VALUE MEDIUM PROCESSOR AND IC COIN USED FOR THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive compact value medium processor which processes IC coins and coins, and has compatibility with the existing value medium processor. SOLUTION: The value medium processor which discriminate authenticity of coins put in a common slot 114 for coins C and for IC coins 100 to sort them into acceptable coins and return coins through communication with the IC coins includes: a magnetic rail 118 inclined toward the front from an upper limb of the slot; a frontward-inclined IC coin rolling rail 122 arranged at a position distant by a distance at least larger than the diameter of a maximum-diameter coin at a lower part of the magnetic rail; and a coin passage 126 on which the coins fall with gravity within a range from the slot to the IC coin rolling rail. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT