Patent ID: 8100248

Claim:
A device for sorting coins, tokens, or chips comprising a housing ( 3 , 4 ) having connection surfaces for the connection to a coin chute of a gambling machine, of its coin checker or of another coin processing device; a chute ( 7 ) leading through the housing ( 3 , 4 ) and having at least one inlet ( 12 ) connectable to the coin chute and a plurality of outlets ( 13 , 14 , 15 ), wherein the chute ( 7 ) leading through the housing ( 3 , 4 ) has minor and major sides defining a flat, substantially rectangular cross-section transverse to the falling direction, wherein the chute ( 7 ) has at least two flat side outlets ( 14 , 15 ) which are arranged one above the other in the falling direction and which branch off the chute ( 7 ) at a first major side ( 8 ) of the chute and lead out of the housing ( 3 , 4 ), the chute also having a base outlet ( 13 ) at the end of the chute in the falling direction, wherein respective shunts ( 19 , 20 ) are associated with the flat side outlets ( 14 , 15 ) and are movable between a channeling off position projecting into the chute ( 7 ) and a pass position, wherein a control device ( 26 ) is provided for the control of the shunts ( 19 , 20 ) which has at least one external interface ( 27 ) for the exchange of control data for the shunts and a printed circuit board ( 25 ) which is seated on the housing side at a second major side of the chute disposed opposite the flat side outlets ( 14 , 15 ) and has control components for the control of the shunts ( 19 , 20 ) so that the chute ( 7 ) is seated sandwiched between the flat side outlets ( 14 , 15 ) and the control device ( 26 ).