JPS6343577Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to a coin dispensing device used in automatic vending machines, currency exchange machines, and the like.

Prior Art Figures 1 and 2 show a conventional coin takeout mechanism 1 for selectively taking out coins from a coin tube in which coins are accumulated in the thickness direction.
Since it is publicly known from Publication No.-6054, etc., its configuration and operation will be briefly explained.

In FIG. 2, coin tubes 3a to 3d (3
b to 3d (not shown) are for accumulating coins in the thickness direction, and are located above the payout slide mechanism 2.

The payout slide mechanism 2 includes a slide plate 4, and the slide plate 4 moves over the base plate 21 which is one step higher than the bottom base 20 in FIG.
It slides in the B' direction, and the above coin tube 3
Holes 4a to 4d are provided that match the discharge ports at the lower ends of holes 4a to 3d.

As shown in FIG. 2, the front edge of the slide plate 4 is provided with holes 7a to 7d, into which tongue pieces made by cutting out parts of the change slides 12a to 12d are inserted, and grooves are inserted into the holes 7a to 7d. 5 and 6 are provided.

Grooves 15a to 15d (1
5b to 15d (not shown) are formed, and convex strips 14a to 14d (14b to 14d) are formed at the tip of the tongue portion.
14d (not shown) are engaged. Further, disc-shaped cams 8 and 9 driven by a motor (not shown) are provided, and pins 8a and 9a formed on the cams 8 and 9 are inserted into the grooves 5 and 6 of the slide plate 4, respectively. engaged.

The change slides 12a to 12d have holes 16a to 16 provided in the change levers 16 and 17.
d, 17a to 17d, and its tip 13a to
13d is a groove 20a provided in the bottom base 20
~20d is engaged.

The change levers 16 and 17 are guided by guide plates 22 and 23 by solenoids 18 and 19, respectively, and are adapted to move in the direction C in FIG. 1.

In the state shown in FIG. 1 in which the solenoids 18 and 19 are not energized, the holes 16a and 17a are aligned and the change slide 12a can pass through the wide part, but the other holes 16b and 17a are aligned.
b, 16c and 17c, and 16d and 17d do not match, and the change slides 12b to 12d cannot pass through these holes.

Also, if only the solenoid 18 is excited, 16
When b and 17b match, only the change slide 12b can pass, when only the solenoid 19 is energized, only the change slide 12d can pass, and when both solenoids 18 and 19 are energized, only the change slide 12c can pass. state.

Therefore, when there is a coin dispensing command to dispense the coin 24a in the coin tube 3a, the solenoids 18 and 1
9 is not excited, and the motor drives the disc-shaped cam 8,
9 is rotated. Then, the pins 8a and 9a on the cams 8 and 9 move into the grooves 5 and 9a provided on the slide plate 4, respectively.
6, the slide plate 4 is moved in the direction B in FIG. In this case, the change slide 12a moves together with the slide plate 4 due to the engagement between the protruding strip 14a of the tongue portion and the groove 15a provided in the slide plate 4, and passes through the matching holes 16a and 17a, so that the change slide 12a slides. A hole 4a provided in the plate 4 reaches the edge of the base plate 21 together with the coin, and the coin 24a falls onto the bottom base 20. This coin is then dispensed to the dispensing port 25 by the wiper 24.

At this time, the other change slides 12b, 12
c and 12d are corresponding holes (for example, 16b and 17b) provided in the change levers 16 and 17, respectively.
do not match, and are prevented from moving together with the slide plate 4, and the protrusions 14b to 14d of the tongue portion
and the grooves 15b to 15d are disengaged from each other,
The change slides 12b to 12d remain in the state shown in FIG.
The coins do not fall onto the bottom base 20 by simply moving back and forth from 4b to 24d. Then, when the slide plate 4 returns in the direction B', the coin is pulled back again, resulting in the state shown in FIG.

To take out the coin 24b, if the solenoid 18 is energized and the motors of the cams 8 and 9 are operated, the hole 1 is removed.
6b and 17b match, change slide 12b
through the other change slides 12a, 12.
c, 12d, only the coin 24b is taken out. Similarly, if the solenoids 18 and 19 are energized and the motor is rotated, only the coin 24c is taken out, and if only the solenoid 19 is energized and the motor is rotated, only the coin 24d is taken out.

The above is a conventional coin ejecting mechanism that stores different coins of 10 yen, 50 yen, and 100 yen in each coin tube, and selectively dispenses these coins.

However, depending on the type of vending machine or money exchange machine, the coins that can be dispensed may only be 10 yen, or they may only dispense 10 yen coins.
Depending on the price of the product sold in the vending machine, there are cases where only 100 yen is required, and cases where 10 yen is very often dispensed and other 50 yen or 100 yen are very rarely dispensed. Since the frequency of coins dispensed varies depending on the type of coin, the coin tube is made into a removable tube cassette, so that a large number of frequently dispensed coins can be accumulated, and the tube cassette can be dispensed according to the price of products sold by vending machines etc. Select and install the coins of the most needed types to avoid running out of change, as well as accumulate coins that are less frequently dispensed in the diametrical direction on the chute.
A coin dispensing device having a coin dispensing mechanism for dispensing coins from this chute has already been developed.

This coin dispensing device is equipped with a coin dispensing mechanism from a coin tube in which coins are accumulated in the thickness direction and a coin dispensing mechanism from a coin storage chute in which coins are accumulated in the diameter direction, but each coin dispensing mechanism is independent. It has become a thing, and there is a lot of mechanical waste.
In addition, this has resulted in high costs.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention has a mechanism for taking out coins from a coin tube in which coins are accumulated in the thickness direction, and a mechanism for taking out coins from a coin storage chute in which coins are accumulated in the diametrical direction. It is an object of the present invention to provide coin dispensing devices that are connected by sharing a part of means for selecting coins.

Means for Solving the Problem The coin tube has a plurality of coin tubes in which coins are accumulated in the thickness direction, and a change lever that is moved by the excitation of a solenoid selects the coin tube from which the coin is to be taken out, and the coin is removed by rotation of the motor. It has a coin ejecting mechanism for ejecting coins, and a plurality of coin storage chute in which coins are accumulated in the diametrical direction.A coin selection plate that moves by the excitation of a solenoid selects the coin storage chute from which the coin should be taken out, and the coin is removed by rotation of a motor. In a coin dispensing device equipped with a coin dispensing mechanism, the solenoid is commonly used by both coin dispensing mechanisms.

Function The solenoid moves both the change lever and the coin selection plate when energized.

The change lever selects the coin tube from which the coin is to be taken out, and the coin selection plate selects the coin chute from which the coin is to be taken out.

Embodiment FIG. 3 is a plan view of an embodiment of a tube cassette that can be detachably attached to the coin dispensing device of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a side view of the same. The tube cassette 30 has three coin tubes C ₁ , C ₂ , C ₃ , and the lower portions of the coin tubes C ₁ to C ₃ are usually
A pull-out plate 33 is provided which receives the coins in the coin tube and when the tube cassette 30 is installed in the coin dispenser 31, pulls out the coins and sends the coins in the coin tube into the coin dispenser.

The coin tubes C ₁ to _{C 3} are arranged so as to correspond to different types of coin passages provided in the main body of the coin dispensing device, respectively, when the tube cassette 30 is attached to the main body of the coin dispensing device. In this example,
As shown in Fig. 7, coin tubes C ₁ , C ₂ , C ₃ are
They correspond to the 10 yen, 50 yen, and 100 yen coin passages, respectively, and accept the corresponding coins. However, the structure of the above coin tubes C ₁ to _{C 3} is
There is an A type coin tube shown in the sectional view of FIG. 5, and a B type coin tube shown in the sectional view of FIG. 6, and these coin tubes are constructed by combining A type and B type coin tubes.

As shown in FIG. 5, the A-type coin tube collects coins 36 that have fallen through the coin passage 34 of the coin dispensing device 31 into a storage section M of the coin tube C and a safe provided in the main body of the coin dispensing device 31. It has a passage 35 that guides the coins and a sorting piece H that sorts the coins into a passage 35.
The sorting piece H is usually placed in the storage section M of the coin tube C.
However, the storage section M of the coin tube C is full, and the top coin 3 shown by the broken line is distributed to the side.
When the coin 6' tilts the sorting piece H toward the broken line and remains in that position, the next falling coin 36 is sorted toward the passage 35 side.

As shown in FIG. 6, the B type coin tube collects coins 36 that have fallen down the coin passage 34 through a coin storage chute SH and a passage 35 that guides the coins to the safe.
It has a distribution piece J to be distributed to. That is, in this B type, the coins 36 that have fallen down the coin passage 34 are not automatically replenished into the accommodating part M of the coin tube C, but the coins 36 are manually stored in the accommodating part M. . In addition, the coin storage chute SH
is provided in the main body of the coin dispensing device 31, and accommodates coins in a stacked manner in the diametrical direction.

It should be noted that a plurality of types of tube cassettes 30 are prepared by combining various types of A and B type coin tubes.

A type and B type coin tubes are combined as follows.

If the coin dispensing device is to be the same as the conventional coin dispensing device described above, then it is sufficient to make the coin tubes _C1 , _C2 , and _C3 all type A as shown in Fig. 5. However, if the number of 10-yen coins dispensed is large and the number of 50-yen and 100-yen coins dispensed is small, then as shown in Fig. 7, a tube cassette 30 is used in which the coin tube _C1 is type A and the coin tubes _C2 and _C3 are type B,
The coin tubes _C2 and _C3 are manually inserted into the storage section M of the coin tubes C2 and C3.
The capacity of the 10 yen coins is increased. In this case, the 50 yen coins falling into the coin tube _C2 are replenished to the storage chute _SH2 , and when the storage chute _SH2 becomes full, they are sorted by the sorting piece J2 to the passage 35 to the safe side. Also, the 50 yen coins falling into the coin tube C3 are sorted by the sorting piece _J2 to the passage ₃₅ to the safe side.
100 yen coins are processed in the same way.

In this way, the tube cassette 30 is a combination of type A and type B coin tubes depending on the need for coins to be dispensed such as change.
A code setting section P is provided depending on the combination of type and B type coin tubes and the type of coins stored in each coin tube. In this embodiment, the code setting part P has protrusions P1 to _P1 as shown in FIG.
P consists of ₃ columns. Correspondingly, a tube cassette 30 is provided on the main body side of the coin dispensing device 31.
A code reading section Q is provided on the surface where the coin dispensing device 31 and the tube cassette 30 come into contact when the coin dispensing device 31 is attached to the coin dispensing device 31.

The code reading unit Q has grooves into which the protrusions P ₁ to _{P 3} are inserted, and a photo sensor (not shown) detects whether or not the protrusions P ₁ to _{P 3} are present in the grooves. It is configured. Note that a pressure sensitive element may be used instead of this photosensor, or a micro switch may be used.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, there is a 500 yen storage chute on the main body side of the coin dispensing device 31.
SH ₄ , 100 yen storage chute SH ₃ , and 50 yen storage chute SH ₂ are provided.
SH ₂ , SH ₃ and SH ₄ are designed to guide each coin to a shoot coin ejecting device 40 provided on the side of the mounting portion of the tube cassette 30. That is, in this embodiment, the coin tubes C ₂ and C ₃ are
A tube cassette of type B shown in the figure and coin tube C ₁ of type A shown in Fig. 5 is used, and the coin sorting pieces J ₂ and J ₃ of coin tubes C ₂ and C ₃ are fed in, respectively. The 50 yen coins and 100 yen coins are automatically replenished into the 50 yen storage chute SH ₂ and the 100 yen storage chute SH ₃ , respectively, and the coin sorting piece H of the coin tube C ₁ stores the incoming 10 yen coins into the coin tube. It is designed to automatically replenish the storage area M of _C1 . Ten yen coins are manually stored in the coin tubes C ₂ and C ₃ , and 10 yen coins are stored in all the coin storage sections of the coin tubes C ₁ to _{C 3} . In addition, K is
When the 500 yen storage chute SH ₄ is full of 500 yen coins, this is a sorting piece that distributes the 500 yen coins fed into the passage 35 on the side of the safe.

Next, FIGS. 8 to 11 show a coin removal mechanism for taking out coins accumulated in the coin tubes C ₁ to _{C 3} and the coin storage chute SH ₂ to _{SH 4} .

The mechanism for taking out coins from the coin tube is shown in Figure 1.
Since it is the same as the mechanism shown in FIG. 2, its details are omitted, and only the change levers 61 and 62 for selecting the coin to be taken out are shown in the drawing. The chute coin removal mechanism 40 from the coin storage chute SH ₂ to _{SH 4} is as shown in FIG.
Groove to accept coins from each chute SH ₂ ~ _{SH 4}
It has a rotating drum 41 having a ₂ , a ₃ , and a ₄ , and the rotating drum 41 is fixed to a rotating shaft 45 .
5 is rotated by a motor 43 via a transmission mechanism 44. In addition, 48 is a carrier switch, which engages with a cam 49 on the rotating drum 41 and switches one of the rotating drums.
It is designed to detect rotation. Also, 46,
47 is a coin selection plate, which has slits 46a, 46b, 47a, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.
47b, and the coin selection plates 46, 47
is caused by the first and second solenoids SOL ₁ and SOL ₂ ,
It is adapted to slide in the left-right direction in FIG. 8 via a transmission mechanism 50. That is, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the coin selection plate 46 has holes 46c.
The hole 46c engages with the pin 54a of the first hook-shaped lever 54, and the first hook-shaped lever 54 has a shaft 55 provided on a plate 56 fixed to the base plate of the coin dispensing device 31. The other end of the first hook-shaped lever 54 has a hole 54b, and the first hook-shaped lever 54 has a hole 54b.
b is engaged with the pin 51a on the first lever 51. Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 11, the first lever 51 is engaged with the first solenoid SOL ₁ , and when the first solenoid SOL ₁ is energized, the first lever 51 is activated. 9, the first hook-shaped lever 54 is rotated clockwise through the pin 51a and the hole 54b, and the pin 54a and the hole 4 are pulled downward.
6c, the first coin selection plate 46 is moved to the left (FIGS. 8 and 9).

Similarly, as for the second coin selection plate 47, as shown in FIG. The two-hook lever 53 is connected to the shaft 5
The second hook-shaped lever 5 is rotatable around the second hook-shaped lever 5.
3 has a hole 53b at the other end, and the hole 53b and the second
The pin 52a on the lever 52 is engaged, and the second lever 52 is also connected to the second solenoid as shown in FIG.
Engaged with SOL ₂ . Therefore, when the second solenoid SOL ₂ is energized, the second lever 52 is
0, rotate the second hook-shaped lever 53 clockwise, and move the second coin selection plate 47 to the eighth position.
10, it is slid to the left.

In this way, the first and second coin selection plates 4
6 and 47 are slid by the first and second solenoids SOL ₁ and SOL ₂ , but in the state shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, that is, both the first and second solenoids SOL ₁ and SOL ₂ are energized. When not, the hole 46a of the first coin selection plate and the hole 47 of the second coin selection plate
a is in the same position, and of the rotating drum 41.
It will be located directly below groove _A4 that stores 500 yen. Therefore, when the rotating drum 41 rotates, the 500 yen coin in the groove _a4 is
47a and fall to the coin ejection port 57. However, the 50 yen and 100 yen coins stored in the other grooves a ₂ and a ₃ are blocked by these coin selection plates 46 and 47 and cannot fall into the coin ejection port. However, when the first solenoid SOL ₁ is energized, the first coin selection plate 46 moves to the left in FIGS. 8 and 9, and the hole 46 on the first coin selection plate 46
b and the hole 47b on the second coin selection plate 47 coincide with each other and are located directly below the groove _a2 of the rotary drum 41, so only the 50 yen coin in the groove _a2 is sent to the coin ejection port 57. This means that it can fall. Similarly,
When only the second solenoid SOL ₂ is energized, hole 4
6b and the hole 47a are directly below the groove _a3 , so only the 100 yen coin in the groove _a3 is removed from the coin ejection port 57.
can be dropped.

On the other hand, taking out coins from the coin tubes _C1 to _C3 is the same as taking out coins from the conventional coin taking out mechanism as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the change levers 61 and 62 of the coin taking out mechanism are It performs the same function as the change levers 16 and 17 in FIGS. 1 and 2. In the present invention, these change levers 61 and 62 are the first and second solenoids that slide the first and second coin selection plates 46 and 47.
They are engaged with SOL ₁ and SOL ₂ , respectively, and are slid by these solenoids SOL ₁ and SOL ₂ . That is, the chute coin removal mechanism 4 from the coin storage chute SH ₂ to _{SH 4} provided in the present invention
The solenoid in 0 and the solenoid of the coin removal mechanism from the coin tubes C ₁ to _{C 3} are the same, and the first and second solenoids SOL ₁ and SOL ₂ are used in common.

Then, as in the conventional example shown in Figs. 1 and 2, when the first solenoid SOL ₁ is energized, the first
Coin selection plate 46 and first change lever 61
When the second solenoid SOL ₂ is excited, the second coin selection plate 47 and the second change lever 62 are moved. As a result, the holes 61a to 61c on the change lever 61 and the holes 62a to 62c on the second change lever 62 become the holes 61b when the first and second solenoids are not energized, as shown in FIG. The holes 62b match and the first
When only the solenoid SOL ₁ is energized, the holes 61c and 62c match, and when only the second solenoid SOL ₂ is energized, only the holes 61a and 62a match, and the coin tube C ₁ ~ where these holes match C ₃
Coins are taken out only from.

As a result, when taking out a coin from the coin tube, the motor 43 on the coin storage chute side is in a stopped state, and the motor in the mechanism for taking out coins from the coin tube (the one for rotating the cams 8 and 9 in FIG. ) and selectively energize the first and second solenoids SOL ₁ and SOL ₂ as described above to selectively take out coins from the coin tube.

When taking out a coin from the coin storage chute, the motor 43 of the chute coin removal mechanism 40 from the coin storage chute is driven, the motor on the coin tube side is stopped, and the first and second solenoids SOL ₁ are driven. , SOL ₂ can be selectively energized as described above to remove coins from the rotating drum 41.

As described above, in the present invention, the solenoid, which is the coin selection means, is used in common in the mechanism for taking out coins from the coin tube and the mechanism for taking out coins from the coin storage chute.

Effects of the invention Since the two types of coin ejecting mechanisms share the solenoid that is the means for selecting coins to be ejected, the coin ejecting mechanism and thus the coin dispensing device become inexpensive, and since the number of solenoids is small, the coin dispensing device can be manufactured compactly. be able to.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional coin ejecting mechanism for taking out coins from a coin tube in which coins are accumulated in the thickness direction, FIG.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of one embodiment of the tube cassette applied to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a side view of the same, FIG. 5 is a sectional view of an A type coin tube, and FIG. 6 is a B type coin tube. A cross-sectional view, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a storage chute for storing coins in a coin dispensing device to which a tube cassette is applied, FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of the operation of the coin selection plate, and FIG. 11 is a related view of the coin tube and the coin removal mechanism from the coin storage chute. 1... Coin removal mechanism from coin tube, 40
...Coin removal mechanism from coin storage chute, 41
...Rotating drum, 43...Motor, 46, 47...
...First and second coin selection plates, 61, 62...
Change lever, SOL ₁ , SOL ₂ ... 1st and 2nd solenoid.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A coin ejecting mechanism that has a plurality of coin tubes in which coins are accumulated in the thickness direction, selects a coin tube from which a coin is to be ejected by a change lever moved by the excitation of a solenoid, and ejects the coin by rotation of a motor; It has a plurality of coin accommodating chute that accumulates coins in the diametrical direction, and has a coin ejecting mechanism that selects the coin accommodating chute from which the coin is to be taken out by means of a coin selection plate that is moved by the excitation of a solenoid, and extracts the coin by rotation of a motor, A coin dispensing device characterized in that the solenoid of both mechanisms is shared.