EP0212165A2 - Machine de vente avec cassette à pièces de monnaie interchangeable - Google Patents

Machine de vente avec cassette à pièces de monnaie interchangeable Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0212165A2
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: coin; machine; collecting container; coin collecting; closure
Prior art date: 1985-08-22
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EP86108997A

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Fritz Siegenthaler

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Ascom Autelca AG

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Ascom Autelca AG

Autelca AG

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1985-08-22

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1986-07-02

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1987-03-04

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1986-07-02 Application filed by Ascom Autelca AG, Autelca AG filed Critical Ascom Autelca AG

1986-07-02 Priority to AT86108997T priority Critical patent/ATE80239T1/de

1987-03-04 Publication of EP0212165A2 publication Critical patent/EP0212165A2/fr

1988-07-20 Publication of EP0212165A3 publication Critical patent/EP0212165A3/de

1992-09-02 Application granted granted Critical

1992-09-02 Publication of EP0212165B1 publication Critical patent/EP0212165B1/fr

1995-06-07 Publication of EP0212165B2 publication Critical patent/EP0212165B2/fr

2006-07-02 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
- G07F9/06—Coin boxes

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the invention relates to a self-cashing machine with interchangeable coin collecting containers provided with a coin inlet opening.
the machine can e.g. a vending machine or a service machine, e.g. Payphone or coin changer.
the coin collecting containers which contain the coins collected by the machine, are regularly replaced by empty coin collecting containers and brought to a collection point. There they are opened and closed again after the coins have been removed, so that they can be inserted into the machine again instead of coin collecting containers which have received coins. Only the personnel at the collection point have a key for a lock securing the coin collection container against unauthorized opening, but not the personnel who transport the coin collection container between the collection point and the machine.
the invention seeks to remedy this.
the invention characterized in claim 1 solves the problem of creating an automatic machine of the type mentioned, in whose coin collecting containers an unauthorized removal of coins is reliably prevented and all conceivable interventions by which this could be attempted are unsuccessful.
the locking device ensures that the closure is only open when the coin collecting container is in the position in the machine that is intended for the coin holder, and is otherwise always closed and cannot be opened, so that coins are not removed without authorization can. Since the Coin inlet opening in this position of the coin collecting container can be opened in the machine, but is not accessible and is otherwise closed, and it is also not possible to intervene in the closure, the lock and / or the locking mechanism through the coin inlet opening, for example in order to interact with the locking device for the purpose of allowing later unauthorized coin withdrawal.
the locking device requires interaction with an element of the machine. It cannot be ruled out that an attempt will be made to simulate the effect of this element when the coin collecting container is located outside the machine, so that the lock can be released and the closure can be opened for unauthorized coin removal or for the purpose of an intervention.
the locking mechanism does not prevent the lock from opening before the coin collecting container is inserted into the machine (if the locking mechanism is not additionally provided).
the locking device can be designed such that the coin collecting container cannot be inserted into its predetermined position in the machine when the lock is open. The closure will therefore have to be closed again so that the Coin collecting container can be used in the machine, and then the closure can no longer be opened to accept the coin in the container.
the premature opening of the lock may have been for an intervention or it could be an incorrect operation. It leads to a disruption in the process of exchanging the coin collection containers because the coin collection container with the incorrectly handled closure, without having picked up coins, has to be brought back to the collection point and closed again in order to be ready for use again.
the lid 1 shown in Fig. 1 (not shown in the rest) of the coin collecting container (hereinafter referred to as coin container) is a hinged cover which can be pivoted about a hinge axis 2 and consists of a cover plate 3 and an edge 4 which, in the closed position of the Cover 1 protrudes downward on the cover plate 3 and connects to the upper edge of the circumferential walls of the coin container, not shown.
the lid 1 can be closed by a lock 6 designed as a cylinder lock, the cylinder (not shown) of which is connected to a lock bolt 7 which, in the closed position, engages under a striking plate 8 of the coin container which is attached to the inside of one of the side walls of the coin container.
On the inside of the cover plate 3 there is a recessed grip 10 for a carrying handle 13 formed in the cover plate 3 between two recesses 11 and 12.
the cover plate 3 is provided with a coin inlet opening 16 which can be closed by a slide slide 17.
the slide valve 17 has two guide lugs 18 and 19 with elongated holes 20 and 21, engage in the guide pins 23 and 24, each of which is equipped with a snap ring 25 to slide the slide 17 close to the cover plate 3 slidably.
a locking mechanism designed as a spring mechanism 29-32 is arranged in the opening direction 28 of the closing slide 17 in front of its guide shoulder 18.
the spring mechanism 29-32 has an angle lever 30, 31 which is rotatably mounted about an axis 29 and which is under the action of a tension spring 32 which, in a first state of the spring mechanism 29-32 shown in FIG. 1, on one side of the axis line of the axis 29, exerting a torque in direction 34 on the angle lever 30, 31, and in the other, second state, shown in FIG. 2, the spring mechanism 29-32 is on the other side of the axis line of the axis 29, being a torque exerts in the direction 35 on the angle lever 30, 31.
the lever arm 30 is pushed to the end of the guide projection 18, so that it is carried along when the closing slide 17 is opened (arrow 28).
the tension of the spring 32 increases.
the spring 32 changes from one side to the opposite side of the axis line of the axis 29, and the spring mechanism 29-32 changes abruptly from the first state (FIG. 1 ) in the second state (Fig. 2).
the other lever arm is formed by a pawl 31 which, in the second state of the spring mechanism 29-32, is pushed to one side of the guide projection 18 of the locking slide 17.
a stop 37 is provided, on which the pawl 31 engages and locks the closure slide 17 in the opening direction 28 when it is pushed back out of its open position 17 'shown in dash-dotted lines into its closed position 17 shown in solid lines, as shown in FIG. 2 .
This blocking of the slide 17 against an opening movement 28 is released when the lock 6 is opened.
cam 38 has a pin 39 attached to the free end of lever arm 30 until the jump mechanism 29-32 changes from its second state (FIG. 2) to its first state (FIG. 1) by leaps and bounds. So that the cam 38 cannot be turned too far beyond the position in which it triggers the change of state of the spring mechanism 29-32, the opening movement of the lock 5 is limited by a stop 40 (FIG. 1) which interacts with the lid edge 4.
a first rack and pinion gear 45, 46 the rack 45 formed on the slide extension 19 meshes with a gear segment 46, which on a Shaft 47 sits, which can be rotated on the outside of the lid edge 4, in the embodiment shown by means of a second cylinder lock 49, the key of which can be inserted on the outside of the lid edge 4.
a second gearwheel segment 50 is seated on the shaft 47 and meshes with a second toothed rack 52 of a second toothed rack transmission 50, 52 formed on a slide 51.
the slider 51 belongs to a locking and locking device 57, 59 and 53, 58, 60.
the locking device 57, 59 locks the locking slide 17 in the opening direction 28, as long as the coin container is not in its position in the machine which serves to hold the coin.
the locking device 53, 58, 60 locks the coin container in this position in the machine as long as the locking slide 17 is in the open position 17 '.
a bolt 53 is arranged in the space of the machine that receives the coin container and, when the coin container is properly inserted in the machine, reaches through a sleeve 55 arranged behind a hole in the edge of the cover 4.
the slide 51 is fixedly connected to a bolt 58, to which a groove 60 of the bolt 53 is assigned.
a stop 59 of the bolt 58 is in front of the free end of a leaf spring 57 and prevents an opening movement of the locking slide 17 when the leaf spring 57 bears against the sleeve.
the bolt 53 deflects the leaf spring 57 into the position 57 'shown in broken lines in FIG.
the latch 58 becomes advanced by the rotation of the second gear segment 50 into a position in which it projects into the sleeve 55 and engages in the groove 60 of the bolt 53, whereby it is locked in the sleeve 55, and only then can the coin container be removed from the machine after the closing slide 17 has been moved back into its closed position and the locking device 53, 58, 60 has thereby been released.
the outlet of the coin channel (not shown) of the machine is arranged in its space accommodating the coin container in such a way that it connects directly to the coin inlet opening 16 of the coin container when it is inserted into the machine in the position predetermined for it.
a coin outlet opening can be arranged on a wall of this space, on which the cover plate 3 of the cover 1 slides when the coin container is pushed into its predetermined position in this space.
the movable parts When the coin container has been opened at the collection point authorized to remove the coins and closed again (after the coins have been removed) and secured against unauthorized opening by the lock 6, the movable parts are in their position shown in solid lines in FIG. 1.
the locking slide 17 is in the closed position, the spring mechanism 29-32 is in its first state, and the cam 38 is outside the movement path of the locking slide attachment 18.
the locking device 57, 59 is in the locked state, in which it prevents the locking slide 17 from opening.
the latch 58 is retracted into its ineffective position.
the lock Before the coin container has received the coins collected by the machine and can be removed from the machine, the lock must be closed again, that is, the slide slide 17 must be moved against the direction of the arrow 28, the bolt 58 being withdrawn from its locking position, and the pawl 31 " of the spring mechanism 29-32 engages on the stop 37 and locks the locking slide 17 in the opening direction 28 (FIG. 2). It is now no longer possible to open the locking mechanism in order to obtain coins from the cassette, specifically because the spring mechanism 29 Is not in the second state (FIG. 2) even if, for example, a pin-shaped tool simulating the bolt 53 were inserted through the sleeve 55, to release the locking device 57, 59.
the mechanisms described are protected from misuse by a cover 63, which is only partially shown, and which is connected to the lid edge 4 in a non-releasable manner without authorization. If the coin inlet channel just mentioned is provided, it ends at an opening of the cover 63 which is adapted to it or projects through it. In this case, the space between the cover plate 3 and the cover 63 cannot be accessed either through the coin inlet opening 16 or through this opening of the cover 63.
a switch 65 is arranged next to the second gear segment 50 and can be actuated by a cam (not shown) that is firmly connected to it, so that it is open in the open position of the closing slide 17 and closed in its closed position, or vice versa.
the switch 65 is connected to the control circuit of the machine when the coin container is in its predetermined position in the machine, it serves to enable the machine to operate only when the slide slide 17 is open.
a light barrier or a sensor can be arranged on the side of the slide slide 16 facing away from the coin inlet opening 16 or on the mentioned coin inlet channel (not shown), which detects any one that enters the coin container Coin responds and is connected to the control circuit of the machine when the coin container is in its predetermined position in the machine.
the control circuit prevents the machine from operating if the light barrier or the sensor does not respond every time the machine has received a coin. Furthermore, an electrically readable memory for a code symbol assigned to the coin container or a plurality of interchangeable coin containers, which is also connected to the control circuit of the machine when the coin container is inserted in the predetermined position in the machine, can be arranged in the coin container. The control circuit reads the code sign, for example to enable the machine to be operated only with coin containers intended for it.
the switch 65 To connect the switch 65, the light barrier or the sensor and the memory to the control circuit, the one part of plug or pressure connectors on the side of the coin container, on which the link 53 can be inserted, and the other parts on the wall of the Vending machine for the coin container arranged space that is on this side of the "coin container when it is in its predetermined position in the machine, that is the wall on which the link 53 protrudes.

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EP86108997A 1985-08-22 1986-07-02 Machine de vente avec cassette à pièces de monnaie interchangeable Expired - Lifetime EP0212165B2 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AT86108997T ATE80239T1 (de)	1985-08-22	1986-07-02	Selbstkassierender automat mit austauschbaren muenzsammelbehaeltern.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
CH3619/85A CH668327A5 (de)	1985-08-22	1985-08-22	Selbstkassierender automat mit austauschbaren muenzsammelbehaeltern.
CH3619/85		1985-08-22

Publications (4)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0212165A2 true EP0212165A2 (fr)	1987-03-04
EP0212165A3 EP0212165A3 (en)	1988-07-20
EP0212165B1 EP0212165B1 (fr)	1992-09-02
EP0212165B2 EP0212165B2 (fr)	1995-06-07

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EP86108997A Expired - Lifetime EP0212165B2 (fr)	1985-08-22	1986-07-02	Machine de vente avec cassette à pièces de monnaie interchangeable

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US (1)	US4730715A (fr)
EP (1)	EP0212165B2 (fr)
AT (1)	ATE80239T1 (fr)
CH (1)	CH668327A5 (fr)
DE (1)	DE3686617D1 (fr)

Cited By (1)

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- 1986-07-02 EP EP86108997A patent/EP0212165B2/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-07-02 DE DE8686108997T patent/DE3686617D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
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Publication number	Publication date
EP0212165A3 (en)	1988-07-20
US4730715A (en)	1988-03-15
CH668327A5 (de)	1988-12-15
EP0212165B2 (fr)	1995-06-07
EP0212165B1 (fr)	1992-09-02
ATE80239T1 (de)	1992-09-15
DE3686617D1 (de)	1992-10-08

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DE3138732C2 (de)	1985-06-13	Automatischer Fernbankschalter
DE3247308C2 (de)	1985-04-25	Verschlußmechanismus für eine mit einem Deckel versehene Kassette
EP0212165B1 (fr)	1992-09-02	Machine de vente avec cassette à pièces de monnaie interchangeable
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EP0026745B1 (fr)	1985-07-10	Serrure actionnée par des pièces de monnaie
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DE157214C (fr)
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CH634674A5 (en)	1983-02-15	Coin-deposit lock equipped with a timer

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