Method for terminating coin sorting using pressureless exit channels and immediate stopping

A method for terminating the sorting of coins by a stationary sorting head having a lower surface and a rotatable disc having a first surface, said sorting head and said rotatable disc mounted with their surfaces parallel to and in close proximity with one another, said method comprising the steps of:

• rotating said coins on said rotatable disc;
• outwardly guiding the coins along a single file circumferential sorting path in the region between said sorting head and said rotating disc so as to position the inner edge of each coin denomination at a unique radial position in said region;
• intercepting each denomination at its unique radial position and releasing each denomination from a pressure engagement within an exit channel for each denomination to permit each coin to move outwardly within said exit channel and discharging that denomination from said region through said exit channel located along the periphery of the stationary disc for each denomination;
• sensing and separately counting the coins of each denomination as they are discharged from said exit channels to determine when a predetermined count of a selected coin denomination is reached;
• and;
• immediately stopping the rotation of the rotating disc in response to said predetermined count while continuing the movement of coins along said sorting path and said exit channels during the stopping of said disc.

A method for terminating the sorting of coins by a stationary sorting head having a lower surface and a rotatable disc having a first surface, said sorting head and said rotatable disc mounted with their surfaces parallel to and in close proximity with one another, said method comprising the steps of:

• rotating said coins on said rotatable disc;
• outwardly guiding the coins along a single file circumferential sorting path in the region between said sorting head and said rotating disc so as to position the inner edge of each coin denomination at a unique radial position in said region;
• intercepting each denomination at its unique radial position and releasing each denomination from a pressure engagement within an exit channel for each denomination to permit each coin to move outwardly within said exit channel and discharging that denomination from said region through said exit channel located along the periphery of the stationary disc for each denomination;
• sensing and separately counting the coins of each denomination as they are discharged from said exit channels to determine when a predetermined count of a selected coin denomination is reached;
• and;
• immediately stopping the rotation of the rotating disc in response to said predetermined count without interrupting the movement of coins along said sorting path and said exit channels during the stopping of said disc.