US3818918A - Coin feed mechanism - Google Patents

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US3818918A
US3818918A US00257818A US25781872A US3818918A US 3818918 A US3818918 A US 3818918A US 00257818 A US00257818 A US 00257818A US 25781872 A US25781872 A US 25781872A US 3818918 A US3818918 A US 3818918A
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D9/00—Counting coins; Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
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  • SHEET 1 [1F 2 COIN FEED MECHANISM
  • the invention relates to a coin feed mechanism designed to receive a large number of coins and to deliver them one after another and including a coin hopper in which there is provided an inclined rotatable disk having at least one pin forming coin driving means said pin being movable, by the rotation of the disk, between a first position in which the pin projects from the disk, and a second position in which the pin is withdrawn.
  • Coin feed mechanisms of this type are used in coin sorting and counting machines to carry the coins of an unsorted coin quantity one after another to a coin sorting or counting mechanism.
  • a number of pins are controlled by cam tracks to be projected and withdrawn in accordance with a predetermined program during the rotation of the disk.
  • this prior art coin feed mechanism is of a rather complicated and expensive construction and, furthermore, it is subject to substantial wear and is extremely sensible to dust and dirt.
  • a coin feed mechanism which is designed to receive a large number of coins and to deliver them one after another, said coin feed mechanism comprising: a hopper, for receiving the coins; an inclined rotatable disk in said hopper; a member arranged behind the disk and rotatable therewith, the rotational axis of said member being inclined in relation to the rotational axis of the disk; and coin driving means comprising at least one pin supported by said member and movable, by the rotation of the disk and the member, between a first position in which the pin projectsfrom the disk, and a second position in which the pin is withdrawn.
  • FIG. 1 shows a front view of a part of a coin sorting and counting machine provided with the coin feed mechanism according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a section along the line A-A in FIG. 1, and
  • FIG. 3 shows a section along the line BB in FIG. 1.
  • a coin hopper 1 1 adapted to receive the coin quantity to be sorted and counted.
  • the back wall of the coin hopper is formed by wall 10 which provides a cylindrical depression 12, and in this depression there is rotatably journalled a first circular disk 13 by means of a shaft 14 rotating in anti-friction bearings 15 in a bearing housing 16 formed by the bottom of depression 12.
  • the shaft is substantially perpendicular to wall 10.
  • a member formed as a second circular disk 18 is rotatably mounted by means of an anti-friction bearing 19 on the outside of bearing housing 16 in depression 12 behind disk 13.
  • On this second disk there are fixedly mounted a number of pins 20 which are arranged in six groups each including three pins, the groups being equally spaced angularly.
  • Pins 20 are axially movable in bores 21 in the disk 13 and form driving means for rotating disk 18 together with disk 13 so that said disks are rotatable synchronously from the scored pully 17.
  • the rotational axis of disk 18 is inclined in relation to the rotational axis of disk 17 such that disk 18 forms a wabble plate in relation to disk 13 for reciprocating pins 20 axially in relation to disk 13 in bores 21 between a first position shown to the right in FIG. 3, in which the pins project from disk 13, and a second position shown to the left in FIG. 3, in which the pins are withdrawn.
  • the inclination of the rotational axes of the disks is arranged in such a manner that the pins are in their projecting position substantially at C in the rotational path of the disks, and in their withdrawn position substantially at D in the rotational path of the disks.
  • a guide rail 22 joins the front surface of disk 13 in the upper part of the disk and forms there a substantially circularly curved edge portion 23 providing deflecting means for removing coins from disk 13. Then, the rail merges into a straight edge portion 24 sloping downwardly. Over the straight edge portion 23 of guide rail 22 there are provided a number of deflecting knives 2S opposite coin collecting tubes 26 for coins of different sizes.
  • pins 20 projecting into the coin hopper engage the coins and elevate them onto edge portion 23 of guide rail 22 where the pins when successively being withdrawn disengage the coins which are deflected from the disk by portion 23 and roll along edge portion 24 of guide rail 22 to be wipped off from the guide rail by the deflecting knives 25 corresponding. to the coin size. Then, the coin will be received by the associated coin collecting tube 26.
  • each disk may be individually connected with a drive mechanism or there may be provided a special drive pin as a drive connection between the disks such that pins 20 are relieved from this function.
  • Each individual group of pins 20 may be replaced by an elongated ridge-like cam which is movable out of and into a slot formed in disk 13.
  • a coin feed machinism which is designed to receive a large number of coins and to deliver them one after another, said coin feed mechanism comprising: a hopper, for receiving the coins; an inclined rotatable disk in said hopper; a member arranged behind said disk and rotatable therewith, the rotational axis of said member beingdifferently inclined in relation to the rotational axis of said disk, and coin driving means comprising at least one pin supported by said member and movably retractable with respect to a surface of said disk by the rotation of said disk and said member, whereby'upon rotation of said disk and said member said pin is moved between a first position in which said pin projects beyond said disk surface, and a second retracted position in which said pin is at or below said surface.

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EP0442696A1 (en) * 1990-02-13 1991-08-21 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Coin dispensing apparatus
US5092817A (en) * 1990-02-13 1992-03-03 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Coin dispensing apparatus
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US5254032A (en) * 1991-07-19 1993-10-19 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Coin feeding device
US5295900A (en) * 1991-12-02 1994-03-22 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Coin dispensing device
EP0596612A3 (en) * 1992-11-02 1994-06-22 Asahi Seiko Co Ltd Coin dispensing apparatus
US5607352A (en) * 1992-11-02 1997-03-04 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Coin dispensing apparatus
US6047808A (en) * 1996-03-07 2000-04-11 Coinstar, Inc. Coin sensing apparatus and method
US5988348A (en) * 1996-06-28 1999-11-23 Coinstar, Inc. Coin discrimination apparatus and method
US6056104A (en) * 1996-06-28 2000-05-02 Coinstar, Inc. Coin sensing apparatus and method
US6766892B2 (en) 1996-06-28 2004-07-27 Coinstar, Inc. Coin discrimination apparatus and method
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US7520374B2 (en) 1996-06-28 2009-04-21 Coinstar, Inc. Coin discrimination apparatus and method
US7213697B2 (en) 1996-06-28 2007-05-08 Coinstar, Inc. Coin discrimination apparatus and method
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US7152727B2 (en) 2001-09-21 2006-12-26 Coinstar, Inc. Method and apparatus for coin or object sensing using adaptive operating point control
US6739965B2 (en) 2002-05-14 2004-05-25 Floyd K. String High speed, high volume coin sorter
US20040180619A1 (en) * 2003-03-11 2004-09-16 Fabiano Picollo Coin selecting machine with improved dragging system
US20050287941A1 (en) * 2003-10-02 2005-12-29 Hill Timothy W Hopper coin and disc feeders
US20060154589A1 (en) * 2005-01-11 2006-07-13 String Gregory F High speed coin processing machine
US20060286915A1 (en) * 2005-06-03 2006-12-21 Hill Timothy W Coin conveying apparatus
US9036890B2 (en) 2012-06-05 2015-05-19 Outerwall Inc. Optical coin discrimination systems and methods for use with consumer-operated kiosks and the like
US9594982B2 (en) 2012-06-05 2017-03-14 Coinstar, Llc Optical coin discrimination systems and methods for use with consumer-operated kiosks and the like
US9022841B2 (en) 2013-05-08 2015-05-05 Outerwall Inc. Coin counting and/or sorting machines and associated systems and methods
US9443367B2 (en) 2014-01-17 2016-09-13 Outerwall Inc. Digital image coin discrimination for use with consumer-operated kiosks and the like

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