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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Marcus John Willis, Tunbridge Wells Kent, GB;
ASAHI SEIKO CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disk sorting device includes a housing defining a disk transport path for conveying disks from a disk transferring device. A disk identifying device is located adjacent the disk transport path for identifying the type of disk passing along the transport path. A disk diverting mechanism in the disk transport path downstream of the disk identifying device is operable to divert disks in accordance with the type of the disk determined by the disk identifying device into a selected one of at least a return path in which a disk returns to the disk transferring device and a dispense path in which a disk is directed towards a dispense outlet. The disk transport path is oriented with a vertical component whereby disks pass along the path and the diverting mechanism under gravity.