JPS6025641Y2 - change machine unit - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a change machine unit installed in a vending machine, and is designed to reduce and simplify the change replenishment mechanism, the inserted coin collection mechanism, and the spare coin collection mechanism in the change replenishment machine.
Furthermore, the purpose is to facilitate installation.

Conventionally, a vending machine is equipped with a coin holding mechanism that temporarily holds inserted coins after sorting them, a change replenishment mechanism, and a change machine, and the coin holding mechanism has a replenishment chute that communicates with the change machine and a change machine. , and a collection chute that communicates with the safe, and a path switching member is incorporated in the branching part, and the coin ejection port of the change replenishing machine is also connected to the change replenishment chute in the same way as the coin receiving port of the coin storage mechanism. It is branched into a replenishment chute that communicates with the machine and a recovery chute that communicates with the safe, and a passage switching member is incorporated in the branched portion.

In order to replenish the coins from the coin holding mechanism to the change machine, the coins are replenished through the replenishment chute, and when the change machine is full of coins, they are collected into the safe through the collection chute. In addition, when there are no input coins such as when the vending machine starts operating, spare coins are supplied from the change supply machine to the change machine through the supply chute, and when the spare coins are collected at the end of the work day, they are collected. They are collected into a safe through a chute.

However, deriving the collection chute from each of the coin holding mechanism and the change replenishing machine individually in this way leads to an increase in the number of chutes, and the area occupied by the entire coin processing device becomes large, resulting in a cramped space inside the vending machine. In addition, vending machines have become larger, the number of aisle switching parts has increased, and the number of chutes has increased, making the assembly and structure of the change replenishing mechanism and coin turning mechanism complicated, which is undesirable.It is difficult to solve these problems. desired.

This invention was made to solve the above problems, and its features are: a change storage cylinder of a change machine; a coin collection chute arranged in parallel with the change storage cylinder; and a coin collection chute arranged in parallel with the change storage cylinder; a coin input hopper disposed above the change supply port at the upper end of the storage cylinder and the coin collection port at the upper end of the coin collection chute so as to communicate with the change supply port and the coin collection port; provided inside the coin input hopper; a switching shutter that alternately opens and closes the change replenishment port and the coin collection port; a feeding device that feeds out the change one by one from the change outlet at the bottom of the storage tube; an upper end facing the change outlet; a change collection chute whose lower end communicates with the coin collection chute; a passage switching shutter provided at the entrance of the change collection chute and capable of opening and closing the entrance so that the change from the output port falls into the collection chute or onto a separately provided conveyor belt; or; are integrally combined into a unit, and an input coin collection and replenishment chute of the coin holding device and a spare change coin collection and replenishment chute of the change supply machine face the upper opening of the coin input hopper, and the coin The lower opening of the collection chute communicates with the safe, and the conveyor belt communicates with the payout port.

Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described based on the drawings.

In the drawings, 1 is a coin type sorting device, 2 is a coin authenticity sorter, 3 is a coin holding device, 4 is a change supply machine, and 5 is a change machine.

The coin type sorting device 1 has 50 yen, 1.
Tilt window hole 8 with an inner diameter that matches the diameter of each 00 yen and 10 yen coin.
are opened in order from small diameter to large diameter in the coin rolling direction, and when various coins enter this passage 6, these coins are passed through the tilting window hole 8 to the guide chute 9 according to type according to their diameter.
It's like falling.

The coin authenticity sorting machine 2 includes sorting machines 2A, 2B, and 2C for 50 yen, 100 yen, and 10 yen coins.
The sorting machines 2A, 2B, and 2C are arranged in parallel in the left-right direction so as to communicate with each guide chute 9 at the lower part of the screen.
A pair of excitation heads 11 and a detection head 12 are built in, which are placed opposite each other in the middle of the shaft.The coins falling from the guide chute 9 pass between the two heads 11 and 12, and are detected by the magnetic shielding effect of the material. , shape, etc. are selected.

Further, the excitation of the sorting passage 10 and the lower part of the detection head 11.12 are branched into a genuine coin discharge passage 13 and a counterfeit coin discharge passage 14, and a solenoid 15 which operates in response to a signal from the detection head 12 is provided at the branched portion. A plunger 16 is provided so as to be able to come out and go out, and when the plunger 16 is retracted from the sorting passage 10, the genuine coins fall into the genuine coin discharge passage 13,
When the plunger 16 moves forward into the sorting passage 10, the counterfeit coins are changed in direction by the plunger 16 and fall toward the counterfeit coin discharge passage 14.

The coin holding device 3 includes a fixed bottom plate 17 disposed below the coin authenticity sorter 2, a collection communication port 18 and a refund communication port 19 provided on both front and rear sides of the fixed bottom plate 17, and the fixed bottom plate 17. 50 yen, 100 yen, and 10 yen coin holding holes 20, 21.22 are provided on the top of the 17 so as to be movable back and forth horizontally and are vertically penetrating.
For example, the genuine coin discharge passage 13 of the 50 yen coin authenticity sorting machine 2 described above.
The coins falling further enter the 50 yen coin holding hole 20 and are held on the fixed bottom plate 17.

When a predetermined number of coins are stored, the motor 24 rotates forward, and the coin storage body 23 moves horizontally in the forward direction A until it reaches the front end, and the stored coins fall into the collection communication port 18, and the stored coins are When returning coins, the motor 24 is reversely rotated by the refund signal, and the coin holding body 23 is horizontally moved in the backward direction B so that when it reaches the rearmost end, the held coins fall into the refund communication port 19.

Above the refund communication port 19, the counterfeit currency discharge passage 14 is placed in communication.

As the change machine 5, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 10 yen coin change i5A, 5B, and 5C are arranged in parallel in the left-right direction on the change machine stand 25 below the coin storage device 3, and each change machine 5 is arranged on the change machine stand 25 below the coin storage device 3. A change storage cylinder 26 with an upward opening provided upright on 25
and a rotary disk 27 rotatably provided on a change machine stand 25 in the storage cylinder 26, and the change coins on the disk 27 are collected by using the rotation of the rotary disk 27 driven by a motor 28. The coins are fed out one by one from a change outlet 29 opened in a part of the circumference of the storage tube 26.

In the illustrated example, as the rotary disk 27 rotates, the rotary disk 27
One coin is pushed along the inner periphery of the storage cylinder 26 by a protrusion 30 protruding from the upper surface formed on the conical convex surface of The change is dispensed into the change outlet 29 by being guided by the guide edge of the feed-out guy F piece 31 protruding from the change outlet 29.

The gap between the lower surface of the delivery guide piece 31 and the upper surface of the rotary plate 27 is set to be less than the thickness of the coin so that the coin will not pass therethrough, and the projection 30 can pass through the lower surface of the guide piece 31. A concave groove 32 is formed.

The above 50 yen, 100 yen, 10 yen coin change machines 5A, 5B,
A coin input hopper 34 with an upward opening is integrally formed above the change supply port 30 at the upper end of each change storage cylinder 26 divided into 5C, and a coin collection chute 35 is installed below the hopper 34 to connect the change storage cylinder 26 to the change storage cylinder 26. It is formed integrally or integrally with the

A lower end drawer 36 of the coin collection chute 35 is provided adjacent to a safe communication port 38 opened in a base 37 below the change machine stand 25.

The safe communication port 38 communicates with a safe (not shown).

The change supply port 33 and the coin collection port 3 are located between the lower part of the coin input bomber 34 and the change supply port 33 and the coin collection port 39 at the upper end of the coin collection chute 35, which communicate with this.
A switching shutter 40 that alternately opens and closes 9 and 9 is mounted on a shaft so as to be swingable around a shaft 41.

The shutter 40 swings by operating a rotary solenoid 42 connected to the end of the shaft 41.

A lower end drawer 44 of an input coin collection and replenishment chute 43 connected to the communication port 18 of the coin holding device 3 is provided at the upper opening of the coin input hopper 34, and a coin replenishment chute 44 at the lower end of the chute 43 is connected to the communication port 18 of the coin storage device 3. The lower end of the chute 45 for collecting spare change coins and supplying chute 45, which is in communication, is also provided so as to face the upper opening of the hopper 34.

At the rear of the change machine stand 25 on the base 37, a coin conveying belt 47 is connected to a pair of left and right driving and driven rollers 48, 49.
The conveyor belt 47 is adapted to be able to rotate freely in circulation, and the conveyor belt 47 is configured to carry change coins or return coins and rotate in the downward direction in the figure by being driven by a motor 50 on the shaft of a driving roller 48.

The end of the conveyor belt 47 in the direction D is communicated with a dispensing port (not shown).

The change output port 29 of the change storage cylinder 26 and the return communication port 19 of the coin storage device 3 are connected to the coin conveying belt 47.
It will be installed above.

A change dispensing and collecting shutter 51 is disposed between the change outlet 29 and the coin conveying belt 47 so as to be movable in the left-right direction along a frame 52 on the rear side of the conveying belt 47.

The shutter 51 has window holes 54 with guide pieces 53 opened in the left-right direction at intervals of a parallel pitch between the change machines 5,
When the shutter 51 moves the window hole 54 to the rightmost position where it matches the change outlet 29, the coins thrown out from the change outlet 29 slide on the guide protrusion 53 and are transferred through the window hole 54 onto the conveyor belt 47. However, at the leftmost movement position where the window hole 54 is deviated to one side from the change outlet 29, the dispensed coin is hit against the blind wall of the shutter 51, and the change machine 5 is placed below the change outlet 29.
The change is dropped into a change collection chute 55 formed integrally with the change collection chute 55 and carried out to the safe communication port 38.

The horizontal movement of the shutter 51 is controlled by a drive solenoid 56 installed on the left side of the shutter 51 and a drive solenoid 56 installed on the left side of the shutter 51.
This is done by the cooperative action of the spring 57 which always biases the spring 57 in the right direction.

That is, the operating rod 5B of the drive solenoid 56 is pivotally connected to the middle part of a swinging rod 60 whose upper end is supported by a shaft 59 and whose lower end is pivotally connected to the right end of the shutter 51. When activated, the swinging rod 60 swings to the left around the shaft 59 to move the shutter 51 to the leftmost moving position, and when the solenoid 56 is turned off, the shutter 51 is returned to the rightmost moving position by the spring 57. That's how it is.

6 and 7 show another embodiment in place of the change dispensing and collecting shutter 51, in which a guide chute 61 that communicates with the conveyor belt 47 is installed at the outside rear of the change outlet 29 of the change storage cylinder 26 as a change collecting chute. The outlet 2 via 55
9, and both chutes 61.
A switching shutter 62 that alternately opens and closes 55 Judoro 61a and 55a is provided to be swingable around a shaft 63.

When discharging coins to the conveyor belt 7, the switching shutter 62 is driven by the rotary solenoid 64 on the shaft 63 to swing toward the collection chute 55a to close the collection chute 55a and open the guide chute 61a. Then, the thrown coin slides on the switching shutter 62 and is delivered to the guide chute 61.

When collecting the thrown coins, the switching shutter 62 is swung toward the guide coin drawer 61a side.
When the coin collector 1a is closed and the collector drawer 55a is opened, the thrown coins hit the switching shutter 62 and fall into the collector chute 55 and are carried out.

The change machine unit of this invention includes a change storage cylinder 26 of the change machine 5, a coin collection chute 35 arranged in parallel with the change storage cylinder 26, a change supply port 33 at the upper end of the change storage cylinder 26, and a coin collection chute 35 arranged in parallel with the change storage cylinder 26. Coin collection port 3 at the top of the collection chute 35
9, a coin input hopper 34 disposed in communication with the change replenishment port 33 and the coin recovery port 39, a switching shutter 40 provided inside the hopper 34, and a change input hopper 34 located at the bottom of the storage tube 26. A delivery device 27, 28 for sending out change from the storage cylinder 26 one by one from the delivery port 29; an upper end facing the change delivery port 29 and a lower end facing the coin collection chute 3;
a change collection chute 55 that communicates with the change collection chute 55; a passage switching shutter 51 that is provided at the entrance of the change collection chute 55 and is capable of opening and closing the entrance so that the change from the output port falls into the collection chute 55 or onto a separately provided conveyor belt 47;
or 62 and ; are integrally combined into a unit, and the input coin collection/replenishment chute 43 of the coin storage device 3 and the spare change coins of the change supply machine 4 are inserted into the upper opening of the coin input hopper 34. A collection/replenishment chute 45 faces, the lower opening of the coin collection chute 35 communicates with the safe, and the conveyor belt 47 communicates with the payout port. Therefore, this change machine unit cannot be installed inside the vending machine. At the same time, when the lower end JUDRO 44 of the input coin collection and replenishment chute 43 and the lower end JUDRO 46 of the change coin collection and replenishment shoe 1-45 are made to face the upper opening of the coin input hopper 34, the inserted coins can be exchanged. When replenishing the storage cylinder 26, the rotary solenoid 42 is actuated to vibrate the switching shutter 40 toward the coin collection port 39 to close the coin collection port 39 and close the change replenishment port 3.
3, the input coins pass through the coin type sorting device 1, the coin authenticity sorting device 2, the coin storage device 3, and then pass through the input coin collection and supply chute 43 to the coin input hopper 3.
4 and automatically flows into the change storage cylinder 26 from the change supply port 33.

When the change storage cylinder 26 is full of coins, the change storage cylinder 2
The rotary solenoid 42 is activated again by the upper limit sensor 67 formed by the emitter 65 and the receiver 66 arranged oppositely on the upper part of the switch 6. The waist switching shutter 40 swings in the opposite direction to close the change supply port 33 and collect coins. Open the mouth 39.

Therefore, the coins subsequently thrown into the input hopper 34 flow into the coin collection chute 35 through the coin collection port 39, and are stored in the safe through the safe communication port 38.

When there are no more coins in the change storage tube 26, the change storage tube 26
The rotary slide/id 42 is operated again by the lower limit sensor 70 formed by the projector 68 and the receiver 69 arranged oppositely at the bottom, and the switching shutter 40 swings toward the coin collection port 39 as described above to close the change supply port. 33 is opened, and coins thrown into the input hopper 34 flow into the change storage cylinder 26 and are replenished.

When the vending machine starts operating, or when there is a shortage of the inserted coins, spare change coins are supplied from the change supply machine 4 into the change storage cylinder 26. In the same way as when replenishing, the switching shutter 40 is swung toward the coin collection port 39 side to close the change supply port 33.
When the spare change coins are opened, the spare change coins sent out from the change supply machine 4 fall into the coin input hopper 34 through the spare change coin collection/replenishment chute 45 and flow into the change storage cylinder 26.

When the change storage cylinder 26 is full of coins, the upper limit sensor 67 activates the rotary solenoid 42 as in the case of replenishing the inserted coins, and the switching shutter 40 swings toward the change replenishment port 33 to replenish the coins. Close the mouth 33.

When collecting spare change coins in the change replenishing machine 4 to the safe at the end of the vending machine, etc., the switching shutter 40 is swung toward the change replenishing port 33 in the same way as when collecting inserted coins. When the coin collection port 39 is opened, the spare change coins fall into the coin input hopper 34 through the spare change coin collection/replenishment chute 45, flow into the coin collection chute 35, and enter the safe from the coin collection port 39. will be collected.

As described above, according to the configuration of the change machine unit of this invention, it is possible to switch input coins to the change supply port 33 and the coin collection port 39, and to switch spare change coins to the change supply port 33 and the coin collection port 39.
Since the switching to and from the coin input hopper 34 can be carried out in common, it is sufficient to communicate the communication port 18 and the change machine 5 through the single coin input chute 43 which also serves as a coin collection and replenishment chute 43. Similarly, it is sufficient to communicate between the replenishing machine 4 and the change machine 5 through a single replenishment chute 45 that also serves as a collection and collection of spare change coins. Both the collection chute and the collection chute from the change replenishing machine 4 to the safe can be omitted, and the single switching shutter 40 in the input coin hopper 34 suffices as the path switching member. In addition, it is possible to assemble the input and spare coin collection mechanism, simplify the structure, and reduce the size.
In particular, the ease of assembly and quality stabilization achieved by unitizing the change machine unit are significant, and there is the advantage that it can be incorporated extremely easily and compactly into a small vending machine.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of the entire coin processing device equipped with this invented change machine unit, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal side view, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal front view of the coin processing unit, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal side view. figure,
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view of the change storage cylinder, FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing the other side of this invented change machine unit, and FIG. 7 is a plan view. 34... Coin input hopper, 5... Change machine, 26... Change storage tube, 33...
Change supply port, 35... Coin collection chute, 39
...Coin collection port, 40...Switching shutter.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A change storage cylinder 26 of the change machine 5; a coin collection chute 35 arranged in parallel with the change storage cylinder 26; a change replenishment port 33 at the upper end of the change storage cylinder 26 and a coin collection port at the upper end of the coin collection chute 35. 39, a coin input hopper 34 is disposed in communication with the change supply port 33 and the coin collection port 39; a switching shutter 40 that opens and closes alternately; and delivery devices 27 and 28 that send out change from the storage tube 26 one by one from the change output port 29 at the bottom of the storage tube 26; the upper end faces the change output port 29 and the lower end A change collection chute 55 that communicates with the coin collection chute 35; and a conveyor belt 47 that is provided at the entrance of the change collection chute 55 and that can freely open and close the entrance to collect change from the output port 29 within the chute 55 or provided separately.
A passage switching shutter 51 or 62 for dropping the coins upward; is integrally combined into a unit, and an input chute 43 for collecting input coins of the coin storage device 3 and a change supply machine are connected to the upper opening of the coin input hopper 34. The change machine unit is characterized in that a spare change coin collection/replenishment chute 45 facing No. 4 faces, a lower opening of the coin collection chute 35 communicates with a safe, and the conveyance belt 47 communicates with a payout port.