Patent ID: 8261904
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A coin depositing and dispensing machine comprising: a machine body having a front face, a rear face, and a first face and a second face in lateral direction of the machine body; a coin receiving port for receiving coins from the outside of a machine body of the coin depositing and dispensing machine; a coin ejecting port for ejecting coins outward from the inside of the machine body; a feeding unit which includes a rotary disc rotated around a rotary axis attached to the machine body at a position tilted at a predetermined angle in relation to a horizontal direction and a hopper for accommodating coins, which are received from the coin receiving port, on a surface side of the rotary disc with the coins not aligned, and can feed the coins, which are received from the coin receiving port, one by one; a depositing and transporting unit which includes depositing and transporting pulleys each rotated around the rotary axis for pulleys attached to the machine body, at a position tilted at a predetermined angle in relation to the horizontal direction, and an endless depositing and transporting body supported by the depositing and transporting pulleys so as to extend along a first face of the machine body and having projections capable of pushing and transporting coins one by one, and transports the coins fed from the feeding unit; a recognition unit for at least recognizing denominations of coins transported by the depositing and transporting unit; a plurality of coin accommodating and ejecting portions which are successively disposed from the front side to the rear side of the machine body, includes accommodating and ejecting belts which are rotated from the first face to the second face of the machine body, and can accommodate coins, which are sorted for each denomination in accordance with a recognition result by the recognition unit on the accommodating and ejecting belts, for each denomination and eject the coins to the second face of the machine body when the accommodating and ejecting belts are rotated; sorting units which, by electric driving, in accordance with the recognition result by the recognition unit, discharge coins, which are transported by the depositing and transporting unit and cannot be accepted in the machine body, outward from the machine body, and sort coins, which are transported by the depositing and transporting unit and can be accepted in the machine body into the plurality of coin accommodating and ejecting portions for each denomination; and a dispensing and transporting unit which faces the depositing and transporting unit, extends along the second face of the machine body, and transports coins ejected from the coin accommodating and ejecting portions to the coin ejecting port.