Coin delivering device

Abstract

A coin delivering device includes plural coin tubes, a coin base, a payout slide, a payout link, and a change slide. At least one of the coin tubes is a multiple-coin delivering coin tube from which plural coins are pulled out in one time of pulling out the payout slide. A recess portion sized for housing a coin is provided at a position corresponding to the multiple-coin delivering coin tube, on the coin base. A vertical wall portion is provided around a coin housing hole corresponding to the multiple-coin delivering coin tube, on the payout slide, protrudes to the side of the coin base, and, in a standby mode, is positioned in the recess portion of the coin base. An upper surface of the change slide corresponding to the multiple-coin delivering coin tube is positioned similar to a bottom surface of the recess portion of the coin base in height.

Claims

1. A coin delivering device included in a part of a coin processing device that sorts and houses each denomination of inserted coins and further delivers the coins that have been housed in response to an amount of change, the coin delivering device comprising: a plurality of coin tubes; a coin base provided below the plurality of coin tubes, and configured to support coins housed in the plurality of coin tubes in a standby mode; a payout slide including a plurality of coin housing holes corresponding to the plurality of coin tubes, separately, and configured to pull out the coins housed in the coin tubes, from slit holes open at bottom portions of the coin tubes; a payout link configured to engage with the payout slide and configured to reciprocate in a direction of pulling out the payout slide, with the payout slide when delivering operation of coins is performed; and a plurality of change slides provided corresponding to the plurality of coin tubes, separately, fitted and inserted into the payout link, in a case where the coins are delivered from the corresponding coin tubes, configured to move in response to the payout link when the payout slide is pulled out, and allow the coins housed in the coin housing holes to fall without closing lower portions of the coin housing holes, and in a case where the coins are not delivered from the corresponding coin tubes, configured not to move even when the payout slide is pulled out and the payout link moves, configured to prevent the coins housed in the coin housing holes from falling by closing the lower portions of the coin housing holes by upper surfaces of the change slides, wherein for at least one of the denomination, a one-coin delivering coin tube from which one coin is pulled out in one time of pulling out the payout slide, and a multiple-coin delivering coin tube from which a plurality of coins is pulled out in one time of pulling out the payout slide, are each provided, a recess portion having a size for housing a coin, is provided at a position corresponding to the multiple-coin delivering coin tube, on the coin base, a vertical wall portion is provided around the coin housing hole corresponding to the multiple-coin delivering coin tube, on the payout slide, protrudes to a side of the coin base, and, in the standby mode, is positioned in the recess portion of the coin base, and an upper surface of the change slide corresponding to the multiple-coin delivering coin tube is positioned so as to be similar to a bottom surface of the recess portion of the coin base in height.

2. The coin delivering device according to claim 1, wherein the payout link into which the change slides have been fitted and inserted freely is attachable to and detachable from a main body.

3. The coin delivering device according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the change slide corresponding to the multiple-coin delivering coin tube is lower than an upper surfaces of the change slide corresponding to the one-coin delivering tube by one coin in thickness.

4. The coin delivering device according to claim 1, wherein a depth of the recess portion provided on the coin base is a thickness of one coin(the number of coins to be pulled out at once1), and a length between a lower end of the vertical wall portion provided on the payout slide and a lower surface of the payout slide is a thickness of one coin(the number of coins to be pulled out at once1).

5. The coin delivering device according to claim 4, wherein the payout link into which the change slides have been fitted and inserted freely is attachable to and detachable from a main body.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main portion of a coin delivering device according to an embodiment of the present invention in a standby mode.

(2) FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the main portion of the coin delivering device according to the embodiment of the present invention in a delivering mode.

(3) FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a coin base and a payout slide of the coin delivering device according to the present invention.

(4) FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a payout link and a change slide of the coin delivering device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

(5) FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the coin delivering device according to the embodiment of the present invention in a state where the payout link has been separated from a device main body.

(6) FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a conventional coin processing device.

(7) FIG. 7(a) is a sectional view of a main portion of a conventional coin delivering device in a standby mode. FIG. 7(b) is a sectional view of the main portion of the conventional coin delivering device in a state where a cassette has been separated.

(8) FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the main portion of the conventional coin delivering device in a delivering mode.

(9) FIG. 9 is a conceptual perspective view of the conventional coin delivering device.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

(10) One embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on FIGS. 1 to 5.

(11) A structure of the coin delivering device according to the embodiment is the same as a structure of the conventional coin delivering device described above except portions to be described below. Thus, members in constituent members according to the embodiment, substantially the same as constituent members in the above conventional coin delivering device, are denoted with the same reference signs, and the detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

(12) FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main portion of the coin delivering device according to the embodiment of the present invention in a standby mode. The coin delivering device according to the embodiment includes five coin tubes 6. One of the coin tubes 6 is a two-coin delivering coin tube from which two coins are pulled out in one time of pulling out a payout slide 8. The other four are one-coin delivering coin tubes from which one coin is pulled out in one time of pulling out the payout slide 8 as in the conventional coin delivering device. FIG. 1 is the sectional view of the main portion including a portion corresponding to the two-coin delivering coin tube.

(13) In the coin delivering device according to the embodiment, a recess portion 7a having a size enough for housing a coin, is provided at a position corresponding to a lower portion of the two-coin delivering coin tube 6, on a coin base 7. The depth of the recess portion 7a is approximately one coin out of coins to be housed in the two-coin delivering coin tube 6, in thickness. A vertical wall portion 8b protruding to the side of the coin base 7, is provided around a coin housing hole 8a corresponding to the two-coin delivering coin tube 6, on the payout slide 8. The length between a lower end of the vertical wall portion 8b and a lower surface of the payout slide 8 is approximately one coin out of the coins to be housed in the two-coin delivering coin tube 6, in thickness. The vertical wall portion 8b is positioned inside the recess portion 7a of the coin base 7 in the standby mode. A change slide 11 corresponding to the two-coin delivering coin tube 6 is fitted and inserted into a payout link 9 so that an upper surface of the change slide 11 is substantially the same as a bottom surface of the recess portion 7a provided to the coin base 7 in height.

(14) In the standby mode, coins housed in the two-coin delivering coin tube 6 are supported by the bottom surface of the recess portion 7a of the coin base 7, and are housed inside the coin housing hole 8a of the payout slide 8 and the vertical wall portion 8b provided around the coin housing hole. With this configuration, there is no need for securing an additional space, and two-coin delivery can be performed.

(15) FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the main portion of the coin delivering device according to the embodiment of the present invention in a delivering mode. FIG. 2(a) illustrates a state where the change slide 11 has been allowing the coins housed in the coin housing hole 8a of the payout slide 8 to fall. FIG. 2(b) illustrates a state where the change slide 11 has been preventing the coins housed in the coin housing hole 8a of the payout slide 8 from falling.

(16) In the delivering mode, the payout slide 8 moves in a direction of the side of a rear surface of a device main body together with the payout link 9 (a right direction in FIG. 2). In this case, two coins housed in the coin housing hole 8a of the payout slide 8 and the vertical wall portion 8b provided around the coin housing hole 8a, move together with the payout slide 8.

(17) In a case where delivery of coins is performed from the corresponding two-coin delivering coin tube 6, the change slide 11 moves in response to the payout link 9. A lower portion of the coin housing hole 8a of the payout slide 8 opens. A state where the change slide 11 has been allowing the coins housed in the coin housing hole 8a of the payout slide 8 to fall, is acquired. In this state, the two coins housed in the coin housing hole 8a of the payout slide 8 and the vertical wall portion 8b provided around the coin housing hole 8a, fall and are delivered. Note that, a slant 11a is provided at a leading end portion of the change slide 11. When the coins fall, end portions on the side of the change slide 11 of the coins come in contact with the slant ha so that the coins fall from the side of the coin base 7. Accordingly, even in a case of the two-coin delivery, the coins can stably fall.

(18) Meanwhile, in a case where the delivery of coins is not performed from the corresponding two-coin delivering coin tube 6, the change slide 11 does not respond to the payout link 9, and retains the position in the standby mode. An upper surface of the change slide 11 closes the lower portion of the coin housing hole 8a of the payout slide 8. A state where the change slide 11 has been preventing the coins housed in the coin housing hole 8a of the payout slide 8 from falling, is acquired. In this state, the two coins housed in the coin housing hole 8a of the payout slide 8 and the vertical wall portion 8b provided around the coin housing hole 8a, are supported by the upper surface of the change slide 11 so as not to be delivered.

(19) FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the coin base 7 and the payout slide 8 of the coin delivering device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3(a) illustrates positional relationship between the coin base 7 and the payout slide in the standby mode. FIG. 3(b) illustrates positional relationship between the coin base 7 and the payout slide 8 in the delivering mode. FIG. 3(c) illustrates the respective back sides of the coin base 7 and the payout slide 8.

(20) FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the payout link 9 and change slides 11 of the coin delivering device according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, a second change slide 11 from the left side is the change slide 11 corresponding to the two-coin delivering coin tube 6. The upper surface of the change slide 11 corresponding to the second-coin delivering coin tube 6 is lower than upper surfaces of the other change slides by one coin in thickness. The payout link 9 includes a fitting protrusion 9c for allowing the payout link 9 to fit to the device main body so as to be freely attachable and detachable, provided thereto.

(21) FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the coin delivering device according to the embodiment of the present invention in a state where the payout link 9 has been separated from the device body. FIG. 5 illustrates a coin processing device 1 in which the coin delivering device 4 has been installed. A cassette 5 including a coin-tube main body, a bottom portion la of the coin processing device, and the payout link 9 have been separated from the coin processing device 1. A main body of the coin delivering device 4 includes a fitting groove 4a for allowing the payout link 9 to be freely attachable and detachable, provided thereto. The fitting protrusion 9c provided to the payout link 9 is inserted into the fitting groove 4a. Thus, the payout link 9 is fitted to the main body of the coin delivering device 4 so as to be attachable and detachable. In this manner, making the payout link 9 attachable to and detachable from the main body of the coin delivering device 4, can easily handle even a case where the number or a position of the two-coin delivering tube 6 is changed, by changing the payout link 9.

(22) The coin delivering device according to the above embodiment can deliver two coins from one coin tube in one time of the delivering operation. Thus, delivering processing of change can increase in speed. In addition, the number of times of the delivering operation and a period of the delivering operation decrease. Thus, life spans of driving components in the coin delivering device can be prolonged.

(23) The one embodiment of the present invention has been described above. The coin processing device according to the present invention is not limited to the embodiment.

(24) The coin delivering device according to the above embodiment includes one two-coin delivering coin tube provided thereto, but may include two two-coin delivering coin tubes or more provided thereto. The coin delivering device according to the above embodiment includes the two-coin delivering coin tube from which two coins are pulled out in one time of pulling out the payout slide, provided thereto, but may include a multiple-coin delivering coin tube from which three coins or more are pulled out in one time of pulling out the payout slide, provided thereto. In this case, the depth of the recess portion provided on the coin base is made to be the thickness of one coin(the number of coins to be pulled out at once1). The length between the lower end of the vertical wall portion provided on the payout slide and the lower surface of the payout slide is made to be the thickness of one coin(the number of coins to be pulled out1).

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

(25) 1 coin processing device 1a bottom portion 2 coin sorting device 3 coin housing device 4 coin delivering device 4a fitting groove 5 cassette (coin-tube main body) 6 coin tube 7 coin base 7a recess portion 8 payout slide 8a coin housing hole 8b vertical wall portion 9 payout link 9c fitting protrusion 10 payout cam 11 change slide 12 change lever 13 solenoid for change lever C coin