Apparatus for counting coins

An improved apparatus for sorting, counting and dispensing tokens comprising:

• a housing;
• a holder obliquely mounted on the housing, said holder having a plurality of fingers disposed at an upper portion thereof;
• a turntable rotatingly mounted on the holder, said turntable defining a slot at a center thereof for receiving a driving block, a plurality of ducts arranged annularly around the slot for respectively containing a plurality of ball races, and a plurality of recesses spaced and arranged annularly around the ducts for receiving the tokens, said turntable further having a plurality of flanges extending annularly and toward said holder from a surface between each adjacent recess, said flanges being radially spaced so as to form a plurality of channels therebetween for the fingers of the holder to extend thereinto;
• a locating member mounted on the holder, said locating member defining a first passage communicated with the turntable for the tokens to pass therethrough;
• a guide member mounted above the locating member, said guide member defining a second passage in communication with the first passage;
• a hopper for containing tokens mounted to the holder over the turntable, said hopper defining a central hole with a diameter slightly larger than that of the turntable for mating with the turntable, said central hole having a ledge integrally extending from an upper portion of a periphery thereof in order to retain the turntable;
• and
• an electric motor mounted behind the housing to drive the turntable to rotate, whereby the tokens are delivered one by one from the turntable to the locating member.