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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7699689 | Vending machines and coin handling apparatus An electrical discharge produces an acoustic impulse, and a reflection of the impulse from the upper coin in a coin stack is sensed so that the level of the coin stack can be determined from the time taken for the reflection to be received. Alternatively, or additio... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7481702 | Using coin dimensions and coin storage bin volume to estimate when bin is full As disclosed herein, a method for determining when a coin storage bin having a bottom and sides is filled to a predetermined percentage of the volume of the coin storage bin comprises: determining a coin volume for a coin entering the coin storage bin, adding the co... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7195113 | Coin store measurement A method of measuring a characteristic of a container in a coin handling apparatus which involves generating a data set from an acoustic pulse reflected by the container and analyzing the data set. The analysis includes comparing the data set to one or more stored d... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7163454 | System and method for managing dispensation and reconciliation of coins A system (10) and method for managing coin dispensation and reconciliation. The system (10) broadly comprises a controller logic, preferably in the form of a computer program stored on and executed by a computing device (14); a coin dispensing m... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7147551 | Apparatus for detecting a coin in a coin tube of a money changer for an automatic coin machine A money changer for automatic coin machines, comprising a casing in which a plurality of serially arranged tubes are mounted to store coins in a column shape, light barriers associated to the tubes at least in the upper and lower regions with each light barrier havi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7070037 | System and method for determining the number and value of coins in a coin dispensing machine A method and system for determining the monetary value of coins included in a plurality of stacks of coins arranged for dispensing from an automatic coin dispensing machine are provided. The method and system employ a sensor arranged to determine the height of the s... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6093094 | Coin feed mechanism A coin feed control apparatus includes a hopper (20) having a discharge opening (17) that is disposed above a rotating disc (10) of a coin handling machine. The discharge opening (17) is positioned over a coin receiving region (14) of the disc. A coin fee... | 07/25/2000 |
| 3948377 | Coin handling apparatus for a vending machine A vending machine adapted to temporarily retain a coin of large denomination which is not usable as a change coin among the deposited coins and store coins of small denominations in coin stacking tubes. When the deposited money is to be returned, coins of... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3941138 | Machine for dispensing coinage change A machine for dispensing coinage change including a conveyor in the form of a belt or plate and including rows of coin receiving apertures or recesses with a mechanism to advance the conveyor means forward in response to a manually operated coin actuated ... | 03/02/1976 |
