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US 8,172,068 B2Granted
Coin slope
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshihiro Kaneko
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Abstract
A sloping surface slopes downward. Longwise ribs are provided to be adjacent to each other on the sloping surface. The longwise ribs extend from an upper area of the sloping surface to a lower area of the sloping surface. A diagonal rib diagonally crosses a direction orthogonal to a direction of a gravitational force on the sloping surface. The diagonal rib is not taller than the longwise rib.
Claims8
A coin slope, comprising:
- a sloping surface which slopes downward;
- longwise ribs which are provided on the sloping surface, the longwise ribs being adjacent to each other and extending from an upper area of the sloping surface to a lower area of the sloping surface;
- and
- a plurality of interference members, each of the interference members being not taller than the longwise ribs, connecting two adjacent longwise ribs, and comprising a slope surface, a first edge of which is connected to one of the two adjacent longwise ribs and higher in a direction normal to the sloping surface than a second edge of thereof which is connected to another one of the two adjacent longwise ribs, a distance between the first edge and the second edge in the direction normal to the sloping surface being substantially the same for each of the plurality of interference members.
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A method comprising:
- installing a coin ejecting machine which comprises a coin outlet through which a coin is ejected;
- and
- installing a coin slope in a position to which a coin ejected through the coin outlet falls down,
- wherein the coin slope comprises:
- a sloping surface which slopes downward;
- longwise ribs which are provided on the sloping surface, the longwise ribs being adjacent to each other and extending from an upper area of the sloping surface to a lower area of the sloping surface;
- and
- a plurality of interference members, each of the interference members being not taller than the longwise ribs, connecting two adjacent longwise ribs, and comprising a slope surface, a first edge of which is connected to one of the two adjacent longwise ribs and is higher in a direction normal to the sloping surface than a second edge thereof which is connected to another one of the two adjacent longwise ribs, a distance between the first edge and the second edge in the direction normal to the sloping surface being substantially the same for each of the plurality of interference members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.