Patent ID: 9595150
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G07D

Claim:
1. A coin separation device, comprising a conveying device comprising a conveyor belt for conveying coins in a conveying direction out of an input container along a conveying section, a testing device which is arranged on the conveying section for recognizing a coin type of a coin which is conveyed along the conveying section, and an accelerating device which is configured to accelerate a coin, while the coin is conveyed on the conveyor belt, along the conveying section in dependence on recognition by the testing device, the accelerating device comprising an acceleration element which, when the coin is determined by the testing device to be a first coin type, is accelerated in a first manner from a position in which the acceleration element is at a spacing from the coin of the first coin type to strike against the coin in such a manner that the coin is transported out of its conveying movement on the conveyor belt from the conveying section into a coin collecting device, and wherein, when the coin is determined by the testing device to be a second coin type, the acceleration element is accelerated in a second manner of acceleration which is different to the first manner of acceleration, such that the acceleration element abuts against the coin of the second coin type and applies a different type of acceleration to the coin to convey the coin from the conveying section.