Coin stacker in automatic coin wrapping apparatus
AssigneeGlory Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSyugo Douno
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Abstract
For stacking a predetermined number of coins which are successively supplied prior to wrapping operation, there are provided a preferably odd number of coin guide members which are combined together to define a vertically elongated space therewithin. An adjustment assembly are provided for adjusting the diameter of the inscribed circle of a substantially regularly polygonal cross section of this vertically elongated space according to the diameter of the coins. In another embodiment of this invention, the adjusting assembly is operated through a cam which is turned, perhaps manually, according to the denomination or the class of the coins. There is additionally provided a mechanism for imparting vibratory motion to the above combined coin guide members in order to ensure the neat stacking of the coins.
Claims15
In a coin stacking device adapted for a coin wrapping apparatus in which coins fed from a coin supply passage are stacked at a coin stacking means comprising a plurality of coin guide members each of which has a coin guide surface and a diameter-adjusting means adapted for adjusting the inner diameter of a coin stacking space inscribed by said coin guide surfaces, a lower part of said coin stacking means being opened after a predetermined number of coins are stacked in said coin stacking space thereby to transmit said coin stack into a coin wrapping position and then the thus transmitted coin stock is wrapped with a wrapping sheet;
- the improvement of said coin stacking means and said diameter-adjusting means, said impro vement residing in that said coin guide surfaces of said coin stacking members are vertically elongated and mutually, partially, and mutual-slidably overlapped at their adjoining side wall positions so as to be mutually slid and to form therein an adjustable coin stacking space having a substantially polygonal cross-section, said coin stacking means comprising a coin-stack mounting means having a coin mounting surface adapted to open or close the bottom face of said coin stacking space and to mount thereon a coin stack stacked in said space when said bottom face is closed, said mounting surface being adapted to be moved along a lower part of said coin guide members so as to open the same to transfer a coin stack to the coin wrapping apparatus after a predetermined number of coins are stacked in said coin stacking space;
- and said diameter-adjusting means comprises a support means for adjustably supporting said coin guide surfaces of said coin guide members in parallel to the vertical-axis of said coin stacking space thereby to vary the diameter of the inscribed circle of said polygonal cross-section of said space so as to conform to the diameter of coins to be processed.
In a coin stacking device adapted for a coin wrapping apparatus in which coins fed from a coin supply passage are stacked at a coin stacking means comprising a plurality of coin guide members each of which has a coin guide surface and a diameter-adjusting means adapted for adjusting the inner diameter of a coin stacking space inscribed by said coin guide surfaces, a lower part of said coin stacking means being opened after a predetermined number of coins are stacked in said coin stacking space thereby to transmit said coin stack into a coin wrapping position and then the thus transmitted coin stack is wrapped with a wrapping sheet;
- the improvement of said coin stacking means and said diameter-adjusting means, said improvement residing in that said coin guide surfaces of said coin stacking members are vertically elongated and mutually, partially, and mutual-slidably overlapped at their adjoining side wall positions so as to be mutually slid and to form therein an adjustable coin stacking space having a substantially polygonal cross-section, said coin stacking means comprising a coin-stack mounting means having a coin mounting surface adapted to open or close the bottom face of said coin stacking space and to mount thereon a coin stack stacked in said space when said bottom face is closed, said mounting surface being adapted to be moved along a lower part of sad coin guide members so as to open the same to transfer a coin stack to the coin wrapping apparatus after a predetermined number of coins are stacked in said coin stacking space;
- and said diameter-adjusting means comprises a support means for adjustably supporting said coin guide members and adapted to advance and retract said coin guide surfaces of said coin guide members in parallel to the vertical-axis of said coin stacking space thereby to vary the diameter of the inscribed circle of said polygonal cross-section of said space so as to conform to the diameter of coins to be processed, said diameter-adjusting means comprising at least one cam wheel having a central aperture surrounding the coin guide members, said central aperture being so shaped that when said cam wheel is rotated in a predetermined direction, the diameter of said inscribed circle is reduced.
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