Patent ID: 7455579

Claim:
A coin storing apparatus with overflow chute, the apparatus comprising: a coin storing portion; a slot-shaped replenishing port for supplying said coin storing portion with coins for storing the coins in piles in the coin storing portion; a downward overflow chute for directing an overflow of the coins, when an amount of the coins in the coin storing portion reaches a predetermined amount, via said downward overflow chute, said overflow chute having a width equal to or larger than a coin diameter and with a downward slope area wider than a coin diameter disposed below the replenishing port; a guide rail having a predetermined length which is continuous with said downward slope area and extends to elongate a part of said downward slope area, said guide rail being provided on a downstream side of said overflow chute beyond a center of gravity of a coin sliding down on said downward slope area, said downward overflow chute being disposed below said guide rail such that said downward overflow chute intersects said guide rail at a predetermined angle, wherein after a coin dropped from the replenishing port comes in face contact with the downward slope area, a lower face of the coin on a downstream side of the overflow chute is guided by the guide rail to reach the coin storing portion, and coins accumulated in the coin storing portion can be moved to the overflow chute.