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Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Aussortieren von scheibenförmigen runden Gegenständen, insbesondere Münzen Download PDF

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EP0340501B1
EP0340501B1 EP89106605A EP89106605A EP0340501B1 EP 0340501 B1 EP0340501 B1 EP 0340501B1 EP 89106605 A EP89106605 A EP 89106605A EP 89106605 A EP89106605 A EP 89106605A EP 0340501 B1 EP0340501 B1 EP 0340501B1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations
    • G07D3/14—Apparatus driven under control of coin-sensing elements

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  • the invention relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 1 and to an apparatus for performing the method.
  • a device of this type which is intended exclusively for sorting coins and is known from DE-PS 35 18 268, the coins pass through a coin detection device which controls an ejector which acts laterally on the coins to be separated.
  • the ejector pushes the coin aside so that it slides off the support edge and tilts into the sorting opening.
  • the movement occurring transversely to the direction of conveyance causes the coin concerned to brake and results in the subsequent coins jamming.
  • the traffic jam hinders the continuous work flow and includes the risk of causing malfunctions.
  • the sudden movement of the ejector generates a not inconsiderable noise, which is also accompanied by increased stress and heavy wear.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of creating, in addition to a method, a device which enables disc-shaped round objects to be discharged at a high conveying speed without jam.
  • the solution according to the invention allows the same means to separate objects which are too small in diameter or too thick.
  • Objects that are too small in diameter fall through the appropriately sized sorting opening.
  • Objects that are too thick cause the conveying means to be displaced out of the conveying plane and thus a lateral deflection thereof, whereby the object that is too thick is pulled away from the support edge until it tips into the sorting opening.
  • This process does not take place suddenly, as with an ejector, but extends a part of the way along the conveyor line, so that the excretion takes place "gently".
  • the funds are temporarily lifted from the adjacent objects that are not intended to be removed, so that these objects are not carried along laterally.
  • the continuous conveyance of the objects is not hindered by the removal of a "wrong" object, since there is no sudden braking. Therefore, a traffic jam is also excluded.
  • the continuous conveyance also ensures that there is practically no slippage between the objects to be conveyed and the conveyor belt due to the removal of individual objects. There is no increased stress and noise generation during excretion. As soon as an object has tipped into the sorting opening, it is accelerated downward by the restoring force of the deflected conveying means, so that the guideway is free again for subsequent objects.
  • the device according to claim 3 is based on the inventive idea of making the removal of non-conforming objects dependent on an increase in the conveying means, which are laterally deflected in such a way that they convey the object to be removed into the sorting opening.
  • a swing-out arm causes the required lateral deflection as soon as it is displaced upwards.
  • an embodiment according to claim 6 appears advantageous since the spring not only accelerates the restoring force, but also accelerates the tilted object out of the guideway.
  • the lifting movement can be converted into a lateral deflection movement without a pivotable element.
  • a preferred embodiment according to claim 8 specifies how, on the basis of further criteria, objects are to be eliminated whose thickness does not exceed the permissible thickness.
  • An embodiment according to claim 9 is used to remove all objects which are too large in diameter and which, when conveyed along the guideway, run on one side onto the fixed ramp and thereby cause the corresponding deflection of the conveying means.
  • Such an embodiment makes it possible for objects which are too small or too large to be eliminated through the same sorting opening without additional control means, while the objects which are not to be separated cross the sorting opening lying on the support edges.
  • the deflecting element can be moved into the guideway depending on any criteria, so that, for example, objects whose dimensions are not outside the permissible limits can also be removed.
  • the deflecting element is a pivotable ramp to achieve a relatively gentle deflecting movement.
  • the scanning and the elimination take place in spaced-apart stations. It is possible, for example, to scan the alloy of the individual objects and to make the excretion dependent on a non-conforming alloy.
  • the deflecting element has no moving parts.
  • the device can be adapted to objects with different diameters.
  • Fig. 1 shows a device in side view, which in the basic version is intended for the separation of coins that are too small in diameter, in particular for the separation of coins that are too thick.
  • An endless conveyor belt 12 ′ serving as conveying means 12 loops around two deflecting rollers 46 and 46 ′ rotating in the direction of the arrow.
  • the lower run 12 "of the conveyor belt 12 ' acts by static friction from above on a coin 10 which is conveyed in a conveying plane 20 along a guide track 18.
  • Two pressure rollers 48 under spring force ensure that the lower run 12" of the conveyor belt 12' rests on the coins 10 to be conveyed over the entire conveying path.
  • FIG. 1 In order to increase the clarity, only one coin 10 is shown in FIG. 1. However, since it is a high-performance device, coin after coin is lined up in normal operation.
  • a guide roller 28 which also acts on the lower run 12 "of the conveyor belt 12 'as a deflecting element 24, is mounted on an arm 26 which can be pivoted out on one side about a pivot axis 50.
  • a sorting opening 14 is located in the bottom 52 of the guide track 18.
  • the illustrated coin 10 is so large in diameter that it just spans the sorting opening 14. From the illustration it can therefore be deduced that a smaller diameter on the guide rail 16 adjacent coin falls into the sorting opening 14.
  • the first deflection roller 46 is driven by a motor 54 from the two deflection rollers 46 and 46 '.
  • the sectional view according to FIG. 3 shows in particular the extent to which the pivot axis 50 is laterally offset with respect to the guide roller 28.
  • the pivot axis 50 is located on a bracket 58 arranged on a wall 56.
  • the arm 26 and thus the guide roller 28 are up to a stop 36 under the action of a tension spring 30, so that the guide roller 28 on the lower run 12 " of the conveyor belt 12 '.
  • FIG. 4 shows that the guide roller 28 and thus the lower run 12 "of the conveyor belt 12 'is deflected to the side opposite the guide rail 16 when the lower run 12" is lifted, for example, by a coin that is too thick. Due to the deflection, the coin 10 'is pulled laterally, so that it slips off the support edge 22 and is tipped into the sorting opening 14.
  • the guide roller 28 endeavors to return to its normal position according to FIG. 3.
  • the tilted coin 10 ' is accelerated in the direction of the arrow 60, so that the lower run 12 "comes to rest on the other coins.
  • the above-described manner of separating the coin 10 ', the thickness of which is greater than the thickness of the coins to be passed, does not in any way impede the continuous conveyance of the coin flow, since the process of separating out through the sorting opening 14 is a little way beyond the guideway 18 extends on the principle of a switch. In addition, the elimination takes place without stressing a control device.
  • the deflection element 24, which has the guide roller, fulfills both functions, namely the detection of a coin that is too thick and the removal of the coin.
  • a conveyor belt deflector 42 with an inclined, fixed deflection surface 42 ' is shown as the deflection element 24'.
  • the deflection surface 42 ' runs in an arcuate manner in order to achieve a gentle deflection of the lower run 12 ".
  • a coin 10' which is too thick is eliminated by the fact that the lower strand 12 "is raised by the coin 10 'and deflected by the deflecting surface 42'.
  • the coin 10 'to be separated is pulled away from the support edge 22 so that it tilts into the sorting opening 14.
  • the embodiment according to FIG. 7 has a stationary conical deflection roller 32 as the deflection element 24 ′′.
  • the function of this deflection roller essentially corresponds to that of the deflection surface 42 ′.
  • Both the conveyor belt deflector 42 according to FIG. 6 and a bearing bolt carrying the conical deflection roller 32 62 are fastened to the vertical wall 56.
  • a coin 10 ′′ of normal thickness is shown in both FIGS. 6 and 7.
  • the sorting openings 14 are each arranged in a base plate 64.
  • the device shown in a plan view in FIG. 8 differs from the previously described devices in that on the guideway 18, opposite the lateral guide rail 16, in the conveying direction in front of or next to the sorting opening 14, a rejection element 34 in the form of a coin which raises the coins to be sorted out Ramp 44 is arranged.
  • the run-up ramp 44 is formed on a slide 66 which has a second support edge 68 opposite the guide rail 16.
  • a coin 10 ′′ which is not to be eliminated is located above the sorting opening 14, wherein it lies on the support edges 22 and 68 on both sides.
  • the slide 66 can be adjusted after loosening a wing screw 70.
  • the slide 66 is connected to two guide rods 74, each of which is guided in a slide guide 72.
  • the guide rods 74 are with a bar 76 connected, in which the wing screw 70 is screwed and displaceable in an elongated hole 78 arranged in the base plate 64.
  • FIG. 9 shows a longitudinal section IX-IX according to FIG. 8.
  • FIG. 10 shows a cross section XX according to FIG. 8. From FIG. 10 it can be seen in particular that the adjusting elements 72, 74 and 76 are for the Slide 66 are located below the base plate 64. Furthermore, it can be clearly seen that the width of the sorting opening 14 can be adjusted with the slide 66.
  • the arrangement of the guide roller 28 corresponds to the explanations given for FIGS. 1 to 5.
  • FIGS. 11 to 14 show the same device as FIGS. 8 to 10.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 show how a coin that is too small in diameter falls directly into the sorting opening 14.
  • FIGS. 13 and 14 it is shown in sequences how a coin 10 'which is too large in diameter runs onto the run-up ramp 44 serving as a deflecting element 34, thereby causing the guide roller 28 to be raised and deflected, slips off the support edge 22 and into the sorting opening 14 is tipped over, the spring-loaded guide roller 28 helping.
  • Figures 15 to 19 show a device for separating non-compliant coins, regardless of their diameter and thickness. 15 and 16 that the conical deflection element 24 "can be seen Deflection roller 32, as already explained for FIG. 7, serves.
  • the other elements arranged above the base plate 64 essentially correspond to an embodiment according to FIGS. 1 and 2. Below the base plate 64, in the conveying direction in front of the sorting opening 14, there is at least one coin detection device 80 which has a sensor 40 and is connected to a control circuit via signal lines 82 .
  • a run-up ramp 38 which can be actuated by means of an electromagnet 84 and can be pivoted into the guideway 18, serves as the deflecting element 34 '.
  • the electromagnet 84 is actuated in dependence on the previously scanned properties of the conveyed coins if the coin 10 which has just been conveyed past has been identified as incorrect and has been determined to be removed.
  • the electromagnet 84 is connected to the mentioned control circuit via connection lines 86, has a plunger 88 and a return spring 90 for actuating the ramp 38.
  • the electromagnet 84 is connected to the base plate 64 by means of a holder 92.
  • the run-up ramp 38 which can be actuated by the magnet 84, can be pivoted about a pivot axis 94.
  • a stop 96 formed by the holder 92 serves to limit the two end positions of the swivel path.
  • the mode of operation of the pivotable ramp ramp 38 can be seen from FIGS. 17 and 18. 17, the coin 10 can cross the sorting opening 14 unhindered. If, however, the ramp ramp 38 is pivoted into the guideway according to FIG. 18 while the coin 10 'is located directly above it, then the coin 10' is pulled away from the support edge 22 by the interaction of the deflecting roller 32 with the lower run 12 "of the conveyor belt 12 ' and tilted into the sorting opening 14.
  • 17 and 18 show the guideway in cross section, the circled figures next to it show the respective position of the ramp 38 in a side view. 17, the upper surface of the ramp 38 is flush with the guideway 18.
  • the arrows below the ramp 38 each indicate the direction of actuation. 17, the direction of actuation is indicated by the restoring force of the spring 90. 18 is the direction of actuation by the magnet 84.
  • the coins are conveyed along the guideway 18 at a relatively high speed. It is therefore necessary that the pivoting-in duration of the ramp 38 according to FIG. 18 is of the order of milliseconds.
  • the 19 shows the control circuit 98 already mentioned, to which the signals from the sensors 40 are fed via the lines 82.
  • the electromagnet 84 is controlled via the line 86.
  • the sensors 40 can, for example, sense the inductance of the coins conveyed past, which allows a conclusion to be drawn about their alloy.
  • the exemplary embodiments described above are not only to be regarded as alternatives, but they can be arranged one behind the other, meaningfully supplementing them.
  • the excretion first occurs on the basis of different diameters and thicknesses, while other criteria are then used for the excretion, provided that the dimensions such as diameter and excessive thickness have not previously led to the excretion.
  • the embodiments described above have the common feature that, with the exception of coins that are too small in diameter, all the other coins to be eliminated cause a lateral deflection of the lower run 12 "of the conveyor belt 12 ', as a result of which the coin in question itself is laterally displaced in such a way that the The support edge 22 slips and tilts into the sorting opening 14. Such sorting takes place without delaying the rest of the coin flow and without the action of an element striking the coins.
  • the ramp ramp 38 which can be swiveled into the guide track 18 according to FIGS Despite these "gentle" properties, the described device is suitable as a high-performance sorting device.

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EP89106605A 1988-05-02 1989-04-13 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Aussortieren von scheibenförmigen runden Gegenständen, insbesondere Münzen Expired - Lifetime EP0340501B1 (de)

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