Apparatus and method for handling coins

Claim 1

COIN HANDLING APPARATUS COMPRISING A HOLLOW VERTICAL POST HAVING ITS LOWER END EMBEDDED FOR A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE BELOW GROUND LEVEL TO FORM AN UNDERGROUND COIN DEPOSITORY WITHIN SAID END, SAID POST HAVING A PREDETERMINED INSIDE AREA IN SECTION, AND SAID POST UPSTANDING, ABOVE GROUND LEVEL TO AN UPPER END; AT LEAST ONE COIN-RECEIVING DEVICE FIRMLY SECURED TO SAID POST PROXIMATE THE UPPER END THEREOF, SAID APPARATUS HAVING A COIN-RECEIVING SLOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID POST FOR PASSING COINS DOWNWARDLY THEREWITHIN INTO SAID UNDERGROUND DEPOSITORY; OPENABLE CLOSURE MEANS COVERING A COIN DISCHARGE OPENING LOCATED ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IN SAID POST; A HOLLOW, ELONGATED AGITATOR TUBE EXTENDING AXIALLY WITHIN SAID POST, SAID TUBE HAVING A PREDETERMINED OUTSIDE AREA IN SECTION LESS THAN THE INSIDE AREA OF SAID POST, TO FORM AN ANNULAR AIR PASSAGE AGITATTWEEN, HAVING A LOWER END FOR SUCCESSIVELY AGITATING THE UPPERMOST COINS IN SAID DEPOSITORY, AND HAVING AN UPPER END FOR CONNECTION TO THE SUCTION CONDUIT OF A MOBILE SUCTION COIN COLLECTOR THROUGH SAID COIN DISCHARGE OPENING,