Coin handling – Supply level detector – Electric
Patent
1995-03-13
1996-11-26
Bartuska, F. J.
Coin handling
Supply level detector
Electric
G07D 106
Patent
active
055779573
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates, in one form thereof, to making a coin payout from a vending machine having a processor for processing data and a plurality of coin tubes for storing coins, each coin tube having one coin denomination type stored therein. The machine further includes coin counter, coupled to the coin tubes and to the processor, for determining when a coin is deposited in each coin tube and when a coin is removed from each coin tube. In one form of the present invention, the processor is programmed to determine whether certain conditions are satisfied for a particular vend and, if such conditions are satisfied, paying out at least one coin selected on the basis of predetermined criteria.
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Hoormann Ronald A.
Levasseur Joseph L.
Bartuska F. J.
Coin Acceptors, Inc.
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