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US 11,721,154 B2Granted
Coin payout apparatus
AssigneeCrane Payment Innovations, Inc.
InventorsRobert James Blythin, Graham Richard Jones
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Abstract
A coin payout apparatus 100 is provided. The coin payout apparatus 100 includes a coin canister 101. The coin canister 101 includes a tube 102 for storing coins. The coin canister 101 also includes a coin ejector 202 operable to eject a coin from the tube 102. The coin canister 101 further includes a hopping disc 318 operable to rotate and engage the coin ejector 202 to eject the coin from the tube 102 when the tube 102 is moved into position with the hopping disc 318.
Claims21
A coin payout apparatus comprising:
- a coin canister including:
- a tube for storing coins, wherein the tube is operable to move within the coin canister to a payout position,
- a coin ejector operable to move with the tube when the tube moves within the coin canister and operable to eject a coin from the tube when at the payout position, and
- a hopping disc operable to rotate and engage the coin ejector to eject the coin from the tube when the tube and the coin ejector are moved into the payout position over the hopping disc.
1 more element
A coin payout apparatus, comprising:
- a coin canister including:
- a tube for storing coins, wherein the tube is operable to move within the coin canister to a payout position,
- a coin ejector operable to move with the tube when the tube moves within the coin canister and operable to eject a coin from the tube when at the payout position, and
- a hopping disc operable to rotate and engage the coin ejector to eject the coin from the tube when the tube and the coin ejector are moved into the payout position over the hopping disc;
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- a motor assembly including a payout motor operable to rotate the hopping disc to engage the coin ejector when the tube and the coin ejector are moved into the payout position over the hopping disc.
3 more elements
A coin payout apparatus, comprising:
- a coin canister including:
- a first tube for storing coins, wherein the first tube is operable to move within the coin canister,
- a second tube for storing coins, wherein the second tube is operable to move within the coin canister,
- a first coin ejector operable to move with the first tube when the first tube moves within the coin canister and operable to eject a coin from the first tube,
- a second coin ejector operable to move with the second tube when the second tube moves within the coin canister and operable to eject a coin from the second tube, and
- a hopping disc operable to:
- rotate and engage the first coin ejector to eject the coin from the first tube when the first tube and the first coin ejector are moved into a position over the hopping disc, and
- rotate and engage the second coin ejector to eject the coin from the second tube when the second tube and the second coin ejector are moved into the position over the hopping disc.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.