Sequential coin dispenser
AssigneeATS Advanced Technics & Systems, S.A.
InventorMarcel M. Brisebarre
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Abstract
A coin dispenser having a plurality of columns holding coins of different denominations in linear alignment one with the others, a plurality of extraction fingers each moving successively beneath the stacks and a cam arranged for movement in alignment with and beneath the fingers with movement of the cam being effected by engagement with one of the fingers when coins are not to be extracted and is displaced relative to the fingers beneath a selected column when a coin to be extracted therefrom to permit a cam follower carried by a finger to engage and be displaced by the cam and thereby dislodge a coin carried by the selected column.
Claims10
Sequential coin dispenser comprising coin stacks, at least one per coin denomination, a rotating extraction mechanism comprising extraction fingers and a cam acting on these extraction fingers, an actuating device operable to displace said cam to effect extraction and a control circuit (16) interconnected with said actuating device for operation thereof, characterized in that in the extraction mechanism (2) the extraction fingers (9) are carried by first rotating means (8) so that each extraction finger (9) is moved successively under each stack (1) of coins, in that the cam (6) is carried by seconds means (5) driven by the first rotating means (8) and in that positioning means (25, 26, 27, 28) co-operate with the actuating device (13, 14, 8) so that when such device is actuated, the second means (5) and the cam (6) thereof are freed from the first rotating means (8) which drive them and they come into a predetermined position, allowing the extraction fingers (9) still in motion to effect the extractions.
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