Laurel Bank Machines Company, Ltd.

Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd.

Laurel Bank Machines Cp., Ltd.

Katsuyuki Miyamoto

Masamichi Ozeki

Mitsumasa Tsuruda

Mamoru Takasaki

Tomonari Sakurai

Shoichi Uda

Nobushige Horiguchi

Yoshio Oikawa

Katusuke Furuya

Syouichi Uda

A coin wrapping machine includes a coin denomination selecting device for selecting the denomination of coins to be wrapped, a coin discrimination and counter device for discriminating and counting the coins to be wrapped, a coin stacking device for stacking a predetermined number of coins, a coin wrapping device for wrapping a wrapping paper around the stacked coins and crimping both ends of the wrapping paper, and a speed setting device for setting the operating speed of wrapping rollers to a predetermined speed and setting the moving speed of a crimping device to a predetermined speed.

Coin wrapping machine

A coin processing machine comprises a rotatable disk receiving deposited coins and feeding out the received coins to a coin sorting passage by a centrifugal force produced by rotation thereof. The coin sorting passage has a pair of guide members. The denomination of coins to be processed is selected, and the coins which are fed out to the coin sorting passage are processed in accordance with the denomination selected. The coin processing machine further comprises data storage of data concerning the denomination of coins to be processed. The coin data is input into the data storage. A controller reads out the coin data from the data storage in accordance with the denomination selected so as to control the coin processing.

Coin processing machine

A coin stacker for stacking coins to be wrapped includes a pair of stacking blocks each being movable relative to the other perpendicular to a vertical plane including the center line of a coin sorting passage for passing coins of a predetermined denomination therethrough. The first stacking block includes a first inner wall section lying at an angle X to the direction in which the coin sorting passage extends and a second inner wall section lying at an angle -X to the vertical plane including the center line of the coin sorting passage. The second inner wall section is higher than the first inner wall section in the direction in which the coins are stacked. The second stacking block includes a first inner wall section and a second inner wall section. The first inner wall section thereof and the first inner wall section of the first stacking block are formed symmetrically with respect to the center line of the coin sorting passage, and the second inner wall section thereof and the second inner wall section of the first stacking block are formed symmetrically with respect to the center line of the coin sorting passage. The second inner wall section thereof is higher than the first inner wall section thereof in the direction in which the coins are stacked.

A coin handling machine includes a rotatable disk for receiving deposited coins and feeding out the received coins to a coin sorting passage by the centrifugal force produced by rotation thereof, the coin sorting passage having a pair of guide members for passing only coins of a denomination to be handled therethrough, a denomination selector for selecting the denomination of coins to be handled and passage width adjusting cams for adjusting the spacing between the pair of guide members of the coin sorting passage in accordance with the denomination selected by the denomination selector, the passage width adjusting cams including first and second cams having different cam profiles, a motor for rotating the first cam and the second cam and a controller for controlling the motor, the controller being adapted for selectively transmitting a driving force of the motor to the first cam or the second cam, thereby adjusting the spacing of the pair of guide members of the coin sorting passage so as to coincide with coins of the denomination selected by the denomination selector. The thus constituted coin handling machine can accurately adjust the width of the coin sorting passage so as to coincide with various coins having diameters widely differing from each other with a mechanism of simple structure.

Coin handling machine

A coin wrapping machine includes a coin stacking device for stacking coins. A coin support post receives the stacked coins at a post waiting position immediately below the coin stacking device and supports them on a upper surface thereof. A coin wrapping device includes a plurality of wrapping rollers for winding a wrapping film around the stacked coins and produces a wrapped coin roll. A support post moving mechanism moves the coin support post between the post waiting position, a post wrapping position where the supported coins can be wrapped by the coin wrapping device, and a post retracted position where the coin support post is retracted from between the wrapping rollers. A mode selector selects a counting mode which causes the coin wrapping machine to only count coins or a wrapping mode which causes it to count and wrap coins. When the mode selector is used to select the wrapping mode, the support post moving mechanism lowers the coin support post by a distance substantially corresponding to the thickness of one coin each time the coin support post receives a coin during the period between the time that the coin stacking device stacks coins in a number that is smaller than a predetermined number to be wrapped in one wrapped coin roll and the time that the coin support post receives the predetermined number of coins. The thus constituted coin wrapping machine can be made compact and can prevent coin jamming with a mechanism of simple structure and can wrap coins in a desired manner.

An unacceptable coin removing apparatus for a coin handling machine having a rotatable disk for receiving deposited coins, an annular guide provided on the periphery of the rotatable disk and formed with an opening, a coin sorting passage connected to the opening downstream thereof, a pair of guide plates provided for the coin sorting passage, the space between the pair of guide plates being adjustable and the pair of guide plates being capable of supporting a predetermined denomination of coins in accordance with the space therebetween, a coin collecting opening provided below the pair of guide plates, a coin transporting belt provided in the coin sorting passage for transporting coins by contacting the upper faces of coins in the coin sorting passage, a drive motor for driving the rotatable disk and the coin transporting belt and a sensor provided downstream of the coin collecting opening in the coin sorting passage for detecting the characteristics of the coins, the unacceptable coin removing apparatus further including a first stopper provided downstream of the sensor in the coin sorting passage and capable of preventing coins from being further transported, a second stopper provided downstream of the first stopper in the coin sorting passage and capable of preventing coins from being further transported, and a controller for judging based upon signals input from the sensor whether each coin is acceptable or not. This unacceptable coin removing apparatus can remove unacceptable coins using a simple structure and enables the coin handling machine to be made compact.

Unacceptable coin removing apparatus for coin handling machine

A coin stacking apparatus for a coin handling machine including a pair of stacking drums, outer peripheries thereof being formed with spiral guides which extend in the opposite directions to each other and in phase and a pulse motor for intermittently rotating the pair of stacking drums so that the spiral guides are intermittently lowered, the coin stacking apparatus being intended to enable the spiral guides to support and stack coins on an upper face thereof, the coin stacking apparatus further including a controller for outputting pulse signals to the pulse motor, thereby to drive it, a reference data memory for storing reference signals to be output from the controller to the pulse motor in accordance with coin denominations and a coin detector provided above the pair of stacking drums for detecting whether or not the coin is accommodated between the pair of stacking drums by detecting whether or not the coin contacts the coin detector, the controller outputting a correction pulse signal to the pulse motor thereby to drive it, when the controller judges based upon a detection signal detected by the coin detector after it outputs the reference pulse signal to the pulse motor that the coin has not been accommodated between the pair of stacking drums. This coin stacking apparatus can prevent coins from jamming therein.

Coin stacking apparatus

A detecting apparatus for detecting discrepancy in number of stacked coins provided for a coin wrapping machine including wrapping rollers for winding a wrapping film having a larger width than the height of stacked coins around stacked coins of a predetermined number so that there remain crimp regions crimpable above and below the stacked coins and an upper crimp claw and a lower crimp claw movable in the vertical direction, the upper crimp claw and the lower crimp claw being for crimping the crimp regions of the wrapping film by being moved toward each other and holding the stacked coins therebetween, the detecting apparatus for detecting discrepancy in number of stacked coins further including an upper arm for supporting the upper crimp claw, a lower arm for supporting the lower crimp claw, a rack extending vertically and fixed to one of the upper arm and the lower arm, a pinion rotatably mounted on the other of the upper and lower arms and engageable with the rack, an absolute type rotary encoder connected to the pinion for outputting absolute position data in accordance with the position of rotation thereof, and a detector for detecting any discrepancy in the number of the stacked coins by calculating the sum of distances traveled by the upper and lower crimp claws based upon the absolute position data output from the rotary encoder. The thus constituted detecting apparatus can detect discrepancies in the number of the stacked coins with high accuracy.

Detecting apparatus for detecting discrepancy in number of stacked coins

A wrapping-paper feeding apparatus for use in a coin wrapper includes a paper feeding roller for drawing wrapping paper out of a wrapping-paper storage portion, wrapping rollers for wrapping the wrapping-paper fed out of the paper feeding roller around accumulated coins and a cutter disposed between the paper feeding roller and the wrapping rollers. A paper cutting roller is disposed between the paper feeding roller and the wrapping rollers to impart tension to the wrapping paper so as to cut the wrapping paper by the cutter.

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Kawaguchi, Japan

Katsuyuki Miyamoto