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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Paul Richard Ashford, Bury, GB;
Anthony Edward Morrison, Rochdale, GB;
Nicholas John Aspinall, Leigh, GB;
Gary John Anderson, Oldham, GB;
Coin Acceptors, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A coin payout device has a slider with a coin receiving hole for receiving a coin. The slider is reciprocable between a first position whereat the hole is at a coin discharging station and a second position whereat the hole is at a coin receiving station. A rotary coin orienting device is located at the coin receiving station for orienting coins parallel to the hole by a rotary action. A motor drives the slider from the first position to the second position and simultaneously rotates the rotary coin orienting device. In order to prevent damage in the event of jams, the motor is not used to drive the slider from the second position to the first position and instead springs are used.