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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1988
Hideshi Sentoku, Tokyo, JP;
Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A coin sorting apparatus including a coin receiving section provided with a rotary disc for receiving various denominations of coins of various diameters, an excluding path including guide plate disposed at one side of the path and communicated with the rotary disc for engaging with a peripheral portion of the coin carried, guide member disposed at the other side of the excluding path and formed with a slant surface on which a larger diameter coin than the predetermined denomination of coin is engaged to climb up to be excluded from the excluding path and a lead wall for engaging with a coin other than the coin to be excluded from the excluding path and restricting portion disposed over the slant surface of the guide member and swingably mounted on the guide member for engaging the larger diameter coin introduced on the slant surface, a selecting path provided with selecting rail for excluding the smaller diameter coin smaller in diameter than the predetermined denomination of coins and pass them to a small coin container to select only the predetermined denomination of coin.