Patent ID: 6202006
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
A coin roll cassette for use in a coin roll dispensing apparatus including at least one rotatable dispensing wheel which has means for engaging cassettes therein to retain said cassettes within said wheel, rotary drive means for rotating said dispensing wheel to a dispensing position, and pusher arm means defining a longitudinal axis along which said pusher arm means moves reciprocally to enter said cassette to eject a predetermined number of coin rolls from said cassette when said dispensing wheel is rotated by said drive means to place said cassette in said dispense position, said cassette comprising:a tubular body open at a top portion and a bottom portion thereof;retainer means on said body for engaging with said engaging means of said dispensing wheel; andmeans for arranging coin rolls within said cassette to be substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pusher arm means, whereby the pusher arm means enters said open bottom portion of said cassette to eject coin rolls from said open top portion thereof.