Coin discriminator
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Nipponcoinco
InventorsMitsugu Mikami, Kougi Yukimoto, Jun Ishii
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Abstract
A coin discriminator for discriminating good coins from bad coins among a plurality of different types of coins and sorting the coins by denomination has a cradle for selecting the coins in accordance with their diameter, and a swing lever which is urged in a direction toward the space between the two ends of the cradle. The swing lever biases a small coin so as to cause it to pass the space between the two ends of the cradle. A large coin urges the swing lever and is removed from the cradle.
Claims6
A coin discriminator for discriminating good coins from bad coins among a plurality of different types of coins and sorting the coins by denomination, comprising:
- a transfer lever for guiding the different types of coins from a front coin passage of a main plate to a rear coin passage thereof;
- a rear gate mounted in said rear coin passage and pivotal about a pivot pin mounted on said main plate;
- a rear gate stop pivotal about said pivot pin;
- a spring fittedly mounted on said pivot pin for biasing said rear gate stop axially of said pivot pin and for biasing said rear gate and said rear gate stop in opposite directions from each other circumferentially of said pivot pin, said rear gate stop being engaged with a hole formed in said main plate, when said rear gate stop is moved against the axial biasing force of said spring;
- a cradle for selecting the coins in accordance with diameters of the coins;
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- a swing lever swingable towards a space between two ends of said cradle, said swing lever adapted to be urged so that a small coin having a diamete smaller than a distance between said two ends of said cradle to pass between said two ends, and adapted to be pushed away by a large coin to allow said large coin to be removed from said cradle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.