Coin assorter and coin inputting device
AssigneeGlory Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYushi Hino, Masaharu Tochio, Daisuke Hoshino
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Abstract
A coin sorting apparatus (S) has a presorting unit (A) and two main sorting units (B1, B2). The presorting unit (A) sorts mixed coins into three groups (large coin group, medium coin group, small coin group). The main sorting units (B1, B2) sort by denomination coins of the two groups (medium coin group, small coin group) among the three groups of coins broadly sorted by the presorting unit (A). Thus, the number of denominations to be dealt with by a single sorting operation can be reduced.
Claims11
A coin sorting apparatus for sorting coins of at least three denominations, comprising:
- a presorting mechanism for broadly sorting the coins by size into those of at least two groups;
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- a pair of main sorting lines for sorting by denomination the coins of the respective groups sorted by the presorting mechanism,
- the pair of main sorting lines being disposed substantially parallel to each other across the presorting mechanism.
A coin receiving system for sorting coins of at least three denominations and executing a money receiving management for the coins, the coin receiving system comprising:
- presorting means for broadly sorting the coins by size into those of at least two groups;
- coin identifying means for identifying the coins of each of the groups formed by broadly sorting the coins by the presorting means;
- rejecting means for rejecting coins that could not be identified by the coin identifying means,
- main sorting means for sorting, by denomination, the coins of the respective groups identified by the coin identifying means;
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- money receiving means for counting the amount of money represented by the coins identified by the coin identifying means, to receive the money.
A coin sorting apparatus for sorting coins of a least three denominations, comprising:
- a presorting mechanism to broadly sort coins by size into those of at least two groups;
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- a pair of main sorting lines to sort by denomination the coins of the at least two groups sorted by the presorting mechanism, the pair of main sorting lines being disposed substantially parallel to each other with the presorting mechanism disposed between the pair of main sorting lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.