Scan Coin Ab

Scan Coin Industries Ab

Timothy William Hill

Simon Scott Brown

A hopper coin feeder () comprises upper and lower hopper discs (). A flexible hopper wall () of diabolo shape cooperates with the upper disc () to control the feeding of coins by a coin pushing member () to the outer margin of the disc () where they are gripped between an annular band () and the disc () to be conveyed past a coin discriminator (). Any coins or debris that drop from the edge of upper disc () are caught on the lower disc () and pass to a reject chute () and coin payout cup (). An active coin delivery chute and diverter (), FIG., comprises a reciprocable plate () having a finger () which controls whether a coin fed from the upper disc () passes down the chute or is rejected onto the lower disc (). Coins that pass down the chute enter a bowl () of a double-disc coin conveying assembly () that conveys a coin from the bowl () to a LIFO coin stacks () of a coin storage unit (). Oversize coins that enter the chute can be directed through the bowl (), and through aligned apertures () in the coin conveying discs, to pass into a coin outlet () also leading to the payout cup ().

Coin handling equipment

A coin cleaning device for separating foreign objects from a mass of coins, comprising first and second shelf portions arranged at first and second heights, vibration means for vibrating both the first and second shelf portions to cause coins on said shelf portions to be conveyed along said shelf portions, said shelf portions each being perforated by apertures of transverse dimensions smaller than a predetermined minimum diameter of coins to be handled by the device, whereby foreign matter of transverse dimensions smaller than the perforations can fall through said perforations, said first shelf portion having an upstream end and a downstream end, said second shelf portion having an upstream end and a downstream end, said shelf portions being arranged in series with one another whereby coins fall from said downstream end of said first shelf portion to tumble downwards to lie on said upstream end of said second shelf portion, and a coin outlet positioned beneath said downstream end of said second shelf portion whereby coins conveyed along said second shelf portion fall into said coin outlet.

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Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Timothy William Hill