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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1994
Kenji Nishiumi, Hanno, JP;
Shusuke Sumi, Tsurugashima, JP;
Abstract
A coin processing apparatus comprises a coin selecting unit for determining whether put-in coins are genuine or not and denominations of the coins determined as genuine and guiding false coins to a predetermined coin path assigned for the false coin and the genuine coins to corresponding predetermined coin paths in accordance with their denominations, a coin accommodating unit for accommodating the genuine coins selected by the coin selecting unit for the respective denominations, and a coin payment unit for paying out coins having denominations corresponding to an amount of change from the coin accommodating unit, in which the coin selecting unit, the coin accommodating unit and the coin payment unit are inseparably provided as an integrated unit within a single housing. The coin selecting unit includes a liquid collector, a discharge path and a guide groove for rapidly discharging liquid poured into a coin slot to the outside of the coin processing apparatus.