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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6837783 | Coin stores and coin dispensers A base for a coin store comprises an essentially planar part for supporting a coin or coins and retaining means for retaining coins within the coin store in use, and the retaining means comprises at least one part extending essentially perpendicular to the planar pa... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6488577 | Coin payout device In a coin payout device, a coin supporting member (22) made of a resilient material is provided such that, when the payout slide (30) moves into the coin payout position, the coin supporting member (22) projects into the bottom face of a coin tube (10) an... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6280314 | Coin dispensing device A cam groove in a shuttling mechanism for shuttling a slide piece is formed into a generally S-shape, in order to provide a long shuttling distance of the slide piece which dispenses one by one coins stacked and stored in a coin tube, without sizable desi... | 08/28/2001 |
| 5716266 | Coin dispenser A coin dispenser drops a coin 16 onto a surface 18 for transport to a dispensing area 14. To damp the circular rolling motion of the coin 16 after it falls onto the surface 18, the surface 18 has a strip 24 onto which the coin 16 rolls, thereby bringing t... | 02/10/1998 |
| 4792057 | Method and apparatus for dispensing flat discs An apparatus for dispensing single ones of flat chips or discs from a multi-chip receptacle, and/or depositing them onto a surface at selected locations, is disclosed, as may be desireable, for example, when playing a game of bingo. In one preferred embod... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4462414 | Coin feeding device for slot machines The device includes structure defining a first passageway dimensioned to pass coins one at a time in edge-on orientation and structure defining a second passageway dimensioned to pass coins one at a time in edge-on orientation communicating with one end o... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4221227 | Separable coin storage tube assembly A coin sorting and storage tube assembly for use in vending is separable into halves to facilitate servicing. Cam lock fasteners in the form of a shaft surmounted by a tab portion are rotatably retained in one half. The tab portion passes through a slot i... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4216878 | Bingo chip dispenser A bingo chip dispenser is described. This dispenser includes a one piece unit which is readily held by the player's hand and which includes a dispenser mechanism arranged between an upper tube for storing a stack of chips and a lower discharge tube servin... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4131213 | Magazine vending machine A magazine vending machine which is operable solely by manually activated lever mechanisms and without any electric devices. The machine is further characterized in that sample magazines displayed at a show-window are utilizable for sale by lever mechanis... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4080973 | Apparatus for paying out coins of change Apparatus for paying out change coins comprises a frame, a motor, a disc driven by the motor, a movable member moved by the motor, a plurality of operating plates slidably disposed within the movable member, pins located within the movable member and proj... | 03/28/1978 |
