Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha

Takako Sakai

Motoharu Kurosawa

Yorio Suzukawa

A horizontal disk-type coin hopper is provided that reduces the propensity for coins to be standing on the rotating disk and improves coin pickup. The hopper prevents coin bridging and the coin interlocking phenomenon in a hopper tank. The coin hopper includes the tank with a pot shape for storing a plurality of coins and the disk ( ) which is positioned substantially horizontally at the inner bottom of the tank. The disk rotates freely. A hole is opened in the disk and provides a passage for coins positioned in a horizontal state. The hopper has a mechanism for releasing coins with a stirring body ( ) which is on the top surface of the disk and is arranged on the turn center position of the disk.

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Iwatsuki, Japan

Takako Sakai