Coin counting device
OwnerChih-Nan Cheninventor
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Abstract
A coin counting device has a base, a driving device, a rotating disk, a bearing ring, a coin container and a coin discharging device. The rotating disk is rotatably mounted on the base and is securely connected to a shaft of the driving device. The bearing ring is detachably attached to the rotating disk and has multiple rollers rotatably attached to the bearing ring. The coin container is securely attached to the base to contain coins. The coin discharging device is attached to the base and has a counter to count the amount of the coins. Accordingly, the bearing ring can be detached from the rotating disk when one of the rollers on the bearing ring is damaged. The structure of the rotating disk is simplified, and the cost for repair the counting device is lowered.
Claims7
A coin counting device comprising:
- a base with an inclined surface and having a stub extending upward from the inclined surface;
- a driving device mounted in the base and having a rotatable shaft extending out from the inclined surface of the base;
- a rotating disk rotatably mounted on the inclined surface of the base and securely connected to the shaft of the driving device, the rotating disk having a first side facing the inclined surface and multiple coin holes defined through the rotating disk and arranged in a circle around the rotating disk, wherein the rotating disk has two separate protrusions formed on the first side of the rotating disk and between adjacent coin holes to define a gap between the protrusions for the stub on the inclined surface passing through the gap;
- a bearing ring detachably attached to the first side of the rotating disk and having a bottom and multiple rollers rotatably attached to the bottom of bearing ring;
- a coin container securely attached to the inclined surface and having coin inlet communicating with at least one of the coin holes in the rotating disk;
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- a coin discharging device attached to the base and corresponding to the stub on the inclined surface, the coin discharging device having a body with a coin outlet corresponding to the stub on the inclined surface and a counter attached to the body to count an amount of coins passing through the coin outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.