Patent ID: 7861841

Claim:
A coin depositing and dispensing machine comprising: a feeding mechanism for feeding coins put into a coin input port one by one; an identifying passage having an identifying portion for identifying the coins fed from the feeding mechanism; an eliminating passage which is disposed continuously to the identifying passage and has a rejecting portion for discharging coins identified as rejected coins by the identifying portion; a sorting passage which is disposed continuously to the eliminating passage and sorts coins; transporting unit for depositing capable of transporting coins in a depositing and transporting direction of transporting the coins through the identifying passage, eliminating passage and sorting passage in this order, and in a reverse transporting direction reverse to the depositing and transporting direction; denomination-specific accommodating and ejecting portions which are disposed under the sorting passage, accommodate the coins sorted for each denomination by the sorting passage therein and can eject the accommodated coins; a transporting unit for dispensing for transporting the coins ejected from the accommodating and ejecting portions into a coin dispensing port; and a control unit for executing automatic restoration control for transporting coins remaining in the sorting passage by the transporting unit for depositing in a reverse transporting direction and returning them into the coin dispensing port by the rejecting portion and transporting unit for dispensing in the case where an error-stop occurs during depositing operation.