Coin selector for a bimetal coin

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EP 1 376 483 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/47

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	02.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/01

(21)	Application number: 03013945.5

(22)	Date of filing: 20.06.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G07D 5/08, G07D 3/12, G07F 1/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

26.06.2002 JP 2002186783

(71)	Applicant: Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
	Tokyo 107-0062 (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Tsuchida, Tamotsu Iwatsuki-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: Hofer, Dorothea, Dipl.-Phys. et al
	Prüfer & Partner GbR Patentanwälte Harthauser Strasse 25 d 81545 München 81545 München (DE)

(54)	Coin selector for a bimetal coin

(57) This present invention relates to the improvement of a selector which is used in a vending machine or a game machine etc.. A coin selector for a bimetal coin which selects either genuine or false coins which have a magnetism center section (CB) and a un-magnetism rim section (CC) in the process of guiding the coin through the coin passageway (6) comprising: a guide (18) which is located in the coin passageway (6) and guides the periphery surface of coin (C), a magnet (24) which is located downstream and beside the guide (18) and is located beside the coin passageway (6).

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