Patent ID: 7806756

Claim:
A coin receiving device in a coin processing apparatus, the coin receiving device comprising: a pair of rollers; a conveyor comprising a flat belt, said flat belt being stretched around said pair of rollers and extending substantially horizontally; a reverse rotation roller disposed above the conveyor to provide a gap of one coin or more, said reverse rotation roller being parallel with an axial line of said pair of rollers, said reverse rotation roller having a lower circumferential surface separated from said flat belt by a distance that is greater than a thickness of a coin, whereby movement of coins conveyed in a stack on the conveyor is restricted by the reverse rotation roller, said conveyor moving said coins in a conveying direction; a receiver comprising a receiving port and a frame; and a movable restrictor fixed above the reverse rotation roller, said movable restrictor having a tip portion, said tip portion extending over said reverse roller, said movable restrictor extending upstream of said flat belt, said movable restrictor being parallel or substantially parallel with said flat belt, said movable conveyor being movable in a direction away from said conveyor, said movable restrictor being an elastic sheet, said elastic sheet having a rectangular shape portion, said rectangular shape portion having a traverse width, said traverse width being substantially equal to a width of said receiving port, said elastic sheet having an arcuate shape portion, wherein said elastic sheet has a convex shape at a center portion thereof, said arcuate portion being arranged at an upstream end of said flat belt, wherein a distance between said movable restrictor and a top surface of said flat belt is less than a diameter of a coin having the greatest diameter, one side of said reverse rotation roller being located at a position upstream of said conveyor with respect to said conveying direction, wherein at least a portion of said frame surrounds a portion of said reverse rotation roller on said one side.