Coin delivering apparatus

A coin delivering apparatus comprising:

• a coin escalator having therein a coin passage where coins arranged in a row can pass, said coin passage having an inlet and an outlet which is arranged at a position higher than said inlet;
• coin delivering means for delivering coins to the inlet of said coin passage to push upward a coin row in said coin passage so as to force out a foremost coin in the coin row via the outlet of the coin passage;
• coin feeding means for feeding coins to said coin delivering means;
• a gate provided at a side wall of said coin passage for opening and closing said side wall such that, when the gate is opened, a coin passes said side wall so as to be taken outside of the coin passage;
• and
• a coin collecting opening provided outside said gate,
• wherein said coin escalator, said coin delivering means, said coin feeding means and said gate are arranged in a positional relationship such that, when said coin delivering means is operated with said gate being opened while feeding of coins from said coin feeding means continues, the coins fed from the coin feeding means are discharged to said coin collecting opening via said gate on a preferential basis prior to any coins remaining in the coin escalator.

A coin delivering apparatus comprising:

• a coin escalator having therein a coin passage where coins arranged in a row can pass, said coin passage having an inlet and an outlet which is arranged at a position higher than said inlet;
• coin delivering means for delivering coins to the inlet of said coin passage to push upward a coin row in said coin passage so as to force out a foremost coin in the coin row via the outlet of the coin passage;
• coin feeding means for feeding coins to said coin delivering means;
• a gate provided at a side wall of said coin passage for opening and closing said side wall such that, when the gate is opened, a coin passes said side wall so as to be taken outside of the coin passage;
• and
• a coin collecting opening provided outside said gate,
• wherein said coin escalator, said coin delivering means and said gate are arranged in a positional relationship such that, when said coin delivering means is operated with said gate being opened while feeding of coins from said coin feeding means stops, coins remaining in the coin escalator fall by their own weight in the coin escalator to reach said coin delivering means, and then are discharged one by one, by said coin delivering means, to said coin collecting opening via said gate, and
• wherein said coin escalator, said coin delivering means, said coin feeding means and said gate are arranged in a positional relationship such that, when said coin delivering means is operated with said gate being opened while feeding of coins from said coin feeding means continues, the coins fed from the coin feeding means are discharged to said coin collecting opening via said gate on a preferential basis prior to any coins remaining in the coin escalator.