Patent ID: 6059089
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
Coin discriminating system, being of the type of systems that are incorporated in coin selectors to validate coins during their rolling along a through channel, accepting good ones and rejecting counterfeit ones, the system comprising:a through channel defining a rolling track for coins (3), said through channel having a base supporting the edges of the coins during rolling of the coins along the rolling track, and side walls;a solid body (4) integrally inlaid in one of said side walls (2) of said through channel for validation of the coins, said solid body projecting slightly into said through channel with regard to an inner surface of the side wall (2);a transducer (5) that converts mechanical vibrations into electric vibrations;and an electronic device;whereinthe base of the through channel has a slant making the coins rolling along said through channel abut against the side wall (2) of the through channel in which the solid body (4) has been inlaid, causing all the coins to collide with the solid body during their rolling.