Coin collection box for automatic cashiers and coin changers
US4553694A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 1984 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F1/047
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The compartments (3) of a compartment ring (1) rotatable stepwise about its horizontal axis (2) are bounded at the ring end faces by circular-ring walls (6, 7), at the outer ring circumference by a cylindrical annular wall (19) exhibiting at the top an inlet opening (23) leading into respectively one compartment (3a), and at the inner ring circumference by a conical annular wall (20) exhibiting at the top an outlet opening (24) offset with respect to the inlet opening (23) in a direction of rotation (17) of the ring, this outlet opening leading into a coin return channel (26) and into a coin overflow channel (27). Upon rotation of the ring in this direction (17), the last-received coins drop into the coin return channel (26). Upon rotation in the opposite direction (18), respectively one coin is received while another coin, exceeding the capacity of the compartment ring (1), drops into the coin overflow channel (27). The conical shape of the inner annular wall (21) prevents that a coin, dropping through the inlet opening (23) into a compartment (3a) and rebounding, projects temporarily into the inlet opening (23) where it could block the coin collection box during the immediately s…
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