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US 10,600,271 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 recycling money items from a mixed denomination money item storage chamber to create a mixed money item magazine for dispensing money items.
Claims20
A method of supplying money items from a multiple denomination money item storage chamber in a money item dispensing system, wherein the multiple denomination money item storage chamber contains a plurality of different denominations of money items, and wherein the method comprises:
- creating a mixed magazine of different denominations of money items by collecting money items on a money item recycling conveyor from the multiple denomination money item storage chamber, wherein the mixed magazine is a group of three or more money items of known denomination, wherein the money items are coins or tokens;
- determining, at a money item sensing region of the money item dispensing system, whether the denominations of the money items in the mixed magazine are in accordance with predetermined criteria for the mixed magazine;
- in response to determining, at the money item sensing region of the money item dispensing system, that the denominations of the money items in the mixed magazine are not in accordance with the predetermined criteria, rotating the money item recycling conveyor to at least partially refresh the mixed magazine with further money items from the multiple denomination money item storage chamber containing a plurality of different denominations of money items;
- receiving a request for money items;
- determining whether the request can be fulfilled using money items in the mixed magazine using the denominations of each of the money items in the mixed magazine;
- and
- supplying selected money items in the mixed magazine to fulfil the request.
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A money item dispensing system comprising:
- a mixed denomination money item storage chamber storing a plurality of money items of different denominations, wherein the money items are coins or tokens;
- a money item recycling conveyor configured to convey a magazine of mixed denomination money items from the mixed denomination money item storage chamber, wherein the mixed magazine is a group of three or more money items;
- a money item sensing region configured to determine a denomination of each of the money items in the mixed magazine so that, upon receiving a request for money items, the system determines whether the request can be fulfilled using the plurality of money items of different denominations in the mixed magazine and supplies selected money items in the mixed magazine to fulfil the request, wherein the system is configured to:
- determine, at the money item sensing region, whether the denominations of the money items in the mixed magazine are in accordance with predetermined criteria for the mixed magazine;
- and
- in response to determining, at the money item sensing region, that the denominations of the money items in the mixed magazine are not in accordance with the predetermined criteria, rotating the money item recycling conveyor to at least partially refresh the mixed magazine with further money items from the mixed denomination money item storage chamber storing a plurality of money items of different denominations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.