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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
Yushi Hino, Himeji, JP;
Shungo Yoshino, Himeji, JP;
Yoshikatsu Oota, Himeji, JP;
Tatsuya Oonishi, Himeji, JP;
Yushi Hino, Himeji, JP;
Shungo Yoshino, Himeji, JP;
Yoshikatsu Oota, Himeji, JP;
Tatsuya Oonishi, Himeji, JP;
Glory Ltd., Hyogo-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A downstream side of a chute associated with at least one sorting hole is branched into a first chute and a second chute, through which coins ejected from the sorting hole are guided into first and second temporary storages, respectively. A route-switching mechanism is also provided that switches, between the two chutes, a route of the coins ejected from the sorting hole. The following control is conducted for the coins of a denomination to be ejected from the sorting hole. (i) Switching the route of the coins ejected from the sorting hole from the first chute to the second chute in appropriate timing to ensure that the last coin (C) to be received into the first temporary storage enters the first chute, and (ii) controlling an ejection mechanism to eject, among coins following the last coin, all coins that have reached the ejection mechanism () earlier that the above route-switching operation.