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Coin sorting apparatus

  • US 6,991,530 B2
  • Filed: 07/07/2004
  • Issued: 01/31/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A coin sorting apparatus comprising:

  • a passage member having a substantially horizontal passage surface and provided with an ejecting hole;

    a guide member extended on the passage surface of the passage member to guide coins along the passage surface from the upstream side toward the downstream side of the passage member;

    a conveyor belt extended so as to hold coins together with the passage surface of the passage member to convey coins along the guide member from an upstream side toward a downstream side of the passage member; and

    a support roller disposed under the ejecting hole opposite to the conveyor belt;

    wherein the ejecting hole of the passage member is contiguous with the guide member and has a guiding side wall extending obliquely away from the guide member toward the downstream side of the passage member, andthe support roller is adapted to be turned between a coin-passing position where the upper end thereof is at a level not lower than that of the upper edge of the guiding side wall, and a coin-ejecting position where the upper end thereof is at a level lower than that of the upper edge of the guiding side wall.

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