Patent ID: 9070240
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A coin handling machine having a queuing mechanism for feeding coins to a sorting mechanism, the coin handling machine comprising: a reference edge disposed along a sorting disk for coins moving along a coin sorting path, the sorting disk having at least one opening for receiving valid coins as the coins travel along the coin sorting path; a drive member for control of coins as the coins are moved in a single layer and a single file along the reference edge; a diverter disposed along the reference edge, the diverter member being operable to project into the coin sorting path in advance of sorting openings to move a coin selected for offsorting away from the reference edge; an offsort opening in the sorting path, the offsort opening being located between the diverter member and the at least one opening for receiving valid coins, spaced from the reference edge, and positioned in the coin sorting path to receive coins that have been moved laterally toward the offsort opening; a coin sensor station configured to sense at least a coin size attribute of each coin; an encoder providing an encoder count based on the rotation of the drive member; and a coin discriminator/offsort controller module receiving the coin size attribute and controlling the operation of the diverter based on at least the encoder count and the coin size attribute independent of the type of coin, wherein controlling the operation of the diverter includes adjusting the timing of the operation based on coin size.