Coin wrapping machine

Abstract

Abstract A MACHINE IS DISCLOSED PREFERABLY FOR WRAPPING COINS, AND INCLUDES A CONVEYOR AND INCLINED PLATE MEANS FOR ASSEMBLING A PLURALITY OF COINS ON EDGE ADJACENT ONE ANOTHER TO FORM A ROLL OF LOOSE COINS, AND MEANS FOR MOVING THE ROLL OF LOOSE COINS AWAY FROM THE AREA WHERE THE COINS WERE ASSEMBLED. COIN WRAPPING MEANS ARE PROVIDED FOR RECEIVING THE ROLL OF LOOSE COINS AND THEREAFTER WRAPPING A SHEET OF FILM MATERIAL AROUND THE LOOSE COINS. THIS COIN WRAPPING MEANS INCLUDES A WRAPPING HEAD HAVING AT LEAST ONE CAVITY THEREIN, AN EXTENSIBLE BELT SUBSTANTIALLY SURROUNDING THE HEAD, MEANS FOR PLACING THE SHEET BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE LOOSE ROLL OF COINS, MEANS FOR URGING THE ROLL OF COINS AGAINST THE SHEET AND INTO THE CAVITY, AND MEANS FOR ROTATING THE WRAPPING HEAD RELATIVE TO THE BELT AFTER RECEIVING THE COIN ROLL TO WRAP THE SHEET AROUND THE COIN ROLL. THE MACHINE MAY ALSO INCLUDE A GRIPPING MEANS FOR HOLDING THE ROLL OF LOOSE COINS AT ITS END AS THE COINS MOVE AS A ROLL INTO THE WRAPPING HEAD, MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO THE GRIPPING MEANS FOR SEPARATING THE GRIPPING MEANS FROM THE ROLL OF COINS AFTER THE COIN ROLL HAS BEEN URGED AGAINST THE SHEET AND BELT INTO THE CAVITY, AND JAW MEANS PIVOTALLY LOCATED ON THE WRAPPING HEAD FOR HOLDING THE ROLL WITHIN THE CAVITY. ONCE THE COIN ROLL HAS BEEN WRAPPED A HEAT SEALING MEANS MAY BE PROVIDED TO SEAL THE FILM ABOUT THE COIN ROLL.

Inventors

• 👤 Peter Pilat

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