Coin pay-out apparatus

Claim 2

A coin pay-out apparatus in which a rotary disc is rotated by a motor having a drive circuit having a plurality of separate input terminals to effect a coin pay-out comprising: means for controlling said motor by a plurality of different binary input signals fed simultaneously to said separate input terminals of said drive circuit; and means for paying coins only when a combination of said plurality of different input signals is found to be a predetermined combination.

Claim 3

A coin pay-out apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means comprises: a prize judging circuit for outputting a coin pay-out signal and a signal corresponding to the value of a prize; a normal rotation signal generating circuit for receiving said coin pay-out signal from said prize judging circuit and outputting an "H" signal; a motor driving circuit receiving said "H" signal by a first input terminal thereof; a coin number setting circuit for receiving said corresponding signal and setting a coin number corresponding to the value of a prize; and a comparator for comparing the coin number set in said coin number setting circuit with the coin number actually discharged from said rotary disc and outputting at least one of a non-conformity signal and a conformity signal, said non-conformity signal being inputted into a second input terminal of said motor driving circuit and said conformity signal being inputted into a third input terminal thereof.

Claim 4

A coin pay-out apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined input signals include a normal rotation signal for rotating said motor in the direction for paying coins, a reverse rotation signal for rotating said motor in the reverse direction, and a driving signal generated until the time the number of paid-out coins reaches a predetermined number.