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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2011
Hiroshi Abe, Saitama, JP;
Toru Takeuchi, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Abe, Saitama, JP;
Toru Takeuchi, Saitama, JP;
Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The compact coin hopper for holding and dispensing coins in bulk includes a rotable disk for releasing individual coins to a sliding base beneath the rotable disk for ejection from the coin hopper. The upper surface of the rotable disk includes an upper step part and a lower step part connected by a riser part. The upper step part has a crescent arc shape with a radii smaller than the radius of the rotating disk in a planar view. One end of the crescent arc shape terminates adjacent an edge of the through hole while the other end of the crescent arc shape diverges away from the through hole and terminates adjacent a peripheral side edge of the lower step part. The configuration of the upper and lower step parts and the riser part assist in dispensing a coin.