Coin transporting belt and coin handling machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11501592-B2
Application number	US-201916556426-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2019
Priority date	Sep 3, 2018
Publication date	Nov 15, 2022
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022

Abstract

A coin transporting belt comprises a toothed belt with teeth formed on both surfaces of a belt unit, and an engagement member for engaging and transporting a coin attached to the toothed belt. The engagement member comprises: an attachment portion attached to the toothed belt; and a contact portion formed into a linear shape extending in a direction perpendicular to a long-edge direction of the toothed belt. The contact portion is to contact the coin.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A coin transporting belt comprising:
a toothed belt with teeth on both surfaces of a belt; and
an engagement portion attached to the toothed belt, the engagement portion configured to contact a peripheral surface of a coin and transport the coin along a transport path,
the engagement portion comprising:
an attachment portion attached to the toothed belt and extending along the toothed belt in a first direction perpendicular to a long-edge direction of the toothed belt and to the transport path; and
a contact portion including a contact surface having a linear shape extending from the attachment portion in a second direction perpendicular to the long-edge direction of the toothed belt and to the transport path, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, the contact surface directly contacting the coin.

2. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein
the contact portion extends more widely than the attachment portion in the first direction to project from at least both sides of the attachment portion.

3. The coin transporting belt according to claim 2 , wherein
the contact portion projects from both sides of the attachment portion by the same length in the first direction.

4. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein
the contact portion projects from one side of the attachment portion in the first direction.

5. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein
the contact portion has a width portion in the first direction that is greater than or equal to a difference between a radius of a largest-diameter coin to be handled and a radius of a smallest-diameter coin to be handled.

6. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein
the contact portion has a planar contact surface which contacts the coin.

7. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein
the contact portion has a comb shaped contact surface at a part to contact the coin.

8. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein
the contact portion has an oval contact surface which contacts the coin.

9. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein
the contact portion has planar contact surfaces which contact the coin provided on both surfaces of the contact portion and extending in the long-edge direction of the toothed belt.

10. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein
the contact portion projects more widely than the attachment portion in the long-edge direction of the toothed belt.

11. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein
the attachment portion grips the belt.

12. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein
the attachment portion is connected at one end side, and separated at the other end, the attachment portion comprises a first gripper and a second gripper catching the belt of the toothed belt therebetween, and a retainer arranged at least at the first gripper at the other end side and engaged with the toothed belt.

13. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein
the attachment portion is connected at one end side, and separated at the other end side, the attachment portion comprises a first gripper and a second gripper catching the belt of the toothed belt therebetween, and a retainer arranged at least at the first gripper and engaged with the tooth of the toothed belt.

14. The coin transporting belt according to claim 13 , wherein
the toothed belt comprises a cutout resulting from cutting of a part of the tooth, and
the retainer is fitted into the cutout at the tooth.

15. A coin handling machine comprising:
the transport path along which the coin is to move; and
the coin transporting belt according to claim 1 suspended over the transport path and engaging and transporting the coin on the transport path using the engagement portion.

16. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein the contact portion has a flat surface that contacts the coin.

17. The coin transporting belt according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment portion includes a first gripper and a second gripper spaced apart at an upper end of the attachment portion to receive the belt of the toothed belt therebetween, a connection portion connecting the first gripper and the second gripper at a lower end of the attachment portion.

18. The coin transporting belt according to claim 17 , wherein the contact portion is below the connection portion and is centered with the connection portion.

19. The coin transporting belt according to claim 18 , further comprising a retainer extending along the second direction path from one of the first and second grippers at the upper end of the attachment portion and an insertion portion formed in another of the first and second grippers to provide a clearance space for the belt of the toothed belt between the retainer and the other of the first and second grippers at an oblique angle to a second thickness direction.

20. The coin transporting belt according to claim 19 , wherein a space between the retainer and the insertion portion along the second direction is less than a belt thickness along the second direction.

Assignees

• Glory Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Tanaka Mitsuo
• Yoshida Yusuke

Classifications

• G07D1/00 Primary

  Coin dispensers (devices delivering paper currency G07D11/00) · CPC title

• G07D9/06

  Devices for stacking or otherwise arranging coins on a support, e.g. apertured plate for use in counting coins · CPC title

• B65G15/44 Primary

  for impelling the loads · CPC title

• B65G2201/0214

  Articles of special size, shape or weigh · CPC title