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COIN HANDLING DEVICE AND A COIN HANDLING MACHINE COMPRISING THE SAME
20230008036 · 2023-01-12 · ·

A coin handling device for a coin handling machine, wherein the machine includes a coin container, a coin output arrangement, and a coin jam preventing arrangement including a coin jam preventing element and a flexible link having a free and a fixed end, wherein the coin jam preventing element is suspended in a volume of the coin container at the free end of the flexible link such that the coin jam preventing element is able to, freely, move around within a predefined volume (V) at least at the lower end of the coin container to physically interact with coins of the mass of coins present in the predefined volume (V).

Cash handling apparatus

A cash handling apparatus includes a composite body that consists of a plurality of connected modules, slide rails with which the composite body is drawn out of a housing, and a holding part that is fixed to two or more adjacent surfaces among four outer surfaces of the composite body and holds the plurality of modules together.

Coin handling apparatus

A coin handling apparatus having: a first coin position; a second coin position; and a pipe for transporting coins from the first to the second coin position. The pipe is jointed and has a rigid, elongate element having a straight, elongate portion and a curved portion at a first end of the straight, elongate portion. The pipe further includes a rigid, curved element. The curved portion and the curved element are connected to define a continuous passageway through the curved element and the elongate element. The curved element, at least before mounting of the pipe in the coin handling apparatus, is rotatable in relation to the elongate element, such that an angle between a first opening of the curved element and a direction extending along the straight elongate portion is variable.

VALUABLE MEDIUM HANDLING APPARATUS, VALUABLE MEDIUM HANDLING SYSTEM, AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD
20230015467 · 2023-01-19 ·

Provided is a valuable medium handling apparatus that handles a valuable medium and includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information on an operation result of the valuable medium handling apparatus; and an output unit that outputs, to an external apparatus, first identification information which includes the information on the operation result of the valuable medium handling apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit and which is used for identification of the valuable medium handling apparatus.

MONEY HANDLING SYSTEM AND MONEY HANDLING METHOD
20230222474 · 2023-07-13 · ·

In order to appropriately replenish a money handling apparatus with money, a money handling system includes a first money handling apparatus to perform a plurality of kinds of dispensing transactions in which different fitness-types of fit money are dispensed; a management server including processing circuitry configured to determine, when the first money handling apparatus needs to be replenished with money, a breakdown of the money for replenishment, based on information on the dispensing transactions performed by the first money handling apparatus, wherein the breakdown indicates a quantity of each fitness-type of fit money to be included in the money for replenishment; and a second money handling apparatus to dispense the money for replenishment based on the breakdown of the money determined by the processing circuitry. The first money handling apparatus is replenished with the money for replenishment dispensed from the second money handling apparatus.

Cash handling system and cash handling method
11694177 · 2023-07-04 · ·

In order to improve efficiency of an operation of a cash handling system and reduce the labor required for the operation, a POS register receives an input of a cash-out amount, and an input of a charge amount. The POS register reads a debit card ID from a debit card, and transmits a settlement request including the debit card ID and a settlement amount to a management server. Upon receiving the settlement request, the management server withdraws the settlement amount from an account, and transmits a settlement permission to the POS register. Upon receiving the settlement permission from the management server, the POS register performs charge of electronic money, and transmits a dispensing instruction for the cash-out amount to a change machine. The change machine receives the dispensing instruction and dispenses cash.

Coin storage unit
11495076 · 2022-11-08 · ·

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 COUNTING APPARATUS INCLUDING BAD COIN SORTING UNIT
20230096547 · 2023-03-30 ·

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.

MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS

The present disclosure provides a medium processing apparatus, including: a housing provided with a surface facing a customer operating the medium processing apparatus; and a rolled coin device housed in the housing and configured to process rolled coins formed by bundling a plurality of loose coins. The surface of the housing includes a designated area located in a height range conforming to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standard with respect to a height direction of the medium processing apparatus, and a rolled coin dispensing port of the rolled coin device for dispensing the rolled coins is arranged in the designated area.

COIN CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND COIN HOPPER
20230074919 · 2023-03-09 · ·

A coin conveyance device that feeds multiple coins stored in a storage container one by one and conveys the fed coin upward uses rotating bodies including pushing bodies for pushing a coin.

The pushing bodies which are arranged opposed to each other about the center of rotation of each rotating body each include: a metallic pin that comes into contact with a coin; and a resin-made support protrusion that supports the pin. The support protrusion includes a concave portion corresponding to the shape of the circumferential surface of the pin. The pin is inserted into a pin hole adjacent to the support protrusion, and its side surface is supported by the concave portion of the support protrusion. A force applied when the pin pushes the coin is received by the support protrusion, whereby the durability of the pushing body is improved.