Patent ID: 7018284
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for sorting and counting coins, comprising: a bi-directionally rotatable motor; a rotating shaft for conveying a rotating force generated by the motor; a stopper in contact with the rotating shaft and having a tilted end so as to restrict counterclockwise rotation; a spring for applying an elastic force to the stopper; a conveying container engaged with the rotating shaft and having conveying holes on a side surface for loading each coin; a supply control container formed on an upper side of the conveying container and having supply holes on a side surface for supplying a predetermined number of coins to the conveying container while rotating; sorting holes being of different sizes to conform with the conveying holes for sorting coins in accordance with the sizes thereof; a guide for guiding coins fallen from the sorting holes; means for counting coins by using a non-contact type sensor; and means for containing a predetermined number of coins in a coin receiver by suspending the rotation of the conveying container after a predetermined number of coins have fallen in the coin receiver and before a next coin of the same kind falls from a sorting hole.