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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7018286 | Coin holding device for filling coin cassettes A coin stacking device is used to refill a coin cassette of a coin dispenser. The coin stacking device includes a cylindrical structure having an inner diameter approximately the same as a diameter of the coins. The cylindrical structure has one open end and one clo... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6585581 | Coin sorting apparatus with reciprocating coin pushing member A coin sorting apparatus includes a coin receiving area, a coin sorting ramp, and a coin stripper. The coin stripper includes an inlet and a backing plate located adjacent said inlet to support a stack of associated unsorted coins received from the inlet ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6280314 | Coin dispensing device A cam groove in a shuttling mechanism for shuttling a slide piece is formed into a generally S-shape, in order to provide a long shuttling distance of the slide piece which dispenses one by one coins stacked and stored in a coin tube, without sizable desi... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6086473 | Coin processing device with improved coin storage system A coin processing device has a coin storage system including a plurality of coin tubes, linking devices formed on each of the coin tubes that inter-link adjacent coin tubes. The coin tubes are separately formed and detachably inter-linked with one another... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5397264 | Cash drawer coin counter A cash drawer coin counter is in combination with a cash drawer and has a width and a plurality of individual coin compartments spaced along the width. A frame of the counter has opposite side walls for being positioned on opposite sides of the cash drawe... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5011456 | Coin receiving and discharging apparatus An apparatus for receiving and discharging coins is disclosed. The apparatus includes two vertical coin cases aligned in the forward/rearward direction and separated from each other through a partition plate and having open lower ends; a T-shaped coin inl... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4834689 | Coin changer payout means The payout mechanism is for use with a relatively large number of coin changer storage tubes of the type having a reciprocating payout slide for dispensing coins from the tube. The payout mechanism includes a plurality of connection members each connected... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4131213 | Magazine vending machine A magazine vending machine which is operable solely by manually activated lever mechanisms and without any electric devices. The machine is further characterized in that sample magazines displayed at a show-window are utilizable for sale by lever mechanis... | 12/26/1978 |