Coin delivery machine

Claim 2

An automatic coin dispensing machine having a coin magazine and a coin ejection device, a control means for said coin ejection device comprising an electronic system, and a keyboard for operating said system in coded fashion through a matrix, said magazine comprising a member of hollow cylindrical coin holders in the form of tubes of inner diameters corresponding to the diameters of the particular coins to be held therein, each said holder comprising a cylindrical body portion, a coin insertion portion, and a bottom protion with a central opening for mounting the holder on a mandrel upstanding from a magazine plate, and coin ejector slides coacting with said coin holders to eject the lowest coin or coins in said holder at any time, each said slide having a tapered leading portion with a tip of a height less than the thickness of the smallest coin to be dealt with, an outwardly diverging triangular shaped slot opening onto the leading edge, and a width less than that of the smallest coin holder inner diameter.

Claim 3

A coin dispensing machine according to claim 1, in which the coin ejection device comprises at least one continuously-rotatable driving disc, an ejector, and a coupling lever adapted for discontinuous operation by said driving disc to apply a coin ejector motion to said ejector.

Claim 4

A coin dispensing machine according to claim 2 in which the driving disc is eccentrically mounted and the coupling lever is of bellcrank form, the arm thereof cooperating with the driving disc being of non-symmetrical form relative to its longitudinal axis and being weightbiased at the end nearest said disc.

Claim 5

A coin dispensing machine according to claim 3 in which the coin ejection device further includes a rocking lever which is operable by the control means of the machine for engagement with said coupling leveR and has a recess conforming in shape and size with the associated part of the latter.

Claim 6

An automatic coin dispensing machine having a coin magazine, a coin ejection device control means for said coin ejection device comprising an electronic system, and a keyboard for operating said system in coded fashion through a matrix, said coin ejection device comprising at least one continuously rotatable driving disc, an ejector, and a coupling lever adapted for discontinuous operation by said driving disc to apply a coin ejector motion to said ejector and a pawl member for operatively connecting said coupling lever to an ejector arm to expel a coin from said magazine, this pawl member being pivotable by magnetic means governed by the control means of the machine to bring said pawl member into or out of engagement with the coupling lever, said pawl member being pivotally mounted at one end on a pivot on a pawl lever itself pivotally mounted on the same axis as the coupling lever and the ejector arm is also mounted on said pivot, while the pawl member is provided at its other end with a notch for accommodation of a pin on the coupling lever, and said ejector arm having a nose of pointed sharpened form for action on the coins in the associated coin holder, and an adjusting screw provided to set this nose for the ejection of one or more coins at any one time from said holder.

Claim 7

An automatic coin dispensing machine having a coin magazine, a coin ejection device control means for said coin ejection device comprising an electronic system, and a keyboard for operating said system in coded fashion through a matrix, said coin ejection device comprising at least one continuously rotatable driving disc, an ejector, and a coupling lever adapted for discontinuous operation by said driving disc to apply a coin ejector motion to said ejector and a pawl member for operatively connecting said coupling lever to an ejector arm to expel a coin from said magazine, this pawl member being pivotable by magnetic means governed by the control means of the machine to bring said pawl member into or out of engagement with the coupling lever, said pawl member being pivotally mounted at one end on a pivot on a pawl lever itself pivotally mounted on the same axis as the coupling lever and the ejector arm is also mounted on said pivot, while the pawl member is provided at its other end with a notch for accommodation of a pin on the coupling lever, and said ejector arm having a nose of pointed sharpened form for action on the coins in the associated coin holder, and an adjusting screw provided to set this nose for the ejection of one or more coins at any one time from said holder.

Claim 8

An automatic coin dispensing machine having a coin magazine, a coin ejection device, control means for said coin ejection device comprises an electronic system, and a keyboard for operating said system in coded fashion through a matrix, said coin ejection device comprising at least one continuously-rotatable driving disc, an ejection, and a coupling lever adapted for discontinuous operation by said driving disc to apply a coin ejecting motion to said ejector, a pawl member for operatively connecting said coupling lever to an ejector arm to expel a coin from said magazine, this pawl member being pivotable by magnetic means governed by the control means of the machine to bring said pawl member into or out of engagement with the coupling lever, and said pawl member being pivoted to a sliding lever mounted on a carriage slidable in a crank.

Claim 9

An automatic coin dispensing machine having a coin magazine, a coin ejection device, control means for said coin ejection device comprises an electronic system, and a keyboard for operating said system in coded fashion through a matrix, said coin ejection device comprising at least one continuously-rotatable driving disc, an ejection, and a coupling lever adapted for discontinuous operation by said driving disc to apply a coin ejecting motion to said ejector, a pawl member for operatively connecting said coupling lever to an ejector arm to expel a coin from said magazine, this pawl member being pivotable by magnetic means governed by the control means of the machine to bring said pawl member into or out of engagement with the coupling lever, and said pawl member being pivoted to a sliding lever mounted on a carriage slidable in a crank.