APPARATUS FOR DETECTING FOREIGN MATTER ON COIN PATH

Title:

APPARATUS FOR DETECTING FOREIGN MATTER ON COIN PATH

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2011054104

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To provide an apparatus for detecting a foreign matter on a coin path which configures a detection system with a simple configuration and at low cost, and reliably detects a foreign matter with high accuracy.

The apparatus for detecting a foreign matter on a coin path is applied to an automatic ticket vending machine 11, etc., including: a coin shooter 26 for guiding a coin 27 discharged from a coin discharge port 25 of a coin processing part 24B to a change coin receiver 20, and comprises light emitting elements 32a to 32c arranged on the bottom surface 26a of the coin shooter, light receiving elements 33a to 33c arranged on a side wall surface 26b of the coin shooter to receive light emitted from the light emitting elements, and a foreign matter detecting part 54 for detecting a foreign matter on the basis of light receiving/shielding signals 61 to 63 output from optical sensors 51 to 53 comprising the light emitting elements and light receiving elements.

More Like This:

JP6041729	A money processor, a money disposal method, and a computer program
JPH11203524	COIN DISCHARGING DEVICE

Inventors:

KAMEYAMA YUKIHIRO
SAWADA MITSUHIRO
ITAKURA OSAMU

Application Number:

JP2009204860A

Publication Date:

March 17, 2011

Filing Date:

September 04, 2009

Export Citation:

Click for automatic bibliography generation Help

Assignee:

NIPPON SIGNAL CO LTD

International Classes:

G07D1/00; G07D9/00; G07F5/22; G07F9/00

Domestic Patent References:

JPH0358770U	1991-06-07
JP2009080618A	2009-04-16
JPH0358770U	1991-06-07
JPH09153161A	1997-06-10
JPS59119628A	1984-07-10
JPH02213220A	1990-08-24
JP2009116717A	2009-05-28

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Tamiya Hiroshi

Previous Patent: BALLOT PAPER SORTING DEVICE

Next Patent: COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF THE SAME