Abstract: A coin processing device (10) and a method for classifying coins are provided. The coin processing device (10) includes at least one computerized controller (9) having a storage unit (36), and at least one coin channel (34) for guiding a coin (35). The at least one coin channel (34) includes at least one sensor (37) suitable for measuring a passage time of the coin (35). An accelerating device (43) is connected to the computerized controller (9) and is designed to accelerate the coin (35) in a reproducible manner. A target speed value for a specified coin (35) is stored in the storage unit (36). An actual speed value is calculated based on the transport time detected by the sensor (37). A coin class of the coin (35) is ascertained by the computerized controller (9) from the comparison of the target speed value and the actual speed value.

Abstract: A coin separation device comprises a conveying device for conveying coins in a conveying direction out of an input container along a conveying section and a testing device which is arranged on the conveying section for recognizing a coin type of a coin which is conveyed along the conveying section. An accelerating device is provided which is configured to accelerate a coin conveyed along the conveying section in dependence on recognition by the testing device in such a manner that the coin is conveyed from the conveying section into a coin collecting device, wherein the accelerating device is configured, in dependence on the coin type of the coin recognized by the testing device, to act upon the coin for acceleration.

Abstract: A coin validation arrangement, usable for example in pay telephones, uses one or more inductive sensors having a small effective magnetic field so that the inductive sensor responds only to the material of a strip across the coin. Preferably a plurality of inductive sensors are used, mounted at different heights above the floor of a coin guide, at different positions along the coin path. At each position along the coin path there may be either one or a plurality of inductive sensors. Preferably the inductive sensors are surface mount inductors on a printed circuit board which forms part of one wall of the coin guide. Such arrangements are particularly useful for recognizing coins having an outer ring made of a different material from the central disc, and for distinguishing such coins from uniform composition coins.

Abstract: A coin sorter, wherein three distributing levers (30, 42, 150) are connected to each other through a link means (202) so that the number of the driving means thereof is not increased even when the number of the distributing lever is increased and driven interlockingly with each other by a single solenoid (201) operating one of the three distributing levers (30, 42, 150).

Abstract: A coin mechanism is provided with a magnetic system for preventing rotation of a coin mechanism intended for use with a magnetic coin when a non-magnetic coin or token is deposited into the mechanism, and for preventing rotation of a coin mechanism intended for use with a non-magnetic coin when a magnetic coin or token is deposited into the mechanism. A magnet is lodged in the arm of a rocker which is biased away from the coin recess in the coin conveyor. The attractive force of the magnet on a magnetic coin or token inserted into the coin recess overcomes the force biasing the rocker arm, causing the rocker arm to move toward the coin or token.