Device for sorting and storing objects inserted by way of payment in a dispenser
AssigneeSchlumberger Industries
InventorsMaurice Fillod, Jean-Marc Peccoux, Jean-Pascal Delay
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Abstract
Apparatus for sorting and storing objects, such as coins, inserted by way of payment in a dispenser of products or services, of the type comprising a coin input unit connected to a selector adapted to sort the coins. The outlet of the selector is connected to a tray and to holder for the coins. The coins are directed either to the tray or to final storage box for the coins or to a removable recycling dispenser adapted to store the coins temporarily and to direct them either to the tray or to a cash box. The recycling dispenser includes at least two vertical tubes. A device is provided to prevent visual and physical access to the interior of the tubes when the latter are in position.
Claims12
Apparatus for sorting and storing objects, such as coins, inserted by way of payment in a dispenser of products or services, comprising:
- a coin input unit into which the objects are input,
- a selector connected to the coin input unit and adapted to sort the objects, said selector including an outlet connected to a tray and to holding means for said objects,
- a removable recycling dispenser,
- a lockable final storage means for the objects,
- means for directing said objects from said holding means to one of:
- said tray, or
- said lockable final storage means for said objects, or
- said removable recycling dispenser,
- said removable recycling dispenser having means for storing said objects temporarily and for directing said temporarily stored objects either to said tray or to said final storage means, said means for storing comprising at least two vertical tubes for temporarily storing said objects, and
- means for preventing visual and physical access to an interior of said tubes when the tubes are installed in position, said means for preventing including emptying means for automatically directing the objects contained in at least one of said tubes to said lockable final storage means, which is locked, as a preliminary to removal of each said tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.