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US 11,501,592 B2Granted
Coin transporting belt and coin handling machine
AssigneeGlory Ltd.
InventorsMitsuo Tanaka, Yusuke Yoshida
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Abstract
A coin transporting belt comprises a toothed belt with teeth formed on both surfaces of a belt unit, and an engagement member for engaging and transporting a coin attached to the toothed belt. The engagement member comprises: an attachment portion attached to the toothed belt; and a contact portion formed into a linear shape extending in a direction perpendicular to a long-edge direction of the toothed belt. The contact portion is to contact the coin.
Claims20
A coin transporting belt comprising:
- a toothed belt with teeth on both surfaces of a belt;
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- an engagement portion attached to the toothed belt, the engagement portion configured to contact a peripheral surface of a coin and transport the coin along a transport path,
- the engagement portion comprising:
- an attachment portion attached to the toothed belt and extending along the toothed belt in a first direction perpendicular to a long-edge direction of the toothed belt and to the transport path;
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- a contact portion including a contact surface having a linear shape extending from the attachment portion in a second direction perpendicular to the long-edge direction of the toothed belt and to the transport path, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, the contact surface directly contacting the coin.
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