Coin discharging apparatus

Abstract

A coin feeder (A), comprising a drum-shaped rotating body capable of feeding not only one size of coins but also different sizes of coins within an allowable range, wherein a coin receiving part (6) and a coin pressing projection (12) pressing a coin (CN) against the coin receiving part (6)are installed on the inner surface of the peripheral wall (2) of the drum-shaped rotating body (1) rotating vertically with a plurality of coins (CN), (CN) ... stored therein, the coin pressing projection (12) is operated according to the rotation of the drum-shaped rotating body (1) so as to press-hold thecoin (CN) against the inner surface of the peripheral wall (2) and release the pressing of the coin at the upper position and, while a coin striking member strikes the coin (CN), the coin pressing projection (12) energizes the coin (CN) immediately before the coin press-hold state is released so as to force out the coin (CN) to the side of the drum-shaped rotating body (1), i.e., forward of the coin feeder (A).

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a coin dispensing device installed in a game machine such as an exchange machine, a ticket vending machine, a money changer, or an automatic vending machine, and used when paying out coins. Background technique [0002] In the past, this kind of coin delivery device generally adopts such as Figure 13 and Figure 14 The illustrated turntable system uses a disk-shaped rotating body called a turntable 83 in which a plurality of coin receiving holes 84 are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction (see JP-A-4-45084, etc.). [0003] This turntable-type coin delivery device B is a device that sequentially sends out a plurality of coins CN, CN, . [0004] That is, when the rotating disk 83 arranged below the hopper bottom surface 81 is rotated in the direction of the arrow by the rotation drive of the electric motor 82, the coins CN, CN fall into the respective coin receiving holes 84, 84... When the coin...

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Problems solved by technology

[0005] The coin dispensing device B of the turntable type can smoothly perform high-speed delivery of coins whose diameter is slightly smaller than the inner diameter corresponding to the coin receiving hole 84, but cannot reliably deliver coins of other sizes or coins of different thicknesses.

[0006] Therefore, for example, when manufacturing two types of game machines using coins of different sizes from each other, it is unreasonable to manufacture two types of coin dispensing devices corresponding to the respective coin sizes.

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