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EP 1739633 B1 20080521 - Coin hopper

Title (en)

Coin hopper

Title (de)

Münzvereinzelungsgerät

Title (fr)

Trémie pour pièces de monnaie

Publication

EP 1739633 B1 20080521 (EN)

Application

EP 06116468 A 20060630

Priority

JP 2005193686 A 20050701
JP 2006160836 A 20060609

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1739633A1] A coin hopper (100) which dispenses coins one by one via a rotary disc (106) disposed below a cylindrical storage bowl (104). An outer circumferential face (213) of a stirring member (210,222) rotates around an axial line which is substantially parallel with a rotation axial line of the rotary disc forms a part of an inner wall of the storage bowl.

IPC 8 full level

G07D 9/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G07D 9/008 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

GB NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1739633 A1 20070103; EP 1739633 B1 20080521; JP 2007042071 A 20070215; JP 4997410 B2 20120808

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 06116468 A 20060630; JP 2006160836 A 20060609