Patent ID: 8322506

Claim:
A coin sorting apparatus having a reeding detection apparatus that detects reeding of a coin having the reeding on a periphery thereof and separates the coin as a true coin, the coin sorting apparatus comprising: a detection body provided above a guide rail on which the coin inserted to an inlet rolls; and a sorting body positioned at a coin path provided downstream of the guide rail, wherein: the detection body is movable in an extension direction of the guide rail, the detection body is provided with an end contactable with an upper end portion of a peripheral surface of the coin rolling on the guide rail, the sorting body is moved to a sorting position of a true coin in conjunction with a movement of the detection body, wherein: the detection body has an elongated plate shape, and is provided movably upward within a predetermined range in the extension direction of the guide rail and relative to the guide rail, by guides provided above and below in an intermediate portion; a rear end of the detection body is engaged with a receiving portion rotatably provided to a support axis; the receiving portion is connected so as to be moved in a predetermined direction when the end of the detection body is pressed by the reeding of the coin; the sorting body is provided, such that the sorting body is normally positioned at the coin path provided downstream of the end of the detection body so as to stop the coin from moving, and is moved to a position that does not stop the coin from moving in conjunction with a movement of the receiving portion; and a release body is provided, such that the release body is normally positioned external to the coin path provided downstream of the sorting body, and is moved to the coin path in conjunction with a movement of the sorting body to the position that does not stop the coin from moving.