Patent ID: 6991530

Claim:
A coin sorting apparatus comprising: a passage member having a substantially horizontal passage surface and provided with an ejecting hole; a guide member extended on the passage surface of the passage member to guide coins along the passage surface from the upstream side toward the downstream side of the passage member; a conveyor belt extended so as to hold coins together with the passage surface of the passage member to convey coins along the guide member from an upstream side toward a downstream side of the passage member; and a support roller disposed under the ejecting hole opposite to the conveyor belt; wherein the ejecting hole of the passage member is contiguous with the guide member and has a guiding side wall extending obliquely away from the guide member toward the downstream side of the passage member, and the support roller is adapted to be turned between a coin-passing position where the upper end thereof is at a level not lower than that of the upper edge of the guiding side wall, and a coin-ejecting position where the upper end thereof is at a level lower than that of the upper edge of the guiding side wall.