OVERFLOW CHUTE APPARATUS FOR COIN STORING

Abstract

A coin storing apparatus with overflow chute apparatus is supplied with coins from a slot-shaped replenishing port to a coin storing portion and stores the coins in piles in the coin storing portion. The coins overflow via a downward overflow chute having a width equal to or larger than a diameter of a coin, when an amount of the coins in the coin storing portion reaches a predetermined amount. A downward slope wider than the diameter of the coin is disposed below the replenishing port. A guide rail is continuous with the downward slope and has a predetermined width narrower than a radius of the coin. A downward overflow chute extends at a predetermined angle to the guide rail and has a width equal to or larger than the diameter of the coin and is provided below the guide rail. The guide rail is disposed on the downward slope adjacent to a downstream side of the overflow chute. A coin dropped from the replenishing port comes in face contact with the downward slope, and then a lower face of the coin on a downstream side of the overflow chute slides on the guide rail to reach the storing portion, and the coins accumulated in the storing portion can be moved to the overflow chute.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an overflow chute apparatus for a coin storing apparatus according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the overflow chute apparatus for the coin storing apparatus according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the overflow chute apparatus for the coin storing apparatus taken along line A-A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the overflow chute apparatus for the coin storing apparatus taken along line B-B in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5A is a top operational explanatory view in a case in which coins in a coin storing portion according to the embodiment are not accumulated in piles;

FIG. 5B is a side sectional operational explanatory view in a case in which coins in a coin storing portion according to the embodiment are not accumulated in piles;

FIG. 6A is a top operational explanatory view in a case in which coins in the coin storing portion according to the embodiment are accumulated in piles; and

FIG. 6B is a side sectional operational explanatory view in a case in which coins in the coin storing portion according to the embodiment are accumulated in piles;

Claims

1. A coin storing apparatus with overflow chute, the apparatus comprising: a coin storing portion;a slot-shaped replenishing port for supplying said coin storing portion with coins for storing the coins in piles in the coin storing portion;a downward overflow chute for directing an overflow of the coins, when an amount of the coins in the coin storing portion reaches a predetermined amount, via said downward overflow chute, said overflow chute having a width equal to or larger than a coin diameter and with a downward slope area wider than a coin diameter disposed below the replenishing port;a guide rail having a predetermined length which is continuous with said downward slope area and extends to elongate a part of said downward slope area, said guide rail being provided on a downstream side of said overflow chute beyond a center of gravity of a coin sliding down on said downward slope area, said downward overflow chute being disposed below said guide rail such that said downward overflow chute intersects said guide rail at a predetermined angle, wherein after a coin dropped from the replenishing port comes in face contact with the downward slope area, a lower face of the coin on a downstream side of the overflow chute beyond the center of gravity of the coin is guided by the guide rail to reach the coin storing portion, and coins accumulated in the coin storing portion can be moved to the overflow chute.

2. A coin storing apparatus with overflow chute according to claim 1, wherein the guide rail is set at a position for engagement of about one third of the diameter of the coin for a coin dropped from the replenishing port for coins.

3. A coin storing apparatus with overflow chute according to claim 1, wherein a lower end of said guide rail is disposed away from an upper face of said overflow chute by about two thirds of the diameter of the coin.

4. A coin storing apparatus with overflow chute, the apparatus comprising: a coin storing portion;a slot-shaped replenishing port for supplying said coin storing portion with coins for storing the coins;a downward overflow chute for directing an overflow of the coins, when an amount of the coins in the coin storing portion reaches a predetermined amount, via said downward overflow chute, said overflow chute having a width equal to or larger than a coin diameter and with a downward slope area wider than a coin diameter, said downward overflow chute being disposed below the replenishing port;a guide element disposed along a length of said downward slope area and extending outwardly therefrom above a downstream portion of said downward overflow chute, said guide element being disposed along a downstream portion side of said downward slope area to engage a portion of a surface of a coin sliding down on said downward slope area to direct the coin sliding down to said coin storing portion unless coins in said coin storing portion block the coin sliding down from entering said coin storing portion and to direct the coin sliding down to said downstream portion of said overflow chute if coins in said coin storing portion block the coin sliding down from entering said coin storing portion.

5. A coin storing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said guide element engages a portion of the coin sliding down that does not include a center of gravity of the coin sliding down, such that coins are directed toward said coin storing portion.

6. An coin storing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the guide element is set at a position for engagement of about one third of the diameter of the coin for a coin dropped from the replenishing port for coins.

7. A coin storing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a lower end of said guide element is disposed away from an upper face of said overflow chute by about two thirds of the diameter of the coin.