GB2275532A - Coin handling apparatus - Google Patents

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GB2275532A
GB2275532A GB9303833A GB9303833A GB2275532A GB 2275532 A GB2275532 A GB 2275532A GB 9303833 A GB9303833 A GB 9303833A GB 9303833 A GB9303833 A GB 9303833A GB 2275532 A GB2275532 A GB 2275532A
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coin
output
sensor
response
handling apparatus
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Robert Sydney Walker
Richard Guy Bointon
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Mars Inc
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Mars Inc
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Priority to GB9303833A priority Critical patent/GB2275532A/en
Publication of GB9303833D0 publication Critical patent/GB9303833D0/en
Priority to TW083101352A priority patent/TW260781B/zh
Priority to JP6518779A priority patent/JPH08507625A/ja
Priority to PCT/GB1994/000382 priority patent/WO1994019774A1/en
Priority to DE69403454T priority patent/DE69403454T2/de
Priority to US08/507,422 priority patent/US5651444A/en
Priority to ES94907637T priority patent/ES2103578T3/es
Priority to EP94907637A priority patent/EP0686293B1/en
Priority to AU61131/94A priority patent/AU6113194A/en
Publication of GB2275532A publication Critical patent/GB2275532A/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • 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
    • G07F1/041—Coin chutes with means, other than for testing currency, for dealing with inserted foreign matter, e.g. "stuffing", "stringing" or "salting"
    • G07F1/042—Coin chutes with means, other than for testing currency, for dealing with inserted foreign matter, e.g. "stuffing", "stringing" or "salting" the foreign matter being a long flexible member attached to a coin
    • G07F1/044—Automatic detection of the flexible member
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V1/00—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting
    • G01V1/001—Acoustic presence detection
    • 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
    • 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)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geophysics (AREA)
  • Testing Of Coins (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
GB9303833A 1993-02-25 1993-02-25 Coin handling apparatus Withdrawn GB2275532A (en)

Priority Applications (9)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9303833A GB2275532A (en) 1993-02-25 1993-02-25 Coin handling apparatus
TW083101352A TW260781B (enExample) 1993-02-25 1994-02-18
AU61131/94A AU6113194A (en) 1993-02-25 1994-02-25 Coin handling apparatus and methods of determining information regarding moving coins
DE69403454T DE69403454T2 (de) 1993-02-25 1994-02-25 Münzverarbeitungsvorrichtung und verfahren zum bestimmen von daten bezüglich sich bewegender münzen
PCT/GB1994/000382 WO1994019774A1 (en) 1993-02-25 1994-02-25 Coin handling apparatus and methods of determining information regarding moving coins
JP6518779A JPH08507625A (ja) 1993-02-25 1994-02-25 移動コインに関する情報を決定するコイン処理装置と方法
US08/507,422 US5651444A (en) 1993-02-25 1994-02-25 Coin handling apparatus and methods of determining information regarding moving coins
ES94907637T ES2103578T3 (es) 1993-02-25 1994-02-25 Aparato para la manipulacion de monedas y metodos para la determinacion de informaciones con respecto a monedas en movimiento.
EP94907637A EP0686293B1 (en) 1993-02-25 1994-02-25 Coin handling apparatus and methods of determining information regarding moving coins

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GB9303833A GB2275532A (en) 1993-02-25 1993-02-25 Coin handling apparatus

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GB9303833D0 GB9303833D0 (en) 1993-04-14
GB2275532A true GB2275532A (en) 1994-08-31

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US (1) US5651444A (enExample)
EP (1) EP0686293B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JPH08507625A (enExample)
AU (1) AU6113194A (enExample)
DE (1) DE69403454T2 (enExample)
ES (1) ES2103578T3 (enExample)
GB (1) GB2275532A (enExample)
TW (1) TW260781B (enExample)
WO (1) WO1994019774A1 (enExample)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US20030024790A1 (en) * 2001-07-31 2003-02-06 Quattrini Victor A. Apparatus for monitoring coins discharged from a coi dispenser
US20070072534A1 (en) * 2005-09-26 2007-03-29 Coin Acceptors, Inc. Tube status sensing method and control field of the invention
CN104303213B (zh) * 2012-05-08 2018-11-13 梅伊有限公司 声硬币传感器
DE102013114569A1 (de) * 2013-12-19 2015-06-25 Löwen Entertainment GmbH Münzverarbeitungseinrichtung

Family Cites Families (8)

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US1741978A (en) * 1927-05-28 1929-12-31 Delbert E Courtney Sound-operated coin detector and eliminator
FR2475769A1 (fr) * 1980-02-12 1981-08-14 Framatome Sa Dispositif acoustique de surveillance d'une installation industrielle
GB2168185B (en) * 1984-12-05 1987-09-23 Mars Inc Checking coins
KR900004373B1 (ko) * 1986-11-28 1990-06-23 가부시끼 가이샤 오오젠 이동체의 이동속도 측정장치
US5085309A (en) * 1989-06-07 1992-02-04 Adamson Phil A Electronic coin detector
GB8928256D0 (en) * 1989-12-14 1990-02-21 Maygay Machines Coin release verification
DE4025328A1 (de) * 1990-08-10 1992-02-13 Nat Rejectors Gmbh Elektronischer muenzpruefer
US5092816A (en) * 1990-09-25 1992-03-03 Coin Acceptors, Inc. Coin tube monitor and control means

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DE69403454T2 (de) 1997-11-27
TW260781B (enExample) 1995-10-21
JPH08507625A (ja) 1996-08-13
US5651444A (en) 1997-07-29
DE69403454D1 (de) 1997-07-03
ES2103578T3 (es) 1997-09-16
EP0686293A1 (en) 1995-12-13
EP0686293B1 (en) 1997-05-28
WO1994019774A1 (en) 1994-09-01
GB9303833D0 (en) 1993-04-14
AU6113194A (en) 1994-09-14

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