WO2005119605A1

WO2005119605A1 - Disk body discrimination device

Info

Publication number: WO2005119605A1
Application number: PCT/JP2005/010064
Authority: WO
Inventors: Yasuyuki Kodama; Tadashi Hatamachi
Original assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux
Priority date: 2004-06-02
Filing date: 2005-06-01
Publication date: 2005-12-15
Also published as: JP2006018330A

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] A disk body discrimination device capable of simply removing dirt including dust and foreign objects adhered on a rail. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A disk body discrimination device (1) has rail cleaning means (20) that is projectable and recedable. The disk body discrimination device (1) recedes normally from a disk traveling surface (10a) of the rail and projects toward the disk traveling surface (10a) at the time of cleaning the rail (10).

Description

Disc body identification device

Technical field

The present invention relates to a disc identification apparatus mounted in a main body of a machine such as pachinko machines and medals, vending machines, ticket vending machines, currency exchange machines, etc. And a disc identification device for identifying a disc such as a token, and more particularly to a disc identification device for cleaning a rail on which the disc rolls and travels.

Background art

[0002] In a disk identification device that identifies disks such as coins, medals, tokens, etc., the inserted disk rolls along the rails of the disk guide passage and travels, Disc body identification means arranged on the side of the disc guide passage is used to identify the authenticity of the disc or the type of disc.

[0003] The disc identification means identifies the disc diameter, thickness, thickness, Z, material strength, trueness, and falseness by means of a magnetic sensor, an optical sensor, an image sensor, and the like.

On the other hand, such dust, dirt, foreign matter, etc., are attached to the rail on which the dirt such as dust, dirt, foreign matter or the like easily adheres to the disc running surface of the rail guiding the traveling of the above-mentioned disk body. If dirt adheres to the disc, it will interfere with the running of the disc, and it will not be possible to identify the disc smoothly, but it will also adversely affect the discrimination accuracy, and if a large foreign object adheres strongly to the rail There is also a possibility that the movement of the body itself is blocked, so that the disc can not be identified. Therefore, in the past, it has been necessary for the operator to periodically clean the rails.

The above-described rail cleaning apparatus is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-190619 filed by the applicant of the present invention.

Patent Document 1: JP-A 2003-190619

Disclosure of the invention

Problem that invention tries to solve

By the way, according to the above-described conventional disc identification device, the removal of the dirt such as dust adhering to the disc traveling surface of the rail depends on the regular cleaning work by the operator. And lack of promptness of dirt removal, and there is a possibility that the disc identification device can not be used during that time, and urgent measures are desired! /.

That is, in the disc identification device mounted on the vending machine, the front door of the vending machine is opened and closed to expose the disc identification device, and then the operator does not perform the cleaning operation. It is necessary to temporarily stop the sales to open the door of the vending machine during cleaning.

An object of the present invention is to provide a disc identification apparatus capable of easily removing dirt such as dust, dirt, and foreign matter adhering to a rail, in view of the above-mentioned circumstances.

Means to solve the problem

[0009] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, a disc identification apparatus is provided in which a loaded disc is allowed to travel on a rail provided along a disc guide passage. While retracting the disk running surface force of the rail, a retractable rail cleaning means is provided which protrudes toward the disk running surface of the rail when the rail is cleaned.

Effect of the invention

According to the above-described rail cleaning means, the disk traveling surface force of the rail is always retracted to allow the disk to travel, and the rail is projected toward the disk traveling surface when the rail is cleaned. Since the rail cleaning means consisting of a cleaning unit for removing dirt, dust, foreign matter, etc. adhering to the rail is disposed, the dirt, dust, foreign matter, etc. adhered onto the rail is It can be easily removed from the disc traveling surface simply by making the cleaning part project toward the disc traveling surface of the disc, so that the disc travels stably on the rail by maintaining the smooth traveling of the disc on the rail. It is possible to provide a disc identification system that performs body identification processing.

Further, even if the vending machine is not opened and closed, the gate lever is operated in conjunction with the operation of the return lever of the known vending machine (not shown), and the cleaning becomes possible.

[0012] Furthermore, by suspending the sales because the vending machine is not opened during cleaning, it is possible to avoid the problem of losing the sales opportunity.

[0013] Moreover, when the customer performs a coin return operation when canceling a purchase, dust is removed, Dust can be removed without cleaning work.

Further, when the coin is clogged, the coin is returned by operating the return lever, and dust which is a cause of the coin can be removed.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a disc identification apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway view of a disc identification device 1 according to the present invention.

In the disc identification device 1, a main plate 3 constituting an apparatus main body 2 and a gate plate 4 disposed at a position facing the main plate 3, the main plate 3 and the gate plate 4 Between the two, first and second disk guiding paths 7, 8 for guiding the disk 6, such as coins, medals, tokens, etc., inserted into the disk insertion slot 5 are formed.

Among them, the first disc guiding passage 7 guides the disc 6 having passed through the inside in the drawing right direction. The second disc guiding passage 8 rolls the disc 6 in the drawing right direction. An inclined rail 10 is disposed to be driven to run, and identification means 11 is disposed in the main plate 3 located on the side thereof. As in the prior art, this identification means 11 identifies the true / false Z from the diameter Z thickness Z material and the like of the disc by means such as a magnetic sensor, an optical sensor, an image sensor and the like.

The lateral force of the gate plate 4 is also projected toward the main plate 3 side on the side of the gate plate 4 as shown in FIG. 2 shown by the AA cross section in FIG. Ru.

The rail 10 is a bottom surface of a passage along which the disc 6 rolls, and a rail which is simply formed by a plane is also referred to here.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, on the gate plate 4 located on the side of the rail 10, ie, under the identification means 11, dust, dirt, etc. Rail cleaning means 20 is provided to eliminate contamination D such as foreign matter.

The rail cleaning means 20 is disposed along the longitudinal direction of the rail 10 so as to sandwich the upper and lower surfaces 1 Oa and 10 b of the rail 10 as shown in FIG. The pair of coil panels 21 as biasing means disposed at the rear end always biases the main plate 3 side from inside the pair of upper and lower slits 4a and 4b formed in the gate plate 4. It is composed of a protrusion 22 having a substantially U-shaped cross section.

Of the projecting portion 22 having a substantially U-shaped cross section, the cleaning portion 23 is a portion which can be projected and retracted toward the upper surface (disc traveling surface) 10 a of the rail 10 from one slit 4 a.

The cleaning portion 23 is formed in a substantially triangular shape in cross section such that its tip 23 a is in sliding contact with the upper surface 10 a of the rail 10, and the entire length of the cleaning portion 23 is as shown in FIG. It is set to a length that covers almost the entire area along the longitudinal direction.

On the other hand, a portion of the projecting portion 22 having the substantially U-shaped cross section shown in FIG. 3 and projecting from the other slit 4 b to the lower surface 10 b of the rail 10 has the cleaning portion 23 above the rail 10. It functions as a pressing portion 24 for retracting from the surface 10 a to the back side of the gate plate 4.

That is, when the gate plate 4 is rotated about the shaft 51 by the biasing force of the return spring 50 of the gate plate 4 shown in FIG. 1 and approaches the main plate 3 as shown in FIG. When the gate plate 4 comes closer to the main plate 3 due to the biasing force of the return spring 50 shown in FIG. 1 as shown in FIG. 24 is retracted toward the gate plate 4 as shown by arrow C against the biasing force of the pair of coil panels 21.

As described above, when the pressing portion 24 retracts to the gate plate 4 side, the cleaning portion 23 retracts from the upper surface 10 a of the rail 10 into the slit 4 a of the gate plate 4 in conjunction with this. Open the top surface 10a to allow the disc 6 to travel.

The rear ends of the pair of coil panels 21 are supported by a back cover 4c that covers the back surface of the gate plate 4 as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the above-described rail cleaning means 20 will be described, and the configuration will be described in more detail.

As shown in FIG. 1, when, for example, foreign matter D adheres to the upper surface 10a of the rail 10, and the traveling of the disc 6 stops and jamming of the disc 6 occurs, the clogged disc is removed. In order to return, as shown in FIG. 4, the gate lever 60 is operated to rotate the lever 60 clockwise as shown by arrow F.

As described above, when the gate lever 60 is rotated, the gate plate 4 resists the biasing force of the coil panel 50 by the inclined cam 60 a of the return lever 60 as shown in FIG. Then, it rotates in the direction of arrow H around the axis 51, separates from the main plate 3, and opens the disc guide passage 8.

Then, as shown in FIG. 6 shown by the II cross section in FIG. 4, since the contact between the pressing portion 24 of the rail cleaning means 20 and the main plate 3 is released, the cleaning portion 23 of the rail cleaning means 20 is The urging force of the pair of coil panels 21 projects toward the upper surface 10a of the rail 10, and with its tip 23a, dirt such as foreign matter D firmly attached to the upper surface 10a of the rail 10 is pushed out and dropped downward.

The foreign matter D dropped downward is discharged to a disc return port (not shown) through the slag chute 70 disposed below. In addition, as the foreign matter D falls due to the opening of the disk guide passage 8, the disk stuck in the disk passage 8 is also returned to the disk return port (not shown) at the same time.

Incidentally, when the returning operation of the disk by the rotation of the gate lever 60 shown in FIG. 4 is released, the gate plate 4 returns to the initial position of FIG. 1 by the biasing force of the coil panel 50, thereby As shown in FIG. 3, the pressing portion 24 abuts on the main plate 3 and retracts, and in conjunction therewith, the cleaning portion 23 also retracts from the upper surface 10 a of the rail 10 into the slit 4 a of the gate plate 4. 10a is released again and returns to a state in which the disc body 6 can travel.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the rail cleaning means 20 is provided at the lower part of the identification means 11, which is effective in preventing the decrease in the identification accuracy of the disc.

In the above embodiment, the cleaning portion 23 of the rail cleaning means 20 is moved in and out toward the disc traveling surface 10 a of the rail 10 in conjunction with the operation of the gate lever 60. When cleaning the rail, it is sufficient to move the cleaning unit 23 up and down to the disk traveling surface of the rail. For example, a separate cleaning lever or button is prepared, and this lever or button and the cleaning unit 23 May be connected via interlocking means such as a link mechanism, and the cleaning unit 23 may be projected and retracted toward the disc traveling surface 10a of the rail 10 via the lever or button when cleaning the rail.

Industrial applicability

As described above, the present invention is suitable for a disc identification device capable of easily removing dirt such as dust, dirt, and foreign matter adhering to a rail. Brief description of the drawings

[FIG. 1] FIG. 1 is a fragmentary cutaway view of a disk identification device according to the present invention.

[FIG. 2] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

[FIG. 3] FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG.

[FIG. 4] FIG. 4 is an essential part fracture which shows the effect | action of the disc identification device based on this invention I. [FIG. 5] FIG. 5 is GG sectional drawing of FIG.

[FIG. 6] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

Explanation of sign

1 · · · Disc identification device

3 · · · Main plate

4 ... gate plate

6 ... Disk

8 ... Disk body guide passage

10 · · · Renore

10a ... disc body traveling surface

20 · · · Rail cleaning means

21 ・・・ Coil panel (biasing means)

22 · · · protrusion

23 ... Cleaning section

24 ... pressing part

60 ··· Gate Reno

Claims

The scope of the claims

[1] In the disc identification device in which the loaded disc is caused to travel on a rail provided along the disc guide passage,

In addition to retracting the disk running surface force of the rail at all times, a retractable rail cleaning means that protrudes toward the disk running surface of the rail is disposed when cleaning the rail. Plate identification device.

[2] The disc identification device has a main plate forming an apparatus main body, and a gate plate disposed facing the main plate to form the disc guide passage between the main plate and the main plate. And

When the gate plate is separated from the main plate and the disc guide passage is expanded, the rail cleaning means is protruded toward the disc traveling surface of the rail, and the disc guide passage is 2. The disc identification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rail cleaning means is configured to retract the disc running surface force of the rail when the block is closed.

[3] The disc identification device has a main plate forming an apparatus main body, and a gate plate disposed to face the main plate to form the disc guide passage between the main plate and the main plate. And

The rail cleaning means includes a protruding portion including a cleaning portion and a pressing portion integrally formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section so as to sandwich the disc traveling surface of the rail and the lower surface of the rail; And biasing means for normally biasing the main plate to project from the inside of the gate plate,

When the gate plate is separated from the main plate to expand the disc guide passage, the projecting portion is protruded to the main plate side by the biasing force of the biasing means to clean the cleaning portion. When the disk body guiding passage is closed, the pressing portion of the projecting portion and the main plate are brought into contact with each other to make the cleaning portion a disk body of the rail. The disc identification device according to claim 1, wherein the disc body is retracted from the traveling surface to the gate plate side.