JPH0769977B2 - Opening and closing mechanism of coin depositing and dispensing machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a coin depositing / dispensing machine used in a bank or the like, and in particular, a coin depositing / dispensing device that is easy to work during maintenance or when a jam (coin jam) occurs. The opening and closing mechanism of the machine.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as a coin depositing / dispensing machine of this type, a mechanism for temporarily holding the coins discriminated and counted by the discriminator / counter in the depositing transaction according to the discrimination result and the respective coin types There is known one in which a mechanism for stacking coins as coins and dispensing the coins is arranged vertically in pairs (see JP-A-61-60195 and JP-A-62-6396).

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional coin depositing / dispensing machine, a mechanism for temporarily holding coins by denomination and a mechanism for receiving coins in this mechanism and dispensing them as dispensed coins There is a problem that the height of the machine becomes high due to the arrangement of the machines above and below, and if the height of the machine is made low, the amount of coins stored becomes small. Then, these problems remarkably appear in the coin depositing / dispensing machine used as a tabletop type, and there has been a demand for the development of a tabletop type coin depositing / dispensing machine which has a large amount of coins and which does not increase the height of the machine body. .

Also, in developing the above-mentioned desk-top type coin depositing and dispensing machine,
There is a demand for a configuration that facilitates work during maintenance or when a jam occurs. In this regard, for example,
The applicant has proposed a coin stacking cylinder attachment / detachment mechanism that can easily remove jammed coins from the coin stacking cylinder when a coin jam occurs in the coin stacking cylinder of the circulation type coin depositing / dispensing machine. However, this technology cannot simply be diverted.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention that maintenance or jam removal can be easily performed, a large amount of coins can be stored, and the height of a machine body can be suppressed low. It is to provide an opening / closing mechanism for a coin depositing / dispensing machine.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the invention described in the first claim, the invention is provided diagonally below the sorting storage passage provided along the front surface of the machine body, and is sorted by denomination. A temporary storage cylinder of a denomination for temporarily storing coins in an aligned and stacked manner, and a temporary storage cylinder of the denomination that is vertically movable within the temporary storage cylinder of the denomination. At the bottom of the storage cylinder, the sorted coins are supported in an aligned and stacked state for temporary storage, and when storing or returning the temporarily stored coins, the temporarily stored coins are temporarily supported while being supported. A support plate that rises in the storage cylinder, and is arranged directly above each of the temporary storage cylinders of the denomination,
By a forward rotation or a reverse rotation drive, a feeding roller for storing or returning the temporarily stored coins raised by the support plate, and arranged behind each of the temporary storage cylinders of the denomination,
The temporary storage coins sent out by the forward rotation of the feeding roller are received from the upper opening thereof and are stored in an aligned and stacked manner. A withdrawal cylinder of a denomination capable of withdrawing money into a gold mouth, and a forward position of the temporary storage cylinder of the denomination are provided so as to be tiltable toward the front of the fuselage about an axis arranged in the lower part, and A front door having therein a return passage for guiding the temporarily stored coins fed by the reverse rotation of the feeding roller to the dispensing port, a temporary storage cylinder of the denomination, a support plate and a feeding roller are integrally supported, and further At the inner position of the front door, it is rotatably provided around an opening / closing shaft arranged in the lower part, and the opening operation of the front door is performed through a connecting plate connected with the upper part of the front door. Interlocking , And so as to include a, a front mechanism portion which is inclined forward towards the fuselage forward around the control shaft.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the front mechanism section is further provided with an elevating plate for vertically moving a support plate disposed in the temporary storage cylinder of the denomination, and an integral unit with the elevating plate. A lifting shaft that moves up and down on both side surfaces of the front mechanism section, and upper and lower side surfaces of the front mechanism section, respectively, when the front door and the front mechanism section tilt forward toward the front of the machine body. And a lock plate capable of locking the lifting shaft when the support plate is moved to the uppermost part in the temporary storage cylinder of the denomination by way of the lifting plate.

[Operation] According to the first aspect of the invention, the coins sorted by the denomination by the sorting and storing passage are temporarily stored in the collecting plate in the form of aligned accumulation on the support plate in the temporary storage cylinder. The support plate in these temporary storage cylinders is arranged at the bottom of the temporary storage cylinder of the denomination when receiving coins, but temporarily stored when storing or returning the temporarily stored coins. It is designed to rise inside the temporary storage cylinder while supporting coins,
At this time, if the feeding roller arranged immediately above the temporary storage cylinder is driven forward or reversely, the temporary storage coin raised by the support plate is stored in the dispensing cylinder or is dispensed through the return passage. Will be returned to.

Further, in the coin depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention, the temporary storage cylinder for each denomination, the support plate provided in association with the temporary storage portion, and the feeding roller are integrally supported by the front mechanical portion, and the front mechanical portion. When the front door is tilted toward the front of the machine body about the axis, the section is directed to the front of the machine body about the opening / closing axis through a connecting plate that is connected to the front door in conjunction with this. The front storage door, the support plate, and the feeding roller can be separated from the dispensing cylinder simply by opening the front door during maintenance, which allows the temporary storage cylinder and the support plate to be separated. Therefore, the delivery roller and the dispensing cylinder can be easily maintained.

On the other hand, in the coin depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention, the temporary storage cylinder and the dispensing cylinder are arranged in front of and behind the machine body, and the coins in the temporary storage part are dispensed by the raising operation of the support plate and the forward rotation of the feeding roller. Since it is designed to send the coins into the cylinder, there is no need to arrange the mechanism for temporarily holding coins for each denomination and the mechanism for paying out coins to be vertically arranged at all. Can be downsized.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the front door and the front mechanism portion are tilted forward toward the front of the machine body, the support plates are provided on the upper portions of both side surfaces of the front mechanism portion through the lifting plate. Since the lock plate capable of locking the lifting shaft is provided when the support plate is moved to the uppermost portion of the temporary storage cylinder, and the support plate is held at the uppermost portion of the temporary storage portion by the lock plate. For example, when a jam occurs in the temporary storage unit, it is possible to reliably eliminate the jam only by raising the elevating plate and engaging the elevating shaft with the lock plate.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14.

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an example of a coin depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention. This coin depositing / dispensing machine is covered with an upper body 1 and has an upper mechanism part 2 which can be opened upward and an upper mechanism part 2.
A front mechanism portion 5 which is provided below the upper mechanism portion 2 and is openable to the front side and covered by the front door 3 and the machine body 4, and below and above the upper mechanism portion 2 and behind the front mechanism portion 5. The rear / side mechanism section 7 provided on one side and the rear / side mechanism section 7 provided behind the rear / side mechanism section 7 and supplying power to these mechanism sections 2, 5, 7 and at the same time. , 7 and a control / power supply mechanism section 8 for controlling.

As shown in FIG. 3, the upper mechanism unit 2 is provided with a coin separating / supplying mechanism 21 for separating the coins inserted from the deposit port 20 one by one and sending the coins, and a separate separating / supplying mechanism from the coin separating / supplying mechanism 21. The discriminating and counting passage 22 is guided by a pair of guide plates 23 on both sides and bent at a right angle for transferring coins.
And a discrimination counting sensor 24 provided between the entrance end and the curved portion of the discrimination counting passage 22 and for discriminating and counting the denomination of the coin, and the bending portion and the exit end of the discrimination counting passage 22. In between, provided on both sides of the discrimination counting passage 22,
And a pair of near-feed sensors that detect moving coins
25, a pair of timing sensors 26 for detecting coins, which are provided on both sides of the determination counting passage 22 near the outlet end and are separated from the far feed sensor 25 by a predetermined distance.
The gate 27a is provided adjacent to the exit end of the discrimination / counting passage 22 and in response to the coin detection signals of both the sensors 25 and 26.
Gate opening / closing mechanism 27 for opening and closing, and this gate opening / closing mechanism 27
Is provided adjacent to, and so as to be able to turn the coin at a right angle, both sides are guided by a pair of guide plates 28a, and the curved sorting storage passage 28 and the passages 22, 28. An upper carrier 29 (see FIG. 4) provided above and for transporting coins on the passages 22 and 28 is mainly configured.

And, the coin separating and supplying mechanism 21 is one in which a rotary disc 21b is installed below a hopper liner 21a whose central opening is the deposit port 20, and coins dropped on the rotary disc 21b are rotary discs. The rotation of 21b and the take-in roller 29a separates the sheets one by one, and the sheets are delivered to the valve counting passage 22. Further, the gate opening / closing mechanism 27,
As shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 11 and FIG.
A chute mouth 27b is provided between 8 and this chute mouth 27b
The gate 27a for opening and closing is provided rotatably below the output end of the discrimination counting passage 22 and is supported by a shaft 27c, and a gate rotating lever 27d is connected to one end of the shaft 27c, and A plunger of an opening / closing solenoid 27f is connected to the rotating lever 27d via a link 27e by pin connection, and a chute 27g is provided below the free end of the gate 27a. The gate 27a is formed in a rectangular tube shape having a coin passage inside, and a notch 27h is formed at the center of the upper part of the gate 27a along the transfer direction to avoid the secondary acceleration belt 29e of the upper carrier 29. Are formed. The gate 27a is connected to the opening / closing solenoid 27f.
By this operation, the coin passage (inner surface) at the same height as the passages 22 and 28 is configured to be inclined downward from the horizontal state toward the transfer direction.

Further, in the sorting storage passage 28, a plurality of (six in FIG. 3) sorting ports 28b for dropping coins in ascending order of the diameter are located closer to one side portion (lower side portion in FIG. 3). It is formed in each state. Further, the upper transfer body 29 is configured to take in the coins sent from the coin separating / supplying mechanism 21 to the side of the discrimination / counting passage 22 and the take-in roller 29a.
In order to accelerate and convey coins from the entrance end of the discrimination / counting passage 22 to the curved portion, the temporary acceleration belt 29c wrapped around the pulley 29b, and the gate opening / closing mechanism 27 from the curved portion of the discrimination / counting passage 22. In order to further accelerate and convey coins through the entrance end of the sorting and storage passage 28 via the pulley 29d.
The secondary acceleration belt 29e wrapped around and the sorting storage passage 2
In the straight line portion of 8, the coin is composed of a sorting belt group 29g wrapped around a pulley 29f for transporting the coin while pressing it toward one guide plate 28a side (downward in FIG. 3).

In the gate opening / closing mechanism 27, as shown in FIG. 12, when the gate 27a is inclined downward, the intersection position between the upper inner surface of the gate 27a and the secondary acceleration belt 29e, and the gate inclination. The distance d from the start position (gate base end position) is set to be larger than at least the maximum diameter of the conveyed coins.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 9, the front mechanism portion 5 is a pair of front side plates that are arranged in parallel with each other with a predetermined distance therebetween.
50, a first frame 51 extending between these front side plates 50, a sorting chute 52 provided below each of the sorting ports 28b, and arranged to face these sorting chutes 52. The temporary storage cylinders 53 locked to the first frame 51, the coin support mechanism 54 that supports and raises the coins in the temporary storage cylinders 53, and above the temporary storage cylinders 53 are provided. In the upper part of the first frame 51, the feeding roller 56 attached to the roller rotation shaft 55 rotatably provided on both the front side plates 50, and the attachment plate 57 and the first frame 51 provided below the first frame 51. Each pair of photosensors 5 mounted on a mounting plate 58 extending between the front side plates 50.
9, 60, and a leaf spring 61 provided above the first frame 51 and for pressing the dispensing cylinder 70c of the upper rear / side mechanism portion 7, and also provided above the first frame 51, respectively. Further, the coin guide plate 62 for guiding coins into the dispensing cylinder 70c and the front side plate 50 are provided in front of the temporary storage cylinder 53, and the temporary storage cylinder 53 is provided.
Second frame 63 fitted to the front part of the annular groove 53c for supporting the temporary storage cylinder 53, the first return chute 64 mounted on the upper part of the second frame 63, and the coin support mechanism 54 ascending and descending. The main component is a locking mechanism 65 that engages with the shaft 54m and stops the lifting shaft 54m at the upper end position. A pair of transmission holes 53a are formed in the upper part of the temporary storage cylinder 53 in parallel with the roller rotation shaft 55.
A pair of full detection sensors 66, 67 are provided so as to penetrate the front side plate 50 on an extension line connecting the 3a. The full detection sensors 66 and 67 detect an abnormal state in which one of the temporary storage cylinders 53 is filled to the upper end.

The coin support mechanism 54 includes a support plate 54a that moves up and down in the temporary storage cylinder 53, and a support plate arm that supports the support plate 54a and moves up and down along an arm slit 53b formed in the temporary storage cylinder 53. 54b and an elevating block 54d that is attached to the lower portion of the support plate arm 54b in an L-shape in plan view and is fitted to a fixed shaft 54c that stands between the upper and lower portions of the second frame 63.
A block post 54e that is attached to the L-shaped lower front surface of the support plate arm 54b and that moves up and down along a post slit 63a formed in the second frame 63, and is supported from below by these block posts 54e. And an elevating plate 54f arranged on the front side of the second frame 63,
A pulley 54g rotatably provided on the support plate arm 54b.
And the block pin 5 attached to the support plate arm 54b.
4h, an elevating plate 54i attached to the elevating plate 54h, protruding through the pin slit 63b of the second frame 63 toward the supporting plate arm 54b side, and attached between these pins 54h, 54i, and A coil spring 54j wound around the pulley 54g, L-shaped roller mounting plates 54k mounted on both ends of the elevating plate 54f, and both roller mounting plates 5
It is rotatably installed on the inner side of 4k, and both front side plates mentioned above.
A pair of upper and lower guide rollers 54l that move up and down along a roller guide slit 50a formed in 50, and an elevating lever of the rear / side mechanism section 7 provided on the outer side of each roller mounting plate 54k. The lifting shaft 54m is engaged with 73j. Then, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 14, the support plate 54a has a through hole 54 for the upper end position.
The n and lower end position transmission holes 54p are formed at a predetermined distance. It should be noted that these transmission holes 54n and 54p are the same as those on the right side of the six support plates 54a arranged side by side in FIG.
It is formed in a U-shaped notch for each piece, and 1 on the left side
The individual support plate 54a is formed in a round hole shape. Further, each of the photosensors 59, 60 connects the upper end position transmission hole 54n when the support plate 54a is at the upper end position and the lower end position transmission hole 54p when the support plate 54a is at the lower end position. It is installed on a straight line, and its optical axis is arranged at a predetermined angle with respect to the vertical direction. Furthermore, the front door 3 is provided rotatably in the vertical direction about the shaft 30 by mounting the shaft 30 provided at the lower end thereof in the shaft hole of the machine body 4, and Inside the door 3,
A second return chute 32 and a third return chute 32 are arranged above and below, respectively. Then, the first, second, and third return chutes 64, 31, 32 constitute a first return passage 11 from above the temporary storage cylinder 53 to the dispensing port 10. A dogleg-shaped connecting plate 68 is rotatably connected by pin connection between the front door 3 and the upper portion of the front side plate 50.

In the locking mechanism 65, a pair of elongated hole-shaped guide slits 65b is formed in the lock plate 65a, and a pair of guide shafts 65c attached to the front side plates 50 are mounted in the guide slits 65b. As a result, the lock plate 65a is provided on each front side plate 50 so as to be horizontally movable within a predetermined range, and the lower hook 65d of the lock plate 65a is projected toward the roller guide slit 50a side of the front side plate 50. While a lock spring 65e is provided between the front side plate 50 and the lock plate 65a, a lock opener 65f for pushing the lock plate 65a forward (toward the front door 3) faces the lock plate 65a and faces the rear portion. It is provided on the side mechanism section 7 side. Then, during normal operation (during operation), the lock opener 65f pushes the lock plate 65a forward against the biasing force of the lock spring 65e, so that the lower hook 65d of the lock plate 65a causes the front side plate 50 to move. While retracting from the roller guide slit 50a, when the front mechanism portion 5 described later is opened, the lower hook 65d of the lock plate 65a projects toward the roller guide slit 50a side by the lock spring 65e, and the lifting shaft of the coin support mechanism 54 is lifted. It is designed to engage with 54m.

The rear / side mechanism 7 is provided between the withdrawal mechanism 70 that receives the coins in the temporary storage cylinder 53 and dispenses the coins when necessary, and the front mechanism 5, and the front mechanism 5 Coupling mechanism 71 for rotatably supporting the mechanical section 5, a collective storing mechanism 72 for collectively storing coins inserted from the chute opening 27b of the gate opening / closing mechanism 27, and a feeding roller for the front mechanical section 5.
56, support plate 54 and collective storage mechanism 72 collective storage basket
A drive mechanism 73 for operating each of the 72a is provided.

In the dispensing mechanism 70, a plurality (six in FIG. 9) are provided between the pair of rear side plates 70a that are arranged in parallel to each other behind the front side plates 50 and are separated by a predetermined distance. The rectangular payout tube bases 70b are provided in a line. On these withdrawal barrel bases 70b, the cylindrical barrel body 7
0s is fitted behind each of the temporary storage cylinders 53 to form a dispensing cylinder 70c. A pair of bottom plates 70e supported by a bottom plate base 70d is attached below each withdrawal cylinder 70c, and a coin outlet 70f is provided between the bottom plate 70e and the withdrawal cylinder 70. And a payout device 74 for paying out coins one by one from the dispensing port 70f to the dispensing port 10 at the lower front part is attached to the dispensing tube base 70b. Further, each of the dispensing cylinder bases 70b is provided with a set pin 70g at a position different for each type of gold, while the set shaft 70h attached between the both rear side plates 70a is provided with each of the set pins 70g. Set groove 7 at the position corresponding to
0i is formed, and each set pin 70g and set groove 7
With 0i, each withdrawal cylinder 70c can be detachably set from the upper side of the machine to a predetermined position without error in the type of money. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the ejection device 74 has a solenoid 74b fixed to a solenoid mounting plate 74a.
A link 74c connected to the plunger of the solenoid 74b by pin connection, an extruded plate holder 74d connected to the link 74c by pin connection, and a long hole 74e formed in the extruded plate holder 74d. A pair of pins 74f
And a coin push-out plate 74g supported movably in the horizontal direction on the push-out plate holder 74d, and a special feature 74h for pushing out the lower part of the coin push-out plate 74g, and supported by a rotating shaft 74i. A spring 7 that is provided between the push-out plate advancing / retracting cam 74j, the pin 74f on the front side of the coin push-out plate 74g and the pin 74k of the push-out plate holder 74d, and returns the coin push-out plate 74g to the rear side.
4l and a lower biasing spring 74n that is provided between the lower end of the pushing plate holder 74d and the spring base 74m and biases the pushing plate holder 74d downward. 74p and a drive pulley 74r mounted on its drive shaft 74q, a pulley 74s, a transmission pulley 74t mounted on the rotating shaft 74i, and a belt 74u.
By rotating the push-out plate advancing / retracting cam 74j counterclockwise in FIG. 5 about the rotating shaft 74i, the coin push-out plate 74g passes through between the bottom plates 70e to the front side. It is supposed to stick out.

Further, the solenoid mounting plate 74a and the sensor mounting plate 70j are provided with a pair of near-end detection sensors 70k, 70l that detect that the remaining amount of coins in the dispensing cylinder 70c has decreased. , These near-end detection sensors 70
The optical axis connecting between k and 70l is set so as to pass through the pair of transmission holes 70m and the bottom plate base 70d that are arranged so as to face the dispensing tube base 70b. Further, the sensor mounting plate 70j is provided with a dispensing counting sensor 70n that counts the dispensed coins. Furthermore, on the upper part of each of the dispensing cylinders 70c,
A pair of transmission holes 70p are formed parallel to the set shaft 70h, and on an extension line connecting these transmission holes 70p,
A pair of full detection sensors 70q, 7 that penetrate the rear side plate 70a.
0r is provided. The full detection sensors 70q and 70r detect an abnormal state in which one of the dispensing cylinders 70c is full up to the upper end.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the connecting mechanism 71 has a pair of bearing plates 71a screwed to both rear side plates 70a.
An opening / closing shaft 71b for supporting each of the front side plates 50 is rotatably provided on these bearing plates 71a, and each of the side plates 50, 70a is
A roller catch mechanism 71e consisting of a diamond-shaped projection 71c and a recess 71d that engages with the projection 71c is provided between the upper parts of, and is attached to one rear side plate 70a as shown in FIG. The open stopper 71g, which is rotatably attached to one end of the long hole, is attached to the front side plate 50.
When the roller catch mechanism 71e is released from the locked state, the front side plate 50 is Centering around the opening / closing shaft 71b, the shaft 71h is opened (rotated) forward along the long hole of the opening stopper 71g until the shaft 71h reaches the other end of the long hole. .

As shown in FIG. 13, the collective storage mechanism 72 includes the collective storage basket 72a supported by the rotating shaft 72b below the chute 27g of the upper mechanism unit 2 and the lower left side of the collective storage basket 72a. A fourth return chute (second return passage) 72c that is provided and guides the coins in the collective storage basket 72a to the dispensing port 10, and is placed at the lower right of the collective storage basket 72a and is guided by the guide plate 72d. It stores coins stored in the batch storage basket 72a, and is composed of a detachable safe 72f having a lock unit 72e.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the drive mechanism 73 has a drive gear 73 on a drive shaft 73b of a main drive source 73a mounted in the body 4.
The drive gear 73c is engaged with the transmission gear 73d. The belt 73f is provided between the pulley 73e mounted on the shaft of the transmission gear 73d and the pulley 50b rotatably supported on the lower portion of the one front side plate 50 (see FIG. 7).
And a pulley 50c mounted on the shaft of the pulley 50b and a pulley 5 mounted on the roller rotating shaft 55.
Belt 50e is wound around 0d. A transmission gear group 73g is connected to the transmission gear 73d, and a pair of lifting lever cams 73i are attached to an output shaft 73h of the transmission gear group 73g. These lifting lever cams 73i are
As shown in the drawing, it has a pair of vertically symmetrical upper and lower cam surfaces.
A roller 73k provided at one end of is abutted. The other end of the elevating lever 73j supports the elevating shaft 54m of the coin supporting mechanism 54 from below, and the bent portion of the elevating lever 73j moves vertically on the lever shafts 73l attached to the respective rear side plates 70a. It is rotatably provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a transmission gear 73m is mounted on the output shaft 73h, and a transmission gear 73p is connected to the transmission gear 73m via a transmission gear 73n. The bevel gear 73r is meshed with the bevel gear 73q mounted on the shaft of the transmission gear 73p.
The basket rotation gear 73s mounted on the 3r shaft has the 13th
As shown in the figure, the rotation shaft 7 of the collective storage basket 72a is
The gear 72g mounted on 2b is meshed.

When performing the depositing process using the coin depositing / dispensing machine configured as described above, first, coins are dropped into the rotary disc 21b from the depositing port 20 at the center of the hopper liner 21a. As a result, the coins on the rotary disc 21b are separated one by one by the rotation of the rotary disc 21b and sent to the discriminant counting passage 22 side, and are drawn into the discriminative counting passage 22 by the take-in roller 29a, and then the primary acceleration belt. Accelerated transportation by 29c.

Then, the coin is the discrimination counting sensor on the discrimination counting passage 22.
When reaching the installation position of 24, the discrimination counting sensor 24 discriminates and counts denominations. Next, when the coin reaches the curved portion of the discrimination counting passage 22 by the primary acceleration belt 29c, in order to separate the distance from the succeeding coin,
After being further accelerated by the secondary acceleration belt 29e and conveyed toward the exit end, the coin is transferred to the chute opening 27b of the gate opening / closing mechanism 27 based on the discrimination count result.
The operation is performed from either dropping from or sending to the sorting storage passage 28.

This operation is performed by the pair of the near feed sensor 25 and the timing sensor 26 and the opening / closing operation of the gate 27a. That is, in the denomination of the coin,
In addition to not storing a predetermined number of pieces in the temporary storage cylinder 53,
If the sum of the number of coins in the temporary storage cylinder 53 and the number of coins stored in the dispensing cylinder 70c has not yet reached the allowable number of coins stored in the dispensing cylinder 70c, the above coins are used as the timing sensor. 26, when the opening / closing solenoid 27f is operated, the link 27e and the gate turning lever 27d are activated.
The gate 27a is rotated about the shaft 27c through the to make the gate 27a horizontal. As a result, the coins are smoothly transferred to the sorting storage passage 28 through the inner surface of the game 27a. At this time, at the time when the coin is detected by the timing sensor 26, if a subsequent coin is detected by the near-feed sensor 25, it is determined that the coin is equal to or less than a predetermined value (near-feed state). . Then, in the denomination of this subsequent coin, when a predetermined number of coins are stored in the temporary storage cylinder 53 and there is no room to store them, or the dispensing cylinder 70c in which the storage coins in the temporary storage cylinder 53 are added. If the number of coins inside has reached the allowable number and there is no room to store it, it is necessary to surely drop the following coins from the chute port 27b. To do. Therefore, in this case, at the time when the preceding coin is detected by the timing sensor 26 (when the succeeding coin is detected by the near feed sensor 25), the opening / closing solenoid 27f is operated so that the gate 27a is opened. The shaft 27c is tilted downward. As a result, the two coins drop smoothly along the inner surface of the lower portion of the tubular gate 27a and then drop through the chute port 27b. Here, since the gate 27a has a notch 27h formed along the coin transfer direction at the center of the upper portion thereof, the secondary acceleration belt 29e moves in the notch 27h regardless of the opening / closing operation of the gate 27a, Therefore, contact between the gate 27a and the secondary acceleration belt 29e does not interfere. Further, since the preceding coin has already been counted and stored in the control unit as having been transferred to the sorting storage passage 28 side, the number of stored coins is reduced by one when it is dropped from the chute port 27b.

On the other hand, in the case of the preceding denomination of coins, if there is no room to store it in the temporary storage cylinder 53, or if there is no room to store it in the dispensing cylinder 70c, the coin is the timing sensor
When it is detected by 26, the opening / closing solenoid 27f tilts the gate 27a downward, and this coin is dropped from the chute opening 27b. In this case, if a subsequent coin is detected by the near-feed sensor 25 at the above-mentioned time point, it is determined to be in the near-feed state, and even if the subsequent coin is to be sent to the sorting storage passage 28, Like the preceding coin, it is dropped from the chute opening 27b. this is,
This is because if the gate 27a is returned to the horizontal state in the near-feed state, the subsequent coins may not be transferred smoothly and a jam may occur. Also, at this time,
If the coin was originally sent to the sorting and storing passage 28, it is already stored in the control section as being sent to the sorting and storing passage 28 side, so that the coin is dropped from the chute port 27b. , Reduce the number of stored sheets by one.

Here, in the gate opening / closing mechanism 27, the gate 27a
Is inclined downward (see FIG. 12), the distance d between the intersection position between the upper inner surface of the gate 27a and the secondary acceleration belt 29e and the gate inclination start position (gate base end position) is at least the value of the transfer coin. Since it is set larger than the maximum diameter, coins that slide along the inner surface of the lower part of the gate 27a do not get caught between the secondary acceleration belt 28e and the gate 27a, move smoothly, and shoot. It drops from the mouth 27b, is guided to the chute 27g, and is stored in the collective storage basket 27a. Further, when the gate 27a is in a horizontal state, the coins that are accelerated and conveyed by the secondary acceleration belt 29e are transferred on the inner surface of the gate 27a, and are reliably delivered onto the sorting storage passage 28, It does not fall from the chute mouth 27b.

Next, the coins sent to the sorting and storing passage 28 are guided by the sorting belt group 29g in one straight line portion of the sorting and storing passage 28 (downward in FIG. 3).
It is transferred while being pressed against the 28a side. Therefore,
The coin has six sorting ports 28b, which are formed so that the width of the coin is gradually increased in the straight portion in the state of being closer to one side, and as the coins are sorted, the sorting port corresponding to the diameter of the coin is formed. It is dropped into 28b, guided to a sorting chute 52 provided below this sorting port 28b, and stored in a temporary storage cylinder 53.

In this way, all the coins inserted from the deposit port 20 can be stored in the temporary storage cylinder 53 and withdrawn, after the denomination discrimination and counting are performed by the discrimination counting sensor 24. As many coins as can be stored in the cylinder 70c are stored in the temporary storage cylinders 53 from above the sorting and storage passage 28, and the remaining coins are all stored in the batch storage basket 72a, so that only the necessary number is stored. It is sent to the passage 28, and accordingly, the occurrence of problems such as jam during selection and erroneous selection is suppressed as much as possible.

Then, when all the deposited coins are stored in the temporary storage cylinder 53 or the collective storage basket 72a and this deposit transaction is approved, the coins in each temporary storage cylinder 53 are respectively stored in the dispensing cylinder 70c. At the same time, the coins in the collective storage basket 72a are stored in the removable safe 72f. That is, the seventh
In the figure, when the main drive source 73a is driven and the drive shaft 73b is rotated counterclockwise together with the drive gear 73c, the transmission gear 7
3d, pulley 73e, belt 73f, pulleys 50b, 50c, belt 50
e, the roller rotation shaft 55 and the feeding roller via the pulley 50d
56 rotates clockwise. On the other hand, when the transmission gear 73d rotates clockwise, the output shaft 73h rotates clockwise through the transmission gear group 73g, so that the pair of lifting lever cams 73i mounted on the output shaft 73h are in the same direction. (Clockwise in FIG. 7 and counterclockwise in FIG. 8). As a result, a pair of lifting levers 73j that are in contact with the cam surfaces of the lifting lever cams 73i via rollers 73k rotate about the lever shafts 73l, and the other ends of the lifting levers 73j move up and down the shafts 54m. Lift up. As a result, the roller mounting plate 54k moves upward while moving the pair of elevating guide rollers 54l along the roller guide slits 50a of the front side plate 50. 54f rises. Therefore, since the end of the coil spring 54j fixed to the lifting plate pin 54i of the lifting plate 54f is pulled upward, the coil spring wound around the pulley 54g between the lifting plate pin 54i and the block pin 54h. 54j lifts the pulley 54g, which causes support plate arm 54b, lifting block 54d, block post along with pulley 54g.
54e integrally rises along the fixed shaft 54c, and the support plate 54a supported by the support plate arm 54b also rises in the temporary storage cylinder 53.

As described above, the feeding roller 56 is
It rotates counterclockwise and supports the inside of the temporary storage cylinder 53.
As the coin 54a moves up, the coins stored in the temporary storage cylinder 53 are sequentially pushed up, sent to the right, and stored in the dispensing cylinder 70c while being guided by the coin guide plate 62. In this case, as coins are moved one by one from the temporary storage cylinder 53 into the dispensing cylinder 70c, the coins in the temporary storage cylinder 53 vibrate vertically, but this vibration is wound around the pulley 54g. The coins move smoothly because they are absorbed by the coil spring 54j.

As the output shaft 73h rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 8, the transmission gears 73m, 73n, 73p and the bevel gear 7 are rotated.
Since the basket rotation gear 73s rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 13 via the 3q and 73r, the rotation shaft 72b rotates clockwise through the gear 72g, and the collective storage basket 72a.
Tilts to the right, and the coins in the batch storage basket 72a are stored in the removable safe 72f.

Further, when all the deposited coins are stored in the temporary storage cylinder 53 or the batch storage basket 72a and the deposit transaction is not approved, the main drive source 73a is driven to drive the main drive source 73a in FIG. The shaft 73b is rotated clockwise with the drive gear 73c. As a result, contrary to the above-described case of approval, the collective storage basket 72a rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 13 and the coins in the collective storage basket 72a are dispensed onto the fourth return chute 72c. The coin is stored in the carton 12 placed on the dispensing port 10 via the fourth return chute 72c. Along with this, the feeding roller 56 rotates clockwise in FIG. 5, while the lifting lever cams 73i rotate counterclockwise (8th in FIG. 7).
Rotate clockwise in the figure). In this case, since a pair of cam surfaces is formed on each of the lifting lever cams 73i in line symmetry, the roller 73k of the lifting lever cam 73i contacts the cam surface on the opposite side of the above-mentioned approved cam surface. By contacting, similarly, the other end of the elevating lever 73j lifts the roller mounting plate 54k together with the elevating shaft 54m. Therefore, since the feeding roller 56 rotates clockwise in FIG. 5 and the support plate 54a rises in the temporary storage cylinder 53, the coins in the temporary storage cylinder 53 are sequentially paid out and first returned. Through the chute 64, the second return chute 31 and the third return chute 32 in the front door 3 are passed through, and they are accommodated in the carton 12 of the dispensing port 10.

In this way, by rotating the drive shaft 73b in the forward and reverse directions using the single main drive source 73a, the temporary storage cylinder 53 is dispensed to the dispensing cylinder 70c or the first return passage 11 and the collective storage basket 72a is provided. Detachable safe 72f or second from
The sending operation to the return passage 72c is simultaneously and surely performed. Further, since the temporary storage cylinder 53 and the withdrawal cylinder 70c are arranged side by side in front and behind, the height of the coin depositing / dispensing machine can be reduced, and the coins can be accommodated in the temporary storage cylinder 53 and the withdrawal cylinder 70c. A sufficient amount can be secured and it is easy to handle as a tabletop type. Further, when the coin is paid out from the temporary storage cylinder 53, the support plate 54a in the temporary storage cylinder 53 moves up and down, but when the support plate 54a is at the lower end position, the support plate 54a is arranged obliquely with respect to the vertical direction. Pair of upper and lower photosensors 59,6
The optical axis of 0 is transmitted through the lower end position transmitting hole 54p of the support plate 54a, it is detected that there is no coin in the temporary storage cylinder 53, and the preparation for inserting the coin into the temporary storage cylinder 53 is completed. Is detected. Next, when a coin is inserted into the temporary storage cylinder 53, the optical axis is blocked by the coin. Then, as described above, the support plate 54a moves upward to dispense all the coins in the temporary storage cylinder 53, and when the upper end position is reached, all the coins on the support plate 54a are dispensed, and the optical axis Passes through the upper end position transmission hole 54n of the support plate 54a, it means that all the coins have been paid out.
Detected by 59,60. In addition, when an abnormal state occurs such that the coin is jammed in the temporary storage cylinder 53 or stands up when it is fed out, the support plate 54a does not reach the predetermined upper end position. In this case, since the optical axis is blocked by the support plate 54a, it can be reliably detected that the support plate 54a is not at the upper end position.

Furthermore, when the feeding operation is completed and the support plate 54a at the upper end position is lowered, the main drive source 73a is driven to rotate the elevating lever cam 73i, and the elevating lever cam 73i is moved to the maximum diameter portion. Roll of lifting lever 73j in contact
Return 73k to the smallest diameter part. As a result, the elevating lever 73j rotates about the lever shaft 73l, and the other end of the elevating lever 73j descends. Therefore, the elevating shaft 54m supported by the elevating lever 73j is connected to the roller mounting plate 54k and the elevating plate. The coil spring 54j, the pulley 54g, the elevation block 54d, the block post 54e, and the support plate arm 54b also descend along with the fixed shaft 54c. Therefore, the support plate 54a supported by the support plate arm 54b smoothly descends inside the temporary storage cylinder 53 to the lower end position.

When paying out coins stored in the dispensing cylinder 70c, the rotating shaft 74i is rotated counterclockwise together with the pushing plate advancing / retreating cam 74j in FIG. 5 by the dispensing drive source 74p. On the other hand, when the protrusion 74h of the push-out plate advancing / retracting cam 74j comes into contact with the coin push-out plate 74g and pushes the coin push-out plate 74g forward against the spring force of the spring 74l, the solenoid 74b
The plunger is raised to raise the push-out plate holder 74d by about one coin. As a result, the push plate holder 74
Since the coin pushing plate 74g supported movably in the horizontal direction by a predetermined distance in d is raised by approximately one coin from between the pair of bottom plates 70e of the dispensing cylinder 70c, the coin pushing plate 74g is moved forward. By moving, one coin is dispensed from the dispensing port 70f of the dispensing cylinder 70c onto the carton 12 of the dispensing port 10. Then
When the protrusion 74h pushing out the coin pushing plate 74g retracts downward, the coin pushing plate 74g is pulled back in the horizontal direction by the spring force of the spring 74l, and the plunger of the solenoid 74b is lowered to push the coin pushing plate. Since the pushing plate holder 74d supporting the plate 74g is moved downward by one coin by the biasing force of the downward biasing spring 74n, the coin pushing plate 74g is placed between the bottom plates 70e. Is pulled back by. In this way, the required number of coins of the predetermined denomination are smoothly dispensed.

Next, a case will be described in which the front mechanism portion 5 is pulled out to the front side together with the front door 3 during maintenance or when a jam occurs.

In this case, first, the machine body 1 and the upper mechanism portion 2 are opened upward and retracted above the machine body 4, and then the front door 3 is pivoted.
Rotate forward around 30. As a result, as the front door 3 is pulled out to the front side, the front side plate 50 is pulled to the front side via the connecting plate 68, so that the engagement state between the projection 71c of the roller catch mechanism 71e and the recess 71d is released. To be done. As a result, the front side plate 50 rotates forward with respect to the rear side plate 70a about the opening / closing shaft 71b, and the opening / closing stopper about the shaft 71f attached to the rear side plate 70a.
As the 71g rotates, the shaft 71h attached to the front side plate 50 moves along the long hole of the opening / closing stopper 71g. Then, when the shaft 71h reaches the end of the elongated hole of the opening / closing stopper 71g, the rotation of the front side plate 50 is stopped, and the front side plate 50 is supported by the opening / closing stopper 71g and is moved forward by a predetermined angle. Stand still while tilted. In this case, the lower hook 65d of the lock plate 65a of the locking mechanism 65 is locked by the lock opener 65a.
The front side plate 50 is opened to the front side from the state of retracting from the roller guide slit 50a of the front side plate 50 against the urging force of the lock spring 65e by the f (front mechanism part 5 closed state). Thus, the lock spring 65e urges the roller guide slit 50a so that the lifting shaft 54m
It becomes a state that can be locked. In addition to the opening operation of the front side plate 50, the first and second frames 51 and 63, the sorting chute 5
2, temporary storage cylinder 53, coin support mechanism 54, feeding roller 56, photosensors 59, 60, leaf spring 61, coin guide plate 62, first
Return chute 64, locking mechanism 65 and full detection sensors 66, 67
Etc. are also inclined forward by a predetermined angle about the opening / closing shaft 71b. As a result, since the upper portion of the temporary storage cylinder 53 is exposed, maintenance and jam elimination inside or around the temporary storage cylinder 53 can be easily performed, and also in the dispensing cylinder 70c, the leaf spring 61 from above is also provided. Since the coin guide plate 62 is retracted, maintenance is facilitated.

Furthermore, when coins remain in the temporary storage cylinder 53, the feeding roller 5 is manually moved while raising the support plate 54a.
By rotating 6, the coins in the temporary storage cylinder 53
As shown in FIG. 10, it is recovered from the first return chute 64 through the back side of the second return chute 31 and into the carton 12 of the dispensing port 10 via the third return chute 32. Furthermore, if the front side plate 50 is opened to the front side, the lifting shaft 54m can be pulled up to the upper end position and engaged with the lower hook 65d of the lock plate 65a of the locking mechanism 65 to eliminate maintenance or jam. Later, when the front door 3 and the front mechanism portion 5 are returned to their original states as they are, the lifting shaft
54m can always be positioned above the other end of the elevating lever 73j, so that the lock plate 65a contacts the lock opener 65f to release the engagement state between the lower hook 65d and the elevating shaft 54m. Then, the elevating shaft 54m descends and becomes supported by the other end of the elevating lever 73j,
It will be ready for operation automatically. In this way, it is possible to improve the workability during maintenance and quickly return to the operable state.

"Effects of the Invention" As described in detail above, in the invention described in the first claim, the temporary storage cylinder of the denomination, the support plate provided along with the temporary storage portion, and the feeding roller are the front mechanism portion. When the front door is tilted toward the front of the machine about the axis, the front mechanism is interlocked with the front door through a connecting plate connected to the front door. Since it is tilted forward toward the front of the machine about the opening and closing axis, the temporary storage cylinder, the support plate, and the delivery roller can be separated from the withdrawal cylinder simply by opening the front door during maintenance. This makes it possible to easily perform maintenance on the temporary storage cylinder, the support plate, the feeding roller, and the dispensing cylinder.

Further, in the coin depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention, the temporary storage cylinder and the dispensing cylinder are arranged in front of and behind the machine body, and the coins in the temporary storage part are dispensed by the raising operation of the support plate and the forward rotation of the feeding roller. Since it is designed to send the coins into the cylinder, there is no need to arrange the mechanism for temporarily holding coins for each denomination and the mechanism for paying out coins to be vertically arranged at all. On the other hand, the effect of miniaturization can be obtained.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the front door and the front mechanism portion are tilted forward toward the front of the machine body, the support plates are provided on the upper portions of both side surfaces of the front mechanism portion through the lifting plate. Since the lock plate capable of locking the lifting shaft is provided when the support plate is moved to the uppermost portion of the temporary storage cylinder, and the support plate is held at the uppermost portion of the temporary storage portion by the lock plate. For example, when a jam occurs in the temporary storage unit, the jam can be reliably eliminated by only raising the lift plate and locking the lift shaft with the lock plate. It becomes possible to perform surely.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 14 show an embodiment of the present invention,
1 is a schematic side view, FIG. 2 is a schematic front view, FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view, FIG. 4 is a perspective view, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the storage and delivery mechanism section seen from the left, FIG. 7 is a side view of the storage section mechanism seen from the left, and FIG. 8 is the mechanism section. FIG. 9 is a side view of the same as seen from the right, FIG. 9 is a plan view of a main portion of the same mechanical section, FIG. 10 is an explanatory view for explaining an open state of the front mechanical section, FIG. 11 is a side view of the gate opening / closing mechanism, and FIG. FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the mechanism with the gate inclined downward, FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the collective storage mechanism, and FIG. 14 is an explanatory view for explaining the periphery of the temporary storage cylinder. 3 ... Front door (open / close door), 4 ... Airframe (airframe cover),
53 ... Temporary storage cylinder (temporary storage part), 54 ... Coin support mechanism (support), 56 ... Delivery roller (delivery mechanism), 65 ... Locking mechanism (locking means), 70c ... Withdrawal Tube (withdrawal part), 71b ...
… Opening / closing axis, 73j …… elevating lever (support moving means).

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A temporary storage cylinder of a denomination, which is provided obliquely below a sorting and storage passage provided along a front surface of a machine body and temporarily stores coins sorted by denomination in an aligned and accumulating form, and the denomination. Each of the coins is vertically movable in the temporary storage cylinder, and when the sorted coins are received, the sorted coins are supported at the bottom of the temporary storage cylinder of the denomination in an aligned and stacked state. While temporarily storing and storing or returning the temporarily stored coins, a support plate that rises in the temporary storage cylinder while supporting the temporarily stored coins, and directly above each of the temporary storage cylinders of the denomination Placed in
By a forward rotation or a reverse rotation drive, a feeding roller for storing or returning the temporarily stored coins raised by the support plate, and arranged behind each of the temporary storage cylinders of the denomination,
The temporary storage coins sent out by the forward rotation of the feeding roller are received from the upper opening thereof and are stored in an aligned and stacked manner. A withdrawal cylinder of a denomination capable of withdrawing money into a gold mouth, and a forward position of the temporary storage cylinder of the denomination are provided so as to be tiltable toward the front of the fuselage about an axis arranged in the lower part, and A front door having therein a return passage for guiding the temporarily stored coins fed by the reverse rotation of the feeding roller to the dispensing port, a temporary storage cylinder of the denomination, a support plate and a feeding roller are integrally supported, and further At the inner position of the front door, it is rotatably provided around an opening / closing shaft arranged in the lower part, and the opening operation of the front door is performed through a connecting plate connected with the upper part of the front door. Interlocking Opening and closing mechanism of the coin receiving and dispensing machine which is characterized by comprising, a front mechanism portion which is inclined forward towards the fuselage forward around the control shaft. 2. The front mechanism part is further provided with an elevating plate for vertically moving a support plate arranged in the temporary storage cylinder of the denomination, and the elevating plate integrally provided, and the front mechanism. And a lifting shaft that moves up and down on both side surfaces of the section, and upper and lower sides of the front mechanism section, respectively, when the front door and the front mechanism section tilt forward toward the front of the machine and The coin according to claim 1, further comprising a lock plate capable of locking the elevating shaft when the support plate is moved to the uppermost part in the temporary storage cylinder of the denomination through the plate. The opening / closing mechanism of the depositing / dispensing machine.