US3910295A - Bulk-loading coin hopper having endless pin chain pickup - Google Patents

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US3910295A
US3910295A US431207A US43120774A US3910295A US 3910295 A US3910295 A US 3910295A US 431207 A US431207 A US 431207A US 43120774 A US43120774 A US 43120774A US 3910295 A US3910295 A US 3910295A
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  • ABSTRACT Apparatus for delivering coins one at a time from a supply of coins in bulk in which an agitator mounted in an elongated bin adapted 'to hold a supply of coins in bulk feeds coins from the supply to a pick-up area adjacent to the lower end of an inclined ramp extending along the length of the bin to permit an endless pin chain to pick up the coins and carry them one by one upwardly toward a delivery opening adjacent to the other end of the bin at which the coins leave the chain and pass one at a time outwardly through the discharge opening.
  • Prior coin loading machines utilized either a circular disc or a belt conveyor to transport coins. Both occupied a relatively large volume for a given handling capacity. The disc machines, in particular, required that their width exceed that of the circular disc. Prior machines were also subject to jamming when handling bent coins. My invention overcomes these problems.
  • One object of my invention is to provide a bulkloading coin hopper which is compact.
  • Another object of my invention isto provide a bulkloading coin hopper which handles bent coins without difficulty.
  • a further object of my invention is to provide a bulkloading coin hopper having a high capacity relative to its size.
  • Still another object of my invention is to provide a bulk-loading coin hopper which is capable of handling coins of different denominations.
  • FIG. 1 is aside elevation of one form of my bulkloading coin hopper with parts broken away and with other parts shown in section.
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view. of the 'form of my bulkloading coin hopper shown in FIG. 1 and taken along the line 22 thereof.
  • FIG. 4 is a side elevation of a preferred form of my bulk-loading coin hopper with parts broken away and with other parts shown in section.
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the preferred form of my bulk loading coin hopper taken along the line 55 of FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the preferred form of my bulk loading coin hopper taken along the'line 66 of FIG. 5 and drawn on an enlarged scale.
  • my bulk-loading coin hopper identified generally by reference character 10, includes a housing formed by side walls 14 and 18, front wall 12, a backwall 16, a bottom 20 and top plate 34, which, in conjunction with front wall 12, formsthe mouth 24 of the hopper 10.
  • the mouth 24 provides an entranceway to the bulk storage area 26 which is separated from the coin transport area 88 by interior parti-. tion 32.
  • Coins of a single denomination are fed into the hopper through the coin hopper mouth 24 and are stored in the bulk storage area 26 to await processing.
  • a guide 30 positioned above and parallel to the bottom 20 of the housing forms the floor of the bulk storage area.
  • the inclination of the guide 30 causes coins stored in the bulk storage area 26 to move toward the coin pickup region 56 formed by the intersection of the lower end of the guide 30 which slopes sharply downward and by a coin ramp 52 which is mounted in spaced parallel relation to plate 16.
  • a motor 44 mounted on a bracket carried by plate 16 has a shaft 42 which extends through the plate and which carries for movement therewith an agitator 40 to expedite the downward travel of bulk coins through the bulk storage area 26 to the coin pickup region 56 and a chain drive sprocket wheel 46 which powers the coin transport mechanism identified generally by reference symbol 72.
  • the agitator 40 includes fins arranged in a tapered conical configuration and protrudes into the lower region of the bulk storage area 26, with its axis generally parallel to the guide 30. Constant rotation of the agitator 40 maintains the stored coins in a kinetic state to prevent jamming and a consequential interruption of their travel to the pickup area 56.
  • the coin transport mechanism 72 includes a continuous standard pitch chain 48 tautly circumscribing drive sprocket wheel 46 and an idler sproket 50 carried by a shaft 58 respectively spaced one above the other in a common inclined plane.
  • the chain 48 is positioned between the housing wall 16 and the coin ramp 52.
  • Each third pin of the chain 48 one of which is indicated by reference symbol 51, extends through a slot 54 in the coin ramp 52 a distance less than the thickness of coins of the denomination to be processed.
  • An elongated plate 57 secured over the central part of ramp 54 confines coins being carried by pins 51 to the space between the right edge of the plate as viewed in FIG. 2 and the wall 14, thus to prevent coins from falling off the pins.
  • Coins deposited through the hopper mouth 24 and stored in the bulk storage area 26 are gravity fed, assisted by the agitator 40 and guide 30, to the coin pickup region 56 where they are picked up one at a time by the extended pins 51 of the chain 48.
  • Each coin engaged by a pin 51 is propelled upwards and about the chain idler sprocket wheel 50.
  • a deflector 64 on plate 57 in the path of a coin moving around wheel 50 diverts the coin to the coin exit passage 62.
  • Coins which fall from the holding pins 51 prior to reaching the coin exit 62 are returned to the bulk storage area 26 via the coin ramp 52.
  • the partition 32 isolates the transport mechanism 72 and transport area 88 from the coins housed in the bulk storage area 26. Any suitable means may be employed for mounting the hopper so that ramp 52 has generally the inclination shown in FIG. 1.
  • the apparatus indicated generally by the reference character 90, includes a back plate 92, side plates 94 and 96, secured to the back plate by any suitable means such by screws 98.
  • a front plate is secured to the side plates 94 and 96 by means of screws 102.
  • the assembly includes a bottom assembly, indi cated generally by the reference character 104 and a cover 106 so shaped as to provide a loading opening 108. It will readily be appreciated that this form of my invention, as well as the form shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, provides a bulk coin storage bin which is elongated in the direction of the length of the back plate 92.
  • I mount a pin track forming plate 110 above and in spaced relationship to the back plate 92 by means of spacers I12 and screws 114.
  • the plate 110 forms a pin track 116 which, as will be apparent from the showing of FIG. 5, extends generally straight from adjacent to the lower end of the bin for a distance and then curves inwardly and again outwardly as it approaches the top of the bin.
  • I also provide the assembly with a partition 118 held in placed by means of screws 120 or the like and positioned to separate the coin conducting area from the principal bulk storage space above the partition.
  • the chain 126 with pins 128 upstanding from the chain at spaced locations therealong.
  • the pins 128 extend upwardly above the track-forming plate 110 for a distance which is greater than the thickness of the thickest coin being handled.
  • the chain 126 travels upwardly from adjacent to the bottom at the right hand side thereof as viewed in FIG. 5, it extends around a first curved guide 130 and then around a second curved guide 132, which guides are sandwiched between plates 92 and 110. After leaving the curved guide 132 the chain extends around a stationary guide 134 and then back to the sprocket wheel 124.
  • the coin track is defined by a pair of coin track forming plates 136 and 138.
  • the plate 136 is inclined slightly upwardly from right to left as viewed in FIG. 5 to permit the pins 128 to pass under the plate in the return stand of the chain.
  • one reason why the form of my invention illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 7 is the preferred form is the fact that it is a simpler matter to control the thickness of the coin track-forming plate than it is to control the height of the pins 128 above the chain.
  • Shaft 132 carries for rotation therewith a lower agitator 140 provided with a plurality of vanes 142 which direct coins into the space between adjacent pins 128 on the chain 126.
  • agitator 144 mounts a second agitator 144 on the end of shaft 122 extending above partition 118.
  • This agitator which is generally cylindrical in shape is mounted in a slightly eccentric position on the shaft.
  • the lower end of the agitator 144 is tapered inwardly toward the bearing in partition 118 further to reduce the possibility of jamming of coins.
  • the bottom assembly 104 includes an upper block molded from any suitable synthetic resin to provide an inner surface 147 which is curved across the width of the hopper and which is inclined downwardly to the right as viewed in FIG. 4.
  • a lower molded synthetic resin block 148 is formed with an inner surface the upper portion 150 of which is generally cylindrical and which provides a smooth transition from surface 146.
  • the lower portion 151 of the surface curves outwardly toward the bottom with this curved portion extending progressively further upward into the cylindrical portion 150 of the surface from the point at which chain 126 emerges from beneath plate 136 to the point at which the chain begins its upward movement.
  • Block 148 rests on a plate 153 having an inner outline configuration conforming to the shape of the lower edge of surface portion 151.
  • a bulk-loading coin hopper as in claim 1 in which said channel has a slot formed therein and in which said conveying means comprises spaced pins extending through said slot and means for moving said pins along said slot from said pick-up region to said discharge opening.
  • a bulk-loading coin hopper as in claim 1 including means for counting coins discharged from said hopper.
  • a bulk-loading coin hopper as in claim 1 including means for agitating coins in said supply means.
  • a bulk-loading coin hopper as in claim 1 including means in said pick-up region for delivering coins to said receiving and conveying means.
  • a bulk-loading coin hopper as in claim 1 including a partition in said container extending from the top thereof over said channel to a location adjacent to said pick-up region.
  • said conveying means comprises a pin which extends above the base of said channel for a distance slightly less than the thickness of a coin being handled.
  • a bulk-loading coin hopper for delivering coins one by one from a supply of coins in bulk
  • an elongated container for holding a sup ply of coins in bulk
  • said container having a back wall normally inclined to the horizontal
  • means forming a coin discharge opening adjacent to one end of said container means forming a coin guide channel on said back wall extending from a coin pick-up region adjacent to the other end of the container to said coin discharge opening, means locating in said channel for conducting coins one at a time from said pick-up region to said delivery opening
  • a partition in said container extending from said one end of said container and over said discharge opening to a location adjacent to and spaced from the other end of the container to divide said container into a bulk supply space above the partition and a coin conveying space below said partition, and means at said location for delivering coins from said bulk supply space to said pick-up region.
  • a bulk loading coin hopper as in claim 11 in which said coin guide channel forming means comprises a plate forming an edge of said channel, said plate being thinner than the thickest coin being handled.
  • a bulk loading coin hopper as in claim 11 in which said container in elongated from top to bottom, in which said channel forming means comprises a plate forming an edge of said channel, said plate being thinner than the thinnest coin being handled, and in which said channel has a curved portion.

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GB5364874A GB1475900A (en) 1974-01-07 1974-12-11 Coin hopper
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