JPH0159633B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) This invention is attached to the coin slot of a vending machine, and is designed to give a time difference to coins that are continuously inserted into the coin slot of the vending machine. Regarding the structure of the coin slot.

(Prior Art) When purchasing goods using a vending machine, the user often has a plurality of coins on hand to cover the expected amount. In order to make it convenient to insert multiple coins, the applicant first proposed the following:
It is attached to the coin slot of a vending machine via a mounting plate, and includes a recessed placement seat, a coin dropout opening facing upward in the placement seat, and a coin dropout opening facing the coin dropout opening. It has a guide upright plate, places a plurality of coins in a row in an inclined overlapping manner on a placement seat, and pushes all the coins at once toward the guide upright plate to make all the coins stand upright, By varying the strength of the pushing force, the coin at the forefront is attached to a guide plate and dropped into the coin drop slot, and the coins on the placement seat are sequentially fed into the vending machine at high speed. Provided a coin slot structure.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, when a plurality of coins are continuously fed into a vending machine at high speed as described above, some vending machines have a sorter installed inside the machine. The sorting ability of the container may not be able to handle this, and some coins may be returned to the coin ejection port.

In other words, some vending machines require a certain amount of time for coin sorting, and coins are required to be inserted with a time lag.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and when coins are inserted into the slot of a vending machine, the coins that are continuously inserted automatically match the sorting capacity of the sorter. It is an object of the present invention to provide a coin slot structure in which a time difference is automatically applied.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to attach coins to the coin slot of a vending machine via a mounting plate, and to place coins in a hollow shape. The device has a seat, a coin drop opening facing upward on the loading seat, and a guiding upright plate arranged facing the coin dropping opening, and a plurality of coins are stacked in a row on the loading seat in an inclined overlapping manner. Then, all the coins are pushed toward the guiding board to make them all upright, and the pushing force is adjusted to make the coin in the forefront attached to the guiding board and dropped into the coin drop slot. In a coin slot structure in which the coins on the placement seat are sequentially input into the vending machine, the coins falling into the coin drop slot are diverted to the coin slot of the vending machine below the placement seat. Place the derivative to be induced,
The base of the inductor is pivotally attached to the mounting plate via a spring so that it can rotate freely in the vertical direction, and a receiving screw is screwed into the lower part of the mounting seat corresponding to the tip of the inductor. The coin slot structure is characterized in that the tip is crimped under the bias of a spring, and the inclination angle of the guide is changed by adjusting the length of the receiving screw.

(Function) The inclination angle of the guide is adjusted in advance by adjusting the length of the receiving screw screwed into the lower part of the placement seat in accordance with the sorting capacity of the coin sorter installed in the vending machine.

However, when inserting coins into a vending machine, the prepared multiple coins are placed in a row on the placement platform in a diagonal overlapping manner, and by placing the tip of a finger on the last coin, all the coins are placed on the guiding board. When the coins are pushed forward, all the coins become upright and the foremost coin is attached to the guiding plate.

When the pushing force is momentarily weakened in this state, the coin attached to the guiding upright plate, which is considered to be at the forefront, falls into the coin drop slot.

This coin falls under its own weight at a predetermined height, collides with an inductor, and in addition to jumping due to the reaction,
The movement speed is slowed down by the direction change operation determined by the inclination angle of the induction body, and the coin is inserted toward the coin slot of the vending machine.

While the coins are on the derivative, there is no space on the derivative to receive the coins that fall from the loading seat side, and therefore, after the preceding coin is inserted into the coin slot of the vending machine, the subsequent coin cannot be received. Coins are now allowed to fall, giving a time lag to subsequent coins.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the device installed in a vending machine.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a holding seat formed in the shape of a hollow on which a coin A is placed, 2 is integrated with this holding seat 1, and an appropriate means is attached to the coin slot of the front plate of the vending machine B. 3 is a coin drop opening facing upward in the center of the loading seat 2; 4 is a guide plate placed facing the coin drop opening 3; the base end is attached to the mounting plate 2; It is supported by a movably attached sliding member 5, and the movement of the guiding upright plate 4 allows the coin drop opening 3 to be opened to either the left or right loading seat 1a, 1b in a switching manner.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a derivative placed below the holding seat 1, which is biased upward by a spring 7 at its base and pivoted to the mounting plate 2, and is used to automatically sell coins A that have fallen into the coin drop slot 3. This guides you to change direction to the coin slot of the machine.
A guiding groove 9 is formed to guide the coin A from below the coin drop opening 3 to a coin outlet 8 provided on the mounting plate 2 so as to match the coin input opening of the vending machine.

The falling height of the coin A from the coin drop opening 3 to the induction body 6 is set to be approximately the same as the diameter of the coin A.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a receiving screw screwed into the lower part of the mounting seat 1 in correspondence with the tip of the guide 6. The tip of the guide 6 comes into pressure contact with the guide 6 under the bias of the spring 7, and the length of the receiving screw 10 is adjusted. change the angle of inclination.

In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a compression spring that urges the receiving screw 10 outward, and is used to prevent the receiving screw 10 from wobbling. Reference numeral 12 denotes a coin pick-up port formed between the lower part of the placing seat 1 and the guide body 6. As shown in FIG. When you pick it up and pull it toward you, the tip of the guide 6 opens downward and the coin A is taken out.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a notch provided in the guiding upright plate 4 so that the guiding upright plate 4 does not interfere when one coin A is dropped directly into the coin drop opening 3.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a notch groove provided on the edge of the holding seat 1 on an extension of the coin drop slot 3, and when a single coin A is directly dropped into the coin drop slot 3, the coin A is hung in the notch groove 14. When inserted, the coin can be inserted smoothly, just as if the coin drop slot 3 had been expanded to the front.

(Effects) As described above, this invention is attached to the coin slot of a vending machine, and when a plurality of coins are placed on the placement seat, the coins are inserted through the coin dropout port provided on the placement seat. When consecutively inserting coins into the coin slot of a vending machine, a time difference is automatically given between the preceding coin and subsequent coin in accordance with the sorting capacity of the coin sorter of the vending machine. There is no need to continuously insert multiple prepared coins and some of the coins are returned to the coin ejection port, and the coins can be inserted reliably at a speed that is optimal for the sorting capacity of the vending machine. It can be applied to various vending machines and has excellent effects that make their use convenient.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view of the device installed in a vending machine, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the center in a normal state, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the center when a coin is removed. be. 1...Placement seat, 2...Mounting plate, 3...Coin drop slot, 4...Guidance standing plate, 5...Sliding member, 6...
Derivative, 7... Spring, 8... Coin outlet, 9... Guide groove, 10... Receiving screw, 11... Spring, 12...
... Coin extraction opening, 13 ... Notch, 14 ...
Notch groove.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. It is attached to the coin slot of a vending machine via a mounting plate, and includes a hollow-shaped loading seat, a coin dropout opening facing upward in the loading seat, and a coin dropout opening facing the coin dropout opening. A plurality of coins are placed on the placement seat in a row in an inclined overlapping manner, and all of the coins are pushed toward the guide plate to make them upright, and the pushing force is increased. In a coin slot structure in which the coin placed at the forefront with different strengths is attached to a guide plate and dropped into the coin drop slot, and the coins on the placement seat are sequentially input into the vending machine, Below the mounting seat,
A derivative is disposed to guide coins falling into a coin drop slot into a coin slot of a vending machine, and a base of the derivative is pivotally mounted to a mounting plate with a spring interposed therebetween so as to be freely rotatable in the vertical direction. Screw a receiver screw into the lower part of the mounting seat corresponding to the tip of the guide, press the tip of the guide to the receiver screw under the bias of a spring, and change the inclination angle of the guide by adjusting the length of the receiver screw. A coin slot structure characterized by being configured as follows.