Laurel Bank Machines Company, Ltd.

Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd.

Laurel Bank Machines Cp., Ltd.

Masamichi Ozeki

Katsuyuki Miyamoto

Mamoru Takasaki

Mitsumasa Tsuruda

Shoichi Uda

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.

Coin wrapping machine

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.

A wrapping paper feeding apparatus for a coin wrapping machine in which a wrapping paper is withdrawn and fed to wrapping rollers by feed roller and stacked coins are wrapped by winding the wrapping paper therearound by use of wrapping rollers, the wrapping paper feeding apparatus including a turntable for holding a wrapping paper roll thereon, a motor for rotating the turntable, a blower disposed between the turntable and the feed roller for blowing air toward the wrapping paper fed out from the wrapping paper roll so as to form the wrapping paper with a loop, a sensor for detecting the loop of the wrapping paper, and a controller for causing the motor to stop rotation of the turntable when the sensor detects the loop of the wrapping paper and causing the motor to rotate the turntable when the sensor does not detect the loop of the wrapping paper. In this wrapping paper feeding apparatus, since the loop is formed by air blown from the blower in a desired manner and the wrapping paper can be fed out from the wrapping paper roll so that the tensile force produced in the wrapping paper between the wrapping paper roll and the feed roller becomes substantially zero, slippage between the wrapping paper roll and the feed roller can be prevented.

Wrapping paper feeding apparatus for coin wrapping machine

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

The width of a coin passageway in a coin handling machine is varied in accordance with the type of coins to be handled. The coin passageway comprises a pivotable rail extending from a guide member and pivotably mounted adjacent to the guide member, and a slide rail formed integrally on a slide bar. The slide bar is slidably inserted into the pivotable rail. A guide roller is formed on the end of the slide bar and engaged with a slide guide so that the sliding movement of the slide bar changes the guide roller from one position to another position and the pivotable rail is pivoted. A passageway width setting cam has a cam face which is adapted to act on the slide rail to move it translationally with the pivotable rail through the bar guide.

Coin passageway in coin handling machine

An apparatus for adjusting a coin passing gap depending on the type of coins to be handled comprises a coin passing unit. The coin passing unit includes a sub-sorting ring and a feed belt, and is mounted about a pivot shaft to be movable between its open and its closed position. The apparatus further comprises lock and guide pins slidably mounted on a machine body. The lock pin is integrally formed on the base of the coin passing unit. At least one of the pins is engaged by a spring. The coin passing unit is supported on the top end of the lock pin. The lock pin is provided at its bottom with a receiving plate which is engaged by a roller on a lever for pivoting of the receiving plate depending on a coin thickness setting cam.

Apparatus for adjusting coin passing gap in coin handling machine

An apparatus for driving a feed belt in a coin handling machine comprises a cover for covering a transmission transmitting drive power to the feed belt. The cover is rotatably mounted about a pivot shaft on the machine body to be movable between its open position and its closed position. A motor on the machine body is positioned so that its output shaft is in alignment with the pivot shaft. A transmission belt is spanned between a drive shaft on the output shaft of the motor and a drive pulley on the driven shaft of the transmission.

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Masamichi Ozeki