# US 2022/0036682 A1 · Disk feeding device

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- Number: US 2022/0036682 A1
- Document ID: US20220036682A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/298,851
- Filed: 2019-09-05
- Published: 2022-02-03
- Earliest claimed: 2018-12-03
- Assignees: Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Tomokazu KORENAGA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220036682A1

## CPC

- G07D 3/128: {Rotary devices}
- G07D 1/00: Coin dispensers (devices delivering paper currency G07D11/00)
- G07D 3/14: Apparatus driven under control of coin-sensing elements
- G07D 9/008: {Feeding coins from bulk}
- G07D 2201/00: Coin dispensers
- G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING

## Abstract

A holding unit that reciprocally holds a feeding roller and is separated from a base body, and locking position changing means (a first tooth row, a second tooth row, a shaft support portion, a cylindrical shaft, and the like) for changing a locking position of a holding unit with respect to the base body along a track in a direction in which a distance between the feeding roller and the guide roller is changed are provided. In the configuration, a position and an orientation of a guide roller are caused to be constant regardless of a size of a coin, and thus the coin is appropriately guided toward a feeding passage by the guide roller regardless of the size of the coin.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A disk feeding device including:
a base body;
a storage portion that stores a disk;
a rotary member that is disposed in the base body and is rotatable;
a feeding passage that is provided in the base body and through which the disk fed toward an outside of a device passes; and
a guide member and a feeding member that face each other via the feeding passage,
the rotary member including a circular through hole that penetrates in a rotation axis direction and a push portion that pushes the disk in a rotation direction to move the disk, and moving the disk that is sent to the rotary member from the storage portion and passes through the through hole with the push portion in the rotation direction,
the guide member guiding the disk moved to a predetermined position of the rotation direction toward the feeding passage,
the feeding member being capable of reciprocating in a direction in which a distance from the guide member is changed, and feeding the disk pinched between the feeding member and the guide member by a biasing force of a biasing member while being biased toward the guide member by the biasing member,
the disk feeding device comprising:
a holding body that reciprocally holds the feeding member and is separated from the base body; and
a locking position changing member for changing a locking position of the holding body with respect to the base body along a track in a direction in which the distance is changed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The disk feeding device according to claim 1, wherein
a first tooth row including a plurality of teeth arranged at a predetermined interval along the track is provided in the base body,
a second tooth row that includes a plurality of teeth and meshes with the first tooth row is provided in the holding body, and
the holding body is configured to be capable of being attached to and detached from the base body in a tooth width direction of the first tooth row.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The disk feeding device according to claim 1, wherein
a tooth row including a plurality of teeth arranged at a predetermined interval along the track is provided in the base body,
a gear meshing with the tooth row is provided on the holding body, and
the locking position changing member includes at least the tooth row and the gear.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The disk feeding device according to claim 2, wherein
a scale is provided on the first tooth row or the tooth row.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The disk feeding device according to claim 1, wherein
a detection sensor that detects the disk in the feeding passage, a width adjustment member that adjusts a width of the feeding passage, and a plurality of recesses into which the width adjustment member is inserted are provided in the feeding passage.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The disk feeding device according to claim 1, wherein
a remaining prevention portion that prevents the disk from remaining on an edge of the rotary member in a radial direction is detachably provided in the storage portion.