Coin handling – Assorter – Largest first
Patent
1989-10-19
1991-02-19
Spar, Robert J.
Coin handling
Assorter
Largest first
433 5, 194317, G07D 502, G07D 508
Patent
active
049939904
ABSTRACT:
An unacceptable coin removing apparatus for a coin handling machine having a rotatable disk for receiving deposited coins, an annular guide provided on the periphery of the rotatable disk and formed with an opening, a coin sorting passage connected to the opening downstream thereof, a pair of guide plates provided for the coin sorting passage, the space between the pair of guide plates being adjustable and the pair of guide plates being capable of supporting a predetermined denomination of coins in accordance with the space therebetween, a coin collecting opening provided below the pair of guide plates, a coin transporting belt provided in the coin sorting passage for transporting coins by contacting the upper faces of coins in the coin sorting passage, a drive motor for driving the rotatable disk and the coin transporting belt and a sensor provided downstream of the coin collecting opening in the coin sorting passage for detecting the characteristics of the coins, the unacceptable coin removing apparatus further including a first stopper provided downstream of the sensor in the coin sorting passage and capable of preventing coins from being further transported, a second stopper provided downstream of the first stopper in the coin sorting passage and capable of preventing coins from being further transported, and a controller for judging based upon signals input from the sensor whether each coin is acceptable or not. This unacceptable coin removing apparatus can remove unacceptable coins using a simple structure and enables the coin handling machine to be made compact.
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Miyamoto Katsuyuki
Ozeki Masamichi
Uda Shoichi
Laurel Bank Machines CP., Ltd.
Lowe Scott L.
Spar Robert J.
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