Coin hopper with coin anti-jamming componets
AssigneeAsahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Abe, Masayoshi Umeda
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Abstract
A coin dispensing apparatus having a coin hopper for storing bulk coins in a rotating disk coin selector mounted at a lower portion of coin hopper is provided. An overload prevention support member can extend above and across the rotating coin selector unit, and can be vertically movable, while being supported by the vertical walls of the coin hopper. A plurality of support members can be mounted within the coin hopper. An agitator member can be mounted to extend upward from the rotating disk coin selector to agitate the stored coins, and, in one embodiment, to contact the overload prevention support members and drive them upward to assist in removing a bearing weight from the rotating disk coin selector.
Claims23
In a coin dispenser assembly having a coin storage unit and a coin selector unit for removing coins from the coin storage unit, the improvement comprising:
- a rotating helical unit extending above the coin selector unit and into the coin storage unit for agitating stored coins, and
- a support member mounted in the coin storage unit for moving contact with the rotating helical unit.
A coin dispenser assembly comprising:
- a storage unit for storing coins in bulk;
- a coin selector unit mounted within the storage unit to selectively dispense coins from the storage unit including a rotating member for engaging and separating the coins selected to be dispensed;
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- a support member which is supported to enable vertical movement within the storage unit to extend across the coin selector unit and is capable of bearing the weight of a portion of coins above the coin selector unit.
A coin hopper comprising:
- a coin storage unit for storing bulk coins having approximately vertical walls;
- a rotating disk coin selector unit mounted at a lower portion of the coin storage unit for selecting coins for dispensing that contact the coin selector unit as pulled downward by gravity;
- an overload prevention support member that extends above and across the rotating disk coin selector unit and is enabled to support a portion of the bulk coin weight, the support member is supported by the vertical walls to be movable in a vertical direction;
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- a stopper member for limiting the vertical movement of the support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.