Coin payout device
First Claim
1. A coin payout device that pays out coins in a coin tube one at a time by means of a reciprocal motion at a bottom of the coin tube of a coin payout slide positioned at the bottom of the coin tube as a result of a rotation of a coin payout motor comprising:
- coin jam detection means for detecting a coin jam that occurs during a coin payout operation by the rotation of the coin payout motor;
coin jam automatic dislodging means for automatically dislodging the coin jam in the event that the coin jam is detected by the coin jam detection means, by reversely rotating the coin payout motor under a condition that the reverse rotation of the coin payout motor will pose no problems, said coin jam dislodging means comprises;
judgement means for judging whether the reverse rotation of the coin payout motor would cause a problem based on a rotational position of the coin payout motor at a time point when the coin jam has been detected by the coin jam detection means; and
reverse rotation control means for controlling to reversely rotate the coin payout motor only when it has been judged by the judgement means that the reverse rotation of the coin payout motor would not cause a problem.
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Abstract
A coin payout device that has been improved such that a coin jam will be automatically dislodged in the event that a coin jam occurs, and there will be no problem of overpayment. When coin payout is performed by the forward rotation of a coin payout motor (40), a coin payout controller (80) detects the occurrence of a coin jam from the operational circumstances of a carrier switch (60) up to the time when a first timer (81) runs out, and determines whether the reverse rotation of the coin payout motor (40) would cause a problem based on the current state of the carrier switch (60), so that the coin payout motor (40) is reversed and the coin jam dislodged only when no problem will be caused.
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13 Claims
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1. A coin payout device that pays out coins in a coin tube one at a time by means of a reciprocal motion at a bottom of the coin tube of a coin payout slide positioned at the bottom of the coin tube as a result of a rotation of a coin payout motor comprising:
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coin jam detection means for detecting a coin jam that occurs during a coin payout operation by the rotation of the coin payout motor; coin jam automatic dislodging means for automatically dislodging the coin jam in the event that the coin jam is detected by the coin jam detection means, by reversely rotating the coin payout motor under a condition that the reverse rotation of the coin payout motor will pose no problems, said coin jam dislodging means comprises; judgement means for judging whether the reverse rotation of the coin payout motor would cause a problem based on a rotational position of the coin payout motor at a time point when the coin jam has been detected by the coin jam detection means; and reverse rotation control means for controlling to reversely rotate the coin payout motor only when it has been judged by the judgement means that the reverse rotation of the coin payout motor would not cause a problem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A coin payout device that pays out coins in a coin tube one at a time by means of a reciprocal motion at a bottom of the coin tube of a coin payout slide positioned at the bottom of the coin tube as a result of a rotation of a coin payout motor comprising:
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coin jam detection means for detecting a coin jam that occurs during a coin payout operation by the rotation of the coin payout motor; coin jam automatic dislodging means for automatically dislodging the coin jam in the event that the coin jam is detected by the coin jam detection means, by reversely rotating the coin payout motor under a condition that the reverse rotation of the coin payout motor will pose no problems, wherein the coin jam automatic dislodging means comprises; a coin jam dislodging switch; coin payout motor reverse rotation control means for controlling to reversely rotate the coin payout motor under a condition that the coin jam dislodging switch has been operated, and the coin jam dislodging switch is an inventory switch that commands the payout of coins from the coin tube, and when the coin jam has been dislodged by the reverse rotation control of the coin payout motor by the coin payout motor reverse rotation control means, the payout of the coins from the coin tube is begun based on a command from the inventory switch.
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Specification