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Coin processing apparatus

  • US 10,643,419 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2017
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A coin processing apparatus configured to:

  • cause a coin output conveyer to collectively convey coins taken out for each denomination from a plurality of coin containers where the coins are housed in the respective coin containers for each denomination; and

    dispense the conveyed coins through a coin output chute directly to a coin output port, the coin output chute being downwardly inclined so the coins are gravitationally conveyed to the coin output port and the coin output chute having a front side to contact the coins, the coin processing apparatus comprising;

    a plurality of coin stay detecting sensors provided on the coin output chute in between the plurality of coin containers and the coin output port, the plurality of coin stay detecting sensors being configured to detect a coin stay on a chute face of the coin output chute on an upstream side of the coin output port, the coin output chute being directly connected to the coin output port, a first coin detecting sensor of the coin stay detecting sensors being provided on an upstream side of the coin output chute that is directly connected to the coin output port, a second coin detecting sensor of the plurality of coin stay detecting sensors being provided on a downstream side of the coin output chute, and a third detecting sensor of the plurality of coin stay detecting sensors being provided between the first detecting sensor and the second detecting sensor, the first detecting sensor, the second detecting sensor, and the third detecting sensor are each provided on a back side of the coin output chute, the plurality of coin stay detecting sensors being magnetic coil sensors;

    an output configured to perform a report output for a coin stay abnormality; and

    a controller configured to;

    cause the output to perform the report output for the coin stay abnormality in the coin output chute when the coin stay detecting sensors detect the coin stay on the chute face,when the coin stay detecting sensors detect the coin stay on the chute face during a dispensing operation, cause the coin output conveyer to perform a retry operation by a forward conveyance and a backward conveyance, andwhen a state of the coin stay on the chute face continues after an end of the retry operation, cause the output to perform the report output for the coin stay abnormality in the coin output chute.

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