Vertical coin roll conveyor

A method for vertical conveyance of a coin roll on a coin roll carrier, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a coin roll carrier that moves along a conveyor path, the conveyor path comprising a vertical conveyor path portion extending in a straight-line vertical direction, the coin roll carrier ascending when moving along the vertical conveyor portion, the coin roll carrier comprising a support surface and a first barrier on the support surface;
• with the coin roll carrier at an input location on the vertical conveyor path portion or moving along an input portion of the vertical conveyor path portion, rolling a coin roll onto a curved outer surface of the first barrier and past the first barrier and onto the support surface, the support surface being horizontal when rolling the coin roll onto the support surface;
• conveying the coin roll carrier with the coin roll on the horizontal support surface vertically from the input location or input portion some vertical distance to a discharge location or discharge portion of the conveyor path;
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• discharging the coin roll from the coin roll carrier at the discharge location or long the discharge portion of the conveyor path.

A vertical coin roll conveyor for the vertical conveyance of coin rolls, the coin roll conveyor comprising:

• a conveyor belt movable along a conveyor path and a plurality of coin roll carriers attached to the conveyor belt for movement along the conveyor path, each coin roll carrier being configured to hold a coin roll having at most a maximum diameter;
• the conveyor path comprising a vertical conveyor portion extending in a vertical direction;
• each coin roll carrier comprising a support leg and a front barrier, the support leg being configured to support the coin roll on the coin roll carrier and comprising a flat support surface extending away from the conveyor belt to a free end of the support leg, the front barrier being disposed on the support surface, the front barrier being disposed on the surface to be closely spaced from a maximum diameter coin roll on the coin receiving portion of the support surface, the support surface being horizontal with respect to the vertical direction when the coin roll carrier is along the vertical conveyor portion of the conveyor path, the front barrier being disposed adjacent to the free end of the support surface, the support surface and the front barrier being configured to enable the coin roll to slide or roll over the front barrier from the free end of the support leg and onto a coin receiving portion of the support surface;
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• each coin roll carrier further comprising an attachment leg extending from the support leg and attached to the conveyor belt, the attachment leg and the support leg cooperatively forming an “L”-shaped body, the attachment leg comprising an inner surface, the inner surface of the attachment leg and the support surface of the support leg on the inside of the “L”-shaped body, the attachment leg comprising a top barrier extending from the an inner surface of the attachment leg wherein a coin roll on the coin receiving portion of the support surface is disposed between the top and front barriers.