US3601238A - Coin sorter anvil mounting - Google Patents

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US3601238A
US3601238A US849313A US3601238DA US3601238A US 3601238 A US3601238 A US 3601238A US 849313 A US849313 A US 849313A US 3601238D A US3601238D A US 3601238DA US 3601238 A US3601238 A US 3601238A
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Wilson M Stewart
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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
    • G07D5/08—Testing the magnetic or electric properties
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F1/00—Coin inlet arrangements; Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
    • G07F1/04—Coin chutes
    • G07F1/048—Coin chutes with means for damping coin motion

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  • l1 provid'e'a coin. sorter having a runway down which genuine coins andslugs travelpast a magnet and. are influencedby thelatter sothat anvilspacedfrom theendof said: runway anddisposed above the pathofi genuine coinspassing-fromthe endof said' runway into anacceptance path, theanvil being positionedsuch that slugsleaving the runway, at aspeedinexcess of thatatwhich genuine coins leave the runway, will: strike the anviliand rebound into a rejection pathwhichisalsozfollowedby.
  • slugs Plate 3 carries an inclined ru nway 9 and plate 4.carries a r n ag net 10.
  • a coin chute 11 is mounted at the top of plate 1 and fed thereto are led tofa cradle 12 which allows smaller coins such as one-cent, five-cent andten-cent pieces to; pass through for sortinglower down in the sorter.
  • a twenty -fiye cent, piece or a slug of the same size will, however, rockthe 'c rad I eand;b deposited on the upper end of runway 9, unless it'is a fe rrol isu 1 slug in which case it will be held by a magnet 13 FIC L Z pivotally mounted at the back of plate I] to extend through;
  • the new type of all-nickel Canadian twenty-five cent piece is drawn throughan aperture 15 in the plate by a magnet '16 against the resilient action of a springurged gate 17 and enters a guide 18 secured to the .back of plate 1.
  • the bottom of the guide forms a runway for the allnickel coin and the guide has an inwardly sloping portion 19 which serves to divert the coin through an aperture 20 in plate '1, whereafter it follows the same eventual acceptance path as the other genuine coins.
  • FIG. 3 it will be seen that there is an anvil 21 spaced from the end of the runway 9, the anvil forming the lower terminal portionof a sweeper am' l 22 adapted, when actuated, to-sweep across the magn et lo and dislodge anything they leave. the end of; the runway at: different: speeds, and an held thereby between plates 1 and 4.
  • the sweeper arm is actuated by depression of roller 23 which happens when the coin return lever-of the vending machine is operated by the user.
  • the roller'23- is rotatably mounted on a member 24 which is pivotally mounted on a pivot pin 2 5exten'ding forwardly from back plate 1 and has a forwardly' extending intermediate flange 26-'and a forwardly extending. cam 27, the latter cooperating with a roller 28(FIG. I) mounted on the upper I, e nd;of plate 3" to move the plate 3 away from plate 1 as the whiehleave the runway, at. a: speedslowen-tham thattatwhich I path followed by other'genuine coins, Moreover, I have'found that-lgcanform the anvil ,as part of asweeper arm which,-whenactuated, sweeps past themagnet to dislodge. anything-heldby the latter, The sweeperarm is. biased upwardly against stopmeans and said-stop; means .is preferably adjustably. mounted H to provide for fine adjustmentpfthe normal position offthe anvil.
  • l-IG. 3 is .a .tragmentary part-sectional view of only; those" parts of :the sorter essential forlanunderstandinglof the inven-' tion DETAILED DESCRIPTION-
  • the coin sorter as shown, has aback mountingplnte I pro.
  • the sweepen ann' 22 is pivotally; mounted on-pivot pin 29 on theback'. plate 1-'and.liesbetween plate 1 and member 24', the
  • The'stop:33E is, in the form of a substantially rectangular blockseatedtin a shallow recess 35in the plate 1 and extendingforwardly therefrom;
  • the block has two slots 36 therein and two screws 37 extend? freely. through said slots and are screwed-intosuitable tappedholes inplate 1.
  • the gate 17 is pivotallymounted on a hinge pin 41 and is urged forwardly by spring 42 coiled around the hinge pin and having one end 43 engaging the back of the gate and the other end 44 engaging the back of plate 1.
  • a stop 45 extends upwardly from the gate to engage the back of plate 1 and prevent the gate from passing forwardly through the aperture 15.
  • a second stop 46 is attached at one end to plate 1 by a screw 47 and extends down behind the stop 45 to limit rearward movement of the gate, as otherwise the gate might swing back too far and allow a coin passing through aperture to come too close to magnet 16 and be slowed down to an undesirable extent.
  • a coin sorter having a first runway down which genuine coins and slugs travel past a magnet and are influenced by the latter so that they leave the end of the runway at different speeds, an anvil spaced from the end of said runway and disposed above the path of genuine coins passing from the end of said runway into an acceptance path, the anvil being positioned such that slugs leaving the runway at a speed in excess of that at which genuine coins leave the runway will strike the anvil and rebound into a rejector path which is also followed by slugs which leave the runway at a speed slower than that at which genuine coins leave the runway, a plate having a first aperture upstream of said magnet and a second aperture downstream of said magnet, a second runway on the opposite side of said plate from said first runway, means for diverting coins made of nickel laterally from said first runway through said first aperture to said second runway, and means for diverting said coins made of nickel, after they have passed the magnet, through said second aperture in said plate to terminate in said acceptance path, at least a major portion of said anvil being disposed above
  • a coin sorter as claimed in claim 1 wherein said anvil forms a terminal portion of asweeping arm which, when actuated, sweeps past said magnet to dislodge anything held by the latter, stop means being mounted in the sorter and means being provided for holding said sweeping arm position abutting said stop means.
  • a coin sorter as claimed in claim 4 one of said plates having exit means and reentrance means for coins made from nickel, said exit means being disposed upstream of said magnet and said reentrance means being disposed downstream of said magnet, said anvil being mounted with at least a major portion thereof above said reentrance means.

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US4376480A (en) * 1979-05-25 1983-03-15 Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd. Coin sorting device
USD399633S (en) 1997-01-16 1998-10-13 Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd. Coin segregation device
US6378685B1 (en) * 1999-03-29 2002-04-30 Aruze Co., Ltd. Coin-receiving device
EP1376483A3 (en) * 2002-06-26 2004-11-17 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Coin selector for a bimetal coin

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DE2756105C3 (de) * 1977-03-04 1981-11-12 Coin Acceptors, Inc., St.Louis, Mo. Münzprüf- und Sortiereinrichtung
US4093057A (en) * 1977-03-04 1978-06-06 Coin Acceptors, Inc. Gate assembly for a coin selecting and separating device
DE2916829C3 (de) * 1979-04-26 1982-03-04 Dieter Grünig, Automaten-Herstellung-Großhandel-Reparaturen und Fabrikvertretungen, 6149 Fürth Münzprüfer mit einem Magneten

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US2076862A (en) * 1935-11-08 1937-04-13 Patzer William Detecting apparatus
US2763356A (en) * 1954-07-15 1956-09-18 Seth B Atwood Coin testing device
US3168180A (en) * 1961-06-12 1965-02-02 Nat Rejectors Gmbh Money-handling devices

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US1839874A (en) * 1930-04-24 1932-01-05 Gottfried John Fraud preventing device
US2076862A (en) * 1935-11-08 1937-04-13 Patzer William Detecting apparatus
US2763356A (en) * 1954-07-15 1956-09-18 Seth B Atwood Coin testing device
US3168180A (en) * 1961-06-12 1965-02-02 Nat Rejectors Gmbh Money-handling devices

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4376480A (en) * 1979-05-25 1983-03-15 Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd. Coin sorting device
USD399633S (en) 1997-01-16 1998-10-13 Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd. Coin segregation device
US6378685B1 (en) * 1999-03-29 2002-04-30 Aruze Co., Ltd. Coin-receiving device
EP1376483A3 (en) * 2002-06-26 2004-11-17 Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha Coin selector for a bimetal coin

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