JPH0558968B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to an apparatus for wrapping a fixed number of coins.

(Prior art) Conventionally, coin wrapping machines that select only a set number of coins from mixed coins, stack them in a fixed number, and then wrap the stacked coins have a mechanism in their sorting section that makes it difficult to wrap coins in order starting from the largest diameter coins. I had to. Therefore, in order to wrap coins smoothly, workers must memorize the order of the coin diameters before proceeding with the work.
Alternatively, a control device (disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 84721/1983) for smoothly setting the coins had to be incorporated into the coin wrapping machine.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, as mentioned above, it is extremely troublesome for the operator to memorize the setting order, and the control device must be incorporated into the coin wrapping machine. This could lead to higher prices and more complicated mechanisms.

An object of the present invention is to provide a coin packaging machine that can count and package coins of a desired type regardless of the coin diameter by adding a mechanism to the sorting section that can exclude coins with a larger diameter than the set coin. do.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes an introduction section for introducing coins of various denominations, large diameter and small diameter, and a conveyor belt for conveying the introduced coins while pressing them. It has a discrimination section consisting of a detection sensor that determines the denomination of coins to be conveyed, counts them, etc., and a guide plate along the conveyance direction on one side, and furthermore, it is equipped with a guide plate that runs along the conveyance direction. an inclined convex surface that guides large-diameter coins to a removal guide; a removal guide that guides setting and small-diameter coins by changing their conveyance direction; a feeding belt that guides setting and small-diameter coins whose direction has been changed; a sorting section in which set coins pass through with both end faces supported by sorting rails, and small-diameter coins fall and are removed; a stacking section that stacks a predetermined number of only the sorted set coins; and a packaging section for packaging a certain number of sheets.

(Function) Mixed coins are introduced one after another from the introduction section, first the materials and counts of all the coins are detected and stored in the discrimination section, and then coins with a larger diameter than the set coin are guided and removed by the removal guide member. Next, the set coin and coins smaller in diameter than the set coin are introduced into the sorting section,
Only small diameter coins are rejected from the sorting section. A predetermined number of coins that have passed through the sorting section are stacked in the stacking section, and sent in that state to the packaging section where they are packaged.

(Embodiment) Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a rotating disk, which is supplied from a coin introduction section 2 to a position below a conveyor belt 3, and all coins are introduced into a removal passage 4 by the belt 3. Note that a discrimination section 5 consisting of various sensors for determining the material and counting is provided in this portion.

Following this removal passage 4, a removal guide member 7 whose position is adjusted according to the diameter of the set coin is provided between it and the guide plate 6. An inclined convex surface 8 is formed that rises sequentially from the same height as the bottom surface of the removal passage 4, and a corresponding inclined concave surface 9 is formed on the symmetrical side of the bottom surface of the removal passage 4. Further, a lead surface 10 is formed on the side surface of the inclined convex surface 8, and the lead surface 10 is in contact with a small-diameter coin or the like to change the direction of conveyance thereof. The removal guide section 7' consists of the removal guide member 7 having the inclined convex surface 8 and the lead surface 10, an inclined concave surface 9, and the like.

A sorting section 11 is provided in a direction in which the small diameter coins are read by the lead surface 10. Sorting section 11
As is well known, it consists of sorting guides 13, 13' having sorting rails 12, 12', and an exclusion hole 14 is formed between these guides 13, 13'.

Here, the adjustment of the positions of the sorting guides 13 and 13' will be described in detail. The supporting body 40 of the sorting guide 13 and the cam follower 15 is fixed to a support rod 17 that is slidable in the axial direction, and a spring 41
2, and the cam follower 15 is pressed against the width adjusting cam 16'. The other sorting guide 13' is guided by an elongated hole 18 formed in the support rod 17, is fixed to a support rod 42 that is slidable in the axial direction, and is biased toward the right side in FIG. 2 by a spring 43. A cam follower 15' provided on the sorting guide 13' is pressed against the width adjusting cam 16. Since the cam surfaces of the width adjusting cams 16, 16' are formed to correspond to the diameter of each coin to be processed, the sorting guides 13, 13' of the sorting section 11 are connected to the setting shaft 19.
You can move the same distance symmetrically by adjusting the .

Next, the position adjustment of the removal guide member 7 will be described in detail.
1. That is, the setting axis 19
A pulley 22 attached to the camshaft 44 on the side of the removal passage 4 is connected to a pulley 23 attached to the camshaft 44 on the side of the removal passage 4 by a conductive portion 24 made of, for example, a belt.
A width adjusting cam 25 is attached to the cam ring 44, and the support rod 21 slides in the axial direction via a cam follower 26 that is in pressure contact with the cam ring 44 to move the removal guide member 7 and set the distance between the guide plate 6 and the coin. Adjust to width. Therefore, the sorting guides 13, 13'
The positions of the removal guide member 7 and the removal guide member 7 can be adjusted by a single operation of rotating the setting shaft 19.

The set coins that have been sorted by passing through the removal guide section 7' and the sorting section 11 are ejected from the discharge end 45 of the sorting section 11, fall into the accumulation section 32 directly below, and are accumulated one after another. That is, the stacking section 32 is provided with a pair of stacking drums 32a, 32b to which spiral coin support shelves 50a, 50b are fixed on the outer periphery, and these drums 32a, 32b are moved by a stepping motor (not shown). By driving it, coins are accumulated one after another.

A predetermined number of coins accumulated in the accumulation section 32 are supported by a support rod (not shown) and guided to the packaging section 33 below the accumulation, where a wrapping paper 37 is wound by the wrapping roller 36 of the packaging section 33. be done.

Next, to explain the operation of this embodiment,
As the rotating disk 1 rotates, various coins of large and small diameters are fed from the introduction section 2 to the lower part of the conveyor belt 3, and are transported by the conveyor belt 3 to the removal path 4.
leading to. Then, the coefficient, material, etc. are detected by the discrimination unit 5, and when the position of the inclined convex surface 8 and the inclined concave surface 9 is reached, the coin whose diameter is larger than the set coin width has a diametrical portion that is inclined convex and concave surface 8. , 9, and one of the coins rides on the convex surface 8. Incidentally, at this time, a spring ball 27 which is elastically provided so as to slightly protrude from the bottom surface of the exclusion passage 4 may be used to help the vehicle run over. The coins that have landed on the convex surface 8 are separated from the bottom of the removal passage 4 by the slope that gradually rises in the direction of travel, and are further fed straight by the conveyor belt 3, and are sent through the large-diameter coin removal hole 28 to the large-diameter coin box. Eliminated within 34 days.

The set coin and coins with smaller diameters are fed by the conveyor belt 3 and advance through the rejection passage 4, and the periphery of the coin is in contact with a step formed as a lead surface 10 by the inclined convex surface 8, and the coin is moved through the rejection passage 4. 4 is pressed against the conveyor belt 3 to maintain a horizontal state, and the curved lead of the lead surface 10 leads in the direction of the sorting section 11 regardless of the step created by the inclined concave surface 9. feed belt 29
The set coins are guided into the passage of the sorting section 11, run on the sorting rails 12, 12', and coins smaller in diameter than the set coins fall through the removal hole 14 and are rejected into the small-diameter coin box 35. As is well known, only the coins traveling on the sorting rails 12, 12' are detected by the sensor group 30 for detecting soiled coins, foreign denominations, counting, etc. At this time, a predetermined number of set coins are discharged from the dispensing end 45 by comparing with the discriminating data of the discriminating section 5 described above and regulating the number of coins to be dispensed by the stopper 31. The released coins are sequentially accumulated by the accumulation section 32, and after a predetermined number of coins have been accumulated, they are transferred to the packaging section 33 below. A predetermined number of coins transferred to the packaging section 33 are transferred to a plurality of packaging rollers 36.
The wrapping paper 37 is wound by the cutter 38, and after the wrapping paper 37 is cut by the cutter 38, it is crimped by a crimping claw (not shown).

In the embodiment, boxes 34 and 35 for storing large-diameter coins and small-diameter coins are provided separately, but if necessary, the boxes can be combined into one box to store large-diameter coins and small-diameter coins together. Good too.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the present invention adds a mechanism for sorting out coins with a larger diameter than a set coin to the conventional sorting section that sorts out coins with a smaller diameter than a set coin, thereby changing the type of coins to be packaged. It can be set freely regardless of the size of the coin diameter.

In addition, since we have made it possible to count and distinguish the denomination of all introduced coins before performing the coin sorting process, it is possible to add a deposit processing function to the coin packaging machine, and furthermore, it is possible to add a deposit processing function to the coin packaging machine. It is also possible to detect whether erroneous sorting has occurred by comparing the detected data of the set coins after processing.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures show an apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is an overall perspective view, Fig. 2 is a plan view of main parts, and Fig. 3 is a second
FIG. 4 is a side view taken along the same line, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the same line, FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the spring ball portion, and FIG. 7 is a side view taken along the same line as shown in FIG. 2. line, Figure 8 is the - line in Figure 2,
Figure 8 is also a cross-sectional view along the - line, and Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view of the
The figure is also a sectional view taken along the - line. Code, 2...Introduction, 4...Exclusion passage, 5...
Discrimination section, 7... Exclusion guide section, 11... Sorting section, 2
4...conducting section, 32...accumulating section, 33...packaging section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An introduction section that introduces coins of various denominations, large diameter and small diameter, a conveyance belt that conveys the introduced coins while pressing them, and performs the denomination, counting, etc. of the conveyed coins. a discriminator comprising a detection sensor, a guide plate along the conveying direction on one side thereof, and an inclined convex surface on which a part of a coin having a larger diameter than a set coin rides on and guides it to a large-diameter coin removal guide part; A removal guide unit that guides set and small diameter coins by changing their conveying direction, a feeding belt that guides set and small diameter coins whose direction has been changed, and parallel to this, a set coin has its both edges separated by a sorting rail. It is composed of a sorting section which is supported by and passes through, and small-diameter coins are dropped and removed, a stacking section which stacks a predetermined number of only the sorted coins, and a packaging section which wraps a certain number of the stacked coins. Coin wrapping machine. 2. The rejection guide section for guiding large-diameter coins larger than the diameter of the set coin and the sorting section for rejecting small-diameter coins smaller than the diameter of the set coin are comprised of a passage that can be freely adjusted to match the diameter of the set coin, and that the passage Claim 1, comprising a conductive part whose width can be changed in conjunction with adjustment of either the exclusion guide part or the sorting part.
Coin wrapping machine as described in section.