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(11) EP 0 615 216 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.11.1994 Bulletin 1994/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.09.1994 Bulletin 1994/37

(21) Application number: 94301635.2

(22) Date of filing: 08.03.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5G07D 9/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT SE

(30) Priority: 08.03.1993 JP 46913/93

(71) Applicant: Glory Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Himeji-Shi Hyogo-Ken (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kobayashi, Yoshinobu, c/o Glory Kogyo K.K.
    Hyogo-ken (JP)
  • Taniguchi, Masanori, c/o Glory Kogyo K.K.
    Hyogo-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Spall, Christopher John 
BARKER, BRETTELL & DUNCAN 138 Hagley Road
Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW
Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW (GB)


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    (54) Coin packaging apparatus and system for managing the coin packaging apparatus


    (57) A coin packaging apparatus is capable of saving the labor of operations for modifying coin data and totally managing coin data operating data. The coin packaging apparatus has a memory card driver (146) for reading and writing the coin data and writing the operating data in a memory card and a control unit (132) for calculating a passage width and height of a coin passage and a inner diameter of a coin accumulating unit by use of the coin data read from the memory card driver. The coin packaging apparatus also has a kind-of-coin designating unit (134) for designating a kind of coin to be processed, a coin passage width adjusting unit (141) for adjusting the passage width in a non-stage manner, a coin passage height adjusting unit (142) for adjusting the coin passage in the non-stage manner and a coin accumulating unit inner diameter adjusting unit (142) for adjusting the inner diameter of the coin accumulating unit in the non-stage manner. The system for managing the coin packaging apparatus has the above-mentioned coin packaging apparatus and a data recording unit (170) including an external data medium driving unit (171) and control unit (172) therefor.







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