US 11,989,995 B2
Coin feeding device
Hidekazu Tanaka, Hyogo (JP); Mitsuo Tanaka, Hyogo (JP); Kota Kobayashi, Hyogo (JP); and Shuji Onishi, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to GLORY LTD., Himeji (JP)
Filed by Glory Ltd., Hyogo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/349,915.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-106023 (JP), filed on Jun. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0398380 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. G07D 3/12 (2006.01); G07D 1/00 (2006.01); G07D 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07D 3/128 (2013.01) [G07D 1/00 (2013.01); G07D 5/005 (2013.01); G07D 2205/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coin feeding device, comprising:
a disk having a plurality of protrusions on a surface of the disk, the disk disposed so as to be rotatable in a tilted state, and the disk configured to catch coins by the protrusions to move the coins upward while rotating;
a cover configured to form a space for storing a coin between the cover and the surface of the disk;
a guide configured to guide a peripheral edge of a coin, while the peripheral edge of the coin is in contact with the guide, such that a part of the coin having been caught by each protrusion and moved upward protrudes from the disk; and
a taking-out mechanism configured to grip one coin protruding from the disk, remove the coin from the disk, and discharge the coin to outside of the disk, wherein
the guide is provided out of the disk such that a gap is formed between the guide and an outer peripheral edge of the disk, and
in a case where the disk rotates, a centrifugal force acts on the coin caught by the protrusion, and the coin is moved toward the guide and brought into contact with the guide.