| 摘要 |
A hopper coin feeder ( 1 ) comprises upper and lower hopper discs ( 18, 25 ). A flexible hopper wall ( 17 ) of diabolo shape cooperates with the upper disc ( 18 ) to control the feeding of coins by a coin pushing member ( 35 ) to the outer margin of the disc ( 18 ) where they are gripped between an annular band ( 33 ) and the disc ( 18 ) to be conveyed past a coin discriminator ( 61 ). Any coins or debris that drop from the edge of upper disc ( 18 ) are caught on the lower disc ( 25 ) and pass to a reject chute ( 132 ) and coin payout cup ( 12 ). An active coin delivery chute and diverter ( 80 ), FIG. 10 , comprises a reciprocable plate ( 81 ) having a finger ( 82 ) which controls whether a coin fed from the upper disc ( 18 ) passes down the chute or is rejected onto the lower disc ( 25 ). Coins that pass down the chute enter a bowl ( 89 ) of a double-disc coin conveying assembly ( 5 ) that conveys a coin from the bowl ( 89 ) to a LIFO coin stacks ( 3 ) of a coin storage unit ( 1 ). Oversize coins that enter the chute can be directed through the bowl ( 89 ), and through aligned apertures ( 8 ) in the coin conveying discs, to pass into a coin outlet ( 10 ) also leading to the payout cup ( 12 ).
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