COIN PROCESSING DEVICE
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1. A coin handling apparatus, comprising:
- an arcuate coin track configured to move a coin;
a transport unit comprising a transport disk that rotates about a shaft, the transport disk rotating with pressing an upper surface of the coin by a lower surface of the transport disk so as to move the coin in a single layer and a single file along the coin track;
a sorting unit comprising a plurality of openings provided in the coin track, and configured to sort the coin by making the coin moving along the coin track fall into any of the openings;
a fall detector configured to detect the opening into which the coin has fallen;
a motor configured to allow the transport disk to rotate; and
a controller configured to stop the motor upon determining an occurrence of a transport error of the coin in the coin track, and identify the opening into which the coin has fallen in a period from the stop of the motor to the end of recovery from the transport error based on a detection result of the fall detector.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a coin handling apparatus 1 including: a transport unit 8 including a transport disk which moves a coin along a coin track; sorting units each of which sorts the coin when the coin falls into any of openings; a fall detector which detects the opening into which the coin has fallen; a motor which allows the transport disk to rotate; and a controller (controller) which stops the motor upon determining an occurrence of a transport error in the coin track, and identifies the opening into which the coin has fallen after the stop of the motor and during recovery from the transport error based on a detection result of the fall detector.
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1. A coin handling apparatus, comprising:
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an arcuate coin track configured to move a coin; a transport unit comprising a transport disk that rotates about a shaft, the transport disk rotating with pressing an upper surface of the coin by a lower surface of the transport disk so as to move the coin in a single layer and a single file along the coin track; a sorting unit comprising a plurality of openings provided in the coin track, and configured to sort the coin by making the coin moving along the coin track fall into any of the openings; a fall detector configured to detect the opening into which the coin has fallen; a motor configured to allow the transport disk to rotate; and a controller configured to stop the motor upon determining an occurrence of a transport error of the coin in the coin track, and identify the opening into which the coin has fallen in a period from the stop of the motor to the end of recovery from the transport error based on a detection result of the fall detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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