JPH0576655A - Coin carriage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a coin carriage device requiring a simple operation and a shorter time for throwing a coin, and capable of performing a smooth operation for delivering a coin at a high speed. CONSTITUTION:A coin carriage device has a coin restriction cylinder 20 with an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of coins 10 used for coin operated equipment, and having an axial direction approximately vertical. Also, the device has a carriage member 40 as an endless chain mechanism at a position for keeping space below the lower end of the cylinder 20 in communication with a coin carriage destination. Furthermore, a vertical distance between the lower end of the carriage destination side of the coins 10 in the cylinder 20 and the upper surface of the conveyor belt 41 of the carriage member 40 is made longer than the proper thickness of one of the coins 10 stacked in the cylinder 20, but shorter than the proper thickness of two coins, thereby restricting the side of the coins 10 other than the lowest coin placed on the belt 41.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin transporting device, and more particularly to a device for mounting a coin as a medium and for transporting the coin between the inside and the outside of the device. The present invention relates to a device that is attached to a device equipped with a coin counting machine that counts the type of coins and the number of inserted coins, is attached to a vending machine that dispenses change, and is attached to a medal game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various coin counting machines have been provided and are active in daily life. For example, in a ticket vending machine such as a train, 500 yen coins, 100 yen coins, 50 yen coins, and 10 yen coins are selected to recognize the input amount, and then a ticket is sold to calculate the amount of change. The change will be paid out.

As a mechanism for dispensing change, for example, an ejecting member provided with an electromagnetic solenoid and a motor dispenses the bottommost coins stacked for dispensing by reciprocating motion. It was Further, in a medal game machine that uses a specific medal as a coin, for example, the slot machine 90 shown in FIG. 3, the game is started on the condition that a coin, which is a medium of the game, is inserted, and the medal inside the slot machine 90 is used. A medal slot 91 for equipping a counting machine and connecting the outside of the slot machine with the medal counting machine
Was provided on the front surface of the slot machine 90.

It is to be noted that, when a prize is won during the progress of the game, the medals are paid out. The medals are paid out by a so-called hopper device in the slot machine 9
It was made from the medal payout opening 92 provided in the lower part of 0 to the medal receiving tray 93.

[0005]

However, the above-described conventional coin counting machine and medal game machine have the following problems. That is, when inserting coins and medals, only one coin can be inserted from the coin insertion slot. Therefore, when there are a plurality of coins or the like to be inserted, the inserting operation is troublesome and time consuming.

The problem described above could be solved if there was a coin transporting device capable of simplifying the inserting operation and the time required for inserting coins, but such a coin transporting device did not exist. .. Further, the change-out mechanism using the electromagnetic solenoid has a drawback that the follow-up property with respect to high-speed payout is poor and a large impact is exerted on a member that reciprocates along the trajectory of the solenoid.

An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a coin transporting device capable of simplifying the inserting operation and shortening the time for inserting coins and smoothly performing the high-speed withdrawal of coins. ..

[0008]

The present invention is to achieve the above-mentioned object. The coin transporting device according to claim 1, which is a coin transporting device to be attached to a device that uses a coin, wherein the coin is a cylindrical body having an inner diameter larger than the outer shape of the coin used in the device and a substantially vertical axial direction. A regulating cylinder and a conveying member formed as an endless chain mechanism located at a position where the lower side of the coin regulating cylinder and a destination of the coin are communicated with each other, and the conveying member includes a conveyor belt,
The vertical distance between the lower end of the coin transporting side of the coin control cylinder and the upper surface of the conveyor belt is longer than the proper thickness of one coin stacked in the coin control cylinder and shorter than the proper thickness of two coins. The coin regulating cylinder regulates the side surface of the coin placed on the conveyor belt, and the conveying member conveys the coins placed on the conveyor belt and supported by the coin regulating cylinder one by one from the lowermost one. It is characterized in that it is formed so as to be possible.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin transfer device characterized in that an upper opening of the coin control cylinder is a coin insertion port and a destination of the coin is a coin counting machine. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin transfer device in which the coin control cylinder is a payout coin storage part in which coins for payout are stored, and a transfer destination of the coin is a coin payout opening.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the coin transporting device, the vertical distance between the lower end of the coin regulating cylinder on the side opposite to the coin transporting side and the upper surface of the conveyor belt is also one coin stacked in the coin regulating cylinder. Is longer than the proper thickness of the coin, and shorter than the proper thickness of the two sheets, and the outer surface of the conveyor belt is provided with protrusions having a height equal to or smaller than the thickness of the coin at intervals of the diameter of the coin. It is characterized by having done.

[0011]

[Operation] According to the coin transporting device of the first aspect, the following effects are obtained. The coins to be conveyed are stacked by the coin control cylinder, and the lowest coins are placed on the conveyor belt. As for the conveyor belt, when the upper surface of the conveyor belt on which coins are placed moves from the lower side of the coin control cylinder toward the destination of the coins, the second or more coins from the lowermost stage are regulated by the coin control cylinder, but the lowermost stage. Coins are transported. When the lowermost coin is separated from the lower part of the coin control cylinder, the second coin from the lowermost coin becomes the lowermost coin and is continuously conveyed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin transporting device, wherein the transporting source of the coin transporting device according to the first aspect is a coin slot for inserting a coin into the coin counting machine, and the destination is a coin counting machine. It has become. Therefore, the coins to be conveyed are conveyed to the coin counting machine from the coin slot by the coin conveying device. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin delivery device in which a delivery source of the coin delivery device according to the first aspect is a device for delivering coins, and a delivery destination is a coin delivery port. Therefore, the coins to be conveyed are conveyed from the payout coin storage unit to the coin payout opening by the coin transfer device.

According to the coin transporting device of the fourth aspect, the following operation is achieved. The coins to be conveyed are stacked by the coin control cylinder, and the lowest coins are placed on the conveyor belt. When the upper surface of the conveyor belt on which coins are placed moves from the lower side of the coin regulation tube toward the destination of the coins, the second or more coins from the bottom are regulated by the coin regulation tube. Only one coin of the lowermost stage is conveyed together with the adjacent protrusion located on the coin counting machine side of the protrusion. When the lowermost coin is separated from the lower part of the coin control cylinder, the second coin from the lowermost coin becomes the lowermost coin and is continuously conveyed.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A coin carrying device of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a coin transporting device of an embodiment corresponding to the invention described in claim 2. Further, FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a coin transporting device of an embodiment corresponding to the invention of claim 4. Also, in FIG.
It is a conceptual diagram which shows the coin conveyance apparatus of the Example corresponding to invention of Claim 3.

The invention according to claim 1 is the same as that of claim 2,
It is an invention that is a superordinate concept to the invention described in items 3 and 4. The coin transporting device of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is attached to a device equipped with a coin counting machine for selecting the type of coins, for example, a slot machine 90 that uses medals as coins, in the vicinity of a medal slot 91. Is a device for connecting the outside of the coin counting machine 30 with the coin counting machine 30.

This coin transporting device is a cylindrical body having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the coin to be inserted, and is attached to the outside of the slot machine 90 in a vertical axial direction, and a coin regulating cylinder 20. The transport member 40 is located below the restriction cylinder 20 and at a position where the outside and the inside of the device communicate with each other. That is, the upper opening of the coin control cylinder 20 serves as the medal insertion port 21 as a coin insertion port, and the coin counting machine 30 serves as a medal transport destination.

The carrying member 40 is for carrying the regulated coins 10 installed in the coin regulating cylinder 20 one by one from the bottom portion of the coin regulating cylinder 20 to the coin counting machine 30. Is formed by including a drive wheel 42, a belt holding wheel 43, and a conveyor belt 41 that is stretched over both wheels 42, 43. The drive wheel 42 is driven by a drive motor connected to its rotating shaft. The coin 10 can be placed on the portion of the conveyor belt 41 located outside the device. Further, a lower support member 44 for preventing the conveyor belt 41 from slacking due to the weight of the coin 10 is provided on the lower side of the conveyor belt 41 located inside the device. Further, the upper portion of the conveyor belt 41 located inside the device is provided with an upper support member 45 supported by a buffer spring 46 in order to prevent the coin 10 taken in by the conveyor belt 41 from bouncing on the conveyor belt 41. Has been.

The vertical distance between the coin control cylinder 20 and the conveyor belt 41 is the same as the coin 10 stacked on the coin control cylinder 20.
Is longer than the proper thickness of one sheet, and shorter than the proper thickness of two sheets. Although not shown, a self-independent optical sensor as a discriminating device is fixed below the front side of the belt holding wheel 43.
It is assumed that the conveyance member 40 is operated by detecting that the is placed.

The operation of the coin transporting device of this embodiment will be described below. First, the coin 10 is inserted from the upper opening of the coin control cylinder 20. Then, the side surface of the coin 10 is supported by the coin control cylinder 20. The coin 10 is the conveyor belt 4
When it is placed on No. 1, the optical sensor detects that fact and the drive motor drives it. Then, since the drive wheel 42 moves, the conveyor belt 41 and the belt holding wheel 43 also move.

With the movement of the conveyor belt 41, only the coin 10 located at the lowermost end of the coin control cylinder 20 is supported by the upper support member 45.
The coin on the coin 10 is pulled downward and is regulated by the inner wall surface of the coin regulating cylinder 20 and stays there. The coin 10 that has passed through the coin passage 21 is carried on the conveyor belt 41 and supported downward by the lower support member 44.
The coin is sent to the coin counting machine 30 while being supported upward by the upper support member 45 and the buffer spring 46, and it is determined whether or not the coin is proper, and then the type thereof is determined.

A coin larger than a proper coin or a thick coin is placed on the conveyor belt 41 or the coin 1
It is determined that the coin is improper due to the inability to carry 0, and the coin is not taken into the device by the coin carrying device of this embodiment. The effects of this embodiment will be described below. According to the coin carrying device of the present embodiment, unlike the coin carrying device using the electromagnetic solenoid, the coin reciprocating mechanism is not used and the endless chain mechanism 40 is used to carry the coins in a continuous operation. It was possible to provide a coin transporting device capable of simplifying the throwing operation and shortening the throwing time.

Further, since the operation of the conveying member 40 can be controlled by the optical sensor provided as the discriminating device, there is provided a coin conveying device capable of simplifying the inserting operation and shortening the time for inserting the coin. I was able to do it.
In addition, the coin transporting device of the present embodiment is a slot machine 90.
Although it has been described as being attached to a vending machine, the vending machine may be provided as a device for paying out change.

Further, in the case of a game machine medal, there is no problem because there is only one kind of medal, but when there are several kinds of coins, the thickness of them is different, but the thinnest coin It is assumed that the two coins are no thicker than the one of the thickest coin. Next, an embodiment based on FIG. 2 will be described.

This coin transporting device is also a cylindrical body having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the coin to be inserted, and a coin regulating cylinder 20 attached to the outside of the slot machine 90 in a vertical axial direction, and the coin regulating cylinder 20. The transport member 40 is located below the coin control cylinder 20 and at a position where the outside and the inside of the device communicate with each other. That is, the upper opening of the coin control cylinder 20 serves as the medal insertion port 21 as a coin insertion port, and the coin counting machine 30 serves as a medal transport destination.

Not only the lower end portion of the coin 10 in the coin control cylinder 20 of the coin conveying device on the conveying destination side, but also the vertical distance between the lower end portion on the opposite side to the conveying destination side and the upper surface of the conveying belt 41. The coins stacked in the coin control cylinder 20 are formed to be longer than the proper thickness of one coin and shorter than the proper thickness of two coins. Further, on the outer surface of the conveyor belt 41, protrusions 49 having a height equal to or smaller than the thickness of the coin 10 are provided at intervals of the diameter of the coin 10. The height of the protrusion 49 is about the thickness of the coin 10, and the width of the protrusion 49 is the same as the width of the conveyor belt 41.

The operation of this embodiment will be described. First, a plurality of coins are placed on the conveyor belt 41 using the coin control cylinder 20. When the conveyor belt 41 moves in a direction in which the upper surface of the conveyor belt 41 on which the coins 10 are placed is wound into the device, the second or more coins 10 from the lowermost stage are regulated by the coin regulation cylinder 20. Protrusion 4
Only the lowermost coin 10 is conveyed to the coin counting machine 30 side together with the adjacent projection 9 of which the projection 49 is located on the coin counting machine 30 side.

The carried coin 10 is taken into a coin counting machine 30 provided inside the device. According to the coin transporting device using the transport belt 41 formed in this way, the protrusion 49 of the transport belt 41 transports the coin 10 while supporting the side surface of the coin 10, so that more reliable coin insertion can be performed.

Although the coin passage 21 and the conveyor belt 41 are not described in the above embodiment,
It does not necessarily have to be horizontal. There may be some inclination due to the difference in the internal structure of the equipment including this device.
Further, it is also possible to provide a sensor for detecting whether or not a coin has been inserted into the coin regulation cylinder 20 and to form the drive wheel so as to operate upon receiving the detection of the sensor. If formed in this way, the operation of the transfer device 40 can be controlled by the sensor, so that it is possible to provide a coin transfer device that can more effectively simplify the insertion operation and the time reduction when inserting coins.

Although it has been described that the coin carrying device of this embodiment is also attached to the slot machine 90,
It can also be provided as a device for paying out change in an automatic vending machine. Also, when there are several types of coins, they are different in thickness, but it is assumed that the thickness of two thinnest coins is not thicker than the thickness of one thickest coin. The same is true.

Next, an embodiment based on FIG. 3 will be described. This embodiment is a coin transport device corresponding to the invention of claim 3. The coin transporting device of this embodiment is attached to the slot machine 90 and is a device for paying out medals at the time of winning a prize, and is a substitute for the hopper device. That is, the coin control cylinder 20 serves as a payout coin storage unit 22 in which the payout coins 10 are stored.

The endless chain mechanism is located at a position where the coin control cylinder 20 is communicated with the medal payout opening 92 of the slot machine. The medal payout port 92
A medal tray 93 for storing the paid-out medals is fixed on the lower front side of the. That is, the medals as coins 10 to be conveyed pass through the medal payout opening 92 by the conveyor belt 41 and are stored in the medal receiving tray 93.

According to the coin carrying device of this embodiment, unlike a coin carrying device using an electromagnetic solenoid, a mechanism for reciprocating motion is not used, and the endless chain mechanism 40 is used for carrying coins in a continuous operation. The advantage is that high-speed payout can be performed smoothly when paying out coins. Although the coin transporting device of the present embodiment is described as being attached to the slot machine 90, for example,
It can also be provided as a device for paying out change in an automatic vending machine.

[0033]

The present invention has the following effects. That is, according to the coin transporting device of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the coin inserting operation can be simplified and the time can be shortened at the time of coin insertion, or the high-speed withdrawal of coins can be smoothly performed. There is an effect that it was possible to provide a coin transporting device that can perform the above.

Particularly, according to the coin transporting device of the fourth aspect of the invention, since the protrusion of the transport belt transports the coin while supporting the side face of the coin, there is an effect that the coin can be inserted more reliably.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a coin transporting device of an embodiment corresponding to the invention described in claim 2.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a coin transporting device of an embodiment corresponding to the invention described in claim 4.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a coin transporting device of an embodiment corresponding to the invention of claim 3.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state of a medal insertion slot of a conventional slot machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 coins 20 coin control cylinder 21 medal slot 22 payout coin storage 30 coin counting machine 40 transport member 41 transport belt 42 drive wheel 43 belt holding wheel 44 lower support member 45 upper support member 46 buffer spring 49 protrusion 90 slot machine 91 medal input Mouth 92 Medal payout mouth 93 Medal tray

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A coin transporting device to be attached to a device using coins, the coin regulating cylinder being a cylindrical body having an inner diameter larger than the outer shape of a coin used in the device and having a substantially vertical axial direction. And a transfer member formed as an endless chain mechanism located at a position where the lower side of the coin control cylinder and a transfer destination of the coin communicate with each other. The transfer member includes a transfer belt, and transfers the coin in the coin control cylinder. The vertical distance between the lower end on the front side and the upper surface of the conveyor belt is set to be longer than the proper thickness of one coin stacked in the coin control cylinder and shorter than the proper thickness of two coins. The side of the coin placed on the conveyor belt is regulated, and the conveyor member is formed so that the coins placed on the conveyor belt and supported by the coin regulating cylinder can be conveyed one by one from the lowest one. Coin carrier Place 2. The coin transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the upper opening of the coin control cylinder is a coin slot and the destination of the coin is a coin counting machine. 3. The coin transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the coin control cylinder is a payout coin storage part for storing coins for payout, and a destination of the coin is a coin payout opening. 4. The vertical distance between the lower end of the coin control cylinder opposite to the coin transport side and the upper surface of the conveyor belt is also longer than the proper thickness of one coin stacked in the coin control cylinder. The two sheets are formed to have a thickness shorter than an appropriate thickness, and projections having a height equal to or smaller than the thickness of the coin are provided on the outer surface of the conveyor belt at intervals of a diameter of the coin. The coin transport device according to claim 1, claim 2, or claim 3.