To provide a token sorting device capable of eliminating fraudulent token putout damage, or a fraud (for example, Kureman-kun (an optical device for fraudulently increasing the number of credits )) in a slot machine.
When a token moves a token passage 5 from an upstream side to a downstream side, an optical sensor 48a, an optical sensor 48b and a proximity sensor 49 turn on in this order and then turn off in the same order. A main control part 100 subtracts "1" from four counter values at a time point T5 detecting the falling of the optical sensor 48b, determines whether a rising counter value of the optical sensor 48a is "0" or "1", the rising counter value of the optical sensor 48a is "0", and the rising counter value of the proximity sensor is "0" and the falling counter value of the optical sensor 48a is "0" or not, and when the conditions are satisfied, adds the number "1" of inserted token, displays it on an LED 4a displaying the number of inserted tokens or an LED 4b displaying the number of stored tokens and, when the conditions are not satisfied, executes an error process and displays it on an error display LED 4e.
KUNIYOSHI KAZUHIRO
KIYOTA KENJI
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