Coin Sorting Container With Inclined Floor And Damping

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing coin sorting machine setups require large spaces and are cumbersome to move, as they often involve extensive structural measures and complex transport systems, limiting accessibility and operability, especially in financial institutions handling large coin volumes.

Innovation Solution

The design features containers with downward-projecting side walls, compact rectangular bases, and inclined inner floors to facilitate easy handling and space-saving arrangements, along with sound-damping materials and secure closure mechanisms, allowing for efficient coin collection and transport.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If containers are positioned at a distance from the sorting machine and staggered from one another with transport devices, then coins can be efficiently collected and sorted, but the arrangement restricts accessibility and ease of operation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoin collection efficiencyVSAvoidmachine accessibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the sorting machine and containers into a single integrated unit where containers are arranged within the housing below the sorting unit. This merging eliminates the need for separate transport devices and staggered positioning, improving accessibility while maintaining sorting functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from a horizontal arrangement with transport devices to a vertical arrangement where containers are stacked below the sorting unit. This dimensional change allows efficient coin collection without restricting accessibility to the machine's front panel.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Volume of moving object

If the sorting machine and containers are placed on different floors with pipe conveyors, then space is utilized vertically, but significant space and structural modifications are required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespace utilizationVSAvoidinstallation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent integrates the containers within the same housing as the sorting machine, eliminating the need for separate floors and pipe conveyors. This single-unit design achieves compact space utilization without complex structural modifications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts the transport function from the system by having containers positioned directly below the sorting openings, allowing coins to drop directly into containers without requiring external conveyors or pipe systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Area of stationary object

If containers are arranged upright in the housing below the sorting unit, then space is saved, but the containers become cumbersome to transport

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefootprint areaVSAvoidtransportability
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the integrated unit into separable components: the sorting machine housing and the containers. This segmentation allows containers to be easily removed and transported independently while maintaining a compact footprint when in use.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces dynamic positioning where containers can be moved between a stored position within the housing and a removable position for transport. This dynamic arrangement allows the system to adapt between compact operation and easy transportability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This configuration enables a space-saving, easily transportable, and accessible coin sorting system that reduces noise and wear, while maintaining high storage capacity and operational efficiency, allowing for seamless integration with coin sorting machines.

Implementation Method 1

the container can have a bottom made of a sound-damping material or coated with such a material in order to reduce noise and wear on the container and/or coins

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectSound absorption: Acoustic Absorption

Implementation Method 2

The inner base is preferably inclined towards the front narrow side with the opening. The inclined inner base can be positioned below the opening, so that coins are guided through the inner base towards the opening.

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectGravity: Gravitation

Data Source

PatentEP2916297B1Container and container system for a coin sorting machine and assembly comprising the same
Publication Date: 2021.05.19 NGZ GELDZAEHLMASCHINEN GMBH & CO KG
  • EP2916297B1 patent drawingFigure 1~2a
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AI summary

The invention relates to a top-fillable container (1) for coin sorting machines (63), an arrangement (61) comprising a coin sorting machine (63) and a plurality of containers (1), and a container system with a plurality of containers (1). To enable the container (1) and the arrangement (61) of containers (1) with a coin sorting machine (63) to be arranged in the most space-saving way possible, and to enable the container (1) to be transported as easily as possible, the invention provides that the container (1) is positioned upright in an operating position (B). For the arrangement (61), the containers (1) of the arrangement (61) are arranged side by side under the coin sorting machine (63), and for the container system, a lifting trolley (117) is provided, which has at least one fork (123) on whose base (129) a container (1) can be placed.