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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Abe, Saitama, JP;
Motoharu Kurosawa, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Seiko Kebushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194317 ; 453 57 ;
Abstract
A disc ejector including a hopper for storing a multiplicity of deposited metal discs; a rotary disc for trapping these discs one by one and transporting them towards an exit; structure for forcing the discs out of the rotary disc one by one at the exit; a rotary sweeper for removing the discs from the rotary disc; structure for receiving the removed discs and guiding them to a predetermined reference point; a check device provided near the reference point for determining if the disc is genuine; and a gate for selecting true discs from false disks, wherein true and false discs are accordingly ejected from separate outlets.