Patent ID: 6609966
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
A coin processor comprising at least:a selector for distinguishing a kind of inserted coins, and for guiding an un-distinguished coin in a passage for return; a hopper provided under the selector for reserving temporarily and loosely the coins which are distinguished by the selector; a rotate-able disk provided at a bottom of the hopper for discharging the distinguished coins one by one; a discharge port in the hopper for passing the distinguished coins into the passage when the disk is rotated; and a sensor for detecting a kind of money arranged at the discharge port; a plurality of storage hoppers selectively connectable to said passage and selectively receivable of a coin from said temporary hopper depending on the type of coin detected by said sensor, each said storage hopper being holdable of coins as a group; a discharge port in said each storage hopper and connected to said passage; a rotatable disk in said each storage hopper and dischargeable of coins in respective said storage hoppers through respective said discharge ports to said passage; a sensor arranged at each of said discharge ports of said storage hoppers and detectable of a type of coin passing through respective said discharge ports.