EP0764923A2 - Perfectionnements aux sélecteurs de pièces de monnaie - Google Patents

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EP0764923A2
EP0764923A2 EP96500129A EP96500129A EP0764923A2 EP 0764923 A2 EP0764923 A2 EP 0764923A2 EP 96500129 A EP96500129 A EP 96500129A EP 96500129 A EP96500129 A EP 96500129A EP 0764923 A2 EP0764923 A2 EP 0764923A2
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selectors
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Jesus Guindulain Busto
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Jofemar SA
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Tremoya SL
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F1/00—Coin inlet arrangements; Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
    • G07F1/04—Coin chutes
    • G07F1/041—Coin chutes with means, other than for testing currency, for dealing with inserted foreign matter, e.g. "stuffing", "stringing" or "salting"
    • G07F1/042—Coin chutes with means, other than for testing currency, for dealing with inserted foreign matter, e.g. "stuffing", "stringing" or "salting" the foreign matter being a long flexible member attached to a coin
    • G07F1/044—Automatic detection of the flexible member
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D5/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
    • G07D5/02—Testing the dimensions, e.g. thickness, diameter; Testing the deformation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F1/00—Coin inlet arrangements; Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
    • G07F1/04—Coin chutes
    • G07F1/048—Coin chutes with means for damping coin motion

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  • the present patent of invention consists of some improvements in coin selectors, which are useful to be included in all types of automatic machines that operate by inserting coins, in such a way that upon the coins being inserted the selector validates them, to lead the rejected coins to the refund box and the accepted coins are led towards the general coin box or to the refund boxes.
  • the coin selector throughout the passage of the coins through it include a series of mechanisms not only to validate the coins themselves, but also to avoid fraud and to better obtain the parameters of the coins to be measured.
  • its object is to achieve that the measurements of the coins obtained are as reliable as possible and to prevent fraud from being committed as it is sought that the selector validate coins as accepted and the coins are not to be finally inserted in the general coin box or refund boxes and even products and money can be obtained as change without having inserted the coin towards the general coin box or until the corresponding container for its subsequent refund.
  • the coin selector is applicable in all types of automatic machines that operate by inserting coins, and thus it may be applied in vending machines of different products, and in slot machines giving prizes, in which aside from the product obtained, coins are refunded and coins are issued when a prize is obtained.
  • certain selectors include close to the coin slot, a rotating lever that by its free end interferes with the beam of a pair of diodes, in such a way that upon introducing the coin said lever moves and thus the beam is released, in such a way that until said beam is interfered with again, the system will not definitively accept the coin, whereby if the coin is tied to a string, this prevents the lever from returning to its initial position, whereby there is no acceptance of the coin, though it has been validated as acceptable.
  • Utility Model U9402421 claims an improved coin selector which in its coin slot has a rotating lever provided with a projection in contraposition to the wing placed in the slot, in such as way that upon the passage of the coins the rotation of said lever causes the rotation of a second lever related to it, that has an extension placed between the beam of a diode producing the release of said beam and the subsequent activation of the system.
  • Utility model U9500755 claims an improved coin selector, which in the coin slot has a rotating lever provided with an extension that remains fitted between a pair of projections of a second lever, likewise provided with an extension placed between a diode, it being provided for that the selector has a new rotating lever, position in relation to a wall of the through duct of the coins, which is provided with some projections in position transversal to the through duct, which the coins come up against upon dropping, bouncing towards a part that damps the fall, with the particularity that in the free end of the measurement sensors, the free end of the weight sensor is formed by a pair of gages, having in relation to the final acceptance duct of the coin a new lever that acts in combination with a pair of diodes.
  • the present specification describes some improvements introduced in coin selectors, which are fundamentally based on the string-proof mechanism, the coin drop damping mechanism, upon being inserted in the selector and on the measurements of the coin diameter and weight parameters.
  • the string-proof mechanism or device comprises a generally L-shaped lever that remains rotating at its vertex with one of its wings over the coin slot, and the other considerably longer wing with its free end interposed to a diode, said lever being activated by a counterweight that tends to move it from its inoperative position, obturating the beam of the diode upon being between the emitter element and the receiver of the same.
  • the coins face the diameter measuring device, which comprises three diodes which by means of a passage sequence allows the obtainment of the diameter in a very reliable manner.
  • the coins in the through duct thereof roll over a double gage to measure the weight, in such a way that said double gage close to its initial end can be provided with a stop that prevents vibrations or oscillations of the coin in its rolling in order to make a more reliable measurement.
  • Figure 1 shows a detail view of the string-proof device placed in the coin slot of the selector, which comprises a generally L-shaped lever rotating at its vertex with a wing inserted in the slot.
  • Figure 2 shows a raised view of the selector, in the coin through duct section, wherein they face the three diodes to measure the diameter and they roll over the double gage, it being possible to observe the movable projection that sticks out through a recess of one of the walls of the through duct.
  • Figure 3 shows a raised view of the selector in the coin through duct section according to the inside surface of the wall of the duct corresponding to the previous figure, where it is possible to see the rotation axis of the rotating movable prqjection as well as the three diodes.
  • the string-proof mechanism or device comprises a lever (2) rotating with respect to the shaft (3) of its vertex in such a way that the generally L-shaped lever (2) has its two wings (4) and (5) of different lengths.
  • the shorter wing (4) remains placed over the coin slot (6) of the selector (1) with its free end positioned in relation to a recess (7) of the opposite wall of the channel (8) upon which it remains.
  • the longer wing (5) of lever (2) remains with its free end interposed to a diode (9) and close to its vertex it has a counterweight (10) that tends to keep it in the inoperative position, that is to say with wing (4) inserted in the slot (6) and with the wing (5) interposed to the diode(9).
  • the larger wing (5) of the lever (2) has a shape fractured into three sections, the ends being parallel to each other, so that less space is taken upon in the rotation thereof.
  • the damping mechanism comprises a movable projection rotating with regard to a shaft (12) which sticks out through a gap of one of the walls of the coin through duct, in such a way as the coin drops it comes up against said projection (11) and it is led towards the anvil (14) to damp said drop remaining in its rolling facing the three diodes that by means of a passage sequence allow the obtainment of the diameter of the coins in a totally reliable manner.
  • the coin remains facing the three diodes (15, 16 and 17) in its passage through the duct (18) in such a way that upon passing in front of them, the knocking of four times takes place in order to calculate the diameter of the coin, the sequence being the following:
  • the double weight measurement gage (22) can be provided with a stop in its initial end to prevent the possible vibrations that cause oscillations in the weight parameter measurement.

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EP96500129A 1995-09-22 1996-09-23 Perfectionnements aux sélecteurs de pièces de monnaie Withdrawn EP0764923A3 (fr)

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ES9502434U ES1032118Y (es) 1995-09-22 1995-09-22 Perfeccionamientos en los selectores de monedas.
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EP1083524A3 (fr) * 1999-08-18 2001-07-11 Jofemar, S.A. Sélecteur de pièces de monnaie
ES2214951A1 (es) * 2002-11-04 2004-09-16 Ingerga, S.A. Perfeccionamientos en los dispositivos de entrada para maquinas con accionamiento mediante monedas o similares.

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US4298116A (en) * 1979-10-17 1981-11-03 Coin Acceptors, Inc. String detector for a coin-selecting device
ES1007969Y (es) * 1988-10-20 1990-11-01 Azkoyen Industrial S.A. Selector de monedas para maquinas automaticas.
ATE131300T1 (de) * 1990-08-08 1995-12-15 Azkoyen Ind Sa Vorrichtung und verfahren zum erlangen der mechanische eigenschaften von münzen.
IT1243886B (it) * 1990-11-02 1994-06-28 Marconi Italiana Automazione E Metodo ed apparecchiatura per l'identificazione di monete.
DE4104002A1 (de) * 1991-02-09 1992-08-13 Nat Rejectors Gmbh Annahme- und rueckgabevorrichtung fuer muenzen in einem muenzpruefer

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EP1083524A3 (fr) * 1999-08-18 2001-07-11 Jofemar, S.A. Sélecteur de pièces de monnaie
ES2214951A1 (es) * 2002-11-04 2004-09-16 Ingerga, S.A. Perfeccionamientos en los dispositivos de entrada para maquinas con accionamiento mediante monedas o similares.
ES2214951B1 (es) * 2002-11-04 2005-12-01 Ingerga, S.A. Perfeccionamientos en los dispositivos de entrada para maquinas con accionamiento mediante monedas o similares.

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