EP1191488A3 - Coin dispensing mechanism - Google Patents

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EP1191488A3
EP1191488A3 EP01307902A EP01307902A EP1191488A3 EP 1191488 A3 EP1191488 A3 EP 1191488A3 EP 01307902 A EP01307902 A EP 01307902A EP 01307902 A EP01307902 A EP 01307902A EP 1191488 A3 EP1191488 A3 EP 1191488A3
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coin
feed device
store
passageway
receiver
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Chris Palmer
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Barcrest Group Ltd
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IGT UK Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3244—Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
    • G07F17/3248—Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value

Abstract

A coin dispensing device for an entertainment machine has a passageway (46) between an outlet (8) and a coin store (19). Dispense of coins from the store (19) is effected by a motor-driven feed device (50). A controller (40) which controls operation of the feed device (50) is located within the coin store (19) and is connected to a coin sensing arrangement (42, 44) in the passageway. The sensing arrangement has a transmitter (42) which produces a modulated light beam which is detected by a receiver (44). The beam is interrupted by a dispensed coin and operation of the feed device (50) is then arrested for a time period. The feed device (50) can only resume operation after this time period if the receiver (44) again detects the correctly modulated light beam.
EP20010307902 2000-09-20 2001-09-17 Coin dispensing mechanism Expired - Lifetime EP1191488B1 (en)

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GB0023165 2000-09-20
GB0023165A GB0023165D0 (en) 2000-09-20 2000-09-20 Coin dispensing mechanism

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EP1191488A2 EP1191488A2 (en) 2002-03-27
EP1191488A3 true EP1191488A3 (en) 2003-11-19
EP1191488B1 EP1191488B1 (en) 2010-05-26

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US3998309A (en) * 1976-01-23 1976-12-21 Bally Manufacturing Corporation Coin accepting device
US5516293A (en) * 1994-04-07 1996-05-14 Bally Gaming International, Inc. Gaming machine coin hopper coin sensor
US5651443A (en) * 1996-01-11 1997-07-29 Eaton Corporation Electrical noise suppression in coin acceptor mechanism
US5780842A (en) * 1996-04-10 1998-07-14 Murphey; James D. Item dispensing control system for use in vending devices
US6003651A (en) * 1997-11-13 1999-12-21 International Game Technology Sensing of coin output from a gaming device to reduce incorrect number of coins output
US6098777A (en) * 1996-09-30 2000-08-08 Coin Mechanisms, Inc. Method and apparatus for discriminating different coins in free fall
NL1013145C2 (en) * 1999-09-27 2001-03-29 Suzo Internat Nl B V Coin handling device with coin detector in transport channel, for gaming machines, has light source and receiver cooperating with modulator and filter devices

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US3998309A (en) * 1976-01-23 1976-12-21 Bally Manufacturing Corporation Coin accepting device
US5516293A (en) * 1994-04-07 1996-05-14 Bally Gaming International, Inc. Gaming machine coin hopper coin sensor
US5651443A (en) * 1996-01-11 1997-07-29 Eaton Corporation Electrical noise suppression in coin acceptor mechanism
US5780842A (en) * 1996-04-10 1998-07-14 Murphey; James D. Item dispensing control system for use in vending devices
US6098777A (en) * 1996-09-30 2000-08-08 Coin Mechanisms, Inc. Method and apparatus for discriminating different coins in free fall
US6003651A (en) * 1997-11-13 1999-12-21 International Game Technology Sensing of coin output from a gaming device to reduce incorrect number of coins output
NL1013145C2 (en) * 1999-09-27 2001-03-29 Suzo Internat Nl B V Coin handling device with coin detector in transport channel, for gaming machines, has light source and receiver cooperating with modulator and filter devices

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GB2369227B (en) 2004-06-23
GB0122317D0 (en) 2001-11-07
EP1191488B1 (en) 2010-05-26
GB2369227A (en) 2002-05-22
EP1191488A2 (en) 2002-03-27
DE60142212D1 (en) 2010-07-08
GB0023165D0 (en) 2000-11-01

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