US 12,437,598 B2
Coin sorting disc with coin flow management features
James M. Rasmussen, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Cummins-Allison Corp., Mount Prospect, IL (US)
Filed by Cummins-Allison Corp., Mount Prospect, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/524,559.
Application 18/524,559 is a continuation of application No. 17/383,247, filed on Jul. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,847,879.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/059,650, filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0096161 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07D 3/12 (2006.01); G07D 9/00 (2006.01); G07D 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC G07D 3/128 (2013.01) [G07D 9/008 (2013.01); G07D 5/02 (2013.01); G07D 2205/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stationary sorting head for processing a plurality of coins of a mixed plurality of denominations having a plurality of diameters and a plurality of thicknesses, comprising:
a lower surface generally parallel to and spaced a distance from a resilient pad of a rotatable disc, the lower surface forming a coin path for directing movement of each of the plurality of coins, the resilient pad being generally circular and including an outer peripheral edge, and
a queuing area of the coin path configured to guide the plurality of coins in a single file and single layer configuration to a discrimination area, the queuing area including a queuing channel having an inner queuing wall, the queuing channel having a first depth and a beveled surface curving tangentially with the outer peripheral edge of the resilient pad and extending from the first depth to a zero depth, wherein a portion of the queuing channel is at a second depth less than the first depth and the portion of the queuing channel at the second depth terminates adjacent to the outer peripheral edge of the resilient pad and where the queuing channel curves tangentially.