JPS6230129Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a device for dropping and dispensing coins one by one from a coin storage path in which the coins are stored in a chain so that their peripheral edges touch each other.

Generally, such a coin dispensing device is provided with upper and lower locking members that appear and retract into the coin accumulation path, and when the upper locking member holds the coin of the next payout order, the lower locking member locks the coin of the payout order. When the coins are disengaged and dispensed, and the coins in the payout order are locked by the lower locking member, the coins are sequentially put out in such a manner that they alternately appear and retract so that the upper locking member is released.
This is a device that sequentially biases the upper and lower locking members like a seesaw, and unless the timing of the appearance and retraction of both locking members is set accurately, multiple coins or no coins will be paid out, resulting in a malfunction. occurs. Therefore, the link mechanism that is connected to a predetermined drive device and controls the protrusion and retraction of both locking members has a complicated structure, and the link mechanism may be damaged or move by itself due to the weight of the stacked coins. It was happening all the time.

In view of the above, the present invention aims at a device that dispenses coins by rotating a single locking member, and provides a coin dispensing device that does not require a link mechanism or the like and is miniaturized.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a side sectional view of the device according to the invention;
FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG. 5 are front views showing the dispensing operation. In the figure, a coin accumulation path 3 formed by a pair of substrates 1 and 2 that contact the peripheral edges of the coins and a pair of covers 7 and 8 that face the surface of the coins is arranged so that the coins touch each other at their peripheral edges. The coins are stored vertically, and 9 is the coin in the payout order, and 10 is the coin in the next payout order. Note that FIGS. 2 to 5 show the state in which the cover 8 is removed. A circular window 12 is bored in the cover 7 at a position facing the surface of the coin 9, and the rotor 4, which is pivoted at the center and connected to the output shaft 13 of the motor, rotates. has been done. On the other hand, a coin locking pawl 5 is attached to a part of the circumference of the rotor 4 so as to protrude into the coin storage path 3, and as the rotor 4 rotates, the coin locking pawl 5 circles inside the coin storage path 3. The locking surface that draws an orbit and comes into contact with the coin has a curvature that is approximately equal to the circumference of the coin. Furthermore, a recess 6 is formed in the substrate 1, the bottom of which has a curvature approximately equal to the circumference of the coin so as to approximately match the circumference of the coin 9.

To explain the operation of the above structure, in the standby state shown in FIG. 2, the coin locking pawl 5 is positioned downward and locks all the coins in the coin storage path 3. In this state, when the coin dispensing operation is started and the motor rotates and the coin locking pawl 5 moves toward the board 2 as shown in FIG. Almost matches. Therefore, the coins 9 to be dispensed are held at the bottom of the recess 6 and the locking surface of the coin locking pawl 5, and are separated from the stacked coin group. After that, when the coin locking pawl 5 is positioned upward as shown in FIG. 4, the coin 9 held in the recess 6 loses its locking with the coin locking pawl 5 and falls downward and is dispensed. However, the coins 10 and other accumulated coins are locked on the back side of the coin locking pawl 5 and are not dispensed. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, when the coin locking pawl 5 moves toward the base plate 1, the coin locking pawl 5 closes the recess 6 and further restricts the width of the coin accumulation path 3, so that the coins 10 is held at the end of the coin locking pawl 5, and as the rotation progresses further and returns to the standby state, the accumulated coins are stably held by the locking surface.

In this manner, one coin is dispensed by rotating the rotor 4 once, and such control can be easily achieved using a cam and a switch.

According to the present invention described in detail above, a coin dispensing device is provided which is miniaturized and capable of dispensing coins one by one using a single coin locking claw. Since it is controlled by the rotation of the rotor, the operation is more stable than the link mechanism type seen in conventional devices, and it has the advantage that the coin locking pawl can be set relatively roughly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side sectional view of the device according to the present invention;
3, 4, and 5 are front views showing the dispensing operation, respectively. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2...Substrate, 3...Coin accumulation path, 4...Rotor, 5...Coin locking claw, 6...Recess.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A coin storage path comprising a set of substrates that contact the peripheral edge of the coin and a set of covers facing the surface of the coin, and stores the accumulated coins vertically so that their peripheral edges touch each other, and the coin storage path. A rotor is disposed at a position facing the surface of the coins to be dispensed in the coin storage path, and the rotor is attached to the rotor and protrudes into the coin storage path, and the rotation of the rotor moves the coins into a circular orbit within the coin storage path. , and a recess formed in the other substrate so as to move together with the coin locking pawl to hold a coin when the coin locking pawl rotates toward one of the substrates. , when the coin locking pawl rotates upward, it works together with the recess to eject the held coins below the coin accumulation path, and also causes the coins to be accumulated above the ejected coins by the coin locking pawl. A coin dispensing device characterized by locking a coin and separating both coins.