EP1096432A3 - Vorrichtung zum Zählen und/oder Sortieren von Münzen - Google Patents

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EP1096432A3
EP1096432A3 EP00250334A EP00250334A EP1096432A3 EP 1096432 A3 EP1096432 A3 EP 1096432A3 EP 00250334 A EP00250334 A EP 00250334A EP 00250334 A EP00250334 A EP 00250334A EP 1096432 A3 EP1096432 A3 EP 1096432A3
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Wolfgang Rompel
Jürgen Redeker
Thomas Zimmermann
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Scan Coin AB
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D5/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
    • G07D5/02—Testing the dimensions, e.g. thickness, diameter; Testing the deformation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Zählen und/oder Sortieren von Münzen (1), die in regelmäßiger Folge mit dem Rand (2) an einer Führungskante (3) anliegend auf einer Führungsbahn (4) gefördert werden, mit einer Münzerkennungseinheit (5) aufweisend optische Mittel zur Bestimmung von Münzdurchmessern (d), wobei die optischen Mittel eine Lichtquelle (6) sowie, bezogen auf eine Münzenhauptfläche, der Münze (1) gegenüberliegend lichtempfindliche Sensormittel (7), welche einfallendes Licht in elektrische Signale umwandeln, aufweisen, wobei das Sensormittel (7) als CCD-Element (7) ausgebildet ist, wobei die Lichtquelle (6) eine Emissionsquelle (8) sowie optische Elemente (9,10) zur Erzeugung eines parallelen und orthogonal zu einer Münzenhauptfläche stehenden Lichtstrahlenbündels aufweist, wobei die laterale Erstreckung des Lichtstrahlenbündels sowie die Anordnung des CCD-Elements (7) nach Maßgabe zu erkennender Münzendurchmesser (d) so eingerichtet sind, daß durch eine zu erkennende Münze (1) lediglich ein Teil des CCD-Elements (7) abschattbar ist.
EP00250334A 1999-10-26 2000-10-11 Vorrichtung zum Zählen und/oder Sortieren von Münzen Expired - Lifetime EP1096432B1 (de)

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DE19951458 1999-10-26
DE1999151458 DE19951458B4 (de) 1999-10-26 1999-10-26 Vorrichtung zum Zählen und/oder Sortieren von Münzen
DE10028934 2000-06-16
DE10028934A DE10028934A1 (de) 1999-10-26 2000-06-16 Vorrichtung zum Zählen und/oder Sortieren von Münzen

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EP1096432A2 EP1096432A2 (de) 2001-05-02
EP1096432A3 true EP1096432A3 (de) 2002-11-06
EP1096432B1 EP1096432B1 (de) 2012-03-14

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EP (1) EP1096432B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE549706T1 (de)
DE (2) DE10028934A1 (de)
ES (1) ES2384767T3 (de)
NO (1) NO327316B1 (de)

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NO20005366L (no) 2001-04-27
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DE20023667U1 (de) 2005-05-12
EP1096432B1 (de) 2012-03-14
ATE549706T1 (de) 2012-03-15
ES2384767T3 (es) 2012-07-12
US6552781B1 (en) 2003-04-22
NO20005366D0 (no) 2000-10-25
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