Device for counting and sorting coins
OwnerFriedrich Heinrichsinventor
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Abstract
A device is provided for counting and sorting coins of various sizes. The coins are supplied from a container for unsorted coins to a guide channel adjacent thereto for guiding the coins individually and successively. The guide channel has a continouus reference edge and a base provided with openings which correspond in size to the sizes of the types of coin. A counter detects coins in the guide channel without contact. Spring loaded levers and/or conveyor belts or the like are provided for mechanically urging the coins against the reference edge.
Claims10
A device for counting and sorting coins of various sizes, comprising a supply container for unsorted coins;
- said supply container having a base in the form of a rotatable disc;
- a guide channel adjacent said supply container for guiding the coins therefrom individually and successively;
- said guide channel being provided with a continuous reference edge and having a base provided with openings which correspond in size to the size of the types of coin;
- a counter for detecting coins in the guide channel without contact;
- at least one lever mounted for pivotal movement about an axis running perpendicular to the direction of travel of the coins in the guide channel;
- and the said lever having a free end which is urged toward the reference edge by a spring.
A device for counting and sorting coins of various sizes, comprising a supply container for unsorted coins;
- a guide channel adjacent thereto for guiding the coins therefrom individually and successively;
- the guide channel being provided with a continuous reference edge and having a base provided with openings which correspond in size to the size of the types of coins;
- a counter for detecting coins in the guide channel without contact;
- said counter including light barrier means operably connected to an electronic counting device;
- said light barrier means comprising a plurality of individual light barriers corresponding to the different types of coin to be counted and a further light barrier for detecting all coins;
- an electronic circuit connected to the light barriers, which circuit comprises a common counter, an evaluating electronic device for the evaluating signals from the light barriers, and a bistable latch which is adapted to be set by a signal from the said further light barrier and reset by a signal from at least one of the other light barriers;
- and means mechanically urging the coins against said reference edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.