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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2007
Applicant:
Motoharu Kurosawa, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Motoharu Kurosawa, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Seiko Company Ltd., Saitama-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 1/00 (2006.01); H01R 39/00 (2006.01); H01R 39/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A remaining coin amount detecting apparatus is provided for a coin hopper, disposed on a lower portion of a cylindrical storing bowl. The coin hopper dispenses coins one by one using a rotary disk fixed on a rotary shaft rotated by a driving apparatus. At least a part of a surface of the rotary disk includes a conductor, and the conductor is electrically connected to a detecting terminal disposed inside the storing bowl.