Coin handling – Deliverer – Delivery of a distinct number of plural coins from a single...
Patent
1996-04-29
1997-04-01
Merritt, Karen B.
Coin handling
Deliverer
Delivery of a distinct number of plural coins from a single...
453 49, G07D 100
Patent
active
056160747
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus mounted within a game machine for counting coins comprising a housing, a holder obliquely mounted on the housing, a turntable disposed within a channel defined on the holder, a rotor mounted to the center of the turntable, a plate mounted to an extension from the sidewall of the holder, a spout for containing the coins threadedly mounted to a plurality of mounting holes of the holder, and an actuating motor behind the housing to drive the turntable to rotate. In a preferred embodiment, the holder has a shift lever mounted on an upper position and connected with a counter. The turntable includes a drive boss at a center, a ring flange with a smaller diameter defined in concentric circles form with the table on the surface thereof and a plurality of studs nonlinearly arranged in a radial form over the surface between the ring flange and the table's periphery for retaining the coins. The turntable further defines a plurality of blind holes on the undersurface thereof so that rolling elements can be disposed therein in order to assure smooth rotation of the turntable. The rotor has a plurality of bars integrally formed therearound for shifting the coins. The plate has a pair of fingers integrally formed and extending outwardly in order to attach to the ring flange of the turntable and guide the coins. The spout has a movable baffle plate crossing thereover at an upper portion and a planar portion provided over the baffle plate in order to decrease the load on the turn turntable.
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Lowe Scott L.
Merritt Karen B.
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