Abstract: A coin receiving and dispensing machine includes a plurality of dispensable coin storing units for storing coins for dispensation in accordance with their denominations, each of the plurality of dispensable coin storing units including a conveyor belt inclined so that a feed-out end portion from which coins are fed out is disposed upward, a separation roller disposed above the conveyor belts in the vicinity of the feed-out end portions of the plurality of dispensable coin storing units so that a clearance between the conveyor belts and itself is a predetermined distance and rotatable in a direction reverse to a coin convey direction of the conveyor belts, a support plate for receiving coins from the feed-out end portions of the plurality of dispensable coin storing units and supporting them on an upper surface thereof, a plurality of dispensing rollers provided so as to correspond to the plurality of dispensable coin storing units, disposed above the support plate so that clearances between the support plate

Abstract: An apparatus and method which reduces variation in coin position or velocity as coins are conveyed past an acceptance device is provided. In one embodiment coins are separated prior to conveyance past sensors. In one embodiment separation is achieved by stopping or pinching the following coin until a preceding coin has moved a predetermined distance. In one embodiment separation is achieved by engagement of sequential coins with different turns of a lead screw thread. In one embodiment separation is achieved by engagement of successive coins with rollers rotating at different velocities. Preferably, one or more belts are used to convey coins past an acceptance device at a known or constant velocity.

Abstract: A coin supply and collection apparatus that is applied easily to an existing carousel of the type having a plurality of gaming machines, is readily installed without requiring significant alteration of the gaming machine bases or the internal components of the gaming machines. The apparatus is provided with a first belt conveyor for receiving coins from a coin-providing side and conveys them, as coins to be used in each of the gaming machines, beneath the plurality of gaming machines. A second belt conveyer receives the coins fed from the first belt conveyer and conveys them to coin carriers associated with each of the gaming machines.

Abstract: A coin game machine island and a coin treating device for use with the coin game machine island is provided, wherein coins as game media can be washed inside the island so that no coin washing equipment needs to be provided outside the island, thereby making it possible not only to restrict the increase in space but also reduce the costs. A coin circulating path is constituted by a distribution conveyer extending at the upper portion of the island, overflow passageways extending downwardly from the outlet end of the distribution conveyer and respective coin game machines, a recovering conveyer extending at the lower portion of the island for connecting the respective overflow passageways, a coin tank placed at the outlet end of the recovering conveyer and a lifter device lifting coins inside the tank to the inlet end of the distribution conveyer. A coin treating device is provided along the length of the coin circulating path.

Abstract: The ending side of one coin conveying endless belt is made higher than the starting side of another adjacent coin conveying endless belt. Between the ending side of the one coin conveying belt and the starting side of the another coin conveying belt, there is provided a coin slide to let the coins, which have reached the ending side of the one coin conveying belt, slide down to the starting side of the another coin conveying belt. By using the coin slide, the transference of coins from the one coin conveying belt to the another coin conveying belt can be ensured.

Abstract: An endless belt conveyor is disposed between a coin receptacle and a hopper. Coins stored in the coin receptacle fall from an outlet at the lower portion of the coin receptacle and are supported and held on the endless belt. When the endless belt circulates, coins on the endless belt are transported toward the hopper and dropped into the bucket. The bucket is provided therein with a first sensor for detecting a lower limit of the number of coins and a second sensor for detecting an upper limit of the number of coins. In response to a signal from the first sensor, the endless belt circulates, and in response to a signal from the second sensor, the endless belt stops. The coin receptacle has a supply port for replenishment with coins. A protective cover is securely fixed to the supply port, the protective cover having a lattice pitch allowing a coin to pass but preventing a human hand from entering.

Abstract: A coin transporting and stacking mechanism transports coins between two endless belts which form a coin transporting channel. The coins are gripped on diametrically opposed edges by the counter-rotating belts, and securely held as they travel towards the coin ejecting end of the channel. The coin ejecting end moves vertically to stack ejected coins one on top of the other to form a coin stack suitable for automatic wrapping. The mechanism is capable of transporting and stacking coins in a relatively small space due the movable, flexible transporting channel. Moreover, the mechanism requires fewer parts than conventional coin transporting and stacking systems to enhance reliability.

Abstract: An unacceptable coin removing apparatus for a coin handling machine includes a rotatable disk for receiving coins deposited into the coin handling machine and feeding coins one by one into a coin passage provided with a reference guide rail and a facing guide rail facing the reference guide rail, transporting belts for transporting coins in the coin passage, sensors for detecting coins, a first projecting member which can be projected from the reference guide rail into the coin passage, a second projecting member which can be projected from the facing guide rail into the coin passage, a coin collecting opening and a controller for controlling the operation of the first projecting member, the second projecting member, the transporting belts and the rotatable disk. When the sensors detect an acceptable coin, the controller does not actuate the first and second projecting members.

Abstract: A device for vertically conveying coins including a lower horizontal guide path, a vertical guide path, an approximately arc-shaped deflecting path connecting the lower horizontal guide path and the vertical guide path. Each of the path conveys the coins in a lying fiat position. At least one conveyor belt is provided. Rollers are provided whereby the conveyor belt is led around the rollers. Deflecting rollers are arranged at space locations from the guide paths and the from the arc-shaped deflecting path. With this structure, an essentially constant conveying gap is formed by the thickness of the coins being conveyed between the guide paths and the deflecting paths and the conveyor belt. Structure for feeding the coins, conveyed lying flat one by one, is arranged at the beginning of the lower horizontal guide path. Structure for transferring the coins being conveyed is arranged at the top end of the vertical guide path.

Abstract: A coin queuing device for receiving coins of the same or mixed denominations and delivering the coins to a fixed feed station in single file, in a single layer, and with one edge of each coin positioned at a common reference location. The device comprises a rotatable disc with a resilient upper surface, a drive means for rotating the rotatable disc, coin feed means for feeding coins to the resilient upper surface of the rotatable disc, a coin containment wall extending around the outer periphery of the disc to prevent coins from flying off the disc when the disc is rotated, and a stationary head positioned over a portion of the rotatable disc for engaging the upper surfaces of coins carried beneath the stationary head by the rotatable disc. The stationary head includes a channel for receiving coins which are carried on the surface of the rotatable disc beneath the stationary head.

Abstract: A coin supply device includes a conveyor belt and a separating roller disposed above the conveyor belt. Upper coins of two or more overlapping coins are pushed back and separated by the separating roller rotating in a direction opposite to that of the conveyor belt. The lowermost coin is allowed to pass beneath the separating roller, and is fed to a pay-out hopper apparatus after passing under a coin sensor.

Abstract: A temporary automatic machine coin store includes a gear-tooth belt disposed between two tooth-gear blocks, namely, a driving tooth-gear block and a return tooth-gear block. A plurality of blades are attached to one belt. The width of the blades is equal to the maximal diameter of the coin to be inserted. The coin store assembly is disposed inside a vertically elongate housing. The tooth-gear blocks are vertically aligned. The upper end of the housing has a window for the coins to enter. The coins drop one by one upon the dihedral defined by each pair of blades which occupy at that time the upper end position within the device.

Abstract: A coin selector includes a horizontal coin conveying unit for forcibly conveying a coin inserted through a coin insert slit in the horizontal direction while the coin is held between an opposing pair of endless belts. The horizontal coin conveying unit is slidably arranged in a housing of the coin selector, and moreover, the space defined by the opposing pair of endless belts is enlarged by turnably opening the opposing pair of endless belt about their one end. The upstream side of the horizontal coin conveying unit is covered with a cover, and a liquid collecting portion is attached to the cover so as to allow a liquid received through the coin insert slit to be quickly discharged outside of the coin selector.

Abstract: A coin selector includes a horizontal coin conveying unit for forcibly conveying a coin inserted through a coin insert slit in the horizontal direction while the coin is held between an opposing pair of endless belts. The horizontal coin conveying unit is slidably arranged in a housing of the coin selector, and moreover, the space defined by the opposing pair of endless belts is enlarged by turnably opening the opposing pair of endless belt about their one end. The upstream side of the horizontal coin conveying unit is covered with a cover, and a liquid collecting portion is attached to the cover so as to allow a liquid received through the coin insert slit to be quickly discharged outside of the coin selector.

Abstract: In a slot machine island wherein gaming medals can be distributed into juxtaposed slot machines and medal lending machines by a distributing conveyor belt extended in a horizontal direction; a medal distribution apparatus characterized by being so constructed that shafts each of which is rotated forwards and reversely by a reversible motor or a rotary solenoid are stretched across the conveyor belt inwards of respective release ports which are provided at predetermined intervals sideways of the conveyor belt, and that a guide valve is fixed to each of the shafts so as to fall, when its lower edge has approached the top surface of the conveyor belt in parallel therewith, into a shape in which the guide valve is located aslant the widthwise direction of the conveyor belt and is inclined relative to the corresponding release port.

Abstract: A token management system for a slot machine has a buffer tank communicating with a token counter and a collection conveyer, and also has a token polisher for continuously raising tokens in the buffer tank to a hopper while polishing the tokens. A main tank receives overflow tokens from the hopper, and supplies the tokens to the buffer tank when the hopper is empty.

Abstract: A coin sorting device comprises a hopper (4) for holding a supply of coins. Within the hopper (4), a coin feeding disc (2) is provided for feeding the coin to a coin outlet (26). A coin transporting piece carrier (5) is rotated in synchronism with the coin feeding disc (2). The coin transporting piece carrier (5) is inclined to the coin feeding disc (2) at a predetermined angle. A plurality of coin transporting pieces (8) are protruded from the coin transporting piece carrier (5) passing through coin transporting piece reception holes (9, 10). A coin feeding belt (28) extends from the upper portion of the coin feeding disc (2) to the coin outlet (26). The coin is delivered in contact relation with the coin feeding belt (28). A belt driving pulley (33) is rotated by means of the coin feeding disc (2) in a frictionally well-contact relation therewith.

Abstract: A coin selector includes a horizontal coin conveying unit for forcibly conveying a coin inserted through a coin insert slit in the horizontal direction while the coin is held between an opposing pair of endless belts. The horizontal coin conveying unit is slidably arranged in a housing of the coin selector, and moreover, the space defined by the opposing pair of endless belts is enlarged by turnably opening the opposing pair of endless belt about their one end. The upstream side of the horizontal coin conveying unit is covered with a cover, and a liquid collecting portion is attached to the cover so as to allow a liquid received through the coin insert slit to be quickly discharged outside of the coin selector.

Abstract: A disc conveyor for conveyor for conveying disc-like objects is disclosed. The conveyor includes a feeding device for serially feeding a plurality of disc-like objects, a forcible transporting device for forcibly transporting the objects fed from the feeding device, a drive source for selectably driving either the feeding device or the forcible transporting device and a correlating mechanism for operatively correlating the feeding device and the forcible transporting device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of cashing up and collecting money from coin-operated machines and an arrangement of coin-operated machines for carrying out the method. The coin-operated machines which are in association with a money changing machine to form a group. A counter is provided which registers the amounts of money arising, such as the value of coins inserted into gambling machines. Excess coins arising in the machines during play are first fed, unsorted, to the money changing machine, and when its set filling level is reached, are fed to a coin strongbox. It is possible to sort out and feed at least one preferred type of coin, such as a high value coin or a low value coin, to the money changing machine and to feed remaining excess coins unsorted to a coin strongbox. The value of coins being transferred by the coin sorting device is continuously added and stored separately from the coins to be paid out and to be fed into a coin strongbox of the change dispenser.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for sorting various kinds of coins into various categories of coins. To this end, the invention includes a semicircular member having a plane surface and an arc surface. The semicircular member is capable of rotating between a first position wherein the plane surface is disposed substantially in the plane defined by a guiding edge and the arc surface is disposed within a guide rail and a second position wherein the plane surface is disposed normal to the guiding edge and the arc surface faces towards the upstream of the coin feeding direction. The semicircular member rotates from the first position to the second position when a first group coin is fed to collide with the semicircular member so as to diverge the coin away from the guiding edge so that the circumferential end of the coin closest to the guiding edge is disposed on a sort-out opening. The semicircular member returns to the first position when the coin passes the semicircular member.

Abstract: A coin selector includes a single coin passage and a single coin rolling-down passage. The coin passage is equipped with a coin discriminating mechanism so as to discriminate whether a coin inserted through a coin insert slit is a true coin or a false coin, and moreover, discriminate the kind of the coin which has been recognized as a true coin. On the other hand, the coin rolling-down passage is equipped with a coin distributing mechanism so as to selectively distribute the true coin conveyed from the coin passage depending on the kind of each coin. Conculsively, the coin selector is contructed in a very compact configuration.

Abstract: A sorter for mixed denominations of coins has an inclined feeding disc which carry coins on flights from a hopper to the entrance of an inclined track having a referenced edge comprises a rail with a lip on the rear of the rail. The surface of the inclined track is defined by a series of adjustable gates which define openings with the rail that are sized to the respective diameters of the coins to be sorted. Coins entering the track are engaged by an endless of belt or series of belts having projections, such as inclined fingers, that are spaced from the surface of the track a distance less then the thinnest coin. When the coins distort the projections upon entering the track, they are forced against the rail and are thereafter carried by the belt along the track until they reach their respective opening. At the opening, the release of the distorted projections imparts a force which lifts the coins over the lip and through the opening.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for separating one specified kind of coins from a plurality of coins including various kinds of coins.

Abstract: A coin transporting and stacking mechanism transports coins between two endless belts which form a coin transporting channel. The coins are gripped on diametrically opposed edges by the counter-rotating belts, and securely held as they travel towards the coin ejecting end of the channel. The coin ejecting end moves vertically to stack ejected coins one on top of the other to form a coin stack suitable for automtic wrapping. The mechanism is capable of transporting and stacking coins in a relatively small space due the movable, flexible transporting channel. Moreover, the mechanism requires fewer parts than conventional coin transporting and stacking systems to enhance reliability.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating and counting coins comprising a pair of rail spaced from each other to define a coin slot and a closed-loop chain for stably moving coins of different diameters on the pair of rails. The two rails are inclined with respect to a horizontal plane so that the coins are supported thereon in an inclined manner. The coin slot increases incrementally from an upstream of the coin slot to a downstream of the coin slot. Each coin, which has a diameter larger than a first width of the coin slot at the upstream and smaller than a second width of the coin slot at the downstream and moves along the coin slot, falls from the pair of rails. A counting device is suitably provided near the coin slot so that, upon falling of the coin, a count is registered.

Abstract: A coin feeding apparatus for a coin handling machine of the rotatable disk kind includes a guide extending along the coin flow path in the vicinity of an opening of a guide ring. The guide is swingable between a first position where its face is smoothly aligned with the inner circumference of the guide ring and a second position where the face is not smoothly aligned. The guide means, when disposed in its second position, acts to prevent the jamming of coins when the coins are driven in a reverse direction back through the opening onto the rotatable disk.

Abstract: The device comprises a housing possessing a front face provided with an admission slot for coins and with a coin return receptacle. A conveyor, situated in a shaft communicating by gravity with the return receptacle, transports the coins from the admission slot to a processing module. The conveyor possesses two notched belts interacting with each other to ensure the transportation of the coins with one belt extending below the interacting surfaces of the two belts.

Abstract: A device for the vertical stacking of successively fed coins or similar disk-shaped articles, including a coin carrier connected to a continuously revolving conveyor belt and receiving the stack of coins while capable of being lowered in a stacking space of a coin packing machine in synchronism with the growing stack. The coin carriers are formed by an L-shaped finger whose first shank protrudes horizontally into the stacking space while its second shank is so connected with a pair of continuously revolving conveyor belts that the conveyor belts, based on the longitudinal axis of the second shank, attach on two mutually offset, lateral articulated axles. The continuously revolving conveyor belts run along trajectories which correspond to the spacing of the width of the second shank and are parallel to each other while in the vertical stacking direction they are mutually offset in accordance with the spacing of the lateral articulated axles.

Abstract: A coin feed-in apparatus for a coin handling machine including a rotatable disk for receiving coins, guide ring having an opening for guiding the coins, which were received by the rotatable disk and moved toward the periphery of the rotatable disk by centrifugal force produced by the rotation of the rotatable disk, by the inner circumference thereof, a coin passage communicating with the opening and having a pair of first and second guide rails and a transporting belt for transporting the coins, the coins being transported along the first guide rail disposed on the side of the rotatable disk, a discriminator for discriminating the denomination, genuineness and the like of coins, a counter for counting the value of deposited coins, coin sorting openings for sorting the coins in accordance with their denominations, the respective discriminator, the counter and the coin sorting openings being arranged along the first guide rail, and a guide roller rotatable and disposed upstream of the first guide rail, the guid

Abstract: An apparatus for boxing coin rolls comprising a hopper feeding coin rolls to a rotary orienting feeder that discharges the coin rolls through a discharge chute. A conveyer belt system receiving the coin rolls and transporting the same to a manifold. A manifold bypassing apparatus is operative upon the manifold being filled with coin rolls to cause excess coin rolls to be returned to the orienting feeder for re-entry into the conveyor belt system until the filled manifold is emptied and ready to receive a new supply of coin rolls.

Abstract: In a device for validating and accumulating bills and coins for fixed and movable chute mechanisms forming therebetween a bill passage and magnetic heads provided above the bill passage for validating bills passing thereby, and head pressing rollers for pressing bills against the magnetic heads from the opposite side of the bill passage. A feature of this device is that, when a counterfeit bill is to be returned by reversing the travel of a bill conveying belt constituting one part of a fixed chute mechanism, a mechanism automatically operates to move each head pressing roller clear of the bill passage thereby to prevent jamming of the bill. Another feature is that the driving shafts respectively of the bill conveying belt and of a coin conveying belt are coaxially coupled by way of a one-way clutch, whereby when the bill conveying belt is driven in reverse dirction for rejection and return of a bill, the coin conveying belt is stopped thereby to prevent reverse conveying coins.

Abstract: This invention relates to a coin packaging device. More particularly, it relates to a coin packaging device in which coins despatched in the prone state change their position to the upstanding state and in which a coin stack comprised of coins in an intimately contacted aligned upright state is transferred to a packaging section.

Abstract: Coins lying on a driven rotary plate are displaced by centrifugal force into a discharge channel limiting a permissible thickness of the coins by its height. At a roll-off lug, the coins fed from the discharge channel are rolled off in an S-shaped movement during handling by a conveyor belt acting from above, and are finally conveyed away in a straight direction. The S-shaped movement is forced on the coins by an arrangement of elements which limits an outlet opening. Such an arrangement has the effect of ensuring a reliable and troublefree individual separation of the coins with few moving parts.

Abstract: Coin-dispensing apparatus having a general shape of a hand gun and provided with a trigger for manually advancing an endless belt formed with coin receptacles or pockets for receiving coins as they are fed by gravity from a reservoir, such advancing endless belt moving such coins to an outlet of the apparatus where such coins are directed into a coin-receiving machine such as a slot machine or the like. The apparatus is attachable to such coin-receiving machine and includes an adjustable cam member whereby the number of coins dispensed by the apparatus with a single actuation of the trigger can be varied within limits.

Abstract: A high speed coin sorter of the belt type has an elongate plate (8') along which coins (12) to be sorted are carried in single file by a belt (1) which is driven by a pulley (2). A series of coin deflecting recesses (15 to 18) of hockey stick shape are formed in the upper surface (8) of the plate (8'), and in dependence upon the denomination of a coin, as determined by a coin discriminator (10, 11) positioned in advance of the recesses, the coins are selectively deflected from their straight line paths along the surface (8) by respective solenoid-actuated pins (19 to 22), such that a coin is pressed by the belt into the appropriate deflection recess corresponding to that coin denomination. A shaft encoder (4, 6) is associated with the belt drive pulley (2), and the signals from the encoder are used to track the progress of the coins along the surface (8) from the discriminator to provide a timing signal for projecting the appropriate deflection pin.

Abstract: The disk shaped articles or coins to be sorted are conveyed by an entrainment belt on a base plate in conveying direction along a guide rail. Dependent on their diameter, the coins are separated out of the conveying path at respectively one of the sorting stations. The outward transfer ensues by a high-speed sorting belt into whose sphere of influence the coins respective proceed when, as a consequence of their diameter, they are lifted off from the base plate at one side due to their inherent motion in conveying direction, being lifted off by means of a wedge-shaped deflection element. The sorting belt then withdraws the coin to be transferred out of the conveying path under high acceleration, so that it proceeds into a collecting shaft. Such as apparatus functioning with an exclusively mechanical arrangement allows a high sorting speed given a compact structure.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving a feed belt in a coin handling machine comprises a cover for covering a transmission transmitting drive power to the feed belt. The cover is rotatably mounted about a pivot shaft on the machine body to be movable between its open position and its closed position. A motor on the machine body is positioned so that its output shaft is in alignment with the pivot shaft. A transmission belt is spanned between a drive shaft on the output shaft of the motor and a drive pulley on the driven shaft of the transmission.

Abstract: A device for counting and sorting coins belonging to a set of coins with a guideway 8 tangentially connected to a horizontal coin plate 3 is to be developed for separating foreign coins 11' through a sort-out opening 16. To this end, and behind a coin identifying device 14 and immediately in front of the sort-out opening 16, a diversion element 18 is movably arranged for the coins 11' identified as foreign or counterfeit coins by the coin identification device 14, with its front edge 35 arranged at a distance of at least the width of guide rail 17 from the guiding edge 9, with the diversion element 18 able to be triggered by the coin identification device 14. The diversion element 18, which in its active position is brought into the path of movement of coins 11, 11', diverts the coins from guiding edge 9 by at least a distance that is equal to or greater than the width of guide rail 17. In this manner, the foreign coins 11' to be separated out can drop through the sort-out opening 16.