JP2707494B2 - Coin dispensing equipment for vending machines, etc. - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin dispensing device for a vending machine, a change machine, etc., which facilitates the supply of coins to a coin container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, two coin storage cylinders are provided side by side in the left-right direction, and a horizontally rotatable fan-shaped fan having one drop-in hole for receiving coins is provided below the two coin storage cylinders. A coin dispensing device comprising a mechanism for disposing a discharge plate, horizontally rotating the discharge plate by the operation of a solenoid, and alternately receiving and dispensing coins stored in two coin storage cylinders into the drop-in holes. Are known, for example, from JP-B-57-19833 and JP-A-49-23800.

[0003]

However, according to the above-described known coin dispensing apparatus, the two coin storage cylinders arranged in front and rear have the same length, and the opening on the upper surface is horizontal at the same height. Therefore, the supply of coins to each coin storage cylinder must be performed exclusively directly above the coin storage cylinder, and therefore, for example, between the coin storage cylinder and devices and parts disposed above the coin storage cylinder. Due to the small space, when it is difficult to supply coins from the upper opening of the coin storage cylinder by hand or finger, supply of coins becomes impossible, and there is a disadvantage that the installation place of the device is restricted.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to alleviate the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art, the present application has a coin storage body having a coin storage cylinder arranged in front and rear, and a drop-in hole for fitting coins. A discharge unit that selectively reciprocates the slide plate in the front-rear direction and selectively receives coins stored in the coin cylinder in the drop holes and guides the coins to the payout unit, and converts a vertical rotation motion into a horizontal reciprocation motion. A coin converting device for transmitting the horizontal reciprocating motion to the slide plate via a tilting lever, in a coin dispensing device in a vending machine or the like, wherein the coin container is long in a height direction and has a transverse cross section. The front and rear coin storage cylinders are formed by dividing the front and rear coin storage cylinders into two in the front and rear by a partition plate inside the rectangular housing elongated in the direction, and the upper surface opening of the front coin storage cylinder is closed. like,
And, a guide plate is provided which is inclined rearward downward and has an upper surface continuous with the upper surface opening of the coin storage cylinder of the rear position, and the upper surface opening of the coin storage cylinder of the front position and the guide are provided on the upper front surface of the housing. It is intended to provide a coin dispensing device in a vending machine or the like, which is characterized by opening a coin slot that communicates with an upper surface opening of a coin storage cylinder at a rear position via a plate,
In the above, preferably, the coin insertion port communicating with the upper surface opening of the coin storage cylinder at the rear is formed to be horizontally long so that coins can be inserted horizontally, and communicates with the upper surface opening of the coin storage cylinder at the front. The coin slot is formed so as to straddle the guide plate vertically and vertically so that coins can be inserted vertically, and the guide plate is provided with a vertical slit continuous with the vertically elongated coin slot.

[0005]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a coin dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
The apparatus 1 includes a coin storage body 3 having coin storage tubes 2a and 2b at the front and back, and a coin stored in the coin storage tubes 2a and 2b disposed below the coin storage unit 3 by reciprocating the slide plate 4 in the front-rear direction. And a discharge portion 7 for selectively receiving the reciprocating motion into the reciprocating motion and transmitting the reciprocating motion to the slide plate 4 via the tilting lever 8. Motion converting mechanism 9 and the slide plate 4
And a control unit 10 for controlling the reciprocating motion of the motor by driving the motion conversion mechanism 9.

[0006] The storage body 3 is elongated in the height direction and has a rectangular cross section that is long in the front-rear direction. The inside of the housing 11 is divided into front and rear parts by a partition plate 12 to form coin storage cylinders 2a and 2b. As shown in FIG. 8, a T-shaped coin slot 13 is opened at an upper position on the front surface of the housing 11.
The horizontal slot 13b corresponding to the top of the coin storage cylinder 2b is formed in such a size that coins stacked and stored in the rear coin storage cylinder 2b can be inserted in a horizontal state, and closes the upper surface of the front coin storage cylinder 2a. As described above, it communicates with the coin storage cylinder 2b on the rear side through the upper surface of the guide plate 14 which is provided to be inclined backward and downward from the position below the horizontally long slot 13b, and corresponds to the leg side of the coin insertion slot 13. The vertical slot 13a is provided so as to straddle the guide plate 14 up and down, and is formed to have a size that allows coins stacked and stored in the coin storage cylinder 2a at the front position to be inserted vertically, and the coin at the front position is formed. The longitudinal slit 15 extending in the front-rear direction provided on the guide plate 14 for closing the upper surface of the storage cylinder 2a is connected to the upper surface opening of the coin storage cylinder 2a at the front position.

The discharge section 7 has a guide plate 18 for guiding the slide plate 4 to move forward and backward.
At a middle position of 8, a through hole 17 is formed in the standby state, which coincides with the drop hole 5.

The motion converting mechanism 9 has a lower end pivotally connected to a lower rear portion of a casing 29 provided at a lower portion of the discharge portion 7 so as to be tiltable and extends in the vertical direction. The tilting lever 8 having a disk-shaped engaging portion 31 which engages with the tilting lever 8 provided with a sliding hole 32 extending in the longitudinal direction at an intermediate portion, and slidably engages with the sliding hole 32. The eccentric pin 33 protrudes from the side surface, and is constituted by a rotating plate 34 that rotates vertically in a required angle range by operation of a motor 37. In the figure, 39 is a hand-held ring, 4
0 is a confirmation window.

In the standby state for coin payout, as shown in FIG. 1, the tilting lever 8 is in a substantially vertical state, and the drop hole 5 of the slide plate 4 is provided with the front and rear coin storage cylinders 2a, 2b. Coins in the coin storage cylinders 2a and 2b are placed on the upper surface of the slide plate 4. If you paid out coins C ₁ which is accommodated in the coin storage cylinder 2a from the state for example pre-position, the motor 37 is rotated forward by the coin payout command signal,
The rotating plate 34 rotates counterclockwise by a required angle through the gear mechanism, whereby the tilting lever 8 is
2 is tilted forward through the engagement of the eccentric pin 33 with the eccentric pin 33.

Then, the slide plate 4 engaged with the upper end of the tilting lever 8 moves forward, and in a state shown in FIG. One coin is fitted, and at this position, the reversing switching circuit of the motor 37 is switched by the detection switch. The motor 37 rotates in the reverse direction to reverse the rotating plate 34 clockwise by a required angle, and the slide plate 4 moves backward. When it returns to the original position, it stops by the signal of the payout confirmation switch.

On the other hand, the tilting lever 8 is restored to the vertical state as shown in FIG. 4 by the clockwise rotation of the rotating plate 34, and the coin C ₁ fitted into the drop hole 5 is retracted while the sliding plate 4 is retracted. The coin C ₁ falls into the through-hole 17 and is guided to the dispensing section 6 from the through-hole 17 as shown by the imaginary line in FIG.
coin C ₁ are sequentially dispensing housed in a.

[0012] Next, when to payout coins C ₂ housed in the rear position of the coin storage cylinder 2b is rotary plate by reversely rotating the motor 37 by the coin payout command signal from the standby state of the coin payout indicated in FIG. 1 When 34 is rotated clockwise by the required angle,
As a result, the tilting lever 8 tilts rearward as shown in FIG.
6 conforming to the coin storage cylinder 2b of but after position, position of the coin C ₂ is fitted back into drop inclusive hole 5 switches the inverter circuit of the motor 37 by the detection switch in this position, the motor 3
7 rotates forward and the rotating plate 34 also rotates counterclockwise by a required angle, and when the slide plate 4 moves forward and returns to the original position,
It stops by the signal of the payout confirmation switch.

Meanwhile the counterclockwise rotation of the rotary plate 34, the coin C ₂ fitted into the hole 5 narrowing down in the course of advancement of the slide plate 4 is dropped into the through-hole 17, the coin C ₂ is 7
As shown by the imaginary line, it is guided to the payout portion 6 from the through hole 17 and is restored to the state of FIG. Coin C ₂ accommodated in the succeeding coin storage cylinder 2b By repeating this operation is successively paid out.

Next, the coin C ₁ is inserted into the coin storage cylinder 2 a
To supply to introduce to the coin C ₁ in the vertical shape to coin inlet consisting of vertical opening 13a in the. Then coin C ₁
Is guided to the vertical slit 15 in a vertical state, and falls vertically at the opening position of the upper surface of the front coin storage cylinder 2a, and is sequentially stacked only on the front coin storage cylinder 2a.

[0015] When supplying the coin C ₂ to succeeding coin storage cylinder 2b, compared coin inlet consisting Horizontal port 13b to introduce in the coin C ₂ in a horizontal state. Then coin C ₂
Is dropped on the upper surface of the guide plate 15 in a horizontal state, and is dropped and stacked only in the coin storage cylinder 2b at the rear while sliding along the inclination.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, coins are supplied from the front position of the coin storage body to both the front coin storage cylinder and the rear coin storage cylinder. Therefore, the device of the present invention can be installed in a place where there is no space required for hand or finger intervening for coin supply above the coin storage cylinder, and it is convenient to use. Since the coin insertion surface is located on the front side, the supply operation is easy. Particularly, according to the second aspect of the invention, coins are inserted in different directions in the front and rear coin storage cylinders. In the supply of, there is an advantage that it is possible to discriminate between the insertion into the front coin storage cylinder and the insertion into the rear coin storage cylinder, which is extremely convenient for handling.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view partially cut away.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing an operation state.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing another operation state.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing still another operation state.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing still another operation state.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing still another operation state.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing still another operation state.

FIG. 8 is a front view partially omitted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coin dispensing apparatus 2a, 2b Coin storage cylinder 3 Coin storage body 4 Slide plate 5 Drop-in hole 6 Dispensing part 7 Discharge part 8 Tilt lever 9 Motion conversion mechanism 10 Control part 11 Housing 12 Partition plate 13 Coin slot 13a Vertical slot 13b Horizontal port 14 Guide plate 15 Vertical slit

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A coin storage body in which coin storage cylinders are juxtaposed in front and back, and a slide plate having a drop-in hole for fitting coins are reciprocated in the front-rear direction to recycle coins stored in the coin cylinder. A discharge unit selectively receiving the dropping hole and guiding the discharge unit to a payout unit; and a motion conversion mechanism that converts a vertical rotational motion into a horizontal reciprocating motion and transmits the horizontal reciprocating motion to the slide plate via a tilting lever. In the coin dispensing device in a vending machine or the like configured from, the coin storage body is divided into two front and rear by a partition plate inside a rectangular housing that is long in the height direction and has a cross section that is long in the front and rear direction, The front coin storage cylinder and the rear coin storage cylinder are formed, and the upper surface opening of the front coin storage cylinder is closed, and the rear is inclined downward and the upper surface of the rear coin storage cylinder is inclined. Provide a guide plate that is continuous with the top opening, and In a vending machine or the like, a coin slot is opened in the upper part of the front of the body, and the coin opening is communicated with the upper opening of the coin storage cylinder at the front and the upper opening of the coin storage at the rear via the guide plate. Coin payout device. 2. A coin insertion port communicating with an upper surface opening of a coin storage cylinder at a rear position is formed to be horizontally long so that coins can be inserted horizontally, and communicates with an upper surface opening of a coin storage tube at a front position. The coin insertion slot is formed so as to straddle the guide plate vertically and vertically so that coins can be inserted vertically, and a vertical slit continuous with the vertically elongated coin insertion slot is provided in the guide plate. Item 4. A coin dispensing device in a vending machine or the like according to Item 1.