US3795253A - Adjustable coin guide in coin processing apparatus - Google Patents

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US3795253A
US3795253A US00352308A US3795253DA US3795253A US 3795253 A US3795253 A US 3795253A US 00352308 A US00352308 A US 00352308A US 3795253D A US3795253D A US 3795253DA US 3795253 A US3795253 A US 3795253A
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Y Hatanaka
H Matono
H Kawazoe
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    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
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  • the position of the coin guide relative to the rotary disk is adjustable in accordance with the thickness of each of the coins of a specified denomination by means of a.
  • V knob which permits similutaneous adjustment of the width and the height of the passageway in accordance with the diameter and the thickness of each of the coins.
  • the invention is directed to a novel and improved coin guide for guiding the coins one by one from a coin feeding turntable or rotary disk to a linear passageway in the coin processing apparatus, such that the spacing between the coin guide and the rotary disk can be adjusted to the thickness of each coin simultaneously as the width and the depth of the passageway are adjusted in accordance with the diameter and the thickness of the coin.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide the improvementof the characterreferred to, such that any coins of other than the preselected denomination which have been caught in superposition by the coin guide are disposed of through a highly simplified procedure.
  • a further object of the invention' is to provide the improvement of the character referred to wherein the position of the coin guide relative to the rotary disk can be adjusted in accordance with the' thickness of each v2 adjusting means is intercoupled with the Width adjusting means and the height adjusting means so that the position of the coin guide relative to the rotary disk is adjustable simultaneously as the width and the height of the passageway are adjusted.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of this invention together with some other pertinents parts of a known coin processing apparatus;
  • FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 butshowing a cover in an open position;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing in further detail the makeup of a coin passageway in the apparatus of the direction of the arrow B of FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing in further detail the makeup ofa coin guide and means for adjustingthe same in the apparatus of FIGS. 1 and 2;
  • this invention provides,'in a adjustably changing the heightof the passageway in accordance with the thickness of each of. the coins, that improvement which comprises a coin guide mounted above the circumference of the rotary disk, and guide adjusting means for adjustably changing the position of the coin guiderelative to the rotary disk in accordance
  • FIG. 7' is a vertical sectional view taken along the plane of line VIl-VII in FIG. 6.
  • a coin passageway 4 is defined on a base 1- of the coin processingapparatus by a fixed rail 2 and a movable rail 3 extending parallel to each other.
  • the movable rail 3 can be moved relative to the fixed rail 2 to adjust the width of the passageway 4 to the diameter of the coins to be processed, as hereinafter set forth in more detail.
  • the movable rail 3 is held against a cam 5 of polygonal shape rotatably supported at one end of an arm 7 turnably mounted on a stationary support structure 6.
  • a star wheel 8 is fixedly mounted on the same shaftas the cam 5 so as to be in mesh with the pins extending downward from the circumference of a disk 9 rotatably mounted on the support structure 6.
  • a stop 10 is urged into releasable enwith the thickness of each of the coins to cause the sameto be fed by one onto the passageway.
  • the guide gagement with the star wheel 8 for holding the same at a desired angular position.
  • a rod 11 is mounted under the base I, and a coin guide 13 turnably pinned at 14 to' the base 1 is resiliently urged by a helical tension spring 15 against a pin 12 extending upwardly from the rod 11.
  • Another coin guide 17 isfcoupled through a link 16 to the movable rail 3. The relative positions of these two coin guides 13 and 17 are automatically adjusted in accordance with the movement of the movable rail 3, in order to prevent two or more coins on a rotary disk 18 from blocking the entrance to the passageway 4.
  • a support structure is turnably mounted on the base 1 by a pin 19, and an L-shaped member2l is affixed to the free end of the support structure 20 in order to regulate the height of the coin passageway 4 and hence to prevent two or more coins from traveling thereon in superposition.
  • the support structure 20 is provided with a screw 22, best shown in FIG. 5, for fine adjustment of the position of the L-shaped member 21 relative to the bottom surface of the coin passageway 4.
  • the upper end of the screw 22 is urged against a cam 24 of polygonal shape by a helical tension spring 23.
  • a sleeve 25 is also turnably mounted on the base 1 by the aforesaid pin 19, and pulleys 26 and 27 are fixedly mounted on respective ends of a shaft 25a rotatably extending through the sleeve 25.
  • the sleeve 25 has a lateral extension 28 to which a.turnable arm 29 is attached as seen in FIG. 4.
  • the arm 29 rotatably supports a pulley 30 of smaller diameter than the pulley 26, and an endless belt 31 extends between these pulleys 26 and 30.
  • the position of the arm 29 relative to the bottom surface of the coin passageway 4 is adjustable by a screw 32, and the arm is urged downward by a spring 33.
  • the sleeve 25 is also urged by a helical tension spring 35 against the support structure 20.through a screw 34 adapted to adjust the position of the sleeve relative to the support structure.
  • a cover 36 is openably mounted on the base 1, and a bracket 37 is secured on the inside of the cover 36 to support a rod 38 perpendicularly to the horizontal plane when the cover 36 is closed as shown in FIG. 1.
  • a sleeve 40 formed substantially integrally with a coin guide 39 is slidably fitted over the rod 38 and is resiliently urged upward by a helical compression spring4l.
  • a roller 42 provided to the sleeve 40 is thus urged against a cam 43 of polygonalshape hereinafter referred to.
  • the coin guide 39 is so positioned on the circumference of the rotary disk 18 that coins are capable of passing therebelow substantially one by one.
  • the cam 43 is fixedly mounted on one end of a shaft 44 rotatably extending through another bracket 44a secured on the inside of the cover 36, and a knob 45 is affixed to the other end of the shaft 44 projecting out of the cover 36. Also fixedly mounted on the shaft 44 intermediate between both ends thereof are a bevel gear 46 and the aforesaid cam 24 which, when the cover is closed as in FIG. 1, properly engage a bevel gear 47 and the adjusting screw 22, respectively.
  • the knob 45 is manually turned in accordance with the denomination of the coins to be processed, with the result that the bevel gear 46, the cam 24 and the cam 43 are all turned through a corresponding angle around the shaft 44, as
  • FIG. 1 in particular. It is possi-.
  • the support structure 20 is turned through a predetermined angle with the aid of the helical tension spring 23, as will be best understood by referring to FIG. 5.
  • the L-shaped member 21 affixed to the free end of the support structure 20 is positioned a predetermined distance from the bottom surface of the coin passageway 4 in accordance with the thickness of each of the coins to be processed.
  • the rotation of the cam 43 on the shaft 44 causes a change in the position of the sleeve 40 on the rod 38 through the roller 42, so that the coin guide 39 is positioned a desired distance from the surface of the rotary disk 18.
  • the cover 36 may be manually opened to lift the coin guide 39 off the surface of therotary disk 18 and then to eliminate such undesired coins.
  • the cam 24 and the bevel gear 46 will easily move out of engagement with the adjusting screw 22 and the bevel gear 47 respectively when the cover 36 is opened, and will also readily engage them when the cover is closed.
  • a coin processing apparatus comprising a rotary disk on which coins of a preselected denomination to be processed are sent centrifugally to the circumference thereof and thence to a passageway extending outward therefrom, an endless belt adapted to feed the successive coins along said passageway, width adjusting means for adjustably changing the width of said passageway in accordance with the diameter of each of the coins, and height adjusting means for adjustably changing the height of said passageway in accordance with the thickness of each of the coins, that improvement which comprises a coin guide above the circumference of said rotary disk, and guide adjusting means for adjustably changing the position of said coin guide relative to said rotary disk in accordance with the thickness of each of the coins to cause the same to be fed one by one onto said passageway, said guide adjusting means being interlocked with said width adjusting means and said height adjusting means whereby the position of said coin guide relative to said rotary disk is adjustable simultaneously with the'width and the height of said passageway.
  • said guide adjusting means comprises a sleeve formed substantially integrally with said coin guide, a rod extending vertically through said sleeve to permit said coin guide to be moved up and down relative to said roply by opening said cover.

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US4126146A (en) * 1975-10-17 1978-11-21 Glory Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Coin delivering device of coin processing machine
US4271855A (en) * 1978-12-28 1981-06-09 Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd. Coin selecting apparatus
EP0080858A2 (en) * 1981-11-26 1983-06-08 Kawabe Kosakusho Co., Ltd. Coin feeder device for coin counter
EP0080858A3 (en) * 1981-11-26 1985-09-25 Kawabe Kosakusho Co., Ltd. Coin feeder device for coin counter
US5015214A (en) * 1988-09-06 1991-05-14 Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd. Coin feed-in apparatus for coin handling machine
US4997406A (en) * 1988-10-19 1991-03-05 Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd. Coin removing apparatus for coin handling machine
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