JP2759139B

PURPOSE:To correctly count medals with a counting sensor and display the number of delivered medals on a display section by providing the display section displaying the propriety for lending and the number of the delivered medals on the front face of a frame, and arranging the counting sensor counting the medals on a delivery passage between a delivery hopper and a medal reception port. CONSTITUTION:A reception plate 10 is tilted to the medal reception port 1 side inside a pot 8 from a gate-shaped reception port 9 communicated to the terminal section of a delivery passage 15, a tongue piece 11 is protruded to the inside of the pot 8 at the center of the upper end side of the reception plate 10 below the reception port 9, and a proximity sensor 12 detecting the presence of a medal is provided on the reception plate 10. A counting sensor 16 counting the medals is arranged in the middle of the delivery passage 15, and a shutter 13 for stopping the medal delivery operated by a solenoid body 23 is openably provided at the portion of the delivery passage 15 near the outer periphery of a hopper 7 on the upstream side of the sensor 16. Medals passing the delivery passage 15 are correctly counted by the counting sensor 16, the number of the delivered medals is displayed on a display section 14, thus a guest can borrow medals without anxiety.