Abstract: An outlet device for a coin payout hopper including an outlet chute having a curved outlet chute passage for upwardly pushing coins out of an upper outlet by trailing coins pushed into a lower inlet in the horizontal direction from the coin payout hopper. The outlet chute includes an outside edge plate having an outside coin guide track positioned at the outside with respect to the center of the radius of curvature of the curved outlet chute passage with the outside coin guide track being inclined to an acute angle to a coin supporting surface of a coin supporting back plate and an inside edge plate having an inside coin guide track positioned at the inside with respect to the center of the radius of curvature of the curved outlet chute passage.

Abstract: A coin conveyor for successively transporting coins comprises an elongated back plate and a plurality of tapered guide rollers arranged at respective opposite side edge portions of the back plate so as to guide and retain coins transported on the back plate.

Abstract: An improved coin handling machine of the type having a rotating coin bowl and coin stripper is presented which allows a coin to be stabilized prior to exiting the machine, reducing jamming of the machine and subsequent maintenance. Improvements include the provision of a set of coin pushers on the underside of the drum wheel disk, a coin guide for helping the coins remain in their respective coin receiving spaces and one or more pressure pads placed strategically above the coin stripper for discharging the coins out of the machine, the pressure pad(s) preventing the coins from gravitationally dropping over the coin stripper as the coins move toward the coin exit chute.

Abstract: An improvement of a coin dispensing apparatus, in particular of an agitator mounted on a central circular stage of a coin transferring rotary disc rotatably disposed in a hopper containing a plurality of coins to be dispensed. The agitator is composed of an agitating member having a plurality of agitating arms extending outwards from the central portion thereof and a resiliently deformable sheet having a thickness thinner than that of the coin, which are secured at their central portions to the central circular stage of the rotary disc such that the agitating elements rotate together with the rotary disc.

Abstract: The outlet device is used for guiding a coin discharged from a coin payout hopper through an escalator upwardly. The outlet device comprises an outlet chute having a curved coin guiding passage for upwardly guiding coins pushed in a lower inlet in the horizontal direction towards an upper outlet in the vertical direction. The outlet chute is composed of a back plate, a pair of outside and inside edge plates, and an elastically deformable inside front plate of elastomer material such as rubber covering only the inside edge plate positioned in the inner side in relation to a center of curvature of the curved coin guiding passage, the elastically deformable inside front plate having an extension protruding beyond the inner coin guiding edge face of the inside edge plate.

Abstract: A coin dispensing apparatus comprises a coin supply hopper secured to a base plate inclined at an angle to the horizontal and a coin feeding rotary disk rotatably supported on the base plate within the coin supply hopper. The coin feeding rotary disk has a disk body and a circumferential wall. The disk body includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced coin receiving through holes extended through the peripheral portion of the coin feeding rotary disk, and a plurality of coin feeding arms having a thickness smaller than the thickness of a coin to be treated and extending at an angle to the radial direction of the rotary disk on the peripheral portion of the bottom surface between the coin receiving through holes of the rotary disk. The disk body preferably has a sufficient thickness to provide coin receiving through holes having a deep depth for holding at least three coins therein.

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: An apparatus for circulating and cleaning coins in a game machine or the like comprises a coin feeder including a coin recovering hopper set in a game machine or any other machine; a coin recovering duct for recovering coins from the machine to the coin recovering hopper; a coin cleaning and transporting duct having an inlet connected to an outlet chute of the coin feeder; a coin supply hopper connected to an outlet of the coin cleaning and transporting duct for receiving coins from the coin cleaning and transporting duct and supplying coins to be used for the machine; and an overflow coin chute for passing coins from the coin supply hopper to the coin recovering hopper.

Abstract: A coin feeder comprising a hopper for holding a supply of coins in bulk; a rotary disc rotatably disposed at an angle to the horizontal within the hopper and provided with a central circular stage and a plurality of coin transporting pins which are protruded from a peripheral portion around the central circular stage and spaced apart in the peripheral direction of the rotary disc; and an outlet including an outlet chute for guiding coins pushed out of the hopper by coin transporting pins. The central circular stage is provided with a brush having bristles of synthetic resin or another non-metallic material for cleaning coins within the hopper.

Abstract: The coin dispensing device is adapted to be disposed at the bottom of a vertical coin hopper and receives loose coins to be dispensed from the coin hopper. A first rotating agitator disk withdraws the loose coins from the coin hopper and feeds the coins through a central feed aperture in the first rotating disk. A fixed disk lies below the first rotating disk and has a dispensing slot therein that receives the coins from the central feed aperture. The coins to be dispensed are lined up in a row in the dispensing slot from the center of the fixed disk to the periphery thereof for dispensing through an exit slot in the fixed disk. A second rotating dispensing disk lies below the fixed disk and spring biased pusher balls on the second rotating disk push on the edge of each coin to push coins from the center of the fixed disk down the dispensing slot. The dispensing slot in the fixed disk sits adjacent to a coin tray where the loose coins that have been dispensed are accessible to the patron.

Abstract: A coin dispensing apparatus comprising a hopper for holding a supply of coins in bulk, a rotary disc rotatably disposed at one side within the hopper at an angle to the horizontal, a carrier being rotatable in a plane extending at an angle to the rotary disc and a plurality of coin transporting pins and coin agitating pins carried on the carrier and protruded from the surface of the rotary disc through pin receiving holes in the rotary disc. The protruded end of the coin agitating pin is slanted so as to slope toward the periphery portion of the rotary disc.

Abstract: A bulk coin hopper and dispensing system is provided. A loading disc and a dispensing disc are fixedly secured to a motor driven shaft in spaced apart relationship to each other. A dispensing blade is interposed between the two discs. Bores in the loading disc are loaded with coins from a bulk hopper, the lower most coin in each of the bores resting upon the dispensing disc. As the discs rotate, the blade engages the coins thereon and urges them out of dispensing slots within the dispensing disc. Ball plungers are provided to restrict movement of the coins upon the dispensing disc until contacted by the blade.

Abstract: A coin dispensing apparatus comprises a hopper mounted on a supporting plate inclined to the horizontal for holding a supply of coins, and a rotary disc rotatably supported on the supporting plate within the hopper, the rotary disc has at the central portion a central shelf of a diameter depending on a diameter of a coin to be dispensed and has at the peripheral portion a plurality of coin feeding pins spaced in the peripheral direction, the peripheral portion of the rotary disc is provided with a plurality of inclined grooves each extending substantially in a direction tangential to the periphery of the central shelf between the sequential feeding pins, and at least one of the grooves is embedded with friction material such as rubber.

Abstract: A coin hopper is provided with a rotary pin wheel for feeding coins to a pay out mechanism. A wiper member is mounted adjacent the rotary pin wheel slightly removed from the position at which the rotary pin wheel feeds coins to the pay out mechanism. The wiper member functions to wipe extra coins off the rotary pin wheel and return them to the hopper basket so that each location on the rotary pin wheel is occupied by only a single coin. A guide member is provided adjacent the position at which the rotary pin wheel feeds coins to the pay out mechanism. The guide member aligns the coins being fed into the pay out mechanism to ensure that the coins enter the pay out mechanism in a flat upright, on edge orientation.

Abstract: A coin or token discharge apparatus having a large volume coin reservoir feeding coins or tokens to a coin bowl for engagement with a selector disc and transfer by the selector disc to an exit chute. The discharge apparatus has two baffle members designed to filter and orient the coins or tokens as they are fed to the selector disc. The selector disc includes features which facilitate non-jamming of stray coins or tokens in the rotating selector disc.

Abstract: A coin hopper and dispenser is provided for receiving coins in bulk and singularly and reliably dispensing them. A rotating disc is received within a housing bore below the hopper, the disc having a number of coin receiving bores passing therethrough. On a bottom surface of the disc, riding upon a bottom plate surface within the housing bore, is a dispensing wheel having a thickness slightly greater than the thickness of the coins to be dispensed. The dispensing wheel has arms thereon extending between the coin receiving bores of the disc, the arms urging coins against a deflection spring which directs them through a coin slot. A spring retention plate is provided at the exterior of the coin slot to assure that the coins are overtly dispensed by rotation of the disc.

Abstract: A coin sorter having a rotatable disc includes a brake mechanism for stopping rotation of the disc in response to a predetermined number of counted coins. The disc is driven through a gear train by an electric motor. The brake mechanism includes a first brake mechanism coupled to the motor for stopping rotation thereof, a second brake mechanism coupled to the coin disc for stopping rotation thereof, and a control mechanism for operating the brake mechanisms in a synchronous manner so as to avoid any shock loads upon the gear train due to existence of torque differentials on either ends thereof. The brake mechanisms are adapted to have substantially identical stopping times and are operated in such a manner as to be energized in a substantially instantaneous manner when the braking sequence is initiated.

Abstract: Coin assorting device having a disc (12) mounted for rotation on a bottom plate (10) to pass below a coin supply tube (19). The rotatable disc includes two pairs of recesses (16) for receiving a coin in each recess, the bottom plate having a discharge opening (20) for coins the diameter of which is less than a predetermined maximum diameter of the coins supplied. The discharge opening (20) extends beneath the mouth of the coin supply tube (19) and is shaped with an upper chamfered edge (24). Opposite sides of the wings (14) of the rotatable disc (12) are shaped in the form of blunt edges having a thickness which substantially corresponds to the thickness of the thinnest occurring coin. Circuitry is associated with the rotatable disc (12) for momentarily reversing the rotational movement of the disc when a coin jamming is sensed.

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: In a coin dispensing apparatus comprising a hopper for holding a supply of coins in bulk and a coin transporting rotary disc rotatably disposed within the hopper for delivering coin from the hopper, a carrier having a plurality of coin transporting pins and/or agitating members spaced apart in the circumferential direction is rotatably supported at the rear side of the rotary disc to rotate at an angle to the rotary disc such as to extend the coin transporting pins and/or agitating members into the hopper from the surface of the rotary disc in a minimum amount at a position of a delivery portion and in a maximum amount at a coin picking up position, whereby a coin dispensing efficiency is remarkably improved without miscounting and jamming of coin at the delivery portion.

Abstract: A coin removing apparatus for a coin handling machine of a rotatable disk type including a coin jamming eliminator for conducting unjamming operation by rotating the rotatable disk and driving a coin transporting belt in a reverse direction and then rotating the rotatable disk and driving the coin transporting belt in a normal direction, and repeating such operation a predetermined number of times in a case where a coin detector detects coins on the rotatable disk after a predetermined time has passed since a sensor detected a last coin, the coin removing apparatus including a coin removing lever for removing the coins on the rotatable disk and a controller for driving the coin removing lever to remove the coins from the rotatable disk, in the case where the sensor does not detect any coins and the coin detector detects some coins after a predetermined time has passed since the unjamming operation was completed.

Abstract: A coin payout system for a currency validator is presented. The system includes a bulk coin hopper having a pair of rotating discs at the bottom thereof. The discs each have a hole passing therethrough, with the holes of the two discs being in periodic registration with each other to pass coins from the bulk hopper to a dispensing area. One of the discs is caused to rotate at twice the speed of the other disc to accommodate the transfer function.

Abstract: A coin dispensing machine (10) of the type having a rotating pinwheel (22) is provided with a coin wiper (30) to substantially prevent coil jams. The wiper includes a resilient member (35) affixed to a stiffening member (40). The wiper is attached to the housing of the coil dispensing machine parallel to the surface of the pinwheel at a distance above the pinwheel surface about equal to a coin thickness, and along a chord of the pinwheel. As the pinwheel rotates, coins on the pinwheel surface are forced by the resilient member to lie flatly against the pinwheel surface or be rejected, thus minimizing jamming.

Abstract: Coin assorting device having a disc (12) mounted for rotation on a bottom plate (10) to pass below a coin supply tube (19). The rotation disc includes two pairs of recesses (16) for receiving a coin in each recess, the bottom plate having a discharge opening (20) for coins the diameter of which is less than a predetermined maximum diameter of the coin supplied. The discharge opening (20) extends beneath the mouth of the coin supply tube (19) and is shaped with an upper chamfered edge (24). Opposite sides of the wings (14) of the rotatable disc (12) are shaped in the form of blunt edges having a thickness which substantially corresponds to the thickness of the thinnest occurring coin.

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: A rotating disk is rotated about an upright axis to feed coins placed thereon toward a rotating body. The rotating body is formed with a spiral groove in which the periphery of each coin is inserted and a guide barrel is disposed in such a manner as to maintain the rising coins in the groove in the rotating body. The coin, the periphery of which are engaged in the spiral groove, are received by the guide barrel and lifted in a generally horizontal posture by the rotation of the rotating body and then discharged outside from a discharge port formed at an upper portion of the guide barrel. A rubber-surfaced roller is disposed opposite the rotating body. The roller is adapted to press against the periphery of coins thereby to ensure the insertion of the coins into the spiral grooves.

Abstract: A bulk coin hopper has an angled rotating disk positioned at the bottom of a chamber. A circumferential edge of the rotating disk communicates with an exit slot, from which coins are ejected. Overlapping such disk at the opening is a dispensing disk which is adapted for engaging coins carried by the first-named disk and ejecting the same from the slot.

Abstract: A coin recognizing selector (3) is followed by a buffer coin box (5) serving as a temporary store for newly inserted coins. The buffer has a stepping motor-indexable, bottomless and topless, circular loading magazine with P+2 radial cells bounded by radial walls, within a stationary cartridge. The cartridge has a bottom opening two magazine cells wide, equipped with a bolt (36) operable to either close off the opening completely or close off either its right or left side. N identical coin stores (6 to 11) are arranged coaxially one below the other to make change, are supplied from the buffer (5) and feed either a coin collection box (12) or a coin return tray (4) arranged in parallel beneath the storage decks. The bolts (36) are controlled to release coins from the stores to the coin box (12) or return tray (4), or from the buffer (5) to one of the stores (6 to 11), each store being assigned coins of a specific denomination.

Abstract: A coin dispenser for discharging coins stored in a bucket in an automatic vending machine, a money exchanging machine, a coin-operated amusement machine such as a slot machine and the like, comprising a bucket for storing a number of coins therein which has an opening at its bottom, a rotary disk driven by a motor for receiving thereon coins supplied from the bucket through the opening, the rotary disk being adapted to rotate in a substantially horizontal plane and causing the coins placed thereon to slide outwardly with centrifugal force; and a guide wall adapted to guide the coins impelled by centrifugal force along the periphery of the rotary disk and formed with an opening for discharging the coins. The rotary disk comprises a rotary pedestal including a hub fixed to an output shaft of a motor and a plurality of frames projecting in the radial direction from the hub, and a thin disk fixed to the rotary pedestal and adapted to bear the coins thereon.

Abstract: A coin dispenser which includes a coin accommodating bucket having an opening formed at the bottom, a rotary disc disposed under the bucket so as to be rotated substantially horizontally for moving coins, which are supplied from the bucket through the opening, outside by a centrifugal force, a guide for receiving the fringes of the coins moved outside due to the rotation of the rotary disc and for inducing the coins to an outlet, a regulating board for receiving the coins in the bucket above the opening, and an elastic stirring member having a non-circular cross section which is rotated together with the rotary disc in the opening of the bottom of the bucket. The elastic member collides with the coins and flips them so that the coins are stirred, thus preventing the clogging of coins.

Abstract: Coin dispensing apparatus comprises a rotary disc 25 mounted on a baseplate 22 so as to rotate through coins in a hopper 1. Individual coins pass through holes 25 into coin receptacles between projections 8. The disc is rotated by a motor 4 through a reduction gear 6 and a drive gear 5. Coins 27, 28 in the receptacles are swept into engagement with a spring loaded finger 10 against the spring bias until they become aligned with an outlet 14. The spring bias then urges the coins outwardly through the outlet. The apparatus has particular application to amusement machines with payout.

Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting a coin passing gap depending on the type of coins to be handled comprises a coin passing unit. The coin passing unit includes a sub-sorting ring and a feed belt, and is mounted about a pivot shaft to be movable between its open and its closed position. The apparatus further comprises lock and guide pins slidably mounted on a machine body. The lock pin is integrally formed on the base of the coin passing unit. At least one of the pins is engaged by a spring. The coin passing unit is supported on the top end of the lock pin. The lock pin is provided at its bottom with a receiving plate which is engaged by a roller on a lever for pivoting of the receiving plate depending on a coin thickness setting cam.

Abstract: A coin dispensing apparatus is disclosed including a cylindrical coin container mounted on a substrate and connected to the bottom of a hopper for storing coins, a coin transporting rotary disc being rotated on the substrate in the container and having a plurality of coin receiving apertures and transporting arms radially extending between each adjacent pair of the apertures on the bottom of the rotary disc with a radial length such that their outer ends do not extend beyond a circle upon which lie the centers of the apertures, an outlet guide member mounted on the substrate in the container at the outlet portion opening an outlet slot and a scraper being rotated on the substrate outside the container synchronously with the rotary disc and having radial scraping arms of the same numbers as that of the transporting arms.

Abstract: A coin sorter of the type wherein coins are sorted by the combination of a sorting head and rotated resilient disc in which the inner edge of the coins are radially referenced as they rotate, and coins of a discrete diameter of ejected at discrete circumferential points by a series of ramp-slot combinations in which the radially positioned ramp depresses a discrete diameter of coin into a slot. The slots are configured to direct coins caught in a slot outward.

Abstract: A coin dispensing apparatus is disclosed having a hopper for storing coins, a rotary disc rotatably mounted within said hopper at an angle to the horizontal, a plurality of delivery pins spaced in the peripheral direction on said rotary disc, a delivery knife for guiding coins at the upper delivery portion to a discharge chute and a counter at the upper delivery portion. The rotary disc is rotatably supported on a supporting plate by means of a plurality of balls interposed between the bottom surface of the rotary disc and the upper surface of the supporting plate and the rotary disc is urged toward the supporting plate so as to obtain effective engagement therebetween through the balls. The counter has a removable and replaceable counter roller rotatably mounted on a rocker arm having an actuating arm adapted for moving into a slot between a pair of sensor coils of an electromagnetic sensor such as a proximity switch or a slot switch.