Coin discriminating and distributing mechanism

A coin mechanism of a vending machine, comprising:

• a coin discriminating device for discriminating the kind of a inserted coin;
• temporary holding devices for temporarily holding a specified coin on a coin passage among coins discriminated by said coin discriminating device;
• distributing devices for distributing the coin held by said temporary holding devices to a coin containing part or a change outlet;
• and
• control means for controlling said temporary holding devices and said distributing devices,
• wherein said distributing devices include an upper distributing device for distributing the coin to a change outlet or a coin containing passage communicating with said coin containing part, and a lower distributing device for distributing the coin distributed to said coin containing passage to a coin tube or a coin box, and
• said control means can control said upper distributing device so that the inserted coin is distributed toward said change outlet when a coin return command is given and can control said upper distributing device so that the inserted coin is distributed toward said coin containing passage when a product buying command is given, and furthermore, said control means can normally control said lower distributing device so that the inserted coin is distributed toward said coin tube and can control said lower distributing device so that the inserted coin is distributed toward said coin box when a containing prohibition command to said coin tube is given.