Patent ID: 6487834
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
A coin wrapping machine comprising an operation mode selecting means for selecting a counting mode for counting coins or a wrapping mode for wrapping coins, a denomination specifying means for specifying a denomination of coins to be handled, a rotatable disk for feeding coins one by one to a coin passage, a first coin sensor provided in the coin passage for detecting physical properties of coins, a second coin sensor provided in the coin passage downstream of the first coin sensor for detecting physical properties of coins different from those to be detected by the first coin sensor, a first coin sorting and collecting means provided in the coin passage downstream of the second coin sensor for sorting coins and collecting sorted coins, a second coin sorting and collecting means provided in the coin passage downstream of the second coin sensor for sorting coins and collecting sorted coins, a third coin sorting and collecting means provided in the coin passage downstream of the second coin sensor for sorting coins and collecting sorted coins, a discriminating means for discriminating, based on the physical properties detected by the first coin sensor and the second coin sensor, whether or not a coin is acceptable, the denomination of the coin when it is acceptable and whether or not the denomination of the coin coincides with that specified by the denomination specifying means, and a coin stacking and wrapping apparatus connected to a downstream end portion of the coin passage for stacking and wrapping coins, the discriminating means being made responsive to inclusion of new issue coins and past issue circulating coins among coins of the denomination for further discriminating whether the coin is a new issue coin or a past issue circulating coin, the first coin sorting and collecting means being made responsive to such inclusion for sorting and collecting coins discriminated unacceptable by the discriminating means when the counting mode is selected by the operation mode selecting means, and the second coin sorting and collecting means being made responsive to such inclusion for sorting and collecting one kind between the new issue coins and the past issue circulating coins.