A coin holding device includes a mechanism for treating coins fed in a plurality of feeding ports thereby supplying an article. The coin holding device capable of holding the fed coins, comprises a first opening in which some coins are fed, a second opening in which other coins are fed, a first path part through which coins fed in the first opening pass, a second path part through which coins fed in the second opening pass, a first holding unit capable of holding coins which pass through the first path part and a second holding unit capable of holding coins which pass through the path part, wherein the first path part and the second path port are arranged so as to face each other.

A coin processing device includes: a feed belt that normally rotates in contact with the upper side of a coin to convey the coin to a conveyance passage extending from an inlet-side passage portion to an outlet-side passage portion; a conveyance motor that normally rotates the feed belt during the normal rotation; a detection unit that detects the coin passing through a position determined in advance in the conveyance passage; and a control unit that switches the conveyance motor from a first rotation state where the conveyance motor normally rotates at a first rotation speed to a second rotation state where the conveyance motor normally rotates at a second rotation speed slower than the first rotation speed, in response to detection of the coin by the detection unit, and then rotates the conveyance motor.

A coin separating and feeding device includes a separating and rotating body, a moving body, and a cover body. The separating and rotating body defines a concave portion defined in an upper surface and extending from each of an upper surface side and a peripheral surface side; and a separating concave portion disposed at a part of the concave portion and formed in a semi-circular shape by the moving body. The moving body is mounted at a rotary disk of the device, is configured to pivot about a support shaft, is pivoted by a drive means positioned under the rotary disk via a coupling body penetrating through a through hole defined in the rotary disk, and is configured to be moved from the coin receiving position to a coin delivering position when delivering coins. The cover body is disposed at an upper surface side of the through hole.

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.

Denominational dispensing and storing devices are arranged on three stages, and a plurality of denominational dispensing and storing devices are arranged on each stage. At least a dispensing passage is provided for each stage, the dispensing passages are stacked in an up-down direction, and a bottom plate of the dispensing passage is inclined downward toward a dispensing port side. An upward transport belt arranged and inclined upward toward the dispensing port side is arranged below a lower end of each bottom plate. A coin fed from each of the denominational dispensing and storing devices first falls onto an inclined plate from the dispensing passage, slips down, and then falls on the upward transport belt. The coin that has fallen on the upward transport belt is transported to the dispensing port by the upward transport belt moving toward the dispensing port side.

Provided is a coin storage method that is executed by a processor of a coin storage apparatus. The coin storage method includes: feeding out a coin from a first storage unit that stores a coin; recognizing a denomination of the coin that has been fed out; executing, based on a number of coins, which have been already stored in a second storage unit that stores a coin to be withdrawn outside, for each denomination and the denomination of the coin having been recognized, a replenishment operation in which the coin is selectively stored in a second storage unit; and changing, depending on the denomination of the coin having been fed out from the first storage unit, a denomination/number-of-coins combination of one or a plurality of coins to be stored in the second storage unit in the replenishment operation.

A coin stacking device includes a main frame, a coin feeding module, a coin storage portion, a movable stage, a coin organizing device, an elevating device and a rotating device. The coin storage portion is connected to the main frame. The movable stage is movably disposed within the coin storage portion. The coin organizing device is located on the main frame and used to synchronously concentrate coins from the coin feeding module onto the movable stage in a radiation manner, and to organize the coins onto the movable stage in a ring shape. The elevating device is elevatably located on the main frame for elevating the movable stage. The rotating device is connected to the elevating device for rotating the movable stage. The coins are able to be stacked successively into a coin tower by the coin organizing device, the elevating device and the rotating device.

The disclosure relates to a coin feeding unit for a coin handling machine, the coin feeding unit comprising: a coin guiding arrangement, and a coin transport arrangement defining a movable transport surface, wherein said coin guiding arrangement is configured to receive coins and to guide said received coins to an inner coin arrival surface of the coin guiding arrangement, wherein the coin transport arrangement is configured to move said coins, on the movable transport surface, from the coin arrival surface to a coin output position, wherein a discharge gate is provided in the coin guiding arrangement, at the coin arrival surface, for discharging unwanted objects residing thereon, wherein the discharge gate is slidably arranged in the coin guiding arrangement so as to be displaceable, between a closed position and an open position.

A multi-unit coin ejection apparatus that drives selectively coin ejection units using a single motor is provided, which eliminates a selectively coin-emitting mechanism such as a shutter provided in each coin ejection unit. Coin ejection units are selectively driven by switching a destination of a driving force of a first motor using a switching unit. The switching unit has first coupling gears respectively provided for the coin ejection units, second coupling gears engageable with the corresponding first coupling gears, and a coupling gear displacement mechanism configured to displace the second coupling gears between a connection position and a non-connection position. The coupling gear displacement mechanism is operated in response to an instruction such that a designated one of the second coupling gears is disposed at the connection position and a remainder of the second coupling gears is/are disposed at the non-connection position in accordance with the instruction.

A coin ejection apparatus makes it possible to surely prevent incorrect dispensing due to incorrect normal rotation of a rotary disk or disks in one or more coin ejection units in a non-driving state while permitting normal and reverse rotations of the disk in a driving state. An unnecessary rotation prevention mechanism has a prevention member that prevents unnecessary rotation of the disk in the non-driving state. Engagement/disengagement of the prevention member with a coupling gear is switched responsive to shift between the driving state and the non-driving state. When the relevant coin ejection unit is in the driving state, the prevention member and the coupling gear are disengaged, permitting normal and reverse rotations of the disk. When the relevant coin ejection unit is in the non-driving state, the prevention member and the coupling gear are engaged, preventing incorrect normal rotation of the disk to result in incorrect dispensing.