Patent ID: 7698880
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A coin wrapping machine which wraps coins that form a common pattern, which contains denomination information, on a front face and that form a pattern on a rear face that differs according to a plurality of issuing countries, comprising: a supply unit which dispenses deposited coins one-by-one; a coin conveyance unit which conveys the coins dispensed from said supply unit; a discrimination unit which detects images of the front face and the rear face of the coins conveyed by said coin conveyance unit, discriminates the coins, and obtains discrimination results; a sorting unit which sorts the coins conveyed by said coin conveyance unit to one of prescribed coins to be stacked and other coins based on the discrimination results; a stacking unit which stacks the coins sorted to the prescribed coins by said sorting unit into columnar form with a prescribed number of coins; a wrapping unit which wraps a stack of coins stacked into the columnar form by said stacking unit; and a controller which controls said sorting unit so that at least one of a first outside face of a first coin at one end of the stack of coins and a second outside face of a second coin at the other end of the stack of coins is the rear face, wherein said controller controls said sorting unit so that in the case where it is determined based on the discrimination results that a coin to be stacked first in said stacking unit is being conveyed by said coin conveyance unit with an orientation where a face that would be the first outside face is the rear face, the coin is sorted to the prescribed coins, and in the case where it is determined based on the discrimination results that a coin to be stacked first in said stacking unit is being conveyed by said coin conveyance unit with an orientation where a face that would be the first outside face is the front face, the coin is sorted to the other coins, so that the first outside face is made to be the rear face.