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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2019
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Taniguchi, Yokkaichi, JP;
Masashi Nagata, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yoshiyuki Fukushima, Yokkaichi, JP;
Takao Okuhara, Yokkaichi, JP;
FUJI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A coin storage device includes: storage compartments that store therein coins by denomination; and screw-type conveying members, installed for the respective storage compartments, each of the screw-type conveying members including a shaft having an elongated shape and having an outer circumferential surface provided with a blade portion that protrudes radially outwards in a spiraling shape, and conveying coins toward a front side by being rotated in one direction about a central axis of the shaft. Further, each of the screw-type conveying members includes an actuating portion to move center of gravity of coins accumulated on the actuating portion up and down periodically as the screw-type conveying member is rotated about the central axis of the shaft.