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Coin-handling apparatus
Assignee: SWD Machines Inc
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Filing: 1968-08-08
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Granted: 1971-07-06
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Expires: 1988-08-08
Abstract
Abstract Coin sorting and dispensing apparatus which includes a coin magazine having a plurality of coin storage tubes in which coins of different denominations are receivable, each tube having individual coin-dispensing means for moving coins from its lower end and electrically controlled means for individually controlling the operation of the dispensing means. A coin sorter is also mounted above the magazine into which a mixture of coins of different denominations may be deposited which then moves coins of predetermined denominations to the upper ends of appropriate tubes of the magazine.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul E Walton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 14:00
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07D; G07D3/00; G07D3/02; G07D3/04; G07D1/00; G07D1/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim
261 words
A coin-handling apparatus including: a plurality of coin storage tubes; stop means at the bottom ends of said tubes limiting downward movement of coins in said tubes, each of said coin storage tubes having a discharge aperture at its lower end above said stop means through which the lowermost coin in the tube may be ejected; a plurality of dispensing means each operatively associated with an associated tube and having means movable through the bottom end of a tube for individually and selectively engaging and ejecting the lowermost coin from the tube through said discharge opening; drive means for operating said dispensing means; and a plurality of lock means each operatively associated with an associated dispensing means for causing connection of its associated dispensing means selectively to said drive means and causing a single cycle of operation of its associated dispensing means on each actuation of said lock means, each of said lock means including latch means having electrically operable operator means and a plurality of switch means for selectively energizing said operator means, said drive means including a drive shaft, said dispensing means being mounted on said drive shaft and including clutch means for connecting said dispensing means to said drive shaft to cause rotation of said dispensing means with said drive shaft, each of said lock means including a latch lever for the clutch means of its associated dispensing means having operative position wherein it holds the clutch means of its associated dispensing means in inoperative position and latch means for holding said latch lever in its operative position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
261 words
A coin-handling apparatus including: a plurality of coin storage tubes; stop means at the bottom ends of said tubes limiting downward movement of coins in said tubes, each of said coin storage tubes having a discharge aperture at its lower end above said stop means through which the lowermost coin in the tube may be ejected; a plurality of dispensing means each operatively associated with an associated tube and having means movable through the bottom end of a tube for individually and selectively engaging and ejecting the lowermost coin from the tube through said discharge opening; drive means for operating said dispensing means; and a plurality of lock means each operatively associated with an associated dispensing means for causing connection of its associated dispensing means selectively to said drive means and causing a single cycle of operation of its associated dispensing means on each actuation of said lock means, each of said lock means including latch means having electrically operable operator means and a plurality of switch means for selectively energizing said operator means, said drive means including a drive shaft, said dispensing means being mounted on said drive shaft and including clutch means for connecting said dispensing means to said drive shaft to cause rotation of said dispensing means with said drive shaft, each of said lock means including a latch lever for the clutch means of its associated dispensing means having operative position wherein it holds the clutch means of its associated dispensing means in inoperative position and latch means for holding said latch lever in its operative position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein said operator means are operatively associated with said latch means and cause said latch means to free said latch lever for movement from its operative position upon energization of said operator means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 2, wherein each of said operator means comprises a solenoid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 3, wherein each of said latch means includes means for preventing movement of its associated latch lever to its operative position until the associated solenoid has been deenergized.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 4, wherein each of said lock means includes means for moving said latch lever out of engagement with said latch means when said clutch lever is in its inoperative position and into operative position upon rotation of the dispensing means with said drive means through a predetermined angle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 5, wherein said drive means includes an electric motor for rotating said drive shaft, and motor switch means operatively associated with said dispensing means for energizing said motor whenever the latch lever of any one of said lock means is in its inoperative position and during a cycle of operation of any of said dispensing means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 6, and individual brake means cooperable with each of said dispensing means for stopping said dispensing means in predetermined position relative to said drive shaft upon completion of each cycle of operation of the dispensing means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 7, and means cooperable with said latch levers and brake means of said dispensing means and with said motor switch means for causing said switch means to connect said motor across an input circuit whenever any latch lever and brake means is in its inoperative position.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
98 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 8, wherein each of said dispensing means includes a main member rotatably mounted on said drive shaft and connectable to said drive shaft for rotation therewith by said clutch means; an ejector lever pivotally mounted on said lever; and an ejector pivotally mounted on said lever and having an ejector end portion extending outwardly of said main member; and individual means biasing said ejector lever and said ejector to position wherein said ejector will move into and through the bottom end of a tube when said rotatable member is rotated by said shaft.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 9, wherein said coin storage tubes comprise a magazine removably positionable over said dispensing means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
50 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 10, and a coin sorter disposed over the top ends of said tubes and having an inclined chute means provided with a longitudinal slot of downwardly and incrementally increasing height through which coins of predetermined denominations moving on the chute means fall into predetermined tubes.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
43 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 11, wherein said coin sorter includes a receptacle at the upper end of said chute means and coin moving means in said receptacle for moving coins individually from said receptacles to the upper ends of said chute means.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
42 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 12, wherein said coin moving means comprises a rotatable member having a plurality of arms providing radially outwardly opening recesses in which the coins in the receptacle are receivable and engageable at their edges by said arms.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 13, and a positioning plate in said receptacle on which coins are depositable and over which the coins slide toward said rotatable member and into substantially parallel relation therewith.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 14, wherein said plate has portions of progressively greater angular inclination from the horizontal and towaRd said moving means.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
15 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 15, wherein the plate is biased toward said moving means.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
14 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 16, and drive means for rotating said moving member.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
50 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 1, and a coin sorter disposed over the top ends of said tubes and having an inclined chute means provided with a longitudinal slot of downwardly and incrementally increasing height through which coins of predetermined denominations moving on the chute means fall into predetermined tubes.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
42 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 18, wherein said coin sorter includes a receptacle at the upper end of said chute means and coin-moving means in said receptacle for moving coins individually from said receptacles to the upper ends of said chute means.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
41 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 19, wherein said coin-moving means comprises a rotatable member having a plurality of arms providing radially outwardly opening recesses in which the coins in the receptacle are receivable and engageable at their edges by said arms.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
34 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 24, and a positioning plate in said receptacle on which coins are depositable and over which the coins slide toward said rotatable member and into substantially parallel relation therewith.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
24 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 21, wherein said plate has portions of progressively greater angular inclination from the horizontal and toward said moving means.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
15 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 22, wherein the plate is biased toward said moving means.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
14 words
The coin-handling apparatus of claim 23, and drive means for rotating said moving member.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
135 words
In a coin-handling apparatus, a dispensing means for ejecting the lowermost coin from a coin storage tube through a discharge aperture of said tube, said dispensing means including: a drive shaft; a base member rotatably mounted on said rotatable drive shaft; clutch means on said shaft and said base member for connecting said base member to said drive shaft for rotation therewith; and ejector means mounted on said base member and movable through the bottom end of a coin storage tube for engaging the lowermost coin in the tube and moving it out of the tube through said discharge aperture, said ejector means including a lever pivotally mounted on said base member; and an ejector pivotally mounted on said lever and having an end portion movable through the lower end of a coin storage tube.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
135 words
In a coin-handling apparatus, a dispensing means for ejecting the lowermost coin from a coin storage tube through a discharge aperture of said tube, said dispensing means including: a drive shaft; a base member rotatably mounted on said rotatable drive shaft; clutch means on said shaft and said base member for connecting said base member to said drive shaft for rotation therewith; and ejector means mounted on said base member and movable through the bottom end of a coin storage tube for engaging the lowermost coin in the tube and moving it out of the tube through said discharge aperture, said ejector means including a lever pivotally mounted on said base member; and an ejector pivotally mounted on said lever and having an end portion movable through the lower end of a coin storage tube.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
47 words
The dispensing means of claim 25, and biasing means for biasing said lever relative to said base member in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of said shaft, and means biasing said ejector relative to said lever in the direction of rotation of said shaft.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
33 words
The dispensing apparatus of claim 26, wherein the axes of pivotal movement of said ejector and said lever are spaced from one another and parallel to the axis of rotation of said shaft.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
27 words
The dispensing apparatus of claim 27, adjustably mounted on said lever for varying the length of said end portion extending outwardly of the periphery of said disc.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
167 words
In a coin sorter: a receptacle positionable at the upper end of an inclined chute means to which coins from the receptacle are movable; coin-moving means in said receptacle for moving coins individually from said receptacle to the upper end of said chute means, said coin-moving means comprising a rotatable member having a plurality of arms providing outwardly opening recesses in which the coins in the receptacle are receivable and engageable at their edges by said arms; and a positioning plate in said receptacle on which coins are depositable and on which the coins slide toward said rotatable member and into substantially parallel relationship therewith, said plate having portions of progressively greater inclination from the horizontal and inclined toward said moving means, said plate having a lowermost portion extending at a slight angle relative to the plane of rOtation of said moving means, means biasing said plate to a position wherein said lowermost portion is near said moving means; and drive means for rotating said moving member.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
167 words
In a coin sorter: a receptacle positionable at the upper end of an inclined chute means to which coins from the receptacle are movable; coin-moving means in said receptacle for moving coins individually from said receptacle to the upper end of said chute means, said coin-moving means comprising a rotatable member having a plurality of arms providing outwardly opening recesses in which the coins in the receptacle are receivable and engageable at their edges by said arms; and a positioning plate in said receptacle on which coins are depositable and on which the coins slide toward said rotatable member and into substantially parallel relationship therewith, said plate having portions of progressively greater inclination from the horizontal and inclined toward said moving means, said plate having a lowermost portion extending at a slight angle relative to the plane of rOtation of said moving means, means biasing said plate to a position wherein said lowermost portion is near said moving means; and drive means for rotating said moving member.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1974-07-05 | 1975-01-04 | 1975-07-06 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1978-07-05 | 1979-01-04 | 1979-07-06 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1982-07-05 | 1983-01-04 | 1983-07-06 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |