COIN COLLECTING DEVICE OF AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate operation for collecting coins in a coin mechanism for sales recording, etc. SOLUTION: A chute which guides coins for change from the coin mechanism to a coin receiver 4 facing a change return opening 3 is composed of a fixed chute 6 and a movable chute plate 7 which can rotate, and the fixed chute 6 is provided with a square hole 62 for sending collected coins to the movable chute plate 7. The movable chute plate 7 is normally engaged and fixed with a locking metal fixture 65. The coins which are paid as change out of the coin mechanism 5 pass through the fixed chute 6 and movable chute plate and are sent to the coin receiver 4. For the coin collection, the movable chute plate 7 is unlocked from the locking metal fixture 65 and rotated slanting backward to insert the pin 25 of a holding metallic fixture into a holding hole 73 at the rear end, and an engagement hole 93 is fitted onto the pin 25 from above to set a collection container 9. The coins paid out of the coin mech. 75 are guided by the movable chute plate 7 and gathered in the collection container 9.