Coin diverter and coin handling apparatus
AssigneeGlory Ltd.
InventorsMasato Takeuchi, Eisei Nishida
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Abstract
There is provided a coin diverter that allows increase in the number of coin diversion directions and reduction in the size of a coin handling apparatus. The coin diverter includes a diverter member that diverts a coin from a transport path and a driver that changes the state of the diverter member to any of a first state in which the diverter member leads the coin toward the downstream side of the transport path, a second state in which the diverter member leads the coin in a first direction in which the coin drops from the transport path, and a third state in which the diverter member leads the coin in a second direction different from the direction toward the downstream side of the transport path and the first direction.
Claims13
A coin diverter, comprising:
- a diverter member that diverts a coin from a transport path;
- and
- a driver that changes a state of the diverter member to any of a first state, a second state, and a third state;
- wherein:
- in the first state, the diverter member leads the coin in a downstream direction of the transport path,
- in the second state, the diverter member leads the coin in a first direction in which the coin is dropped from the transport path, and
- in the third state, the diverter member leads the coin in a second direction different from the downstream direction of the transport path and the first direction,
- wherein the diverter member prevents the coin from being transported in the downstream direction of the transport path in the second state and the third state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.