COIN SORTING HEAD AND COIN PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME

• Main Author: RASMUSSEN, JAMES M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 18.04.2018
• Subjects: CHECKING-DEVICES; HANDLING OF COINS OR OF PAPER CURRENCY OR SIMILAR VALUABLEPAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING,DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING; PHYSICS

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a coin processing system for processing a plurality of coins of a mixed plurality of denominations, the coins of the plurality of denominations having a plurality of diameters, comprises a rotatable disc having a resilient pad coupled thereto for imparting motion to the plurality of coins, the resilient pad being generally circular and having an outer periphery edge. The system further comprises a stationary sorting head having a lower surface generally parallel to and spaced slightly away from the resilient pad, the lower surface forming a coin path for directing the movement of each of the coins and an exit slot area comprising a plurality of exit slots for discharging coins based on the diameter of each coin. The coin path below the exit slot area is positioned near the edge of the pad and coins travel along the coin path below the exit slot area having their radially outward edges aligned along a common radius positioned radially outward of the edge of the pad such that the outward edges of the coins extend beyond the edge of the pad. Each exit slot is associated with a given diameter of coin and the plurality of exit slots are arranged from upstream to downstream to accept coins in the order of increasing diameter, wherein each exit slot is sized to permit coins of an associated diameter to enter the exit slot while not permitting coins of larger diameters to enter the exit slot.