I've only seen one of these. This one. It's a coin payout mechanism for gaming or vending equipment that has a similar operation to the old solenoid payout mechanisms that used to batter out coins with a high power solenoid and a sliding plate under a stack of coins in a tube.
This one uses a 24V DC motor instead of the solenoid, which makes it quieter and draws less current. It uses an infrared slotted switch to detect the plunger in its forward position to indicate a coin has been dropped.
It's simple and was cheaper than a full blown hopper mechanism, but is quite slow, so not suited to casino type payout applications.

13 thoughts on “Unusual motorised coin payout mechanism.”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Msindisi Mtengwane says:

    Thank you so much for this video. Do you know where I could purchase one of these?

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Worldwide Arcades says:

    where can you buy these?

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Benom8 says:

    This video needs a Pink Floyd style remix

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gaabinubat Rafinulifilit says:

    It is actually an circumcision machine

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Plxzio says:

    can u sell me that one? i totally cannot find it online… thanks

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tom Morris says:

    Some Dixie-Narco vending machines here in the US have a coin changer mech that makes a similar sound; it's probably also a DC motor/offset cam just like yours.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Lazy Bunny Kiera says:

    I was slightly saddened that you didn't over volt the thing to see how quick you could get it to spit out coins.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars topher says:

    surprised this thing doesn't drop on the push and pull… seems poorly designed ^^

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars joinedupjon says:

    Just seen this back to back with your fairground lights video and remembered that I once applied for a job at a gaming machine manufacturer… wonder what turns my life would have taken if I'd got it.
    the solenoid mechanisms sound a lot more satisfying imo – when you win you want the machine to make the dakka dakka noise, not a wheezy windscreen wiper.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars StephenDHenderson says:

    one of your 2ps are foreign

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Myles Nicholas says:

    We used millions of 'spark arrestor' chips for contacts in electro-mechanical telephone exchanges.
    The 'CR' units were 0,025 uF in series with a 600 Ohm resistor.
    Typically a CR unit was also fitted across relay coils too.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Spikey DaPikey says:

    Sausage slicer !

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars jjovereats says:

    "Hi, I want to withdraw $3 in 5ยข pieces for an electronics YouTube video involving a payout mechanism."

    Yes I know the world is not America. I live in Canada, where the penny has been abolished, and I used to live in the UK. I'm just imagining how I'd replicate this video.

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