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US 2004/0005852 A1Published application
Small coin hopper
AssigneeAsahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMotoharu Kurosawa
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Abstract
The size of a coin hopper on the whole is reduced, particularly providing fewer coin holes for discharging and accepting a coin. A container or coin hopper head generally of a cylindrical form stores a plurality of coins in a bulk condition. A disk is freely rotatably arranged within the bottom of this head, for releasing said coins. The disk has a one coin passage opening for accepting and releasing said coins.
Claims13
A coin hopper comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical container for storing a plurality of coins in a bulk condition;
- a support with a coin exit;
- and
- a disk supported by said support and mounted freely rotatably within a bottom of said container, said disk having only one opening for accepting coins and releasing coins to said coin exit.
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A coin hopper comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical container for storing a plurality of coins in a bulk condition;
- a support with a coin exit;
- a disk supported by said support and mounted freely rotatably within a bottom of said container, said disk having two or more openings formed around an axis of rotation of said disk for accepting coins and releasing coins to said coin exit;
- a shaft supported for rotation by said support;
- and
- a plate, said disk being connected to said shaft by said plate.
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A coin hopper comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical container for storing a plurality of coins in a bulk condition;
- a base;
- a disk with a disk portion and a central axle portion and a connection, said axle portion having a rotational axis and an axle portion radial extent, said axle portion being mounted freely rotatably on said base, said disk portion having a disk surface within a bottom of said container with said disk portion having a coin passage opening extending from said disk surface through said disk portion, said coin passage opening having an extent at said disk surface that is overlying said axle portion radial extent.
A coin hopper comprising:
- a coin container for holding coins in a bulk condition;
- a base;
- a gear mechanism with gears in said base for transmitting a rotational drive in response to a mechanical input;
- a shaft connected to said gear mechanism;
- a feed disk with a coin passage opening, said feed disk being connected to said shaft for rotation of said feed disk at the bottom of said container, said feed disk having a diameter that is not more than 2.5 times a diameter of said coin passage opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.