Patent ID: 8408979

Claim:
A compact coin hopper comprising: a container for holding coins in bulk and having an opening for releasing coins by gravity; a rotable disk, operatively positioned to receive coins passing through the container opening, having an upper surface and a lower surface with a through hole of a dimension to release coins from the container; wherein the upper surface has at least an upper step part and a lower step part with a riser part extending between the upper step part and the lower step part, the through hole is formed in the lower step part and the riser part forms a crescent arc shape having a radius smaller than a radius of the rotating disk in a planar view with one end of the crescent arc shape terminating adjacent an edge of the through hole and another end of the crescent arc shape terminating adjacent a peripheral side edge of the lower step part offset from the through hole; and a slide base positioned below the rotable disk wherein the crescent arc shape directs coins to the through hole for sliding across the slide base for ejection from the coin hopper.