Removable coin bin

• US 7,243,773 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2004
• Issued: 07/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corporation (Crane Company)
• Original Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corporation (Crane Company)
• Inventors: Blake, John R., Bochonok, Steve T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mackey; Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Beauchaine; Mark J.
• Application Number:
  US10/991,017
• Publication Number:
  US 20050067305A1
• Time in Patent Office: 972 Days
• Field of Search: 194/350, 280/47.371, 188/19
• US Class Current: 194/350
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/06 Coin boxes

Abstract

A removable coin storage apparatus is used in a coin processing device, and includes a removable bin for storing and transporting coins. The removable bin has a stopped position and a moving position. The coin storage apparatus further includes a brake device that is pivotally coupled to the removable bin for preventing movement of the removable bin in the stopped position. The brake device has a manually moveable element that is movable between a first position and a second position, each one of the first position and the second position corresponding to one of the stopped position and the moving position of the removable bin. The brake device also has a contact surface for exerting a frictional force on a floor surface in the stopped position of the removable bin.

Claims

1. A removable coin storage apparatus being used in a coin processing device, said apparatus comprising:

a removable bin for storing and transporting coins, said removable bin having a stopped position and a moving position; and

a brake device coupled to said removable bin for preventing movement of said removable bin in said stopped position, said brake device having a handle that is pivotable between a first position and a second position, each one of said first position and said second position corresponding to one of said stopped position and said moving position of said removable bin, said brake device having a contact surface for exerting a frictional force on a floor surface in said stopped position of said removable bin, said handle moving in a translational motion independently of said brake device and in a rotational motion together with said brake device, said handle including a fixating pin for locating said handle in said stopped position of said removable bin, said fixating pin moving in a translational motion and a rotational motion together with said handle.

2. A method for transporting a removable coin storage apparatus located in a coin processing device, said method comprising:

storing a plurality of coins in a removable bin;

raising a front wheel of said removable bin to prevent physical contact between said front wheel and a floor surface when said removable bin is in a stopped position;

contacting a brake device to said floor surface when said removable bin is in said stopped position;

sliding an outer pipe of a telescoping handle along an inner pipe of said telescoping handle to lift said telescoping handle from a position fixed via a fixating pin;

restraining relative movement between said outer pipe and said inner pipe by locking said handle in a locked position via a spring loaded locking pin; and

pivoting said handle in a counterclockwise position relative to an attachment area between said handle and said brake device to remove contact between said brake device and said floor surface.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising unlocking said spring loaded locking pin to permit relative movement between said outer pipe and said inner pipe of said handle.