Patent ID: 8443959
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A coin processing apparatus comprising: a coin conveying section that conveys coins on a coin passage; an identifying section that identifies coins on the coin passage; at least one discharging section that discharges normal coins that are identified as normal by the identifying section from the coin passage; at least first and second removing sections that remove abnormal coins that are identified as abnormal by the identifying section from the coin passage; a control section that distributes abnormal coins to either one of the first and second removing sections in order to remove the abnormal coins, in accordance with identification factors of the abnormal coins; and an identification factor setting section that selects and sets the identification factor of the abnormal coins at each of the first and second removing sections, wherein the control section limits an identification factor to be select and set for the first removing section by the identification factor setting section so as not to overlap with an identification factor that has been selected and set for the second removing section.