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Auxillary coin dispenser with transaction data recording and transfer mechanisms

  • US 5,366,404 A
  • Filed: 10/09/1992
  • Issued: 11/22/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automatic coin dispenser for use with a point-of-sale data entry device for handling a sequence of sales transactions, said device including a keyboard for accepting, for each transaction, a purchase-price value and an amount-tendered value and further including means for calculating and displaying a change-due value based upon said purchase-price and said amount-tendered values, said coin dispenser comprising, in combination,a coin storage bin for storing a plurality of coins of different denominations,processing means responsive to said change-due value for calculating the number of coins to be dispensed for each of said denominations,coin vending means for vending the number of coins for each of said denominations as calculated by said processing means,data entry means for accepting an identification code for each of a sequence of non-overlapping time periods during each of which a sub-sequence of said transactions may occur,means including a memory for storing a data record for each of said time periods, said data record including values specifying the identification code for that period and the value of coins dispensed during that period, andand data collection means for communicating the accumulated data records for said time periods to a utilization device.

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