COIN STORAGE DEVICE AND COIN PROCESSOR

• Main Author: MATSUZAKI SHUNSUKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.12.2013
• Subjects: CHECKING-DEVICES; HANDLING OF COINS OR OF PAPER CURRENCY OR SIMILAR VALUABLEPAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING,DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING; PHYSICS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve working efficiency in the case of collecting a plurality of types of coins all at once.SOLUTION: A cassette tube is formed with an opening and an engagement groove. A pressing member includes: a first engagement part configured to be engaged with the engagement groove for attaching the pressing member to the cassette tube; a pressing part configured to, when a load is added to the pressing member in a state that the pressing member is attached to the cassette tube, enter the inner side than the inner diameter of a coin tube via the opening, and to press coins to the inner wall of the coin tube for holding the coins; and a first elastic part configured to be energized such that the pressing part leaves to the outer side than the inner diameter of the coin tube in a state that the pressing member is attached to the cassette tube. An engagement member includes: a second engagement part configured to be engaged with the first engagement part in a state that the pressing part enters the inner side than the inner diameter of the coin tube via the opening for fixing the position of the pressing part; and a second elastic part configured to be energized in a direction in which the second engagement part is engaged with the first engagement part.