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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Yushi Hino, Himeji, JP;
Masaharu Tochio, Himeji, JP;
Daisuke Hoshino, Himeji, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Glory Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyogo-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 3/00 (2006.01); G07D 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A coin sorting apparatus includes a stationary member and a rotary disk member arranged under the stationary member. The stationary member has a guide structure for guiding coins, and the guide structure includes a coin passage and at least one coin-sorting guide. Each coin-storing guide has a step arranged so that a peripheral portion of a coin having a diameter greater than a reference diameter runs up onto the step.