Coin processing device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux
InventorsJun YAMADA, Yasuyuki KIMURA, Masaaki TOKINIWA
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Abstract
The present invention has the purpose of providing a coin processing device capable of identifying a plated coin with high precision. An identification sensor 3 is arranged on a wall face of a coin passage 2 in which the coin 1 rotatively moves, in a position where a thickly plated part of layer of the coin 1 passes through, and genuineness of the coin is determined by obtaining from output of the identification sensor 3 data including characteristics of both of a plated layer and a core material of the coin 1.
Claims5
A coin identification device which identifies a plated coin characterized by comprising
- an identification sensor formed of coils arranged on a wall face of a coin passage in which the coin rotatively moves, in a position where a thickly plated part of layer of the coin passes through, and
- determination means for determining coin genuineness by obtaining from output of the identification sensor characteristic data including characteristics of both of a plated layer and a core material of the coin.
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