Check-actuated control mechanisms – Including means to test validity of check – Having means to test surface configuration
Patent
1997-03-12
1998-11-24
Bartuska, F. J.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Including means to test validity of check
Having means to test surface configuration
194331, 194335, G07D 510
Patent
active
058395636
ABSTRACT:
A coin discriminating apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting elements, an area sensor for optically detecting light reflected by the coin and producing pattern data of the coin, a mirror member provided on one side portion of the coin along the coin passage at a predetermined angle with an axis of the coin for reflecting light reflected from a side surface of the coin and leading the light to the area sensor, and a coin discriminator for discriminating the coin based on first pattern data produced by detecting light reflected from a lower surface of the coin and second pattern data produced by detecting light reflected by the side surface of the coin. According to the thus constituted coin discriminating apparatus, it is possible to discriminate coins by optically detecting the pattern of the obverse or reverse surface and the side surface of a coin with simple structure and with high accuracy.
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Bartuska F. J.
Laurel Bank Machines Co. Ltd.
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