Coin separators

Claim 1

IN A COIN DISPENSING DEVICE, A COIN RESERVOIR, AN EJECTOR THAT IS MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID COIN RESERVOIR AND THAT CAN OCCASIONALLY FORCE THE COINS IN SAID COIN RESERVOIR TO RISE UPWARDLY AS IT MOVES RELATIVE TO SAID COIN RESERVOIR, MEANS TO MOVE SAID EJECTOR RELATIVE TO SAID COIN RESERVOIR, AN EMPTY SWITCH, AND A FEELER THAT IS ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO SAID RESERVOIR AND FEEL FOR THE PRESENCE OF COINS WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES, A SUPPORT MEANS, A SPRING MEANS, AND A PIVOT MEANS WHICH IS URGED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SUPPORT MEANS BY SAID SPRING MEANS, SAID PIVOT MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID FEELER TO ENABLE SAID FEELER TO MOVE INTO AND OUT OF SAID RESERVOIR, SAID SPRING MEANS NORMALLY HOLDING SAID PIVOT MEANS FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS BUT BEING ADAPTED TO YIELD TO PERMIT SAID PIVOT MEANS TO MOVE A SHORT DISTANCE UPWARDLY AND THEREBY PERMIT SAID FEELER TO MOVE A SHORT DISTANCE UPWARDLY AS COINS WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR ARE MOVED UPWARDLY BY SAID EJECTOR AND ENGAGE SAID FEELER, WHEREBY LIMITED UPWARD MOVEMENT OF COINS WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR CANNOT BEND OR BREAK SAID FEELER.