Coin handling apparatus
AssigneeAsahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasayoshi Umeda
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Abstract
To provide a coin handling apparatus not requiring a wide work area with easy maintenance. In view of the above, a first door is arranged on a surface on one side of a coin handling apparatus and a second door is arranged in the first door. The first door forms dispensing paths for coins discharged from coin hoppers housed in the coin handling apparatus with the second door, and is a partition plate separating a space for housing the coin hoppers from the dispensing paths for coins. In the coin handling apparatus, maintenance of the dispensing paths can be performed by opening the second door, and maintenance of the coin hoppers can be performed by opening the first door.
Claims9
A coin handling apparatus comprising:
- coin hoppers storing coins and discharging the stored coins one by one;
- a partition plate separating a space where the coin hoppers are housed from paths for the coins discharged from the coin hoppers;
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- a case housing the coin hoppers, wherein
- the partition plate is a door provided in a side surface on one side of the case, and
- the coin hoppers are exposed by opening the door,
- the door includes a first door connected to the case and a second door connected to the first door,
- in a state in which the first door is closed, the first door separates the space where the coin hoppers are housed from a space that includes the paths for the coins discharged from the coin hoppers,
- in a state in which the first door and the second door are closed, paths for the coins discharged from the coin hoppers are formed between the first door and the second door,
- the second door includes recessed parts provided on a side facing the first door, and,
- in the state in which the first door and the second door are closed, protrusions arranged on the first door are configured to be fitted to the recessed parts to form the paths for the coins discharged from the coin hoppers.
A coin handling apparatus comprising:
- coin hoppers storing coins and discharging the stored coins one by one;
- a partition plate separating a space where the coin hoppers are housed from paths for the coins discharged from the coin hoppers;
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- a case housing the coin hoppers, wherein
- the partition plate is a door provided in a side surface on one side of the case,
- the coin hoppers are exposed by opening the door,
- a base fixing the coin hopper so as to be attachable/detachable is provided inside the case,
- the base has a standing part on a side facing the door,
- the coin hopper includes a spring biasing the standing part and a stopper arranged on a back side of the coin hopper, the stopper being configured to advance and retreat,
- the base has an engaging part at a position corresponding to the stopper, and
- the coin hopper is biased by the spring in a direction apart from the standing part, and the coin hopper is fixed to the base in a state where the stopper inserted into the engaging part abuts on a surface of the engaging part on the door side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.