Patent ID: 6554692
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: A63H,G07D

Abstract:
A coin sorting apparatus comprising:a housing including a body portion and a base portion that supports the body portion above an associated support surface, said base portion defining a plurality of separate sorted coin chambers; a coin entrance defined by said housing; a coin transport assembly that receives individual associated coins from said coin entrance and moves said individual associated coins upwardly in said housing from a first elevation adjacent said entrance to a second, higher elevation relative to said associated support surface; a coin sorting assembly including an inlet positioned to receive said individual associated coins from said coin transport assembly, said coin sorting assembly including a coin sorter that classifies said individual associated coins as one of a plurality of different denominations according to diameter; and, a plurality of coin chutes located to receive said individual associated coins from said coin sorting assembly and convey said received coins to a respective one of said plurality of sorted coin chambers, each chute receiving coins having only one of said plurality of different denominations.