Patent ID: 8216032

Claim:
A coin dispensing device comprising: an accommodating portion accommodating coins with the coins not aligned; a dispensing port dispensing coins in the accommodating portion from the accommodating portion; a dispensing unit dispensing coins one by one from the accommodating portion; a dispensing and transporting passage having a dispensing and transporting face for guiding coins, which are dispensed one by one from the accommodating portion by the dispensing unit, to the dispensing port; a detecting unit disposed downstream, in relation to the dispensing port, in a transporting direction and detects coins dispensed from the dispensing port; an opening/closing member opening/closing the dispensing port; and a projection either vertically projecting from or retracting under the dispensing and transporting face of the dispensing and transporting passage, wherein in dispensing coins, retracts under the dispensing and transporting face in accordance with an opening operation of the opening/closing member to the dispensing port and allows coins to be transported to the dispensing and transporting passage, and wherein in dispensing no coin, projects from the dispensing and transporting face in accordance with a closing operation of the opening/closing member to the dispensing port, regulates transportation of coins to the dispensing and transporting passage and returns the coins to the accommodating portion.