APPARATUS FOR SORTING AND COUNTING COINS

摘要

Disclosed is an apparatus for sorting and counting coins. The apparatus for sorting and counting coins according to the invention includes a bi−directionally rotatable motor, a rotating shaft for conveying a rotating force generated by the motor, a stopper installed with a predetermined interval with the rotating shaft and having a tilted end so as not to further rotate in an anti−clockwise direction than a predetermined angle, a spring for allowing an elastic force to the stopper, a conveying container engaged with the rotating shaft and having conveying holes on a side surface for loading each coin, a supply control container formed on an upper side of the conveying container and having supply holes on a side surface for supplying a predetermined number of coins to the conveying container while rotating, sorting holes having a plurality of holes of different sizes to conform with the conveying holes for sorting coins in accordance with the sizes thereof; means for counting coins by using a non−contact type sensor, and means for containing a predetermined number of coins in a coin receiver by suspending the conveying container after a predetermined number of coins have fallen in the coin receiver and before a next coin of the same kind falls from a sorting hole. The coin receiver includes a coin wrapper and a wrapper case. The coin wrapper is removed from the apparatus for sorting and counting coins once after a predetermined number of coins have been filled therein. The wrapper case is structured to have a height of the opposite upper side to be higher than the side where the coins fall. The invention realized accurate counting and collecting of the coins by suspending the conveying container if a next coin of the same kind falls from a sorting hole after a predetermined number of coins have fallen from the sorting holes. The invention is also capable of preventing coins from falling outside of the coin wrapper by structuring the wrapper case to have a height of the opposite upper side to be higher than the side where the coins fall.