Registers – Platform operated – Platform actuated traffic counters
Patent
1976-03-02
1978-08-22
Thesz, Joseph M.
Registers
Platform operated
Platform actuated traffic counters
133 8R, 235 92ST, 235 92R, G07D 900
Patent
active
041091396
ABSTRACT:
A coin sorter and totalizer which easily can be adapted to count the coins of many different countries despite the use of different coinage systems in those countries. The coins are sorted mechanically according to size, and an electrical signal identifying the coin according to its size is produced. Two sets of terminals are mounted near one another so that connections can be made to them easily. Changing these connections will change the scaling of the coin identification signals in accordance with the value of the coin of that size in the country in which the totalizer is to be used. The connections can be changed by the use of jumper wires, or by connecting a pre-wired multiple circuit element such as a printed circuit board, an integrated circuit chip, or a pre-wired plug-in panel between the sets of terminals. The connection process is very simple because only one wire need be connected for each size of coin to be totalized. The coin identification signals are stored temporarily in electrical latch circuits. The signals are read-out of those simple storage devices by means of a stepping register. A multiplier circuit scales the identification signals, and a binary-code-decimal counter is driven to totalize the values of the coins. A light-emitting diode array displays the total value of the coins. A warning device is provided to indicate when a power interruption has occurred so that the coins can be sorted and totalized again to avoid an error.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2472542 (1949-06-01), Moerman
patent: 2523516 (1950-09-01), Potter
patent: 3428787 (1969-02-01), Mayerl
patent: 3803497 (1974-04-01), Fah Mim Tyan
patent: 4007358 (1977-02-01), Iguchi et al.
Culp Harold G.
McMillian Lonnie S.
Systems & Technic S.A.
Thesz Joseph M.
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