| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5293981 |
Coin sorting device in which unnecessary material can be readily removed from a sorting passage |
March 15, 1994 |
| In a coin sorting device which rolls a coin along a sorting passage and which carries out a sorting operation for the coin during movement of the coin, it is readily possible to remove unnecessary material from the sorting passage. The unnecessary material may be surface material which i |
| 5284235 |
Coin door assembly |
February 8, 1994 |
| A coin door assembly is provided comprising a service door panel having a front surface, an inner surface and a coin selector assembly associated with the inner surface. The coin selector assembly is comprised of a pair of spaced chutes attached to the inner surface of the door panel whi |
| 5282769 |
Coin sorting device with an escalator |
February 1, 1994 |
| Coins stored in a hopper (1) are delivered one by one towards an outlet of a hollow cylindrical case (3) on a base plate (2) by coin feeding arms (9) of a coin feeding disc (4) having coin receiving holes (8). The coin feeding disc (4) is rotated in the hollow cylindrical case (3). The c |
| 5254032 |
Coin feeding device |
October 19, 1993 |
| A coin sorting device comprises a hopper (4) for holding a supply of coins. Within the hopper (4), a coin feeding disc (2) is provided for feeding the coin to a coin outlet (26). A coin transporting piece carrier (5) is rotated in synchronism with the coin feeding disc (2). The coin |
| 5234093 |
Vending machine of manually operated lever type |
August 10, 1993 |
| In a vending machine for discharging one of articles by manual operation of lever after depositing a coin, a rotary plate is rotated by the manual operation of the manual lever and a driven plate is rotated through the deposited coin which is received in a pocket formed by cooperation of |
| 5181881 |
Outlet device for coin payout hoppers |
January 26, 1993 |
| An outlet device for a coin payout hopper including an outlet chute having a curved outlet chute passage for upwardly pushing coins out of an upper outlet by trailing coins pushed into a lower inlet in the horizontal direction from the coin payout hopper. The outlet chute includes an |
| 5170874 |
Coin conveyor for successively transporting coins |
December 15, 1992 |
| A coin conveyor for successively transporting coins comprises an elongated back plate and a plurality of tapered guide rollers arranged at respective opposite side edge portions of the back plate so as to guide and retain coins transported on the back plate. |
| 5152716 |
Coin dispensing apparatus |
October 6, 1992 |
| An improvement of a coin dispensing apparatus, in particular of an agitator mounted on a central circular stage of a coin transferring rotary disc rotatably disposed in a hopper containing a plurality of coins to be dispensed. The agitator is composed of an agitating member having a |
| 5125493 |
Outlet device for coin payout hoppers |
June 30, 1992 |
| The outlet device is used for guiding a coin discharged from a coin payout hopper through an escalator upwardly. The outlet device comprises an outlet chute having a curved coin guiding passage for upwardly guiding coins pushed in a lower inlet in the horizontal direction towards an uppe |
| 5122094 |
Coin dispensing apparatus |
June 16, 1992 |
| A coin dispensing apparatus comprises a coin supply hopper secured to a base plate inclined at an angle to the horizontal and a coin feeding rotary disk rotatably supported on the base plate within the coin supply hopper. The coin feeding rotary disk has a disk body and a circumferential |
| 5100367 |
Apparatus for circulating and cleaning coin |
March 31, 1992 |
| An apparatus for circulating and cleaning coins in a game machine or the like comprises a coin feeder including a coin recovering hopper set in a game machine or any other machine; a coin recovering duct for recovering coins from the machine to the coin recovering hopper; a coin cleaning |
| 5098340 |
Coin feeder |
March 24, 1992 |
| A coin feeder comprising a hopper for holding a supply of coins in bulk; a rotary disc rotatably disposed at an angle to the horizontal within the hopper and provided with a central circular stage and a plurality of coin transporting pins which are protruded from a peripheral portion aro |
| 5096039 |
Coin intermittent accepting device |
March 17, 1992 |
| A coin intermittent accepting device of a reservation type coin acceptor including a coin reserving passage for temporarily reserving a plurality of coin as in public telephones. The accepting device includes an electromagnetic solenoid fixed on one of parallelly spaced side plates of |
| 5092817 |
Coin dispensing apparatus |
March 3, 1992 |
| A coin dispensing apparatus comprising a hopper for holding a supply of coins in bulk, a rotary disc rotatably disposed at one side within the hopper at an angle to the horizontal, a carrier being rotatable in a plane extending at an angle to the rotary disc and a plurality of coin t |
| 5082099 |
Apparatus for accepting two kinds of coins |
January 21, 1992 |
| An apparatus for accepting two kinds of coins comprises a coin diameter discriminating passage unit having a coin passage adapted for discriminating diameters of coins and being openable downwards for dropping an unacceptable coin from the coin passage, a vertically extending coin re |
| 5080216 |
Electronic coin discriminating apparatus |
January 14, 1992 |
| An apparatus for electronically discriminating coin diameter includes a vertical or inclined coin passage defined by a pair of opposed side plates and a pair of opposed edge plates. A pair of proximity switches are opposedly arranged at the opposed edge plate sides and spaced from each |
| 5066262 |
Coin dispensing apparatus |
November 19, 1991 |
| A coin dispensing apparatus comprises a hopper mounted on a supporting plate inclined to the horizontal for holding a supply of coins, and a rotary disc rotatably supported on the supporting plate within the hopper, the rotary disc has at the central portion a central shelf of a diameter |
| 5048663 |
Electronic coin acceptor |
September 17, 1991 |
| An electronic coin acceptor comprises a particular components portion mainly including a coin passage, at least one sensor and an oscillating circuit for providing information signals in response to the dimensions and material of a coin and a common components portion mainly including a |
| 5000718 |
Coin dispensing apparatus |
March 19, 1991 |
| In a coin dispensing apparatus comprising a hopper for holding a supply of coins in bulk and a coin transporting rotary disc rotatably disposed within the hopper for delivering coin from the hopper, a carrier having a plurality of coin transporting pins and/or agitating members spaced ap |
| 4993587 |
Card dispensing apparatus for card vending machine |
February 19, 1991 |
| A card dispensing apparatus is disclosed of a type comprising a draw roller for drawing a card to be dispensed from a bottom of a stack of cards and a delivery roller for delivering the drawn card toward an outlet of the apparatus. The card dispensing apparatus further comprises an antid |
| 4989714 |
Method of discriminating coins |
February 5, 1991 |
| A method of discriminating coins by use of a pair of oval sensor coils opposedly arranged at both sides of a coin passage in a coin acceptor with the longitudinal axis of the coils extended along a coin guide rail in the coin passage is disclosed. The method comprises steps of detecting |
| 4842119 |
Sensor coil for discriminating coin acceptor or rejector |
June 27, 1989 |
| A sensor coil for discriminating a coin has an oval configuration in a section parallel to the side of a coin passing through a coin passage, with one end in the longitudinal direction of the oval configuration having a large radius of curvature and the other end having a small radius |
| 4752274 |
Coin dispensing apparatus having coin transporting arms synchronized on common surface with coin |
June 21, 1988 |
| A coin dispensing apparatus is disclosed including a cylindrical coin container mounted on a substrate and connected to the bottom of a hopper for storing coins, a coin transporting rotary disc being rotated on the substrate in the container and having a plurality of coin receiving a |
| 4629051 |
Coin sorting device |
December 16, 1986 |
| A coin sorting device is designed to inhibit tampering with a coin operated machine by means of a wire, metal tape or the like, and to further prevent non-acceptable coins from being accepted by the coin-operated machine. The various embodiments of the device include a cancel mechanism f |
| 4570779 |
Coin sorting device |
February 18, 1986 |
| A coin sorting device is disclosed having a coin sorting passage defined between a stationary side plate and a movable side plate openably connected at the upper side thereof to and spaced sidewardly from the stationary side plate, the coin sorting passage is provided with a track mo |
| 4437478 |
Coin counting and dispensing apparatus |
March 20, 1984 |
| A coin dispensing apparatus is disclosed having a hopper for storing coins, a rotary disc rotatably mounted within said hopper at an angle to the horizontal, a plurality of delivery pins spaced in the peripheral direction on said rotary disc, a delivery knife for guiding coins at the |
