Coin handling apparatus and money depositing/dispensing apparatus

Abstract

A coin handling apparatus includes a coin receiver having a coin receiving port capable of collectively receiving a plurality of coins, a rotating plate disposed in the coin receiver and rotating to scoop up a coin in the coin receiver, a sorting plate provided with a coin hole having a size that makes it possible for a coin of a maximum size scooped up by the rotating plate to pass therethrough, and a large foreign object hole located on a downstream side of the coin hole in a rotation direction of the rotating plate and larger than the coin of the maximum size, a receiving passage connected to the coin hole of the sorting plate, and a discharge passage connected to the large foreign object hole of the sorting plate.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.