Coin pullout prevention lever of coin sorting device

• US 6,193,045 B1
• Filed: 03/13/2000
• Issued: 02/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux
• Inventors: Ishida, Takeshi, Yamada, Jun, Yagi, Masato
• Primary Examiner(s): Olszewski, Robert P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): JAKETIC, BRYAN J
• Application Number:
  US09/524,068
• Time in Patent Office: 351 Days
• Field of Search: 194/203
• US Class Current: 194/203
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 1/043 Cutting or trapping of the flexible member or the attached coin
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 1/047 with means for temporarily storing coins

Abstract

Around one coin pullout prevention lever, another coin pullout prevention lever with tip position thereof being different from that of the one coin pullout prevention lever is arranged.

Claims

1. A coin pullout prevention lever of a coin sorting device, which allows passage of inserted coins while preventing a backflow of the coins that have passed, characterized in that around one coin pullout prevention lever, another coin pullout prevention lever with tip position thereof being different from that of said one coin pullout prevention lever is arranged.

2. The coin pullout prevention lever of a coin sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the coin pullout prevention levers have substantially U-shaped cross-section, and are supported rotatably around respective shafts.

3. The coin pullout prevention lever of a coin sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the coin sorting device has a main plate and a gate plate which opens or covers the main plate, the coin pullout prevention levers being arranged in the gate plate.

4. The coin pullout prevention lever of a coin sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the coin pullout prevention levers are arranged one above another in vertical direction.