Outlet device for coin payout hoppers
First Claim
1. An outlet device for a coin payout hopper so constructed as to remove deformed coins to prevent jamming, the device comprising an outlet chute having a curved coin guiding passage for upwardly guiding coins pushed in a lower inlet in the horizontal direction towards an upper outlet in the vertical direction, the outlet chute being composed of a back plate, a pair of outside and inside edge plates secured to the opposite edge portions of the back plate so as to space the opposed coin guiding edge faces of the edge plates from each other by a distance substantially corresponding to a diameter of a coin to be handled, and an elastically deformable inside front plate of elastomer material covering only the inside edge plate positioned at the inner side in relation to a center of curvature of the curved coin guiding passage, the elastically deformable inside front plate having an extension so constructed and arranged as to protrude beyond the inner coin guiding edge face of the inside edge plate only to an extent less than the center of the coin guiding passage so that deformed coins can pass out of the chute to prevent jamming.
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Abstract
The outlet device is used for guiding a coin discharged from a coin payout hopper through an escalator upwardly. The outlet device comprises an outlet chute having a curved coin guiding passage for upwardly guiding coins pushed in a lower inlet in the horizontal direction towards an upper outlet in the vertical direction. The outlet chute is composed of a back plate, a pair of outside and inside edge plates, and an elastically deformable inside front plate of elastomer material such as rubber covering only the inside edge plate positioned in the inner side in relation to a center of curvature of the curved coin guiding passage, the elastically deformable inside front plate having an extension protruding beyond the inner coin guiding edge face of the inside edge plate.
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5 Claims
- 1. An outlet device for a coin payout hopper so constructed as to remove deformed coins to prevent jamming, the device comprising an outlet chute having a curved coin guiding passage for upwardly guiding coins pushed in a lower inlet in the horizontal direction towards an upper outlet in the vertical direction, the outlet chute being composed of a back plate, a pair of outside and inside edge plates secured to the opposite edge portions of the back plate so as to space the opposed coin guiding edge faces of the edge plates from each other by a distance substantially corresponding to a diameter of a coin to be handled, and an elastically deformable inside front plate of elastomer material covering only the inside edge plate positioned at the inner side in relation to a center of curvature of the curved coin guiding passage, the elastically deformable inside front plate having an extension so constructed and arranged as to protrude beyond the inner coin guiding edge face of the inside edge plate only to an extent less than the center of the coin guiding passage so that deformed coins can pass out of the chute to prevent jamming.
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Current AssigneeAsahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
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Original AssigneeAsahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
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InventorsAbe, Hiroshi
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Primary Examiner(s)BARTUSKA, FRANCIS JOHN
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Application NumberUS07/605,934Time in Patent Office609 DaysField of Search453/32, 453/49, 453/50, 453/51, 453/52, 453/57, 221/267, 194/334, 194/338, 194/344, 193/25 R, 193/25 A, 193/25 S, 193/25 FT, 193/25 C, 193/DIG. 1US Class Current194/344CPC Class CodesG07D 9/00 Counting coins in combinati...
