System and method for automatically processing coin collection boxes
US5715658A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F9/06
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A pipelined system for removing the contents of sealed coin-collection boxes, wherein each box requires a set of different operations to be performed in seriatim to remove the box contents. The operations include removing a seal, opening a box lid, removing the box contents, resetting the lid and resealing the box. The pipelined system comprises a rotary surface for supporting a plurality of the boxes at spaced locations. Stationary surfaces mount a plurality of box-processing units at spaced stations to form a pipeline. The box-processing units, which are serially arranged and operate in parallel, include a seal-removal tool, a lid-opener tool, a box-inverter that dumps the box contents into a coin sorter/counter system, a lid-reset tool and a seal-insert tool. Each time that the box-processing units complete their operations, a motor assembly pivots the rotary surface, advancing the boxes along the pipeline to the next processing station, where the processing cycle repeats so that the boxes are processed in a time staggered pattern.
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