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US 6,615,971 B2Granted
Coin sorter
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux
InventorsRyoji Yamagishi, Masato Yagi
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Abstract
A coin sorter, wherein a front cover, a gate rail and a solenoid out of independent parts constituting the coin sorter are supported so that they can be detached with a snap action respectively.
Claims1
A coin sorter characterized in that a snap-type gate rail supporting means is provided below a coin inlet, whereby a gate rail which directly receives coins falling down from the coin inlet and guides the coins towards a prescribed coin passage is fitted into and supported by the gate rail supporting means by virtue of a snap action, wherein the snap-type gate rail supporting means comprises:
- an aperture into which the gate rail is inserted;
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- an engaging claw which is elastic and freely deformed, for engaging with the gate rail which is inserted into the aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.