TWI619094B - Linked coin machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A linked digital coin machine comprising a plurality of coin units and a base unit. The pedestal unit includes a main frame body extending along a first direction, a plurality of positioning members disposed on the main frame body at intervals in the first direction and respectively limiting one ends of the plurality of coin units, and plural The latching members are respectively disposed on the main frame body at a distance from the positioning member along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Limiting one end of the plurality of coin units through the positioning members and limiting the other end of the plurality of coin units through the operable fasteners, thereby quickly disassembling the numbers without using tools The effect of the currency unit.

Description

Linked coin machine

The present invention relates to a coin machine, and more particularly to a coin type coin machine having a plurality of coin units.

With the increasing labor costs and the popularity of automated machinery, various vending machines or ticket vending machines have gradually been replaced by manpower and have been configured in large numbers. The number of coin-operated institutions that can automatically calculate the amount of coins invested is thus widely used in the aforementioned machines. . Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a general number coin mechanism 1 is used for transporting and counting a plurality of coins one by one. The number coin mechanism 1 includes a stand 11 having a slope 110, and a pivoting base. The turntable 12 on the 11 and the guide post 13 disposed on the inclined surface 110 and located between the turntable 12 and the inclined surface 110 are disposed on the inclined surface 110 above the turntable 12 and can be swayed by being tilted The mask 14 is a counter 15 disposed on the slope 110 adjacent to the mask 14, and a motor 16 disposed under the stand 11 and capable of driving the turntable 12. The turntable 12 surrounds a plurality of annularly arranged accommodating holes 121, and the motor 16 is activated to rotate the turntable 12 relative to the inclined surface 110, so that the coins falling into the accommodating holes 121 are synchronously rotated. Then, the coins are pushed by the guide posts 13 to move one at a time, and the output coins push the mask 14 to swing the mask 14 from a non-counting position to a counting position. When the counter 15 senses that the matte 14 is at the counting position, it counts the coin.

Referring to FIG. 3, when a plurality of coin counting institutions 1 need to be arranged side by side to correspond to a large number of users, the equalizing coin mechanism 1 is generally directly locked to a laterally extending cross frame A by a plurality of screws B. Such a setting method requires the tool to be detached when the coin counting mechanism 1 needs to be installed or repaired, so that the disassembly and assembly speed is slow and time consuming.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a linked coin machine that can be quickly assembled and disassembled.

Thus, the linked coin machine of the present invention comprises a plurality of coin units and a base unit. Each of the plurality of coin units includes a base, a carrier plate disposed at the bottom of the base, a coin mechanism disposed on the base, and a motor disposed on the base for driving the coin mechanism.

The pedestal unit includes a main frame body extending along a first direction, and a plurality of positioning members disposed on the main frame body at intervals in the first direction and respectively limiting the one end of the carrier board of the plurality of coin units And a plurality of latching members respectively disposed on the main frame body at a distance from the positioning member along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, each of the latching members being operable relative to the main frame body Moving between a limit position and a non-limit position, when the card member is in the limit position, the card limit corresponds to the other end of the carrier, when the card is in the non-limit position The card member is not limited to the carrier board.

The effect of the invention is that the one end of the plurality of coin units is limited by the positioning members, and the other ends of the plurality of coin units are restricted by the operable fasteners, thereby eliminating the need for tools. Quickly disassemble the functions of the coin units.

Referring to Figures 4, 5, and 6, an embodiment of the linked digital coin machine of the present invention includes a plurality of coin unit 2, and a base unit 3 detachably disposed for the plurality of coin units 2. Each of the plurality of coin units 2 includes a base 21, a resiliently compressed sheet 22 disposed on the base 21, a carrier plate 23 disposed on the bottom of the base 21, and a base plate 21 disposed on the base 21. a number coin mechanism 24, a motor 25 disposed on the base 21 for driving the number coin mechanism 24, a control member 26 detachably disposed on the carrier plate 23 and electrically connecting the motor 25, A guiding piece 27 extending upward from the top of the base 21 and having elasticity is disposed, and a receiving hopper 28 is disposed on the base 21 and is limited by the pressing piece 22 to the base 21.

The base 21 has two bottom plate portions 211 spaced apart from each other in a first direction C, two side plate portions 212 extending upward from the bottom plate portions 211, and a top end portion of the side plate portions 212 connected in the first direction C. A mounting plate portion 213 provided for the number coin mechanism 24, and two coupling holes 214 formed in the mounting plate portion 213 at intervals in the first direction C. The carrier plate 23 has a plate portion 231 and two engaging holes 232 extending through the plate portion 231 in the height direction. The control unit 26 has a housing 261, a control module 262 received in the housing 261 for controlling the motor 25, and two housings 261 extending downwardly and detachably respectively. A latch 263 in the engaging hole 232 of the carrying plate 23 and a connecting port 264 electrically connected to the control module 262. By quickly connecting the port 264, the control module 262 can control the motor 25 according to the user's settings, facilitating rapid adjustment of settings.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 6, and FIG. 7, it should be particularly noted that, in addition to the engagement of the engaging holes 232 and the latches 263, the carrier plate 23 and the control member 26 are also combined. The plate body portion 231 can be inserted from the bottom of the plate 233 to the support plate 23, but not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 5, and FIG. 8, the accommodating hopper 28 has an outer wall portion 282 surrounding a circumflex space 281, and a bottom edge connected to the bottom end of the outer wall portion 282 for pressing and fixing the pressing piece 22. The portions 283 and the second portion are connected to the bottom edge portion 283 and are respectively engaged with the engaging portions 284 in the coupling holes 214. FIG. 5 shows only one of the engaging portions 284 due to the viewing angle. In this embodiment, the pressing piece 22 is a metal elastic piece, so that the user can bend the bending piece to prevent the bottom edge portion 283 of the receiving hopper 28 from being pressed, and the receiving hopper 28 can be detached. It is easy to disassemble and install without the need to use additional tools, and will not cause parts to be lost.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 9, and FIG. 10, the base unit 3 includes a vertical plate 31 connected to the front side of the vertical plate 31 along a first direction C along a second direction D perpendicular to the first direction C. An extended main frame body 32, a guiding seat 33 disposed at a top end of the vertical plate 31, and a plurality of spaced apart from each other along the first direction C are disposed on the main frame body 32 and respectively limit the number of coin units 2 The positioning member 34 at one end of the carrying plate 23 and the plurality of latching members 35 respectively disposed on the main frame body 32 at intervals from the positioning members 34 in the second direction D.

The main frame body 32 has an extending wall portion 321 extending along the second direction D, a first side wall portion 322 extending downward from the extending wall portion 321 and connecting the vertical plate 31, and a first side wall The portion 322 is spaced apart from the second side wall portion 323 by the extending wall portion 321 in the second direction D.

The guiding seat 33 has a surrounding wall portion 332 defining a guiding opening 331 for the guiding piece 27 of the counting unit 2 to extend, and a surrounding wall portion 332 extending along the first direction C and A rail portion 334 defining a guide groove 333 communicating with the guide opening 331, and a plurality of rail portions 334 protruding from each other in the first direction C are disposed on the surrounding wall portion 332 and extending to each of the plurality of coin units 2 A protrusion 335 between the side plate portions 212. The coin E sent by the counting unit 2 via the number counting mechanism 24 is sent to the guiding opening 331 of the guiding seat 33 through the elastic guiding piece 27 as shown in FIG. 10, and enters the The guide groove 333 is then conveyed to the target location. The elastic guiding pieces 27 can cushion the momentum of the coin E to prevent the high-hardness coin E from directly hitting the guiding seat 33.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 9 and FIG. 11, each positioning member 34 has a fixing portion 341 fixed to the extending wall portion 321 of the main frame body 32, and two spaced apart from the fixing portion 341 along the first direction C. And a limiting portion 342 extending upward in the second direction D obliquely. Each of the latching members 35 has a mounting portion 351 disposed on the second side wall portion 323 of the main frame body 32, and two spaced apart from the limiting portions 342 in the second direction D, respectively, and the setting The portion 351 is an upwardly extending pressing portion 352.

In the present embodiment, the latching members 35 are metal elastics, so that when the latching members 35 are applied, the pressing portions 352 of the latching members 35 can be deformed and moved in the direction of the biasing force. The main frame 32 is moved from a limit position as shown in FIG. 9 to a non-limit position as shown in FIG. When the latching member 35 is located at the limiting position, the corresponding positioning member 34 is limited to one end of the carrying plate 23 corresponding to the plurality of coin units 2, and the latching member 35 is limited to the other end of the carrying plate 23, The number of coin units 2 is fixed to the base unit 3. When the latching member 35 is in the non-restricted position, the latching member 35 is in a bent state, so that the pressing portions 352 are deviated to no longer press and limit the carrying plate 23, and the number of coins unit 2 is It can be detached from the pedestal unit 3. When the user no longer applies force to the latch member 35, the latch member 35 is reset by the elastic restoring force. This quick-release design eliminates the need for screw locks, thus avoiding the disadvantages of requiring the tool to be removed and the screws to be detached to be easily lost. In addition, this design also facilitates the user to quickly change the number of configured number of coin units 2 with a high degree of versatility.

In summary, the plurality of coin units 2 can be simultaneously disposed by the gantry unit 3, which can correspond to the case where a large number of coin units 2 are required. Through the card members 35, the user can quickly disassemble the coin unit 2 without using a tool, which is highly convenient, and thus the object of the present invention can be achieved.

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereto, and all the equivalent equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of the patent application and the patent specification of the present invention are still The scope of the invention is covered.

2‧‧‧Digital currency unit
21‧‧‧Base
211‧‧‧Bottom plate
212‧‧‧ Side panel
213‧‧‧Installation board
214‧‧‧Combination hole
22‧‧‧Suppressed tablets
23‧‧‧Loading board
231‧‧‧ Board Department
232‧‧‧Snap hole
233‧‧‧ screws
24‧‧‧Digital currency institutions
25‧‧‧Motor
26‧‧‧Controls
261‧‧‧Shell
262‧‧‧Control Module
263‧‧‧Carmen
264‧‧‧Connector
27‧‧‧Guiding film
28‧‧‧ 容 斗
281‧‧‧ currency space
282‧‧‧External wall
283‧‧‧ bottom edge
284‧‧‧Clamping Department
3‧‧‧Base unit
31‧‧‧ 立板
32‧‧‧Main frame
321‧‧‧Extended wall
322‧‧‧First side wall
323‧‧‧Second side wall
33‧‧‧ Guide seat
331‧‧‧ lead
332‧‧‧ Around the wall
333‧‧
334‧‧‧Track Department
335‧‧‧Stretching
34‧‧‧ Positioning parts
341‧‧‧Fixed Department
342‧‧‧Limited Department
35‧‧‧ Cards
351‧‧‧Setting Department
352‧‧‧Depression
C‧‧‧First direction
D‧‧‧second direction
E‧‧‧ coins

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the embodiments of the appended claims, wherein: Figure 1 is a perspective exploded view illustrating a conventional numeral mechanism; Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the number Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the locking of a plurality of coin counting mechanisms on a cross frame; Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the linked coin machine of the present invention Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view showing a numeral unit in the embodiment; Figure 6 is a bottom view showing a combination of a carrier plate and a control member in the embodiment; Figure 7 is a bottom view, FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing a disassembly manner of a receiving bucket in the embodiment; FIG. 9 is a side view illustrating the dismounting manner of the receiving pocket in the embodiment; One of the latching members is located at a limit position; FIG. 10 is a plan view showing one of the guide seats in the embodiment; and FIG. 11 is a side view showing the latching member in an unrestricted position.

Claims (10)

A linked type coin machine comprises: a plurality of coin units, each of the plurality of coin units including a base, a carrier plate disposed at the bottom of the base, a coin mechanism disposed on the base, and a setting a base motor for driving the coin counting mechanism; and a base frame unit including a main frame body extending along a first direction, and a plurality of the main frame bodies spaced apart from each other along the first direction And respectively locating the positioning member at one end of the carrier board of the plurality of coin units, and the plurality of latching members respectively disposed on the main frame body at a distance from the positioning member along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction Each of the card members is operable to move between a limit position and a non-limit position relative to the main frame body. When the card member is in the limit position, the card member limit corresponds to The other end of the carrier board of the coin unit, when the card member is in the non-restricted position, the card member is not limited to the carrier board of the plurality of coin units. The linked type coin machine of claim 1, wherein each of the base members of the base frame unit is made of an elastic material, and when the force is applied to the clamp member, the clamp member can be applied along the force The direction moves to move from the limit position to the non-limit position, and when the force is applied to the latch member, the latch member is reset to the limit position by the elastic force. The coupling type coin machine of claim 2, wherein each positioning member of the base frame unit has a fixing portion fixed on the main frame body, and two are spaced apart from the fixing in the first direction. And a limiting portion extending upwardly along the second direction, each of the latching members has a setting portion disposed on the main frame body, and two of the limiting portions are respectively along the second direction Intersected, and connected to the pressing portion of the setting portion. The linked digital coin machine of claim 3, wherein the base of each of the plurality of coin units has two bottom plate portions spaced apart from each other in the first direction and connected to the carrier plate, and two of the bottom plate portions are respectively upwardly An extended side plate portion, and a mounting plate portion connected to the top end of the side plate portions in the first direction and provided by the number coin mechanism. The linked coin machine of claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of coin units further comprises a guiding piece extending upward from the top end of the base and having elasticity, the base unit further comprising a second direction a vertical plate connected to one side of the main frame body, and a guiding seat disposed at a top end of the vertical plate, the guiding seat has a guiding body defining a guiding piece for the plurality of coin units a surrounding wall portion of the mouth, and a rail portion extending from the surrounding wall portion in the first direction and defining a guide groove communicating with the guiding opening. The coupling type coin machine of claim 5, wherein the guide base of the base frame unit further has a plurality of protrusions protruding from each other in the first direction on the surrounding wall portion, and extending to each of the numbers A projection between the side panel portions of the coin unit. The coupling type coin machine of claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of coin units further comprises a control member detachably disposed on the carrier plate and electrically connected to the motor, the control member having a casing, a control module disposed in the housing for controlling the motor, and at least one connection port electrically connected to the control module. The linked digital coin machine of claim 7, wherein the carrier plate of each of the plurality of coin units has a plate body portion and two engaging holes extending through the plate body portion in the height direction, and the control of the number of coin units The member also has two latches extending downwardly from the housing and detachably snapped into the snap holes. The coupling type coin machine of claim 7, wherein the control unit of each of the plurality of coin units is configured to pass the carrier plate from the bottom up through the two screws to lock the casing to the carrier plate. . The linked coin machine of any one of claims 8 or 9, wherein each of the plurality of coin units further comprises a compression piece disposed on the mounting plate portion of the base and having elasticity, and a cover is provided a receiving pocket on the base, the base further having two coupling holes formed on the mounting plate portion at intervals in the first direction, the receiving bucket having an outer wall portion surrounding a coin-conducting space And a bottom edge portion connected to the bottom end of the outer wall portion and press-fixed to the pressed piece, and two snap portions connected to the bottom edge portion and respectively engaged in the joint holes.