CA1336782C - Low power coin discrimination apparatus - Google Patents

Low power coin discrimination apparatus

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Publication number
CA1336782C
CA1336782C CA000506115A CA506115A CA1336782C CA 1336782 C CA1336782 C CA 1336782C CA 000506115 A CA000506115 A CA 000506115A CA 506115 A CA506115 A CA 506115A CA 1336782 C CA1336782 C CA 1336782C
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Prior art keywords
coin
area
mass
detecting means
piezoelectric
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Expired - Fee Related
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CA000506115A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Carl M. Stern
Andrew L. Pester
Govind Shah
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Duncan Industries Parking Control Systems Corp
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Duncan Industries Parking Control Systems Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/16—Sorting according to weight
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/34—Sorting according to other particular properties
    • B07C5/342—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D5/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
    • G07D5/02—Testing the dimensions, e.g. thickness, diameter; Testing the deformation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D5/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
    • G07D5/04—Testing the weight
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F1/00—Coin inlet arrangements; Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
    • G07F1/04—Coin chutes
    • G07F1/048—Coin chutes with means for damping coin motion

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Testing Of Coins (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
CA000506115A 1985-04-08 1986-04-08 Low power coin discrimination apparatus Expired - Fee Related CA1336782C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US72063185A 1985-04-08 1985-04-08
US720,631 1985-04-08

Publications (1)

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CA1336782C true CA1336782C (en) 1995-08-22

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CA000506115A Expired - Fee Related CA1336782C (en) 1985-04-08 1986-04-08 Low power coin discrimination apparatus

Country Status (6)

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JP (1) JPS61235995A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
KR (1) KR860008516A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CA (1) CA1336782C (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE3611678A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR2580098B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB (1) GB2173624B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

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US5109972A (en) * 1989-07-24 1992-05-05 Duncan Industries Parking Control Systems Corp. Coin operated timing mechanism
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DE4138018C1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1991-11-19 1992-11-05 National Rejectors Inc. Gmbh, 2150 Buxtehude, De
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CH645201A5 (en) * 1980-03-10 1984-09-14 Sodeco Compteurs De Geneve Method and device for testing the authenticity of coins

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JPS61235995A (ja) 1986-10-21
GB2173624A (en) 1986-10-15
GB2173624B (en) 1988-12-14
KR860008516A (ko) 1986-11-15
DE3611678A1 (de) 1986-10-16
GB8607727D0 (en) 1986-04-30
FR2580098A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1986-10-10
FR2580098B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1990-12-21

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