US3779257A - Coin magazine - Google Patents

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US3779257A
US3779257A US00173214A US3779257DA US3779257A US 3779257 A US3779257 A US 3779257A US 00173214 A US00173214 A US 00173214A US 3779257D A US3779257D A US 3779257DA US 3779257 A US3779257 A US 3779257A
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F1/00—Coin inlet arrangements; Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
    • G07F1/04—Coin chutes
    • G07F1/047—Coin chutes with means for temporarily storing coins

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  • ABSTRACT A coin magazine comprises an annular chamber defined between a fixed outer cylindrical wall and an helical track cut in a fixed coaxial inner cylinder.
  • a rotatable coaxial end flange has regularly spaced fingers extending through said chamber parallel to and equally spaced from the common axis.
  • Pusher means operating in synchronization with rotation of the flange introduce coins into the chamber through a slot in said wall to a position between pairs of adjacent fingers which serve to propel the coins along the track. By rotating the flange in the opposite direction, coins in the chamber are restituted via said slot.
  • known circuits generally comprise an intermediate coin magazine called the recycling magazine enabling the coins either to be directed towards a principal coin magazine, or to be returned.
  • the relatively small capacity of currently used recycling coin magazines necessitates the use of another separate coin magazine called the restitution magazine which carries out the restitution of coins when the recycling magazine is empty.
  • a coin magazine comprising a chamber defined between a fixed cylindrical wall and a helical track in a fixed coaxial cylinder facing said cylindrical wall, a coaxial flange rotatably mounted about the common axis and carrying a plurality of regularly spaced fingers extending through said chamber parallel to and equally spaced from said axis, a slot and delivering means for delivering coins one by one via said slot to said 'helical track in said chamber, said delivering 5 means being servo-controlled to operate when the angular position of said flange corresponds to delivery of a coin to a position between a pair of adjacent fingers, said fingers forming means for propelling coins in said chamber along said helical track.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of the coin-magazine
  • FIG. 2 is an end elevational view of the coin magazine
  • the inner cylinder 9 comprises a central sleeve 40 having threaded bores by means of which it can be fixed onto a flange (not shown) of a central axle, only a part 41 of which is shown.
  • the entire assembly forming the chamber 6 is solidly bolted to a support plate 11 by means of a threaded part of axle 41.
  • the cylindrical wall 7 has two slots 12, 13 situated in a lower part of the wall 7 and respectively adjacent to the ends 15 and 14 of the track 16.
  • a coin chute 1, 2 is situated in the proximity of the magazine and has a window 3 for the delivery of coins 5 from the coin chute to the chamber 6 via the slot 13, or from the chamber 6 via the slot 13 to the coin chute l, 2, a pusher 4 being provided for these purposes.
  • a roller 19 carried by a lever 20 bears against the cam surfaces formed by projections 18.
  • the lever 20 forms an element of an articulated lever assembly 20-21-22 of which levers 20 and 22 are pivotally mounted about fixed axes 23 and 24 on the plate 11.
  • the intermediate lever 21 is pivotally mounted at one end to an outer part of the pusher 4, at its other end to the lever 20, and at its centre to the lever 22.
  • the pusher 4 is guided in a slot 25 in the coin chute 1,2 so as to be able to slide along a radial direction passing through the common central axis of the chamber assembly.
  • the pushing end 26 of the pusher 4 is in a re tracted position (as shown) when a finger 17 is facing the slot 13, and moves to an advanced position adjacent the window 3 when the roller 19 is located at the summit of a projection 18 and a space between two adjacent fingers 17 faces the slot 13.
  • the sequence of movement of the pusher is the same, but with a slight dephasing due to the spacing between adjacent projections 18.
  • an edge 27 thereof serves to stop coins in the upper part 1 of the coin chute.
  • a coin stop member 28, shown in FIG. 3, is provided in the lower part 2 of the coin chute downstream of the pusher 4.
  • the stop member 28 comprises a spring part fixed at one end to the coin chute and having bent over end 33, and can be deformed to push the end 33 through an aperture 34 in the coin chute 1 by means of a lever 39 pivotally mounted about an axis 29.
  • the lever 39 is pivotally connected to a core 31 of an electromagnet 32 excitation of which causes raising of the lever 39 and deformation of the stop member 28 to place the end 33 in the coin chute 1, 2 to block the pas-1.
  • a device for example an automatic distributing machine, in conjunction with which the described coin magazine is used, comprises a coin identification device (not shown) which checks the authenticity of coins before delivering them to the coin chute l, 2.
  • This identification device also controls the electromagnet 32 of coin stop 28 according to whether or not a coin is acceptable.
  • This identification device also preferably controls motor means for driving the flange 8. In operation, when a coin 5 is introduced into the distributing machine, it is firstly checked for authenticity. If the coin is unacceptable, the electromagnet 32 is not actuated, and the coin is delivered to and directly restituted via the coin chute 1, 2. For an acceptable coin, the electromagnet 32 is actuated so that when the coin drops down the chute 1 it is held by means of the stop 28.
  • the flange 8 is rotated in the clockwise direction (looking at FIG. 1), and the coin is pushed through the window 3 and slot 13 by means of the pusher 4 as a pair of adjacent fingers 17 come into a coin-receiving position so that the coin is pushed into the chamber 6 in engagement with the end 14 of the helical track 16.
  • the flat on the top of each projection 18 ensures that the coin cannot unwantedly fall back out through the slot 13, when the pusher 4 retracts during continued rotation of the flange 8.
  • Each coin in the chamber 6 is held between a pair of adjacent fingers 17 and between the cylindrical wall 7 and the helical track 16, the fingers 17 serving as means for propelling the coins along the track. It is thus possible to fill all of the coin compartments defined by the fingers 17 in the magazine.
  • the capacity of the magazine is 120 coins.
  • the coins arrive at the end 15 of the helical track 16 and fall one by one through the slot 12 into, for example, a principal coin magazine of the distributing device.
  • the operation of restituting coins can be effected by control of the motor means to rotate the flange 8 in the counterclockwise direction (looking at FIG. 1) and with the stop 28 in the open position.
  • the pusher 4 retracts as a pair of fingers 17 come into a coin delivering position in relation to the slot 13, so that coins drop one by one out of slot 13 and through the coin chute 2.
  • a coin magazine for storing coins comprising: a tubular member having means defining an inlet opening therein and an outlet opening axially spaced therefrom; a storage member coaxially disposed in said tubular member and having a longitudinal axis and means therearound defining a helical storage track for storing therein coins in a position wherein the major faces of the coins are substantially in planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said storage member, said track providing a path helical about the longitudinal axis for coins to move therealong; delivery means for delivering a coin through said inlet opening and into said track; and means for moving the coins along and relative to said track comprising a plurality of selectively driven angularly spaced-apart elongated members extending generally in a same direction axially of said tubular member from said inlet opening to said outlet opening and drive means to drive said elongated members.
  • a coin magazine according to claim 1 wherein said storage member is a cylindrical member and said helical storage track is a helical track circumferentially of said cylindrical member.
  • a coin magazine according to claim 3; wherein said delivery means comprises a coin chute for delivering coins to a position opposite said opening in said tubular member, and pusher means for pushing a coin from said coin chute through said inlet opening and into said track and between successive elongated members said means coacting with said means for turning one end of said tubular members for effecting actuation of said pusher when a coin is disposed in said coin chute in a position opposite said opening in said tubular member.

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CH1260270A CH528117A (fr) 1970-08-24 1970-08-24 Dispositif de stockage de pièces de monnaie permettant la restitution des pièces

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EP0000010A1 (fr) * 1977-06-10 1978-12-20 Scheidt & Bachmann Gmbh Dispositif pour l'emmagasinage temporaire de pièces de monnaie de valeurs differentes
US5407388A (en) * 1991-10-04 1995-04-18 Mars Incorporated Coin storage device
US10913603B1 (en) * 2018-07-17 2021-02-09 Amazon Technologies, Inc. Stackable inventory storage module having helical drive
US10968993B1 (en) 2018-07-17 2021-04-06 Amazon Technologies, Inc. Helical drive actuator

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DE3307438C2 (de) * 1983-03-03 1985-02-07 Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH, 4050 Mönchengladbach Münzspeicher zur Speicherung und Rückgabe von Münzen gleicher Wertigkeit
DE3318124A1 (de) * 1983-05-18 1984-11-22 Heinrich H. Klüssendorf GmbH & Co KG, 1000 Berlin Vorrichtung zum speichern flacher und vorzugsweise runder gegenstaende
ES2078835B1 (es) * 1992-11-06 1997-07-01 Gespamar Sl Accesorios de almacenaje y contabilizacion de monedas para maquinas recreativas.
ES2078836B1 (es) * 1992-11-06 1997-07-01 Gespamar Sl Mejoras introducidas en los medios de manipulacion y control de monedas en maquinas recreativas.

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US1625979A (en) * 1925-08-21 1927-04-26 Frederic H Brinkerhoff Coin magazine
US2423502A (en) * 1942-04-13 1947-07-08 Jorgensen Julius Coin counting and sorting machine
US3415256A (en) * 1966-08-12 1968-12-10 Autelca Ag Coin changer for an automatic vending machine with automatic refilling of the coin magazine

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US1625979A (en) * 1925-08-21 1927-04-26 Frederic H Brinkerhoff Coin magazine
US2423502A (en) * 1942-04-13 1947-07-08 Jorgensen Julius Coin counting and sorting machine
US3415256A (en) * 1966-08-12 1968-12-10 Autelca Ag Coin changer for an automatic vending machine with automatic refilling of the coin magazine

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0000010A1 (fr) * 1977-06-10 1978-12-20 Scheidt & Bachmann Gmbh Dispositif pour l'emmagasinage temporaire de pièces de monnaie de valeurs differentes
US5407388A (en) * 1991-10-04 1995-04-18 Mars Incorporated Coin storage device
US10913603B1 (en) * 2018-07-17 2021-02-09 Amazon Technologies, Inc. Stackable inventory storage module having helical drive
US10968993B1 (en) 2018-07-17 2021-04-06 Amazon Technologies, Inc. Helical drive actuator

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DE2142193C3 (de) 1974-05-09
BE771646A (fr) 1971-12-31
NL7111651A (fr) 1972-02-28
ES202618Y (es) 1976-03-01
FR2107063A5 (fr) 1972-05-05
DE2142193B2 (de) 1973-10-04
CH528117A (fr) 1972-09-15
ES202618U (es) 1975-11-16
DK126956B (da) 1973-09-03
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CA944737A (en) 1974-04-02
GB1308580A (en) 1973-02-21

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