Daryl C Anderson

US Patent:

43960294, Aug 2, 1983

Filed:

Feb 17, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/234485

Inventors:

Daryl A. Anderson - Minneapolis MN

International Classification:

G07D 312

US Classification:

133 3C

Abstract:

A coin sorting device which includes an inclined coin transport rail with a coin feeding mechanism for supplying a flow of coins of different sizes to the upper end of the rail, the coin transport rail including at least one drop-through slot opening in the rail for permitting the smallest sized coin to pass therethrough while retaining all of the larger sized coins on the rail and also including a number of spaced apart pickoff coin removing fingers to successively remove selected coins from the rail; the slot being specifically constructed to produce simultaneous tilting and rotation of the smallest coin at the leading end of the slot to insure removal thereof through the slot with all of the coin engaging surfaces of the slot and the fingers being highly polished to reduce friction and obstruction of the flow of coins and certain portions of said surfaces being bevelled to eliminate restriction of the removal of the various coins from the rail, and also the method of sorting and separating coins of different sizes which includes removing through a drop-through slot, the smallest coins from an inclined transport coin carrying rail, and removing the larger sized coins with overhead pickoff fingers and ultimately permitting the next to the smallest coin to be discharged at the lower end of the rail.