Patent ID: 6565427
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
A coin pay-out device, comprising:a pay-out link that translates with bi-directional movement in a back direction and an opposite forward direction; a pay-out slide that defines a plurality of coin holding holes that are configured to receive individual coins from a plurality of coin tubes, said pay-out slide being movable in the back direction and the forward direction by following said hi-directional movement of said pay-out link; a plurality of first change slides disposed side by side in a right-left direction, said first change slides being movable in the back direction and the forward direction by following said bi-directional movement of said pay-out link; a second change slide adjacent to at least one of said first change slides, said second change slide being rotatable in the back direction and the forward direction by following said bi-directional movement of said pay-out link; and a plurality of stopper mechanisms, each said stopper mechanism being located adjacent one of said first change slides and said second change slide so as to selectively disable movement of said first change slides and rotation of said second change slide; wherein each of said stopper mechanisms has a first position and a second position, each said stopper mechanism preventing movement of a corresponding said change slide relative to a bottom surface of a corresponding said cam holding hole when in said first position, thereby disabling pay-out of the coin therefrom when no coin is to be paid out, and each said stopper mechanism permitting movement of the corresponding said change slide relative to said bottom surface of the corresponding said coin holding hole when in said second position, thereby enabling pay-out of the coin therefrom when the coin is to be paid out; said second change slide includes a rotary arm enabled to go back and forth under said bottom surface of one of said coin holding holes; a movable supporting member is provided at a tip of said rotary arm so as to be fit removably in a guide groove of said pay-out link; a stopper member is provided at a rear end of said rotary arm so that the rotation is disabled by one of said stopper mechanisms; and a fixed supporting member is provided between said movable supporting member and said stopper member of said rotary arm.