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Coin payout device

  • US 5,679,070 A
  • Filed: 10/27/1995
  • Issued: 10/21/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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:

  • 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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