JP3255940B2 - Hopper equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hopper device used in a medal game machine, and more particularly, to a hopper device for paying out medals when a prize is won in a medal game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional hopper device will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 8 is an assembled perspective view showing a conventional hopper device, and FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view showing a rotating disk used in the conventional hopper device. Conventionally, the hopper device includes a hopper body 10 for sending medals, and a hopper tank 30 attached to an upper portion of the hopper body 10 for supplying medals to the hopper body 10.

[0003] The hopper body 10 includes a frame-shaped bracket 1.
1, a base plate 12 fixed to the upper part of the bracket 11, and a hopper motor 13 fixed inside the bracket 11. Base plate 1
2 has a through hole 12A at the center thereof, and the output shaft 13A of the hopper motor 13 fits into the through hole 12A.

[0004] The base plate 12 has a flat plate portion 1.
2B and a storage recess 12C that is recessed downward from the center of the flat plate portion 12B, and has a delivery notch 12D for sending medals in front. Further, a tank fixing portion 12E for fixing the hopper tank 30 is provided outside the storage recess 12C of the flat plate portion 12B.
have.

On the base plate 12, two ring-shaped upper fixed disks 14 and lower fixed disks 15, and ring-shaped cutouts which are located outside the fixed disks 14, 15 and which are cut out so as to be adapted to the feeding cutout portion 12D. , A counter plate 17 that covers the upper surface of the sending-out notch 12D, a medal sensor 18 for detecting the number of medals sent out, and a counter roller 19 that serves as urging means for medals when sending medals. In addition, a rotating disk 20 fixed to the output shaft 13A of the hopper motor 13 is provided.

[0006] As shown in FIG.
It is formed of a disk-shaped upper disk 21 having a plurality of medal holes 20A slightly larger than the medal outer diameter, and a disk-shaped lower disk 22 smaller than the upper disk 21. The lower disk 22 includes a small disk-shaped central circular portion 22A, an outer circular portion 22C located outside the central circular portion 22A, and an upper disk 2
1 is formed with a meteor-shaped sending-out ridge 22D located at a portion corresponding to the periphery of the medal pit 20A, and a space 2 as a space is provided between the central circular portion 22A and the outer circular portion 22C.
The center circular portion 22 is formed by the projecting ridge 22D so as to be 2B.
A and the outer circle portion 22C are connected. This notch 22
B corresponds to the fixed disk 15 when the rotating disk 20 is mounted on the base plate 12. Outer circle part 22C
Has a garbage pit 22 which is a through hole penetrating the upper and lower surfaces thereof.
E is open. In the rotating disk 20 formed as described above, a medal storage portion 22F is formed below the medal hole 20A and is surrounded by the upper surfaces of the central circular portion 22A and the outer circular portion 22C and the feeding ridge 22D.

The lower surface of the lower disk 22 of the rotary disk 20 mounted on the base plate 12 is in contact with the upper surface of the storage recess 12C of the base plate 12. That is, the height of the storage recess 12 </ b> C was substantially the same as the thickness of the rotating disk 20. The counter roller 19 is formed having a rotation assisting member 19A along the outer edge of the outer circular portion 22C of the lower disk 22 of the rotating rotating disk 20 and a sending-out member 19B for actually sending out medals. Is the delivery biasing spring 19C
And the whole counter roller 19 is fixed to the base plate 12 via a roller urging spring 19D. Here, the rotation assisting member 1
9A is formed of an auxiliary roller support plate 19E and two auxiliary rollers 19F rotatably supported by the auxiliary roller support plate 19E. Also, the delivery member 1
9B is formed of a delivery roller support plate 19G and one delivery roller 19H that is rotatably supported by the delivery roller support plate 19G.

The auxiliary roller 19E is arranged such that its circumference coincides with the inner circumference of the spacer ring 16, that is, the position corresponding to the outer circumference of the rotary disk 20. The delivery roller 19H is located on the side of the delivery notch 12D, and serves to send medals stored in the rotating disk 20 outward from the delivery notch 12D. The storage recess 12C is for positioning the spacer ring 16, the upper fixed disk 14, the lower fixed disk 15, and the rotating disk 20, and the lower surface thereof is dust-removed for convenience such as dropping dust attached to medals. A hole 12F is provided. The dust attached to the medal is to be dropped from the dust drop hole 22E of the outer circular portion 22C of the rotating disk 20 below the base plate 12 through the dust removal hole 12F.

On the other hand, the rotating disk 20 is formed so that it can be attached and detached without fixing the screw to the base plate 12 for the convenience of maintenance and the like. That is, attachment / detachment was performed as follows. In a normal state, the counter roller 19 is driven by the roller biasing spring 19D to make the spacer ring 16
, The roller urging spring 19D is released, or the counter roller 19 is manually positioned outside the spacer ring 16 and rotated about the rotation shaft 13A of the hopper motor 13. The roller biasing spring 19D is to be returned to its original position after the fitting portion of the disk 20 is inserted.

Conversely, when removing the rotating disk 20 from the base plate 12, the roller biasing spring 19D is once released by some means, and the rotating disk 20 is pulled out. Next, the hopper tank 30 is fixed to the hopper body 10, and the movement of the medals placed in the hopper tank 30 will be described.

The medals placed in the hopper tank 30 are located on the rotating disk 20. The medals enter the medal drop hole 20A of the upper disk 21 and are located in the medal storage section 22F of the lower disk 22. At this time, if there is dust on the medal, it falls from the dust drop hole 22E and accumulates in the storage recess 12C, and a part of the medal is dropped from the dust removal hole 12F.

Next, the operation of paying out medals will be described. When the output shaft 13A of the hopper motor 13 starts rotating, the rotating disk 20 also rotates. The lower disk 22 of the rotating disk 20 causes the medal closest to the delivery notch 12D by the delivery ridge 22D toward the delivery roller 19H of the counter roller 19.

When the rotating disk 20 rotates a little more,
The medal pressed by the delivery ridge 22D moves the delivery member 19B backward while resisting the delivery biasing spring 19C. At this time, the delivery urging spring 19C stores the elastic force. When the rotating disk 20 further rotates, a moment comes when the distance between the point at which the delivery protrusion 22D is in contact with the medal and the point at which the delivery roller 19H is in contact with the medal exceeds the medal diameter. At that moment, the pressing force of the medal on the delivery roller 19H disappears, the elasticity stored in the delivery biasing spring 19C is released, and the delivery member 19B returns vigorously. At that time the delivery roller 19
Since H pushes the outer edge of the medal, the medal jumps out of the hopper main body 10 from the delivery notch 12D.

In the direction in which the medals pop out, there is a medal payout port of a medal game machine (not shown), and medals are paid out to players who have been playing with the game machine.

[0015]

However, the above-mentioned hopper device has the following problems. That is, since the height of the storage recess 12C is substantially the same as the thickness of the rotating disk 20, the vertical distance between the dust removing hole 12F of the base plate 12 and the dust removing hole 22E of the rotating disk 20 is extremely large. It was small and had little effect of removing dust attached to medals. In particular, dust that has failed to fall into the dust removing hole 12F of the base plate 12C is rubbed between the rotating disk 20 and the base plate 12, thereby adversely affecting the rotation of the rotating disk, or affecting the rotating disk 20 and its peripheral members. It was also a cause of injury.

An object of the present invention is to provide a hopper device which is hardly affected by dust attached to a medal.

[0017]

According to the present invention, there is provided a hopper device according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object. That is, the hopper device according to claim 1 is
A hopper device formed having a plate-shaped base plate, a disk-shaped rotating disk having a medal storage section for storing a plurality of medals on the upper surface of the base plate, and a rotation output device for rotating the rotating disk. So,
The base plate has a storage recess having a planar shape that is the same as the plane cross section of the rotary disk. In the storage recess, the output shaft of the rotary output device is projected from below, and the rotary disk is fixed to the output shaft. A lower disk is provided with a space between the lower surface of the rotating disk and the bottom surface of the storage recess when the rotating disk is fixed to the rotating disk via a projecting ridge and a medal storing portion between the rotating disk and the rotating disk. And a dust drop hole is provided on the lower disk so as to always communicate with the storage recess.

The hopper device according to the second aspect is characterized in that the base plate is provided with a dust elimination hole communicating the storage recess and the outside below the storage recess.

[0019]

According to the hopper device of the first aspect, the following operations are provided. If dust is attached to the medal stored in the medal storage section on the rotating disc,
The dust is conveyed to a dust drop hole of a lower disk that rotates integrally with the rotating disk as the output shaft of the rotary output device rotates, and falls downward from the dust drop hole.

There is a space below the dust dropping hole as a part of the storage recess, and the dust dropped down from the dust dropping hole is stored in the space. Has no adverse effect on According to the hopper device of the second aspect, the following operation is achieved. If dust is attached to the medal stored in the medal storage unit on the rotating disk, the dust is
As the output shaft of the rotary output device rotates, it is carried to the dust hole of the rotating disk and falls down from the dust hole.

There is a space below the dust dropping hole as a part of the storage recess, and the dust dropped downward from the dust dropping hole is stored in the space, and further discharged from the dust removing hole to the outside of the storage space. Be eliminated. Therefore, the dust does not have any adverse effect on the rotation of the rotating disk.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a hopper device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view showing a hopper device according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
1 is a perspective view showing a hopper body according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a part of the hopper body according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a hopper body according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of the hopper body according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a front view showing a part of the hopper body according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a hopper tank according to one embodiment of the present invention.

The hopper device according to the present embodiment corresponds to the second aspect of the present invention. The hopper device of the present embodiment has a hopper body 4 for sending out medals.
0 and a hopper tank 60 attached to the upper part of the hopper main body 40 to supply medals to the hopper main body 40.

The hopper body 40 includes a frame-shaped bracket 4.
1, a plate-shaped base plate 42 fixed to the upper part of the bracket 41, and a hopper motor 43 as a rotation output device fixed inside the bracket 42, and a rotating disk 50 detachable from the hopper motor 43. Is attached. A through hole 42A is provided in the center of the base plate 42, and the through hole 42A
The output shaft 43A of the hopper motor 43 projects from the hopper motor 43. A horizontal bar 43B penetrates and is fixed to the protruding portion of the output shaft 43A from the through hole 42A for the convenience of mounting and fixing the rotating disk 50.

The base plate 42 has a flat plate portion 4.
2B and a storage recess 42C recessed downward from the inside of the flat plate portion 42B. Above the storage recess 42C, a rotating disk surrounding portion 42D erected from the outer edge of the storage recess 42C is provided. ing. This rotating disk enclosure 4
2D is higher than the thickness of the rotating disk 50, and has a space below the rotating disk 50 as a part of the storage recess 42C when the rotating disk 50 is mounted.

In front of the base plate 42, there is provided a feed-out cut-out portion 42E having a rotary disk surrounding portion 42D cut out. Further, scoop fixing portions 42F for fixing the hopper tank 60 are provided at two places outside the rotating disk surrounding portion 42D. At several places on the lower surface of the storage recess 42C, there are dust removal holes 42G as through holes. Further, for the convenience of fixing the hopper tank 60, a tip of a scoop lock pin 42H fixed to a part of the flat plate portion 42B of the base plate 42 so as to be vertically movable by a built-in urging member projects upward. .

From the bottom of the storage recess 42C, cylindrical fixed disk fixing portions 42I are provided upright at three places. In addition, the fixed disk fixing portion 42I of the storage recess 42C includes:
A C-shaped ring-shaped fixed disk 44, which is partially cut away and has a cutout portion 44A, is fixed, and a non-point-symmetric ring-shaped slide plate 45 is fixed inside. The upper surfaces of the fixed disk 44 and the slide plate 45 are formed so as to have a small frictional resistance.

At the right end of the feed-out notch 42E when viewed from above, a trapezoidal plate-like feed sliding plate 42J whose oblique side extends along the outer periphery of the rotary disk surrounding portion 42D is fixed. The bracket 41 corresponding to the outer position of the delivery notch 42E has a square tubular delivery guide 42K.
Is fixed. The base plate 42 has a guide pin driving mechanism 46 for guiding medals to the sending-out notch 42E, and the hopper body 4
There is provided a counter roller mechanism 47 for paying out medals to the outside of zero.

The guide pin driving mechanism 46 includes a substantially V-shaped plate-shaped guide pin base 46A, a guide rotation shaft 46B rotatably supporting the guide pin base 46A on the lower surface of the storage recess 42C of the base plate 42, A rod-shaped body fixed to one end of the V-shape of the guide pin base 46A, the end of which is a roller is fixed to the cam pin roller 46C, and the other end of the V-shape of the guide pin base 46A. It is formed from a guide pin 46D.

The counter roller mechanism 47 includes a substantially fan-shaped plate-shaped roller base 47A,
A is formed of a counter rotation shaft 47B that rotatably supports A on the lower surface of the storage recess 42C of the base plate 42, and a counter roller 47C that is fixed to the roller base 47A and has a tip portion as a roller. The rotating disk 50 includes a disk-shaped upper disk 51 having seven medal holes 50A slightly larger than the medal outer diameter, and a disk-shaped lower disk 52 slightly smaller than the upper disk 51, and a lower surface of the upper disk 51 and a lower surface. It is integrally formed so that the height with respect to the upper surface of the disc 52 is slightly higher than the medal thickness.

At the center of the upper part of the upper disk 51, a conical distribution peak 51A is provided to protrude upward. Also,
At the center of the lower part of the upper disk 51, a cam plate part 51B for operating the guide pin drive mechanism 46 protrudes downward. Between the lower disk 52 and the cam plate portion 51B is a hollow cutout circular portion 52B. Each medal pit 5 is located between the medal pits 50A on the upper surface of the lower disk 52.
A delivery ridge 52D is formed so as to partition the position corresponding to 0A. The lower circular portion 52 is provided with a through-hole penetrating the upper and lower surfaces thereof, which is referred to as a dust dropping hole 52E. In the center of the cam plate portion 51B, an output shaft adapting portion 52F is formed as a concave portion adapted to the output shaft 43A including the horizontal bar 43B of the hopper motor 43.

In the rotating disk 50 thus formed, the lower circular portion 5 is located below the medal hole 50A.
A medal storage part 52A surrounded by the upper surface of the second and the delivery protrusion 52D is formed. In the rotating disk 50, medals are stored in the medal storage sections 52A described above one by one. Therefore, assuming that the center of the rotating disk 50 is a symmetric point, the flat cross-sectional shapes of the respective medal holes 50A and the cam plate portions 51B are always astigmatically symmetric.

The hopper tank 60 has a box-shaped tank portion 6.
1 and a scoop section 62 installed below the tank section 61, and the lower end of the scoop section 62 is fixed to the base plate 42. The tank portion 61 includes a rectangular frame-shaped upper opening portion 61A and a scoop connection portion 61B formed so as to narrow a plane area from the lower portion of the upper opening portion 61A downward. One of the side plates of the upper opening 61A is provided with a sliding hole 61C as a lateral hole. From the upper surface of one side plate adjacent to the side plate having the sliding hole 61C, a sliding plate 61D is provided to pass through the sliding hole 61C inside the upper opening 61A.

The scoop portion 62 includes a base portion 62A connected to the scoop connection portion 61B of the tank portion 61, and a base cylindrical portion 6 protruding downward from the base portion 62A.
2B and a projecting cylindrical portion 62C which is a cylindrical body having an outer diameter slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the base cylindrical portion 62B. The inner diameter of the protruding cylindrical portion 62C matches the outer diameter of the rotating disk surrounding portion 42D of the base plate 42. The inside surrounded by the protruding cylindrical portion 62C is defined as a moving hole 62G.
A plane formed by a difference in outer diameter between the base cylinder portion 62B and the protruding cylinder portion 62C is a slide surface 62D. The scoop portion 62 has a small cylindrical lock portion 62E.
And two substantially rectangular parallelepiped engaging portions 62F. The lower ends of the protruding cylindrical portion 62C, the lock portion 62E, and the engagement portion 62F are formed to be on the same plane. When the hopper tank 60 is fixed at an appropriate position on the base plate 42, the lock portion 62E is compatible with a scoop lock pin 42H fixed to the base plate 42 so as to be movable up and down. The entirety of the hopper tank 60 is fixed to the base plate 42 by inserting the tip of the scoop lock pin 42H into the base plate 42. On the other hand, the engaging portion 62F
Is a scoop fixing portion 4 provided on the base plate 42.
It is engaged with 2F and has a shape lacking the same shape as the scoop fixing portion 42F.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. First, a procedure for fixing the rotating disk 50 to the hopper body 40 will be described. The slide plate 45 is fixed to the base plate 42 so as to surround the output shaft 43A of the hopper motor 43.

The fixed disk 44 includes a base plate 42
Of the fixed disk fixing portion 42I of the
4A is fixed so as to be located on the side of the sending-out notch 42E. The guide pin driving mechanism 46 is pivotally supported by the base plate 42 at the guide pin base 46A so that the guide pin 46D rotates between the notches 44A of the fixed disk 44. When pivotally supported, the guide pin 46D is rotationally urged about the guide pin base 46A by an urging means (not shown) so that the guide pin 46D is positioned at the outermost part of the cutout portion 44A of the fixed disk 44. Then the cam pin roller 46C
Is closest to the through hole 42A, which is the center of the base plate 42.

In the counter roller mechanism 47, the roller portion of the counter roller 47C is fed out and the
Roller base 47A so that it is located toward the center of E
With this, it is supported by the base plate 42. When it is pivotally supported, it is rotationally urged around the roller base 47A by urging means (not shown). The rotating disk 50 is
The output shaft adapting portion 52F is connected to the output shaft 4 of the hopper motor 43.
It is fixed by being fitted into 3A and the horizontal bar 43B. At this time, the cam plate 51B of the rotating disk 50
It contacts the upper surface of the slide plate 45.

Here, the output shaft 4 of the hopper motor 43
Since the 3A and the output shaft matching section 52F are point-symmetrical, there are two kinds of matching patterns when only these are considered. However, the guide pin driving mechanism 46
The cam pin roller 46C is closest to the output shaft 43A of the hopper motor 43.

On the other hand, since the planar shape of the cam plate portion 51B is asymmetrical with respect to the point, the shape of the cam plate portion 51B to be adapted to the cam pin roller 46C must be one of the compatible patterns. Are recessed on the output shaft adapting portion 52F side. Therefore, the cam plate 5
From the positional relationship between 1B and the cam pin roller 46C, only one matching pattern between the output shaft 43A and the horizontal bar 43B and the output shaft matching portion 52F is determined. It can be attached to.

Next, a procedure for fixing the hopper tank 60 to the hopper body 40 will be described. The slide surface 62D as the lower surface of the hopper tank 60 and the base plate 42
Of the hopper tank 60 on the base plate 42 by rubbing the upper surface of the outer portion of the disk surrounding portion 42D with the scoop fixing portion 42F and the engaging portion 62F and fitting the scoop lock pin 42H to the lock portion 62E. Connect to

Next, the movement of the medals will be described. A slide surface 61D of a tank portion 61 of a hopper tank 60 through a medal selector from a medal slot (not shown).
And falls from the slide surface 61 </ b> D to the scoop portion 62, and is positioned on the rotating disk 50. When the number of medals increases too much in the hopper tank 60 and the medals reach the position of the slide surface 61D in the hopper tank 60, the inserted medals thereafter are guided by the slide surface 61D and stored by being guided to a storage tank (not shown). You.

The medals 90 are distributed to the distribution ridges 51A of the upper disk 51, enter the medal drop holes 50A, are stored in the storage space, and ride on the outer circular portion 52C of the lower disk 52 and the fixed disk 44. At this time, if there is dust on the medal 90, it will fall from the medal drop hole 52E of the lower disk 52 and accumulate in the storage recess 42C,
A part thereof falls from the dust elimination hole 42G provided in the base plate 42 below the base plate 42.

Next, the operation of paying out medals will be described. When the output shaft 43A of the hopper motor 43 starts rotating, the rotating disk 50 also rotates. At this time, the lower surface of the cam plate portion 51B of the rotary disk 50 is
And the lower surface of the medal 90 stored in the medal storage part 52A contacts the upper surface of the fixed disk 44,
Since the upper surfaces of the fixed disk 44 and the slide plate 45 are formed to have a small frictional resistance, the frictional resistance generated at this time can be small.

The cam plate 51B of the lower disk 52 of the rotary disk 50 presses the cam pin roller 46C of the guide pin driving mechanism 46, and the roller base 46A rotates about the guide rotation shaft 46B. At this time, the guide pin 46D
Moves the cutout 44A of the fixed disk 44 toward the cutout cutout 42E side. On the other hand, among the medals stored in the medal drop hole 50A of the rotating disk 50, the medal 50 closest to the sending-out sliding plate member 42J is paid out first.

Hereinafter, this medal 90 to be paid out first
Will be described as “first medal” 90. The medals stored in the other medal storage units 52A that store medals other than the first medal 90 in the rotating disk 50 are:
When the rotary disk 90 is pressed by the feed ridges 52D with the rotation of the rotary disk 90, the rotary disk 90 tries to move out of the rotary disk 50.
The user stops at the inner wall of D and stays in the medal storage unit 52A.

The first medal 90 slides on the slide plate 45 in the medal storage section 52A of the rotating disk 50,
It is pushed by the delivery ridge 52D. Eventually, the side edge of the anti-feed-out notch 42E of the first medal 90 contacts the guide pin 46D of the guide pin drive mechanism 46. Guide pin 46D
Is a cam plate 51B which rotates together with the rotating disk 50.
Is fixed to the roller base 46A which is rotated by the feeding ridge 52D.
When the user touches D, the guide pin 46D moves from the side opposite to the feed-out notch 42E to the side of the feed-out notch 42E. Therefore, the guide pin 46D and the feed ridge 5
The medal 90 is sent out by 2D and pushed out toward the notch 42E. Then, the first medal 90 is sandwiched between the inside corner of the sending-out sliding plate 42J and the counter roller 47C of the counter roller mechanism 47.

When the rotating disk 50 rotates a little more,
Since the counter roller 47C is urged toward the sending-out sliding plate 42J side, the counter roller 47C is pressed against the sending-out protruding ridge 52D of the rotary disk 50 via the medal 90 most, and is opposed to the sending-out sliding plate 42J side. While being pushed back, it accumulates resilience. When the rotating disk 50 further rotates, a moment comes when the distance between the inner corner of the sending-out sliding plate 42J and the point where the counter roller 47C is in contact with the medal 90 exceeds the diameter of the medal 90. At that moment, the force with which the medal 90 pushes the counter roller 47C disappears, and the counter roller 47C is pushed back to the anti-feeding sliding plate 42J side, so that the counter roller 47C is fed vigorously with the stored elasticity and slides. It returns to the plate material 42J side. At this time, since the sending-out sliding plate 47C pushes the outer edge of the medal 90, the medal 9
0 is the feed guide 42K from the feed notch 42E.
And jumps out of the hopper body 40.

In the direction in which the medals fly out, there is a medal payout port of a medal game machine not shown, and medals are paid out to a player who has been playing with the game machine. At the same time that the medal 90 jumps out of the hopper main body 40, the guide pin driving mechanism 46 rotates by the movement of the cam pin roller 46C that moves according to the outer peripheral shape of the cam plate portion 51B, and the guide pin 46D is disengaged by sending out the guide pin 46D. Pull back to 42E side. When the rotation of the hopper motor 43 continues, the medal 9 next to the medal 90
0 will be issued from 40 in the same order as described above, and this is performed continuously.

When the medals 90 are paid out one after another, other medals fall from the tank portion 61 to the scoop portion 62 and are positioned on the rotating disk 50. At this time, the stirring spring 6 located in the moving hole 62G of the hopper tank 60 is used.
By 1E, a large number of medals 90 are agitated, distributed to the distribution mountain portion 51A of the upper disk 51, and almost uniformly enter the medal pit 50A.

Hereinafter, effects of the present embodiment will be described.
According to the hopper device of the present embodiment, when the rotating disk 50 is mounted, the storage recess 42 is located below the rotating disk 50.
Since the hopper device is formed so as to have a space as a part of C, it is possible to provide a hopper device that is not easily affected by dust attached to the medal.

Hereinafter, variations of this embodiment will be described. The hopper device of this embodiment has been described as corresponding to the second aspect of the present invention. However, the hopper device according to claim 2 is only a technical limitation that the dust removal hole 42G is provided on the lower surface of the base plate 42 that forms the storage space 42C with respect to the hopper device according to claim 1. . Therefore, it can be said that the hopper device according to the first embodiment is also explained by this embodiment.

However, it is of course possible to provide a hopper device formed without providing the dust removing hole 42G on the lower surface of the base plate 42. If such a hopper device is provided, the hopper device according to claim 1 is provided. Will be provided.

[0053]

According to the hopper device according to the first aspect and the hopper device according to the second aspect, it is possible to provide a hopper device that is not easily affected by dust attached to medals.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view showing a hopper device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a hopper body according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a part of the hopper body according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a hopper body according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of the hopper body according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a part of the hopper body according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a hopper tank according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an assembled perspective view showing a conventional hopper device.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view showing a rotating disk used in a conventional hopper device.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Hopper main body 11 Bracket 12 Base plate 12A Through-hole 12B Flat plate part 12C Storage recessed part 12D Feeding-out notch part 12E Tank fixing part 12F Dust removal hole 13 Hopper motor 13A Output shaft 14 Upper fixed disk 15 Lower fixed disk 16 Spacer ring 17 Counter plate 18 Medal sensor 19 Counter roller 19A Rotation assisting member 19B Sending member 19C Sending urging spring 19D Roller urging spring 19E Auxiliary roller support plate 19F Auxiliary roller 19G Sending roller support plate 19H Sending roller 20 Rotating disk 20A Medal drop hole 21 Upper disk 22 Lower disk 22A Central circle portion 22B Missing circle portion 22C Outer circle portion 22D Feeding ridge 22E Dust drop hole 22F Medal storage unit 30 Hopper Tank 40 Hopper main body 41 Bracket 42 Base plate 42A Through hole 42B Flat plate portion 42C Storage concave portion 42D Rotating disk surrounding portion 42E Send-out notch portion 42F Scoop fixing portion 42G Dust elimination hole 42H Scoop lock pin 42I Fixed disk fixing portion 42J Feed-out sliding plate material 42K feed Guide 43 Hopper motor 43A Output shaft 43B Horizontal bar 44 Fixed disk 44A Missing part 45 Slide plate 46 Guide pin drive mechanism 46A Guide pin base 46B Guide rotation shaft 46C Cam pin roller 46D Guide pin 47 Counter roller mechanism 46A Roller base 47B Counter turn Active shaft 47C Counter roller 50 Rotating disk 50A Medal pit 51 Upper disc 51A Sorting ridge 51B Cam plate 52 Disk 52A Medal storage part 52B Missing circle part 52C Outer circle part 52D Feeding ridge 52E Dust drop hole 52F Output shaft adaptation part 60 Hopper tank 61 Tank part 61A Opening upper part 61B Scoop connection part 61C Sliding hole 61D Sliding plate 61E Scooping spring 62 Scoop Part 62A Base part 62B Base cylinder part 62C Projecting cylinder part 62D Slide surface 62E Lock part 62F Meshing part 62G Moving hole 90
Medal

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A disk-shaped rotating disk having a medal storing portion for storing a plurality of medals on an upper surface of the base plate, and a rotating output device for rotating the rotating disk. A hopper device, wherein the base plate has a storage recess having a planar shape the same as the plane cross section of the rotating disk. In the storage recess, the output shaft of the rotary output device is projected from below, and When the rotating disk is fixedly supported on the shaft, a space is provided between the lower surface of the rotating disk and the bottom surface of the storage recess, and the rotating disk is fixed to the rotating disk via a feed-out ridge. A hopper device comprising: a lower disk having a medal storage portion fixed thereto; and a dust drop hole provided in the lower disk so as to always communicate with the storage recess. 2. The hopper device according to claim 1, wherein the base plate is provided with a dust elimination hole communicating the storage recess and the outside below the storage recess.