A coin separation mechanism and a coin processing apparatus comprising such a coin separation mechanism

摘要

A coin separation mechanism is disclosed, comprising a coin bowl (3) and a rotor (4), wherein the rotor, which is rotatable and arranged in an inclined orientation with its lowermost part inside the coin bowl, is provided on its front side with one or more recesses (5) for reception of coins (14, 15) from the coin bowl, in such a way that coins, which are received by these recesses, when the recesses pass through the coin bowl by rotation of the rotor, follow the motion of the recesses upwards on the rotating rotor, wherein the rotor is surrounded by a collar (10) preventing coins from leaving the rotor in directions perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotor, which collar is provided on its inner side with an inclining ledge (11) at least along a part of that side of the rotor, which moves upward during rotation of the rotor, the ledge being arranged to rise, in the direction of rotation of the rotor and as seen from the front side of the rotor, from being aligned with or behind the front side of the rotor to being in front of the front side of the rotor. Furthermore, at coin processing apparatus comprising such a mechanism is disclosed.