EP1489561B1 - Münz- und Wertmarken-Ausgabeautomat - Google Patents

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EP1489561B1
EP1489561B1 EP04076733A EP04076733A EP1489561B1 EP 1489561 B1 EP1489561 B1 EP 1489561B1 EP 04076733 A EP04076733 A EP 04076733A EP 04076733 A EP04076733 A EP 04076733A EP 1489561 B1 EP1489561 B1 EP 1489561B1
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Margaretha Maria Van Offeren
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D1/00—Coin dispensers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D9/00—Counting coins; Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G07D9/008—Feeding coins from bulk

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  • the invention relates to a coin- and token-dispensing device in accordance with the preamble of claim 1.
  • a coin- and token-dispensing device of the said type is known from US-4535794-A .
  • a coin- and token-dispensing device of this type is intended, for example, to be fitted in a gaming machine.
  • Coins or tokens which leave the coin- and token-dispensing device via its outlet opening generally drop into a partially vertical passage and then into a tray where a player can collect the coins or tokens.
  • the coin- and token-dispensing device is made accessible by opening a housing of the gaming machine and then the coin and token holder thereof can be topped up with coins and tokens.
  • the coin and token holder can also be topped up with coins and tokens which are introduced by a player when the gaming machine is closed.
  • a connector which for connection to external electrical means is connected via a cable to electrical components of the coin- and token-dispensing device, is fitted against a wall of the housing opposite a wall comprising the outlet opening.
  • the housing thereof is closed apart from a filling opening for the coin and token holder and the outlet opening.
  • Components arranged in the housing, such as a detection member for detecting dispensing of coins and tokens and the said cable with connector are only accessible if the coin- and token-dispensing device is moved and one or more parts of the housing thereof are removed. Consequently, for example the cleaning of an optical detection member for detecting the passage of coins and tokens at the outlet opening requires considerable effort and time. This in turn leads to high maintenance costs. Since the gaming machine cannot be used by paying customers during maintenance work of this nature, prolonged maintenance also leads to loss of turnover for an operator of the gaming machine.
  • the known coin and token holder can hold 1600 coins and tokens and has a coin and token dispensing speed of 200 coins or tokens per minute. If the housing has to be dismantled, the engineer presses a button, so that the holder is emptied at the said speed. This can therefore last 8 minutes. Only then can the housing be removed in order to allow maintenance to be carried out on the desired components. After the maintenance work, the housing has to be reassembled and the coins or tokens have to be returned to the holder. Cleaning a lens of the known coin- and token-dispensing device can therefore easily take 15 minutes.
  • maintenance work is to be understood as meaning all activities which may have to be carried out on the device, possibly at periodic intervals, after use of the coin- and token-dispensing device has commenced, for example cleaning, repair, adjustment and replacement work.
  • this object is achieved by the provision of a coin- and token-dispensing device according to claim 1.
  • an insert member which can be displaced into and out of the housing from the outside and of which a carrier carries the detection member is suitable for other electrical components of the device, in particular components which are more likely to need maintenance than others, to be arranged thereon. It is even possible for the entire insert members to be replaced without difficulty with another insert member, for example with an insert member with a different type of detection member, such as inductive, light-reflecting, light-interrupting, colour-sensitive, resistive or a combination thereof, including a suitable detection circuit.
  • US-2002/0060120 discloses a support for a motion sensor of coins supplied by a hopper of a recreational machine.
  • the hopper contains a first sensor for counting coins that are supplied from the hopper through a slot of a door of the machine.
  • Said support comprises two brackets which are attached on either side of said slot and which carry a second sensor, which is in particular an optical sensor.
  • Said support and a coin outlet of the hopper device are constructed such that in a closed door situation a coin supplied by the hopper passes along the second sensor carried by said support on its way through the door slot.
  • Printed circuit boards carrying the second sensor are attached to the brackets forming the support and the support is firmly attached to the door, for example with the collaboration of rivets. Maintenance of the first sensor inside the hopper device will require taking the device apart and the maintenance of the second sensor does not allow easy maintenance by replacement of it.
  • a coin- and token-dispensing device comprises a housing with three parts: a centre part 4 with a base 5 and, at its periphery, a substantially rectangular frame 6, and on either side of the centre part 4 a first side part 7, which covers a main space of the centre part 4 delimited by the frame 6, and a second side part 9, which in combination with the centre part 4 forms a coin and token holder.
  • a coin- and token-dispensing device is in use, it is oriented as shown in Fig. 1.
  • the terms vertical and horizontal directions refer to the orientation illustrated in Fig. 1.
  • the conveyor member 11 is guided over guide means, such as the strip 14 leading from the base 5, in such a manner that a radius of a bottom section of the loop is preferably smaller than a radius of a top section of the loop.
  • a gearwheel 16 engages on an outer side, perpendicular to a main plane of the loop, of the conveyor member 11.
  • the gearwheel 16 engages on a transmission wheel 17 which is arranged on the shaft of a motor 18 which is accommodated outside the centre part 4, in a space 19 of the second side part 9.
  • the motor 18 is running, the conveyor member 11 is rotated in the direction 21.
  • driver members On the inner side of the conveyor member 11, which cannot be seen in Fig. 3, there are driver members, for example those which are known from US-4353794-A .
  • Each driver member is suitable for carrying a coin or token resting on it upwards with the coin or token bearing against the conveyor member 1 in its section which rises obliquely upwards with the links 12 shown.
  • Coins or tokens can drop out of the coin and token holder, which is defined by the combination of the centre part 4 and the second side part 19, over an inclined base 23 of the coin or token holder and via an introduction opening 24 in the base 5 of the centre part onto a bottom section of the inner side of the conveyor member 11 or onto coins or tokens which are already located there.
  • a vibratory member 26, which is not illustrated in more detail, can assist this conveying of coins or tokens through the introduction opening 24.
  • the base 5 of the centre part 4 has an outlet opening, which cannot be seen in the figures but opens out into an outlet space 28 of the second side part 9.
  • the outlet space 28 at least partially has an inclined base 29.
  • Electrical control means receive the detection signal and power the motor 18 as a function thereof.
  • One end of a cable is connected to the control means, and another end of the cable is connected to a connector.
  • the coin- and token-dispensing device comprises an insert member 30 which can be displaced, for example slid, into and out of the housing of the device from the outside via an opening 32 in an outer wall of the housing.
  • the insert member 30 comprises means for detecting dispensing of coins and tokens by the coin- and token-dispensing device.
  • the insert member 30 comprises a carrier 31, which is in particular a printed circuit board (PCB) on which the detection member and control means of the coin- and token-dispensing device can be arranged.
  • the carrier 31 is covered by a cover plate 33.
  • the cover plate 33 transversely with respect to a main plane thereof, at one end has a wall plate 34 and at the other end has a bridge 35 which, together with the cover plate 33, leaves clear an aperture 36 for coins and tokens to be passed through.
  • the wall plate 34 is preferably positioned flush within the boundary of the opening 32.
  • cover plate 33 and the wall plate 34 are transparent and to form an integral unit, secured to the carrier 31, with the bridge 35.
  • a light reflector (not shown).
  • the reflector there are one or more light transmitters and receivers (not shown) on the carrier 31, making it possible to detect the passage of a coin or token through the aperture 36.
  • indicators such as LEDs, (not shown) of the control means can be arranged on the carrier 31 next to the wall plate 34, indicating the operation and/or condition and therefore any need to carry out maintenance on the coin- and token-dispensing device when the carrier 31 has been screwed into the housing of the device, and these indicators are visible via the transparent wall plate 36.
  • the cable with a connector 42 at one end, can be guided to one end or the other end of the passage 41, with the application of a certain force, via the slot which is left clear by the strip 40.
  • Recesses in the first side part 7 and if appropriate in the centre part 4 at the ends of the passage 41 are suitable for the connector 42 to be placed in and then held captively by means of a locking member 44.
  • a covering member 45 can be fitted at the other end of the passage 41 from the end having the connector 42.
  • the insert member 30 could be displaced via an opening in a different wall of the housing, for example from the top or as a function of the wall of the housing in which the outlet space 28 opens out.
  • a displacement of the insert member 30 into and out of the housing comprises a sliding movement, a tilting movement or other movements or combinations of movements.
  • an electric circuit arranged on the insert member 30 may be connected, optionally via connectors, to internal electrical means.
  • an electric circuit arranged on the insert member 30 to be connected, optionally via connectors, to internal electrical means.

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  1. Münzen- und Wertmarken-Ausgabevorrichtung, die ein Gehäuse aufweist, in dem vorgesehen sind: ein endlosriemenartiges Beförderungselement (11), das im Gebrauch im Wesentlichen vertikale Hauptebenen besitzt und an der Innenseite mit Einfangelementen versehen ist, die sich in gegenseitigem Abstand befinden, eine Halterung für Münzen oder Wertmarken, die eine Einführöffnung (24) besitzt, die über einem Bodenabschnitt des Beförderungselements (11) vorhanden ist, um Münzen oder Wertmarken aus der Halterung auf das Beförderungselement (11) zu führen, Antriebsmittel (16, 17, 18) zur rotatorischen Verlagerung in einer Beförderungsrichtung (21) des Beförderungselements (11), um Münzen oder Wertmarken nach oben auf die Einfangelemente zu verlagern, eine Auslassöffnung, die in einem ansteigenden Abschnitt der Innenseite des Beförderungselements (11) angeordnet ist, um Münzen oder Wertmarken von Einfangelementen, die sich hinter der Auslassöffnung befinden, in die äußere Umgebung der Vorrichtung abzuführen, ein elektrisches Erfassungselement, das an der Auslassöffnung angeordnet ist, um die Ausgabe einer Münze oder Wertmarke zu erfassen und um ein entsprechendes Erfassungssignal zu liefern, und elektrische Steuermittel, die mit dem Erfassungselement und mit den Antriebsmitteln verbunden sind, um die Antriebsmittel in Abhängigkeit von dem Erfassungssignal zu steuern, gekennzeichnet durch ein Einsatzelement (30), das einen Träger (31) aufweist und das durch eine Öffnung (32) in einer Wand des Gehäuses in das Gehäuse und aus dem Gehäuse verlagert werden kann, wobei das Erfassungselement und wenigstens ein Abschnitt der Steuermittel auf dem Träger (31) angeordnet sind.
  2. Münzen- und Wertmarken-Abgabevorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Einsatzelement (30) senkrecht zu Hauptebenen des Beförderungselements (11) verlagert werden kann.
  3. Münzen- und Wertmarken-Abgabevorrichtung nach einem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Einsatzelement (30) eine Wandplatte (34) aufweist, die lichtdurchlässig ist und bei in das Gehäuse eingesetztem Einsatzelement (30) die Öffnung (32) abdeckt, und dass die Steuermittel einen oder mehrere Anzeiger umfassen, die an dem Einsatzelement (30) in der Weise angeordnet sind, dass sie durch die Wandplatte (34) hindurch sichtbar sind.
  4. Münzen- und Wertmarken-Abgabevorrichtung nach einem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuermittel über ein Kabel mit einem Verbinder (42) verbunden sind, wobei sich längs einer Seite des Gehäuses über dessen gesamte Länge ein Kanal (41) erstreckt, um das Kabel von den Steuermitteln in einer Längsrichtung des Durchlasses (41) oder in der entgegengesetzten Richtung zu verlegen, und wobei in jedem Ende des Durchlasses (41) der Verbinder (42) angeordnet werden kann.
  5. Münzen- und Wertmarken-Abgabevorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in jedem Ende des Durchlasses (41) ein Abdeckelement (45) angeordnet werden kann.
  6. Münzen- und Wertmarken-Abgabevorrichtung nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in jedes Ende des Durchlasses (41) ein Verriegelungselement (44) eingesetzt werden kann, um eine weitere Komponente (42, 45), die in dem Ende angeordnet ist, an ihrem Ort festzuhalten.
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