JPS60254289A - Coin selector - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides a coin system for detecting the authenticity of mixed coins with various outer diameter dimensions and automatically sorting and stacking fake coins and genuine coins. This invention relates to a sorting device.

[Prior art 1] Conventionally, in this type of coin sorting device, the coins discharged from the coin hopper are identified by an authenticity detector, but when a fake coin is detected, an alarm is issued by a buzzer or the like. At the same time, the transportation of coins was stopped.

[Problems to be Solved by the Present Invention] Therefore, in the conventional technology, each time a fake coin is detected, it is necessary to stop the operation of the coin sorting and counting machine and the coin counting machine in which the coin sorting device is incorporated. There is a problem in that the coins that have been sorted and accumulated and the coins that have stopped during transportation must be inspected by visual inspection, touch, or other means to extract counterfeit coins.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned inspection and extraction operations require a high degree of judgment ability and skill, and there is a problem in that it is difficult for ordinary workers to efficiently perform the above-mentioned operations.

[Means for Solving the Problems 1] In order to quickly solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a coin hopper having a discharge port, a coin hopper provided in the longitudinal direction near the outside of the discharge port, and a coin hopper provided near the outside of the discharge port. A coin support having a fake coin drop port and a genuine coin drop port in order from the exit side, a conveyance belt disposed above the coin support in contact with the coin conveyance surface of the coin support, and a coin support having a fake coin drop port and a genuine coin drop port, an authenticity discriminator disposed between the coin drop openings, and a pair of shutters provided on the coin support body corresponding to the fake coin drop openings and normally maintained in a closed state and formed to be openable and closable. a counterfeit coin removal shutter device, a counterfeit coin collection box provided at a lower position of the counterfeit coin removal shutter device, and a counterfeit coin collection box provided at a lower position corresponding to the genuine coin drop opening on the downstream side of the fake coin collection box. an opening/closing device that is electrically connected to the provided genuine coin accumulation box, the authenticity discriminator and the false coin exclusion shutter device, and controls the false coin exclusion shutter device in response to a signal from the false authenticity discrimination device; It is an object of the present invention to provide a coin sorting device including a drive control section.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a fake coin tip detection section is provided between the authenticity discriminator and the fake coin removal shutter device, and the counterfeit coin removal shutter is operated in a state in which the tip of the coin is detected by the fake coin tip detection section. The device is opened by the opening/closing drive control section. Further, a fake coin removal detector is provided near the fake coin drop opening, and the fake coin removal detector detects the removal of fake coins and generates a detection signal, and the opening/closing drive control unit closes the fake coin removal shutter device. Drive control to the state. Further, a timer section is connected to the opening/closing drive control section, and the timer section controls the time from the open state to the closed state of the counterfeit coin removal shutter device.

[Function 1] Among the coins discharged from the discharge port of the coin hopper, the counterfeit coins are identified by the authenticity discriminator, and the counterfeit coin removal shutter device is driven to an open state by the opening/closing drive control section; When the coins pass through the fake coin drop slot and are accumulated in the fake coin accumulation box and are identified as genuine coins by the authenticity discriminator, the genuine coins are controlled to be closed by the opening/closing drive control unit. The coins are conveyed downstream by a conveyor belt on the coin conveying surface of the counterfeit coin removal shutter device, and are accumulated in the genuine coin accumulation box through the genuine coin drop opening.

Embodiment E] Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the coin sorting device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the drawing, a conical ejector 2 that can be driven by a drive system (not shown) is rotatably arranged in a roughly cylindrical coin hopper 1, and a discharge port 3 is provided in a peripheral wall 1a of the ejector 2. is formed. A coin support 4 having a longitudinal shape is arranged substantially horizontally near the discharge port 3, and a conveyor belt 7 is arranged above the coin support 4 in contact with the coin conveyance surface 4a. The conveyor belt 7 has a pair of boos 1
75.6, and is movable in the direction of the arrow. The portion of the conveyor belt 7 that comes into contact with the coin conveying surface 4a is
Since the coins are pressed downward by the plurality of belt presser rows 28, the coins discharged from the discharge port 3 onto the coin transport surface 4a are pressed downward by the transport belt 7 and follow the arrow ^^.
transported in the direction of

Further, in the vicinity of the pulley 5 adjacent to the discharge port 3, that is, on the upstream side of the coin support 4, an authenticity discriminator 9 for determining the authenticity of the coin is arranged. When a fake coin is detected, a detection signal is generated, and the opening/closing drive control unit 1 shown in FIG.
It is electrically connected to this opening/closing drive control section 10 so as to transmit the signal to 0.

On the downstream side of the authenticity discriminator 9, as best shown in FIGS.
A counterfeit coin exclusion shutter device 11 having a counterfeit coin removal shutter device 11 is provided. The upper surface of each shutter 12.13 is designed to be approximately at the same height as the coin conveyance surface 4a of the coin support 4,
Also, the base portions 12b, 13b of each shutter 12.13 are curved towards each other in a figure 5 shape, and the spring 1
It is rotatably supported on the bin 15 so that it can rotate under the action of the bottle 4. The base 1 is supported by the camshaft 16a.
The opening/closing cam 16 provided between 2b and 13b is provided in contact with the side base, and is configured to be rotated by a quarter rotation by an opening/closing drive motor 17 shown in FIG.

A well-known counterfeit coin tip detector 18 located between the counterfeit coin removal shutter 11 and the authenticity discriminator 9 is connected to the opening/closing drive control section 10 as shown in FIG.
A false coin drop opening 19 is formed on the coin conveyance surface 4a of the coin support 4 corresponding to No. 3.

A fake coin accumulation box 20 is located below the fake coin drop opening 19. As shown in FIG. 4, the fake coin drop port 19 is composed of a large fake coin drop port 19a and a small fake coin drop port 19b, and the distance between them when the shutter 12.13 is closed is
is smaller than the diameter of the small fake coin dropout opening 19a, and larger than the diameter of both dropout openings 19a and 19b in the closed state.

Furthermore, on the downstream side of the counterfeit coin dropout port 19 on the coin conveying surface 4a of the coin support 4, a counterfeit coin dropout port 21 and a Taisho coin dropout port 22 are formed, and a counterfeit coin collection box is provided at a position below the counterfeit coin dropout port 21, respectively. 23 and a large coin accumulation box 24 are provided.

Further, a well-known fake coin removal detector 25 is provided on the exit side of the fake coin removal shutter device 11, and its detection signal is transmitted through the seventh
The information is transmitted to the opening/closing drive control section 10 shown in the figure. This opening/closing drive control section 10 includes a shutter 12.1.
Timer unit 2 that controls the time from the open state to the closed state of 3.
6 is also connected.

In the above-described configuration, when the coin sorting device according to the present invention is operated, coins of a mixture of large and small coins placed on the ejector 2 in the coin hopper 1 are collected by the ejector 2.
Due to the rotation of the coins, the coins are discharged from the discharge port 3 onto the coin support 4 by centrifugal force, and are conveyed by the conveyor belt 7 in the direction of the arrow. When the coin reaches the authenticity detector 9 and is determined to be a fake coin, and when the tip is detected by the fake coin tip detector 18, these signals are transmitted to the opening/closing drive control unit 10, and the coin is opened/closed. Since the cam driver 17 rotates the opening/closing cam 16 174 times, the shutter 12.1 of the counterfeit coin removal shutter device 11
3 is in the open state shown by the two-dot chain line in Figure 4, and the fake coin is
The fake coins fall from the fake coin drop opening 19 into the fake coin accumulation box 20 and are accumulated.

The shutters 12 and 13 in the open state are activated by the opening/closing cam drive motor 17 and the spring when the detection signal from the counterfeit coin removal detector 25 and the time-up signal from the timer section 26 are sent to the opening/closing drive control section 10. 14, it is rotated again by 174 degrees and enters the normal open state shown by the solid line in FIG.

If the coin coming from the outlet 3 is a genuine coin, the authenticity discriminator 9 does not output a false signal, so the shutters 12 and 13 are kept closed, and the genuine coin falls through the false coin dropout opening 19. Illegal coin dropout port 21 or Taisho coin dropout port 22
From there, the coins fall and are accumulated in the fraudulent coin accumulation box 23 or the Taisho coin accumulation box 24.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one specific embodiment, various modifications are possible. For example, the counterfeit coin removal shutter may be driven not by a cam but by an electromagnetic plunger or the like.

[Effect of the Invention 1] Since the coin sorting device according to the present invention has the above-described configuration and operation, fake coins are automatically dropped and accumulated in the fake coin accumulation box regardless of their outer diameter. , there is no need to stop the operation of the counter, etc. in which the coin sorting device is installed, and the coin sorting can be carried out accurately and unattended without the need for workers, which increases personnel costs. This will significantly improve efficiency in sectors that handle large amounts of coins, such as public racetracks and department stores.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view showing the overall structure of the coin sorting device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed view of the main part of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a counterfeit coin. FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view showing the exclusion shutter device, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the shutter in a closed state, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the shutter, and FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram showing electrical connections of the coin sorting device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Coin hopper, 2... Discharge body, 3... Discharge port, 4... Coin support, 5 and 6... Pulley, 7...
・Transport belt, 8... Belt holding roller, 9...
Authenticity discriminator, 10... Opening/closing drive control unit, 11... Fake coin exclusion shutter device, 12 and 13... Shutter,
14...Spring, 16...Opening/closing cam, 17...
・Opening/closing drive motor, 18... Fake coin tip detector, 19
...Fake coin dropout port, 20...Fake coin collection box, 21.
...Illegal coin dropout port, 22...Taisho coin dropout port, 23
... Kosho coin collection box, 24 ... Taisho coin collection box, 2
5... Fake coin removal detector, 26... Timer section. 11- Figure 5 Figure 6 1ζ et al. 1- Voluntary writing of procedural amendments) August 30, 1985 Director General of the Patent Office Mr. Michibe Uga 1, Indication of the case 1989 Patent Application No. 109647 2, Title of the invention Coin sorting device 3, relationship with the amended person case Patent applicant name: Musashi Engineering Co., Ltd. 4, agent: 100 Address: 4th floor, Marunouchi Building, 4-1 Marunouchi Sara-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Scope of patent claims in the specification Column Patent Claims A coin hopper having a discharge port; a coin support provided in the longitudinal direction near the outside of the discharge port and having a fake coin drop port and a genuine coin drop port in order from the discharge port side; a conveyor belt disposed above the coin support in contact with the coin conveyance surface of the support; an authenticity discriminator disposed between the discharge port and the fake coin drop port; a counterfeit coin removal shutter device, which is provided on the coin support and is formed of a shutter member that normally maintains a closed state and can be opened and closed; and a counterfeit coin removal shutter device that stores the counterfeit coins removed by the counterfeit coin removal shutter device. a counterfeit coin accommodating section provided at a lower position such that A coin sorting device comprising: an opening/closing drive control section that is electrically connected to a discriminator and a counterfeit coin exclusion shutter device and controls the counterfeit coin exclusion shutter device in response to a signal from the counterfeit/authenticity discriminator.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a coin hopper having a discharge port; a coin support provided in the longitudinal direction near the outside of the discharge port and having a fake coin drop port and a genuine coin drop port in order from the discharge port side; and a coin support body for transporting coins. a conveyor belt disposed above the coin support in contact with a surface; an authenticity discriminator disposed between the discharge port and the fake coin drop port; and a coin support corresponding to the fake coin drop port. a counterfeit coin removal shutter device that is provided on the body and is formed of a pair of shutters that normally maintain a closed state and can be opened and closed; a counterfeit coin accumulation box provided below the counterfeit coin removal shutter device; electrically connected to a genuine coin accumulating box provided at a position below the genuine coin drop opening on the downstream side of the fake coin accumulating box, and the authenticity discriminator and the fake coin removal shutter device; a coin sorting device comprising: an opening/closing drive control section that controls the counterfeit coin exclusion shutter device in response to a signal from the counterfeit/authenticity discriminator.