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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1980
Kenkichi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an improved device for adjusting a coin passage of a coin handling machine, wherein two coin selection guides defining the coin passage are moved relative to each other. The device comprises two sliders connected respectively to the two coin selection guides, a link pivoted at the point substantially centrally of the longitudinal extension thereof and having ends connected to the sliders for resiliently urging the ends of the link to engage members respectively fixed to the sliders and a cam abutting directly or indirectly against one of the ends of the link for moving the same by a pre-set distance in response to the change in diameter of the coins to be passed through the coin passage. By the use of the device according to the invention, said sliders are moved in the directions reverse to each other by the same distance so as to move the associated coin selection guides to increase or decrease the width of the coin passage without changing the longitudinal center line of the passage. Malfunction of the machine including jamming and false stacking of the coins caused by the misalignment of the center axes of the coin passage and the coin receiving accumulator tube can be advantageously precluded by the use of the device of the invention.