Patent ID: 7753764

Claim:
A coin counter, comprising: a support bracket; a limit plate adjustably secured on the support bracket; a slide rod slidably mounted on the support bracket; a coin outlet port mounted on the support bracket and located between the limit plate and the slide rod; a rotation disk rotatably mounted on the support bracket and having a peripheral wall provided with a plurality of receiving grooves to receive a plurality of coins wherein each of the receiving grooves of the rotation disk is movable to a position between the limit plate and the slide rod to insert each of the coins between the limit plate and the slide rod into the coin outlet port; wherein each of the receiving grooves of the rotation disk abuts a top of the support bracket; each of the coins is supported and pushed by a respective one of the receiving grooves of the rotation disk to move relative to the support bracket; the coin counter further comprises: a support shaft secured on the support bracket; a drive plate pivotally mounted on the support shaft and having an end portion connected to the slide rod to drive the slide rod to move relative to the support bracket; a fixing rod secured on and located under the support bracket; an elastic member biased between the fixing rod and the end portion of the drive plate to drive the drive plate to pivot relative to the support shaft and to drive the slide rod toward the limit plate; wherein the limit plate has a mediate portion provided with a substantially arc-shaped elongate adjusting slot extending toward the slide rod; the coin counter further comprises: an adjusting rod movably mounted on the support bracket and detachably inserted into the adjusting slot of the limit plate; an elastic plate located under the support bracket and having a first end mounted on the fixing rod and a second end mounted on the adjusting rod to support the adjusting rod and to move the adjusting rod relative to the support bracket.