Patent ID: 7207881

Claim:
A device for dispensing disc-shaped objects comprising a coin storage reservoir with an inclined rotary bottom plate and provided with a coin outlet opening which is directed substantially tangentially relative to the top location of the bottom plate, said bottom plate being adapted to arrange the coins in the reservoir into a continuous flow of successive, flat lying coins and to push the coins from said flow, starting from the upper location of the rotary bottom plate, along a substantially straight path in a substantially horizontal direction one by one towards and through the coin outlet opening, and a conveyor for raising the coins from the level of the outlet opening of the coin storing reservoir to a delivery location, said conveyor comprising a trough-shaped coin guiding passage that is substantially formed by a passage bottom and two opposite side walls, said passage having at its lower end a curved section that is connected with said outlet opening, said curved section being adapted to receive the flow of coins discharged through the outlet opening of said reservoir in contact with the passage bottom and to bend the received flow of coins substantially through 90° towards a raising part of the coin guiding passage, a guiding means having an upper wall portion which is flexible relative to the passage bottom, and which extends over the passage bottom at a distance as to keep a passing coin in contact with the passage bottom, wherein the upper wall portion is disc-shaped, and the upper wall portion is mounted for rotation about an axis which is positioned adjacent the inside bend side wall of the curved section.