Coin packaging apparatus

Abstract

A coin packaging apparatus facilitates a change operation of the type of coins processed, can correspond to any type of coin, and is an apparatus which feeds coins one by one from a circular plate and conveys them along a coin passage and in which required processing, such as totaling and separation of the coins to be packaged, is performed. The coins are fed to a coin stacking portion where a required number of coins are stacked and packaged by a coin packaging portion. A coin passage width adjustment device steplessly adjusts the width of the coin passage, a coin passage height adjustment device steplessly adjusts the height of the coin passage, and a coin stacking portion inner diameter adjustment device steplessly adjusts the inner diameter of the coin stacking portion. A coin information input portion receives coin information, including at least the diameter and thickness of coins to be proposed. A coin information coin passage width information P.sub.1 and the coin storage portion stores coin information of at least the diameter and thickness of coins to be processed in correspondence with the type of coin. A coin type specification portion specifies the type of coin to be processed, and a control unit determines the inner diameter of a coin stacking portion and the height and width of a coin passage portion from coin information from the coin information storage portion and on the basis of the coin type from the coin type specification means, and operates each of the adjustment portion to those determined dimensions.