Patent ID: 6488577
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
A coin payout device comprising:a coin tube for storing stacked coins; a payout slide arranged on bottom of the coin tube so as to be capable of moving in a reciprocating fashion and formed with a coin holding hole, for holding, in a coin storage position, a lowermost coin of the coins stacked in the coin tube in the coin holding hole and for paying out the lowermost coin in the coin holding hole by moving the lowermost coin to a coin payout position; and a coin support means made of a resilient material and arranged in such a way that one end is pivotably supported on a side wall of the coin tube and another end is positioned in a lowermost part of the coin tube, the coin support means including an engagement portion formed so as to project from a part of the another end and a coin support component for supporting the lowermost coin, the coin support component being formed at another part of the another end so as to be bent into an L shape at an inner side from a tip end of the engagement portion and to project into an opening in the lowermost part of the coin tube, wherein a gap is provided between at least a part of the payout slide and the lowermost part of coin tube, the coin support component of the coin support means being able to move into the gap, whereby when the payout slide is in the coin storage position, the coin payout slide pushes out the engagement portion so that the coin support component is moved away from the bottom opening of the coin tube and when the payout slide is in the coin payout position, the coin support component is made to project into the bottom opening of the coin tube.