Machine having a coin or token payout mechanism

A dispensing mechanism as claimed in claim 14 wherein each lip has an upstanding projection at one end thereof adjacent the edge of the conveyor to act as the stirring means.

A coin dispensing mechanism comprising a selectably drivable endless loop conveyor whose path includes a bight portion, a store for continuously feeding a supply of the coins to be dispensed into said bight, the conveyor having a plurality of pick-up means thereon, each of which is adapted to entrain, in use, a coin to be dispensed as the conveyor passes through the supply thereof in the bight and transport it upwardly to an exit point above the bight where it is fed from the conveyor, and wherein the pick-up means comprises a plurality of upstanding lips, each of which has an upstanding projection at one end thereof adjacent the edge of the conveyor to act as a stirrer, the junction between each lip and the upper surface of the conveyor being chamfered, a recess being provided in the upper surface of the conveyor adjacent the junction of each lip therewith.

A coin dispensing mechanism comprising a selectably drivable endless loop conveyor whose path includes a bight portion, a store for continuously feeding a supply of the coins to be dispensed into said bight, the conveyor having a plurality of stirring means and a plurality of pick-up means thereon, each pick-up means being adapted to entrain a single coin to be dispensed as the stirring means passes through the supply thereof in the bight when the conveyor is driven and transports said coin upwardly to an exit point above the bight where it is fed from the conveyor, said pick-up means comprising a plurality of upstanding lips, each extending across the width of the conveyor and obliquely inclined to the direction of movement of the conveyor, said lips being parallel to each other and spaced apart by a distance greater than the size of the article to be dispensed.

A coin dispensing mechanism comprising a selectably drivable endless loop conveyor whose path includes a bight portion, a store for continuously feeding a supply of the coins to be dispensed into said bight, the conveyor having a plurality of upstanding lips thereon extending obliquely across the width of the conveyor, in parallel relationship and with a spacing greater than one but less than two coin diameters, the conveyor nominally picking up one coin in each space between two lips from the supply of coins in the bight when the conveyor is driven, and means for causing detachment of any second coin in any such space as the coins are transported upwardly by the conveyor to an exit point above the bight where the coins are fed from the conveyor.

A coin dispensing mechanism comprising a selectably drivable endless loop conveyor whose path includes a bight portion, a store for continuously feeding a supply of the coins to be dispensed into said bight, the conveyor having a plurality of pick-up means thereon, each pick-up means being normally adapted to entrain a single coin to be dispensed as the stirring means passes through the supply thereof in the bight when the conveyor is driven and transport said coin upwardly past second coin detachment means to an exit point above the bight where it is fed from the conveyor, the pick-up means comprises a plurality of upstanding lips, each extending across the width of the conveyor and obliquely inclined to the direction of movement of the conveyor, said lips being parallel to each other and spaced apart by a distance greater than the diameter of a single coin and less than two such diameters.