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(11) EP 0 295 862 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
10.10.1990 Bulletin 1990/41

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.12.1988 Bulletin 1988/51

(21) Application number: 88305410.8

(22) Date of filing: 14.06.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: G07D 9/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 18.06.1987 JP 150366/87

(71) Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Armonk, N.Y. 10504 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hada, Toshiki
    Fujisawa-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Kawai, Shoichi
    Kamakura-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Ogawa, Masanori
    Fujisawa-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Atchley, Martin John Waldegrave 
IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park
Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN
Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN (GB)


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    (54) Coin processing apparatus


    (57) The present invention relates to a coin processing apparatus of the type which comprises a first rotating member (1) adapted to arrange on the periphery thereof by centrifugal force coins introduced thereto, means (2) for ejecting the coins arranged on the periphery of the rotating member one by one, conveying means for receiving and further conveying the ejected coins in a controlled manner, and holder means (20) for receiving and holding the coins received from the conveying means.
    According to the invention the apparatus is characterised in that the conveying means comprises a second rotating member (4) having at least one cut out portion formed on the periphery thereof, the cut out portion being capable of receiving one coin, means (5) for pressing each coin ejected by the ejecting means so as to push the coin into the cut out portion or a respective one of the cut out portions, and a guide member (6) for guiding the coin in the or each cut out portion along the periphery of the second rotating member.







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