Module and apparatus
AssigneeScan Coin AB
InventorsJerry Karlsson, Peter Gillstedt, Markus Jonasson, Robert Gustavsson
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a coin counting and sorting module comprising: a coin sorter; a coin bowl having an inner surface comprising a rotating surface adapted for being rotated when the module is in operation; a coin sensor for detecting and removing counterfeit coins; a coin separating rail knife for receiving coins one by one; an inclined rail block; and an anti-bounce block rigidly fastened to the inclined rail block by a finite number of fastening elements. This disclosure also provides a coin handling apparatus comprising such a coin counting and sorting module.
Claims17
A coin counting and sorting module comprising:
- a coin sorter wherein coins to be sorted are transported by a rotary disc along a circular sorting path across a series of openings of increasing size, said coin sorter having a resilient rim for engaging coins;
- a coin bowl for receiving a deposited mass of coins to be sorted, said coin bowl having an inner surface intended to be in contact with the coins to be sorted, the inner surface comprising a rotating surface adapted for being rotated when the module is in operation;
- a coin sensor for detecting and removing counterfeit coins;
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- a coin separating rail knife for receiving coins one by one at a first end thereof from the rotating surface and for guiding the coins past the coin sensor;
- characterized in that the coin counting and sorting module also comprises
- an inclined rail block for receiving accepted coins from a second end of the coin separating rail knife and forwarding these coins to the coin sorter, said inclined rail block having a first rail block end and a second rail block end downstream from the first rail block end;
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- an anti-bounce block fastened to the inclined rail block proximate the second rail block end, wherein the anti-bounce block is positioned such that the resilient rim may engage an accepted coin while the coin is in abutment with the anti-bounce block.
A coin handling apparatus comprising a coin counting and sorting module, which coin counting and sorting module comprises:
- a coin sorter wherein coins to be sorted are transported by a rotary disc along a circular sorting path across a series of openings of increasing size, said coin sorter having a resilient rim for engaging coins;
- a coin bowl for receiving a deposited mass of coins to be sorted, said coin bowl having an inner surface intended to be in contact with the coins to be sorted, the inner surface comprising a rotating surface adapted for being rotated when the module is in operation;
- a coin sensor for detecting and removing counterfeit coins;
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- a coin separating rail knife for receiving coins one by one at a first end thereof from the rotating surface and for guiding the coins past the coin sensor;
- characterized in that the coin counting and sorting module also comprises
- an inclined rail block for receiving accepted coins from a second end of the coin separating rail knife and forwarding these coins to the coin sorter, said inclined rail block having a first rail block end and a second rail block end downstream from the first rail block end;
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- an anti-bounce block fastened to the inclined rail block proximate the second rail block end, wherein the anti-bounce block is positioned such that the resilient rim may engage an accepted coin while the coin is in abutment with the anti-bounce block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.