Patent ID: 8226458

Claim:
Coin dispenser, comprising: a coin storage unit, a coin extractor comprising an endless chain, a coin identifier for coins transported by the endless chain, and a coin deflector directing the coins provided by the endless chain towards an outlet passage or towards a return path, the endless chain comprising: a first series and a second series of flat alternating links, parallel to a plane defined by said chain and consecutively articulated according to axes perpendicular to the links; forming cavities with dimensions to house a coin, the cavities being interiorly limited by a bottom parallel to the links, the links comprising two consecutive links of different series, and ribs protruding from the two consecutive links; and ribs of a link located immediately in front of said two consecutive links and of the link located immediately behind said two consecutive links, limiting, at least at an inner side of the chain, the outlet passage being wider than a diameter of the coin; the chain being mounted inside the coin storage unit in a sloping position, by a side opposite to a side occupied by the cavities, between an upper sprocket and a lower sprocket delimiting upward straight sections and downward straight sections, upwardly extending with a backward inclination, and upper curved sections and lower curved sections, the upward section limited by the inner side of the chain in which the outlet passage is located, by a wall closing said passage and ending at a position wherein the chain reaches towards the upper curved section, to enable the coins transported by the coin deflector to fall.