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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1988
Hideshi Sentoku, Tokyo, JP;
Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A coin handling apparatus comprising a coin introducing section for introducing various kinds of coins of various diameters into the apparatus, a discriminating section for discriminating the coins introduced into the apparatus and counting the number of the respective kinds of the coins, a large coin separating section for separating coins larger in diameter than a predetermined kind of coins among the discriminated coins and introducing the larger coins to a large coin container, a selecting section for excluding coins smaller in diameter than the coins of the predetermined kind of coins to pass to a small coin container whereby only the predetermined kind of coins remain, an accumulating section for accumulating one by one the predetermined kind of coins selected in the selecting section, and a wrapping section for wrapping a predetermined number of the accumulated coins. The apparatus removes both the larger and smaller coins than the predetermined kind of coins so that the coins introduced into the apparatus can be handled to be wrapped in any order of diameter.