin C comes in as shown in Figure 4 (C).

The tip of that coin C is i'1iii Flli and the above coin t〒
After C; because there is a gap between li and i t'ili, the collision between the outer peripheral surfaces of the coins is less likely to occur. (It is done.

When the next coin C enters, the preceding coin C is on the belt 20.
, 20, and placed so as to straddle the coin support parts 21, 21. When the detection means 29 of the coin passage 2 detects passage of the coin C, the detection signal is sent to the control section)? 1 rotates a predetermined number of times to Lusmoke, rotates Zori 19 through gear DI, 25, and moves the opposing running surfaces of Pel l-20 and 2tJ downward as described below. , sequentially accumulate. 6') When the predetermined number of coins to be accumulated by the coin counting processing section 74 is reached, the H11 signal is
0, the control knob M continues to rotate, and the sensor 27 detects the detection board 2. (J), Su55:, (Stop when you hit the 17th position.)

During this time, put the belt on once, okay? 7(j
4 cargo aisle 2,, L-: (1) ri9'-cargo C also h
I number 41! It is started and stopped by the +l'7 stop.

As mentioned above, the belt or the coin supporter 21, straddling the coin supporting parts 21, 21 between the opposing running surfaces of the belt 20,
The bond coin Ca moves downward due to the belt movement of the belt 71J, and when it reaches the lower end, the coin support portions 21, 21
Since the accumulated coin Ca escapes outward along the lines IJ-19, 1 and 9, the lower end of the accumulated coin Ca is transferred and placed on the shutter.

When the coin support parts 21, 21 escape outward, another coin support part 21, 21 comes to a position to receive and pick up the coin C, waits for the next accumulation, and starts the total zero operation again. Then, the coins C fed by the conveyor belt 1 start accumulating.

At this time, the previous accumulated coins Ca already on the shutter 54 are transferred to the support rod 55 located directly below when the shutter 54 is opened, and transferred to the packaging processing section 76. .

6 and 7 show the operation of the control system shown in FIG. 5. The case of accumulating US 5 cent coins will be explained below.

Izu, 2(
B+(1). First, coin detection means (sensor) 2
whether one output went from on to off, i.e. 6J
't'1: Car 1r, No 11゛291z(;r
T+ ip, +1.151J Check whether it is active (sui) (102). Then, when it changes from on to off, it is determined whether the value of the coin counter is greater than 1 (104). In other words, if the detected coin is 1 IZI'') (?j ,!Judge whether it is a currency or not.

The moment of the first coin] 1. Return to step 1()2.

This is because in the case of hard y sharpeners near 14 =' be.

2 coins 1-] or later, the normal House of Representatives/ξRus generation Luzin R1 is started. That is, one 1-ro (106) is outputted. And no? Add the number (ir+I/C1) of the coin counter (108). Next, check whether or not it or 1 shift of the coin counter is equal to 4r++i (n is 0%f'i) (110). If they are equal, check whether the number 1, number 11, and white of the ξ counter has reached 4 (112).Meanwhile, step I ],
The piece that is 0 and not equal is the word 1 value of the noll ξ counter is 3.
It is checked whether it has reached (114). If the number has not reached 4 or 3 in steps 112 and 114, the process returns to step 106. When the e-pulse generation routine R1 is reached, the ξ pulse counter is reset (116), and the normal descending and e-pulse generation routine R1 is completed. As a result of doing this, when the coin counter law θ1 is 4n+1, 4 A rus is given for each coin, and when λ is other than that, 3 no ξ rus is given for each coin. .

These ξ rus numbers are determined by taking into consideration the decrease in JIl;' of the coin and its fluctuation due to the friction of the coin + tL, etc., and the total thickness when a new 5 coin is taken. (
The ξ lass contrast (or the ξ lasing amount when 17 ξ lass is applied) should be determined so that the ξ lasing amount of the supporting position is smaller than the height). For example, the new US 5 cent coin is approximately 1.75 or so.

If you pile up 50 pieces of So Jl, you can feel safe descending (4 pieces).
9), the total thickness is 1.75 mm x 49, as above, 4
When one of the 56 cards generates 47 ξ rus and the remaining 3 sheets generate 3 no ξ rus, the average decline is 3 (50-1) × 0.455 X (4X , i +3
X 4 ) is small/, and the lack of descending amount is compensated for by the descending and ξ ruth for correction mentioned in v5. In this case, the distance between the top surface of the accumulated coins and the iT1 road surface of the coin passage becomes too large, and there is a real possibility that coins will get jammed.This is to avoid such a situation.

Also, #+IC! I. If the hard Ege to be packaged is a δ cent coin, it will be a combination of 4 ξ rus and 3 ξ rus as shown above, but if it is a different denomination, it will be a combination of 1 ξ ξ rus. changes. For example, in the case of a cent coin (one of the new coins is 2.25 cents), the 3n+1st coin yields 5.ξRus, and the other coins yield 4.ξRusun. This kind of change in occurrence and ξ route value can be made in the input section 72! 11 and Ryu ++ Q part 6o.

7.) by using Zologra 11 or different program parts.

In step 102, the sensor 29 is turned 7-(
If it is not on, turn on the timer (120). After that, when the sensor 29 turns from on to off during a predetermined period of time, for example, 15m5M, when the sensor 29 turns from on to off (122)
24) and turn off the timer (126) step 104
Proceed to. "1" means approximately 1.0 seconds after one coin passes.
This is because the next coin has passed within 5 ms, so the normal descending noise generation routine R1 is performed.

On the other hand, if the sensor 29 does not turn from on to off within 1.5 ms (122, 124), the timer is turned off (128), and then the correction detection means (sensor) 7
(Determine whether J is continuously on for a predetermined period of time, for example, 15 m5 (130A to 130E). In other words, determine whether the luxury sensor 70 is on or not 130A), and if it is on, turn on the timer 130B) , from the on to 1
5m5U, it is hard to judge whether it is over or not (130C), if it is -E, check that the rot sensor 700 is on (130D)
After doing so, the process returns to step 130C. and], 5rns
If Ff is exceeded, turn off the timer (130E), check the status of sensor 70 again (130F), and if it is on, sensor off 0 is 15 m S #j,':
It is determined that it is continuously on.

On the other hand, steps 13OA, 130D, 130F
If the sensor 70 is off, the trouble counter is reset (13) and the process returns to step 102. On the other hand, when the sensor 700 remains on for 15 rn seconds or more as shown in upper r++, :5, after step 130F, a descending noise ξ pulse generation routine R2 for compensation is performed.

pIB+,, Output one °f snorth ξ L (132
), add 1 to the old 49th territory of A counter (1,3
4), repeat this (136) until the [δ] threshold value is 3VC, and reset the nosol scound (1-1).
8). When the sensor 70 continues to be in the ON state in this way (130A to 130F), three .gures are generated. This is because the top surface of the accumulated coins is at a higher position than the predetermined position and touches the roller 6, causing the regulating part 5 to rotate against the nozzle 5B, so this situation can be corrected. 4) The support position is lowered +yf in order to do so.

After routine R2, add 1 to the count value of the trouble counter (140), check whether the count value has reached 3 (142), and if so, troubleshoot (142).
144). This Jt determines that since the correction routine R2 has been repeated three times, the top surface of the accumulated coins continues to be higher than the predetermined position due to some abnormality.

If the count value of the trouble counter has not reached 3 (1
42), after a predetermined period of time e.g. 15m5 has elapsed (146,
148, 150), return to step 130.

On the other hand, the control unit 60 always monitors whether the sensor 70 has turned on from off, and when it has turned on from off, it starts interrupt processing for the operation shown in FIG. 6 (160
). In this interrupt processing, 1. the routine R in FIG.
1 or R2 is running (162)
, if routine R1 or R2 is not being executed, set the norm ξ to 1.
output (164). on the other hand.

If routine R1 or R2 is being executed, the interrupt processing is ended without outputting the .xi. pulse (166). The generation of 1 coin due to such an interrupt process is caused when a coin comes into contact with the roller 6 while being guided from the passage to the accumulation section A.
The support position is lowered by 1·ξ rus.

In the illustrated example, the left and right support blocks 1.7 and 17 are equipped with Jl knobs M and M, respectively, and the left and right bells) 20 and additional pulleys 19 and 1 are mounted on the left and right support blocks 1.7 and 17, respectively.
I'm talking about the case where 9 is configured to move individually, but 1 is either Jl or one of the nozzle smoke M.
An interlocking mechanism may be interposed to cause the other belt-attached pulley 19 to follow. The coin detection means 29 may be any appropriate means such as a tube or a proximity switch.Furthermore, a sensor 27 and a detection plate 26 are used to detect the fixed position of the belt 20.20. The fixed position of parts 21 and 21 is set by a micro switch,
It may also be directly detected using a tube or the like.

If there is no need to accumulate coins, and you only want to do calculations, for example, you can use the belts on the left and right, or open a sufficient space between the coins, and insert the 3V special collection guide here. be able to.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since the operation of the actuating section facing the upper part of the accumulating section is performed to generate a correction noll, the position of the top surface of the accumulating coins is adjusted to the passage surface of the coin passage. 44, Brief Description of the Drawings Figure 1 is a front view of the main part showing an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the same, Fig. 3 is a plan view showing an example of the adjustment mechanism for the denomination, Figs. A block diagram showing the control system, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are flowcharts showing the operation of the control system.

A... Coin accumulation section, 1...] General delivery route, 2...
Coin 1 Irl path, 3...Pulley, Death...Regulation member,
6...Free roller, 7...Guiding member%20.20.
...Belt, 21, 21...Coin support section, 26...
・Detection board, 27...sensor, measurement...front plate, 29,
70...Detection means, 32...First arm 1.3 total
・)'52 arm, 34... 3rd arm, 35...
4th arm, 39... denomination setting axis, 40... cam,
49...Fifth arm, 53...Back board.

Claims (1)

[Claims] When accumulating the coins drawn out from the coin passage into the accumulation section, the support position of the support device that supports the lower surface of the accumulation coins is adjusted according to the length of one coin and the accumulation section ff&.
The coin accumulator fn, IF 3vτ is lowered by driving the smoker. an actuating part phase that is activated when it comes into contact with a coin guided from the passage to the accumulating part and when the top surface of the accumulating coin comes into contact with +19 at a position higher than a predetermined position; and an actuating member detection means that detects the operation of the actuating part. When the coin detection means detects a coin, it generates a predetermined number of pulses, and when the operating member detection means detects the operation of the operating member, it generates a number of pulses corresponding to the mode of operation. A coin accumulating device comprising means for driving a nol smoke by the number of pulses generated by the pulse generating means.