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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Nobushige Horiguchi, Kounosu, JP;
Shoichi Uda, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsumasa Tsuruda, Kawaguchi, JP;
Yasuyuki Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Nobushige Horiguchi, Kounosu, JP;
Shoichi Uda, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsumasa Tsuruda, Kawaguchi, JP;
Yasuyuki Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A coin processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a coin conveying section that conveys coins on a coin passage; an identifying section that identifies coins on the coin passage; at least one discharging section that discharges normal coins that are identified as normal by the identifying section from the coin passage; at least first and second removing sections that remove abnormal coins that are identified as abnormal by the identifying section from the coin passage; and a control section that distributes abnormal coins to either one of the first and second removing sections in order to remove the abnormal coins, in accordance with identification factors of the abnormal coins.