JP3403236B2 - Polishing and washing equipment for coins, medals and coins - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention polishes the surface of coins (hereinafter referred to as coins) such as coins, medals and coins used in pachinko game machines and medal game machines.
The present invention relates to a polishing / cleaning device for coins, medals, and coins to be cleaned.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Coins, medals, and coins used in pachinko game machines, medal game machines, etc. touch the human hands and pass through the machine.
Since oil, indoor air stains, cigarette tar, machine lubricating oil, etc. adhere to the front and back surfaces of coins, the front and back surfaces of coins are polished and washed for reuse. The conventional coin / medal / coin polishing device faces the polishing cloths in contact with each other, and a fixed guide guide plate is arranged on the back surface of each polishing cloth to move the coins / medals / coins relative to the polishing cloth. Then, rub the front and back of coins, medals, and coins with a polishing cloth to polish the front and back of coins, medals, and coins.
It is something to wash. However, coins, medals,
By simply wiping the front and back of coins with only a polishing cloth, it was not possible to sufficiently remove strongly adhered dirt and grease on human hands, indoor air dirt, cigarette tar, machine lubricating oil, etc. .

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The problem to be solved by the present invention is to solve these conventional problems and provide a polishing / cleaning device for coins / medals / coins having high polishing / cleaning power.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The constitution of the present invention which has solved the above problems is as follows: 1) One end side of a polishing cloth is housed in a storage part and is then ejected from the storage part.
Faced with a pair of the same polishing cloth touching each other in the middle
Between the polishing cloths in contact with each other.
The polishing cloth is provided with a conveying means for passing coins.
Guide it out of the storage compartment and move it in the direction opposite to the coin feeding direction.
A polishing cloth feeding means for
Apply cleaning liquid to at least one polishing cloth between the storage
Polishing / cleaning device for coins, medals, coins, which is provided with a cleaning liquid applying section 2) . One end of the polishing cloth is stored in the storing section, and the polishing cloth is ejected from the storing section.
Faced with a pair of the same polishing cloth touching each other in the middle
Between the polishing cloths in contact with each other.
The polishing cloth is provided with a conveying means for passing coins.
Guide it out of the storage compartment and move it in the direction opposite to the coin feeding direction.
A polishing cloth feeding means for
Spray the cleaning liquid on at least one polishing cloth between the storage
Alternatively, the present invention provides a polishing / cleaning device for coins, medals, and coins, which is provided with a cleaning liquid application unit for dropping .

The pair of polishing cloths may be impregnated with the cleaning liquid, applied, sprayed, or dropped. Further, when at least one of the polishing cloths is impregnated with, sprayed on, or dripted with, the cleaning solution permeates the other polishing cloth when the pair of polishing cloths are in contact with each other, or both of the pair of polishing cloths. The cleaning liquid is impregnated .

[0006]

In the present invention, the contact portions of a pair of polishing cloths facing each other are impregnated with a cleaning liquid, and coins are passed through the polishing cloths to clean the coins. Deteriorates and removes dirt and grease on the hands of people who have done it, dirt on the indoor air, cigarette tar, and lubricating oil of machinery with the cleaning power of the cleaning liquid, and at the same time polish and clean coins while polishing the coins. Go. Further, in the present invention, at least one of the pair of polishing cloths provided facing each other in contact with each other is preliminarily impregnated with the cleaning liquid, or the cleaning liquid is sprayed or dripped on the non-contact portion of the pair of polishing cloths. If the coins do not pass, the pair of polishing cloths will come into contact with each other when the coins do not pass, and the cleaning liquid will penetrate into the other polishing cloth and the pair of polishing cloths will contact each other. The contact parts of the cloths become polishing cloths carrying cleaning liquid with each other, and if coins are passed between the polishing cloths by the conveying means, the front and back surfaces of the coins will pass while rubbing with the cleaning cloth carrying cleaning liquid. Disintegrates and removes dirt and grease on human hands attached to the front and back of coins, indoor air stains, cigarette tar, machine lubricating oil, etc., and scrubs and cleans coins by rubbing with a polishing cloth. So many Can be-in of any kind will continuously abrasive cleaning.

When the cleaning power of the cleaning liquid decreases or the polishing power of the polishing cloth decreases, the polishing cloth is fed by the feeding means regularly or irregularly so that the contact portion between the pair of polishing cloths is replaced with a new one. If the surface contact portion is used, the coins can be continuously polished and cleaned without unevenness. The cleaning liquid is impregnated / applied / sprayed / dripping onto each of the pair of polishing cloths, or the cleaning liquid is impregnated / coated / sprayed / dripping onto the polishing cloth between the contact portion of the polishing cloth and the storage part. The surface of the polishing cloth coated with the cleaning liquid may be sent so as to be in a pair of contact states.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a conveying means of an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 and 2 are polishing cloths, 3 is a coin introducing path, 4 is a coin discharging path, 5 and 6 are boxes for keeping the polishing cloths 1 and 2 in contact, 7 is a coin, 8 is a feed belt for feeding the coins 7, 9 is a roller for the feed belt 8, 10 is a coin guide, 11 and 12 are rollers for the polishing cloths 1 and 2, 13
Is a cleaning liquid, 14 is a cleaning liquid cutting roller, 15 and 16 are storage boxes, 17 and 18 are winding boxes, 19 and 20 are motors, 2
Reference numerals 1 and 22 are central axes of the storage boxes 15 and 16, 23 and 24 are winding axes of the winding boxes 17 and 18, 25 and 26 are chains, and 27.
Is a coin count sensor, and 28 is a controller. In FIG. 3, 29 is a cleaning liquid tank, and 30 and 31 are cleaning liquid tanks 2.
An applicator for applying the cleaning liquid 13 supplied from 9 to the polishing cloths 1 and 2, and 32 is a pipe. In FIG. 4, 33 is the cleaning liquid 13.
Is a spray can, and 34 and 35 are nozzles. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a pair of upper and lower polishing cloths 1 and 2 are opposed to each other between the pair of upper and lower boxes 5 and 6 so as to be slightly in contact with each other.
Storage box 1 for most of the polishing cloths 1 and 2 on one end side
The winding cloths 1, 2 are wound around the central shafts 21, 22 of the motors 5, 16 and the polishing cloths 1, 2 are slightly wound around the winding shafts 23, 24 of the winding boxes 17, 18, respectively. Two
By driving 0, the winding shafts 23 and 24 connected through the chains 25 and 26 are rotated to wind up the polishing cloths 1 and 2. In order to impregnate the polishing cloths 1 and 2 with the cleaning liquid 13, the cleaning liquid 13 is filled in the storage boxes 15 and 16, and the storage box 1
The polishing cloths 1 and 2 are always immersed in the cleaning liquid 13 in the tanks 5 and 16. When the polishing cloths 1, 2 are guided to the outside of the storage boxes 15, 16, the excess cleaning liquid 13 impregnated in the polishing cloths 1, 2 is cut off by the cleaning liquid cutting roller 14. The controller 28 is connected to the motors 19 and 20 and the coin count sensor 28, and the coin count sensor 2
The signals from 7 drive the motors 19 and 20. The coin 7 is moved by the coin introduction path 3 to the polishing cloths 1 and 2 between the boxes 5 and 6.
By the drive of the feed belt 8 which is guided in between and is fed in the opposite direction to the feed direction of the polishing cloths 1 and 2 provided on one side of the boxes 5 and 6 as a conveying means, and the coin guide 10 provided on the other side. The coin 7 is forced to rotate while the polishing cloth 1,
It is sent in the direction opposite to the 2 feed direction. As a result, the coin 7 which is sandwiched between the polishing cloths 1 and 2 and is fed while being rotated is impregnated with a pair of upper and lower cleaning liquids 13
The stains 2 adhered to the front and back surfaces of the coin 7 are decomposed by the cleaning liquid 13 and wiped with the polishing cloths 1 and 2 to polish and wash. One end of the coin 7 contacts the feed belt 8,
Since the polishing cloths 1 and 2 are forcibly fed while being rotated in the opposite direction to the feeding direction, the front surface and the back surface can be uniformly polished and cleaned, and an effective polishing cleaning power can be obtained. When the number of coins 7 polished and cleaned by the coin count sensor 27 reaches a preset number of coins 7, the motors 19 and 20 are driven by the controller 28 and the winding shafts 23 and 24 are polished even during the polishing and cleaning of the coins 7. By winding the cloths 1 and 2, the surfaces of the pair of polishing cloths 1 and 2 between the boxes 5 and 6 are replaced with new surfaces. As a result, the surfaces of the polishing cloths 1 and 2 are replaced with new surfaces before the polishing cloths 1 and 2 become dirty and the polishing power is lowered, or the cleaning power of the cleaning liquid 13 is lowered.
Therefore, even if a large number of coins 7 are continuously polished and cleaned, the coins 7 can be surely cleaned and polished evenly.

In another embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the pair of polishing cloths 1 and 2 and the storage boxes 15 and 1 in a state in which the boxes 5 and 6 are in contact with each other.
The cleaning liquid 13 is supplied from the cleaning liquid tank 31 to the respective polishing cloths 1 and 2 between 6 and 6, and the applicators 30, 31 controlled by the controller 28 are arranged apart from each other. The controller 28 is connected to the motors 19 and 20, the coin count sensor 27, and the applicators 30 and 31, and drives the motors 19 and 20 and the applicator with a signal from the coin count sensor 27. The motors 19 and 20 are driven by the controller 28, and the winding shaft 2
When the polishing cloths 1 and 3 are wound on the polishing cloths 1 and 2, the controller 28 causes the applicators 30 and 31 to contact the surfaces of the polishing cloths 1 and 2, and the cleaning liquid 13 is applied to the polishing cloths 1 and 2. Winding shaft 2
When the winding of the polishing cloths 1, 2 by 3, 24 is completed, the applicators 30, 31 contacting the surfaces of the polishing cloths 1, 2 separate from the polishing cloths 1, 2. As a result, the cleaning liquid application surfaces of the polishing cloths 1 and 2 coated with the cleaning liquid 13 by the applicators 30 and 31 are sent between the boxes 5 and 6, and the pair of polishing cloths 1 and 1 in contact with each other.
Each of the two surfaces is used as a cleaning liquid application surface, and the coin 7 is polished and cleaned. For this reason, the cleaning liquid 13 is prevented from evaporating, and the cleaning liquid 13 is impregnated into the polishing cloths 1 and 2 in a state of sure contact. Other structures, symbols, and effects are the same as those of the above-described embodiment shown in FIGS.

In another embodiment shown in FIG. 4, a pair of polishing cloths 1 and 2 and storage boxes 15 and 1 in a state where the boxes 5 and 6 are in contact with each other.
Nozzles 34 and 35 of the spray can 33 filled with the cleaning liquid 13 controlled by the controller 28 are provided toward the surfaces of the polishing cloths 1 and 2, respectively. The controller 28 is connected to the motors 19 and 20, the coin count sensor 27, and the spray can 33, and drives the motors 19 and 20 and the spray can 33 with a signal from the coin count sensor 27. This controller 28
The motors 19, 20 are driven by the winding shafts 23, 2
When the 4 winds the polishing cloths 1 and 2, the controller 28
Thus, the cleaning liquid 13 is sprayed from the spray can 33 onto the surfaces of the polishing cloths 1 and 2. When the winding of the polishing cloths 1 and 2 by the winding shafts 23 and 24 is completed, the spraying of the spray can 33 that sprays the cleaning liquid 13 onto the surfaces of the polishing cloths 1 and 2 is stopped. As a result, the surfaces of the polishing cloths 1 and 2 sprayed with the cleaning liquid 13 by the spray can 33 are sent between the boxes 5 and 6, and the cleaning liquid 13 is sprayed onto the pair of polishing cloths 1 and 2 in contact with each other. The coin 7 is polished and cleaned with the attached surface. For this reason, the cleaning liquid 13 is prevented from evaporating, and the cleaning liquid 13 is impregnated into the polishing cloths 1 and 2 in a state of sure contact. Other structures
The signs and effects are the same as those of the above-described embodiment shown in FIGS.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the contact portion of the pair of polishing cloths is impregnated, coated, sprayed, and dropped with the cleaning liquid, and coins, medals, and coins are passed between the polishing cloths by the conveying means. Dirt / grease on the hands of people who have the cleaning liquid on the front and back of coins, medals, and coins, and dirt in the room air,
It easily decomposes and removes tobacco tar, machine lubricating oil, etc., and more reliably removes dirt that has strongly adhered due to friction with the polishing cloth. In addition, a large number of coins, medals, and coins can be continuously polished and cleaned by the transporting means, but if the cleaning power of the cleaning liquid or the polishing power of the polishing cloth decreases, the polishing cloth is sent by the sending means and the polishing cloth at the contact part is removed. If it is brought into contact with the surface of a new polishing cloth, it is possible to prevent the polishing cleaning power from deteriorating even during continuous polishing cleaning.
Even coins can be cleaned evenly and reliably and quickly.

If the cleaning liquid is applied or sprayed to at least one of the polishing cloths between the contacting portion of the pair of polishing cloths and the storage box by the cleaning liquid applicator or the cleaning liquid adhering portion, the cleaning liquid will not evaporate in the middle of the cleaning liquid. The surface of the applied polishing cloth can be reliably sent to the contact portion, and the pair of contacting polishing cloths can be surely impregnated with the cleaning liquid.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a conveying unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 polishing cloth 2 polishing cloth 3 coin introduction route 4 coin discharge path 5 boxes 6 boxes 7 coins 8 feeding belt 9 rollers 10 coin guide 11 roller 12 rollers 13 Cleaning solution 14 Cleaning liquid removal roller 15 storage boxes 16 storage boxes 17 winding box 18 winding box 19 motor 20 motors 21 central axis 22 central axis 23 winding shaft 24 winding shaft 25 chains 26 chains 27 coin count sensor 28 Controller 29 Cleaning liquid tank 30 applicator 31 Applicator 32 pipes 33 spray cans 34 nozzles 35 nozzles

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage unit stores one end side of a polishing cloth.
State that the middle of a pair of the same polishing cloths that came out of the
Between the polishing cloths in contact with each other.
In addition to the provision of transportation means for passing medals and coins
Guide the polishing cloth to the outside of the storage unit in the direction opposite to the coin feeding direction.
A means for feeding the polishing cloth to be moved is provided to connect the pair of polishing cloths.
Clean at least one polishing cloth between the touch area and the storage
A polishing / cleaning device for coins, medals, and coins, which is provided with a cleaning liquid coating section for coating liquid . 2. The polishing cloth is stored by storing one end of the polishing cloth in the storage portion.
State that the middle of a pair of the same polishing cloths that came out of the
Between the polishing cloths in contact with each other.
In addition to the provision of transportation means for passing medals and coins
Guide the polishing cloth to the outside of the storage unit in the direction opposite to the coin feeding direction.
A means for feeding the polishing cloth to be moved is provided to connect the pair of polishing cloths.
Clean at least one polishing cloth between the touch area and the storage
A polishing / cleaning device for coins, medals, and coins, which is provided with a cleaning liquid application section for spraying or dropping liquid .