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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Naoto Sato, Maebashi, JP;
Assignee:
Sanden Corporation, Gunma, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
453-5 ; 194338 ; 453 17 ;
Abstract
For reducing trouble in a coin selecting part coupled to a plurality of coin paths (21, 22, 23, 24), a coin separator comprises a discharge arrangement for discharging an erroneous coin from a particular one (21) of the coin paths to another coin path (42). As a result, the erroneous coin does not remain in the particular coin path. Therefore, the coin selecting part is protected from the trouble thereof even if the erroneous coin is supplied to the particular coin path. The coin separator may be constituted so that the particular coin path is closed by the selecting part after the erroneous coin is detected in a storing part (46) which is coupled to the particular coin path.