GAME TOKEN DISPENSER

摘要

1115-13 A game token dispenser equipped with a token hopper for dispensing to a token receiving port 1 a predetermined number of tokens supplied from a token reservoir, characterized in that the token hopper is divided into a sequentially operating preliminary hopper 4 and a dispensing hopper 7, the preliminary hopper 4 having a sensor 2 for detecting whether or not there are any tokens received from the reservoir, and conveying means 3 for conveying the tokens forwardly, the dispensing hopper 7 having a sensor 5 for detecting whether or not there are any tokens received from the preliminary hopper 4, and discharging means 6 for discharging the tokens one by one to the token receiving port 1. Preferably, the dispenser further includes a display 14 on a front surface a housing for displaying whether or not it is possible to dispense the tokens and the number of the tokens dispensed, and a counting sensor 16 disposed in a dispensing path 15 between the dispensing hopper 7 and the token receiving port 1 for counting the tokens dispensed. Further the dispenser may include a sensor 12 disposed adjacent to the token receiving port 1 for detecting whether the tokens overlap one another; the sensor 12 can discriminate whether or not the tokens are stored in the token receiving port 1 for a predetermined time, and when the predetermined number of tokens as counted by the counting sensor 16 are dispensed upon discrimination that the tokens are stored in the token receiving port, the dispenser displays an information message such as "now dispensing", and any paper currency can be prohibited from being inserted into the dispenser