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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Minoru Enomoto, Saitama, JP;
Minoru Enomoto, Saitama, JP;
Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pressing member having a body member with a first downwardly inclined plate and a second downwardly inclined plate is configured for mounting on a coin feeding apparatus to control the translation of coins on a rotary selector disk as they are released. The coins experience a downward force from the inclined plates to push them against the surface of the rotary disk to ensure that the coins remain within the predetermined translation path for the coins. A blocking plate can be extended upward from the body member adjacent the upstream downwardly extending plate, to prevent a rising of the coins to ensure the coins passes under the canopy of the pressing member across the translation path.