Coin processing apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10055921
APP PUB NO 20170116807A1
SERIAL NO

15298898

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A coin processing apparatus houses received coins for each denomination of the coins and dispenses the housed coins in accordance with a coin output instruction. The coin processing apparatus includes: a conveyance unit that conveys the coins that are received and stored in an input section upwards one by one along a predetermined conveyance path, allows authenticity and a denomination of each coin to be checked by a checking section while the coin is conveyed, sorts the coins checked to be true coins by denomination, and dispenses the coin checked to be a false coin; and a coin output suspending unit that receives the coin dispensed from the conveyance unit, outputs the received coin from a dispensing outlet when a coin output command is given, and feeds the received coin to the input section when a feeding command is given.

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FUJI ELECTRIC CO LTDKAWASAKI COUNTY OF KANAGAWA CITY JAPAN KAWASAKI-SHI KANAGAWA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fukuura, Takuya Yokkaichi, JP 6 8
Nakajima, Katsuya Nagano, JP 3 8
Nakajima, Norio Yokkaichi, JP 76 1038
Okuhara, Takao Yokkaichi, JP 5 8
Shibata, Yoshito Tsu, JP 8 8
Tomita, Kazuhiro Yokkaichi, JP 32 117

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