JPS6349797Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Field of industrial application) This invention checks the diameter of coins or game medals (hereinafter collectively referred to as coins) inserted through the slot of a vending machine, etc., and determines two types of diameters. This invention relates to a two-class coin sorting device capable of sorting coins.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as a coin sorting device for sorting two or more types of coins having different diameters, for example, one described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 43-1848 is known. The coin sorting device described in this publication includes a sorting plate in which a plurality of receiving holes through which coins having different outer diameters to be sorted can pass individually are arranged in a line with the one with the smaller outer diameter on the entrance side; and a receiving box having a storage chamber communicating with each receiving hole.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in this configuration in which the outer diameter of the coin is sorted by arranging a plurality of receiving holes in a row and passing the coin through each receiving hole, for example, the outer diameter When sorting two types of coins from many different types of coins, it is necessary to arrange five types of receiving holes with different outer diameters, which causes the problem that the coin sorting device becomes long and bulky.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and can make the structure of the sorting mechanism for sorting two types of coins from many types of coins with different diameters small, and can also
To provide a coin sorting device capable of sorting coins of different kinds into separate coin chutes according to their diameters and allowing them to pass through.

(Means for Solving the Problems) According to the present invention, as shown in the drawings, a coin sorting passage 12 is provided between two parallel side plates 6 and 7, and a coin sorting passage 12 is provided on one side plate 7. opening window 1
5, a passage bottom plate 9 provided to be inclined downward toward the side plate 7 with an aperture window so as to tilt the coins to be sorted toward the aperture window side in the coin sorting passage 12, and a passage bottom plate 9 vertically spaced apart across the aperture window 15. A large-diameter coin sorting plate 16 and a small-diameter coin sorting plate 18 are attached to the outer surface of the coin sorting passage of the side plate 7 with an opening window at the position shown in FIG. It has upper and lower guides 20 and 21 extending parallel to each other and capable of engaging and guiding the upper ends of large and small diameter coins to be sorted, respectively, with the upper guide 20 protruding from the lower guide 21 toward the passage side. An oversized coin latching protrusion 22 is provided at a position above the upper guide 20 and protrudes toward the passage side from the upper guide 20 at a position on the entrance side of the coin sorting passage 12, and an intermediate coin latching protrusion 23 is provided at a position above the upper guide 20 and at a position on the entrance side of the coin sorting passage 12. At the upper position, small-diameter coins can be passed downward, but at a height that can be hooked on intermediate coins having a diameter between small-diameter coins and large-diameter coins, and at a position on the exit side of coin sorting passage 12, both guides are provided. provided so as to protrude toward the passage side up to intermediate passage side protruding positions of 20 and 21;
Upper and lower outlet guides 26 and 27 are connected to the large and small coin sorting plate 1 for guiding both large and small sorted coins to the common outlet end 11 of the coin sorting passage.
A sorting coin chute 28 is provided at the rear ends of the upper and lower guides 20 and 21 of 6 and 18, respectively, and communicates with the common outlet end, and this chute is provided with a small diameter coin chute passage 30 and a large diameter coin chute passage 31.
are separately provided, and the engaging pieces 39 and 40 are separated at an interval that allows small diameter coins passed from the outlet end 11 of the coin sorting passage 12 to the sorting coin chute 28 to pass therethrough, and can also engage large diameter coins. A cradle 37 is provided in the sorting coin chute 28 that projects into the coin chute, thereby allowing large and small coins to be transferred through the small and large coin chute passages 30,
It is characterized in that it is configured such that it can be distributed and passed through each of the 31 terminals.

(Function) According to the configuration of the present invention described above, when an input coin passes through the coin sorting passage 12 by the movable side plate 7 due to the inclination of the inclined bottom plate 9, as shown in FIG. The larger diameter 10 yen coin C is latched by the latching protrusion 22 on the large diameter coin sorting plate 16, and the 100 yen coin A is engaged and guided by the guide 20 and passes through the outlet end 11. The yen coin A, the small-diameter 5-yen coin D, the 50-yen coin B, and the 1-yen coin pass through the underside of the large-diameter coin sorting plate 16, and the 5-yen coin D passes through the latching protrusion 23 on the small-diameter coin sorting plate 18. The 50 yen coin B passes through the guide 21 toward the outlet end 11, and the 1 yen coin passes under the guide 21 of the small-diameter coin sorting plate 18 and passes through the side plate 7.
is removed outwardly from the opening window 15 of.

As described above, the two types of coins A and B sorted in the coin sorting passage 12 are guided by the guides 20, 21 and 26, 27 of the large and small diameter coin sorting plates 16 and 18 to the exit end. 11, the coins pass through a sorting coin chute 28.

The small-diameter coin B entering the sorting coin chute 28 passes between the engaging pieces 39 and 40 of the cradle 37, falls downward, passes into the small-diameter coin chute passage 30, and activates the micro switch, thereby causing the small-diameter coin B to Passage of coin B is detected, while large diameter coin A is detected.
is engaged with both engaging pieces 39 and 40 of the cradle 37, and as a result, the cradle 37 is unbalanced by the balance weight and the fourth
The large diameter coin A passes through the large diameter coin chute passage 31 and activates the micro switch, whereby passage of the large diameter coin B is detected.

(Example) In the drawings, reference numeral 1 indicates a front plate of a coin sorting device, and this front plate 1 is provided with a coin slot 2, a coin return button 3, a return slot 4, and a return coin receiver 5. There is.

A fixed side plate 6 is provided on the back side of the front plate 1 with one end slanted relative to the vertical and fixed to the rear side of the front plate 1.
A movable side plate 7 is connected to the fixed side plate at a predetermined distance from the fixed side plate by a hinge connecting fitting 8 at its upper end, and is attached so as to be openable from below.
A bottom plate 9 is provided at the lower part of the fixed side plate 6 and projects downwardly toward the movable side plate 7, and the bottom plate 9 is connected to the entrance end 10.
The coins inserted from the coin slot 2 of the front plate 1 are tilted downward from the entrance end 10 toward the exit end 11, and the coins are tilted downward from the entrance end 10 toward the exit end 11 on the bottom plate 9 while resting on the movable side plate 7. A coin sorting passage 12 that can roll around is limited between both side plates 6 and 7.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the side surface of the coin sorting passage 12 of the side plate 7 with an opening window, viewed diagonally upward and diagonally downward from the mid-height position between the small-diameter coin sorting plate 18 and the passage bottom plate 9, and shows the largest coin retaining protrusion 22. , large diameter coin sorting board 1
6, upper guide 20, upper exit guide 26, intermediate coin retaining projection 23, small diameter coin sorting plate 18, lower guide 2
1 and the lower exit guide 27 are shown as seen diagonally from below, and the passage bottom plate 9 is shown as seen from diagonally above. Therefore, in reality, the passage bottom plate 9 is provided so as to be inclined downward toward the side plate 7 with an opening window so that the coins passing through the passage are placed on the side plate 7 with an opening window. In the figure, it is tilted in the opposite direction, that is, toward the front.

A return chute 13 whose upper side is open at a position below the coin sorting passage 12 and which slopes downward toward the return opening 4 is fixed to the rear surface of the front plate 1, and a return chute 13 is fixed to the rear surface of the front plate 1, so that unspecified coins thrown into the coin sorting passage 12 from the input opening 2 are The coin is on the bottom plate 9
The coins fall downward from the coin sorting passage 12 through the thickness check slot 14 (see Fig. 3) in the coin sorting passage 12 or by opening the movable side plate 7 downward using the hinge connection fitting 8 as a hinge by operating the coin return button 3. When doing so, the non-standard coins can be returned to a return slot 4.

In the illustrated example, there are two types of coins A and B with different diameters: a large diameter 100 yen coin A and a small diameter 50 yen coin B.
are passed from the inlet end 10 to the outlet end 11 of the sorting passage 12, but the 10 yen coin C, which has a larger diameter than the 100 yen coin A,
5, which is smaller in diameter than 100 yen coin A and larger in diameter than 50 yen coin B.
1 yen coins with a smaller diameter than yen coins D and 50 yen coins B, as well as various counterfeit coins, can be returned from the sorting passageway 12 through the return chute 1 without passing them all the way to the exit end 11.
3 so that it can be redirected.

For this reason, a substantially rectangular opening window 15 is provided in the movable side plate 7 on one side of the coin sorting passage 12, and the large-diameter coin sorting plate 16 is movable in this opening window 15 at a position spaced apart upwardly and approximately parallel to the passage bottom plate 9. The small-diameter coin sorting plate 18 is attached to the side plate 7 with screws 17 so as to be adjustable to a desired height, and the small-diameter coin sorting plate 18 is attached with bolts 1.
9 is attached to the large-diameter coin sorting plate 16, and these large-diameter and small-diameter coin sorting plates 16 and 18 have guides 20 and 21 that can engage and guide the upper ends of the large-diameter and small-diameter coins A and B to be sorted. These guides 20 and 21 are arranged vertically in parallel on the inside and at a position closer to the opening window and extend along the coin sorting passage 12 in the opening window 15, and coin retaining protrusions 22 and 23 are provided in the passage 12. The large diameter coin sorting plates 16 and the small diameter coin sorting plates 18 are provided at positions opposite to each other in the length direction and adjacent to the upper side of the guides 20 and 21, respectively, so as to protrude inside the coin sorting passage 12 from the guides 20 and 21 of the large diameter and small diameter coin sorting plates 16 and 18, respectively.

Although not shown on the surface, the fixed side plate 6 is provided with a pressing piece that engages one side of coins to be sorted as they roll on the passage bottom plate 9 and presses the coins toward the movable side plate 7. It is preferable that the coin sorting passage 12 be attached at a position opposite to the fixed side plate 6 and protrude into the coin sorting passage 12.

By appropriately selecting the mounting heights of the above-mentioned large-diameter and small-diameter coin sorting plates 16 and 18, the sorted coins are rolled on the passage bottom plate 9 which is inclined from the inlet end 10 to the outlet end 11 in the coin sorting passage 12. The coins are placed on the bottom plate 9 of the passageway which is inclined with respect to the vertical direction of the coin sorting passageway 12 itself.
When it passes and is pressed toward the movable side plate 7 due to the inclination of and the pressing action of the pressing piece,
As shown in FIG. 3, the 10 yen coin C, which has a larger diameter than the 100 yen coin A, is latched by the latching protrusion 22 on the large-diameter coin sorting plate 16, and the 100 yen coin A is latched by the guide 20. The 5 yen coins D, 50 yen coins B and 1, which are smaller in diameter than the 100 yen coin A, are guided and passed through the exit end 11.
The yen coin passes under the large-diameter coin sorting plate 16, the 5-yen coin D is caught by the latch projection 23 on the small-diameter coin sorting plate 18, and the 50-yen coin B is caught by the guide 21.
, the one yen coin passes under the small-diameter coin sorting plate 21 , and passes through the holding plate 2 attached to the movable side plate 7 outside the opening window 15 .
4, and is configured to be latched and held by its latching end 25.

As described above, the large diameter and small diameter coin sorting plates 16 and 18 are guided 2 through the coin sorting passage 12.
In order to allow two types of coins, 100 yen coin A and 50 yen coin B, which were engaged and guided by 0 and 21 and passed toward the exit end 11, to pass through the exit end 11 of the coin sorting passage 12, the guides 20 and 21 are Inclined guide portions 26 and 27 are provided on the outlet end side, respectively.

At the bottom of the sorting coin chute 28 attached to the fixed side plate 6 so as to communicate with the outlet end 11 of the coin sorting passage 12, a small-diameter coin chute passage 30 and a large-diameter coin chute passage 31 are provided by a partition 29 as shown in FIG.
are sequentially arranged in parallel from the outlet end 11 side, and the outlet end 1
At the forward position of 1, the guide piece 32 is adjustably attached to one chute side plate 33 by a screw 34 and a slot 35, and a hole 36 formed in the chute side plate 33 is attached.
It projects into the chute 28 from the inside.

A cradle 37 is pivotally attached to the chute side plate 33 at a position above the small diameter coin chute passage 30 by a pivot pin 38, and engaging pieces 39 and 40 are attached to the cradle 37 at intervals corresponding to a predetermined coin diameter. In other words, these engaging pieces 39 and 40 are spaced apart from each other at intervals through which the small diameter coin B can pass but the large diameter coin A cannot. It protrudes into the chute 28. Arc-shaped slots 43 and 44 corresponding to these arc-shaped slots 41 and 42 are also formed in the other chute side plate 45 to form these arc-shaped slots 43 and 4.
It is preferable that the tips of the engagement pieces 39 and 40 be able to protrude into the interior of the engagement piece 4. A balance weight 46 is provided on the cradle 37, and both engaging pieces 39,
The cradle is always placed at a position where it can accept coins within 40 minutes.

Small diameter and large diameter coin chute passages 30 and 3
1 includes a micro switch 4 for counting or passing detection.
The operating arms 49 and 50 of 7 and 48 are respectively placed in the protruding position.

By configuring as described above, both coins A and B that have been sorted by the coin sorting passage 12 and entered the sorting coin chute 28 from the common exit 11 are directed toward the small-diameter coin chute passage. The small-diameter coin B passes between the engaging pieces 39 and 40 of the cradle 37, falls downward, passes into the small-diameter coin chute passage 30, and activates the micro switch 47; The coin A of the same diameter engages both engagement pieces 39 and 40 of the cradle 37, and as a result, the cradle 37 is unbalanced by the balance weight 46 and rotates around the pivot pin 38 in the clockwise direction in FIG. As a result, the large diameter coin A is transferred to the large diameter coin chute passage 31.
The micro switch 48 is actuated by passing through the micro switch 48.

(Effect of the invention) According to the invention, two types of coins with a specific diameter can be sorted out from among many types of coins with different diameters by two relatively short diameter sorting plates installed in parallel. , these two types of coins can be distributed and received by one cradle to each outlet chute. Therefore, it is possible to provide a small and inexpensive two-class coin sorting device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a left perspective view of the second type coin sorting device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a right perspective view, Fig. 3 is a perspective view for explaining the operation of the coin sorting passage, and Fig. 4 is an operation in the sorting coin chute. It is an explanatory diagram. 1... Front plate, 6... Fixed side plate, 7... Movable side plate, 10... Inlet side, 11... Outlet side, 12...
Coin sorting device, 15...Opening window, 16...Large diameter coin sorting plate, 18...Small diameter coin sorting plate, 20...Upper guide, 21...Lower guide, 22...Excessive coin retaining protrusion, 23... ...Intermediate coin latching protrusion, 26, 27
...Exit guide, 28...Selected coin shoot, 30
...Small diameter coin chute passage, 31...Large diameter coin chute passage, 37...Cradle, 38, 39...
...Engagement piece.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A coin sorting passage 12 provided between two side plates 6 and 7 spaced apart in parallel, an opening window 15 provided in one side plate 7, and coins to be sorted within the coin sorting passage 12 are tilted toward the opening window side. The passage bottom plate 9 is provided to be inclined downward toward the side plate 7 with an opening window, and the passage bottom plate 9 is attached to the outer surface of the coin sorting passage of the side plate 7 with an opening window at a vertically spaced apart position across the opening window 15. The large-diameter coin sorting plate 16 and the small-diameter coin sorting plate 18 are provided, and the large-diameter coin sorting plate 16 and the small-diameter coin sorting plate 18 extend parallel to each other so as to separate the upper ends of the large-diameter and small-diameter coins to be sorted, respectively. Upper and lower guides 20, 2 that can be guided in conjunction
1 respectively, the upper guide 20 and the lower guide 21
The oversized coin hooking protrusion 22 is provided at a position above the upper guide 20 and protrudes toward the aisle from the upper guide 20 at a position on the entrance side of the coin sorting passage 12. Stop projection 2
3 is a position above the lower guide 21, and is at a height that allows small diameter coins to pass below, but is also at a height that can be hung with intermediate coins having a diameter between small diameter coins and large diameter coins, and is located at the exit of the coin sorting passage 12. Both guides 20, 2 in side position
Upper and lower outlet guides 26, 27 are provided to protrude toward the passageway to a protruding position on the intermediate passageway side of 1 and guide both large-diameter and small-diameter sorted coins to the common outlet end 11 of the coin sorting passageway. Upper and lower guides 20 for small diameter coin sorting plates 16, 18,
A sorting coin chute 28 is provided at each rear end of the coin sorting passage 21 and communicates with the common outlet end, and a small diameter coin chute passage 30 and a large diameter coin chute passage 31 are separately provided in this chute, and the coin sorting passage 1
The cradle 37 has engaging pieces 39 and 40 spaced apart at a distance that allows the small diameter coins passed from the outlet end 11 of the coin chute 2 to pass into the sorted coin chute 28 and engages with large diameter coins, and projects into the sorted coin chute. 2. A two-class coin sorting device, which is provided in a coin chute 28, so that large-diameter coins and small-diameter coins can be sorted and passed through the small-diameter and large-diameter coin chute passages 30, 31, respectively.