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US 12,542,022 B2Granted
Coin processing apparatus
AssigneeGlory Ltd.
InventorsHidekazu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Shimano, Keigo Takezawa, Fumio Kibihara
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Abstract
Provided is a coin processing apparatus including: a hopper that stores a coin; a taking-in unit that takes in the coin supplied from the hopper; and a hopper moving mechanism that moves the hopper, while maintaining the hopper in a horizontal state, from a position at which the hopper covers the taking-in unit to a position so that the taking-in unit is exposed.
Claims15
A coin processing apparatus, comprising:
- a hopper that receives a coin through an opening and stores the coin, the opening being located on an upper side of the hopper;
- a hopper moving mechanism that moves the hopper, while maintaining the hopper in a horizontal state, from a first position to a second position, wherein the first position is at which the hopper covers a slot that takes in the coin supplied from the hopper, and the second position is at which the slot is exposed;
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- a cassette placement surface which is covered by the hopper when the hopper is located at the first position and which is exposed when the hopper is located at the second position, wherein
- a coin is taken in from the hopper through the slot when the hopper is located at the first position, and
- a coin cassette is attachable to the cassette placement surface when the hopper is located at the second position, and a coin is taken in from the coin cassette when the coin cassette is attached to the cassette placement surface.
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A coin processing apparatus, comprising:
- a hopper that receives a coin through an opening and stores the coin, the opening being located on an upper side of the hopper;
- a cassette placement surface;
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- a hopper moving mechanism that moves the hopper, while maintaining the hopper in a horizontal state, from a first position to a second position, wherein the first position is at which the hopper covers the cassette placement surface, and the second position is at which the cassette placement surface is exposed, wherein
- a coin is taken in from the hopper when the hopper is located at the first position, and
- a coin cassette is attachable to the cassette placement surface when the hopper is located at the second position, and a coin is taken in from the coin cassette when the coin cassette is attached to the cassette placement surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.