JPH0567485B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a coin packaging machine that collects and packages coins of the same denomination, and particularly aims to downsize the machine and facilitate coin insertion work. This article relates to a coin wrapping machine that makes it possible to do this.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when inserting coins into the coin wrapping machine, an operator lifts a coin bag containing a large number of coins and inserts the coin bag into a hopper provided at the top of the coin wrapping machine. However, this method had the disadvantage of placing a heavy burden on the operator, as it required lifting the heavy coin bag upwards.

Therefore, a coin wrapping machine described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-54325 has been proposed as a device to solve the above-mentioned problems, but this coin wrapping machine transports the coins inserted into the lower hopper at the bottom of the machine to the upper part of the machine. A coin supply unit is attached to the outside of the machine. Furthermore, a coin wrapping machine described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-11824 has been proposed as a device similar to this coin wrapping machine, but this coin wrapping machine has a coin transport unit that transports coins input into the lower hopper to the upper part of the machine. is installed inside the aircraft.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, the above-mentioned conventional coin packaging machine has the following problems.

The former type of coin packaging machine simply has a coin supply unit attached to the outside of a conventional coin packaging machine, which increases the size of the entire device and causes problems such as the need for a large space to install the device. It was hot. In addition, although the latter coin wrapping machine has a coin transport section inside the machine, the opening of the lower hopper is located below the mounting table on which the coin wrapping paper is placed, so coins can be inserted into the machine. There was a problem that the above-mentioned placing stand sometimes got in the way and made it difficult to smoothly insert coins.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a coin packaging machine that can reduce the size of the machine and facilitate the coin insertion operation.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes: a lower coin input section that is disposed at the lower part of one side of the machine body so as to protrude from the front surface of the machine body, and into which coins are inserted from the upper opening; An upper coin input section is arranged above the lower coin input section with a space therebetween, and an upper coin input section is provided behind these coin input sections along the vertical direction on one side of the machine body to collect inserted coins into the machine body. a first transport section that transports the coins to an upper part of one side; and a counting and sorting section that is provided at the top of the machine body adjacent to the first transport section and that counts and sorts the coins transported by the first transport section. , a coin wrapping section provided below the counting and sorting section that moves the counted and sorted coins downward and stacks them in a bar shape, and wraps the stacked coins with wrapping paper; and in front of the coin wrapping section, the machine a wrapping paper placing part which is provided in a stored state in the central front part of the machine and which places a rolled wrapping paper to be supplied to the coin wrapping part; is horizontally rotatably attached to a fixed shaft having a vertical axis, and the other end rotatably supports the wrapping paper placement section, and the space between the coin input section inside the machine body and the outside of the machine body. a support part that is horizontally rotatable between the support part and the upper part of the lower coin insertion part of the machine; a lock mechanism part that locks the support part inside the machine body; and a lock state of the support part by the lock mechanism part. a lock release part for releasing the wrapping paper placing part inside the machine body and making it possible to rotate the wrapping paper placing part inside the machine body above the lower coin insertion part; The machine is characterized by comprising a second conveyance section that is provided along the coin wrapping section and conveys the coins wrapped by the coin wrapping section to a roll box located at the upper front portion of the other side of the machine body.

[Function] According to the present invention, when a coin is inserted into the lower coin input section or the upper coin input section which is disposed at the lower part of one side of the machine so as to protrude from the front of the machine, the coin is inserted into the first conveyance section located behind it. Therefore, the coins are conveyed to the upper part of one side of the machine body, and are counted and sorted by the counting and sorting section adjacent to the first conveying section. The coins counted and sorted by the counting and sorting section are collected and packaged in a bar shape by the coin wrapping section, and then transferred to the second conveying section arranged along the vertical direction on the other side of the machine. , and will be transported to the roll box located at the upper front of the other side of the aircraft.

By placing the lower coin input section at the lower front of the machine, it is possible to input a large amount of coins from the front without having to lift them upwards, and the upper coin input section is arranged at the top of the machine. This makes it possible to easily insert a small amount of coins.

In addition, the first conveying section, which is arranged to penetrate from the bottom to the top of the machine, is located behind the coin input section, which is arranged on one side of the machine, and the first conveyance section, which is arranged to penetrate from the bottom to the top of the machine, is arranged behind the coin input section. By arranging the second conveyance section and the mechanism from the counting and sorting section to the coin wrapping section on the other side of the machine and adjacent to the first conveyance section, wrapping paper can be loaded near the front of the machine from one side to the center. It becomes possible to form a space that accommodates the placement part and the support part.

In addition, the support part that supports the wrapping paper placement part is provided so that it can be horizontally rotated between the interval position of the coin insertion part inside the machine body and the upper part of the lower coin insertion part outside the machine body. When the lock state is released, the support part horizontally rotates from inside the machine body to above the lower coin insertion part outside the machine body, and wrapping paper can be set on the wrapping paper placement part supported by the support part, and Since the wrapping paper placement section located at the front of the coin wrapping section is disposed outside the machine body, a work space is formed in front of the coin wrapping section, making it possible to easily set the wrapping paper. On the other hand, when the support part that is in the unlocked state is brought into the locked state, the support part above the lower coin insertion part outside the machine body is retracted into the machine body, so that the work of inserting coins into the lower coin insertion part can be performed smoothly. becomes possible.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 7.

In FIGS. 1 to 4, reference numeral 1 indicates the body of a coin packaging machine, and an upper hopper 2 (an upper coin input portion) having an input port 2A above is provided at the upper and lower portions of one side of the body 1, respectively. ), and the input port 3A above.
A lower hopper 3 (lower coin input section) having an upper opening is provided, and coins input from the respective input ports 2A and 3A are temporarily stored in the upper hopper 2 and the lower hopper 3. There is. A conveyor device 4 (first conveyance section) is disposed in the vertical direction on one side of the machine body 1, and the conveyor device 4 includes a horizontal belt 4A forming the bottom surface of the lower hopper 3 and an end portion of the horizontal belt 4A. and an inclined belt 4B disposed above the upper hopper 2.
The coins inside the upper hopper 2 and lower hopper 3 are conveyed by a conveyor device 4 to a counting and sorting section to be described later.

A counting chute 5 is disposed in the middle of one side of the machine body 1, and coins removed from a collecting device to be described later are thrown into a bag attached to the lower end of the counting chute 5. A fixed shaft 6 is disposed on one side of the machine body 1 below the counting chute 5,
A base end of an arm member 7 is attached to the upper end of the fixed shaft 6 so as to be horizontally rotatable. The wrapping paper support unit comprising the arm member 7 and the like will be described in detail later.

A counting and sorting section 8 is disposed in the upper part of the center of the machine body 1, and the counting and sorting section 8 separates the coins sent from the upper hopper 2 and lower hopper 3 into set denomination coins and rejected coins. In addition to sorting, coins of set denominations are counted. A stacking device 9 is disposed below the counting and sorting section 8, and a predetermined number of set denomination coins sent from the counting and sorting section 8 are stacked in a bar shape. A packaging mechanism 10 (coin packaging section) is disposed below the stacking device 9, and a mounting table 11 (coin packaging section) on which wrapping paper P wound into a roll is placed is disposed near the packaging mechanism 10. A paper loading section) is provided. The packaging mechanism 10
The wrapping paper P is wound around the bar-shaped stacked coins fed from the stacking device 9. Further, the mounting table 11 is rotatably mounted on a support plate, which will be described later, which is fixed to the tip of the arm member 7.

A lift section 12 is provided in the vertical direction on the other side of the aircraft body 1.
(second conveyance section) is disposed, and a roll box 13 is disposed above and near the lift section 12. The wrapped coins wrapped in the wrapping mechanism 10 are sent below the lift section 12 via the roll chute 14 below the wrapping mechanism 10, and then
It is transported upward by the lift section 12 and thrown into the roll box 13.

Next, the wrapping paper support unit is
This will be explained using figures. The wrapping paper support unit (supporting part) includes the arm member 7, a support plate 15 fixed to the tip of the arm member 7, and a support plate 15 on which the mounting table 11 for the wrapping paper P is rotatably mounted, and an arm. It includes a fixed paper support plate 16 and a movable paper support plate 17 attached to the member 7. Above-mentioned mounting stand 1
A core metal 11A is protruded from the center of the core metal 1.
The wrapping paper P is set on the mounting table 11 by fitting the core tube _P0 of the wrapping paper P into the holder 1A. Further, near the movable paper support plate 17,
A supply roller 18 for supplying the wrapping paper P set on the mounting table 11 to the wrapping mechanism 10 is rotatably disposed.

The fixed paper support plate 16 is fixed approximately at the center of the arm member 7, and a guide roller 19 is rotatably disposed above the fixed paper support plate 16, and the guide roller 19 is connected to the mounting table 11. The wrapping paper P is guided between the supply roller 18 and the supply roller 18.

The movable paper support plate 17 is rotatably supported by a shaft 17A fixed to the base end side of the arm member 7. A spring 20 is installed at the bottom of the movable paper support plate 17.
One end of the spring 20 is fixed, and the other end of the spring 20 is fixed to the body 1, so that the movable paper support plate 17 is always urged toward the body 1. Further, a roller 21 is rotatably disposed at the end of the movable paper support plate 17 facing the fixed paper support plate 16, so that the movable paper support plate 17 can be smoothly moved along the block surface 1A of the machine body 1. has been done.

A shaft 1 is located near the fixed shaft 6 below the arm member 7.
The base end of B is fixed to the body 1, and the shaft 1
One end of a regulating piece 22 is rotatably attached to the tip of B. The regulating piece 22 has a long hole 22A.
is formed, and a shaft 7A fixed to the lower part of the arm member 7 is inserted through the elongated hole 22A. The regulating piece 22 is adapted to regulate the amount of opening (the amount of rotation from the solid line position to the one-dot chain line position in FIG. 5) when the arm member 7 rotates around the fixed shaft 6 and performs the opening operation. There is.

That is, when the coin wrapping machine performs a coin wrapping operation, the arm member 7 is in a locked state, as will be described later, and is fixed at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. On the other hand, when the operator sets the wrapping paper P onto the mounting table 11, the arm member 7 is brought into the unlocked state as will be described later, and the lower hopper 3
It is designed to be opened at a position shown in one dot-dashed line in FIG. 5 above the input port 3A.

Here, the reason why the mounting table 11 is opened above the input port 3A of the lower hopper 3 when setting the wrapping paper P will be explained.

That is, the work of setting the wrapping paper P is performed as follows, similar to the conventional apparatus.

First, place the wrapping paper P to be newly set on the mounting table 11.
After being attached to the wrapping paper P, the leading end of the wrapping paper P is brought into contact with the supply roller 18.

Next, by rotating the supply roller 18, the leading end of the wrapping paper P is fed into the machine body 1, and the cutter C located inside the machine body 1 from the supply roller is fed.
(See Figure 2)
Return it to the front side of the fuselage 1 using the guide member G1 (see Figure 2) located inside.

When the tip of the wrapping paper P returns to the front side of the machine 1, grab the tip of the wrapping paper P and momentarily pull it toward the front of the machine 1, so that the tip of the wrapping paper P matches the shape of the cutter C. The wrapping paper P is cut in such a manner that the setting of the wrapping paper P is completed.

Furthermore, between the guide member G1 and the front surface of the machine body 1, there is a guide member G2 (second guide member G2) that guides the tip of the wrapping paper P from the front side of the machine body 1 to the wrapping mechanism
(see figure), but when setting such wrapping paper P, it opens to the front side of the machine body 1, and at other times, it is maintained in a position where it is guided to the wrapping mechanism 10 side as shown in the figure. Ru.

Therefore, when the wrapping paper P is in the center of the front of the machine body 1, it is difficult to set the wrapping paper P.
Put the wrapping paper P into the input port 3 of the lower hopper 3 on the side of the machine 1.
By moving A upward, the wrapping paper P can be easily fed and cut.

Furthermore, since the wrapping paper P set on the mounting table 11 can be retracted from above the input port 3A of the lower hopper 3, it is possible to easily insert coins into the lower hopper 3. There is.

A locking mechanism section 23 is disposed between the arm member 7 and the machine body 1 to prevent the wrapping paper support unit from moving within the machine body 1 without interfering with the feeding operation of the wrapping paper P. ing. The locking mechanism section 23 is fixed to the lower part of the distal end and the lower part of the central part of the arm member 7, and is arranged to be slidable in the axial direction of the arm member 7 through holes provided in the two support pieces 24 and 25. It includes a lock pin 26 and a hook member 29 that locks the lock pin 26 and suppresses movement of the arm member 7. An engagement piece 27 is fixed approximately at the center of the lock pin 26, and a moving roller 28 is fitted into the engagement piece 27.

The hook member 29 is disposed below the arm member 7 and at a position facing the support piece 24,
The hook member 29 is formed with an engagement groove 29A and a hole 29B in which the lock pin 26 engages, and
The hook member 29 is rotatably supported on a shaft 1C fixed to the body 1 through the hole 29B.
One end of a spring 30 is fixed to the hook member 29, and the other end of the spring 30 is fixed to the body 1, so that the hook member 29 is biased clockwise in FIG. In this case, the hook member 29 is normally held in the horizontal position shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the lock mechanism section 23 is provided with a lock release section that releases the engagement between the lock pin 26 of the lock mechanism section 23 and the hook member 29 and allows the arm member 7 to rotate horizontally. The lock release portion includes a swinging member 31 whose one end is horizontally rotatably supported by a shaft 15A fixed below a corner of the support plate 15, and a swinging member 31 fixed to the other end of the swinging member 31. A release rod 34 is provided. A moving roller 28 fitted into the engaging piece 27 is attached to the tip of the swinging member 31 on the side supported by the shaft 15A. A pin 32 is fixed to one end of the support plate 15, one end of a spring 33 is fixed to the pin 32, and the other end of the spring 33 is connected to the swinging member 3.
1 on the side opposite to the mounting side of the shaft 15A.
The swinging member 31 is urged counterclockwise in FIG. 5 by the action of the spring 33, so that the swinging member 31 projects the lock pin 26 toward the hook member 29 and engages with the engagement groove 29A. It's becoming like that.

When the lock pin 26 moves toward the hook member 29 and protrudes by the swing member 31, the hook member 29 is temporarily rotated counterclockwise in FIG. When the hook member 29 reaches the position facing the mating groove 29A, the hook member 29 engages the lock pin 26 by rotating clockwise in FIG. It is adapted to be locked into the matching groove 29A. This causes the arm member 7 to be in a locked state.

Further, the locked state of the arm member 7 is released by pulling the release rod 34 downward in FIG. 5 (towards the operator). That is,
As the swing member 31 rotates clockwise in FIG. 5 due to the operation of the release rod 34, the lock pin 26, which was locked in the engagement groove 29A of the hook member 29, is moved through the moving roller 28 and the engagement piece 27. , the hook member 2
As a result of the slide in the direction away from the lock pin 26, there is no longer anything that restricts the movement of the lock pin 26. This causes the arm member 7 to become unlocked.

Next, the operation of this embodiment with the above configuration will be explained.

When setting the wrapping paper P in the coin wrapping machine, when the operator pulls the release rod 34 downward in FIG. is disengaged from the engagement groove 29A of the hook member 29, the lock of the arm member 7 which was in the locked state is released and the arm member 7
rotates horizontally from the solid line position to the one-dot chain line position in the figure, and becomes open. At this time, the mounting table 11 rotatably mounted on the support plate 15 of the arm member 7 also
Input port 3A of lower hopper 3 from the position shown in FIG.
Rotate it to a position where you can see it from above. This results in
The operator sets the wrapping paper P by fitting the core cylinder P ₀ of the wrapping paper P into the core bar 11A of the mounting table 11.

Next, when starting the coin wrapping operation by the coin wrapping machine, when the operator returns the release rod 34 to the upper side in FIG. As the lock pin 26 rotates horizontally from the one-dot chain line position in the figure to the solid line position in the same figure, the lock pin 26 protrudes toward the hook member 29 and the hook member 2
9, the arm member 7, which was in the unlocked state, becomes in the locked state. At this time, the mounting table 11 on which the wrapping paper P is set
The lower hopper 3 is horizontally rotated from above the input port 3A of the lower hopper 3 to its original position in FIG. By retracting the mounting table 11, there is nothing obstructing the upper part of the input port 3A of the lower hopper 3, so that the operator can smoothly insert coins from the lower hopper 3. Thereafter, the wrapping paper P on the mounting table 11 is transferred to the packaging mechanism 1 via the guide roller 19 and the supply roller 18.
0 becomes possible.

According to the above embodiment, the upper hopper 2, the lower hopper 3, and the conveyor device 4 disposed behind them are arranged on one side of the machine body 1, and the conveyor device 4 is arranged adjacent to the conveyor device 4 in the center of the machine body 1. Since the sorting section 8, stacking device 9, packaging mechanism 10, etc. are arranged on the other side of the machine body 1, the lift section 12 is arranged, so that the wrapping paper loading section and It becomes possible to secure a space for storing the wrapping paper support unit, and it is possible to achieve a reduction in the size of the coin wrapping machine compared to the conventional one. Furthermore, since the mounting table 11 is supported by the tip of the arm member 7 which is horizontally rotatable, the mounting table 11 on which the wrapping paper P is set can be inserted into the machine body 1 from above the input port 3A of the lower hopper 3. As a result of being able to retreat, the work of inserting coins into the lower hopper 3 can be performed smoothly.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, there is provided a lower coin input section which is disposed at the lower part of one side of the machine body in a state of protruding from the front surface of the machine body and into which coins are inserted through the upper opening, and the lower coin input section. an upper coin input section disposed at a distance above the coin input section, and an upper coin input section provided behind these coin input sections along the vertical direction of one side of the machine to store inserted coins in the upper part of the one side of the machine. a first conveying section for conveying the
a counting and sorting section that is provided adjacent to the conveyance section and counts and sorts the coins conveyed by the first conveyance section; a coin wrapping unit that collects the coins and wraps the accumulated coins with wrapping paper; and a coin wrapping unit that is provided in front of the coin wrapping unit and stored in the central front part of the machine body and is wound into a roll that is supplied to the coin wrapping unit. A wrapping paper placing part for placing the wrapped wrapping paper, and a wrapping paper placing part on which one end is attached to the machine body above the lower coin insertion part so as to be horizontally rotatable on a fixed shaft having a vertical axis, and the other end part is attached to the machine body above the lower coin insertion part, and a support part that rotatably supports the wrapping paper placement part and is horizontally rotatable between a spaced position of the coin insertion part inside the machine body and an upper part of the lower coin insertion part outside the machine body; a locking mechanism that locks the supporting portion inside the body; and a locking mechanism that releases the locking state of the supporting portion by the locking mechanism and moves the wrapping paper placement portion inside the body above the lower coin insertion portion. A lock release part for enabling rotation, and a coin wrapping part provided along the vertical direction of the other side of the machine body in front of the counting and sorting part, and the coins wrapped by the coin wrapping part are placed in front of the other side of the machine body. Since it is configured to include a second conveyance section that conveys to the roll box located at the upper part, the following effects can be achieved.

The mechanisms from the first conveyance section, the second conveyance section, and the counting and sorting section to the coin wrapping section, which are arranged so as to pass through the machine from the bottom to the top, are located at the rear of one side of the machine and at the front of the other side of the machine, respectively. Since it is located adjacent to the second conveyance section, it is possible to create a space near the front of the inside of the machine to store the wrapping paper loading section and the support section. It also has functions such as loading from the front and taking out wrapped coins from the top.
Moreover, the size of the aircraft can be reduced.
This allows the coin wrapping machine to be used even in places where installation space is limited.

By attaching the wrapping paper placement section to a horizontally rotatable support section, when setting wrapping paper, the wrapping paper placement section can be placed outside the machine body and wrapping paper can be set on the wrapping paper placement section. In addition, a work space is formed in front of the coin wrapping section by disposing it from the front of the coin wrapping section above the lower coin input section on one side of the machine, thereby making it easier to set the wrapping paper into the coin wrapping section. can also be made easier. After the wrapping paper has been set, the wrapping paper placement section is stored inside the machine so that the wrapping paper can be retracted from above the upper opening of the lower coin insertion section, so it can be wrapped as before. It is possible to eliminate the problem of the paper and wrapping paper placement section interfering with coin insertion work. This makes it possible to smoothly insert coins.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the configuration of a coin wrapping machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view taken along the - line in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a configuration of a coin wrapping machine according to the present embodiment. 4 is a plan view showing the structure of the coin wrapping machine of this embodiment, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the structure of the wrapping paper support unit of this embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a front view showing the structure of the wrapping paper support unit, and is a view taken along the - line in FIG. 6. 1... Aircraft, 2... Upper hopper (upper coin input section), 3... Lower hopper (lower coin input section), 4...
...Conveyor device (first conveyance section), 6...Fixed shaft,
7... Arm member (support part), 8... Counting and sorting part,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Wrapping mechanism (coin wrapping section), 11... Placement table (wrapping paper placement section), 12... Lift section (second conveyance section), 13... Roll box, 15... Support plate (supporting section) ), 16... fixed paper support plate (support part),
17...Movable paper support plate (support part), 22...Regulation piece, 23...Lock mechanism part, 26...Lock pin (lock mechanism part), 29...Hook member (lock mechanism part), 31...Rock Moving member (lock release part), 34
...Release stick (lock release part), P...Wrapping paper.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A lower coin input section which is arranged at the lower part of one side of the machine body so as to protrude from the front side of the machine body and into which coins are inserted through the upper opening; a first conveyance section that is provided behind these coin input sections along the vertical direction of one side of the machine and conveys the inserted coins to the upper part of the one side of the machine; a counting and sorting section provided adjacent to the first conveyance section on the upper part of the machine body for counting and sorting the coins conveyed by the first conveyance section; and a counting and sorting section provided below the counting and sorting section for counting and sorting the coins. a coin wrapping unit that moves the coins downward and accumulates them in a bar shape and wraps the accumulated coins with wrapping paper; a wrapping paper placing part on which wrapping paper wound in a roll to be supplied to the machine body is placed; and one end of the machine body above the lower coin insertion part is horizontally rotated about a fixed shaft having a vertical axis. The other end rotatably supports the wrapping paper placement section, and horizontally rotates between the interval position of the coin insertion section inside the machine body and the upper part of the lower coin insertion section outside the machine body. a locking mechanism that locks the supporting portion inside the body; and a locking mechanism that releases the locking state of the supporting portion by the locking mechanism and locks the supporting portion inside the body. a lock release part for making the coins rotatable above the lower coin input part; and a lock release part provided along the vertical direction of the other side of the machine body in front of the counting and sorting part, and the coins wrapped by the coin wrapping part. A coin packaging machine characterized by comprising a second conveyance section that conveys coins to a roll box located at the front upper part of the other side of the machine body.