Coin selector

A coin selector comprising:

• a first inclined coin passage including coin discriminating means for discriminating whether an inserted coin is a true coin or a false coin and further discriminating denominations of coins being discriminated as true coins;:
• a second inclined coin passage for guiding the true coins transferred from the first coin passage;
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• coin distributing means including a lever having a substantially L-shaped contour as seen in a plan view and arranged to be movable from one side wall of the second coin passage to the other side wall of the second coin passage, the L-shaped lever having an inclined surface portion which constitutes a part of a bottom surface of the second coin passage and a gate portion which intercepts the second coin passage, wherein, at a normal position, the gate portion of the lever is moved away from the one side wall of the second coin passage to allow coins to travel further along the second coin passage while the inclined surface portion of the lever is moved into the second coin passage to form part of the bottom surface of the second coin passage and, when coins discriminated as true coins by the coin discriminating means are transferred into the second coin passage, the L-shaped lever is moved toward the one side wall of the second coin passage so that the gate portion of the lever prevents coins from travelling further along the second coin passage while the inclined surface portion of the lever is moved out of the second coin passage to release the bottom surface of the second coin passage, whereby the coins are dropped downward from the bottom surface of the second coin passage to different positions depending on the denominations of the true coins;
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• a plurality of coin tubes detachably arranged below the second coin passage for receiving the coins distributed by the coin distributing means in accordance with the denominations of the coins.

A coin selector comprising:

• horizontal coin conveying means for forcibly conveying a coin inserted through a coin insert slit in a horizontal direction;
• coin discriminating means arranged at an intermediate position of the horizontal coin conveying means for discriminating whether the conveyed coin is a true coin or a false coin and also discriminating denominations of coins being discriminated as true coins;
• a single inclined coin rolling-down passage for guiding the true coins conveyed from the horizontal coin conveying means;
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• coin distributing means including a lever having a substantially L-shaped contour as seen in a plan view and arranged to be movable from one side wall of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage to the other side wall of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage, the L-shaped lever having an inclined surface portion which constitutes a part of a bottom surface of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage and a gate portion which intercepts the single inclined coin rolling-down passage, wherein, at a normal position, the gate portion of the lever is moved away from the one side wall of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage to allow coins to travel further along the single inclined coin rolling-down passage while the inclined surface portion of the lever is moved into the single inclined coin rolling-down passage to form part of the bottom surface of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage and, when coins discriminated as true coins by the coin discriminating means are transferred into the single inclined coin rolling-down passage, the L-shaped lever is moved toward the one side wall of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage so that the gate portion of the lever prevents coins from travelling further along the single inclined coin rolling-down passage while the inclined surface portion of the lever is moved the single inclined coin rolling-down passage to release the bottom surface of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage, whereby the coins are dropped downward from the bottom surface of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage to different positions depending on the denominations of the true coins.

A coin selector comprising:

• horizontal coin conveying means for forcibly conveying a coin inserted through a coin insert slit in a horizontal direction;
• coin discriminating means arranged at an intermediate position of the horizontal coin conveying means for discriminating whether the conveyed coin is a true coin or a false coin and also discriminating denominations of coins being discriminated as true coins;
• a single inclined coin rolling-down passage for guiding the true coins conveyed from the horizontal coin conveying means;
• coin distributing means including a lever having a substantially L-shaped contour as seen in a plan view and arranged to be movable from one side wall of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage to the other side wall of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage, the L-shaped lever having an inclined surface portion which constitutes a part of a bottom surface of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage and a gate portion which intercepts the single inclined coin rolling-down passage, wherein, at a normal position, the gate portion of the lever is moved away from the one side wall of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage to allow coins to travel further along the single inclined coin rolling-down passage while the inclined surface portion of the lever is moved into the single inclined coin rolling-down passage to form part of the bottom surface of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage and, when coins discriminated as true coins by the coin discriminating means are transferred into, the single inclined coin rolling-down passage, the L-shaped lever is moved toward the one side wall of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage so that the gate portion of the lever prevents coins from travelling further along the single inclined coin rolling-down passage while the inclined surface portion of the lever is moved out of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage to release the bottom surface of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage, whereby the coins are dropped downward from the bottom surface of the single inclined coin rolling-down passage to different positions depending on the denominations of the true coins;
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• a plurality of coin tubes detachably arranged below the single inclined coin rolling-down passage, each of the coin tubes serving to receive each coin distributed by the coin distributing means in a corresponding coin tube depending on the denominations of the true coins.