US3814115A - Coin dispensing apparatus - Google Patents

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US3814115A
US3814115A US00333546A US33354673A US3814115A US 3814115 A US3814115 A US 3814115A US 00333546 A US00333546 A US 00333546A US 33354673 A US33354673 A US 33354673A US 3814115 A US3814115 A US 3814115A
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  • the present invention is concerned with coin and token dispensing apparatus suitable for incorporation in coin operated vending mechines, change makers and other machines which dispense coins or tokens.
  • vending machines conventionally incorporate coinselector apparatus which receives coins of various denominations, determines thedenomination and authenticity of the coins, rejects slugs and coins of unacceptable denomination, determines and sums the denominations of acceptable coins, produces a vend signal when acceptable coins equaling or exceeding in value the price of the item to be vended have been inserted, and produces change in an amount equal to the selected.
  • the coin selector apparatus is usually housed within a case whose external demensions and coin box passages for input, reject and change-giving conform to standards which have evolved in the vending machine suitable for operation in connection with the present invention; however, the present invention is applicable to coin dispensing in other apparatus and methods as well.
  • a structure such as the coin tubes, stores a supply of coins segregated by denomination for change-giving purposes.
  • the coin tubes are dimensioned to hold enough coins for anticipated change-giving purposes, and may be arranged to be replenished by coins of the appropriatedenomination from coin sorter apparatus, such as that disclosed in the last above-mentioned application.
  • coin sorter apparatus such as that disclosed in the last above-mentioned application.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevation of an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a downward sectional view taken along the line 11-11 of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a partial upward sectional view along the line 111-111 of FIG. 1'; and I FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view along the line IV,-1V of FIG. 3. 7
  • FIG. 5 is a front view of a second embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a sideelevation of theapparatus of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 a bottom view of the apparatus of FIGS. 5 and 6;
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 are top views of two dump slides utilized in the apparatus of FIGS. 5, 6 and 7; and r FIG. 10 is an end view of the dump slide of FIG. 9.
  • a change dispenser assembly indicated generally at excess of the inserted coinage over the price of the item 50 in FIG. 1 is located at the bottom of the apparatus at the foot of thecoin tube 36 and another coin tube (not shown) for the small and intermediate diameter coins, respectively.
  • the coin dispenser 50 will be described with respect to coin tube 36 only, the apparatus associated with each coin tube being similar.
  • the change dispenser includes an upper plate 51, which supports the coin tube 36 and which has an opening concentric with the bottom of each coin tube.
  • Mounted on the rear wall of the case 6 is an actuator, such as a solenoid 60.
  • the solenoid 60 has an axially movable armature 61 which is linked to a bell crank 62.
  • the bell crank 62 When the armature is pulled in by applying power to' the coil of the solenoid 60, the bell crank 62 is caused to push forward against a coin pusher 63.
  • a spring 65 retracts the coin pusher 63 away from the coin tube 36, so that the curved forward end 64 of the coin pusher 63 is withdrawn from the region concentric with coin tube 36.
  • the spring 65 also causes the forward end 64 of the coin pusher 63 to, bear upwardly against the underside of upper plate 51, when the coin pusher is in this retracted position.
  • Beneath the upper plate Beneath the upper plate is a laterally movable slide 53 and a supporting lower plate 52.
  • the slide 53 has a coin aperture 54 approximately equal in diameter to the associated coin.
  • the aperture 54 is normally positioned out of alignment with and forward of coin tube 36 by force provided by springs 55 and 56 which cause the front edge of the slide 53 to bear against a stop, in this case integral with the lower plate.
  • the solenoid When the solenoid is activated the pusher 63 pushes the edge of the bottom coin from coin tube 36 across the top surface of the slide 53 to the aperture 54, through which the coin then falls to be directed to the user as change.
  • This depression removes the side wall of groove 58 concentric with the bottom of the coin tube 36 when slide 53 is in the forward position. This depression tends to prevent a first coin from standing obliquely on edge at the bottom of the coin tube 36, thereby preventing a coin jam in the tube.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 Means to reduce the likihood of. a coin being dislodged from the coin tube 36 and inadvertently dispensed by shock, vibration and the like are shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • a pair of small, freely moving weights, such as steel balls 66 and 68 are located in holes 67 and 69 respectively in upper plate 51, below the lower end of the coin tube 36 and approximately tangential to the inner surface of the coin tube 36.
  • the holes 67 and 69 each have a conical convergent section at the bottom to prevent the balls 66 and 68 from falling out.
  • the balls are upin holes 67 and 69 a few thousandths of an inch larger in diameter. The holes were located symmetrically three-fourths inch apart and 0.330 inch from the center of the coin tube 36. The conical convergent section of the holes was tapered at approximately 32 to the axis of the holes. The balls 66 and 68 penetrated approximately 0.030 inch into the region through which coins pass enroute to aperture 54.
  • a detector.7l such as a sensitive electrical switch having an activating arm 72 projecting into the base of the coin tube 36, may be used to detect when the coin tube is empty, to cause appropriate logic circuitry to indicate that no change is available and to activate alternative change arrangements.
  • a second embodiment of a change dispenser assembly indicated generally at 150 in FIG. 5, is located at the bottom of the coin apparatus at the foot of the'coin tubes 136 and 236 for the intermediate and small diameter coins respectively.
  • the" change dispenser 150 includes a base 151 which may be a single piece molding comprising a shaped bottom piece and the lower portions 152 and 252 of the coin tubes 136 and 236. Adjacent each of the coin tubes is an actuator, such as solenoids 160 and 260.
  • solenoids 160 and 260 When each solenoid 160 and 260 is not energized, springs 165 and 265 retract the coin dispenser slides 163 and 263 into alignment with the coin tubes 136 and 236, to receive a coin from the tube in the forward apertures 164 and 264 of the slides 163 and 263.
  • the solenoids. l60 and 260 each have an axially movable armature 161 and 261 which is linked to a bell crank 162 and 262.
  • the dump slide 153 for intermediate size coins has a coin aperture 154 approximately equal in diameter to the associated coin.
  • the aperture 154 is normally positioned out of alignment with and forward of coin tube 136 by force provided by spring 155 which pulls on pin 157 embedded in the slide 153, causing the rear edge of the slide 153 to bear against a stop or the back wall of the case 106.
  • the coin dispenser slide 163 pushes the bottom; coin from coin tube 136 across the top surface of the slide 153 to the aperture 154, through which the coin then falls to be directed to the user as change.
  • Detector coils 171 and 27 may be used to detect when the coin tube is empty. In connection with appropriate logic circuitry they indicate that no changeis available and activate alternative change arrangements. 1n the dispenser 150 of this embodiment, the detector 271 for the smallest size but higher valued coin (such as US. l0-cent coins) is located so as to detect the presence or absence of the very last coin, and the logic circuitry is arranged to cause the dispenser 150 to dispense only the other denomination coin, whereas the detector 171 for the lowest valued coin in use by the dispenser (such as the US.
  • the detector 271 for the smallest size but higher valued coin such as US. l0-cent coins
  • 5-cent coin is located so that it will detect the top coin of the smallest number of coins equaling the value of the maximum'amount of change which is to be dispensed, so that the logic circuit can provide an indication that insufficient change is available before the last coin is despensed from tube 136, avoiding the problem of dispensing only part, of the required change.
  • a coin dispenser for dispensing a predetermined number of coins comprising: means for storing a plurality of coins in a stacked face-to-face relationship;
  • the storage means responsive to actuation for-moving a predetermined number of coins from the storage means to a dispensing aperture; means for actuating the coin moving means; and blocking means for preventing the escape of coins in addition to the predetermined number of coins from the storage means, the blocking means including the dispensing aperture, the dispensing aperture in the blocking means being normally positioned out of alignment with the storage means, and the blocking means being movable to bring the dispensing aperture into alignment with the storage means to permit the coin stack to escape from the storage means.
  • the coin dispenser of claim 2 wherein the coin mover means comprises a longitudinally movable element having a coin engaging edge.
  • the blocking means comprises a longitudinally movable member parallel to the coin mover means.

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US4266564A (en) * 1979-10-01 1981-05-12 Orin W. Coburn Coin release assembly
USRE33314E (en) * 1984-10-10 1990-08-28 Mars Incorporated Vending machine power switching apparatus
US5460568A (en) * 1992-05-13 1995-10-24 Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux Coin processor
US5566807A (en) * 1995-03-03 1996-10-22 Mars Incorporated Coin acceptance method and apparatus
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US6540601B2 (en) 2000-02-11 2003-04-01 Mag-Nif Incorporated Cash box with coin sorter
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US3935873A (en) * 1974-07-19 1976-02-03 U.M.C. Industries, Inc. Coin-dispensing device
US4266564A (en) * 1979-10-01 1981-05-12 Orin W. Coburn Coin release assembly
USRE33314E (en) * 1984-10-10 1990-08-28 Mars Incorporated Vending machine power switching apparatus
US5460568A (en) * 1992-05-13 1995-10-24 Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux Coin processor
US5566807A (en) * 1995-03-03 1996-10-22 Mars Incorporated Coin acceptance method and apparatus
GB2310071A (en) * 1996-02-07 1997-08-13 Starpoint Electrics Ltd Payout apparatus
GB2310071B (en) * 1996-02-07 1999-10-27 Starpoint Electrics Ltd Payout apparatus
US20040035672A1 (en) * 1996-09-20 2004-02-26 Mars Incorporated, A Delaware Corporation Adaptable coin mechanism
US7014554B1 (en) 1996-09-20 2006-03-21 Mars Incorporated Adaptable coin mechanism
EP1168256A2 (en) 1997-07-02 2002-01-02 Mars Incorporated Method of operating a coin mechanism
EP1045351A2 (en) 1999-04-16 2000-10-18 Mars Incorporated Money handling mechanism with peripheral port
US6540601B2 (en) 2000-02-11 2003-04-01 Mag-Nif Incorporated Cash box with coin sorter
US6585581B2 (en) 2000-02-11 2003-07-01 Mag-Nif Incorporated Coin sorting apparatus with reciprocating coin pushing member
US20040206601A1 (en) * 2000-11-27 2004-10-21 Raymond Heidel Note acceptor-dispenser validator
US6554692B2 (en) 2001-02-09 2003-04-29 Mag-Nif Incorporated Coin sorting and amusement device
US11232667B2 (en) * 2016-12-28 2022-01-25 Suzo International (Nederland) B.V. Coin dispenser

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