G07D 3/12
Sorting coins by means of stepped deflectors
G07D3/12 (Sorting coins by means of stepped deflectors) appears on 207 US grants and 109 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07D- Granted patents
- 207
- Published applications
- 109
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 236
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2025 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Coin handling apparatus16 Jun 2026US 12,657,983 B2Glory Ltd.
- Coin hopper, rotating body of coin hopper, and coin processing device17 Feb 2026US 12,555,432 B2Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
- Rare coin identifying machine9 Dec 2025US 12,494,102 B1
- Coin handling device and a coin handling machine comprising the same4 Nov 2025US 12,462,631 B2Scan Coin AB
- Coin sorting disc with coin flow management features7 Oct 2025US 12,437,598 B2Cummins-Allison Corp.
- Coin processing device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179426 A1Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.
- Coin processing device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170895 A1Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.
- Coin processing device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170896 A1Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.
- Coin hopper, rotating body of coin hopper, and coin processing device14 May 2026US 2026/0134735 A1Asahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
- Coin sorting disc with coin flow management features21 Mar 2024US 2024/0096161 A1Cummins-Allison Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Coin sorter apparatus and method utilizing coin thickness as a discriminating parameter246US 4,543,969 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1985
- Coin handling system156US 5,830,054 AStandardwerk Eugen Reis GmbH · 1998
- Coin sorting apparatus with rotating disc stationary guide plate for sorting coins by their different diameters141US 4,775,354 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1988
- Coin sorter with counter and brake mechanism135US 4,921,463 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1990
- Coin sorter131US 5,022,889 A1991