TWM672645U - Coin sorting device for multi-coin recognizable coin machine - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention is based on a multi-coin coin slot machine that can identify coins. Below the coin slot, there is a device that can sort and drop coins according to the size of the diameter. It includes a multi-coin coin slot machine, a fixing plate, a coin sorting slide, one or more coin sorting slots with different opening sizes from small to large and arranged in sequence on the side of the coin sorting slide, a coin drop blocker, and a rear coin sorting slot. When a coin is put into the coin slot, it is sorted by the multi-coin coin slot machine. After successful detection by the coin machine, the coin rolls out of the coin slot and into the coin sorting chute. Coins then roll through one or more side coin sorting slots. If the coin's diameter is smaller than the side coin sorting slot, it will inertialy fall out of that slot. If the coin's diameter is larger than the side coin sorting slot, it will roll out of the next coin sorting slot until it reaches the rear coin sorting slot. This completes the process of sorting coins by diameter, facilitating the collection and sorting of various coins.

Description

Coin sorting device capable of recognizing multi-coin slot machines

This invention utilizes a coin sorting device fixed below the coin dispenser's slot that can identify multiple coins, determine their denominations, and output a coin value signal. This device can sort coins by diameter and have them fall out of the slot in a reflexive manner. Installing this combined device in commercial vending equipment or coin-operated electronic game machines prevents coins of varying diameters and denominations from being mixed together in a single container after being inserted into the machine, which would otherwise require significant time to count and sort the coins. This effectively improves the efficiency of coin sorting and counting.

According to the new patent case No. M647176, the known coin-splitting device is presented as a box-type coin-splitting device, as shown in the first and second figures. The patent scope is described in the text; a coin-splitting device, which includes: a body 11, which has a accommodating space; a coin slot 12, which is formed through the body; a coin chute 13, which is set in the accommodating space, and one end of the coin chute 13 is adjacent to the body. The coin chute 13 is located at the top of the main body and communicates with the coin slot 12. The other end of the coin chute 13 is located near the center of the main body. The coin chute 13 comprises: a plurality of coin slots 130, each formed through a bottom surface of the coin chute 13 and having a different diameter; and a plurality of receiving slots 14, which are matched with and disposed below each coin slot 130.

In the above-mentioned invention, the box-type coin-splitting device; its coin chute 13 and has; a plurality of coin-splitting openings 130, each of which is formed from one bottom surface of the coin chute 13 outwardly, which shows that the coin-splitting opening 130 is below the coin chute 13. As we all know, the appearance of the coin is round. When the coin rolls to a size larger than the size of the coin-splitting opening 130, the coin will However, because coins are round, when they roll through the slot 130, which is smaller than the coin itself, most coins are unable to pass through it and instead become stuck or fall onto it, preventing it from rolling down. This, in turn, affects the path of the next coin, causing all coins to remain on the slot 130 and prevent effective distribution.

This product cannot be integrated with currently available multi-coin coin-operated machines. Furthermore, its large size and the space required for installation reduce its convenience, mobility, and suitability for installation in various commercial devices. Furthermore, there are already existing multi-coin electronic coin acceptors on the market that do not require infrared electronic devices to detect coins before separating them. This demonstrates its technological backwardness and the impracticality of coin separation, leading to its market elimination.

The main purpose of this invention is to provide a coin sorting device that can be fixedly combined with a multi-coin coin-operated machine. This coin sorting device is compact, simple in structure, low in cost, and reliable. It is fixed below the coin outlet of the multi-coin coin-operated machine and can sort coins by diameter and drop them out of the coin outlet. The device comprises a multi-coin coin slot machine, a multi-coin coin slot machine body, a fixing plate, a coin sorting slide, one or more coin sorting slots with different openings from small to large on the inner side wall of the coin sorting slide, a coin falling blocker installed on the rear side of each coin sorting slot, and a rear coin sorting slot. When a coin is put into the coin slot, it passes through the coin sorting slot. After being detected by the coin dispenser, the coin rolls down the coin outlet and enters the coin sorting chute of the coin sorting device fixed below the coin dispenser. The coin then rolls through one or more coin sorting chute slots. If the coin's diameter is smaller than the side coin sorting slot, it will inertialy fall out of the coin sorting slot. As coins fall out of each slot, they hit the coin drop block, concentrating their fall in one direction. Coins larger than one or more side slots will roll out through the next slot until they reach the rear slot, effectively sorting the coins by diameter.

Learners:

10: Coin dividing device

11: Body

110: Body side panel

111: Main body rear panel

112: Main body bottom plate

12: Coin slot

13: Coin Chute

130: coin port

131: Chute bottom plate

132: Chute side panel

14: Mounting slot

15: Coin guide slot

This creation:

10: Multi-coin slot machine

11: Can identify multi-coin slot machine body

12: Panel

13: Coin slot

14:Coin refund port

15: Coin outlet

20: Coin-splitting device

21: Fixing plate

22: Coin Slide

23: coin port

24: Coin slot on the rear side

25: Coin stopper

221: Outer wall of the coin chute

222: Inner wall of the coin chute

The first figure is a bottom view of the coin-splitting device; the second figure is a three-dimensional view of the coin-splitting device; the third figure is a three-dimensional view of the coin-splitting device of the present multi-coin-recognizing coin-operated machine; the fourth figure is a rear view of the coin-splitting device of the present multi-coin-recognizing coin-operated machine; the fifth figure is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the coin-splitting device of the present multi-coin-recognizing coin-operated machine with the coin-splitting device integrated; the sixth figure is a rear view of the coin-splitting device of the present multi-coin-recognizing coin-operated machine with the coin-splitting device integrated; the seventh figure is a physical diagram of how the coin-splitting device of the present multi-coin-recognizing coin-operated machine divides coins;

For a preferred embodiment of the coin-dispensing device for a multi-coin slot machine, please refer to Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

This invention is a coin-splitting device for a multi-coin coin-operated machine; it includes a multi-coin coin-operated machine 10, a body 11 of the multi-coin coin-operated machine, a panel 12 with a coin slot 13, a coin return slot 14, a coin outlet 15 below the body 11 of the multi-coin coin-operated machine, a coin-splitting device 20 connected below the coin outlet 15, a fixing plate 21 on the coin-splitting device 20, and an angle of less than 90 degrees between the fixing plate 21 and the coin-splitting slide 22. The main function is to fix the coin-splitting device 20 and the multi-coin coin-operated machine 10 together. The coin-splitting device 20 has a coin-splitting chute 22. The coin-splitting chute 22 has a sloped surface and a V-shaped opening. The outer wall 221 of the coin-splitting chute is shorter than the inner wall 222. The inner wall 222 has one or more coin slots 23 arranged in ascending order and spaced apart. Each coin slot 23 is equipped with a coin-dropping stopper 25 and a rear coin slot 24 on its rear side.

In this embodiment, the multi-coin coin machine 10 requires the required coin types and denominations to be pre-set. Coins of varying diameters and denominations are sequentially inserted into the coin slot 13 of the panel 12. The multi-coin coin machine body 11 then determines whether each inserted coin is of the pre-set coin type and denomination. If not, the coin is ejected directly from the coin ejection port 14. If so, the coin falls sequentially from the coin dispensing port 15 onto the coin sorting chute 22 of the coin sorting device 20.

In this embodiment, when coins of various sizes are sequentially dropped into the coin chute 22, the fixed plate 21 and the coin chute 22 have an angle of less than 90 degrees, and when the fixed plate 21 is fixedly connected to the multi-coin coin-operated machine 10, the coin chute 22 has an inclined angle. In addition, the side surface of the coin chute 22 presents a sloped chute and a V-shaped chute opening. Therefore, when various coins fall into the coin chute 22, the coins will roll down along the inner side wall 222 of the coin chute in the order in which they are dropped. At this time, the coins will roll one by one. When a coin's diameter is smaller than one or more slots 23, it will roll out of each slot 23. As each coin falls out of each slot 23, it will strike a coin drop block 25, concentrating the coins in one direction. When the diameter of the rolling coin is larger than one or more slots 23, it will roll directly through and into the next slot 23. When the openings of all slots 23 are smaller than the coin's diameter, the coin will eventually roll out of the rear slot 24.

In this embodiment, the coin sorting device of this invention's multi-coin coin-operated machine can be installed on any device that accepts coins to perform coin sorting. Simply place a container under each coin slot 23, allowing coins of various sizes to fall into each container to achieve the coin sorting effect.

In summary, the advancements of this invention lie in its compact size, low cost, and ability to effectively sort coins by size. Because the coin-splitting slide 22 is angled, coins will consistently roll along the inner wall 222 of the coin-splitting slide, preventing them from falling through the coin slot 23, which is smaller than the coin's diameter. This makes this invention more effective in sorting coins and is adaptable to a variety of devices, including vending machines, electronic game consoles, any coin-operated machine, and even small coin storage devices.

10: Multi-coin slot machine

11: Can identify multi-coin slot machine body

12: Panel

13: Coin slot

14:Coin refund port

15: Coin outlet

20: Coin-splitting device

21: Fixing plate

22: Coin Slide

23: coin port

24: Coin slot on the rear side

25: Coin stopper

221: Outer wall of the coin chute

222: Inner wall of the coin chute

Claims (4)

A coin sorting device for a multi-coin coin-operated machine includes a multi-coin coin-operated machine having a coin input port and a coin output port on a panel of the multi-coin coin-operated machine. The rear of the panel is connected to the main body of the multi-coin coin-operated machine. A coin output port is located below the main body of the multi-coin coin-operated machine. A fixing plate for the coin sorting device is mounted below the coin output port. The coin sorting device has a coin sorting chute. The inner side wall of the coin sorting chute has one or more coin sorting ports arranged in ascending order and spaced apart at intervals. The coin sorting chute has a rear coin sorting port at the end of the coin sorting chute. The coin-dispensing device for a multi-coin slot machine according to claim 1 includes a fixing plate having an angle of less than 90 degrees between the fixing plate and the coin-dispensing slide. When connected to the multi-coin slot machine, the fixing plate can tilt the coin-dispensing slide. The coin-dispensing device of a multi-coin slot machine according to claim 1 includes a coin-dispensing chute, wherein the coin-dispensing chute has a sloped chute and a V-shaped chute opening on its outer side, and the outer side wall of the coin-dispensing chute is shorter than the inner side wall of the coin-dispensing chute. The coin dispensing device of a multi-coin coin-operated machine according to claim 1 is provided with a coin-dropping stopper, which is arranged on the rear side of each coin-dispensing slot.