Patent ID: 6644456
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
An electronic coin checker, comprising:a coin entry channel operable to receive a coin; a flap-shaped coin switch positioned at an end of the coin entry channel; and a control device for the flap-shaped coin switch, the control device controlling the coin switch to receive a coin running through the coin entry channel and to direct the coin into one of an acceptance channel accepting the coin and a return channel rejecting the coin in response to signals generated in the coin entry channel, the signals responsive to the coin, wherein the flap-shaped coin switch has a sloping extension inclined towards a runway of the return channel such that when the flap-shaped coin switch is in a return position, the coin slides down the sloping extension, altering an angle of inclination of the coin with respect to a direction of travel of the coin and the coin falls onto the runway of the return channel, and wherein a boundary wall of the return channel opposite the flap-shaped coin switch is configured so that a further alteration in the angle of inclination of the coin takes place.