Patent ID: 7513353
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. The combination of a pawl and coin wheel for use in a bulk vending machine, the coin wheel comprising a stem-accepting hub, a web and a peripheral rim, the rim being interrupted to define, together with the web, a coin pocket sized and shaped to snugly accept a disk of pre-determined dimensions, the peripheral rim being additionally interrupted to define a notch sized and shaped to accommodate the presence of the pawl, the pawl being journaled for limited rotation about a center of rotation located outside the coin wheel, the pawl comprising a beveled surface configured to extend across and engage a corner of the disk, opposite the face of the coin pocket, at an angle oblique to the face of the disk with the disk located in the coin pocket to force the disk into an oblique, non-rotational, binding position against the coin pocket surfaces, so as to inhibit disk rotation in the coin pocket.