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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1984
Kabushiki Kaisha Nipponcoinco, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A coin tube cassette is detachably mounted in a coin dispensing apparatus and has a plurality of coin tubes for storing coins in the direction of thickness thereof and coin shoots in units of denominations of coins stored in the radial direction thereof. The coins are automatically replenished by coin selector gates in the coin tubes or the coin shoots until they become full. A selected coin is discharged from the coin tube or the coin shoot in response to a code set by a code setter in accordance with the type of the tube cassette and the denominations of coins stored in the coin tubes. Coin dispensing is performed by a rotary disk having grooves for receiving coins and a coin selection plates having slits. The coin tube or the coin shoot is selected by a single solenoid.