Coin processing device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux
InventorsTakashi Ono, Kenji Nakajima, Shinichi Kosugi, Mitsugu Mikami
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Abstract
A coin detaining portion for temporarily detaining inserted coins passing through a coin sorting passage is situated adjacent to the denomination separating portion situated at the farthest upstream location of the coin sorting passage having arranged therein a plurality of denomination separating portions for separating inserted coins identified as genuine into different coin passages on the basis of their denomination.
Claims5
A coin processing device comprising:
- a plurality of denomination separating portions arranged in a coin sorting passage, for separating an inserted coin identified as genuine into different coin passages based on a denomination of the coin;
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- a coin detaining portion arranged in the coin sorting passage, for temporarily detaining the coin moving in one direction along the different coin sorting passages, and then releasing the temporal detention of the coin to allow the coin to immediately move forward in at least the one direction, and
- wherein the coin detaining portion is situated adjacent to one of the plurality of denomination separating portions arranged in the coin passages, the one of the denomination separating portions being situated at a farther upstream location than any other denomination separating portions.
A coin processing device comprising a coin sorting passage in which are arranged a plurality of denomination separating portions for separating inserted coins identified as genuine into different coin passages based on their denomination, and a coin detaining portion for temporarily detaining the inserted coins passing through the coin sorting passages,
- wherein the coin detaining portion is situated adjacent to one of the plurality of denomination separating portions arranged in the coin sorting passages, the one of the denomination separating portions being situated at a farther upstream location than any other denomination separating portions, and
- wherein the denomination separating portion situated at the farthest upstream location in the coin sorting passage is a protrudable/retractable lever of “L” configuration viewed overall from a front, comprising a first gate that opens/closes sideways and a second gate that opens/closes a bottom side;
- and the coin detaining portion is protrudably/retractably situated adjacent to the first gate, and the coin detaining portion and the second gate are protruded in order to temporarily hold an inserted coin by engaging the coin therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.