摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coin hopper that can prevent damage to a count sensor and sense of discomfort to a user by static electricity.SOLUTION: A coin hopper pays out coins one by one by a rotating disk disposed at a lower part of a coin container. The coin hopper comprises a conductive neutralization member electrically grounded and including: a coin contact part that has a shape corresponding to a through window which is formed in a prescribed region of the coin container and that is disposed at the through window, and can contact with coins in the coin container; and a support part that extends from the coin contact part to a base, and supports the coin contact part by its end being fixed to the base. Static electricity is removed from the coins in the coin container via the neutralization member. |