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1. A disk sorting device comprising a housing defining a disk transport path for conveying disks from a source; a disk identifying device located adjacent the disk transport path for identifying the type of disk passing along the transport path; and a disk diverting mechanism in the disk transport path downstream of the disk identifying device and operable to divert disks in accordance with the type of the disk determined by the disk identifying device into a selected one of at least a return path in which a disk returns to the source and a dispense path in which a disk is directed towards a dispense outlet, wherein the disk transport path is oriented with a vertical component whereby disks pass along the path and the diverting mechanism under gravity, wherein the disk diverting mechanism includes a single disk diverting surface movable orthogonally with respect to the disk transport path between a first position in which a disk passes to the return path, and a second position in which a disk passes to the dispense path, wherein in one of the first and second positions the surface is retracted away from the disk transport path so that a disk can fall undeflected past the disk diverting surface and in the other of the first and second positions the surface is inserted into the disk transport path. |
