Patent ID: 6176363
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
A coin elevating device for elevating coins from a coin collecting reservoir to a delivery location, wherein coins arc conveyed serially in a coin conveying direction and in edge-to-edge contact from the reservoir through an outlet into and through a coin elevating channel that extends from said outlet upwardly towards said delivery location, said coin elevating channel comprisingan elongated upwardly extending base plate and a pair of sidewall plates which are spaced by a distance corresponding to the diameter of a coin;an elongated cover plate disposed opposite to said base plate and carrying resilient press means which extend into the space between said sidewall plates to engage coins within said coin elevating channel so as to keep the coins in resilient sliding contact with said base plate,wherein said resilient press means is formed by flexible bristle elements which are packed together to form a brush-like package, the individual bristle elements project into the coin elevating channel in direct contact with the coins contained therein and with the free ends of the bristle elements flexing in the coin conveying direction.