Medal counter for counting medals used in game machine

Details Medal counter for counting medals used in game machine Medal counter for counting medals used in game machine

1994-12-13

1996-06-25

Heyman, John S.

Electrical pulse counters, pulse dividers, or shift registers: c

Applications

Counting animate or inanimate entities

377 5, 453 32, 453 58, G07D 500

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active

055307302

ABSTRACT:
A medal counting apparatus installed in a game parlor for counting medals which a game player has won, is disclosed. The medal counting apparatus comprises a counter for counting the medals, a medal supplying mechanism for receiving the medals to be dumped and for supplying them sequentially to the counter, a dump restraining unit for restraining the medals from being dumped into the medal supplying mechanism and a control unit for controlling operations of the medal supplying mechanism and the dump restraining unit. The medal supply control means puts the medal supplying mechanism into a stopped state when the dump restraining unit restrains the medals from being dumped and into an operation state when the dump restraining unit permits dumping of the medals. The control unit also instructs the dump restraining unit to close the receiving hopper when a medal dump restraining signal is input from the outside or the counter has not been used for a certain period of time. When there is a request to dump medals, the control unit then instructs the dump restraining, unit to open the receiving hopper.

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