Method and apparatus for bag stopping in a small coin sorter

The invention relates to coin processing equipment and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for bag stopping and braking in coin sorters. A coin sorting machine () has a motor output shaft () driving a coin queueing disk () and also has a coin sorting assembly () having a coin pushing member (). A power transmission device () transmits power from the motor output shaft () to a second shaft () driving the coin pushing member (). A coin sensor () senses each coin in a respective denomination as it is sorted into a respective receptacle () during a sorting operation. A controller () receives signals from the coin sensor () determines a last coin in a bag count limit and generates a braking signal to a braking assembly () to stop rotation of the second shaft () without directly mechanically braking the motor output shaft () or the motor ().