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Multi-transaction coin machine

  • US 6,318,536 B1
  • Filed: 06/09/1999
  • Issued: 11/20/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A coin counting machine, comprising:

  • a coin discriminator sensor;

    a coin hopper having a container for receiving a plurality of coins, and a feed for feeding the coins in the container to the coin discriminator sensor;

    a controller for calculating a monetary value of said coins responsive to said coin discriminator sensor;

    a transport device for transporting the coins from a user to the container at a controlled flow rate, said flow rate being a function of a quantity of coins in the container;

    wherein the controller causes the container to dispense debris therefrom after all the coins have been extracted from the container by the feed; and

    wherein said feed comprises a moveable backplate biased toward the container and a circular disc rotatably mounted to the moveable backplate, and said controller causes the container to dispense the debris by moving the moveable backplate away from the container.

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