Data-storing tokens and apparatus for handling data-storing tokens and coins
US4969549A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 1987 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F7/0873
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus for handling coins and tokens comprises a coin validator (4) arranged to detect whether a received item is one of several different coin denominations or a data-storing token, and thereafter to direct coins and tokens to escrow gates (18,22). A token interrogator (6) has antenna coils (24) disposed adjacent one of the escrow gates in order to read data from a token located adjacent the gate. The escrow gates can selectively direct items either to a return chute (16) or a coin store (26).
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