Patent ID: 8496100

Claim:
A coin processing device, comprising a temporary coin-withholding mechanism, wherein the mechanism includes: a single driving means; a first coin withholding lever capable of taking a withholding position for withholding a first coin guided by a first coin sorting route at a predetermined position and a release position for releasing the first coin; a second coin withholding lever capable of taking a withholding position for withholding a second coin guided by a second coin sorting route at a predetermined position and a release position for releasing the second coin; and a link means having a function of detecting whether the first coin is withheld in the first coin sorting route, the link means being configured that, when the retention is detected, the link means shifts the first coin withholding lever from the withholding position to the release position to make the driving means drive only the first coin withholding lever without driving the second coin withholding lever, and when the retention is not detected, the link means shifts the second coin withholding lever from the withholding position to the release position to make the driving means drive the second withholding lever.