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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7503841 | Parallelogram counter Provided is a parallelogram counter for counting pills swiftly and conveniently in a drugstore. The parallelogram counter includes: a parallelogram counting plate on which a transverse flange, a first longitudinal flange, and a second longitudinal flange are protrud... | 03/17/2009 |
| 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 |
| 6793571 | Size-changeable coin bank A size-changeable coin bank for counting coins comprises a main body having a cylinder with a coin slot and a funnel with a coin slot, the funnel screw-jointed to the cylinder, a counting cylinder inserted into the funnel and moved up and down, the counting cylinder... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6652381 | Adjustable coin acceptor gate An adjustable coin acceptor gate for use in accepting coins or tokens of all sizes from the United States coin or equivalent to the large gaming token or chip in use today in the gaming industry. The adjustable coin acceptor gate can be manually adjusted ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6092731 | Easy opening money wrapper with graduated scale and bar code and a system and method for managing inventory of money using same A coin and currency wrapper are provided wherein the coin and currency wrappers include a graduated scale and/or a machine readable code to simplify usage of the same. In addition, a money bag or envelope is also provided having a machine readable code. F... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5761819 | Combination chip counter and swizzle stick A combination chip counter and swizzle stick apparatus for enabling a player in a casino environment to quickly measure the monetary value of stacked gambling chips and to mix beverages, comprising an axially elongated member having at least one graduated... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5441448 | Coin counting and holding device A device for counting, storing and stacking coins for filling standard coin wrappers is disclosed. A plurality of coin tubes is clustered in a parallel relationship. Each coin tube is a hollow cylindrical tube and receives and holds coins of a given denom... | 08/15/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5360370 | Coin management devices and method Coin management devices having a transparent tubular device for receiving and aligning coins flat surface to flat surface and a tray into which aligned coins are arranged and the accumulated value of such coins ascertained. The tubular device has a tube o... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5340356 | Coin counting device A device for counting coins, organizing standard bank rolls, and aiding in the wrapping of coins having an upper surface presenting a depression having a cross-section adapted to receive coins, the depression having a first abutment at one end thereof and... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5021027 | Coin computer with integral coin indicia A coin counter comprises a longitudinal tubular member or a cylinder of a semicircular cross section and has a large longitudinal slot directed from the top opening to a closed bottom surface. The cylindrical member has graduations on the side thereof ind... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5006091 | Coin count verifier A coin count verifier having an elongated body with an abutment disposed at one end and a coin receiving trough extending longitudinally along one surface of the body, the coin receiving trough declines from the other end of the body towards the abutment,... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4950203 | Coin counter and wrapper loading device A coin counter and wrapper loading device comprising multiple, inclined, semicircular coin-holding troughs connected by trough separator members, and attached to a trough holding frame. The troughs have a closed lower end, and an open upper end, a hollow ... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4874348 | Handling device for coins, tokens and the like A coin dispenser for coins, tokens and the like comprises a tube with a loading scoop at one end and a dispensing slot at the other with the floor of the tube becoming planar and inclining downwardly from adjacent the other end of the tube towards the dis... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4545394 | Coin counter trough An elongated trough-like body has inclined sides deeper and wider than the largest coin handled having a grooved bottom with a radius larger than the largest coin handled enabling the unaligned coins to be shaken and formed into an aligned stack where the... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4244157 | Coin counter and wrapper filler A coin counter and wrapper filler comprising a body having a hollow shank receiving coins, the lower end of the shank being tapered inwardly for reception in the upper end of a cylindrical paper coin wrapper, said body having a funnel attached at its uppe... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4121722 | Unit counter for pills, tablets, spheres, coins and the like An improved unit counter, which includes a bottom tray having two adjoining upstanding sides secured thereto, provides an included angle of 60° to define a first corner in which a plurality of generally rounded pills or the like may be nested in such a m... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4109668 | Coin counter For counting coins to predetermined quantities and packing the same in wrappers, there is provided an elongate fluted or grooved body, the flutes or grooves each being closed at one end and open at another end, having indicia denoting a selected predeterm... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4095608 | Plastic coin holder A coin holder useful for the packaging and dispensing of predetermined numbers of coins has a generally C-shaped cross section elongate body and lips at the mouth of the body. End closures are provided defining a C-shaped opening in the end of the body of... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4036358 | Clear view coin wrap A reuseable coin holder for use in removably holding a specific number of coins of a particular diameter within the confines thereof including a cylindrical shell having a closed end defined by a bottom wall and an open end for insertion of the coins ther... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3999563 | Coin counter This disclosure pertains to a coin counter comprising a cylindrical hollow tube adapted to accept various denominations of coins therein by selectively adjusting the inside diameter of the tube. The cylindrical tube is further adapted with numbered scales... | 12/28/1976 |
