HOPPER STRUCTURE OF MEDAL LENDING UNIT FOR GAME

PURPOSE:To surely deliver medals corresponding to the amount of the inserted money without requiring an employee to resolve the medal clogging by providing a sensor detecting the presence of a medal received through a hopper and a delivery hopper on the downstream side having a delivering means delivering the medals one by one to the metal reception port side. CONSTITUTION:A cylindrical delivery hopper 7 on the downstream side storing 150-200 medals is provided below a delivery port 21, a proximity sensor 5 detecting the level of medals is provided at the upper section of the hopper 7, a feeding means 6 consisting of a rotary drum 6b having a ring-shaped friction belt 6a on the upper face is provided at the bottom section of the hopper 7 so that it can be driven by a motor 22, and a delivery passage 15 delivering the medals one by one via the delivering means 6 is communicated to the peripheral section of the hopper 7. The desired number of medals can surely be delivered one by one to a medal reception port while a medal lending unit is invariably kept in the state for the delivery work under the optimum condition.