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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Minoru Enomoto, Iwatsuki, JP;
Shigeo Kawauchi, Iwatsuki, JP;
Minoru Enomoto, Iwatsuki, JP;
Shigeo Kawauchi, Iwatsuki, JP;
Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic coin aligning apparatus including a coin storing unit, a chute section, and a dispensing control unit. The chute section is disposed above the coin storing unit and has an upper portion and a lower portion. The chute section upper portion extends to receive coins from a plurality of coin hoppers, the chute section lower portion extends to a coin storing section. The coin storing unit includes a plurality of coin storing sections. Each coin storing section can receive a predetermined quantity of coins from a coin hopper. Each coin hopper can store a bulk quantity of coins of a predetermined denomination and dispense coins in a one by one manner. The dispensing control unit controls the coin dispensing quantity of the plurality of coin hoppers.