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US 2012/0267215 A1Published application
Device for the acceptance of coins
AssigneeNovomatic AG
InventorsRoland Mührenberg, Danis Shageev, Marko Zander
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Abstract
Device for the acceptance of coins which allows the acceptance of individual coins as well as the acceptance of various coins for further processing of the coins, whereby the device is a drawer-like, laterally moveable holding fixture (5, 10, 14), which is characterised by the drawer-like holding fixture (5, 10, 14) having a on the one side a coin insertion slot (4) and an receptacle area (10, 13, 14) for the reception of a plurality of coins.
Claims21
1-14. (canceled)
A device for accepting coins, comprising:
- a holding fixture comprising a drawer that is able to slide from an open configuration to a closed configuration;
- the holding fixture includes a coin insertion slot for receiving individual coins when the drawer is in the open configuration and when the drawer is in the closed configuration;
- and
- the holding fixture includes a coin opening for receiving multiple coins when the drawer is in the open configuration,
- wherein sliding the holding fixture from the open configuration to the closed configuration enables multiple coins to simultaneously enter the device for accepting coins.
2 more elements
A device for accepting coins, comprising:
- sliding rails;
- a holding fixture mounted on the sliding rails, the holding fixture able to slide from an open configuration to a closed configuration;
- the holding fixture includes a coin insertion slot for receiving individual coins, the coin insertion slot being accessible when the drawer is in the open configuration and when the drawer is in the closed configuration;
- and
- the holding fixture includes a coin opening for simultaneously receiving multiple coins when the drawer is in the open configuration,
- wherein sliding the holding fixture from the open configuration to the closed configuration enables multiple coins to simultaneously enter the device.
3 more elements
A method for accepting coins, comprising:
- opening a drawer having moveable part with a first opening and a fixed part with a second opening, wherein if the drawer is in an open position an insertion opening is established;
- inserting a plurality of coins into the insertion opening;
- and
- sliding the moveable part so that the first opening and the second opening coincide to deliver the coins into a coin outlet area.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.