JPS6347954Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Field of industrial application) The invention relates to a coin processing machine, in particular, feeds coins one by one from a rotating disk to a coin passage, transports them, and counts them during transport. The width and thickness of the coin passage in a coin processing machine that processes coins, etc., and the height of a thickness regulating member that regulates the thickness of coins sent out from a rotating disk are set according to the diameter and thickness of the coin to be processed. Concerning a setting device.

(Prior art) For example, coins supplied on a rotating disk are aligned with the periphery by the centrifugal force of the rotating disk, and the coins are aligned and fed one by one into a coin passage, and counting etc. are carried out while the coins are being conveyed through the coin passage. For example, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 52-54686, a coin processing machine that processes coins has a passage width adjustment knob and a rotary knob for adjusting the passage width according to the diameter of coins of the denomination to be processed. Thickness adjustment knobs for regulating the thickness of the coins sent out from the disk are individually provided at different positions, and by rotating each of these knobs, the passage width and thickness regulation position are adjusted to suit the denomination to be processed. After making adjustments, they performed counting and other processing.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in the conventional device as described above, when performing processing such as counting coins, it is necessary to adjust the passage width and thickness regulation position to suit each denomination. Since it is necessary to make adjustments separately using knobs provided at different positions, operability is poor and it is very troublesome.

Further, since each knob is provided at a different position, there are problems such as forgetting to operate the knob.

As a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, there is a device in which the passage regulating member and the thickness adjusting member can be adjusted by one adjustment knob.

However, since there is no correspondence between the diameter and thickness depending on the coin denomination, it is necessary to move two cam bodies to adjust the diameter and thickness using one adjustment knob, and these two cam bodies It is necessary to adjust the diameter and thickness according to each denomination by adjusting the position of the adjustment knob, and high dimensional accuracy is required when manufacturing and assembling each of these parts.
There is a problem in that each of these parts is extremely difficult to manufacture and assemble. In addition, these coin processing machines are used not only in Japan but also in other countries, but the coins used in each country vary widely depending on the country, such as the number of denominations, diameter differences, and thickness. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare cams for diameter and thickness adjustment that are adapted to each country, and when assembling these, it is necessary to use different parts depending on the country, which also makes assembly very difficult. The problem is that it is difficult.

Furthermore, even within the same country, it is possible that new coins will be issued in the future, but since the diameter and thickness of these coins cannot be predicted at all, when new coins are issued, many parts including cams will need to be replaced and adjusted. There is also the problem that it is necessary to carry out a lot of work to make the coins compatible with the new coins.

In view of this, the present invention has been developed to set the width setting knob to match the width of the coin passage to the diameter of the coin to be processed, and the thickness setting knob to match the thickness regulating section to the thickness of the coin at the same location. In addition, each knob can be rotated with light force, and there is no need to forget to operate one of the knobs, which occurs when setting both knobs in the past, and it is easy to assemble and adjust. The purpose of this invention is to provide a passage width and thickness setting device.

[Structure of the idea]

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the various problems mentioned above, the present invention supplies coins one by one from a rotating disk to a coin passage, and performs processing such as counting during transport. A passage width adjusting cam body for moving a passage regulating member forming a side part of a coin passage in the width direction to set a passage width corresponding to a coin diameter, and a coin sent out from a rotating disk. and a thickness adjustment section that moves the thickness regulating member in the vertical direction and sets it at a position corresponding to the thickness of the coin, and regulates the passage width and thickness in accordance with the diameter and thickness of the coin to be processed. The coin processing machine has a cam part in a lower area having a plurality of cam surfaces for setting a passage width by moving the passage regulating member according to a coin diameter. , has a stepped portion having a smaller diameter than the cam portion at its upper position, a locking portion corresponding to each of the cam surfaces is formed on the circumferential surface of this stepped portion, and a width setting is provided at the upper portion of the stepped portion. a width setting cylinder body having a knob provided therein and whose axis portion is a hollow portion penetrated in the vertical direction; and metal fittings each provided at a predetermined angular position of the width setting knob in correspondence with the passage width adjusting cam body. A type display, a thickness setting knob inserted into the hollow part of the width setting cylinder, and a thickness setting knob at the upper end.
a thickness setting shaft having a thickness adjustment screw part in the lower region;
each denomination display provided at a predetermined angular position of the thickness setting knob in correspondence with the thickness adjustment screw portion;
A mark provided at a fixed position to indicate the denomination display to which the width setting knob and thickness setting knob are set, and a support that rotatably supports the width setting cylinder and the thickness setting shaft at a side position of the coin passage. a means for preventing the width setting cylinder from being pulled upward from the support means and being biased by a spring toward the axial center to selectively engage the locking portion, and a set position of the rotating body; The invention is characterized by comprising a holding member that holds the.

(Function) Since the passage width adjustment knob for adjusting the passage width and the adjustment knob for regulating the thickness are arranged separately on the same axis, the width setting operation can be performed at the same location. At the same time, high dimensional accuracy is no longer required when manufacturing and assembling each member for these passage width and thickness adjustments, and a cam body for thickness adjustment is no longer required. One coin can handle coins from multiple countries, and it will also be compatible with new coins that will be issued in the future.

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

FIG. 1 shows a plan view of an example of a coin processing machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 shows a side view of the same.

First, to explain the components of the coin processing machine, a rotating disk 2 is provided on the top surface of the machine body 1 so as to be rotatable in the direction of the arrow around a shaft 3, and a coin passage 4 is provided in the tangential direction of the rotating disk 2. ing.

The coin passage 4 has a fixed passage regulating member 5 fixed on a tangent to the rotating disk 2 and a movable passage regulating member 6 disposed parallel to the fixed passage regulating member 5. A conveyor belt 7 is suspended along the longitudinal direction of the upper part.

Engaging edges 5a, 6a are provided at the inner lower edges of the fixed and movable path regulating members 5, 6, with which both ends of the coin are engaged and conveyed.
The area between a and 6a is an exclusion groove 8 for excluding coins having a smaller diameter than the coin to be processed.

The conveyor belt 7 is suspended as follows. That is, the thickness should be placed at a height position that faces the top surface of the coin sending portion of the rotating disk 2 and allows only one coin to enter the coin passage 4 in order to prevent two coins from stacking up. A conveyor belt 7 is wound around a pair of pulleys 11 and 12 that are pivotally supported by a first block 10 having a regulating member 9.
The lower surface of this conveyor belt 7 is the engaging edge 5a, 6a.
The coin is pressed against the upper surface of the coin placed above, and its frictional force conveys the coin to the end of the coin passage 4 and discharges it from the discharge port 13. In addition, in Figure 1,
14 is a counter that counts the number of passing coins during the coin conveyance.

The driving force is transmitted to the conveyor belt 7 by the machine body 1.
Rotation in the direction of the arrow from a motor 15 installed at the bottom of the block 20 to pulleys 16 and 17 that are pivotally supported on the body 1 side, and a belt 20 that is wound around pulleys 18 and 19 that are pivotally supported on the first block 10 side. is now being given.

Inside the first block 10, as shown in FIG. 2, there is a second block 21 having a convex shape when viewed from the side.
The shaft 22 of the pulley 18 on the base side of the first block 10 is inserted into the second block 21 and engages both blocks 10 and 21 together. The tip side can be opened and closed in the direction of the arrow.

The second block 21 is adapted to be raised and lowered as a whole along a guide pin 23 fixed to the body 1, and a vertical shaft 24 is inserted through the approximately central portion of the second block 21 in the front and back direction. and this axis 2
It is integrally connected to the second block 21 by the collar portion 25 of No. 4 and the E-ring 26 on the upper end side.

The upper end of the shaft 24 is in contact with the upper and lower surface of the first block 10, and as the shaft 24 moves up and down, the first and second blocks 10 and 21 are moved up and down together. Further, a compression spring 27 is interposed between the flange 25 of the shaft 24 and the body 1.
4 is always biased upward.

The lower end of the shaft 24 is rotatably connected to one end of a swinging member 29 whose middle portion is swingably supported by a shaft 28 on the body 1 side, and the other end of this swinging member 29 is connected to another shaft 30. It is rotatably connected to the lower end of the.

Next, an example of the structure of the knob portion for setting the denomination of the coin to be processed will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

As shown in FIG. 4, a bearing sleeve 31 is fixedly provided in the vertical direction on the machine body 1, a thickness setting shaft 32 is passed through the bearing sleeve 31, and a male portion formed on the lower outer surface of the thickness setting shaft 32 is provided. A screw 33 is screwed into a female thread 31a formed on the inner surface of the bearing sleeve 31, and the setting shaft 32 is configured to be moved in the vertical direction by rotating the setting shaft 32. The lower end of this thickness setting shaft 32 has the shaft 30
The upper ends of the two are connected by means such as screwing.

A cam body 34 for moving the movable passage regulating member 6 in order to set the passage width of the coin passage 4 is rotatably fitted into the small diameter shaft portion 31b above the bearing sleeve 31. This cam body 34 has a fitting hole for insertion of the small diameter shaft portion 31b in the shaft center portion,
Also, a plurality of cam surfaces 35, 3 corresponding to the denominations are provided on the circumferential surface.
5..., and a stepped portion 36 is formed on the upper part thereof,
Further, a small diameter portion 37 is formed in the upper portion thereof.

The lower part of a width setting knob 38 having a concave cross section is fitted onto the small diameter portion 37 of the cam body 34, and is fixed to the cam body 34 by a set screw 39 screwed in from the side. Further, the upper hollow portion of the width setting knob 38 serves as an escape hole that allows the thickness setting shaft 32 and the lower portion of the thickness setting knob 40 (described later) to rotate independently.

A thickness setting knob 40 is fitted to the upper end of the thickness setting shaft 32, and a set screw 4 is screwed in from the side.
1 is fixed to the thickness setting shaft 32. As a result, the thickness setting knob 40 is arranged concentrically and on one axis with the width setting knob 38, and the upper surface or circumferential surface of the thickness setting knob 40 and the width adjusting knob 38 corresponds to the rotation angle of the cam body 34 and the male screw 33, respectively. Denomination indications 42A, 42B, etc. are provided by engraving or labeling. Furthermore, marks 42C such as arrows are provided near the periphery of the width adjustment knobs 38 of the body 1 to indicate the denomination to which each knob is set.

On the outer periphery of the stepped portion 36 of the cam body 34, semicircular recesses 43, 43... are formed at positions corresponding to the cam surfaces 35, 35.
43..., a semicircular convex portion 45 on the distal end side of the holding member 44 is engaged with the holding member 44.

The holding member 44 has its base attached to the shaft 4 of the fuselage 1.
6, and is biased by a spring 47 in a direction in which the convex portion 45 engages with the concave portions 43, 43, . . . of the cam body 34. The thickness is exactly equivalent to the height of the stepped portion 36, and this is the thickness of the stepped portion 3.
6, it enters between the upper surface of the stepped portion 36 of the cam body 34 and the lower surface of the width setting knob 38, thereby preventing them from coming off from the bearing sleeve 31 and maintaining the installed state. In this embodiment, among the above-described configurations, the bearing sleeve 31 and the holding member 4 are
4 constitutes the supporting means of the present invention, the cam body 34 is a passage width adjusting cam body, the male screw 33 is a thickness adjusting part, the cam body 34 and width setting knob 38 are a width setting cylinder body, and the cam body 34 is fitted Matching hole, width setting knob 3
A part of the lower hollow part and the upper hollow part of No. 8 constitute the hollow part of the width setting cylinder.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

Rotate the thickness setting knob 40 to set one denomination.
), the thickness setting shaft 32 that rotates together with the thickness setting knob 40 rotates, and the bearing sleeve 31
This thickness setting shaft 32 itself moves up and down by screw connection with the swinging member 29 connected to its lower end.
is swung around the shaft 28. This swinging member 29
The swinging causes the shaft 24 connected to the other end of the swinging member 29 to move up and down, and the second block 21 coupled to this shaft 24 moves up and down along the guide pin 23, and the shaft 24 The first block 10 is moved up and down at the upper end of the block. As a result, the second block 21 moves up and down in a horizontal position, and the thickness regulating member 9 and the pulleys 11, 12 of the conveyor belt 7 are positioned at a height corresponding to the thickness of the set denomination.

When the width setting knob 38 is rotated to set one denomination (align the desired denomination display 42B with the mark 42C), the cam surface 35 corresponding to the denomination display 42B moves the movable passage regulating member 6. The passage width is set to correspond to the outer diameter of the set denomination.

When replacing the width setting knob 38 and the cam body 34, loosen the set screw 41 of the thickness setting knob 40, remove the thickness setting knob 40, and then release the holding member 44 against the urging force of the spring 47. Since the restraint by the holding member 44 is released, it can be easily removed by simply pulling the width setting knob 38 upward, and replacement work can be performed by fitting a new cam body and width setting knob and locking it at the tip of the holding member 44. ends.

Note that the structure for raising and lowering the conveyor belt 7 and the thickness regulating member 9 may be other than the illustrated embodiment, and the thickness adjusting section may be a thickness setting cam 48, and the thickness setting knob 40 and the thickness regulating member may be used as a thickness setting cam 48. The interlocking mechanism with the member 9 (first block 10) is, for example, a thickness setting knob 40 as schematically shown in FIG.
A thickness setting cam 48 having an upper surface cam structure is fixed on the shaft 32 of the thickness regulating member 9, and an interlocking member 49 that engages with the cam surface of the cam 48 is provided on the thickness regulating member 9. The thickness regulating member 9 may be moved up and down by the up and down movement of 49. Other configurations are not limited to the illustrated embodiments either.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, the setting device according to the present invention feeds and transports coins one by one from a rotating disk to a coin passage, and performs processing such as counting during transport. A passage width adjusting cam body that moves the constituent passage regulating members in the width direction to set the passage width corresponding to the coin diameter, and a thickness regulating member that regulates the thickness direction of the coin sent out from the rotating disk in the vertical direction. and a thickness adjusting section that is moved to a position corresponding to the thickness of the coin, and the passage width and the height position of the thickness regulating section are set in accordance with the diameter and thickness of the coin to be processed. The processing machine has a cam part in the lower region having a plurality of cam surfaces for moving the passage regulating member according to the coin diameter to set the passage width, and a cam part with a diameter smaller than the cam part in the upper position. It has a stepped portion, and a locking portion corresponding to each of the cam surfaces is formed on the circumferential surface of the stepped portion, a width setting knob is provided at the top of the stepped portion, and the shaft portion penetrates in the vertical direction. a width setting cylinder formed as a hollow part, each denomination display provided at a predetermined angular position of the width setting knob corresponding to the passage width adjusting cam body, and a hollow part of the width setting cylinder. It is inserted through the section and has a thickness setting knob on the top end.
a thickness setting shaft having a thickness adjustment screw part in the lower region;
each denomination display provided at a predetermined angular position of the thickness setting knob in correspondence with the thickness adjustment screw portion;
A mark provided at a fixed position to indicate the denomination display to which the width setting knob and thickness setting knob are set, and a support that rotatably supports the width setting cylinder and the thickness setting shaft at a side position of the coin passage. a means for preventing the width setting cylinder from being pulled upward from the support means and being biased by a spring toward the axial center to selectively engage the locking portion, and a set position of the rotating body; Since the configuration includes a holding member for holding a coin, it is possible to set the width setting knob to make the passage width of the coin passage correspond to the diameter of the coin to be processed, and to set the thickness setting knob to make the thickness regulating part correspond to the thickness of the coin. Setting operations can be performed at the same location, eliminating the possibility of forgetting to perform setting operations.

In addition, since there is no longer a need to require high dimensional accuracy when manufacturing and assembling each component for adjusting the passage width and thickness, the manufacturing and assembly of each component becomes easier, and since there is no need for cam bodies etc. corresponding to each country, an inexpensive device can be provided. Furthermore, since the device can be adapted to newly issued coins without replacing the cam bodies, it has various excellent effects such as being easily adaptable even when new coins are issued.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a half-view of the main parts of an embodiment of the coin processing machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the same, and FIG. 3 is a plan view showing each half of the cam body and the knob.
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the same part. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Body, 2... Rotating disk, 4... Coin passage, 6... Movable passage regulating member as a passage regulating member, 9... Thickness regulating member, 31... Bearing tube constituting support means, 32... ... Thickness setting shaft, 33 ... Male thread as a thickness adjustment section, 34 ... Cam body as a passage width adjustment cam body constituting the width setting cylinder, 3
8... Width setting knob constituting the width setting cylinder, 4
0...Thickness setting knob, 42A, 42B...Denomination display, 42C...Marker, 44...Holding member constituting support means, 48...Thickness setting cam as another example of the thickness adjustment section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Coins are fed one by one from a rotating disk to a coin passage, and are subjected to processing such as counting while being conveyed.The passage regulating member that forms the side of the coin passage is moved in the width direction to convey coins. The passage width adjusting cam body for setting the passage width corresponding to the diameter and the thickness regulating member for regulating the thickness direction of the coin sent out from the rotating disk are moved vertically and set to a position corresponding to the thickness of the coin. In a coin processing machine, the passage width and the height position of the thickness regulating part are set according to the diameter and thickness of coins to be processed. The cam part has a plurality of cam surfaces in the lower area for moving to set the passage width, and the upper part has a step part with a diameter smaller than that of the cam part. A width setting cylinder is formed with a locking part corresponding to each of the cam surfaces, a width setting knob is provided at the upper part of the stepped part, and the shaft center part is a hollow part penetrated in the vertical direction. , each denomination display provided at a predetermined angular position of the width setting knob in correspondence with the passage width adjusting cam body, a thickness setting knob inserted into the hollow part of the width setting cylinder at the upper end, and a thickness setting knob in the lower part. a thickness setting shaft having a thickness adjustment screw portion; each denomination display provided at a predetermined angular position of the thickness setting knob corresponding to the thickness adjustment screw portion; and a width setting knob and a thickness setting knob provided at fixed positions. A mark indicating the denomination display to which the knob is set;
support means for rotatably supporting the width setting cylinder and the thickness setting shaft at a side position of the coin passage; A passage width and thickness setting device for a coin processing machine, comprising: a holding member that is biased by a spring to selectively engage with the locking portion and hold the rotating body at a set position.