JPS6230148Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

【考案の詳細な説明】 本考案は硬貨処理機例えば硬貨の計数包装を行
なう機械において、硬貨を１枚づつほぼ連続状に
送り出す硬貨通路において、硬貨の設定枚数の計
数終了に際し後続する硬貨の通過を停止させるた
めのものである。[Detailed description of the invention] This invention is a coin processing machine, for example, a machine that counts and packages coins, in which coins are sent out almost continuously one by one in a coin passage. This is to stop the

従来この種の硬貨の停止は、硬貨通路に臨んで
硬貨の円周が嵌り合う凹みをもつた星歯車を用
い、硬貨１枚毎に一歯づつ送り計数し、所定枚数
に達すると星歯車の回転を停止して後続硬化の停
止を行なう星歯車式或はソレノイド等の作用で停
止ローラ、或は停止杆の如き停止部材が通路内に
側方より突出させる突出式或は又硬貨の通路面よ
りストツパーを突き上げる突き上げ式などが行な
われている。 Conventionally, this type of coin stopping uses a star gear that faces the coin passage and has a recess into which the circumference of the coin fits.The star gear feeds and counts each coin one tooth at a time, and when a predetermined number of coins is reached, the star gear stops. A protruding type in which a stop member such as a stop roller or a stop rod protrudes from the side into the passage by the action of a star gear type or solenoid to stop rotation and subsequent curing, or a coin passage surface. A push-up ceremony in which the stopper is pushed up further is also performed.

硬貨通路内の硬貨はほぼ連続して且つ高速度
で、搬送ベルトと通路面との間に挾まれて送られ
ている。そこで前記した星歯車式ではその直径が
大きくなり（一般に星歯車１回転で10枚の硬貨が
計数される）これが高速度で回転されるのでその
慣性が大きくなり、予めこの慣性を計算に入れて
計数をする必要があり計数の確実性が低下する、
更に前記の側方よりの突入式では、連続する硬貨
と、硬貨通路の案内板との２接触点と両硬貨の円
周面の１接触点とで形成されるほぼ三角形の一辺
より突入するので作動可能区間が比較的広くて突
入タイミングをとる上からは理想的であるが、高
速度で搬送ベルトで強制的に送られる硬貨の流れ
を急激に停止させるためのシヨツク並びにその反
動が停止部材や後続硬貨に加わりここで２枚重ね
となつたり、停止部材も大きく丈夫なものとしか
つ突入パワーも比較的大きなものが必要となり構
造的にも機械的強度をもち且つ複雑となる欠点が
あつた。又前記突き上げ式ではその位置が比較的
前記した１接触点に近い位置としないと停止の確
実性が得られない。そのために突き上げを行なう
作動区間は極めて限定されたものとなる。従つて
前記突入式と共に作動タイミングの精度が極めて
高度のものとする必要がある。つまりこのタイミ
ングが狂い硬貨と接すると、硬貨を介して硬貨通
路を形成する固定或は可動の案内板を強く押圧し
たり、硬貨がつき上げられて搬送ベルトをもち上
げる障害とともに持ち上げられた硬貨即ち所定計
数終了後の１枚が搬送ベルトの搬送力で停止部材
の上を乗り越えて送られてしまい誤計数されてし
まう懸念がある。 The coins in the coin passage are conveyed almost continuously and at high speed while being sandwiched between the conveyor belt and the passage surface. Therefore, in the star gear type described above, the diameter is large (generally, 10 coins are counted in one rotation of the star gear), and as it is rotated at high speed, its inertia is large, and this inertia must be taken into account in advance. It is necessary to perform counting, which reduces the reliability of counting.
Furthermore, in the above-mentioned side entry method, the coins enter from one side of the triangle formed by the two contact points between the successive coins and the guide plate of the coin path, and one contact point on the circumferential surface of both coins. The operable range is relatively wide, which is ideal from the viewpoint of timing the entry, but the shock is used to abruptly stop the flow of coins that are forcibly fed by the conveyor belt at high speed, and the reaction is caused by the stopping member and the These coins are joined to the succeeding coins and become two-ply coins, and the stopping member must be large and strong, and the thrusting power must be relatively large, so the structure has the drawbacks of having mechanical strength and being complicated. In addition, in the push-up type, the stop cannot be ensured unless the position is relatively close to the one contact point mentioned above. Therefore, the operating range in which thrusting is performed is extremely limited. Therefore, in addition to the above-mentioned plunge type, the accuracy of the actuation timing must be extremely high. In other words, if this timing is incorrect and the coin comes into contact with the coin, the fixed or movable guide plate that forms the coin passage may be strongly pressed through the coin, or the coin may be lifted up and cause an obstacle to lift the conveyor belt. There is a concern that one sheet after a predetermined count may be sent over the stop member due to the conveyance force of the conveyor belt, resulting in erroneous counting.

本考案はこのような諸欠点を解消すべく円運動
を行なつて硬貸の停止を行なうものであつて、そ
の実施例として示した図面に基き詳細に説明す
る。 The present invention aims to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks by performing a circular motion to stop the hard lending, and will be described in detail based on the drawings shown as embodiments thereof.

硬貨処理機の硬貸通路１は一側に固定された固
定案内板２と、他側には可動案内板３とを有し両
板２，３の間隔を処理金種に応じて回転される通
路幅選択カム４により調節され、硬貨通路１の送
出端には硬貨を落下させるためのシユート（図示
せず）が設けられている。 The hard currency passage 1 of the coin processing machine has a fixed guide plate 2 fixed on one side and a movable guide plate 3 on the other side, and the distance between the plates 2 and 3 is rotated according to the type of denomination to be processed. Adjustment is made by a passage width selection cam 4, and a chute (not shown) for dropping coins is provided at the delivery end of the coin passage 1.

硬貨通路１に面して硬貨の計数検知装置８例え
ば図示の如き光電機構即ち硬貨通路１の上下に光
源と光電管とが２組並設され、硬貨Ｃが通過する
ごとに光路を開閉して信号を発するようになつて
いる。この計数検知装置８は前記実施例の他従来
の手段例えば硬貨の通過毎にこれと接触して検知
信号を発するものなどその手段は選ばない。しか
して固定案内板２或は可動案内板３の何れか一方
例えば固定案内板２に硬貨通路１の面と直交する
方向に軸線を有する停止軸５を設ける。この停止
軸５の頂部には硬貨通路１の面と同一平面上に位
置して、前記軸線に対し偏心した偏心板６が固定
されていて、該偏心板６は固定案内板２の一部が
硬貨通路１に開放された凹溝内に位置し、（可動
案内板３側にこれと共に移動するよう設けてもよ
く或は両側にあつてもよい）しかして、偏心板６
の長径側はその回転により硬貨通路１内に突出す
るよう偏心板６が凹溝７内に設けられる。 Facing the coin passageway 1, a coin counting and detection device 8, for example, a photoelectric mechanism as shown in the figure, i.e., two sets of light sources and phototubes are installed in parallel above and below the coin passageway 1, and each time a coin C passes, the optical path is opened and closed to generate a signal. It is beginning to emit. The counting detection device 8 can be formed by any conventional means other than the embodiments described above, such as a method which generates a detection signal by contacting a coin every time it passes. Therefore, either the fixed guide plate 2 or the movable guide plate 3, for example, the fixed guide plate 2, is provided with a stop shaft 5 having an axis in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the coin passage 1. An eccentric plate 6 is fixed to the top of the stop shaft 5, located on the same plane as the surface of the coin passage 1, and eccentric to the axis. The eccentric plate 6 is located in the concave groove opened to the coin passage 1 (it may be provided on the movable guide plate 3 side so as to move with it, or it may be provided on both sides).
An eccentric plate 6 is provided in the concave groove 7 so that the long diameter side of the coin protrudes into the coin passage 1 by rotation thereof.

停止軸５は、例えば硬貨通路１の上下に設けた
光源と受光器とによる電子式の硬貨の計数検知装
置８による硬貨の通過毎の計数が、図示されてい
ないが周知の如き設定枚数に達したとき発する停
止信号で作動するロータリーソレノイドの如き作
動機構９によつて回転力が与えられる。 For example, the stop shaft 5 is used when the number of coins counted each time a coin passes by an electronic coin counting detection device 8 using a light source and a light receiver provided above and below the coin passage 1 reaches a set number of coins, which is well known although not shown. The rotational force is applied by an actuation mechanism 9, such as a rotary solenoid, which is actuated by a stop signal generated when the actuator is turned off.

今回転円盤１０上に供給された硬貨Ｃは回転円
盤１０の回転により一枚づつの連続した流れとな
つて、可動案内板３と連動する案内レール１１に
沿つて硬貨通路１内に導かれ、硬貨Ｃは搬送ベル
ト（図示せず）により圧接され搬送ベルトの回動
で硬貨Ｃは強制的にほぼ連続状に計数検知装置８
の部分を通過する、このときは停止軸９の偏心板
６の長径側は固定案内板２側に位置し硬貨Ｃの通
過が自由である。 The coins C now supplied onto the rotating disk 10 are guided into the coin passage 1 along the guide rail 11 interlocking with the movable guide plate 3 in a continuous flow one by one due to the rotation of the rotating disk 10. The coins C are pressed against each other by a conveyor belt (not shown), and the rotation of the conveyor belt forces the coins C almost continuously into the counting detection device 8.
At this time, the longer diameter side of the eccentric plate 6 of the stop shaft 9 is located on the fixed guide plate 2 side, and the coin C can freely pass through.

しかして計数検知装置８が硬貨Ｃの通過を検知
すると、これが信号によりカウンター（図示せ
ず）に入つて加算され、予じめ設定された枚数に
達すると、計数終了信号が作動機構９例えば図示
の如きロータリソレノイドがほぼ90゜乃至180゜
回動して停止することにより停止軸５の回転と、
偏心板６の回転でその長径側の円周面が硬貨通路
１内に突出して位置することにより後続する硬貨
の通過を停止することができる。しかして硬貨処
理の再開に当つては更にほぼ90゜の逆転か180゜
或はそれ以上の回転が処理終了信号によつて行な
われ偏心板６の長径側が案内板２内に位置し、そ
のとき通路１側の面は通路１の内縁とほぼ一致す
るかやや凹んだ位置に戻す。 When the counting detection device 8 detects the passing of the coin C, the coin C is sent to a counter (not shown) by a signal and is added up, and when a preset number is reached, a counting end signal is sent to the operating mechanism 9, for example, not shown. When the rotary solenoid rotates approximately 90° to 180° and stops, the stop shaft 5 rotates.
As the eccentric plate 6 rotates, its long diameter side circumferential surface protrudes into the coin passage 1, thereby stopping the passage of subsequent coins. When the coin processing is restarted, a further reverse rotation of approximately 90 degrees or a rotation of 180 degrees or more is performed in response to the processing end signal, and the long diameter side of the eccentric plate 6 is located within the guide plate 2. The surface on the passage 1 side is returned to a position that is approximately aligned with the inner edge of the passage 1 or is slightly recessed.

なお、偏心板６の硬貨停止時の回転方向は硬貨
Ｃの流れ方向即ち第１図において時計方向に回転
するのが後続硬貨に対するシヨツクを少くするの
で最も好ましいが、この方向に限定するものでは
ない。又前記作動機構９としてのロータリーソレ
ノイドは機械的操作例えばリンク装置、歯車装置
等で行なつてもよい。 The rotation direction of the eccentric plate 6 when the coin stops is preferably in the direction of the flow of the coin C, i.e., clockwise in Fig. 1, in order to reduce shock to the following coins, but is not limited to this direction. Also, the rotary solenoid as the operating mechanism 9 may be mechanically operated, for example, by a link device, a gear device, etc.

本考案はこのように構成したので、直径の小さ
い偏心板の約90゜乃至180゜の少量の回転である
から、回転慣性もほとんど無く従つて高速で搬送
される硬化に対し高速度の応答が確実に行なわれ
て硬貨を案内板との間で挾み込むこともないし後
続硬貨に対するシヨツクも少なく、抵抗も少なく
簡単な装置で確実安全な停止動作が行ない得られ
る。 Since the present invention is constructed in this way, the eccentric plate with a small diameter rotates by a small amount of approximately 90° to 180°, so there is almost no rotational inertia, and therefore, a high-speed response to curing that is conveyed at high speed is possible. The stopping operation is performed reliably, the coin is not caught between the guide plate, there is little shock to subsequent coins, there is little resistance, and a reliable and safe stopping operation can be achieved with a simple device.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

図は本考案装置の実施例を示したもので第１図
は計数中の要部平面図、第２図は同じく計数停止
時の平面図、第３図は斜視図である。 符号、Ｃは硬貨、１は硬貨通路、２は固定案内
板、３は可動案内板、５は停止軸、６は偏心板、
７は凹溝、８は計数検知装置、９は作動機構であ
る。 The drawings show an embodiment of the device according to the present invention; FIG. 1 is a plan view of the main part during counting, FIG. 2 is a plan view when counting is stopped, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view. Code, C is a coin, 1 is a coin passage, 2 is a fixed guide plate, 3 is a movable guide plate, 5 is a stop shaft, 6 is an eccentric plate,
7 is a groove, 8 is a counting detection device, and 9 is an operating mechanism.

Claims (1)

【実用新案登録請求の範囲】[Scope of utility model registration request] 硬貨通路を形成する両側の案内板の少くともそ
の一方の案内板に、硬貨通路の面と直交する方向
に軸線を有する停止軸を設け、この停止軸に、上
記硬貨通路の面と同一平面上に位置して偏心板を
固定し、該偏心板は上記停止軸の回転でその長径
側が案内板内より硬貨通路内に突出するよう前記
停止軸が設けられるとともに、該軸は硬貨の計数
検知装置と連動して回転することを特徴とする硬
貨処理機の計数停止装置。 At least one of the guide plates on both sides forming the coin passage is provided with a stop shaft having an axis in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the coin passage, and this stop shaft is provided with a stop shaft on the same plane as the plane of the coin passage. The stop shaft is provided so that the long diameter side of the eccentric plate projects from the inside of the guide plate into the coin passage when the stop shaft rotates, and the shaft is connected to a coin counting and detection device. A counting and stopping device for a coin processing machine, which is characterized by rotating in conjunction with a coin processing machine.