Patent ID: 9189906
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A coin transport mechanism comprising: a first coin rotor including at least one coin receptacle for receiving a coin; a second coin rotor including at least one coin receptacle, the second coin rotor disposed proximal to the first coin rotor; a coin sensor; wherein the first coin rotor is noncoplanar with the second coin rotor and includes a gated coin aperture, and wherein the second coin rotor is adapted to transport coins from a coin hopper to the first coin rotor; and wherein the first coin rotor includes a plurality of radially projecting arm members which, upon rotation of said first coin rotor, traverse a substantially circular coin path disposed circumferentially of the first coin rotor, and wherein a coin expelled from the gated coin aperture is urged to traverse the substantially circular coin path by one of the plurality of radially projecting arm members acting upon the coin under rotation of the first coin rotor such that said coin traverses said coin sensor; wherein the substantially circular coin path includes a retractable coin ejector, wherein operation of the retractable coin ejector on a traversing coin ejects said coin out of the substantially circular coin path into the coin hopper; wherein the substantially circular coin path includes a solenoid activated trap door communicating with a coin storage container; wherein the substantially circular coin path includes at least one diverter member for guiding a coin from the substantially circular coin path to a coin output path, and wherein a section of the substantially circular coin path traverses the coin sensor adapted to provide signals indicative of coin characteristics; and wherein a portion of the substantially circular coin path is disposed beneath the second coin rotor, and wherein the substantially circular coin path and the coin output path are disposed beneath the common support structure.