Patent ID: 9202325
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A coin dispensing apparatus comprising: a plurality of coin dispensing units each including a rotary disk having apertures for receiving coins which are supplied from a coin source; a circular carrying path, formed in each of the coin dispensing units, along which the coins received in the apertures are moved in conjunction with rotation of the disk; a dispensing opening, formed in each of the coin dispensing units, through which the coins are moved from the carrying path toward a coin outlet; a common driving device for commonly rotating the disks of the coin dispensing units; a transmission device for transmitting a driving force of the driving device to the disks of the coin dispensing units; a passage blocking member formed in a dispensing opening of each of the coin dispensing units, wherein the passage blocking member is movable between a non-blocking position where the coins are able to pass through the dispensing opening and a blocking position where the coins are unable to pass through the dispensing opening; a guide member movable between a guiding position where the guide member is protruded from the carrying path and a non-guiding position where the guide member is retracted from the carrying path; and an interlocking device including an electrical actuator for interlocking the passage blocking member and the guide member in such a way that when the passage blocking member is located at the blocking position, the guide member is located at the non-guiding position, and when the passage blocking member is located at the non-blocking position, the guide member is located at the guiding position; wherein when the guide member is located at the guiding position, the passage blocking member is selectively positioned at the non-blocking position, and when the guide member is located at the non-guiding position, the passage blocking member is selectively positioned at the blocking position while simultaneously rotating the disks of the coin dispensing units, thereby dispensing the coins using rotation of the disks based on a dispensing instruction.