摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coin tube provided with coin number measuring means for precisely measuring the number of stored coins. <P>SOLUTION: The coin tube is provided with: a coin tube body 5 for mounting and storing coins; a cylindrical electrode 6 placed outside a peripheral side wall of the coin tube body 5; and a coin electrode part 7 placed in the way that it is electrically connected to a coin C mounted on the coin tube body 5. The cylindrical electrode 6 is placed at a position where capacitance between the coin electrode part 7 and the cylindrical electrode 6 has a value in accordance with the number of coins in the coin tube body 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |