JPH0548073U - Coin collection device for vending machines - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To collect coins and collect money quickly. [Structure] The first chute 12 for guiding the change coin 10 from the money discriminating device 4 to the return slot 5, and the sales coin 10.
A second chute 13 for guiding a to the collection box 6a in the safe 6 is provided. The first chute 12 has an opening 14 on the bottom surface thereof, and normally, the opening 14 is provided with an inclined plate 15 having a shaft support.
When the coins for change are collected, the collection box 6a is closed by the first chute 1.
2 to the lower side of the opening 14, has a shaft support on the upper side of the inclined plate 15, and moves downward together with the rotatable hook piece 27 to lock in the hole 29a of the locking portion 29 of the collection box 6a. do it,
The money is collected in the collection box 6a through the opening 14 on the bottom surface of the first chute 12. [Effect] The money can be collected directly in the money collection box 6a. Also collection box 6
It can be collected in one place of a. In addition, by returning the collection box 6a to the sales state, the door 3 can be closed and forgetting to switch work can be prevented.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a coin collecting device for a vending machine.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 In recent years, the spread of vending machines has been remarkably installed everywhere and used by many consumers, but the labor of operators who supply products was excessive. In particular, collecting change is an important task to accurately calculate daily sales. Therefore, a coin collecting device such as Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-140176 has been proposed as a means for quickly performing the collecting operation. The coin collecting device of the above-mentioned vending machine will be described below with reference to the outline of the drawings.

An example of a conventional coin collecting device of a vending machine will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4 to 5. Reference numeral 1 is a main body of a vending machine including an insulating box, and the inside of the refrigerator is insulated from the outside by an inner door 2. A door 3 is attached to the main body 1, and a coin discriminating device 4 for discriminating coins and paying out coins, a return port 5 for returning change, and a safe 6 for collecting coins for sale on the back surface of the main body 1. Is installed. This money discriminating apparatus discriminates whether the coin is a 10-yen coin or a 100-yen coin, and whether the coin is valid or invalid. The safe 6 has a collection box 6a having an opening, and the return port 5 has an opening only on the front surface side of the door 3. Further, an auxiliary chute 8 having a partition plate 7 for partitioning the coin passage is fixed in order to separately guide coins paid out from the money discriminating device 4 to the return port 5 and the safe 6.

The money discriminating device 4 has a change payout opening 9, a change coin 10, and a sales coin 10a paid out from a sales payout opening 11. The auxiliary shoot 8 has a coin passage 8a. A coin passage 8b is provided.

The operation of the coin collecting device of the vending machine configured as described above will be described below.

First, the coins for change 10 are paid out from the change payout opening 9 of the money discriminating device 4, pass through the coin passage 8 a of the auxiliary chute 8 and fall to the return opening 5. The sales coin 10a is paid out from the sales payout opening 11 of the money discriminating device 4, passes through the coin passage 8b of the auxiliary chute 8 and drops into the safe 6. The coins for change 10 are collected and collected by hand after paying out to the return port 5.

[0007]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, with the above-mentioned configuration, it takes time to collect the coin 10 for change in the money discriminating device 4 because the coin 10 dropped to the return port 5 is recovered from the opening of the return port 5 on the front surface side of the door 3. Was there. Also, the dispensed coins 10 for change accumulate in the return port 5, so that the fingers could not be completely inserted into the opening and the coins could not be taken out.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a coin collecting apparatus for a vending machine, which ensures reliable operability and shortens the time when collecting change coins 10 and sales coins 10a.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above problems, the coin collecting device of the vending machine of the present invention is a coin discriminating device, a coin return port for change, a safe for collecting sales coins, and coins paid out from the coin discriminating device. A first chute and a second chute are provided, each of which has a coin passage that leads separately to a return port and a safe. An opening is provided on the bottom surface of the first chute, and the opening is covered to change the coin passage having a shaft support. It is equipped with a sloping plate. The coin passage is changed by rotatably pressing and moving the collecting box in the safe that can be detachably moved with the spring and the inclined plate on the bottom surface of the first chute that keeps the opening plate in the closed state. It consists of a first shoot that can be guided to. In order to return to the sales state after the collection operation, the shaft is pivotally supported on the upper side of the inclined plate, the rotatable hook piece and the guide flanges on both sides of the hook piece, and the collection box is moved to the lower side of the first chute opening. It is equipped with a hook portion and a locking portion that locks with the collection box. After the collection of money, the hook piece is removed, the collection box is returned to the safe, and a device for preventing forgetting of switching work is configured.

[0010]

[Action]

 With the above-described structure, the present invention normally collects coins from the money discriminating device through the second chute and into the coin collecting box of the coin safe. However, when collecting coins for change in the coin discriminating device, the coin collecting box is used as the first chute. You can move coins to the collection box by changing the coin passage by moving to the lower side of the opening of the sloping plate, pressing down the sloping plate, locking the hook piece and the locking part of the collection box. After further collecting the money, the hook piece is released from the collecting box, so that the spring closes the opening of the first chute by the spring and forms the first chute that returns to the return port side in the normal sale state. By returning the collection box to the safe, the door can be closed, and it will be in a sales state, and the prevention of forgetting switching work will be lost.

[0011]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, a coin collecting device for an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. The same components as those of the conventional device will be designated by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted. ..

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, reference numeral 12 is a first chute for guiding the change coin 10 delivered from the money discriminating apparatus 4 to the return port 5, and a second shoot 13 for guiding the coin box 6 a in the safe 6. The first chute 12 is provided with an opening 14 on the bottom surface and an inclined plate 15 covering the opening 14, and a hinge 16 for rotatably supporting the inclined plate 15 is provided. Is inserted into the flange hole 18 of the first chute 12 and the flange hole 19 of the inclined plate 15, and the spring 20 for keeping the inclined plate 15 in the normally closed state of the opening 14 of the first chute 12 is The chute 12 has a hole 21 with a flange and the flange portion 22 of the inclined plate 15 having a hole 23. The first chute 12 engaging with the hole 23 is provided with an elongated hole 24, and a pin 25 penetrating each hole 23, 24. Has, One of the springs 20 is attached to a pin 25.

A shaft support 26 is provided on the upper side of the inclined plate 15, and a rotatable hook piece 27 and the hook piece 27 are provided with flanges 27a and 27b for coin guides. The collection box 6a in the metal box 6 moves to the lower side of the opening 14 on the bottom surface of the first chute 12, and holds the holding part 28 capable of holding and the hole 29a of the locking part 29 for locking the hook piece 27. It is provided in the collection box 6a.

The operation of the coin collecting device of the vending machine configured as described above will be described below. In the normal setting, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the coin 10 for change is paid out from the change payout opening 9 of the money discriminating device 4, passes through the inclined plate 15 of the first chute 12 and is returned to the return opening 5. Be paid out. The sales coin 10a is paid out from the sales payout opening 11 of the money discriminating device 4, passes through the second chute 13, and enters the collection box 6a inside the safe 6. Further, when collecting coins 10 for change, the collection box 6a is moved to the lower side of the first chute 12 and held by the holding portion 28, and the inclined plate 15 is rotatably pressed down to remove the hook piece 27. The coin 10 for change from the money discriminating device 4 is locked in the hole 29a of the locking portion 29 of the collection box 6a, passes through the inclined plate 15 of the first shoe 12, and the flanges 27a and 27b of the hook piece 27. As a result, the coin falls and falls into the collection box 6a for collection. After the collection of money, the hook piece 27 is removed to form the first chute 12 in a normal sale state, and the collection box 6a is returned to the safe 6, so that the door 3 can be closed and the sale state is established. You have forgotten and lost protection.

As described above, by switching the inclined plate 15 of the first chute 12 and moving the collection box 6a, all the collection boxes can be directly collected in one collection box 6a. Further, the spring 20 allows the inclined plate 15 to be returned to a normal sales state, and the collection box 6a to be returned to the safe 6, so that the door 3 can be closed, and the switching operation is not forgotten.

[0016]

As described above, the present invention is provided with the first chute for guiding the coins paid out from the money discriminating device to the return slot and the second chute for guiding the coin to the safe, and the opening on the bottom surface of the first chute. A spring that keeps the inclined plate in a closed state with a tilting plate that has a shaft support that covers the opening, and a hook that is pivotally supported on the upper side of the tilting plate and that can rotate freely, and a collection on the lower side of the opening of the first chute. By moving the box and providing the holding part, all of the money can be collected directly in the collection box and can be quickly collected. Besides, the following effects can be obtained. Since the coin is not touched directly when collecting the coin, it is less likely to drop the coin to other places, and the flanges 27a and 27b of the hook piece 27 prevent the coin from popping out. Also, during coin collection, other work can be performed in parallel. Furthermore, by storing the collection box in the safe after collecting the money, the door can be closed and the effect of preventing forgetting the switching work after collecting coins can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a main part of a coin collecting device of a vending machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the vending machine when the door of the device is open (... indicates coin collection setting).

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a main part of a conventional coin collecting device of a vending machine.

5 is a perspective view of an essential part of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Money Discrimination Device 5 Return Port 6 Safe 6a Collection Box 10 Change Coin 10a Sales Coin 12 First Chute 13 Second Chute 14 Opening 15 Sloping Plate 20 Spring 27 Hook Piece 27a Flange 27b Flange 29 Locking Part

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A money discriminating device for discriminating a coin type and paying out coins, and a return slot for returning change coins.
A safe for collecting sales coins, a collection box having an opening in the safe, a first shoot for guiding coins paid out from the money discriminating device to a return port, and a second for guiding to the safe.
A chute is provided on the bottom surface of the first chute, and an inclined plate that covers the opening and changes the coin passage having a shaft support. The inclined plate is always closed to keep the opening of the first chute. The spring and the money collecting box of the safe are detachably moved from the second chute side to the lower side of the opening of the bottom surface of the first chute, and the slant plate is rotatably pressed down to change the coin passage, thereby collecting the money. A coin collecting device for a vending machine equipped with a first chute that can be guided to a box. 2. A first chute, a second chute, a safe, and a collection box are provided in a vending machine, and coins to be paid out are collected through the first chute as change in the money discriminating device. Vending with a rotatable hook piece that is pivotally supported on the upper side of the inclined plate and a locking portion that moves the collection box below the opening of the first chute and that locks the hook piece and the collection box. Machine coin collecting device. 3. A coin collecting device for a vending machine, comprising a rising flange for guiding coins on both sides of the hook piece, and locking portions for locking the hook piece and the collection box.