Coin handling – Deliverer – Rotary
Patent
1996-06-10
1998-01-27
Bartuska, F. J.
Coin handling
Deliverer
Rotary
221197, G07D 100
Patent
active
057117047
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a coin storage and dispensing apparatus having a vertical axis hopper of the kind described in the specification of International Patent Application PCT/US89/03493 and in U.S. Pat. No. 5,046,989.
These specifications describe a coin storage and dispensing apparatus comprising a cylindrical open topped coin hopper mounted on a hopper base and having a rotatable coin disc having a plurality of coin pockets in the bottom of the hopper, the hopper base being provided with a coin gutter for receiving coins from the coin pockets and a motor to drive the coin disc, the hopper being arranged to deliver coins to a vertically extending coin track from an upper end of which coins are dispensed.
The object of the present invention is to provide a similar apparatus having significantly improved constructional features. One problem that occurs with the known apparatus is that the hopper, the hopper base and the driving motor are constructed as a unit and are firmly secured to the apparatus with which they are being used. The result of this is that, if servicing is to be carried out in the working area of the hopper the mass of coins have to be removed by hand to deal with the problem. It is convenient to be able to remove the hopper with coins in it for weighing to ascertain the monetary value of the coins in the hopper. With the arrangement described above the whole assembly has to be removed which is heavy and cumbersome and involves the unplugging of electrical connections.
The present invention overcomes these problems by providing a construction in which the hopper bowl by itself is detachable and can be readily removed when filled with coins for weighing or servicing. The present invention provides other advantageous features which are set out in the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention.
The present invention consists in a coin dispensing apparatus having a cylindrical hopper an axis of which extends vertically, the bottom of the hopper being closed by a base above which is arranged a rotatable coin disc having circumferentially spaced holes for the receipt of coins, the base being provided with a coin exit slot through which coins are delivered, the base being supported on a plinth containing a driving motor and driving means for rotating the coin disc, characterised in that the base is removably secured to the plinth from which it is adapted to be readily removed together with the hopper and the coin disc and means which on removal and replacement of the base from the plinth bring the coin disc automatically into engagement with the driving means in the plinth.
It is preferred that means are provided whereby the spacing between the underside of the coin disc and the base may be adjusted to suit coins of different thicknesses.
In order that the nature of the invention may be better understood a preferred form thereof is hereinafter described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the assembled coin storage and dispensing apparatus;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the plinth on which the hopper is mounted;
FIG. 3 shows the coin disc with holes to receive coins;
FIG. 4 is a sectional elevation of the coin storage and dispensing apparatus;
FIG. 5 is a plan view of the circular base;
FIG. 6 is a cross-section on line A--A of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a fragmentary plan view of a portion of the coin disc and base illustrating the manner in which coins are dispensed;
FIG. 8 illustrates the relationship between a vertical coin elevator and the coin storage and dispensing apparatus;
FIG. 9 is a side elevation of mechanism for locking the base against removal; and
FIG. 10 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view of the plate on line B--B of FIG. 5 exit.
As is best seen in FIGS. 1 and 4 a coin storage and dispensing apparatus according to the invention consists of a cylindrical hopper 1 from the upper edge of which lifting handles 1A project. Mopper 1 is secured to a circular base 2 which has in its circumfer
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Hughes John Barry
Tuffs Walter James
Aristocrat Leisure Industries Pty. Ltd.
Bartuska F. J.
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