JP3527081B2 - Coin processing machine - 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 processing machine which, after discriminating inserted coins, receives the coins in a temporary storage portion, and sorts and stores the coins into a plurality of storage means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a coin processing machine for discriminating inserted coins, receiving them in a temporary storage section, and storing them in a plurality of storage means from the temporary storage section, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid- Open No. 60-87.
There is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 077. This coin processing machine, by rotating the rotary disc in the state where the loose coins are inserted, feeds the coins one by one from the rotary disc,
After discriminating the coins dispensed in this way, the coins are sorted by denomination and temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit. The temporary storage unit is configured to store a coin and has a laterally movable storage unit having an opening through which the coin can be dropped, and a storage unit that is disposed so as to face the opening of the storage unit and that stores coins from the opening. It has a position-fixed bottom plate that restricts falling, and by laterally moving the storage means, coins are sorted and stored in a collection box and a storage safe as storage means.

[0003]

In the coin processing machine, the temporary storage section is laterally moved to distribute the coins into the collection box and the storage safe. However, since the bottom plate is fixed in position, the coins are always fixed. Coins will drop from the same drop position into the collection box or storage safe. Therefore, the coins are not flattened in the collection box or the storage safe, and the coins have a mountain shape with the dropping position of the coins as the apex. As a result, for example, a full detection sensor that detects the full state of coins in the storage safe will detect the peak of the mountain even though the storage safe can store coins, and this will further The storage of coins will be restricted. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing machine capable of accommodating coins in the accommodating means in a state in which coins are leveled from the temporary storage section and increasing the accommodating amount.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a coin processing machine according to claim 1 of the present invention discriminates coins, then sorts them by denomination and receives them in a temporary storage section. Sorted from storage to multiple storage means and selected by denomination
The temporary storage unit stores the coins in a denomination, and stores the coins separately, and the storage unit includes a horizontally movable storage unit having an opening through which the coins can be dropped, and the storage unit. The control means is disposed so as to face the opening and is capable of lateral movement for restricting the fall of coins from the opening, and the control means for controlling the lateral movement of the storage means and the regulation means. It is characterized in that a plurality of drop positions are provided for one accommodating means when the coin is dropped from the opening by relatively moving the storing means and the regulating means. As described above, the storage means and the regulation means are both movable in the lateral direction, and moreover, the control means relatively moves the storage means and the regulation means to drop the coin from the opening of the storage means. Since a plurality of positions are provided for one accommodating means, the operation of relatively moving the storing means and the regulating means to drop the coin from the opening of the accumulating means is performed at the dropping position for the one accommodating means. It can be done by shifting.

[0005]

A coin handling machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is a contractor.
The control means is characterized in that when the coin is dropped into the one accommodating means, the regulating means and the storing means do not continuously use the same dropping position. As described above, when the control means does not continuously use the same dropping position for the regulating means and the storing means when dropping the coin into the one accommodating means, it is possible to start dropping the coin into the one accommodating means. Each time, the fall position is shifted.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a coin processing machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In addition,
The following front and rear are the front and rear in the airframe 11, and left and right are the left and right when the airframe 11 is viewed from the front side.

[0008] This coin processing machine has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and at the upper part of the machine body 11, although not shown, there is provided an input port through which an operator inserts loose coins. The side is provided with a separating / feeding unit that guides loose coins from the slot and feeds the coins one by one into the coin passage 12.

Above the coin passage 12, there is provided a conveying section 13 for conveying the coins on the coin passage 12 fed out by the separating and feeding section along the coin passage 12. The transport unit 13 includes a plurality of transport belts 14. Here, although not shown in the drawing, the coin passage 12 is provided with a discrimination counter for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of the coin C from the reference data and for counting the denomination when the coin is true. A reject unit that rejects a coin determined by the discrimination counting unit from the coin passage 12 to a reject box, and a sorting unit that sorts and drops coins determined to be true by the discrimination counting unit by denomination. Have

The discrimination / counter is, for example, a coin C to be conveyed.
It is composed of a material detection sensor that detects the material of the material from the magnetic property and an image detection unit that detects the image of the coin C being conveyed. The detection data of the material detection sensor is compared with the reference data, and the image is detected. The detection data of the section is compared with the reference data, and these are combined to identify the authenticity of the coin C and the denomination.

The sorting section has sorting holes of each denomination arranged so as to drop in order from the smallest coin diameter along the coin passage 12, and these sorting holes are arranged along the right side surface of the machine body 11. Are arranged in the front-back direction. A counting sensor is arranged immediately in front of each of the sorting holes, and the control unit (control means) determines the difference in the number of coins that have passed through the counting sensors adjacent to each other. Of these, the number of sheets selected is determined as the number of sheets located between them.

A temporary storage section 16 is arranged below these sorting holes. This temporary storage part 16 has a temporary storage box (storage means) 17, a bottom plate (regulation means) 18, and a partition plate 19 in this order from the top. As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of wall portions 21 and 22 arranged along the vertical direction and along the front-rear direction are fixed to the machine body 11 at a distance from each other in the left-right direction. And these wall parts 21 and 2
Between the two, a pair of guide shafts 23, 24 are horizontally fixed along the left-right direction. These guide shafts 23, 24
Are arranged at the same height in the front part and the rear part of the machine body 11 so as to be displaced from each other, and the temporary storage box 17 can move laterally between the guide shafts 23 and 24 at its upper position. It is movably supported.

Here, while being supported by the guide shafts 23 and 24, the temporary storage box 17 has an upper opening 17a arranged at an upper portion so as to receive the coin C dropped from the sorting hole.
And a lower opening portion (opening portion) 17b arranged at the lower portion so that the received coin C can be dropped, and penetrates in the vertical direction. Since the temporary storage box 17 receives the coins C dropped from the selection holes by denomination, the temporary storage spaces 25 corresponding to the selection holes are partitioned by a plurality of partition plates 26 so as to be arranged in the front-rear direction. There is. The length of the temporary storage box 17 is aligned with the front-rear direction according to the arrangement direction of the selection holes.

A pair of wall portions 28 and 29, which are arranged along the vertical direction and along the left-right direction, are fixed to the machine body 11 at a distance from each other in the front-rear direction. Here, the guide shafts 23 and 24 and the temporary storage box 17 are arranged between the wall portions 28 and 29. And the wall 2
The pulleys 30 and 31 are rotatably supported on the side of the wall 29 of 8 at the same height and displaced in the left-right direction of the machine body 11, and the belt 3 is provided between the pulleys 30 and 31.
It is multiplied by 2. On the other hand, also on the wall 28 side of the wall 29, pulleys 33, 34 are rotatably supported at the same height and displaced in the left-right direction of the machine body 11, and between the pulleys 33, 34. The belt 35 is hung.

The left pulleys 30, 33 are connected to each other by a drive shaft 36 extending in the front-rear direction, and a pulley 37 is fixed to the drive shaft 36. The storage box drive motor (control means) is aligned with the position of the pulley 37 in the front-rear direction.
A pulley 39 fixed to the rotary shaft of 38 is arranged, and a belt 40 is hung between the pulleys 37 and 39.

A connecting part 41 is fixed to the front part of the temporary storage box 17, and the lower side part of the belt 32 is connected via the connecting part 41. Similarly, the rear part of the temporary storage box 17 is also connected to the lower side part of the belt 35 via the connecting part 42. As a result, by rotating the storage box drive motor 38 forward and backward, both belts 32 and 35 rotate forward and reverse in synchronization, and as a result, the temporary storage box 17 moves along the guide shafts 23 and 24 to the left and right wall portions 21. , 22 horizontally to the left and right.

A detection piece 43 is fixed to the rear of the temporary storage box 17. The detection piece 43 extends horizontally from the temporary storage box 17, and is inserted into a groove portion 44 (see FIG. 5) formed in the rear wall portion 29 to extend in the left-right direction, and then outside the wall portion 29. It is bent vertically downward. Here, the groove 44
Is the detection piece 4 in the entire movement range of the temporary storage box 17.
3 can be moved.

When the temporary storage box 17 is located at the predetermined first storage box position on the right side, the tip of the detection piece 43 outside the wall is detected, and when the temporary storage box 17 is separated from the first storage box position, the detection piece is detected. A storage box first position sensor (control means) 45 fixed to the machine body 11 is provided at a position where the detection of 43 is stopped. In addition, the temporary storage box 17 has a predetermined storage box second on the left side.
When fixed to the position, the tip of the detection piece 43 is detected, and when it is separated from the second position of the storage box, the detection piece 43 is not detected. ) 46 is provided. Here, when the temporary storage box 17 is located at the predetermined storage box first position on the right side,
The temporary storage box 17 can receive coins C by denomination for each denomination through the respective sorting holes of the sorting unit.

As shown in FIG. 5, the wall portion 28 of the fuselage 11,
The guide groove 4 horizontally extending in the left-right direction at a predetermined position of 29.
8 are formed by aligning the positions in the left-right direction and the height direction with each other. Between these guide grooves 48, the bottom plate 18 is supported so as to be able to move laterally, specifically to the left and right, with the locking plate portions 18a and 18b at each end inserted in the guide grooves 48.

Here, the bottom plate 18 supported by the guide groove 48 can be disposed so as to face the lower opening 17b of the temporary storage box 17 in opposition to the temporary storage box depending on the position. The lower opening 1 so as to allow and regulate the falling of the coin C from the lower opening 17b of 17
7b can be opened and closed.

The pulleys 50, 51 are rotatably supported at the same height on the opposite side of the wall portion 29 of the machine body 11 and at the same height and in the left and right directions of the machine body 11 so as to be displaced from each other. A belt 52 is hung between the pulleys 50 and 51. On the other hand, the pulleys 53 and 54 are rotatably supported on the opposite side of the wall portion 29 to the wall portion 28 at the same height and with the position shifted in the left-right direction of the machine body 11. A belt 55 is hung between them.

The left pulleys 50 and 53 are connected by a drive shaft 56 extending in the front-rear direction, and a pulley 57 is fixed to the drive shaft 56. The bottom plate drive motor (control means) 5 is aligned with the position of the pulley 57 in the front-rear direction.
A pulley 59 fixed to the rotating shaft of 8 is arranged,
A belt 60 is hung between the pulleys 57 and 59. The locking plate portion 18a on the front side of the bottom plate 18 is connected to the lower side portion of the belt 52. Similarly, the bottom plate 18
The rear locking plate portion 18b is also connected to the lower side portion of the belt 55.

As a result, by rotating the bottom plate drive motor 58 forward and backward, both belts 52 and 55 rotate forward and backward synchronously, and as a result, the bottom plate 18 remains horizontal and the guide groove 48 is maintained.
And horizontally move between the left and right wall portions 21 and 22 along. As described above, the bottom plate 18 is the dedicated bottom plate drive motor 5
At 8, the temporary storage box 17 is also horizontally moved by the dedicated storage box drive motor 38. The bottom plate drive motor 5
The driving of the storage box drive motor 38 and the storage box drive motor 38 is controlled by the control section, and thus the control section controls the lateral movement of the temporary storage box 17 and the bottom plate 18. Here, the bottom plate drive motor 58 and the storage box drive motor 38 are
And the temporary storage box 17 are moved at the same speed.

A detection piece 61 is fixed to the locking plate portion 18b on the rear side of the bottom plate 18. The detection piece 61 extends vertically upward from the locking plate portion 18b and is then bent outward,
Furthermore, it has a shape that is bent so as to face vertically upward.

The bottom plate 18 is a predetermined bottom plate first on the right side.
The bottom plate first position sensor (control means) fixed to the machine body 11 at a position where the front end of the detection piece 61 is detected when it is located at a position, and the detection piece 61 is no longer detected when it is separated from the bottom plate first position. 62 is provided. Further, when the bottom plate 18 is located at the predetermined left bottom plate second position, the detection piece 61
A bottom plate second position sensor (control means) 63 fixed to the machine body 11 is provided at a position where the front end portion of the vehicle is detected and the detection piece 61 is no longer detected when it is separated from the bottom plate second position.

The partition plate 19 has walls 21, 22, 28, 2
As shown in FIG. 4, the coin insertion hole 65 is formed by aligning with the respective temporary storage space portions 25 of the temporary storage box 17 located at the storage box first position in the horizontal direction. Further, coin insertion holes 66 are formed by aligning the positions in the horizontal direction with the respective temporary storage space portions 25 of the temporary storage box 17 located at the storage box second position. Partition plate 19
Are chamfered so that the entire circumference of each coin input hole 65 is positioned so that the coin input hole 65 side is located downward.
Is chamfered so that the coin insertion hole 66 side is located downward.

When the bottom plate 18 is located at the bottom plate first position, it closes all the coin insertion holes 65 on the right side of the partition plate 19 and opens all the coin insertion holes 66 on the left side. At this time, when the temporary storage box 17 is located at the right side storage box first position, the bottom plate 18 also completely closes the lower opening 17b of the temporary storage box 17. On the other hand, at this time, when the temporary storage box 17 is located at the left side storage box second position, the bottom plate 18 fully opens the lower opening 17b of the temporary storage box 17 to communicate with the coin insertion hole 66.

When the bottom plate 18 is located at the bottom plate second position, it closes all the coin insertion holes 66 on the left side of the partition plate 19 and opens all the coin insertion holes 65 on the right side. At this time, when the temporary storage box 17 is located at the left side storage box second position, the bottom plate 18 also completely closes the lower opening 17b of the temporary storage box 17. On the other hand, at this time, when the temporary storage box 17 is located at the first storage box first position on the right side, the bottom plate 18 fully opens the lower opening 17b of the temporary storage box 17 to communicate with the coin insertion hole 65.

Here, since the temporary storage section 16 temporarily stores the selected coins C during the sorting process of the coins C, the temporary storage box 17 has the detection piece 43 of the detection piece 43 on the right side of the storage box first position sensor. The storage box is at the first position detected by 45, and the bottom plate 18 is in the state where the detection piece 61 is at the bottom plate first position detected by the right bottom plate first position sensor 62.

Below the coin insertion hole 65 on the right side of the partition plate 19, there is provided a recovery box (accommodating means) 68 for accommodating the coins C dropped through the coin insertion hole 65 in a lump. The recovery box 68 is detachable from the machine body 11. Further, below the coin insertion holes 66 on the left side of the partition plate 19, there is arranged a storage passage 70 which is partitioned so as to arrange the passage portions 69 of each denomination corresponding to the coin insertion holes 66 in the front-rear direction. Has been done.

Here, the upper openings 69a of the passage portions 69 of the storage passage 70 are located above the partition plates 1 respectively.
It has a shape that extends once outward in the horizontal direction from the coin insertion hole 66 of 9.

Below the storage passage 70 and the collection box 68, a storage compartment 72 for each type of gold, which is partitioned so as to arrange the storage portions 72 for each type of money in the front-rear direction, corresponding to the passage portions 69 for each type of money ( A housing means) 73 is provided. In this denomination-based storage 73, a full detection sensor 74 for detecting whether or not the upper end of the coins stored in each storage 72 exceeds a predetermined height is provided for each storage 72.

The operation of the coin processing machine having the above configuration will be described. First, when the operator inserts the loose coin C into the insertion slot and starts the sorting process, the control unit
The temporary storage box 17 is located at the storage box first position where the detection piece 43 is detected by the storage box first position sensor 45 on the right side, and the bottom plate 18 is the detection piece 61 on the right side bottom plate first position sensor 62. It is determined whether it is located at the detected bottom plate first position. When the temporary storage box 17 is not located at the storage box first position or the bottom plate 18 is not located at the bottom plate first position, the detection piece 43 of the temporary storage box 17 is detected by the storage box first position sensor 45. Further, the storage box drive motor 38 and the bottom plate drive motor 58 are driven as necessary so that the detection piece 61 of the bottom plate 18 is detected by the bottom plate first position sensor 62.

Here, as described above, when the temporary storage box 17 is located at the first position of the storage box, the temporary storage box 17 is in a state of accepting the coin C of the denomination for each denomination from each of the sorting holes of the sorting unit, and the first position of the bottom plate. The bottom plate 18 completely closes the lower opening 17b of the temporary storage box 17 located at the storage box first position. Note that this state is hereinafter referred to as the temporary storage box 17 and the bottom plate 18 being in the receiving position.

When it is confirmed that the temporary storage box 17 is located at the storage box first position and the bottom plate 18 is located at the bottom plate first position, the control unit separates the feeding unit and the transport unit to start the sorting operation. The part 13 is driven. Then, the separating and feeding unit feeds coins one by one to the coin passage 12, and the transport unit 1
3 conveys the coin C on the coin passage 12 delivered by the separating and delivering section along the coin passage 12.

Then, the coins C to be conveyed are sequentially discriminated by the discrimination / counting unit, and as a result, only the coins C which are determined to be true are counted, and then the coins are sorted by denomination by the sorting hole of the sorting unit and temporarily stored. It is dropped into the unit 16 and temporarily stored in a state of being divided into each money type.

Here, the control unit counts the received coins C by denomination by the discrimination counting unit, and receives the coins C received by the counting sensors provided immediately before the respective sorting holes of the sorting unit. Is counted for each denomination.

When the sensor or the like detects that all the coins C on the separating and feeding section and the coin passage 12 have been exhausted, that is, the sorting operation is completed, the control section causes the discrimination / counting section to calculate the count value of each denomination. And the count value of each denomination of the selection unit are compared.

As a result, when the count value of each denomination by the discrimination counting unit and the count value of each denomination in the selecting unit match, the count value of each denomination and the approval and non-approval operations are performed. A prompting display is displayed on a display unit (not shown). Then, when the operator inputs an approval operation according to this display, the control unit performs the following storing operation so that the coin C of the temporary storage unit 16 is stored in the denomination-based storage 73. The storing operation has a first pattern and a second pattern. The first pattern is used when one storing operation is executed, the second pattern is used when the next storing operation is executed, and the next storing operation is executed. The first pattern and the second pattern are alternately adopted every time the storing operation is performed.

On the other hand, when the operator inputs a non-approval operation, the control section executes the following collecting operation so as to distribute the coins C in the temporary storage section 16 to the collecting box 68. Further, when the count value of each denomination by the discrimination counting unit and the count value of each denomination of the selecting unit do not match, an error is displayed and the collecting operation is forcibly executed.

In this way, the control section sorts the coins C stored in the temporary storage section 16 into a plurality of, specifically, two coin-type storage boxes 73 and recovery boxes 68 and stores them. Let

"First pattern of storage operation" Temporary storage box 1
7 and the bottom plate 18 are in the receiving position and the coin C is temporarily stored (see FIG. 6), the control unit keeps the bottom plate 18 in the bottom plate first position so as to start one storing operation. , Only the storage box drive motor 38 is normally driven to move the temporary storage box 17 to the left (see FIG. 7) until the detection piece 43 of the temporary storage box 17 is detected by the storage box second position sensor 46. The storage box drive motor 38 is driven to rotate normally (see FIG. 8).

As a result, the temporary storage box 17 has the bottom plate 18
From the time when the coin C is shifted further to the left, the lower opening 17b starts opening from the left side, and the coin C is dropped while passing the right side portion of the coin insertion hole 66 on the left side of the partition plate 19. That is, it is dropped from the drop position on the right side. Then, the coin C passes through the right side portion of the storage passage 70 and drops to the approximate center in the left-right direction of the denomination-based storage 73.

When the detection piece 43 of the temporary storage box 17 is detected by the storage box second position sensor 46, the control section determines that the storage from the temporary storage section 16 into the denomination-based storage box 73 is completed. Then, the storage box drive motor 38 is reversely driven to move the temporary storage box 17 to the right, until the detection piece 43 of the temporary storage box 17 is detected by the storage box first position sensor 45. Drive in reverse. When the detection piece 43 of the temporary storage box 17 is detected by the storage box first position sensor 45, the storage box drive motor 38 is stopped. As a result, the temporary storage box 17 returns to the receiving position, and one storing operation is completed.

"Second pattern of storage operation" Temporary storage box 1
7 and the bottom plate 18 are located at the receiving position and temporarily store the coin C (see FIG. 6), the control unit sets both the storage box drive motor 38 and the bottom plate drive motor 58 to the normal position so as to start one storing operation. The temporary storage box 17 and the bottom plate 18 are integrally moved to the left at the same speed, and the storage box drive motor 38 is operated until the detection piece 43 of the temporary storage box 17 is detected by the storage box second position sensor 46. And the detection piece 61 of the bottom plate 18 moves the bottom plate second position sensor 63.
The bottom plate drive motor 58 is driven in the normal direction until it is detected at (see FIG. 9). In addition, the detection of the detection piece 43 by the storage box second position sensor 46 and the detection of the detection piece 61 by the bottom plate second position sensor 6
The positional relationship and the like are set so that the detection by 3 is performed simultaneously.

When the detection piece 43 of the temporary storage box 17 is detected by the storage box second position sensor 46, the control unit stops the drive box drive motor 38. On the other hand, when the detection piece 61 of the bottom plate 18 is detected by the bottom plate second position sensor 63, the bottom plate drive motor 58 is reversely driven to move the bottom plate 18 to the right (see FIG. 10), and the detection piece 61 of the bottom plate 18 is detected. The bottom plate drive motor 58 is reversely driven until is detected by the bottom plate first position sensor 62 (see FIG. 11).

As a result, only the bottom plate 18 moves to the right from the temporary storage box 17 and the bottom plate 18 that have been integrally moved to the left end position (that is, without dropping the coin C), and the temporary storage box 17 has the bottom plate 18. Is shifted to the right, the lower opening 17b starts opening from the left side, and the coin C is dropped while passing the left side portion of the coin insertion hole 66 on the left side of the partition plate 19. That is, it is dropped from the drop position on the left side. Then, the coin C passes through the left side portion of the storage passage 70 and drops to the left side of the denomination-based storage 73.

In this way, the control unit moves the temporary storage box 17 and the bottom plate 18 relative to each other to set the drop position when the coin C is dropped from the lower opening 17b of the temporary storage box 17 into the denomination-based storage 73. It has two, a first pattern and a second pattern.

The detection piece 61 of the bottom plate 18 is the first bottom plate.
When detected by the position sensor 62 (see FIG. 11), the control unit determines that the storage from the temporary storage unit 16 into the denomination-based storage 73 has been completed, reversely drives the storage box drive motor 38, and temporarily The storage box 17 is moved to the right, and the temporary storage box 17 is moved.
The storage box drive motor 38 is reversely driven until the detection piece 43 of 1 is detected by the storage box first position sensor 45. When the detection piece 43 of the temporary storage box 17 is detected by the storage box first position sensor 45, the storage box drive motor 38 is stopped. As a result, the temporary storage box 17 and the bottom plate 18 return to the receiving position, and one storage operation is completed.

As described above, the control unit executes either one of the first pattern and the second pattern at the time of the first storing operation after the power is turned on, and
The fact that one of these is executed is stored in the RAM. Then, in the subsequent storing operation, the pattern executed immediately before, of the first pattern and the second pattern, is read from the RAM, the pattern different from the pattern is executed, and the execution of this pattern is recorded in the RAM. Remember. In this way, the first pattern and the second pattern are alternately adopted and executed every time the storing operation is executed. That is, when dropping the coin C into the denomination-based storage 73,
The bottom plate 18 and the temporary storage box 17 do not continuously use the same drop position.

"Recovery Operation" Temporary Storage Box 17 and Bottom Plate 1
From the state in which the coin 8 is located at the receiving position to temporarily store the coins C (see FIG. 6), the control unit is in a state where the temporary storage box 17 is located at the storage box first position so as to start one collecting operation. As it is, only the bottom plate drive motor 58 is normally driven to move the bottom plate 18
Is moved to the left, and the bottom plate drive motor 58 is normally driven until the detection piece of the bottom plate 18 is detected by the bottom plate second position sensor 63.

As a result, the temporary storage box 17 has the bottom plate 18
From the time point when is shifted to the left, the lower opening 17b starts opening from the right side, and the coin C is dropped into the recovery box 68 while passing through the right side portion of the coin insertion hole 65 on the right side of the partition plate 19.

The detection piece 61 of the bottom plate 18 is the second bottom plate.
When detected by the position sensor 63, the control unit determines that the storage in the collection box 68 from the temporary storage unit 16 is completed, drives the bottom plate drive motor 58 in the reverse direction, and moves the bottom plate 18 to the right, The detection piece 61 of the bottom plate 18 is the bottom plate first position sensor 62.
The bottom plate drive motor 58 is driven in reverse until it is detected by. When the detection piece 61 of the bottom plate 18 is detected by the bottom plate first position sensor 62, the bottom plate drive motor 58 is stopped. As a result, the bottom plate 18 returns to the receiving position, and one collecting operation is completed.

According to the coin processing machine described above, both the temporary storage box 17 and the bottom plate 18 are movable in the left-right direction, and furthermore, the temporary storage box 17 and the bottom plate 18 are relatively moved to temporarily store the coin. Since the coin C has a plurality of drop positions for dropping the coin C from the lower opening 17b of the box 17, the temporary storage box 17 and the bottom plate 18 are relatively moved to temporarily store the coin C. The operation of dropping the coin C from the lower opening 17b of the box 17 can be performed with respect to one denomination-based storage 73 by shifting the dropping position.

Therefore, the coins C can be accommodated in the denomination-based storage 73 in a leveled state, and the denomination-based storage 73 can be stored.
The storage capacity in can be increased. That is,
When one of the full detection sensors 74 detects the upper end of the stored coins, the control unit determines that the denomination-based storage 73 is full and restricts the storing operation. When the upper end of the coin stored in the detection sensor 74 is detected, the coin is stored in the corresponding storage 72 of the coin-type storage 73 without any gap.

In addition, the control unit controls the one denomination-based storage 73
On the other hand, when the coin C is dropped, the temporary storage box 17 and the bottom plate 18 do not continuously use the same dropping position. Each time, the fall position is shifted.
Therefore, the coins C can be accommodated in the denomination-specific storage case 73 in a surely leveled state, and the amount of accommodation in the denomination-specific storage case 73 can be reliably increased.

In the above embodiment, the sorting / storing process of counting the coins C which have been determined to be true and false and counting them according to the denomination and storing them in the denomination is carried out by an external input by the operator. However, in addition to this, in the coin processing machine, the counting process of performing only true / false determination and counting only the coin C determined to be true according to the denomination is selected and operated by an external input by the operator. Sometimes. In this case, before the processing is started, the temporary storage box 1
By placing 7 at the storage box first position and the bottom plate 18 at the bottom plate second position, the coin C dropped from the sorting hole of the sorting unit passes through the temporary storage box 17 without temporarily storing it. Alternatively, the collection box 68 may be directly dropped.

Regarding the recovery operation, the temporary storage box 1
Although only the pattern for dropping the coin C from the right side of 7 to the right side of the collecting box 68 has been described, a pattern for dropping the coin C from the left side of the temporary storage box 17 to the left side of the collecting box 68 is added to collect these patterns. It may be adopted alternately for each execution of the operation.

In this case, both the temporary storage box drive motor 38 and the bottom plate drive motor 58 are driven in the forward direction to drive the temporary storage box 1
7 and the bottom plate 18 are integrally moved to the left at the same speed,
The temporary storage box 17 and the bottom plate 18 are located at the second position.
Then, only the temporary storage box drive motor 38 is reversely driven,
The temporary storage box 17 is moved to the first position.
Accordingly, from the temporary storage box 17 and the bottom plate 18 that have been integrally moved to the left end position, only the temporary storage box 17 moves to the right, and from the time when the temporary storage box 17 shifts to the right, the coin on the right side of the partition plate 19 The coin C is dropped into the collection box 68 while passing the left side portion of the input hole 65. Alternatively, when the size of the airframe is large, the bottom plate 18 can be moved further to the right from the bottom plate first position, the bottom plate third position is set to the right direction, and the bottom plate located at the bottom plate third position is set. A bottom plate third position sensor capable of detecting the eighteen detection pieces 61 is provided. Then, in the state where the temporary storage box 17 is located at the storage box first position, the bottom plate 18 is moved in the order of the bottom plate first position to the bottom plate second position to the bottom plate first position (the pattern of the above-described embodiment). ) And a pattern of moving the bottom plate first position to the bottom plate third position to the bottom plate first position in this order are alternately executed.

In the above description, the case where the dropping positions are made different between the first pattern and the second pattern of the storing operation has been described as an example. However, for example, the denomination-based storage box 73 extends further leftward. In the case where the second pattern is present, it is possible to appropriately increase the third pattern in which the falling position is further shifted to the left as in the second pattern.

In the case of this third pattern, the temporary storage box 17
Is at a storage box third position on the left side of the storage box second position by a predetermined distance, a storage box third position sensor for detecting the detection piece 43 is provided, and the bottom plate 18 has the same predetermined distance as the bottom plate second position. A bottom plate third position sensor for detecting the detection piece 61 when the left bottom plate third position is provided, moves the temporary storage box 17 from the storage box first position to the storage box third position, and integrally with this. The bottom plate 18 is moved from the bottom plate first position to the bottom plate third position so that only the bottom plate 18 is moved to the bottom plate first position first, and then the temporary storage box 17 is moved to the storage box first position. Good.

Further, with respect to the third pattern, the bottom plate 18 is moved from the bottom plate first position to the bottom plate 18 so that the temporary storage box 17 is moved from the storage box first position to the storage box third position and is moved integrally therewith. Moved to the 3rd position, temporary storage box 1
If a pattern is provided such that only 7 is moved to the storage box first position first, and then the bottom plate 18 is moved to the storage box first position, the falling position is further increased with respect to the first, second, and third patterns. The fourth pattern is different.

A plurality of such patterns having different drop positions may be sequentially executed, for example, in an appropriate cycle so that the same pattern does not continue every time the storing operation is executed. Of course, it is also possible to add more patterns than the above in the same manner as above.

[0064]

As described in detail above, the first aspect of the present invention
According to the described coin processing machine, the storage means and the regulation means are
Both are laterally movable, and control means
However, by moving the storage means and the regulation means relatively,
When the coin is dropped from the opening,
Since there are a plurality of means for storing,
To move the coins to drop coins from the opening of the storage means.
Operation to move the falling position with respect to the one accommodation means.
You can do it. Therefore, the coins should be leveled.
Can be housed in the housing means, and
The capacity can be increased.

[0065]

According to the coin processing machine of the second aspect of the present invention, since the control means does not continuously use the same dropping position for the regulating means and the storing means when dropping the coin into the one accommodating means. Every time the coin is started to drop with respect to the one accommodating means, the dropping position is shifted. Therefore, the coins can be accommodated in the accommodating means in a surely leveled state, and the accommodating amount in the accommodating means can be reliably increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a partial configuration of an embodiment of a coin processing machine of the present invention, showing a state in which a temporary storage box is in a storage box first position and a bottom plate is in a bottom plate first position. Is.

FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of arrow AA in FIG. 1, showing a partial configuration of an embodiment of a coin processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a BB arrow view in FIG. 1 showing a partial configuration of an embodiment of a coin processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view taken in the direction of arrows CC in FIG. 1, showing a partial configuration of an embodiment of a coin processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a view on arrow D in FIGS. 2 and 3, showing a partial configuration of an embodiment of a coin processing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a partial configuration of one embodiment of the coin processing machine of the present invention, in which the temporary storage box is in the storage box first position and the bottom plate is in the bottom plate first position, It shows a state of being stored.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a partial configuration of one embodiment of the coin processing machine of the present invention, in which the bottom plate is at the bottom plate first position and the temporary storage box is moved toward the storage box second position. Is shown.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a partial configuration of one embodiment of the coin processing machine of the present invention, showing a state in which the bottom plate is at the bottom plate first position and the temporary storage box is at the storage box second position. It is a thing.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a partial configuration of one embodiment of the coin processing machine of the present invention, showing a state where the bottom plate is at the bottom plate second position and the temporary storage box is at the storage box second position. It is a thing.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a partial configuration of an embodiment of a coin processing machine of the present invention, in which a temporary storage box is a storage box second;
It is in the position, and shows the state in which the bottom plate moves toward the bottom plate first position.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a partial configuration of an embodiment of a coin processing machine of the present invention, in which a temporary storage box is a storage box second;
It is in the position and the bottom plate is in the bottom plate first position.

[Explanation of symbols] C coin 11 aircraft 16 Temporary storage 17 Temporary storage box (storage means) 17b Lower opening (opening) 18 Bottom plate (restriction means) 38 Storage box drive motor (control means) 45 Storage Box First Position Detection Sensor (Control Unit) 46 Storage Box Second Position Detection Sensor (Control Means) 58 Bottom plate drive motor (control means) 62 Bottom plate first position detection sensor (control means) 63 Bottom plate second position detection sensor (control means) 68 Collection box (accommodation means) 72 Gold type storage

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Shibao               2-35 Tagawa, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka                 Laurel Machine Co., Ltd. Osaka 2nd Research               In-house (72) Inventor Kohei Sato               2-35 Tagawa, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka                 Laurel Machine Co., Ltd. Osaka 2nd Research               In-house (72) Inventor Satoshi Yoshida               2-35 Tagawa, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka                 Laurel Machine Co., Ltd. Osaka 2nd Research               In-house                (56) References JP-A-2-58193 (JP, A)

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. After discriminating coins, the coins are sorted by denomination and temporarily received by a storage unit, and the temporary storage unit sorts the coins into a plurality of storage means to store the coins sorted by denomination . in the coin handling machine, the temporary storage portion includes a transverse moveable storing means for opening capable dropping the coins is formed causes stored coins by denomination, is opposed to the opening of the accumulating means And a laterally movable regulating means for regulating the fall of coins from the opening, and a storage means and a control means for controlling the lateral movement of the regulating means, wherein the control means includes the storing means and the storing means. A coin processing machine having a plurality of dropping positions for dropping a coin from the opening by moving the regulating means relative to each other, with respect to one accommodating means. 2. The coin according to claim 1, wherein when the coin is dropped into the one accommodating unit, the control unit does not continuously use the same dropping position for the regulating unit and the storing unit. Processing machine.