224results about "Coin counters" patented technology

The present invention provides a coin arranging / conveying apparatus that is capable of reliably conveying coins one at a time into a coin passage unit even if there is such a great difference in diameter or thickness of coins. A first gate portion is defined by a separation roller, an arranging / conveying surface of an arranging / conveying belt, and a movable roller. The movable roller faces the underside of the arranging / conveying surface of the arranging / conveying belt. A second gate portion is defined by a coin passage upstream end roller, and the portion of a transfer belt wrapped around the coin passage upstream end roller. Coins are arranged in a single layer in single file by means of the first gate portion, as well as the second gate portion.

A coin receive unit (100, 200) is provided for collecting and sorting coins comprising: an inclined track (120, 220), one or more transport arms (130, 230), an input zone, and a coin processing unit. The inclined track (120, 220) includes an elongate upper portion (120b, 220b) and an elongate lower portion (120a, 220a) connected by first and second curved portions to form a continuous coin transport path. Each transport arm (130, 230) is positioned orthogonally across the inclined track (120, 220) and configured to move around the track (120, 220). The input zone is configured to feed coins to a coin collection location along the transport path, and the coin processing unit, located along the transport path, is for analysing and sorting the coins. The transport arms (130, 230) are configured to transport coins received from the coin collection location around a portion of the coin transport path towards the coin processing unit and divert excess coins being transported by each transport arm (130, 230) away from the transport path and towards the coin collection location. Therefore, each transport arm is (130, 230) configured to provide no more than one coin to the coin processing unit during each circulation of the inclined track (120, 220).

In an exchange device for gaming chip and cash currency, the gaming chip has a color or indication of value on its external surface, the exchange device comprises: a cash currency insertion opening; a cash currency reading section for obtaining authenticity information and currency information of the cash currency inserted from the cash currency insertion opening; an inserted cash currency amount display section configured to display the amount of the cash currency acquired by the cash currency reading section; a gaming chip storage section configured to store the gaming chips by type; a gaming chip dispensing section configured to dispense the gaming chips corresponding to the amount of the cash currency acquired by the cash currency reading section from the gaming chip storing section; a take-out section in which the paid out gaming chips are placed; and a user recognition section configured to recognize a person wishing exchange.

[Problem] To provide an article supply device that has improved convenience and can easily handle changes in product pricing. [Solution] An article supply device 1 comprises: an insertion part 5 into which coins C can be inserted; a first retention part 25a and a second retention part 25b which are capable of retaining the inserted coins C; and a distribution part 26 which is provided between the insertion part 5 and the first retention part 25a / second retention part 25b and is capable of distributing the transfer destination for the coins. The first retention part 25a and the second retention part 25b include a setting part 28 capable of setting the number of coins that can be retained in each of the retention parts. The distribution part 26 is configured so as to, using the fact that a set number of coins are being retained in the first retention part 25a, perform distribution such that the coins inserted thereafter are retained in the second retention part 25b.

A coin conveyance device that feeds multiple coins stored in a storage container one by one and conveys the fed coin upward uses rotating bodies including pushing bodies for pushing a coin. The pushing bodies which are arranged opposed to each other about the center of rotation of each rotating body each include: a metallic pin that comes into contact with a coin; and a resin-made support protrusion that supports the pin. The support protrusion includes a concave portion corresponding to the shape of the circumferential surface of the pin. The pin is inserted into a pin hole adjacent to the support protrusion, and its side surface is supported by the concave portion of the support protrusion. A force applied when the pin pushes the coin is received by the support protrusion, whereby the durability of the pushing body is improved.

A money handling apparatus includes a banknote handling assembly, a coin handling assembly, and a first operation surface having a banknote inlet portion, a banknote outlet portion, a coin inlet portion, and a coin outlet portion and facing a front direction in a front-back direction of the money handling apparatus. The banknote inlet portion and the coin inlet portion are aligned and the banknote outlet portion and the coin outlet portion are aligned in a right-left direction of the money handling apparatus, which is perpendicular to the front-back direction. The banknote inlet portion and the banknote outlet portion overlap and the coin inlet portion and the coin outlet portion overlap in the up-down direction of the money handling apparatus, which is perpendicular to the right-left direction and perpendicular to the front-back direction.

A coin conveyance device that feeds multiple coins stored in a storage container one by one and conveys the fed coin upward uses rotating bodies including pushing bodies for pushing a coin. The pushing bodies which are arranged opposed to each other about the center of rotation of each rotating body each include: a metallic pin that comes into contact with a coin; and a resin-made support protrusion that supports the pin. The support protrusion includes a concave portion corresponding to the shape of the circumferential surface of the pin. The pin is inserted into a pin hole adjacent to the support protrusion, and its side surface is supported by the concave portion of the support protrusion. A force applied when the pin pushes the coin is received by the support protrusion, whereby the durability of the pushing body is improved.

The present invention provides a coin processing device (100) comprising: a separation unit (110) for receiving coins or game coins and sending out the coins or game coins one by one at intervals; and a sorting unit (120) which, while receiving the coins or the game coins one by one from the separating unit and moving the coins or the game coins along an arc, determines the type of the coins or the game coins, and guides the coins or the game coins to the path for each type.

Provided is a coin processing device (100) comprising: a handling unit (120) for receiving a plurality of coins (10) and sending out the coins one by one at intervals; a sorting unit (130) for receiving the coins one by one from the handling unit, determining the types of the coins, and guiding the coins to paths by type; a storage unit (150) for storing the coins by type; and a bucket (160) for sending out the coins discharged from the storage unit to a discharge tray (165). The coins rejected by the sorting unit are discharged to the discharge tray via the bucket.

To provide a medium delivery device that is convenient for an operator.SOLUTION: A medium delivery device 100 includes a bankbook cassette 131 as a plurality of storage units for storing media, a carrier 124 for delivering the media from the storage units and taking the media therein, and a control unit 128. Each of the storage units has a press plate 132 for pressing the media onto the carrier 124 side by means of an elastic force. The carrier 124 has a delivery roller 4 and moving means for moving the delivery roller 4 in a direction to push the media in against the elastic force. The control unit 128 has information on a reference position that serves as a reference for the delivery roller 4 when delivering the media and information on an adjustment position that serves as a reference for the location adjustment of the delivery roller. The control unit 128 calculates a corrective value for each storage unit through a positional adjustment operation based on the adjustment position and calculates the delivery position of the delivery roller 4 for each of the storage units at the time of delivery on the basis of the reference position and the corrective value.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To provide an article supply device with which a change in article prices can be easily responded and the convenience is improved.SOLUTION: Provided is an article supply device 1 comprising: an insertion unit 5 into which a coin C can be inserted; a first holding unit 25a and a second holding unit 25b capable of holding the inserted coin C; and an allocation unit 26 provided between the load unit 5 and the first and second holding units 25a, 25b and capable of allocating coin movement destinations. The first and second holding units 25a, 25b each include a setting unit 28 capable of setting the number of coins that can be held. The allocation unit 26 is configured to be capable of allocating, on condition that the set number of coins are held in the first holding unit 25a, the coins inserted thereafter to be held in the second holding unit 25b.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

The invention relates to a coin accelerator for a coin-operated vending machine, comprising an electromechanical drive for conveying a coin into a coin-processing or coin-forwarding device which is located higher than the coin accelerator, the electromechanical drive having a coin-accelerating lever which is movably disposed in a coin channel delimited by two mutually spaced wall elements. A double flap which at least partially covers the coin channel is hinged to one of the wall elements and is a part of the wall element, the double flap comprising a main flap and a movable flap which is movable or slidable relative to the main flap via a double joint (6), the movable flap forming, in the idle state, a guide edge delimiting the coin channel.

A money handling apparatus includes a banknote handling assembly, a coin handling assembly, and a first operation surface having a banknote inlet portion, a banknote outlet portion, a coin inlet portion, and a coin outlet portion and facing a front direction in a front-back direction of the money handling apparatus. The banknote inlet portion and the coin inlet portion are aligned and the banknote outlet portion and the coin outlet portion are aligned in a right-left direction of the money handling apparatus, which is perpendicular to the front-back direction. The banknote inlet portion and the banknote outlet portion overlap and the coin inlet portion and the coin outlet portion overlap in the up-down direction of the money handling apparatus, which is perpendicular to the right-left direction and perpendicular to the front-back direction.

The invention provides a novel substitute currency tray system for gaming. The novel substitute currency tray system for gaming comprises a substitute currency tray for gaming, wherein the substitute currency tray is used for accommodating substitute currency for gaming and is of a double-layer tray structure. A substitute currency tray system for gaming is provided with: a double-layer tray comprising a lower-layer tray (172) and an upper-layer tray (171) superimposed on the lower-layer tray, the double-layer tray housing a substitute currency (120) for gaming provided with an RF tag (125), the RF tag (125) storing tag information; a camera (2) that captures an image of the substitute money (120) for gaming housed in the upper tray (171) and acquires tray image data; an RFID reader (170) that reads tag information from the RF tag (125) of the substitute currency (120) for gaming housed in the lower tray (172); and a game recording device (11) for recording the tray image data and / or the image analysis result of the tray image data for the substitute money (120) for gaming accommodated in the upper tray (171), and recording the tag information read by the RFID reading device (170) for the substitute money (120) for gaming accommodated in the lower tray (171).

In an exchange device (1) for gaming chip (G) and cash currency (C) of the present invention, the gaming chip (G) has a color or indication of value on its external surface, the exchange device comprises: a cash currency insertion opening (211); a cash currency reading section (2160) for obtaining authenticity information and currency information of the cash currency inserted from the cash currency insertion opening (211); an inserted cash currency amount display section (232) configured to display the amount of the cash currency acquired by the cash currency reading section (2160); a gaming chip storage section (215) configured to store the gaming chips (G) by type; a gaming chip dispensing section (216) configured to dispense the gaming chips (G) corresponding to the amount of the cash currency acquired by the cash currency reading section (2160) from the gaming chip storing section (215); a take-out section (217) in which the paid out gaming chips (G) are placed; and a user recognition section (22) configured to recognize a person wishing exchange.

A coin processing device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with: a conveyance unit that conveys coins along a conveyance path; a delivery unit that delivers the coins to the conveyance path; a return passage that is a part of the conveyance path, and that returns the conveyed coins to the delivery unit; and an openable / closable shutter that is provided in the return passage. The return passage and the shutter in the closed state constitute a storage part for storing the coins.

To provide improvements to donation receiving devices or to at least provide an alternative.SOLUTION: A donation receiving device 100 has a denomination discriminator connected to a storage area. The denomination discriminator has at least one sensor for sensing at least one physical characteristic of currency passing therethrough. A device controller interfaces a mobile communication device interface and the denomination discriminator. In use, the device controller establishes communication with the mobile communication device, detects a denomination using the at least one physical characteristic, and transmits the denomination to the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device may execute an application controller which displays a graphical user interface on a digital display thereof which can display the denomination.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

There is provided an electronic lock and a method for operating an electronic lock. The method including: receiving an electronic key fob in a power receptacle of the electronic lock to power electrical components of the electronic lock from a stored power source on the electronic key fob; communicating an encrypted verification message to the electronic key fob from the electronic lock, the encrypted verification message is decrypted by the electronic key fob using a decryption key stored by the electronic key fob; receiving a response from the electronic key fob by the electronic lock, the response includes the decrypted verification message; verifying the response by the electronic lock to determine whether access is to be granted to the electronic lock; and granting access where the response is verified.

A double-layer game coin tray system for use in a game table and storing game coins having built-in RFID tags, the double-layer game coin tray system comprising: a lower tray storing the game coins; an upper tray, wherein the upper tray is stacked on the lower tray; and one or more RFID readers that determine the game coins stored in the upper tray and the lower tray, respectively, by reading the RFID tags of the game coins stored in the upper tray and the lower tray using at least one RFID antenna.

A coin storage device according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a pair of side walls at least one of which is disposed in a tilted manner such that a distance between the side walls decreases as the side walls extends downward; and a transport mechanism disposed between the pair of side walls and configured to form a storage space configured to store a coin together with the pair of side walls. The transport mechanism comprises a first transport and a second transport, the first transport being disposed at a bottom portion of the storage space and configured to transport the coin toward a transport direction that is approximately horizontal and does not intersect the side wall, the second transport being configured to transport the coin substantially upward from the first transport.

A money handling apparatus comprises a housing, a first cassette attachment unit and a second cassette attachment unit that are provided in the housing; a first transport unit that performs a depositing processing to deposit money from a first cassette, attached to the first cassette attachment unit, into the housing; a second transport unit that performs a dispensing processing to dispense money from the housing as a change fund into a second cassette that is attached to the second cassette attachment unit; and processing circuitry configured to control the first transport unit and control the second transport unit such that the dispensing processing of the change fund is performed before the depositing processing of the money.

[Problem] To provide an article supply device that is protected against the use of counterfeit coins. [Solution] An article supply device 1 comprises a feed section 5 into which both legitimate and counterfeit coins can be fed; a passage section 20a along which coins fed from the feed section 5 can move; and an attraction section 23 within the passage section 20a that is incapable of attracting legitimate coins and capable of attracting counterfeit coins, wherein the attraction section 23 is provided as a component of the passage section 20a. The attraction section 23, which is capable of attracting only counterfeit coins within the passage section 20a along which inserted coins pass, is provided on a flat surface with no unevenness or the like in a sidewall section as a component of the passage section 20a and part of the sidewall section of the passage 20a. With this arrangement, a coin-feeding mechanism that functions consistently without interfering with legitimate coin currency can be provided.

A coin hopper for dispensing coins comprises a container (110, fig 2) for holding a plurality of coins, an exit channel (120, fig 2) for outputting said coins, and a dispensing unit. The dispensing unit includes a rotatable transport plate 130 located between the container and the exit channel. The transport plate comprises a plurality of coin pockets 132 for receiving a dispensed coin from the container. Rotation of the transport plate transports the dispensed coin from the container to the exit channel. The plurality of coin pockets includes a first coin pocket configured to receive a coin of a first size and a second coin pocket configured to receive a coin of a second size. The dispensing unit further comprises a cover 140 adjustably connected to the transport plate for selectively covering a portion of the transport plate. The cover is movable between a first configuration in which the first coin pocket is exposed to the container and the second coin pocket is blocked from the container by the cover, and a second configuration in which the first coin pocket is blocked from the container by the cover and the second coin pocket is exposed to the container.

In order to provide a money handling system to divert money among plural apparatuses, the money handling system is provided with: a money handling apparatus configured to perform a dispensing process of discharging money stored in a storage unit to outside the apparatus; a depositing apparatus configured to receive deposited money, store money of predetermined denominations for which a quantity of money of each denomination is set in advance for replenishing the money handling apparatus in a replenishment container, and store money other than the predetermined money for replenishing the money handling apparatus in a normal container; and a management apparatus configured to notify information on replenishment work for replenishing the money handling apparatus with money in the replenishment container.

A coin sorter unit for sorting coins being transported along a transport path is provided. The coin sorter unit comprises: a sensor for detecting a position of one or more coins on the transport path, one or more exit channels for receiving the one or more coins from the transport path, a pre-sorting flap pivotably mounted at a pre-sorting pivot axis and configured to pivot towards a receive portion of a channel between the transport path and the one or more exit channels in a closed configuration, and away from the receive portion in an open configuration and a closed configuration to selectively open and close the channel between the transport path and the one or more exit channels, and a controller for operating the pre-sorting flap. The controller is configured to operate the pre-sorting flap to selectively divert the one or more coins from the transport path towards the one or more exit channels based on a classification of each coin and the sensed position of the coin. The pre-sorting flap is configured to move into the closed configuration under a closing force, wherein the closing force is configured to permit a coin in contact with the pre-sorting flap and the receive portion to fall towards the one or more exit channels.

The present invention provides a coin-processing device (100) comprising a sorting unit (110) for receiving coins or medals and sending them out at intervals one at a time. The sorting unit includes: a rotating member (113) in which a plurality of hole units (113X, 113X) having at least one coin or medal positioned therein are formed at intervals; projections (114) for guiding the coin or the medal to the outlet (112X) of the sorting unit, said projections (114) being disposed below the rotating member; and shutters (215, 115) that are biased in the outlet-closing direction, and are pushed away by coins or medals guided by the projections.

To make it possible to easily notice a mistake when a coin bar is wrongly stored.SOLUTION: A coin bar storage device includes a coin bar storage unit provided with a plurality of coin bar storage spaces in rows for storing the coin bar in an erected state, and a rib provided near an upper end of the coin bar storage space and on an upper surface of the coin bar storage unit. A length in a vertical direction from a lower end of the coin bar storage space to an upper end thereof is shorter than a length in a longitudinal direction of the corresponding coin bar stored in the coin bar storage space. A height of the rib corresponds to a height of the coin bar in a state where the corresponding coin bar is stored in the coin bar storage space.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

A coin storage device according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a pair of side walls at least one of which is disposed in a tilted manner such that a distance between the side walls decreases as the side walls extends downward; and a transport mechanism disposed between the pair of side walls and configured to form a storage space configured to store a coin together with the pair of side walls. The transport mechanism comprises a first transport unit and a second transport unit, the first transport unit being disposed at a bottom portion of the storage space and configured to transport the coin toward a transport direction that is approximately horizontal and does not intersect the side wall, the second transport unit being configured to transport the coin substantially upward from the first transport unit.