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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Glory Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 3/00 ;
Abstract
A coin sorting apparatus (S) has a presorting unit (A) and two main sorting units (B , B ). The presorting unit (A) sorts mixed coins into three groups (large coin group, medium coin group, small coin group). The main sorting units (B , B ) sort by denomination coins of the two groups (medium coin group, small coin group) among the three groups of coins broadly sorted by the presorting unit (A). Thus, the number of denominations to be dealt with by a single sorting operation can be reduced.