Patent ID: 7798304
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A coin dispensing apparatus comprising: a sorter comprising a rotating disk for sorting coins to respective denominations, said rotating disk comprising a through hole into which coins drop through, said rotating disk comprising a pushing-out portion on a lower face thereof, wherein said rotating disk separates coins one by one; a base for guiding the coins rotated by said rotating disk, said base being inclined at an angle between 30 degrees to 40 degrees, said sorter being parallel to said base; a throwing-out device comprising a fixed roller and a movable roller, said fixed roller being fixed relative to said base, said throwing-out device being fixed relative to said base, said fixed roller being fixed adjacent to an inclined upper side of said rotating disk and an edge of said base, said movable roller being movable relative to said base, said movable roller being adjacent to said inclined upper side of said rotating disk and a middle portion of said base, said movable roller being biased such that said movable roller approaches a side of said fixed roller, wherein said fixed roller and said movable roller move coins one by one along said base in an upward direction toward said edge of said base such that one face of each coin faces in an upward direction and another face of each coin faces in a downward direction; an electromagnetic non-contact type coin detecting device detecting coins one by one from said throwing-out device, said electromagnetic coin detecting device being formed into a channel shape, said coin detecting device comprising a lower detecting unit, an upper detecting unit and a connecting portion, said lower detecting unit being disposed substantially horizontally, said lower detecting unit being located substantially aligned with said upper surface of said base, said upper detecting unit being provided in parallel with said lower detecting unit at a spaced location from said lower detecting unit via said connecting portion, wherein a slit shaped coin path is defined by at least a portion of said lower detecting unit and at least a portion of said upper detecting unit; a metal bracket comprising a protruding part, said protruding part comprising a tip portion, said metal bracket being attached a side of said movable roller of said base; a rebound member defined by said tip portion of said protruding part of said metal bracket, said tip portion being parallel to said metal bracket, said rebound member being located outside of said fixed roller and in an upward direction from said fixed roller, said rebound member being inserted into the coin path from a side of said fixed roller, wherein said rebound member is adjacent to said connecting portion, said movable roller and said fixed roller moving coins in a direction of said rebound member such that said coins move in a first coin traveling direction toward an upper corner of said base, each of said coins engaging said rebound member at an acute angle such that said rebound member alter a travel path of said coins, wherein each of said coins move in a second coin traveling direction, wherein each of said coins move toward an extended line of said middle of said base in said second coin traveling direction, said first coin traveling direction being different from said second coin traveling direction, said first coin traveling direction being perpendicular to said second coin traveling direction, said coin detecting device continuously detecting said coins before said coins contact said rebound member and said coin detecting device detecting said coins after said coins contact said rebound member.