Coin feeding device and coin handling machine

A coin feeding device comprising:

• a rotary disc that is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a vertical direction, the rotary disc being mounted on a rotary shaft by which the rotary disc is rotated while being inclined at the predetermined angle with respect to the vertical direction;
• a hopper member configured to define a coin storage space for storing coins between the hopper member and a surface of the rotary disc;
• a plurality of protruding members disposed on the surface of the rotary disc on a side of the coin storage space, the respective protruding members being located on positions near to an edge of the rotary disc so as to define a first circumference, and the respective protruding members being configured to catch coins on the surface of the rotary disc, so as to transport the coins from a lower area of the rotary disc to an upper area of the rotary disc along with a rotation of the rotary disc;
• a coin transport mechanism disposed in the upper area of the rotary disc, the coin transport mechanism being configured to transport the coins, which have been transported by the respective protruding members to the upper area of the rotary disc, to an outside of the coin storage space;
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• a first guide member that is stationarily provided and located between the first circumference and a center of the rotary disc, with a slight gap being defined between the first guide member and the surface of the rotary disc on the side of the coin storage space, the first guide member being configured to guide, in the upper area of the rotary disc, the coins having been transported by the respective protruding members, to the coin transport mechanism,
• wherein the first guide member has a top surface portion configured to guide, in the upper area of the rotary disc, the coins, having been transported by the respective protruding members along with the rotation of the rotary disc, in a substantially horizontal direction so as to send the coins to the coin transport mechanism, and
• wherein the first guide member has a shuffling portion configured to shuffle the coins in the coin storage space, the coins having been disengaged from the protruding member in the course of being transported by the protruding member from the lower area of the rotary disc to the upper area thereof.