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Coin counting and escrow system

US5279404A · kind A · utility

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53Claims
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Filing dateNov 12, 1991
Grant dateJan 18, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F9/04
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A coin escrow unit including a first and a second body where the first body has a first and second flange, where the first flange is adapted to impart a tumbling movement to downwardly moving coins, and the second flange is downwardly distending, and where the second body has a downwardly distending flange, the downwardly distending flanges of the first and second bodies combining with two gates to form the coin escrow.

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