Vertical Coin Roll Conveyor
AssigneeGccm, LLC
InventorGregory F. String
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Abstract
A vertical coin roll conveyor includes a number of coin roll carriers attached to a conveyor belt that moves the carriers along an endless path that includes a vertical ascending or descending portion. Each coin roll carrier is configured to convey a coin roll and includes a support leg that supports the coin roll on the coin roll carrier and a barrier that impedes the coin roll from rolling or sliding off the coin roll conveyor during conveyance of the coin roll along the vertical portion of the conveyor path.
Claims20
A vertical coin roll conveyor for the vertical conveyance of coin rolls, the coin roll conveyor comprising:
- a conveyor belt movable along a conveyor path and a plurality of coin roll carriers attached to the conveyor belt for movement along the conveyor path, each coin roll carrier being configured to hold a coin roll having at most a maximum diameter;
- the conveyor path comprising a vertical conveyor portion extending in a vertical direction;
- each coin roll carrier comprising a support leg and a front barrier, the support leg being configured to support the coin roll on the coin roll carrier and comprising a flat support surface extending away from the conveyor belt to a free end of the support leg, the front barrier being disposed on the support surface;
- the support surface being horizontal with respect to the vertical direction when the coin roll carrier is along the vertical conveyor portion of the conveyor path, the front barrier being disposed adjacent to the free end of the support surface, the support surface and the front barrier being configured to enable the coin roll to slide or roll over the front barrier from the free end of the support leg and onto a coin receiving portion of the support surface.
A method for vertical conveyance of a coin roll on a coin roll carrier, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a coin roll carrier that moves along a conveyor path, the coin roll carrier comprising a support surface and a first barrier on the support surface;
- with the coin roll carrier at an input location on the conveyor path or moving along an input portion of the conveyor path, slide and/or roll a coin roll onto and past the barrier and onto the support surface, the support surface being horizontal;
- conveying the coin roll carrier with the coin roll on the horizontal support surface vertically from the input location or input portion some vertical distance to a discharge location or discharge portion of the conveyor path;
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- discharging the coin roll from the coin roll carrier at the discharge location or long the discharge portion of the conveyor path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.