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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1989
Kouichi Goi, Kawasaki, JP;
Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A coin receiving and dispensing machine comprising a discriminating and counting sensor for discriminating at least the denominations and genuineness of deposited coins and counting their value, a coin sorter for sorting the deposited coins in accordance their denominations, a plurality of temporary storing cylinders for receiving the coins sorted by the coin sorter from an upper opening thereof and temporarily storing the received coins as stacked separately in accordance with their denominations and a plurality of dispensing coin storing cylinders for receiving and storing the coins stored in the plurality of temporary storing cylinders as dispensing coins separately in accordance with their denominations, the coin receiving and dispensing machine further including a coin collector for, in the case where it is judged based upon the result of the discrimination and counting made by the discriminating and counting sensor that at least one of the dispensing coin storing cylinders is full of coins, collecting the coins that would normally be stored in the dispensing coin storing cylinder, the coin collector being disposed between the discriminating and counting sensor and the coin sorter. This machine can effectively prevent the coins from jamming and being erroneously sorted.