Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • 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
  • G07F1/041—Coin chutes with means, other than for testing currency, for dealing with inserted foreign matter, e.g. "stuffing", "stringing" or "salting"

Definitions

• the invention relates to a cashier according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
• a self-teller of this type in which the coins slide down on the horizontally inclined floor of the coin insertion channel due to gravity, is e.g. known from DE-OS 14 49 293.
• 1 is a plan view of the coin insertion channel of a self-cashier
• Fig. 2 shows a section along the line II-II in Fig. 1, and
• Fig. 3 is a side view in the viewing direction of the
• FIG. 1 which also shows a vertical part of the coin channel (not shown in FIG. 1) which adjoins the coin insertion channel.
• the self-cashier has a coin insertion slot 1, which extends in the horizontal direction and is common to all coin types, and which is adapted to the thickness and the diameter of the largest acceptable coins.
• the coin insertion channel 2 adjoining the coin insertion slot 1 has a bottom inclined against the horizontal on which the coins slide down and two side walls.
• the floor consists of an upper part 3 and a lower part 4, which is offset downward relative to this.
• a step is formed between the two mutually offset base parts 3, 4, the wall 5 of which is perpendicular to the two parallel base parts and is concavely curved, the radius of curvature of the curvature corresponding approximately to the radius of the largest acceptable coins.
• Level 5 is greater than the thickness of the largest acceptable coins.
• a flap 6 is arranged, which in its rest position shown in the drawing lies between the side walls of the coin insertion channel 2 and forms an upper wall of the coin insertion channel 2 parallel to the bottom parts 3, 4.
• the flap 6 is pivotally mounted on its upper edge about an axis 7, and its lower edge 8 is angled downward and forms a width of the coin insertion channel, lei most shaped stop 8, which is in the rest position of the flap in the direction of the coin behind the step 5 protrudes into the coin insertion channel 2.
• the distance of the stop 8 from the center of the step wall 5 is chosen to be a tolerance larger than the diameter of the largest acceptable coins.
• the stop 8 projects so deep into the coin insertion channel that on the one hand the plane of the sliding surface 9 of the upper base part 3 intersects the stop 8 and on the other hand a sufficient gap between the stop 8 and the sliding surface 10 of the lower base part 4 for the passage of the thickest acceptable coins 12 remains free. Because the distance of the stop 8 from the step center is dimensioned according to the coin diameter and the gap width between the stop and the bottom part 4 is dimensioned according to the coin thickness, it is ensured that the acceptable coins fall over the step 5 onto the bottom part 4 and below slip through the stop 8, whereas elongated bodies strike against the stop 8, and, if it is nevertheless possible to insert them obliquely into the gap 12, clamp between the step 5 and the stop 8.
• the bottom 3, 4 is provided with holes II through which liquid poured out of mischief into the coin insertion channel 2 can drip into a collecting container (not shown).
• the part 15 of the coin channel adjoining the coin insertion channel 2 is angled downward from the coin insertion channel 2 and has two vertical walls 16, 17, one of which is arranged in a fixed manner and the other of which is pivotably mounted about a vertical axis 18.
• the pivotable wall 17 In its rest position shown in the drawing, the pivotable wall 17 has a distance from the fixed wall 16 that is adapted to the thickness of the coins.
• a curved connecting part 19 formed on the upper part of the wall 17 borders the lower edge 20 of the lower base part 4 , so that the coins slide from the coin insertion channel 2 via this connecting part 11 into the vertical part 15 of the coin channel.
• a passage 21 aligned with the coin insertion channel 2 is arranged.
• the floor 22 of the passage 21 lies below the plane of the sliding surface 10 of the lower floor part 4 and adjoins the upper edge 23 of the fixed wall 16.
• the passage 21 is closed by an angle plate 24 fastened to it and forming a closing element, the free edge of which rests on the passage floor 22, as a result of which the flap is also supported in its rest position.
• Coins running very quickly through the coin insertion channel 2 collide with the free leg 25 of the angle plate 24 and are guided by the latter into the vertical part 15 of the coin channel.
• a coin guide rail 26 is arranged, which in the rest position of the wall, the coins in a (not shown), parallel to the walls 16, 17, so perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 3 obliquely downward Part of the coin channel directs.
• the direction of coin movement in this part of the coin channel (not shown) is indicated in FIG. 1 by an arrow 27.
• a funnel-shaped receptacle 29 for coins and other bodies to be separated is connected to the coin return (not shown).
• a corresponding receptacle which is also connected to the coin return, is arranged under the end 30 of the passage 21 facing away from the coin insertion channel 2 and serves to hold elongated bodies which - as described further below - are excreted through the passage 21.
• the flap 6 and the wall 17 can be pivoted together from their rest position into a release position indicated by dash-dotted lines in the drawing and designated by 6 'and 17' (FIGS. 3 and 1) by means of a pivoting device 32 which is explained in more detail below with reference to FIG. 3.
• the swivel device 32 is by means of a the outside of the front plate 33 arranged push button 34 operable.
• the push button 34 carries a plunger 35 which bears against a plate 36 which engages on an arm 37 of a two-armed lever which can be pivoted about an axis 38.
• the other lever arm 39 is articulated to a member 41 rotatable about an axis 40.
• the link 41 has a pawl 42 which secures the flap 6 in the rest position and an arm 43 which, when the link 41 rotates counterclockwise, engages under a roller 44 mounted on the flap 6 and lifts the flap 6.
• the link 41 is connected in an articulated manner to an arm 45 of a three-armed lever which can be rotated about an axis 46 and which is rotated when the link 41 is rotated in the opposite direction of rotation.
• a tension spring 50 acts on one of the two other arms 47, 48 of the three-armed lever, the other arm 48 carries a plate 51 which, when the three-armed lever rotates clockwise, engages on a rotary arm 52 formed integrally with the pivotable wall 17 and which Wall 17 pivots into the position shown in phantom in FIG. 1 and designated 17 '. In this position 17 ', the wall 17 is pivoted away from the fixed wall 16 and the rotary arm is in the position 52'.
• a non-coin-shaped body runs through the coin channel in the same way and is excreted after the coin check.
• An elongated body inserted into the coin slot 1 the length of which is greater than the diameter of the largest acceptable coins, is guided by the edge of the slot 1, the upper base part 3 and the flap 6 so that it strikes the stop 8. If it is nevertheless possible to insert the front end of the body into the gap 12, the body then jams between the stop and the step 5.
• Such a body initially blocks the coin insertion channel 2, ie coins inserted thereafter are stopped by it.
• a latching element could also be provided, which only secures and disengages the flap 6 in the rest position until a certain latching resistance is reached when the flap is so heavily loaded that there is a risk of damage. This can result in a violent bending of the flap 6 or the stop 8, e.g. avoid by an elongated, hard body inserted through the coin slot 1.
• the coin channel is clogged, in particular by elongated bodies pushed into the coin insertion channel, such as Strips of paper and cardboard, tickets, ice cream stems and the like, which up to now have often led to constipation, are reliably avoided.
• the long bodies, which are particularly critical for clogging, in the self-cashier according to the invention cannot run into the part of the coin channel adjoining the coin insertion channel, but rather only into the passage provided for them, because a larger part of the elongated body is still open rests on the bottom of the coin insertion channel when the front end of the body already protrudes into the passage above the adjoining part of the coin channel angled from the coin insertion channel.

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• 1982
  • 1982-03-04 CH CH132282A patent/CH655395B/de not_active IP Right Cessation
• 1983
  • 1983-02-14 EP EP19830900550 patent/EP0102962A1/de not_active Withdrawn
  • 1983-02-14 WO PCT/CH1983/000015 patent/WO1983003153A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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