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US 10,096,194 B2Granted
Money item dispensing
AssigneeCrane Payment Innovations, Inc.
InventorsRobert James Blythin, Andrew Barson, Wesley Perry
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Abstract
A method and system for auditing money items within a secure housing, the monety items being collected from a multi-denomination money item storage unit and validated while being transported by a conveyor that deposits them back into the multi-denomination storage unit after they have been identified. The same process is done with the money items present in the at least one hopper.
Claims20
A method of re-assigning a denomination of a money item hopper in a money item dispensing system, comprising:
- emptying contents comprising coins or tokens of a first money item hopper into a mixed money item storage chamber of the money item dispensing system;
- collecting a mixed magazine of money items comprising coins or tokens, using a money item conveyor, from the mixed money item storage chamber;
- identifying, on the money item conveyor, money items comprising coins or tokens in the mixed magazine of money items which are of a particular denomination;
- and
- dispensing the identified money items comprising coins or tokens into the emptied first money item hopper.
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A money item dispensing system comprising:
- a first money item hopper;
- a mixed denomination money item storage chamber;
- a first money item conveyor configured to convey a magazine of mixed denomination money items from the mixed money item storage chamber;
- a money item transfer chamber configured to receive money items from the mixed denomination money item storage chamber;
- a second money item conveyor configured to convey money items from the money item transfer chamber to be dispensed to other regions of the system;
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one tangible, non-transitory memory containing computer readable instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the money item dispensing system to:
- empty the contents of the first money item hopper into the mixed denomination money item storage chamber;
- collect, using the first money item conveyor, a mixed magazine of money items from the mixed denomination money item storage chamber;
- identify, on the first money item conveyor, money items in the mixed magazine of money items which are of a particular denomination;
- and
- dispense, using the second money item conveyor, the identified money items into the emptied first money item hopper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.