US 11,854,330 B2
Coin handling apparatus
Fumio Kibihara, Hyogo (JP); and Kazuma Sugahara, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to GLORY LTD., Himeji (JP)
Filed by Glory Ltd., Himeji (JP)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/206,171.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-050821 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0295631 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. G07D 1/06 (2006.01); G07D 9/00 (2006.01); G07G 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC G07D 1/06 (2013.01) [G07D 9/00 (2013.01); G07G 1/12 (2013.01); G07D 2201/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coin handling apparatus, comprising:
a storage to store a coin therein and feed out the stored coin therefrom;
a first attachment to which a first container for transporting a coin between the coin handling apparatus and another apparatus is capable of being attached;
a second attachment to which a second container for transporting a coin between the coin handling apparatus and the another apparatus is capable of being attached;
a first route to, when the first container is attached to the first attachment, guide the coin fed out from the storage to the first container attached to the first attachment, wherein the coin guided by the first route is received in the attached first container;
a second route to, when the second container is attached to the second attachment, guide the coin fed out from the storage to the second container attached to the second attachment, wherein the coin guided by the second route is received in the attached second container; and
a switch to switch a guide destination of the coin fed out from the storage between the first route and the second route, wherein
the storage comprises a plurality of storage boxes,
the first route comprises a plurality of first chutes provided one by one downward from the plurality of storage boxes to guide the coin fed out from the plurality of storage boxes to the first container, respectively, and
the second route comprises a transporter to transport the coin fed out from the plurality of storage boxes thereon in a horizontal direction and to the second container.