Check-actuated control mechanisms – Including means to test validity of check
Reexamination Certificate
2004-03-11
2010-06-29
Mackey, Patrick (Department: 3653)
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Including means to test validity of check
C453S057000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07743902
ABSTRACT:
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for determining the denomination of a coin with a disk-type coin processing system comprises moving a coin along a coin path with a rotatable disk, generating an encoder pulse for each incremental movement of the rotatable disk, directing a light beam transverse the coin path, detecting the light beam with a light detector, developing a signal at the light detector indicating the presence of a coin in the coin path, counting a number of encoder pulses occurring while developing the signal at the light detector, and comparing the counted number of encoder pulses to a plurality of stored numbers of encoder pulses corresponding to the particular coin denominations.
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PCT International Search Report for International Application No. PCT/US2005/007874 dated Aug. 4, 2005 (4 pages).
Blake John R.
Geib Joseph J.
Mazur Richard A.
Mecklenburg David J.
Peklo John C.
Cummins-Allison Corp.
Mackey Patrick
McCullough Michael C
Nixon & Peabody LLP
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