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(11) EP 0 149 906 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.09.1987 Bulletin 1987/37

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.07.1985 Bulletin 1985/31

(21) Application number: 84308741

(22) Date of filing: 14.12.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 14.12.1983 US 561722

(71) Applicant: RISTVEDT-JOHNSON, INC.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Ristvedt, Mark
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  • Ristvedt, Victor
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(54) A coin sorter


(57) A coin sorter (10) of the type wherein coins are sorted by the combination of a sorting head (22) and rotated resilient disc (12) in which the inner edge of the coins are radially referenced as they rotate, and coins of a discrete diameter of ejected at discrete circumferential points by a series of ramp-slot (S1-S6) combinations in which the radially positioned ramp depresses a discrete diameter of coin into a slot. The slots (S1-S6) are configured to direct coins caught in a slot outward.






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