Cassette for a rotary rolled coin dispenser

Abstract

A coin roll cassette is disclosed. The cassette is used in a coin roll dispensing apparatus of the type that includes at least one rotatable dispensing wheel. Such dispensing wheel has a device for engaging cassettes therein to retain the cassettes within the wheel, a rotary drive for rotating the dispensing wheel to a dispensing position, and a pusher arm assembly defining a longitudinal axis along which the pusher arm assembly moves. The pusher arm assembly moves reciprocally along the longitudinal axis to enter the cassette and to eject a predetermined number of coin rolls from the cassette when the dispensing wheel is rotated by the drive to place the cassette in the dispense position. The disclosed cassette includes a tubular body open at a top portion and a bottom portion thereof, a retainer device on the body for engaging with an engaging assembly of the dispensing wheel, and a device for arranging the coin rolls within the cassette to be substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pusher arm assembly, whereby the pusher arm assembly enters the open bottom portion of the cassette to eject coin rolls from the open top portion thereof.

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