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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshito Shibata, Tsu, JP;
Kazuhiro Tomita, Yokkaichi, JP;
Takeshi Oiwa, Ueda, JP;
Takuya Yamane, Yokkaichi, JP;
Masashi Nagata, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yoshiyuki Fukushima, Yokkaichi, JP;
Takao Okuhara, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yoshihiro Taniguchi, Yokkaichi, JP;
Masao Nakayama, Yokkaichi, JP;
Shojiro Onzuka, Yokkaichi, JP;
Takuya Fukuura, Yokkaichi, JP;
Shunsuke Kowase, Yokkaichi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Horiguchi, Yokkaichi, JP;
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A coin validation device that is implemented in a coin handling machine which stores therein a deposited coin on a denomination-by-denomination basis and which pays out stored coin in response to a disbursement instruction, the coin validation device, includes: a carrier that carries the deposited coin in a horizontally-fallen state in one direction; and a discriminator that identifies authenticity and denominations of the coin carried in the one direction by the carrier. Further, the carrier carries a coin, which is discriminated as a counterfeit coin by the discriminator, in another direction opposite to the one direction.