Medal cleaning apparatus

A medal cleaning apparatus for mixing and jumbling medals and cleaning material, cleaning the medals, separating the medals and the cleaning material and then expelling the medals comprising:

• a transporting pipe, a lower end of said transporting pipe having an inlet for taking-in the medals and the cleaning material and an upper end of said transporting pipe becoming a medal expulsion outlet;
• a spiral member, installed within said transporting pipe, for mixing, jumbling and transporting the medals and the cleaning material;
• a driving mechanism for rotating said spiral member;
• a filter, set up around the upper end of said transporting pipe and extending from one side of the upper end of said transporting pipe;
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• a return pipe for guiding the cleaning material separated at said filter to the lower end of said transporting pipe, wherein said filter is arranged in such a manner as to be inclined downwards in the direction of progress of the medals and the plane of the medal expulsion outlet at the upper end of said transporting pipe is inclined downwards in the direction of expulsion of the medals in such a manner as to follow the incline of said filter.