Patent ID: 9384615
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G07D

Claim Text:
1. A method for sorting coins provided in an unsorted manner in a storage container, comprising: conveying coins out of the storage container with a coin conveying unit; separating coins with a coin separating unit as the coins move along the coin conveying unit in such a manner that, in coin receptacles of the coin conveying unit receiving the coins when conveyed, only one coin is provided respectively, axially aligned coins at least partially stacked on one another are separated with a shearing device of a coin separating unit that pushes a top axially aligned coin off of a bottom axially aligned coin to return the top axially aligned coin to the storage container, and adjacent coins aligned in a conveying direction are separated with a return device of the coin separating unit that elects a downstream coin adjacent to an upstream coin to return the downstream coin to the storage container and allow the upstream coin to proceed in the conveying direction; and detecting a characteristic feature of the coins with a coin recognition unit for identifying different types of coins; and ejecting the coins from the coin receptacles and sorting the coins into different collecting containers depending on the type of coin so that each collecting container contains only coins of the same type.