| 摘要 |
A whirling horizontal disc receives bulk coins of random denomination, near its center, and centrifugal force causes the coins to slide outwardly on the disc. A stationary shear ring lets only a single layer of coins move under it into the entrance ends of radial channels on the disc where they are arrested against an annular barrier shoulder. A single stationary cam adjacent the shoulder lifts an edge of only one coin in each channel entrance to clear the shoulder and permits only one coin to enter each channel by centrifugal force at each revolution of the disc. The channels define outwardly tapered coin paths so that the coins will be stopped at radial positions determined by their diameter or denomination and they are then discharged at a fixed station where coins of the same denomination are counted and accumulated in a receiver until a predetermined number have been accumulated. A gate then deflects coins of that denomination to a second receiver and the counting process is repeated. Means are provided for preventing centrifugal and other forces acting on the coins at said shoulder to cause them to pile up upon each other.
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