JPS6213191Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a coin storage device for rental lockers, which separates coins for the initial charge and coins for the additional charge inserted from the slot. It relates to a structure for holding in a holding cylinder.

(Prior art) In general, in rental lockers, the locking and unlocking of the rental locker lock is controlled depending on the coins inserted, so users may make mistakes in inserting the required number of coins to use the locker. Trouble may occur due to

For this reason, rental lockers generally have a built-in structure to temporarily hold the inserted coins.

The conventional device for temporarily holding the coins of a rental locker locks and holds the coins for the initial fee necessary for locking the rental locker at the end of the coin passage, and the coins are held at the locking position of the key. A structure is adopted in which the coin support piece is retracted from the end of the coin passage by rotation to release the locked initial charge coin. However, with this structure, when the rental locker is in use, it is in a locked state and the coin support piece is retracted from the end of the coin passage. Even if this happens, the coins will be released without being temporarily held, so this cannot be applied to rental lockers that require additional coins to be inserted, and only the initial fee coins needed to lock the rental locker can be inserted. This could only be applied to rental cars that use the system.

Therefore, a device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-3115 has been proposed as a device for temporarily holding both initial charge coins and additional charge coins inserted into a rental locker. This device is equipped with one holding case that temporarily holds both initial charge coins and additional charge coins, and the bottom of this holding case is equipped with a key that rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the key in the lock body. When the key is in the unlocked and locked positions, the bottom of the holding case is kept fully closed to hold the coins, and the coins are held only momentarily when the key rotates from the unlocked position to the locked position and from the locked position to the unlocked position. A structure is adopted in which a coin support plate is provided that opens the bottom of the case and releases coins.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) The device that temporarily holds both initial charge coins and additional charge coins described in the above-mentioned Utility Model Publication No. 57-3115 stores temporarily held coins in a lock. Since the key is designed to be released at the moment when it rotates from the unlocked position to the locked position and from the locked position to the unlocked position, there is no problem if only one coin is held, but the number of held coins is If there are many coins, the bottom of the holding case will become blocked before all the held coins are released, and the held coins will not be released reliably, resulting in a jam between the holding case and the coin support plate, making it difficult to unlock the key. Or there was a problem that the door could not be locked.

In addition, there are cases where the reserved coins remain in the holding case without being jammed, and in such cases, this device is designed to temporarily hold the initial charge coins and additional charge coins in the same holding case. When the coins for the initial charge and the coins for the additional charge were mixed and a problem occurred due to a user's mistake, the user was unable to confirm the correct number of coins inserted, and the coins were temporarily put on hold. The problem was that not only would it be meaningless, but it would also end up causing trouble.

The present invention was developed in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to separately reserve coins for the initial charge and coins for the additional charge, and also to ensure the release of the reserved coins. To provide a coin holding device for a rental locker that can surely check coins and additional charge coins.

[Structure of the idea]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The coin holding device for a rental locker of the present invention consists of a coin holding cylinder for an initial charge and a coin holding cylinder for an additional charge, both of which are arranged side by side facing a coin passageway. a switching member which is movably provided at the top opening and selectively sends coins discharged from the coin passage into the initial charge coin storage tube or the additional charge coin storage tube; and a bottom portion of the storage tube into which the coins are fed. a shutter that retains coins that are fed in a closed state in a holding cylinder and, when the switching member is switched, opens the bottom of the holding cylinder to release the coins in the holding cylinder and closes the bottom of the other holding cylinder; , a locking plate that locks and unlocks the door by moving between a locked position and an unlocked position by rotation of a key inserted into the lock body, and an interlocking mechanism that interlocks this locking plate with a switching member and a shutter. It is characterized by having the following.

(Function) The coin holding device of the rental locker of the present invention stores the initial fee coins or additional fee coins discharged from the coin passage in the initial fee coin storage tube or additional fee coin storage cylinder whose bottom is closed by a shutter. The coins are selectively fed into one of the coin storage cylinders and temporarily stored. Then, by moving the lock plate to the locking or unlocking position by rotating the key inserted into the lock body, the switching member and the shutter are interlocked via the interlocking mechanism, and the switching member transfers the inserted coins to the additional charge. Position the shutter at the bottom of one of the coin holding cylinders for initial charge or additional charge, while placing the shutter in the feeding position to one of the coin holding cylinders for coin holding cylinders for initial charge or coin holding cylinder for initial charge. A shutter is placed at the bottom of the other coin holding cylinder, and the initial charge coin or additional charge coin is ejected from one coin holding cylinder of the initial charge coin holding cylinder or the additional charge coin holding cylinder, and the other coin is released. This is provided for temporary storage of additional charge coins or initial charge coins in the holding cylinder.

(Example) Next, the configuration of an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a lock plate that locks the door of the storage room of the Locker body, and a key 2 is lent to the user and inserted into the lock body 2.
a to rotate from the unlocked position to the locked position or from the locked position to the unlocked position.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a driving plate which is rotated together with the locking plate 1, and has an interlocking rod 4 protruding from an eccentric position of the rotation center of the driving plate 3. The tip of the interlocking rod 4 is engaged with an engagement hole 6 formed in the actuating member 5. This actuating member 5 is swingably supported by a fixed wall 8 through a shaft 7, and is connected to the drive plate 3, interlocking rod 4,
The actuating member 5 and the shaft 7 are engaged to form an interlocking mechanism.

The fixed wall 8 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and the shaft 7 is supported at the upper portions of both side wall surfaces 9 and approximately at the center in the front-rear direction. Further, the open end of this fixed wall 8 is closed by a side plate 10.

Further, in the fixed wall 8, an initial charge coin storage cylinder 11 and an additional charge coin storage cylinder 12, which are open at the top and bottom in the front and back, are arranged in parallel.

Further, the engagement hole 6 is formed in the upper protrusion 13 of the operating member 5, and a protruding piece 14 is provided in the front part of the actuating member 5, and the protruding piece 14 and the side plate 10 A coiled spring 15 is stretched between them, and this spring 15 constitutes a toggle spring mechanism that urges the actuating member 5 in the direction of rotation as the actuating member 5 rotates.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a switching member, which is formed integrally with the operating member 5 and is inclined from the rear to the front in proximity to the upper opening of the initial coin storage cylinder 11 on the rear side of the fixed wall 8. The actuating member 5
The coin 18 rolling in the coin passage 17 located above the side plate 10 due to the rotation of the switching member 16 and the side plate 1
0 into the initial fee coin storage tube 11, and the coin 18 rolling in the coin passage 17 rolls on the switching member 16 and enters the additional fee coin storage tube 12 in front of the fixed wall 8. The switching member 16 is set to the feeding position.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a shutter, which is bent integrally from the lower end of the operating member 5, and holds coins for initial charges when the switching member 16 sends coins into the initial charge coin storage cylinder 11 by rotation of the operating member 5. Cylinder 1
The switching member 16 closes the bottom opening of the surcharge coin holding cylinder 1.
Coin storage cylinder 12 for additional charges when feeding into 2
It is designed to close the bottom of the

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

When the robot is not in use and is in standby mode, the first
As shown in the figure, the locking plate 1 is in the unlocked position, the switching member 16 integrated with the operating member 5 is set in the position to feed coins from the coin passage 17 into the initial charge coin storage cylinder 11, and the shutter 19 is in the initial position. The toll coin holding tube 11 is held in a position where the bottom is closed.

The inserted coins are temporarily stored on the shutter 19 from the coin passage 17 within the initial charge coin storage cylinder 11.

Next, when the key 2a inserted in the lock body 2 is rotated, the locking plate 1 is rotated to lock the door, and the driving plate 3 is also rotated, and the operating member 5 is also rotated via the interlocking rod 4. As shown by the chain line in FIG. 2, the switching member 16 is rotated to the position where the coins from the coin passage 17 are fed into the additional charge coin storage cylinder 12, and the shutter 19 opens the bottom of the initial charge coin storage cylinder 11. Then, it moves to a position where the bottom of the additional charge coin storage cylinder 12 is closed, and the coins that were held in the initial charge coin storage cylinder 11 are taken in. and switching member 1
6 and the shutter 19 are held in this position by a spring 15 that urges the actuating member 5.

Also, if you insert coins for additional charges in this state,
The coins are sent from the coin passage 17 into the surcharge coin holding tube 12 by the switching member 16 and held on the shutter 19. When the key 2a inserted into the lock body 2 is rotated, the lock plate 1 is rotated in the unlocking direction, and the drive plate 3 is also rotated at the same time as the lock plate 1 is unlocked. 2, the switching member 16 moves from the chain line position to the solid line position in FIG. 2, and is set to the position where coins are fed into the initial charge coin storage cylinder 11, and the shutter 19 also opens the bottom of the additional charge coin storage cylinder 12. The bottom of the initial charge coin holding tube 11 is closed, and the temporarily reserved additional charge coins are taken in. The positions of the switching member 16 and the shutter 19 are held by the spring 15 that biases the actuating member 5. and prepared for the next use.

A coin guide section 20 that expands upward is formed in the upper part of the initial charge coin storage cylinder 11.

Further, a guide edge 21 for guiding the shutter 19 is cut out at the front lower edge of the fixed wall 8.

Furthermore, the interlocking mechanism is not limited to the structure consisting of the drive plate 3, the interlocking rod 4, the actuating member 5, and the shaft 7;
The actuating member 9 and the actuating member 5 may be formed separately and operated in conjunction with each other.

[Effect of idea]

According to the present invention, initial charge coins and additional charge coins are temporarily stored in separate storage cylinders, and a shutter is provided to open and close the bottom of the storage cylinder.
When switching the switching member, the bottom of one holding cylinder is opened and the bottom of the other holding cylinder is closed, and the bottom of the holding cylinder on the side from which temporarily held coins are released is kept fully open. Even if there are a large number of temporarily held coins, all the held coins can be reliably released, solving problems such as coin jams and remaining coins, and ensuring locking and unlocking of rental lockers. In addition to this, the inserted coins can be temporarily reserved accurately.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a coin storage device for a rental locker showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the same. 2... Lock body, 3... Drive plate of interlocking mechanism, 4...
An interlocking rod of the interlocking mechanism, 5... an operating member of the interlocking mechanism,
7... Axis of interlocking mechanism, 11... Coin storage cylinder for initial charge, 12... Coin storage cylinder for additional charge, 16...
Switching member, 17...coin passage, 19...shutter.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Utility Model Registration Request] An initial charge coin holding cylinder and an additional charge coin holding cylinder arranged side by side facing the coin passage, and a coin holding cylinder movably provided at the upper surface opening of both holding cylinders and disposed side by side facing the coin passage. a switching member that selectively sends the ejected coins to the initial charge coin holding cylinder or the additional charge coin holding cylinder; and a switching member that closes the bottom of the holding cylinder into which the coins are sent, and retains the coins to be fed into the holding cylinder. When the switching member is switched, the bottom of the holding cylinder is opened to release the coins in the holding cylinder, and the bottom of the other holding cylinder is closed. A coin for a rental locker comprising: a locking plate that is moved between a locked position and an unlocked position to lock and unlock the door; and an interlocking mechanism that interlocks the locking plate, a switching member, and a shutter. Holding device.