JPH08320961A - Coin processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a coin processor capable of reducing the number of parts to be used, setting up the height of the whole device as low as possible and improving the paying-out speed of a coin as high as possible. CONSTITUTION: In the coin processor 70, a coin paying-out driving part 140 is arranged so as to be separated from a coin paying-out part 130 by a prescribed distance, a power trasmission means 150 is arranged between the driving part 140 and the paying-out part 130 and a coin horizontally carrying means 160 is arranged on space S formed between the paying-out part 130 and the driving part 140.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin processing device for selectively storing coins of a plurality of denominations that have been input and selectively paying out coins of a plurality of denominations that have been selectively stored.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a coin depositing / dispensing processing device for a bank, a game machine or the like, a coin depositing / dispensing processing device used as a cash register terminal, or a coin depositing / dispensing processing device for a high-grade vending machine. A coin handling device is used.

This coin processing device is a device whose main purpose is to quickly sort and store inserted coins and to quickly pay out coins such as change coins, and conventionally has a structure shown in a conceptual perspective view of FIG.

This conventional coin processing device 1 is composed of an elongated vertically long casing 2, and a coin depositing portion 3 for receiving and holding a plurality of types of inserted coins is provided on the upper surface of the front face 2a side. Has been formed.

The coin depositing section 3 has a coin receiving and holding hopper 5 having a coin inlet 4 formed on the upper surface thereof, and the hopper 5.
It is composed of a coin take-out section 6 for taking out coins from the inside.

[0006] The coin receiving and holding hopper 5 allows the coins of a plurality of denominations to be inserted along the inclined bottom surface thereof.
It guides to the coin take-out section 6 arranged on one side thereof, and the coin take-out section 6 separates the guided coins of a plurality of denominations one by one and picks them up to a coin carrying section described later. It is something to send out.

On the other hand, the coin take-out portion 6 is mounted on the back member 7 with its upper end inclined from the vertical direction toward the side surface of the housing 2 by an angle θ so as to support the back surface of the coin to be conveyed.
The coin carrying section 8 for carrying coins picked up one by one by the coin take-out section 6 is formed on the back surface member 7.

The coin transfer section 8 includes an endless chain 9 wound around a pair of drive and driven sprockets (not shown), and coin transfer pins 10 planted laterally of the endless chain 9 at a predetermined pitch. It consists of In addition, the coin carrying pin 10 is provided on the back member 7
From the elliptical guide groove 11 formed on the surface of the.

The coin carrying pin 10 constitutes a part of the coin take-out section 6, and when the pin 10 enters the coin take-out section 6, a plurality of types of coins are put into the coin receiving and holding hopper 5. As a result, the coins are engaged with each other, and one coin is picked up between the adjacent coin transfer pins 10 as shown in the drawing, and the coins are conveyed clockwise along the extending direction of the endless chain 9. In the figure, the endless chain 9 rotates clockwise by the driving force of a drive motor (not shown) that drives the drive sprocket.

On the other hand, a coin discriminating portion 12 for discriminating the authenticity of the coin conveyed by the coin conveying pin 10 and the denomination of the genuine coin is provided in the coin conveying portion 8 adjacent to the coin taking-out portion 6. Has been done.

The coin discriminating section 12 is arranged on the back member 7 and is composed of an oscillation and reception coil (not shown) which is arranged at an interval such that one coin can pass therethrough. When a coin passes between the oscillator and the receiving coil, the voltage received by the receiving coil changes, so that the authenticity of the coin passing and the denomination of the genuine coin are determined by the change in the receiving voltage.

On the other hand, a coin passage 13 for guiding the coins conveyed by the coin conveying pins 10 is formed below the back member 7, and the bottom surface of the coin passage 13 has a back surface member 7.
Is formed by a plurality of ribs 14 protruding from the bottom surface of the.

On the other hand, in this coin passage 13, coins that pass through the coin passage 13 in addition to the above-described ribs 14 are dropped downward at different positions of the coin passage 13 for each denomination to sort. A sorting unit 15 is provided.

The coin sorting section 15 is composed of coin sorting ribs 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 arranged so as to be retractable from the bottom surface of the back member 7.

The coin selecting ribs 20, 21, 2
The numbers of 2, 23, 24, 25, 26 are the current six types of issued coins (1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 500
Yen) and coins that are regarded as counterfeit coins, and the coin passage 13
There are a total of 7 locations along the road.

In addition, a total of seven coin selection ribs 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 are independently driven by a driving member such as a solenoid plunger (not shown) arranged on the back surface of the back surface member 7 for each coin sorting rib.

FIG. 14 shows a state in which the coins B are selected. When the coins B reach the position on the coin selection ribs 25, the coin selection ribs 25 are moved to the back member 7 side by a solenoid plunger (not shown). Since the coin B is sucked, the coin B falls below the coin passage 13 and the coin B is sorted.

Similarly, when the coin A reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 26, the coin selecting rib 26 is sucked toward the back member 7 by a solenoid plunger (not shown). It falls down the passage 13 and is selected.

Similarly, when the coin C reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 24, the coin selecting rib 24 is sucked toward the back member 7 by a solenoid plunger (not shown). It falls down the passage 13 and is selected.

Similarly, when the coin D reaches the position of the coin selection rib 23, the coin selection rib 23 is sucked toward the back member 7 by a solenoid plunger (not shown). It falls down the passage 13 and is selected.

Although not shown, when the coin E is conveyed in the coin passage 13 and reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 22, the coin selecting rib 22 is moved to the back member 7 side by a solenoid plunger (not shown). Since the coins E are sucked, the coins E are also dropped and sorted.

Similarly, although not shown, when the coin F is conveyed in the coin passage 13 and reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 21, the coin selecting rib 21 is moved to the rear member 7 side by a solenoid plunger (not shown). Coin F because it is sucked into
Will fall down and be sorted.

When the counterfeit coins are conveyed in the coin passage 13 and reach the position of the coin sorting rib 20, the coin sorting rib 20.
Is sucked toward the back member 7 by a solenoid plunger (not shown), so that the counterfeit coins fall downward and are housed in the reject box 37 for sorting.

On the other hand, below the coin selecting ribs 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 among the coin selecting ribs described above, the coin selecting ribs 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2 are provided below the coin selecting ribs 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26.
A coin storage unit 30 for stacking and storing coins dropped by 6 is arranged.

This coin storage unit 30 is provided with each coin sorting rib 2
Six coin tubes 31, 32, which are arranged below the coin tubes 1, 32, 24, 25, 26 so as to correspond to 1, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
It is composed of 33, 34, 35 and 36. In addition, each coin tube 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 3
In order to secure as many coins 6 as possible to be stored, the height 6 is formed so that its height h is as high as possible.

On the other hand, each of the coin tubes 31 and 3 described above
On the lower surfaces of 2, 33, 34, 35 and 36, coin dispensing parts 40 for discharging the coins housed in the respective coin tubes downward one by one are arranged.

The coin payout section 40 is a coin payout member 41, 42, 43, 44, 4 which is composed of payout slides (not shown) or the like which are independently arranged for each coin tube.
It is composed of 5, 46.

The coin payout members 41, 42,
43, 44, 45 and 46 are coin dispensing members 4
Each coin 1, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 is independently driven by a solenoid plunger (not shown) provided on the back side of the coin coin, and coins accommodated in corresponding coin tubes are paid downward one by one. put out.

On the other hand, a coin horizontal transfer section 50 is disposed below the above-mentioned coin payout section 40, and the coins paid out downward by the coin payout members 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46. Are horizontally transported to the front side 2a of the housing 2 by the coin horizontal transport unit 50.

The horizontal coin transfer section 50 is composed of a drive roller 51 and a driven roller 52, which are arranged at a fixed interval, and an endless coin transfer belt 53 wound between the rollers 51 and 52. The coin transport belt 53 is rotated clockwise by a drive motor (not shown) attached to the drive roller 51.

On the other hand, a coin storage cup 61 is arranged at the tip of the above-mentioned coin horizontal transport unit 50, that is, at the tip 53a side of the coin transport belt 53.

The coin storing cup 61 is a cup for storing coins conveyed by the coin conveying belt 53 of the coin horizontal conveying unit 50. The cup 61 is connected to the coin vertical conveying unit 60 for raising and lowering the cup 61. ing.

The coin vertical transport unit 60 comprises a drive roller 62 and a driven roller 63 which are arranged at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction, and a cup transport belt 64 is provided between the drive roller and the driven rollers 62, 63. Is wound, and the coin storage cup 61 is fixed to the cup conveyor belt 64.

According to such a coin vertical transport unit 60,
The coins stored in the coin storage cup 61 are transferred by the cup transfer belt 64 from the position indicated by the solid line to the position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line, that is, the upper surface of the housing 2.

When the coin storing cup 61 is conveyed to the upper surface of the housing 2, the coin conveying position of the coin storing cup 61 is the coin receiving port 4 of the coin receiving and holding hopper 5 which constitutes the coin depositing portion 3. Since they are substantially on the same plane, and therefore, the coin insertion into the coin insertion slot 4 and the take-out position of the coins stored in the coin storage cup 61 are substantially on the same plane and adjacent to each other. It is extremely easy for an operator who is waiting to insert a coin and take out a coin.

Next, the operation of the above-described conventional coin processing device 1 will be briefly described.

When a drive motor (not shown) is rotated to rotate a drive sprocket (not shown) of the coin transporting section 8 in the clockwise direction, the coin transporting pin 10 planted in the endless chain 9 is also attached to the surface of the back member 7. It rotates clockwise along the formed elliptical guide groove 11. After that, when a coin is inserted into the coin input port 4 of the coin receiving and holding hopper 5, the coin guided from the coin receiving and holding hopper 5 to the coin taking-out section 6 has a coin carrying pin 1 in the coin taking-out section 6.
The sheets are separated one by one by 0, picked up, and sent out one by one to the coin passage 13 of the coin transport unit 8 as shown in the figure.

At this time, since each coin passes through the coin discriminating unit 12 which discriminates the genuineness / counterfeit and the denomination of the conveyed coin, the genuine / counterfeit of the coin and the denomination of the genuine coin are discriminated at the time of the passage. To be done.

On the other hand, when the coin discriminating unit 12 judges that the coin is a false coin and reaches the coin selecting rib 20, the coin selecting rib 20 is sucked toward the back member 7, so that the counterfeit coin is The coin falls from the inside of the coin passage 13 and is housed in a reject box 37 arranged below the coin passage 13.

When the coin discriminating unit 12 determines that the coin passing is the coin A, which is a true coin, and when the coin A reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 26, the coin selecting rib 26 is moved to the rear member 7 side. Since the coin A is sucked, the coin A falls from the coin passage 13 and is stacked and stored in the coin tube 31 arranged below the coin selecting rib 26.

Similarly, when the coin discriminator 12 determines that the coin passing through is the coin B of the true coin, and when the coin B reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 25, the coin selecting rib 25 is placed on the rear member 7 side. Coin B is sucked into the coin passage 13
The coins fall from the coins and are stacked and stored in the coin tube 32 arranged below the coin selecting rib 25.

Similarly, when the coin discriminator 12 determines that the coin passing is a true coin C and the coin C reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 24, the coin selecting rib 24 is moved to the rear member 7 side. Coin C is sucked into the coin passage 13
The coins are dropped from the coin sorting rib 24 and are stacked and stored in the coin tube 33 arranged below the coin sorting rib 24.

Similarly, when the coin discriminator 12 determines that the coin passing is the coin D, which is a true coin, and when the coin D reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 23, the coin selecting rib 23 is placed on the rear member 7 side. Coin D is drawn into the coin passage 13
The coins fall from the coin and are stacked and stored in the coin tube 34 arranged below the coin selecting rib 23.

Similarly, when the coin discriminating unit 12 determines that the coin passing is the coin E, which is a true coin, and when the coin E reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 22, the coin selecting rib 22 is placed on the rear member 7 side. Coin E is sucked into the coin passage 13
The coin tube 35 is dropped from the stack and is stored in the coin tube 35 arranged below the coin selection rib 22.

Similarly, when the coin discriminator 12 determines that the coin passing is a genuine coin F, and when the coin F reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 21, the coin selecting rib 21 is moved to the rear member 7 side. As the coin F is sucked into the coin passage 13
The coin tube 36 is dropped from the stack, and is stacked and stored in the coin tube 36 arranged below the coin selection rib 21.

On the other hand, when the coin payout type and the number of coins to be paid to the coin processing device 1 are determined and the information is transmitted to the coin processing device 1, first, the drive roller 51 of the coin horizontal transport unit 50 is driven (not shown). It is rotated by a motor to rotate the coin transport belt 53 clockwise.

Next, each coin dispensing member 41 corresponding to the dispensing denomination based on the information on the coin dispensing denomination and the number of coins.
When 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46 are independently driven to reciprocate, coins corresponding to the number of coins to be paid out are paid out downward.

On the other hand, each coin dispensing member 41, 42, 4
The coins dispensed downward by 3, 44, 45, 46 drop onto the coin transport belt 53 of the horizontal coin transport unit 50, and the dropped coins are transferred to the tip 53a of the coin transport belt 53. Arranged coin storage cup 6
It is transported horizontally into 1 and stored there.

On the other hand, when all the coins horizontally transported by the coin transport belt 53 are stored in the coin storage cup 61, the cup transport belt 64 of the coin vertical transport unit 60 rotates clockwise, and the coin storage cup 61 concerned. Is conveyed from the position indicated by the solid line to the position on the upper surface of the housing 2 as indicated by the alternate long and short dash line.

Then, when all the dispensed coins have been taken out from the coin storage cup 61 by the operator, the coin storage cup 61 is returned to the standby position indicated by the solid line by the coin vertical transport unit 60.

[0051]

By the way, according to the conventional coin processing device 1 described above, a plurality of coin tubes 31, which are arranged in parallel as the coin storing portion 30 for temporarily storing coins,
Since it is necessary to use 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 and to secure as many coins as possible to be loaded and stored inside thereof, it is necessary to increase the height h thereof.

When the height of each coin tube of the coin storage unit 30 is increased as described above, the arrangement position of the coin horizontal transfer unit 50 which inevitably horizontally transfers coins dispensed from the lower side of each coin tube is further lowered. It will have to be placed.

Then, the payout position of the coins carried by the horizontal coin carrying section 50 becomes a position far below the coin slot 4, making it very difficult for the operator to take out the coins.

Therefore, conventionally, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a coin vertical transport unit 60 is arranged, and a coin storage cup 61 is fixed thereto, and the dispensed coins are temporarily stored in the coin storage cup 61, and then, , The coin storage cup 61 is moved above the housing 2 so that the coin transport position of the coin storage cup 61 and each position of the coin insertion port 4 are set on substantially the same plane, whereby the coin insertion for the operator is performed. Although the operation and the operation of taking out coins are made extremely easy, the conventional coin processing device 1 described above uses the coin vertical transfer unit 60, so that the structure is complicated and the number of parts is large. This was a factor that increased the cost of the product.

Further, conventionally, it is necessary to temporarily store the coins conveyed by the coin horizontal conveying section 50 in the coin storing cup 61 and move the coin storing cup 61 upward by using the coin vertical conveying section 60. Therefore, it takes time to move the coin storage cup 61 during that time, and it is difficult to shorten the coin dispensing operation.

In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention reduces the number of parts used, sets the height of the entire apparatus as low as possible, and at the same time improves the payout speed of coins as much as possible. An object of the present invention is to provide a coin processing device.

[0057]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, a coin depositing part for receiving and temporarily holding coins of a plurality of denominations deposited, and a plurality of denominations deposited in the coin depositing part. A coin transporter that separates each coin and transports it along the coin passage, and a coin discriminating unit that discriminates the authenticity of coins transported at the entrance of this coin passage and the denomination of genuine coins. Section, a coin sorting section which is disposed at the bottom of the coin passage and which sorts coins conveyed through the coin passage by dropping downward at different positions for each denomination, and is sorted by this coin sorting section. A coin storage unit for storing coins for each denomination, and a coin dispensing unit disposed at the bottom of the coin storage unit for dispensing coins stored in the coin storage unit one by one,
In the coin processing device having at least a coin payout driving unit for driving the coin payout unit, and a horizontal coin carrying unit for horizontally carrying the coin paid out from the coin payout unit toward the coin depositing unit side, A drive unit is arranged at a predetermined distance from the coin payout unit, and a power transmission means for transmitting a driving force is interposed between the coin payout drive unit and the coin payout unit, and the coin payout unit is further provided. The horizontal coin transfer section is arranged in a space formed between the coin payout drive section and the coin payout drive section.

[0058]

According to the above-described coin processing device, the coin payout drive unit is arranged at a predetermined distance from the coin payout unit,
In addition, since the coin horizontal transfer unit is arranged in the space formed between the coin payout unit and the coin payout drive unit, the coin discharge position and the coins horizontally transferred by this coin horizontal transfer unit are inserted. It is possible to set the height of the entire coin processing device as low as possible by making the height difference from the coin depositing unit as small as possible. In addition, since the conventional vertical coin transport unit is not used, the number of parts used is reduced accordingly, and the coin payout time is shortened because the vertical coin transport unit is not used, further speeding up coin dispensing. Will be planned.

[0059]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a coin processing device according to the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 shows a coin processing device 70 according to the present invention.
It is a conceptual perspective view of.

In view of the whole of the coin processing device 70, the height H thereof is formed to be extremely low, and further, the coin insertion port 71 for receiving the inserted coins and the coin ejection port 72 for ejecting the coins are provided in front of the housing 73. It is arranged so as to be adjacent to the position of 73a with a slight height difference.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual perspective view showing the internal structure of the coin processing device 70.

The coin processing device 70 is roughly divided into a coin depositing unit 80 that receives and temporarily holds coins of a plurality of denominations that have been deposited, and coins of a plurality of denominations that have been deposited in the coin depositing unit 80, one by one. A coin transporting unit 90 for transporting, a coin discriminating unit 100 disposed at an entrance 90a of the coin transporting unit 90 for discriminating the authenticity of the transported coin and the denomination of the true coin, and the coin transporting unit 90. A coin sorting unit 11 disposed at the lower portion of the coin sorting unit for sorting coins of a plurality of denominations conveyed by the coin conveying unit 90 by dropping the coins downward at different positions in the coin passage.
0, a coin storage unit 120 for storing the coins sorted by the coin selection unit 110 and dropped, and a coin storage unit 120 arranged at the bottom of the coin storage unit 120.
Coin dispenser 13 for dispensing coins stored in the coins one by one
0, a coin payout drive unit 140 that drives the coin payout unit 130, a power transmission unit 150 that transmits the driving force of the coin payout drive unit 140, and the coin payout unit 13
The coin horizontal transport unit 160 transports the coins dispensed by 0 in the horizontal direction.

Of these, the coin depositing portion 80 is a coin receiving and holding hopper 81 having a coin insertion port 71 formed on the upper surface thereof, as shown in FIG. 3 which is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of FIG.
The coin take-out section 82 takes out coins from inside 1.

Of these, the coin take-out section 82 is composed of a drive sprocket 84 driven by a drive motor 83 arranged on the back surface thereof.

The drive sprocket 84 is provided with a coin carrier 90 and a coin take-out unit 82 as shown in a conceptual plan view of FIG.
As described above, the coin transport chain 85 is wound, and the coin transport chain 85 is rotated counterclockwise by the operation of the drive motor 83.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, the coin transport chain 85 is engaged with a plurality of types of coins Q inserted into the hopper 81, whereby the coins are picked up one by one and the coin transport chain 85. A plurality of coin take-out / conveying pawls 86 (hereinafter, simply referred to as pawls 86) having a rectangular cross section for conveying counterclockwise along the stretching direction are attached at a predetermined pitch.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5 which is an enlarged view of the main part of the coin transport chain 85, the mounting pitch L of the coin take-out and transport claw 86 is set to the maximum value of the coin M (currently used) used in the coin processing device 70. Of a Japanese-issued coin (corresponding to a 500-yen coin), and the width N of the coin passage 91 through which the coin is conveyed is also substantially the same as the diameter of the coin M having the maximum diameter. Is set to.

Further, the distance O between the upper wall of the coin passage 91 and the claw 86 is such that the coin P having the smallest diameter to be used (corresponding to a 1-yen coin for the current Japanese coin) is within one mounting pitch L. It is set to a size that does not fit into 2 sheets.

As shown in FIG. 2, the back member 96, which constitutes the coin passage 91 formed to guide the claw 86 of the coin carrying chain 85 and to support the back surface of the coin to be carried, has its upper end. Is an angle θ ′ from the vertical plane (θ ′ is approximately 45
The guide groove 97 having an elliptical shape that guides the claw 86 is formed in the central portion.

The driven sprocket 92 of the coin transporting section 90 shown in FIG. 4 has a shaft 9 for supporting the driven sprocket 92 as shown in FIG.
3 has a tachometer 94 attached thereto, and a coin transport chain 85 wound around the driven sprocket 92.
A timing pulse is generated in conjunction with.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, on the bottom surface 81a of the coin receiving and holding hopper 81, there is fixed a motor 88 in which a weight 87 having a mounting hole formed at a position eccentric from the shaft center is fitted to a drive shaft 88a. When the shaft 88a of the motor 88 is driven to rotate, the hopper 81 as a whole vibrates due to the vibration of the weight 87 that is eccentrically attached, and the coin Q inserted into the hopper 81 from the coin insertion port 71 is smoothly moved. It is configured to be guided to the coin taking-out section 82.

The hopper 8 which constitutes the coin slot 71
As shown in FIG. 2, continuous inclined surfaces 89 are arranged in a spiral shape, in other words, in a shape of "no" on the upper surface of No. 1, so that a plurality of coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 71 are arranged in order. The coins are smoothly guided to the coin take-out section 82, and therefore, a large number of coins are not guided to the coin take-out section 82 at one time. Therefore, the large number of coins are guided to the coin take-out section 82 at a time. It is possible to eliminate adverse effects such as clogging of coins caused.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
A coin discriminating section 100 for discriminating the authenticity of coins conveyed by the claw 86 of the coin conveying chain 85 and the denomination of genuine coins is arranged in the coin passage 91 adjacent to the position 2.

This coin discriminating unit 100 is also arranged on the back member 96 as in the conventional case, and is composed of an oscillation and reception coil (not shown) which is arranged with an interval such that one coin can pass through. Then, when a coin passes between the oscillation coil and the receiving coil, the voltage received by the receiving coil changes, so that the authenticity of the coin passing and the denomination of the genuine coin are determined by the change in the receiving voltage.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the bottom surface of the coin passage 91 for guiding the coins conveyed by the claws 86 of the coin conveying chain 85 is formed by the rib 98 protruding from the surface of the back member 96. There is.

On the bottom surface of the coin passage 91, in addition to the ribs 98 described above, a coin sorting section for sorting coins by dropping passing coins downward at different positions of the coin passage 91 for each denomination. 110 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the coin sorting section 110 is provided with coin sorting ribs 111, 112, 113, 114, 1 arranged so as to be retractable from the surface of the back member 96.
It is composed of 15, 116.

The coin selection unit 110 uses the six currently issued coins (1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, 5
(00 yen) and coins that are considered to be fake coins,
Each coin sorting rib 111, 112, 113, 114, 11
The coins 5 and 116 are independently driven for each coin selection rib by a driving member such as a solenoid blanker (not shown) arranged on the back surface of the back surface member 96.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which coins B (100-yen coins) are selected.
When it reaches the position above 3, the coin selecting rib 113 is attracted to the back member 96 side by a solenoid plunger (not shown), so that the coin B falls below the coin passage 91 and the coin B is selected.

Similarly, when the coin A (500 yen coin) reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 112, the coin selecting rib 112 is sucked toward the back member 96 by a solenoid plunger (not shown). , Coin A is coin passage 9
It will fall below 1 and be selected.

Similarly, when the coin C (50-yen coin) reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 114, the coin selecting rib 114 is sucked toward the back member 96 by a solenoid plunger (not shown). , Coin C is coin passage 91
It will fall below and be sorted.

Similarly, when the coin D (10-yen coin) reaches the position of the coin selecting rib 115, the coin selecting rib 115 is sucked toward the back member 96 by a solenoid plunger (not shown). , The coin D falls below the coin passage 91 and is sorted.

Although not shown, the coin E (one-yen coin) is conveyed in the coin passage 91, and the coin sorting rib 11
At the position of 6, the coin selection rib 116 is sucked toward the back member 96 by a solenoid plunger (not shown), so that the coin E also drops downward and is selected.

Further, the coin F (5 yen coin) is the coin passage 91.
When transported inside, the coin F is forcibly dropped below the coin passage 91 by the claw 86 of the coin transport chain 85 at the turning point 91a of the coin passage 91 to be sorted.

The fake coin G is conveyed in the coin passage 91,
This coin sorting rib 1 reaches the position of the coin sorting rib 111.
11 is a back member 9 by a solenoid plunger (not shown)
Since it is sucked to the 6 side, the counterfeit coins fall downward through the chute 117 and are sorted and stored in the reject box 170.

On the other hand, among the coin selecting ribs described above, below the coin selecting ribs 112, 113, 114, 115 and 116 and the turning point 91a of the coin passage 91, coins for storing dropped coins for each denomination. A storage unit 120 is provided.

This coin storing section 120 is provided with each coin selecting rib 1
12, 113, 114, 115, 116, and six coin storage hoppers 121, 122, 1 arranged below the coin passage 91 so as to correspond to the turning point 91a.
23, 124, 125, 126, and each of the coin storage hoppers 121, 122, 123, 12
4, 125, 126 are coin storage hoppers 12
The upper ends of 1, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 are arranged so as to be inclined by a predetermined angle θ ′ (θ ′ is approximately 45 degrees) from the vertical direction toward the coin conveying section 90 side.

According to the coin storage section 120 described above,
Coin storage hoppers 121 and 12 as the coin storage section 120
2, 123, 124, 125, 126 are used and each coin storage hopper 121, 122, 123, 12 is used.
The upper ends of 4, 125, and 126 are arranged at a predetermined angle θ ′ (θ ′ is inclined by approximately 45 degrees) from the vertical direction toward the coin transporting portion 90 side, so that the number of coins to be stored can be increased. , It is possible to set the installation height h ′ to be extremely low.

The coin storage hoppers 121, 122, 123, 124, 1 that compose the coin storage section 120.
The structure of 25 and 126 will be described as a representative of the coin storage hopper 121.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part showing the coin storage hopper 121 of the coin storage part 120.

Inside this coin storage hopper 121, one end of a vibrating piece 121b made of a leaf spring is fixed to its upper end 121a, and the other free end is the coin storage hopper 1.
It is extended so as to face the central portion inside 21. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the vibrating piece having the same structure as that of the vibrating piece 121b includes vibrating pieces 122b, 123b, 124b, in the coin storing hoppers 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 other than the coin storing hopper 121. It is arranged as 125b and 126b.

The vibrating piece 121b temporarily receives the coin A that is sorted by the coin sorting rib 112 (FIG. 2) and drops downward, and evenly distributes the coin A to a wide range in the coin storage hopper 121 and drops it smoothly. A motor 121c with a weight for vibrating the vibrating piece 121b is fixed to the lower surface thereof.

Further, a protrusion 121d having a cross-section is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the coin storage hopper 121 in order to incline the coin A in a standing posture, and when the coin A standing up collides with the protrusion 121d. , The posture of the coin A is changed as shown by the arrow by the lower inclined portion 121e,
The coin dispensing unit 130, which will be described later, is configured to fall toward the coin dispensing disk 132 side.

On the other hand, the coin storage hoppers 121, 122, 123, 124, 12 of the coin storage section 120 described above.
Each of the coin storage hoppers 12 is provided at the bottom of each of 5, 126.
A coin payout unit 130 for paying out coins stored in 1, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 one by one is provided.

Next, the coin payout unit 130 is provided at the bottom of the coin storage hopper 121.
Will be described as a representative.

As shown in FIG. 7, this coin dispensing unit 13
Reference numeral 0 is a coin payout disc 132 fixed to the upper end of a shaft 131 rotatably supported.

As shown in the top view of FIG. 8, the coin dispensing disc 132 has a coin dispensing hole 133 having a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the coin (here coin A) to be dispensed.
Are formed at equal intervals along the circumferential direction. The coin payout hole 1 is provided on the lower surface of the coin payout disc 132.
A protrusion 134 for guiding the coin inserted in 33 in the circumferential direction.
Is formed in three places, and is the lower surface of the coin dispensing disc 132, and the shaft 1 that supports the coin dispensing disc 132
31, the coin A collides with the coin A and the coin A is hopper 12
A block pin 135 which is flipped to the outside of 1 is coaxially supported.

According to such a coin payout unit 130,
When the coin A is inserted into one of the coin payout holes 133 while the coin payout disc 132 is rotating in the clockwise direction indicated by the arrow, the coin A is projected onto the block pin 1 and the block pin 1 as shown in FIG.
While being sandwiched between 35 and 35, the traveling direction is changed, and finally, as shown in FIG. 10, the coin storage hopper 121 is moved to the outside of the coin storage hopper 121 along a coin discharge guide 136 formed on a part of the outer peripheral edge of the coin storage hopper 121. It is flipped off and discharged onto the coin transfer belt 163 of the horizontal coin transfer unit 160 described later.

The coin payout unit 130 shown in FIG.
As shown by 1, the coin A can be paid out even when the coin payout disc 132 rotates counterclockwise as indicated by the arrow. As shown in FIG. 11, the coin dispensing disc 132
When the coin A is inserted into one of the coin payout holes 133 during the counterclockwise rotation indicated by the arrow, the coin A advances while being pinched by the projection 134 and the block pin 135 as shown in FIG. Change the direction, and finally, as shown in FIG. 13, the coin storage hopper 121 is moved along the coin discharge guide 136 formed on a part of the outer peripheral edge of the coin storage hopper 121.
It is flipped to the outside of, and like the clockwise rotation,
The coin transfer belt 163 of the coin horizontal transfer unit 160 described later.
Discharged on top.

The other coin storage hoppers 122, 123, 124, 125, 1 that constitute the coin storage section 120 are also included.
The coin payout portion 130 arranged at the bottom of the coin 26 has a coin payout hole 133 having a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the coin to be stored.
Since they have the same configuration except that they are formed on the coin dispensing disc 132, the description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the coin payout drive unit 140 for driving the coin payout unit 130 described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, the coin storage unit 1 described above.
20 coin storage hoppers 121, 122, 123, 1
The coin payout driving unit 140 that drives the coin payout units 130 arranged at the bottoms of the coins 24, 125, 126 is provided with the coin storage hoppers 121, 122, 123, 124, 1.
Six drive motors 141, 142, 143, 144, which are arranged at a predetermined distance from the bottom of 25, 126,
145 and 146.

Further, the drive motors 141, 142, 1
The drive motors 141, 142, 143 are provided between the respective coin storage hoppers 43, 144, 145, 146 and the coin dispensers 130 arranged at the bottoms of the coin storage hoppers 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126. 144, 145, 1
Each coin storage hopper 121 corresponding to each driving force of 46,
Power transmission means 150 for transmitting the coins to the coin dispensing parts 130 of 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 are respectively interposed.

Next, the power transmission means 150 will be described in detail on behalf of the power transmission means 150 interposed between the drive motor 141 and the coin dispensing portion 130 arranged at the bottom of the coin storage hopper 121. To do.

As shown in FIG. 7, the coin dispensing drive unit 14
The drive motor 141 of 0 is arranged at the left end of a pair of plate-shaped attachment members 151 and 152 arranged at a predetermined interval so as to form the bottom of the coin dispensing unit 130, and is connected to the coin storage hopper 121. Similarly, the upper end of the coin is directed from the vertical direction toward the coin transporting unit 90 (FIG. 2) side at a predetermined angle θ ′.
They are arranged so as to be inclined (θ ′ is approximately 45 degrees).

The drive motor 141 and the coin dispenser 13
The power transmission means 150 provided between the drive pulley 141 and the drive pulley 141 fixed to the drive shaft 141a of the drive motor 141 and the shaft 131 for supporting the coin dispensing disc 132.
The driven pulley 148 fixed below the drive pulley 147 and the drive belt 149 wound between the drive pulley 147 and the driven pulley 148.

In the power transmission means 150, when the drive motor 141 is driven, the power is transmitted to the coin payout disc 132 via the drive pulley 147, the drive belt 149, and the driven pulley 148, and the coin payout is performed. The coin A stored in the coin storage hopper 121 by rotating the disc 132 is transferred to the coin discharge guide 136.
The coins are ejected onto the coin conveying belt 163 of the horizontal coin conveying unit 160 disposed thereunder.

On the other hand, the coin storage hoppers 121, 122, 123, 12 constituting the coin storage section 120 described above.
4, 125, 126 and each coin storage hopper 12
1, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 of the coin payout drive unit 140 that drives each coin payout unit 130 arranged at the bottom, and the power transmission means 160 that transmits the driving force of the coin payout drive unit 140. According to the mounting structure, as shown in FIG. 7, a predetermined angle θ ′ is formed with the upper end of the coin storage portion 120 directed from the vertical direction toward the coin transport portion 90 side.
(.Theta. 'Is approximately 45 degrees), the coin payout drive unit 140 is provided at a predetermined distance from the bottom of the coin storage unit, and the coin payout unit 140 and the coin payout unit 130 are provided. And the coin payout drive unit 140, a large space S can be formed between the coin payout unit 130 and the coin payout drive unit 140. It is possible to dispose the coin horizontal transport unit 160 that horizontally transports the coins dropped therein.

Next, the horizontal coin transfer section 160 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 2, in a large space S formed between the coin payout unit 130 and the coin payout drive unit 140, a horizontal coin transfer unit 160 for horizontally transferring the dropped coins is provided. Has been done.

The coin horizontal conveying section 160 is provided with a fixed interval and is provided with a drive roller 161 and a driven roller 162, an endless coin conveying belt 163 wound between the rollers 161 and 162, and the coin. Drive roller 161 for rotating the conveyor belt 163 in the clockwise direction
And a drive motor 164 attached thereto.

Incidentally, around the coin carrying belt 163, coins falling as shown in FIG.
Guard member 16 made of a plate material so as not to leak to the outside of 63
5, the guard members 165 are provided on both side surfaces thereof with projections 1 having a substantially triangular shape in a plane at a predetermined pitch along the longitudinal direction of the coin transport belt 163 as shown in FIG.
66 are provided.

The protrusion 166 is provided on the coin carrying belt 163.
The coin that has fallen on the coin transport belt 163 is prevented from standing around on the coin transport belt 163, thereby preventing the payout speed of the coin from decreasing. As shown in FIG. The vehicle collides and falls, and thereafter, the coins are swiftly paid out according to the transportation speed of the coin transportation belt 163.

As shown in FIG. 2, all the coins dispensed by the coin transport belt 163 are accommodated at the tip of the above-described coin horizontal transport unit 160, that is, on the tip 163a side of the coin transport belt 163. Coin storage cup 17
1 is provided.

Therefore, according to the above-described coin horizontal transfer section 160, when the drive motor 164 rotates clockwise and at the same time the coin transfer belt 163 rotates clockwise, the coin storage hoppers 121, 122, 123, 124, 12
The coins dispensed downward by the coin dispensers 130 of Nos. 5, 126 are horizontally transported by the coin transport belt 163 toward the tip 163a side of the coin transport belt 163, and all of the coins are transferred from the tip 163a into the coin storage cup 171. It will be stored.

As shown in FIG. 1, the coin storage cup 171 is disposed at a position 73a in front of the casing 73 that constitutes the coin processing device 70, and the coin storage cup 171 is inserted. Coin slot 7 for receiving coins
It will be arranged so as to be adjacent to it with a slight difference in height.

Next, the operation of the coin processing device 70 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

When a switch (not shown) for actuating the coin transporting section 90 is turned on, the drive motor 83 rotates counterclockwise, picking up coins inserted into the coin depositing section 80 one by one and following the coin passage 91. To guide you. It should be noted that when coins are jammed in the coin depositing portion 80, the drive motor 83 is rotated in the reverse direction to eliminate the jam.

The coins picked up one by one by the coin depositing unit 80 first pass through the coin discriminating unit 100, where the authenticity of the coins and the denomination of the genuine coins are discriminated.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, the coin discriminating section 10
Each coin sorting rib 11 that constitutes the coin sorting unit 110 from 0
The distances to 1, 112, 113, 114, 115, and 116 and the number of output pulses of the tachometer 94 shown in FIG.

Therefore, when it is determined that the coin, which is the coin discriminating unit 100, is a true coin, and the denomination is coin B, for example, as shown in FIG.
When the predetermined number of pulses corresponding to the distance of 13 is reached, a solenoid (not shown) that operates the coin sorting rib 113 is operated, and the coin B is dropped downward and stored in the coin storing portion 120.

When the coin discriminating unit 100 discriminates the denomination of the true coin, the vibrating piece of the coin storage hopper for storing coins of the denomination starts to vibrate. That is, in the case shown in FIG. 2, when the coin discriminating unit 100 determines that the coin is a true coin and, for example, the denomination is coin B, the vibrating piece 122b of the coin storing hopper 122 that stores the coin B is The vibration is started, and the falling coin B is temporarily received to be evenly distributed to a wide range in the coin storage hopper 122, and the coin B is smoothly dropped. Incidentally, the coin B is the coin storage hopper 1
When one coin is stored in 22, the coin counter related to the coin storage hopper 122 of the control device (not shown) is incremented by one.

Similarly, each coin storage hopper 121,
When one selected coin is stored in 123, 124, 125, 126, the dedicated coin counters for the coin storage hoppers 121, 123, 124, 125, 126 of the control device (not shown) count one. Will be up.

Further, when the coin discriminating unit 100 discriminates a coin other than the set denomination, that is, a coin regarded as a counterfeit coin G, each coin storing hopper 121 provided for each denomination,
When the number of coins stored in 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 reaches a preset full number, the counterfeit coins or the full coins are sorted and stored in the reject box 170 via the chute 117. To be done.

The coin payout operation of the coin processing device 70 will be briefly described below.

After the denomination of coins to be paid out and the number of coins to be paid out are confirmed, when a payout switch (not shown) is turned on,
The drive motor 164 of the horizontal coin transfer unit 160 shown in FIG.
Rotates and rotates the coin transport belt 163 clockwise.

Next, drive motors 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 1 corresponding to the denominations of coins to be paid out.
Coin storage hopper 12 that stores coins of denominations to be paid out via power transmission means 150 by rotating 46 in one direction.
The coin dispensing unit 130 of 1, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 is operated.

As described above, the coin storage hoppers 121, 122, 123, 12 storing the coins of the denomination to be paid out.
When the coin dispensing parts 130 of 4, 125, 126 are rotationally driven, the coin dispensing disk 1 of the coin dispensing part 130
32 rotates, and the coins of the denomination to be paid out are discharged one by one through the coin discharge guide 136 onto the coin transfer belt 163 of the coin horizontal transfer section 160 arranged below the coin discharge guide 136. At this time, the number of coins to be paid out is detected by a coin detection sensor (not shown) provided in the coin discharge guide 136, and when the predetermined number of coins to be paid out is reached, the corresponding drive motors 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146 Stop operation.

Since the coin payout disc 132 of the coin payout unit 130 is configured to be reversible in the normal and reverse directions, when the payout coin is jammed in the coin storage hopper, the coin payout disc 132 is moved by the corresponding drive motor. Reverse rotation to clear the jam of coins.

In this way, when all the payout numbers of the predetermined denomination have been completed, all the coins are transferred to the coin horizontal transport unit 1.
Coin storage cup 17 by means of coin transfer belt 163 of 60
It is paid out within 1.

In this way, when all the dispensed coins are dispensed into the coin storage cup 171, the coin horizontal transport unit 16
The operation of 0 is stopped, and the next coin payout standby state is restored.

As shown in FIG. 1, the coin processing device 70 is formed so that its height H is extremely low when viewed from the whole, and furthermore, it is dispensed from a coin slot 71 and a coin dispensing slot 72 for receiving coins. Since the coin storing cup 171 for storing the formed coins is disposed so as to be adjacent to the position of the front 73a of the housing 73 with a slight height difference,
For the operator located in front 73a of the housing 73,
It is very easy to insert coins and take out coins.

According to the present invention, the coin storage hoppers 121, 122, 123, 124, 1 of the coin storage section 120 are provided.
The coin transporting section 90 from the vertical direction at the upper ends of 25 and 126.
The coin storage hoppers of the coin storage section 120 are not limited to the above embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 12
6 may be left standing vertically. At that time, each coin storage hopper 121, 122, 123, 124, 12
The upper ends of the openings of 5, 126 are the coin storage hoppers 121,
It goes without saying that they are formed at right angles to the central axes of 122, 123, 124, 125 and 126.

[0135]

As described above, in the coin processing device of the present invention, the coin payout drive unit is arranged at a predetermined distance from the bottom of the coin storage unit. Therefore, the coin payout unit and the coin payout unit are provided. It is possible to secure a large space S between the drive unit and the horizontal coin transfer unit, and therefore, the discharge position of the coin transferred by the horizontal coin transfer unit and the coin depositing unit for inserting the coin. The height difference between the coin handling device and the coin handling device can be set to be as small as possible, and the height of the entire coin processing device can be set to be as low as possible. . Moreover, since the conventional coin vertical transfer unit is not used, the number of parts can be reduced, and since the coin vertical transfer unit is not used, the coin transfer time can be shortened to further speed up the coin dispensing work. It can also be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual perspective view of a coin processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual perspective view showing the internal structure of the coin processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual enlarged cross-sectional view of a coin depositing unit.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual front view of a coin transport unit.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual enlarged view of a main part of a coin transport chain.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual enlarged cross-sectional view showing a driven sprocket of a coin transport unit.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of a coin storage part and a coin payout part.

FIG. 8 is a top view showing the operation of the coin payout unit.

FIG. 9 is a top view showing the operation of the coin payout unit.

FIG. 10 is a top view showing the operation of the coin payout unit.

FIG. 11 is a top view showing the operation of the coin payout unit.

FIG. 12 is a top view showing the operation of the coin payout unit.

FIG. 13 is a top view showing the operation of the coin payout unit.

FIG. 14 is a conceptual perspective view showing the internal structure of a conventional coin processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 70 ... Coin processing device. 80 ... Coin depositing unit 90 ... Coin transporting unit 91 ... Coin passage 100 ... Coin discriminating unit 110 ... Coin sorting unit 120 ... Coin storing unit 130 ... Coin payout unit 140 ... Coin payout driving unit 150 ... Power transmission means 160 ... Coin horizontal transfer Department

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A coin depositing unit for receiving and temporarily holding coins of a plurality of denominations, and a plurality of coins of a plurality of denominations, which have been deposited in the coin depositing unit, are separated one by one and conveyed along a coin passage. A coin transport unit, a coin discriminating unit disposed at the entrance of the coin passage for discriminating the authenticity of the coin to be transported and the denomination of the true coin, and a coin discriminating unit disposed at the bottom of the coin passage. A coin sorting unit that drops coins conveyed in the passage downward at different positions for each denomination, and a coin storage unit that stores the coins sorted by the coin sorting unit for each denomination. A coin dispensing unit, which is disposed at the bottom of the coin storage unit and dispenses the coins stored in the coin storage unit one by one, a coin dispensing drive unit that drives the coin dispensing unit, and a dispenser from the coin dispensing unit. Coin that horizontally conveys the stored coin toward the coin depositing unit side In a coin processing device having at least a flat transport unit, the coin payout drive unit is arranged at a predetermined distance from the coin payout unit, and a driving force is further provided between the coin payout drive unit and the coin payout unit. The coin processing device is characterized in that the horizontal coin transfer unit is arranged in a space formed between the coin payout unit and the coin payout drive unit. . 2. The coin depositing portion comprises a coin receiving and holding hopper having a coin inlet formed on the upper surface thereof, and a coin removing portion for taking out coins from the coin receiving and holding hopper, the coin taking out portion being driven by a drive motor. The coin processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a rotatable drive sprocket and a coin take-out and transfer claw which is planted on a side of a coin transfer chain wound around the drive sprocket. 3. The coin processing device according to claim 1, wherein the coin transporting unit is mounted such that the upper end of the coin transporting unit is inclined at a predetermined angle from the vertical direction. 4. The coin transporting section comprises a back member made of a plate material for supporting the back surface of a coin to be transported, a pair of drive sprocket and driven sprocket arranged on the back member at a predetermined interval, Formed on a coin carrying chain wound between a drive sprocket and a driven sprocket, a coin take-out and carrying claw planted on the side of the coin carrying chain, and the back member for guiding the coin take-out and carrying claw. The coin processing device according to claim 1, wherein the coin processing device comprises a guide groove. 5. The coin processing device according to claim 1, wherein the coin discriminating unit includes an oscillating coil and a receiving coil which are arranged at a predetermined interval. 6. The coin selecting unit comprises a rib arranged on a bottom surface of the coin passage, and a plurality of coin selecting units that drop coins passing through the coin passage downward at different positions for each denomination. The coin processing device according to claim 1, wherein the coin processing device comprises a rib. 7. The coin processing device according to claim 1, wherein the coin storage portion comprises a plurality of coin storage hoppers which are independently arranged for each sorted coin. 8. The coin payout part comprises a coin payout disc rotatably arranged at the bottom of the coin storage part, and coins are dispensed at a predetermined pitch in the circumferential direction of the coin payout disc. The coin processing device according to claim 1, wherein a coin dispensing hole that is temporarily accommodated is formed. 9. The coin processing device according to claim 1, wherein the coin payout drive unit is composed of a drive motor capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions. 10. The power transmission means comprises a pair of drive pulleys and driven pulleys arranged at a predetermined interval, and a drive belt wound between the drive pulleys and driven pulleys. Claims to
(1) The coin processing device described. 11. The coin horizontal transport unit comprises a pair of drive rollers and a driven roller arranged at a predetermined interval, and a coin transport belt wound between the drive roller and the driven roller. The coin processing device according to claim 1, which is characterized in that. 12. A coin depositing unit for receiving and temporarily holding coins of a plurality of denominations, and a plurality of coins of a plurality of denominations, which have been deposited in the coin depositing unit, are separated one by one and conveyed along a coin passage. The coin transport section and the entrance section of this coin passage are arranged,
A coin discriminating unit for discriminating the authenticity of coins conveyed and the denomination of coins, and a coin disposed in the bottom of the coin passage and conveyed in the coin passage at different positions for each denomination. A coin sorting unit that drops downward to sort, and a coin storing unit that stores the coins sorted by the coin sorting unit for each denomination,
A coin payout unit arranged at the bottom of the coin storage unit for paying out coins stored in the coin storage unit one by one, a coin payout drive unit for driving the coin payout unit, and a payout from the coin payout unit. In a coin processing device having at least a coin horizontal transporting unit for horizontally transporting the dispensed coin toward the coin depositing unit side, a predetermined angle from the vertical direction of the tip of the coin storing unit to the coin transporting unit side. Power to transmit the driving force between the coin payout drive unit and the coin payout unit, while arranging the coin payout drive unit at an angle and arranging the coin payout drive unit at a predetermined distance from the coin payout unit A coin processing device characterized in that the horizontal coin transfer unit is arranged in a space formed between the coin payout unit and the coin payout drive unit with a transmission means interposed. Place.