(19)
(11) EP 1 380 995 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
10.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/32

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/03

(21) Application number: 02028862.7

(22) Date of filing: 23.12.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07D 9/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO

(30) Priority: 28.12.2001 JP 2001400683

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

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

(74) Representative: Prüfer, Lutz H., Dipl.-Phys. et al
PRÜFER & PARTNER GbR, Patentanwälte, Harthauser Strasse 25d
81545 München
81545 München (DE)

   


(54) A coin sorter


(57) The purpose of the present invention is to provide a selector which can select a low magnetic coin and which is inexpensive and can be easily adjusted. A coin-selector of a coin with magnetism which selects either genuine or false of a coin in the process of guiding the coins through the coin passageway comprising a movable magnet which moves at the side of the coin passageway, and a guiding member which moves into the passageway in conjunction with the movement of the movable magnet.






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