Coin pay-out apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Universal
InventorKazuo Okada
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Abstract
A coin pay-out apparatus in which a rotary disc is rotated by a motor to effect a coin pay-out. The motor is controlled by a plurality of binary input signals. Only when a combination of the plurality of input signals is found to be a predetermined combination including the binary input signals, is the motor driven to rotate the rotary disc in the normal direction so that coins are paid out. In this way, erroneous payment of coins can be prevented. In the event of a coin jam, the motor is driven in the reverse direction to clear the jam. The number of times the motor is thus reversely driven is counted, and when the count reaches a predetermined number, a warning of malfunction is given.
Claims3
A coin pay-out apparatus in which a rotary disc is rotated by a motor having a drive circuit having a plurality of separate input terminals to effect a coin pay-out comprising:
- means for controlling said motor by a plurality of different binary input signals fed simultaneously to said separate input terminals of said drive circuit;
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- means for paying coins only when a combination of said plurality of different input signals is found to be a predetermined combination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.