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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4347860 | General coin counting device for automatic vending machine In a coin counting device for an automatic vending machine, the outputs of counters adapted to counts the number of inserted coins separately according to the denominations of the coins are multiplied by the factors which are set by setting circuits separ... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4258837 | Timer circuit for vending machine The circuit includes a switch array for setting two conditions, one for defining the length of the vend period and the other for defining the coinage necessary to initiate the vend period. A binary counter is coupled by the switch array to a decoder circu... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4249648 | Token identifying system A token receiving and categorizing system and method which identifies tokens as a particular one of several acceptable tokens or as an unacceptable token includes the performance of a series of measurements of chord lengths on a token and selecting the la... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4225030 | Automatic indicator for a game An electrical-mechanical device comprised of coin counters and electrical indicators to register and determine the number of plays or games a player has payed for, in coin, for a round of a given game; the subject device being comprised of a coin receptac... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4216788 | Coin processing machine A coin processing machine for counting coins processes the counted coins by bringing the coins, which are guided into their path, into contact one by one with a counting gear, thereby to turn the counting gear. The coin processing machine includes pulse g... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216461 | Code controlled microcontroller readout from coin operated machine A coin counter attached to a vending machine and a microprocessor controlled portable collection unit (PCU) are provided for monitoring vending machine operations. This enables transactions of the machine to be calculated, stored and recorded. The coin co... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4210801 | Fare collection system and components thereof A fare collection system using a bus fare box that receives and counts paper currency and paper transfers and tickets into a paper collection chamber and receives and counts coins into a coin collection chamber and receives and collects operating data int... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4178502 | Arrangement for counting coins of different diameters A device for counting coins of different diameters and similar disk-shaped objects which are conveyed in irregular sequence. The edges of the coins contact a guide edge on a guide track which has a scanning head located therein for identifying the coins. ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4146778 | Recording electrical information Information concerning operation of a money or token taking machine is recorded with an electrical recording module which can subsequently be detached from the machine and read with a separate electrical reading device. A latching system is disclosed and ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4109139 | Multi-national coin totalizer A coin sorter and totalizer which easily can be adapted to count the coins of many different countries despite the use of different coinage systems in those countries. The coins are sorted mechanically according to size, and an electrical signal identifyi... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4088873 | Rental time control system in coin-operated locker A coin-operated locker is provided with a rental time control system comprising a time lapse detecting section for counting rental time in such a manner that its counting operation is started when the key turned to lock the locker is pulled out of the loc... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4041280 | Money counting machine Money counting machine comprising a switch which produces signal pulses corresponding to the counted number of coins, a plural-digit counter which receives said signal pulses from the switch and produces bit signals corresponding to digits representing th... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4026309 | Chip structure A chip counter for use in gaming applications and the like comprising a tray having a trough for receiving chips, which trough is provided with a slit at the bottom thereof. The chips are stacked in the trough and are each provided with a strip about thei... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4007358 | Count control system for coin counting machine A count system is provided with count signal generating circuits for receiving detection signals which are applied thereto at random, and a sequential drive control circuit for sequentially providing drive signals to the count signal generating circuits i... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3978873 | Coin counting apparatus A star-wheel is arranged adjacent a transport and is indexable about its central axis with respect to a null position on the passage of coins therethrough. A freely rotatable shaft fixed at one end to said star-wheel indexes conjointly therewith, and mesh... | 09/07/1976 |
