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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1994
Takatoshi Takemoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken, , JP;
Abstract
A medal cleaning apparatus for mixing and jumbling medals and cleaning material, cleaning the medals, separating the medals and the cleaning material and then expelling the medals comprises a transporting pipe, the lower end of the transporting pipe having an inlet for taking-in the medals and the cleaning material and the upper end of the transporting pipe becoming a medal expulsion outlet, a spiral member, installed within the transporting pipe, for mixing, jumbling and transporting the medals and the cleaning material, a driving mechanism for rotating the spiral member, a filter, set up around and extending from one side of the upper end of the transporting pipe, and a return pipe for guiding the cleaning material separated at the filter to the lower end of the transporting pipe, with the filter being arranged so as to be inclined downwards in the direction of progress of the medals and the plane of the medal expulsion outlet at the upper end of the transporting pipe being inclined downwards in the direction of expulsion of the medals so as to follow the incline of the filter.