Patent classifications
G07D2201/00
Coin batch loading device
The coin batch loading device of the present invention is a coin batch loading device capable of separating out coins one by one which were input as a batch and delivering them, including a cylindrical portion having an opening at the top and a side wall and a bottom wall, a rotor which is disposed inside the cylindrical portion and rotates about the center of the cylindrical portion, outer periphery sensors provided inside the cylindrical portion which detect one or more coins on an outer perimeter portion of the rotor, and a control device for controlling the rotation of the rotor, wherein if one or more outer periphery sensors detect one or more coins, the control device is able to set the rotational speed of the rotor to a medium speed which is lower than a high speed.
COIN STORAGE UNIT
The invention relates to a coin storage unit comprising a housing and multiple coin tubes arranged interchangeably in the housing, wherein locking means are provided for the coin tubes, which are actuatable between a locking position locking the coin tubes against removal from the housing and an unlocking position releasing the coin tubes for removal from the housing, wherein the locking means are arranged between each two adjacent coin tubes in the housing and lock the adjacent coin tubes against removal from the housing in the locking position, and wherein the locking means can only assume the locking position in the state of the adjacent coin tubes inserted completely into the housing.
COIN PAYOUT APPARATUS
A coin payout apparatus 100 is provided. The coin payout apparatus 100 includes a coin canister 101. The coin canister 101 includes a tube 102 for storing coins. The coin canister 101 also includes a coin ejector 202 operable to eject a coin from the tube 102. The coin canister 101 further includes a hopping disc 318 operable to rotate and engage the coin ejector 202 to eject the coin from the tube 102 when the tube 102 is moved into position with the hopping disc 318.
Coin processor
This coin processor includes a sorting portion sorting coins, a coin container containing coins, a first coin outlet employed at least for discharging coins for refund payment, a second coin outlet employed at least for discharging coins for change, and a control portion discharging coins of a prescribed type reaching at least a prescribed number substantially filling up the coin container from the coin container to one of the first coin outlet and the second coin outlet when the number of coins of the prescribed type contained in the coin container reaches at least the prescribed number.
MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS
A money handling apparatus configured to dispense money includes: a container removably mounted to the apparatus and configured to store money of a plurality of denominations; a plurality of storing units configured to store money to be dispensed, for each denomination; a memory configured to store information on a threshold of a money storage quantity wherein the threshold is set for each denomination; and a control unit configured to perform control to monitor storage quantities of money for each denomination stored in the storing units, and to perform a replenishment process if a denomination of which the storage quantity becomes less than the threshold is detected, wherein in the replenishment process, money is fed out from the container, and at least one storing unit corresponding to the detected denomination is replenished with the money of the detected denomination among the fed out money.
AUTOMATED MONEY ITEM HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION
An example method of operating a supply apparatus of the money item handling system comprises storing, in a plurality of separate money item reservoirs of the apparatus, a plurality of sets of money items, wherein each set of money items is stored in a different one of the plurality of separate money reservoirs and comprises money items of different denominations; selecting, from the plurality of separate money item reservoirs and sets of stored money items, a money item reservoir and a set of stored money items; switching a configuration of the selected money item reservoir from a money item retention configuration to a money item supply configuration; and supplying, from the selected money item reservoir in the money item supply configuration, the selected set of money items.
Coin handling apparatus
Provided is a coin handling apparatus including: a storage unit; a drawer attachment unit to which a drawer is attached; a cassette attachment unit to which a coin transport cassette including an opening to be opened when the coin transport cassette is attached to a specific apparatus and giving or receiving a coin to or from the specific apparatus via the opening is attached; a first route forming portion forming a first route that guides the coin fed out of the storage unit to the drawer attached to the drawer attachment unit; a second route forming portion forming a second route that guides the coin fed out of the storage unit to the coin transport cassette attached to the cassette attachment unit; and a switching unit that switches a guide destination of the coin fed out of the storage unit to the first route or the second route.
Accounting apparatus and method of controlling an accounting apparatus
According to an embodiment, an accounting apparatus includes a change machine, a detection device, and a controller. The controller determines whether or not the change machine is capable of paying change in cash on the basis of a result of a detection by the detection device. The controller accepts, when determining that the change machine fails to pay the change in cash, a payment method selected by a customer from a plurality of change payment methods other than paying in cash.
Coin counting apparatus including bad coin sorting unit
The present invention includes a coin sorting part in which a plurality of coin sorting holes are formed in a circumferential direction and a coin separation plate on which a coin guide portion for guiding the coins to the coin sorting part is formed, a bad coin discharge unit installed in the coin guide portion of the coin separation unit and configured to detect whether the coin moving to be sorted is a bad coin and sort the bad coin, a coin supply unit configured to supply the coins to be sorted and moved along the coin guide portion, and a coin transfer unit elastically pressed against the coin separation unit and configured to move the coin input from the coin supply unit to the coin guide portion and the coin sorting holes in a state in which the coins are pressed against the coin separation plate.
COIN PROCESSING DEVICES AND METHODS
A coin processing device, comprising a coin processing module including an inlet for receiving coins to be processed and at least one coin output location, including an elongated sleeve for receiving the coins from the at least one outlet, wherein the elongated sleeve is operable to receive, in a first mode of operation of the coin processing device, a first flexible walled coin receptacle about the elongated sleeve, and wherein, in the first mode of operation, the coins are delivered by the elongated sleeve into the first flexible walled coin receptacle, and receive, in a second mode of operation of the coin processing device, a second coin receptacle within the elongated sleeve, wherein the second coin receptacle is a generally rigid container, and wherein, in the second mode of operation, the coins are delivered from the at least one outlet into the second coin receptacle positioned within the elongated sleeve.