WO2005124700A1 - Money changing machine - Google Patents
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- WO2005124700A1 WO2005124700A1 PCT/GB2005/002402 GB2005002402W WO2005124700A1 WO 2005124700 A1 WO2005124700 A1 WO 2005124700A1 GB 2005002402 W GB2005002402 W GB 2005002402W WO 2005124700 A1 WO2005124700 A1 WO 2005124700A1
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- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- coins
- reservoir
- denomination
- unit
- outlet
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- G07D1/00—Coin dispensers
- G07D1/02—Coin dispensers giving change
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- G07D9/00—Counting coins; Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
- G07D9/008—Feeding coins from bulk
Definitions
- the invention relates to a money changing machine and in particular to one which will change notes or coins of one denomination into coins of a lower denomination.
- a use of the invention is in apparatus for providing low value coins e.g. 2p or 10p pieces for use in playing amusement machines at say an amusement arcade. While the invention will be described with reference to such use it is applicable to money changing in other situations.
- apparatus for use in changing coins or notes of one denomination into coins of a second, usually lower, denomination
- the apparatus including a reservoir of the coins of the second denomination, the reservoir having an outlet, a motorised conveyor belt below the reservoir outlet to convey coins from the reservoir to a coin payout unit, and control means arranged to sense the level of coins in the payout unit and to cause an appropriate number of coins to be released from the reservoir outlet on to the conveyor belt to move coins from the reservoir to the pay out unit when the control unit senses that the content of coins in the payment unit is less than a predetermined amount.
- control unit is connected to sensing means associated with the payout unit which senses when the level of coins in the payout unit falls below the predetermined level.
- the sensing means may operate by optically or by weight or in any other suitable way.
- the number of coins conveyed by the conveyor is related to the power of the motor driving the conveyor unit.
- the conveyor may be a belt, a chain, a solenoid activated plate that pushes the coin instead of conveying it or arty other suitable material or device to transfer coin from the reservoir to the hopper.
- the reservoir has a substantially greater volume than the payout unit.
- Figure 1 is a block diagram showing a layout of apparatus of the invention
- Figure 2 is an end view of a conveyor belt about to drop coins into the payout unit.
- the apparatus comprises an inlet (not shown) for a note or coin to be changed. This is connected to a verifying unit comprising a coin 18 or bank note 19 validator which accepts or rejects the received money. If the money is accepted an electrical signal is sent through cabling (not shown) from the coin or banknote validator, to a central processing unit CPU 15 which in turn sends an electrical signal through cabling to the hopper 10 which will then release the appropriate amount of coins or tokens into a user coin collection area.
- the payout hopper 10 is present below the level at one end of an endless conveyor belt 12. This travels below the outlet of a relatively large coin reservoir 13 having a releasable outlet 14.
- the releasable outlet is a gap at the base of the coin reservoir to allow the coins/tokens to be gravity fed onto the conveyor belt 12.
- the amount of coins/tokens that are allowed through is dependent on the diameter and thickness of each coin/token.
- the CPU 15 senses from a level detector 17 that the level of coins in the payout hopper 10 is low the CPU 15 sends a signal to the primary reservoir 13 to drop coins 11 via the outlet 14 onto the belt 12 to convey them via a coin diverter 20 such as a funnel leading into t ⁇ the open top of the payout hopper 10.
- the level detector 17 can be either a switch that is activated/deactivated when a certain weight is present/not present, or an optical sensor that is blinded or active when the presence of coins/tokens are inside, or a metal detecting plate that is capable of detecting the presence of a metal object, or two metal plates that are linked together by the presence of coins/tokens.
- the payout hopper includes a secondary coin reservoir isolated from the primary coin reservoir 13 and fitted with a level sensor, such as a high level sensor connected to the CPU 15. If at any point such sensor signals to the CPU information that coins are absent or below a predetermined level, the CPU activates the motor 16 to refill the secondary reservoir.
- All these variations of sensor can be are connected to the CPU 15 by means of cabling (not shown )and all transmit a signal to the CPU 15.
- the belt moves under the power of a motor 16.
- the rating of the motor 16 is determined by the capacity of the coin reservoir.
- Various types of motors and gearboxes will be used in this application, and the motor used may be either AC or DC type motor.
- the machine is designed to change coins or notes inserted into the inlet to a lower denomination coin.
- the machine may be filled with coins such as 2p and when a higher denomination coin is inserted, such as a 10p coin, the machine is set up to dispense from the payout unit 5 x 2p coins.
- the invention is not limited to the embodiment shown.
- the coins may be replaced by heavy tokens if they too cause problems at the payout unit.
- the principal advantage of the arrangement is to reduce the weight burden upon the coin payout unit, the amount of coins in the coin reservoir being subject to the size of the motor turning the conveyor.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB0413598A GB0413598D0 (en) | 2004-06-17 | 2004-06-17 | Money changing machine |
GB0413598.4 | 2004-06-17 |
Publications (1)
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WO2005124700A1 true WO2005124700A1 (en) | 2005-12-29 |
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PCT/GB2005/002402 WO2005124700A1 (en) | 2004-06-17 | 2005-06-17 | Money changing machine |
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GB (2) | GB0413598D0 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2005124700A1 (en) |
Cited By (2)
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DE102011005374A1 (en) * | 2011-03-10 | 2012-09-13 | Crane Payment Solutions Gmbh | Supply device for filling coin module with coins in e.g. point-of-sale system, has coin storage, and conveying unit arranged between supply and allocation storage chambers for conveying coins from supply chamber to allocation chamber |
DE102011005373A1 (en) * | 2011-03-10 | 2012-09-13 | Crane Payment Solutions Gmbh | Supply device for filling a coin module with coins |
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US4383540A (en) * | 1981-05-04 | 1983-05-17 | Brandt, Inc. | Feeding mechanism for dual coin sorters operating in parallel |
US5021026A (en) * | 1988-07-22 | 1991-06-04 | Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd. | Coin receiving and dispensing machine |
EP0513386A1 (en) * | 1990-11-29 | 1992-11-19 | Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken | Releasing device of game medal dispensing machine |
US5531640A (en) * | 1993-11-08 | 1996-07-02 | Eagle Co., Ltd. | Coin dispenser |
US6066038A (en) * | 1998-12-02 | 2000-05-23 | Glenview Systems, Inc. | Automatic hopper fill system for coin dispensing machines |
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GB518394A (en) * | 1938-09-23 | 1940-02-26 | Brecknell Munro & Rogers 1928 | Improvements in or relating to change-giving machines |
JP2532668B2 (en) * | 1989-07-12 | 1996-09-11 | 沖電気工業株式会社 | Deposit / withdrawal device |
TW208747B (en) * | 1991-10-03 | 1993-07-01 | Roreru Bank Machine Kk |
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- 2004-06-17 GB GB0413598A patent/GB0413598D0/en not_active Ceased
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- 2005-06-17 WO PCT/GB2005/002402 patent/WO2005124700A1/en active Application Filing
- 2005-06-17 GB GB0512379A patent/GB2415280A/en not_active Withdrawn
Patent Citations (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4383540A (en) * | 1981-05-04 | 1983-05-17 | Brandt, Inc. | Feeding mechanism for dual coin sorters operating in parallel |
US5021026A (en) * | 1988-07-22 | 1991-06-04 | Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd. | Coin receiving and dispensing machine |
EP0513386A1 (en) * | 1990-11-29 | 1992-11-19 | Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken | Releasing device of game medal dispensing machine |
US5531640A (en) * | 1993-11-08 | 1996-07-02 | Eagle Co., Ltd. | Coin dispenser |
US6066038A (en) * | 1998-12-02 | 2000-05-23 | Glenview Systems, Inc. | Automatic hopper fill system for coin dispensing machines |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE102011005374A1 (en) * | 2011-03-10 | 2012-09-13 | Crane Payment Solutions Gmbh | Supply device for filling coin module with coins in e.g. point-of-sale system, has coin storage, and conveying unit arranged between supply and allocation storage chambers for conveying coins from supply chamber to allocation chamber |
DE102011005373A1 (en) * | 2011-03-10 | 2012-09-13 | Crane Payment Solutions Gmbh | Supply device for filling a coin module with coins |
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GB0413598D0 (en) | 2004-07-21 |
GB2415280A (en) | 2005-12-21 |
GB0512379D0 (en) | 2005-07-27 |
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