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US 2015/0325071 A1Published application
Coin Processing Machine
AssigneeGccm, LLC
InventorGregory F. String
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Abstract
A coin processing machine includes a coin support plate having a coin support surface defining a coin path extending from an intake location to a coin removal station. Depressions formed in the coin path reduce the likelihood of coins, particularly wet coins, from adhering to and stopping along the coin path.
Claims16
A coin processing machine that reduces the likelihood of coin jams, comprising:
- a first coin removal station;
- a coin support plate comprising a coin support surface on an upper side of the coin support plate, the coin support surface defining a coin path on the coin support surface, the coin path extending from an intake location to the coin removal station, the intake location spaced from the coin removal station along the coin path;
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- a plurality of depressions formed in the coin support surface, the depressions spaced apart from one another and located in the coin path between the intake location and the first coin removal station wherein coins sliding along the coin path on the coin from the intake location to the first coin removal station pass over some or all of the depressions without falling into the recessions.
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