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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2021
Glory Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Hidekazu Tanaka, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsuo Tanaka, Hyogo, JP;
Kota Kobayashi, Hyogo, JP;
Shuji Onishi, Hyogo, JP;
GLORY LTD., Himeji, JP;
Abstract
A coin feeding device (for example, feeding unit) includes: a diskhaving a plurality of protrusionsat a surface, the diskdisposed so as to be rotatable in a tilted state and configured to catch coins by the protrusionsto move the coins upward while rotating; a coverconfigured to form a space for storing a coin between the coverand the surface of the disk; a guideconfigured to guide a peripheral edge of a coin such that a part of the coin having been caught by each protrusionand moved upward protrudes from the disk; and a taking-out unit (for example, taking-out mechanism) configured to grip only one coin protruding from the disk, remove the coin from the disk, and discharge the coin to outside of the disk