Coin Acceptors, Inc.

Robert N Walters

Kristen H Dietz

A coin separator assembly for a coin-selecting device in which a separator member is hingedly mounted to a gate for swinging movement relative to a coin chute defined by the gate and a main plate. The main plate includes vertically spaced abutments, and the separator member includes a coin spaced from the hinge axis and a rail disposed below the cam. The separator member is biased from a position, in which a coin of predetermined diameter is held against sideways movement by the action of the cam and the spaced abutments and against downward movement by the rail, to a position in which a diametrically undersized coin is tilted by the cam and the rail is moved out of the path of the coin to permit continued downward movement thereof. The rail is of a width such that engagement of the cam by an underthick coin moves the separator member into a position in which the rail is out of the path of the coin to permit continued downward movement thereof.

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Florissant, MO, United States of America

Robert N Walters