Patent ID: 9330515
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G07D

Claim Text:
1. A method of processing a batch of coins with a currency processing system, the method comprising: receiving the batch of coins by a coin input area of a housing of the currency processing system, the housing being configured to rest on a support surface; transferring the coins from the coin input area to a disk-type coin processing unit of the currency processing system, the coin processing unit being operatively coupled to one or more coin receptacles; passing the coins transferred from the coin input area through a central opening of a sorting head of the coin processing unit; depositing the coins received through the central opening on a rotatable disk of the coin processing unit, the sorting head having a lower surface generally parallel to and at least partially spaced from the rotatable disk; imparting motion to the coins by the rotatable disk; and guiding the moving coins, via a plurality of shaped regions on the lower surface of the sorting head, to a plurality of exit stations through which the coins are discharged to the one or more coin receptacles, wherein the rotatable disk and the sorting head, including the central opening through which the coins are received, are obliquely angled with respect to the support surface upon which the housing rests.