Coin handling apparatus and coin handling method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10891817-B2
Application number	US-201916395654-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2019
Priority date	Apr 27, 2018
Publication date	Jan 12, 2021
Grant date	Jan 12, 2021

Abstract

A coin handling apparatus comprises an inlet section that is provided on customer side of the coin handling apparatus and from which the coins are put in, a recognition unit that recognizes the coins put in from the inlet section, and a first ejection section that is provided on attendant side of the coin handling apparatus and to which the coins recognized as rejected coins by the recognition unit are ejected.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A coin handling apparatus that handles a coin, the coin handling apparatus comprising:
an inlet section that is provided on a customer side of the coin handling apparatus and from which the coin is put in;
a recognition unit that recognizes the coin put in from the inlet section; and
a first ejection section that is provided on an attendant side of the coin handling apparatus and to which the coin recognized as a rejected coin by the recognition unit is ejected,
wherein the first ejection section is provided at a position inaccessible from the customer side.

2. The coin handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the coin recognized as a counterfeit coin and the coin recognized as a possible counterfeit coin are ejected to the first ejection section among the coins recognized as the rejected coins by the recognition unit.

3. The coin handling apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a notification section that notifies ejection of the coin to the first ejection section.

4. The coin handling apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the notification section notifies ejection of the coin in a different manner depending on an ejection destination of the coin.

5. A coin handling apparatus that handles a coin, the coin handling apparatus comprising:
an inlet section that is provided on a customer side of the coin handling apparatus and from which the coin is put in;
a recognition unit that recognizes the coin put in from the inlet section;
a first ejection section that is provided on an attendant side of the coin handling apparatus and to which the coin recognized as a rejected coin by the recognition unit is ejected;
a temporary storage section that temporarily stores the coin recognized as the rejected coin by the recognition unit; and
a second ejection section that is provided on the customer side and to which the coin is ejected, wherein
in a case where the coins stored in the temporary storage section comprise the coin recognized as a counterfeit coin by the recognition unit, the coins stored in the temporary storage section are ejected to the first ejection section or the second ejection section.

6. The coin handling apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the temporary storage section comprises a stopper that prevents the coin from being discharged from the temporary storage section to the first ejection section or the second ejection section.

7. The coin handling apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the stopper comprises a first stopper and a second stopper, the first stopper preventing the coin from being discharged to the first ejection section, and the second stopper preventing the coin from being discharged to the second ejection section.

8. The coin handling apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein, in a case where any one of the first stopper and the second stopper is put into a state of preventing the coin from being discharged, the other stopper is put into a state of not preventing the coin from being discharged.

9. The coin handling apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising a feeding unit that feeds out the coin, wherein
the coin fed out by the feeding unit is ejected to the second ejection section.

10. The coin handling apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the coin fed out by the feeding unit is change, a changed coin, or dispensed coin.

Assignees

• Glory Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Matsumoto Yasuhiro
• Takeuchi Masato

Classifications

• G07D9/008

  Feeding coins from bulk · CPC title

• G07D3/14

  Apparatus driven under control of coin-sensing elements · CPC title

• G07D2205/00

  Coin testing devices · CPC title

• G07F9/04

  Means for returning surplus or unused coins · CPC title

• G07D11/14 Primary

  Inlet or outlet ports · CPC title