Abstract: A coin dispenser drops a coin 16 onto a surface 18 for transport to a dispensing area 14. To damp the circular rolling motion of the coin 16 after it falls onto the surface 18, the surface 18 has a strip 24 onto which the coin 16 rolls, thereby bringing the coin 16 quickly to rest.

Abstract: A device for selectively routing coins moving edgewise on to either of two paths is described. The device contains a flap lying generally in the plane of movement of a coin, the flap being pivoted such that its upstream end is selectively movable between two positions to cause the coin to go either to one side or to the other side of the flap depending upon the position of the flap, a coin support arranged to support a coin going to the one side of the flap, so that the coin continues edgewise past the flap, and an opening into which a coin going to the other side of the flap will fall edgewise.

Abstract: A coin mechanism comprising testing devices for testing coins as to their acceptability, a substantially upright coin store or tube adapted to contain a plurality of acceptable coins of a particular denomination up to a predetermined upper level, and a coin dispenser for dispensing coins from the lower end of the store. The coin store is provided with a coin inlet located below the predetermined upper level, and devices for delivering acceptable coins of the denomination from the testing devices through the inlet into the store. This enables the coin store to be pre-loaded to the upper level and, when its contents have been partly dispensed, to be refilled from the coin tester, through the coin inlet at the lower level.

Abstract: A device for guiding an arriving coin, which is travelling edgewise, to a selected one of a plurality of exits of the device, comprising a guide having a coin entry to admit arriving coins and a coin outlet, the guide being of changeable configuration, and a guide control mechanism adapted to selectively position the coin outlet in register with any selected one of the exits, and to change the configuration of the guide as its coin outlet moves between exits. The device can guide coins to numerous exits spaced over a wide range yet is compact in height and width and requires only a single actuator.