Coin redemption machine having gravity feed coin input tray and foreign object detection system

US8607957B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cummins-Allison Corp. · US

Inventors

• John R. Blake · McLeansboro, US
• Douglas U. Mennie · Barrington, US
• Samuel F. Collura · Schaumburg, US
• John S. Lykowski · Glenview, US
• Arthur J. Long · Palatine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 4, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 14, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F1/041
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a coin processing system includes a coin input area that receives coins from a user, a coin processing module that counts the received coins, and a foreign object detection system that detects a foreign object within the coin processing module subsequent to counting substantially all the received coins.