Patent ID: 7186176

Claim:
A coin dispensing apparatus with a safe system comprises: a coin dispensing member which includes a rotating disk with through holes which is located at the bottom of a coin storing bowl with an upper opening and which is rotated by an electric motor; a safe housing which contains the coin dispensing member and which can be detached from a coin handling apparatus, and includes a dispensing slot for dispensing coins from the coin dispensing member, the safe housing includes an opening with a lockable cover member to prevent unauthorized access to the coin storing bowl; an electrical connector on an exterior of the safe housing of a configuration for connection to a source of power to drive the electrical motor; and a disabling unit for stopping the dispensing of coins by the coin dispensing member, when the safe housing is detached from the coin handling apparatus and the electrical connector is disconnected from the source of power, wherein the disabling unit is a rotation preventing unit for locking the rotating disk and the rotating disk is driven by the electric motor through a transfer mechanism, the disabling unit is a stopping tooth which can engage with the transfer mechanism.