Patent ID: 7422518

Claim:
A coin receiving and dispensing device, for holding a coin received from a coin receiving inlet, and for dispensing the coin to a coin dispensing outlet in accordance with a denomination of the coin, the device comprising: a coin holder, for holding coins of a same denomination, which holds the coin and which has a width that is substantially the same as a diameter of the coin; a coin dispensing belt which is located at a bottom part of the coin holder, and which is driven to carry the coin held in the coin holder toward the coin dispensing outlet, said coin dispensing belt comprising an endless belt having a coin carrying surface on which the coin is carried at an outer surface thereof, an inner surface which is opposite to the outer surface, and two lateral sides; a belt guide for guiding the coin dispensing belt along a coin carrying direction by controlling positions of the two sides and the inner surface of the coin dispensing belt; a pair of coin contacting faces which are provided at opposite sides of the coin dispensing belt with respect to each other, so as to be capable of supporting the coin, and which are positioned lower than the coin carrying surface of the coin dispensing belt; and an escape space formed on the belt guide, for allowing the coin carrying surface of the coin carrying belt to be positioned lower than the coin contacting faces when a downward bending force is applied to the coin dispensing belt.