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US 2003/0116401 A1Published application
Coin handling method and device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux
InventorsTakeshi Ishida, Tsunehiro Aso, Kenji Koyama
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AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux
InventorsTakeshi Ishida, Tsunehiro Aso, Kenji Koyama
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A coin handling method and a device which can prevent functions from being degraded by adoption of an escrow mechanism in order to temporarily hold a plurality of inserted coins to provide convenience and to prevent counterfeit coins from being used and also to provide a normal operation even if any coins are temporarily held at the time when the power is turned on. The inserted coins are temporarily held in an escrow passage, the number of temporarily held coins can be determined arbitrarily, and the coins inserted not less than the determined number are returned by an operation of a authentic/counterfeit sorting lever in order to return the inserted coin. And, to collect coins, a return passage lever and a coin box passage lever are operated depending on the states of respective portions so to guide the coins temporarily held in the escrow passage to a coin tube, a return passage or a coin box passage. At the time when the power is turned on, the coin box passage lever is switched toward the coin box passage, and an escrow pin is operated to guide the coins in the escrow passage to the coin box.
A coin handling method which identifies authentic or counterfeit and denomination of inserted coins, has a temporarily holding mechanism for temporarily holding the identified coins of at least one denomination, accommodates a necessary number of coins from the coins temporarily held in the temporarily holding mechanism according to an accommodation instruction, and returns the coins temporarily held in the temporarily holding mechanism according to a return instruction, wherein:
A coin handling method which identifies authentic or counterfeit and denomination of inserted coins, has a temporarily holding mechanism for temporarily holding the identified coins of at least one denomination, accommodates a necessary number of coins from the coins temporarily held in the temporarily holding mechanism according to an accommodation instruction, and returns the coins temporarily held in the temporarily holding mechanism according to a return instruction, wherein:
A coin handling method which identifies authentic or counterfeit and denomination of inserted coins, has a temporarily holding mechanism for temporarily holding the identified coins of at least one denomination, accommodates a necessary number of coins from the coins temporarily held in the temporarily holding mechanism according to an accommodation instruction, and returns the coins temporarily held in the temporarily holding mechanism according to a return instruction, wherein
A coin handling device which identifies authentic or counterfeit and denomination of inserted coins, has a temporarily holding mechanism for temporarily holding the identified coins of at least one denomination, accommodates a necessary number of coins from the coins temporarily held in the temporarily holding mechanism according to an accommodation instruction, and returns the coins temporarily held in the temporarily holding mechanism according to a return instruction, comprising:
A coin handling device which identifies authentic or counterfeit and denomination of inserted coins, has a temporarily holding mechanism for temporarily holding coins of at least one denomination, accommodates a necessary number of coins from the coins temporarily held in the temporarily holding mechanism according to an accommodation instruction, and returns the coins temporarily held in the temporarily holding mechanism according to a return instruction, comprising:
A coin handling device which identifies authentic or counterfeit and denomination of inserted coins, has a temporarily holding mechanism for temporarily holding coins of at least one denomination, accommodates a necessary number of coins from the coins temporarily held in the temporarily holding mechanism according to an accommodation instruction, and returns the coins temporarily held in the temporarily holding mechanism according to a return instruction, comprising:
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