Patent ID: 6443829
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
A coin sorting apparatus comprising:a hopper for receiving a plurality of associated unsorted coins; a helical coin ramp conformed for supporting the associated coins rolling on edge from an upper end of said ramp toward a lower end of said ramp, said ramp including a plurality of spaced differently sized apertures formed therethrough such that each coin rolling on the ramp passes through one of said differently sized apertures according to its diameter; a plurality of coin sliding surfaces placed respectively beneath said plurality of differently sized apertures, each of said coin sliding surfaces conformed to support the associated coins for sliding movement on a coin face from a sliding surface upper end toward a sliding surface lower end; and, a collar assembly for releasably securing an open upper end of each of a plurality of associated coin holders adjacent a respective one of said plurality of coin sliding surfaces.