Abstract: An automatic coin dispenser in which coins are stored in a plurality of coin tubes of equal length arranged around the circumference of a rotatable base. The coins are fed into the tubes from above according to the type of machine in which the dispenser is used. Coins projecting above the top of the tubes are swept off into a suitable receptacle. Coins are dispensed from the bottoms of the tubes which are provided with a slot in the wall and an opening in the bottom giving access to the bottom coin of a column of coins for a rotatable coin ejecting mechanism arranged to eject coins radially from the bottoms of a sequence of columns of coins during rotation of the base. The dispenser is further provided with a mechanism to activate or deactivate the coin ejecting mechanism so that a predetermined number of coins may be ejected. Suitable receptacle are provided for surplus coins removed from the tops of the columns and also for coins dispensed.

Abstract: A reel spinning apparatus for use in devices in which a plurality of reels carrying representations of symbols, letters, numbers or other indicia on their peripheries are assembled linearly spaced alongside each other and are free to rotate independently of each other in which each reel is rotatably mounted in a bracket which is itself pivotably mounted on a base in which is an electric motor and a shaft carrying friction drive wheels one for each reel. The reels each have an annular surface and frictional driving contact with one of the friction drive wheels, the weight of the reel and its associated bracket acting to hold the annular surface in engagement with the friction drive wheel. The reels are thus all driven together but may be stopped individually by means of a solenoid operated detent which is engageable in any one of a plurality of notches or the like formed around the circumference of each reel.