Laurel Bank Machines Company, Ltd.

Yoshio Oikawa

Katsuyuki Miyamoto

Tomonari Sakurai

Katusuke Furuya

A coin wrapping apparatus includes a coin discriminating and counting section which discriminates deposited coins as to whether or not they are genuine and their denomination agrees with a predetermined one while counting the number of coins, a coin stacking section which stacks a predetermined number of coins of predetermined denomination to be wrapped, wrapping rollers which wind a wrapping film whose width is wider than a height of coins stacked in the coin stacking section around the stacked coins so that there remain crimp regions above and below the stacked coins, upper crimp claw and lower crimp claw, movable in the vertical direction toward each other so that the stacked coins are held therebetween, for crimping the crimp regions to generate rolls of wrapped coins, discrepancy detecting device for detecting as to whether or not the predetermined number of stacked coins are wrapped after the wrapping film is wrapped around the stacked coins by the wrapping roller, rolls of wrapped coins collecting box for collecting the rolls of wrapped coins, cutter which cuts the wrapping film when it is detected that the number of stacked coins wrapped with the wrapping film is less than or more than the predetermined number of coins, coin collecting box for collecting the coins whose wrapping film is cut by the cutter, and gate for selectively delivering the coins to the rolls of wrapped coins collecting box or the coin collecting box in accordance with the detected result by the detecting device for detecting discrepancy in number of coins.

Coin wrapping apparatus

A coin wrapping apparatus that includes a denomination setting dial, a wrapping film width detector, a plurality of wrapping rollers for winding the wrapping film around a predetermined number of stacked coins, a coin support post, a coin support post moving mechanism for moving the coin support post between a waiting position, a wrapping position and a retracted position. The coin wrapping apparatus further includes a wrapping position adjusting mechanism for separately adjusting the vertical position of the coin support post and a controller for driving the wrapping position adjusting mechanism based upon the denomination of coins to be wrapped which is set with the denomination setting dial and the width of the wrapping film as detected by the wrapping film width detector, so that a vertical center of the stacked coins coincides with the widthwise center of the wrapping film at the wrapping position. With such an apparatus, it is possible to ensure that wrapping film portions for crimping having the same desired width are formed to project from the upper and lower ends of a roll of stacked coins so that the wrapping film can be crimped in a desired manner to obtain a desired wrapped coin roll.

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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Okegawa, Japan

Yoshio Oikawa