JPH0749573Y2 - Transfer device for discs - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a disc-shaped body feeding device capable of feeding out a predetermined number of disc-shaped bodies, and a disc fed from the disc-shaped body feeding device. And a guide portion having a guide passage into which the body is pushed in a constant or substantially constant posture in order, and by pushing the disc-shaped body into the guide passage by the disc-shaped body feeding device,
The present invention relates to a disk-shaped body transfer device in which a disk-shaped body that has been previously pushed into the guide passage is pushed out to a specific position along the guide passage.

[Conventional technology]

The transfer device for the disk-shaped body is installed in a pachinko game hall or the like in order to supply, for example, one-hundred yen coins for change as an example of the disk-shaped body to a ball lending machine, After business, etc., it is necessary to collect the 100-yen coins remaining in the transfer device, but by pushing the 100-yen coins sent from the sending device into the guide passage, the 100-yen coins are pushed into the guide passage in advance. The 100-yen coin that is pushed is pushed out to a specific position along the guide passage, and when the 100-yen coin is no longer delivered from the sending device, the 100-yen coin already pushed into the guide passage is identified. Since the 100-yen coin remains in the guide passage without being pushed out to the position, the 100-yen coin remaining in the guide passage is conventionally recovered by disconnecting the guide unit from the sending device. There is.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

Therefore, in order to collect the 100-yen coins remaining in the guide passage, not only the guide unit and the delivery device must be disconnected, but also the guide unit and the delivery device after the collection is completed. Since it is necessary to reconnect and to restore the original state, it takes a lot of time to collect the 100-yen coins remaining in the guide passage.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to make it possible to easily collect a disc-shaped body remaining in the guide passage by devising the structure of the guide passage. .

[Means for Solving the Problems]

A characteristic configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object is a transfer device for a disc-shaped body described above, wherein the guide passage is opened and the disc-shaped body in the guide passage is moved to the outside of the guide passage. The point is that an opening / closing means capable of dropping and discharging is provided.

The disc-shaped body delivery device is provided so as to be able to deliver the disc-shaped body intermittently, and the guide portion projects into the guide passage to form the disc-shaped body in the guide passage. A reverse movement restricting member capable of restricting movement of its own weight toward the disc-shaped body delivery device is provided movably to the restriction releasing position, and the reverse movement restricting member is interlocked with the opening operation of the guide passage by the opening / closing means. May be linked to move to the restriction release position.

[Action]

By opening the guide passage with the opening / closing means, the disc-shaped body remaining in the guide passage can be dropped and discharged to the outside of the guide passage, and after the collection is completed, the guide passage is closed with the opening / closing means. You can restore the original state by operating.

Further, when the disc-shaped body delivery device is provided so as to be able to deliver the disc-shaped body intermittently, the disc-shaped body is pushed into the guide passage and then the next disc-shaped body is pushed. Until then, the disc-shaped body pushed into the guide passage tends to move to the disc-shaped body feeding device side by its own weight, and it is necessary to push the disc-shaped body to the specific position along the guide passage. Although the load increases unnecessarily, there is provided a reverse movement restricting member that protrudes into the guide passage and can restrict the movement of the disc-shaped body in the guide passage toward the disc-shaped body feeding device by its own weight. When such a reverse movement regulating member is linked so as to move to the regulation releasing position in conjunction with the opening operation of the guide passage by the opening / closing means, such a reverse movement regulating member is Opening the guide passage with the opening and closing means without special operation It can be dropped discharged discoid body remaining in the guide passage outside the guide path.

[Effect of device]

Therefore, the disc-shaped body remaining in the guide passage can be easily collected.

In the disk-shaped member transfer device according to the second aspect of the present invention, the disk-shaped members remaining in the guide passage can be easily collected without specially operating the reverse movement restricting member.

〔Example〕

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 6 show a delivery device (C) for a hundred-yen coin (1), which is an example of a disc-shaped body, which is a mounting plate (3) for a hopper (2) that opens upward. About the horizontal plane
The plate-shaped rotating body (5) driven by the electric motor (4) is attached to the upper surface of the mounting plate (3) at an angle of 65 degrees, and the upper surface of the rotating body (5) is A plurality of cylindrical pressing protrusions (6) are provided for pressing the peripheral surface of the hundred-yen coin and transferring the hundred-yen coin (1) one by one along the arc-shaped transfer path (S). A plate-shaped guide portion (8) for transferring and guiding the 100-yen coin (1) transferred by the pressing protrusion (6) to the 100-yen coin delivery port (7) provided on the side of the arc-shaped transfer path (S). It is provided and configured.

The hundred-yen coin (1) transferred and guided by the guide portion (8) is attached to the mounting plate (3) of the hopper (2) by a direction changing member (9) screwed to the upper surface of the mounting plate (3). Is pushed into the guide passage (A) of the vertical guide member (10) connected to the main body in a substantially constant posture, and is delivered to the delivery device (C).
By pushing the 100-yen coin (1) into the guide passage (A), the 100-yen coin (1) previously pushed is pushed out to a specific position along the guide passage (A). ing.

The direction changing member (9) includes a plate-shaped body (9A) mounted on the upper surface of the mounting plate (3) and a pair of guide portions (9B), (9B) mounted on the back surface of the plate-shaped body (9A). 9B) and is constructed so that the 100-yen coin (1) sent out horizontally by the rotating body (5) can be transferred and guided upward by the contact guide function of the guide parts (9B) and (9B). I am doing it.

At the starting end of the guide member (10) in the guide direction, the feeding device (C) for projecting into the guide passage (A) of the guide member (10) and for sending the hundred-yen coin (1) in the guide passage (A). A reverse movement preventing member (11), which is a reverse movement restricting member capable of restricting the movement of its own weight to the side, and which prevents only the upward movement of the hundred-yen coin (1), is separated from the guide passage (A). It is movably provided at the restriction release position.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the guide member (10) is provided with a hole (12A) formed in the attachment member (12) attached to the guide member (10) with a screw. The rod-shaped portion (11) of the reverse movement preventing member (11) is movable in the orthogonal direction.
The coil spring (13) for inserting the B) into the guide passage (A) while inserting the reverse movement prevention member (11) into the guide passage (A) is provided with a coil spring (13) and the attachment member (11). 12) Positioned between the rod-shaped part (11B)
It is fitted on the outside.

The reverse movement preventing member (11) includes a contact portion (11a) formed in a substantially arc shape in a side view so as to protrude into the guide passage (A) and prevent reverse movement of the hundred-yen coin (1). Body (1
1A) and the rod-shaped member (11B) integrally connected to the main body (11A).

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the guide member (10) includes a plate-shaped first guide portion (10A) screwed to the upper surface of the mounting plate (3), and the first guide portion. A plate-shaped first guide portion (10A) screwed to the upper surface of (10A) and a second guide portion (10B) screwed to the upper surface of the first guide portion (10A).
It consists of and.

A pair of guides for transferring and guiding the hundred-yen coin (1) by slidingly contacting the peripheral surface of the hundred-yen coin (1) at the first guide (10A) side portion of the second guide (10B). (10b), (1
0b) is stuck.

Further, an opening (10K) for confirming the transfer state of the hundred-yen coin (1) is formed in the second guide portion (10B) in a long hole shape along the guide passage (A).

At the connecting portion between the guide member (10) and the delivery device (C), a hundred-yen coin (1), which serves as an opening / closing means for opening and closing the guide passage (A), is guided to move along the guide member (10). There is provided a moving path switching means (B) for switching between a first guiding state for moving and a second guiding state for moving and guiding the outside of the guiding member (10).

More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4,
The direction changing member (9) is swingably attached around an axis (X) along the upper surface of the mounting plate (3), and the direction changing member (9) is in contact with the upper surface of the mounting plate (3). The direction change member (9) is provided with a wing bolt (14) for fixing in a contacting state, and the direction change member (9) is rubbed on the upper surface of the mounting plate (3) to thereby provide the first guide state. To the second guide state by swinging the direction changing member (9) away from the upper surface of the mounting plate (3) after switching to, and loosening the wing bolt (14). The switching means (B) is configured.

When the direction changing member (9) is switched to the second guiding state, the reverse movement blocking member (11) is guided with one hand.
The spring (1
It is necessary to move the unit against the urging force of 3).

Therefore, when it is desired to collect the 100-yen coin (1) in the guide member (10), as shown in FIG. 2, the reverse movement blocking member (11) can be guided with one hand to the guide passage (10) of the guide member (10). A hundred yen coin (1) in the guide member (10) moves downward by its own weight by moving to the restriction release position separated from A) and switching the direction changing member (9) to the second guide state. Then, the hundred-yen coin (1) located at the lowermost position is sequentially guided by the inclined guide surface (8a) of the guide portion (8) to be dropped and discharged to the outside of the mounting plate (3), and the delivery device ( It is collected in the collection container (15) arranged near C).

[Another embodiment]

In the above-mentioned embodiment, when the hundred-yen coin (1) in the guide member (10) is collected, the reverse movement prevention member (11) and the direction changing member (9) are operated, respectively. As shown, the reverse movement preventing member (11) and the direction changing member (9) are integrally swingably provided so that the movement path switching means (B) is moved to the second guide state (shown by a virtual line in the figure). When the switching, that is, the swinging operation of the direction changing member (9) to the position separated from the upper surface of the mounting plate (3), the reverse movement prevention member (11) is regulated to be separated from the guide passage (A) in conjunction with this. It may be configured to forcibly move to the release position. In addition to manipulating the direction changing member (9) artificially, it may be operated using the power of various actuators.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the movement path of the hundred-yen coin (1) is switched by swinging the direction changing member (9), but the direction changing member (9) is attached to the mounting plate (3). It may be switched by attaching or detaching it, or may be switched by sliding the direction changing member (9) on the mounting plate (3) and sliding the direction changing member (9). Good.

Further, although the guide member (10) is provided in the vertical posture in the above-mentioned embodiment, it may be provided in the horizontal posture as shown in FIG.
In this case, the lower guide part (10X) of the guide member (10) for placing and guiding the hundred-yen coin (1) is placed around the axial center (Y) on the terminal side in the guide direction with respect to the upper guide part (10Y). The lower guide portion (10X) is provided so as to be swingable, and the lower guide portion (10X) is swingably operated toward the open side by using the lower guide portion (10X) as an opening / closing means, so that the 100-yen coin (1) in the guide member (10) It will be configured so that it can be collected.

Further, in the above embodiment, the guide member (10) is formed in a rectangular shape when viewed in the guide transfer direction, but the shape of the guide member (10) such as C-shape or U-shape can be freely changed.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied not only to the one that transfers hundred-yen coins, but also to the one that transfers various disc-shaped bodies such as medals.

It should be noted that reference numerals are added to the claims of the utility model for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the structure of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The drawings show an embodiment of a disc-shaped member transfer device according to the present invention. FIGS. 1 and 2 are partially cutaway front views, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a reverse movement preventing member, FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view and a perspective view of the guide member, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. FIGS. 7 and 8 are partially cutaway front views showing another embodiment of the disc-shaped member transferring device, FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX in FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. (1) ... disk-shaped body, (10) ... guide part, (11) ... reverse movement restricting member, (A) ... guide passage, (B) ... opening / closing means, (C) ... yen Plate feeding device.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A disc-shaped body delivery device (C) capable of delivering a predetermined number of disc-shaped bodies (1), and a disc-shaped body (1) delivered from the disc-shaped body delivery device (C). A guide part (10) provided with a guide passage (A) into which the) is pushed in a constant or substantially constant posture, and a circle into the guide passage (A) by the disc-shaped body feeding device (C). When the plate-shaped body (1) is pushed in, the disc-shaped body (1) that has been previously pushed into the guide passage (A) is pushed out to a specific position along the guide passage (A). A transfer device for body, which opens and closes the guide passage (A) so that the disc-shaped body (1) in the guide passage (A) can be dropped and discharged to the outside of the guide passage (A) ( B) A transfer device for disc-shaped bodies, which is provided. 2. The disc-shaped body feeding device (C) is provided so that the disc-shaped body (1) can be delivered intermittently, and the guide passage (A) is provided in the guide portion (10). ), The reverse movement restricting member (11) capable of restricting the self-weight movement of the disc-shaped body (1) in the guide passage (A) toward the disc-shaped body delivery device (C) side is regulated. The reverse movement restricting member (11) movably provided at the release position is provided with the opening / closing means (B).
2. The disc-shaped member transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the disc-shaped member transfer device is linked so as to move to the restriction release position in association with an opening operation of the guide passage (A).