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US 5,400,891 AGranted
Coin testing mechanism
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorNigel A. Winstanley
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Abstract
A coin testing mechanism of the kind provided with a removable and replaceable cassette is described. The coin testing mechanism includes a plurality of coin storage tubes and means for dispensing coins from the storage tubes, and the removable cassette is an assembly which comprises a plurality of storage tube modules. Each of the modules comprises at least one storage tube, and the modules are retained in the assembly by releasable and reusable retaining means to enable exchanging one module of the cassette for another.
Claims8
A coin testing mechanism comprising a main frame;
- a coin validator supported by the main frame and having a coin inlet for receiving coins;
- a coin separator supported by the main frame and connected to the coin validator to receive a coin from the coin validator;
- a cassette, removable and replaceable from the main frame, the cassette comprising a plurality of coin storage modules, each module comprising at least one coin storage tube, the separator routing coins to a selected one of the plurality of coin storage tubes;
- and means for dispensing coins from the storage tubes;
- each of the modules being retained in the cassette by releasable and reusable retaining means to enable exchanging of one module of the cassette for another, the modules being arranged and retained in the cassette such that no module can be removed from the cassette until the cassette has been removed from said main frame.
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