Device for counting/sorting coins

Abstract

Around the periphery of a rotary disc which is manually turnable and on which coins are placed, there is formed a generally arcuate coin conveying passage which has a coin intake port. In this coil conveying passage, there are formed a plurality of sorting holes for sorting and dropping coins sequentially in increasing order of diameter from the upstream to the downstream. There is also provided a conveyor belt which has an annular shape when viewed from above and which is turned in synchronism with the rotary disc by intermediate gears, and so as to press and convey the coins. By coin sorting means arranged between the intake port and the sorting hole on the most upstream side for counting the coins passing by and measuring the diameters of the coins, a preset count is detected in a batch processing mode.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a counting and selecting device for coins, which has the following features: if coins as currency in circulation and coin-type game coins used in various game machines are mixed and supplied, Just can select its each type (currency type), and count the total number of the coin type of said selection and the usual counting mode of the quantity (number) of each (such as currency type); and if reach preset number or amount of money By counting the set value, the batch processing mode of the selected job can be temporarily stopped; and the device can switch between the two modes for implementation. Background technique [0002] As the counting selection device of such coins, for example, the following structure is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,992,602: Adjacent configurations provide rotating discs of mixed coins of different types of currencies, and different coin diameters are selected using selection holes. Circumferen...

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[0004] However, in the structure disclosed in the above-mentioned U.S. patent, since the branching mechanism is provided on the outer periphery of the rotating disk or in the outlet passage, there is a problem of increasing the size of the device.

Moreover, there is also the following problem: when a predetermined number of coins are stored in the storage unit, the subsequent coins are once excluded by other storage units, so it takes time to send these coins back to the supply unit. Therefore, fast batch processing (processing of depositing a predetermined number of coins into the storage section) cannot be implemented

[0005] Although in said U.S. Patent No. 5,992,602, it can be considered that the size of the threshold value based on the detection value of the induction coil can be changed and adjusted, and only the coins of the currency types intended to be processed in batches are passed through, and the coins of other currency types are passed. Guided into the drop hole to get rid of, but even if such a structure is adopted, when the coins of other currency types are processed in batches, it is necessary to carry out the operation of sending the removed coins back to the supply part again, and it takes a lot of money. time

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