Coin Wrapping system with touch screen device

A coin wrapping system, comprising:

• a coin wrapping mechanism including a stacker forming a coin stack containing a predetermined number of coins of a preselected denomination and a wrapper section wrapping a wrapping material about the coin stack to form a wrapped roll of coins;
• an operator interface panel including a display and a touch screen mounted over the display;
• a controller coupling the operator interface panel to the coin wrapping mechanism, the controller causing the display to display keys thereon, the controller operably coupling the touch screen to the displayed keys such that actuation of the touch screen at a position above one of the displayed keys causes the controller to execute a coin wrapping mechanism function associated with the one of the displayed keys, the controller being operable, via the touch screen, in a plurality of modes, the plurality of modes including a basic operating mode, a memory recall mode, an adjustment for wrap quality mode, a diagnostics mode, and a programming mode, the controller causing the display to display data and sets of keys associated with respective ones of the modes;
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• a memory coupled to the controller, the memory storing the data associated with respective ones of the modes.

A method for operating a coin wrapping system including (a) a coin wrapping mechanism forming a coin stack containing a predetermined number of coins of a preselected denomination and wrapping a wrapping material about the coin stack to form a wrapped roll of coins, (b) an operator interface panel including a display and a touch screen mounted over the display, and (c) a controller coupling the operator interface panel to the coin wrapping mechanism, the controller causing the display to display keys thereon, the controller operably coupling the touch screen to the displayed keys, the method comprising the steps of:

• displaying, under direction of the controller, data and a set of keys on the display associated with one of a plurality of controller operation modes;
• actuating the touch screen at a position above one of the displayed keys;
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• executing, under direction of the controller, a coin wrapping mechanism function associated with the one of the displayed keys.

A coin wrapping system, comprising:

• a coin wrapping mechanism including a stacker forming a coin stack containing a predetermined number of coins of a preselected denomination and a wrapper section wrapping a wrapping material about the coin stack to form a wrapped roll of coins;
• an operator interface panel including a display and a touch screen mounted over the display;
• a controller coupling the operator interface panel to the coin wrapping mechanism, the controller causing the display to display keys thereon, the controller operably coupling the touch screen to the displayed keys such that actuation of the touch screen at a position above one of the displayed keys causes the controller to execute a coin wrapping mechanism function associated with the one of the displayed keys, the controller being operable, via the touch screen, in a basic operating mode, a memory recall mode, an adjustment for wrap quality mode, a diagnostics mode, and a programming mode, the controller causing the display to display data and sets of keys associated with respective ones of the modes, the controller testing mechanical elements of the coin wrapping mechanism in response to the touch screen being pressed above the set of keys associated with the diagnostics mode;
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• a memory coupled to the controller, the memory storing the data associated with respective ones of the modes, the stored data including a total of wrapped rolls of coins generated with the coin wrapping mechanism for a preselected denomination and a total of coins wrapped into the rolls of coins for the preselected denomination;
• wherein the displayed set of keys associated with the basic operating mode include a start key, a stop key, denomination keys, a numeric keypad, and a clear key, the controller activating the coin wrapping mechanism in response to the touch screen being pressed above the start key, the controller deactivating the coin wrapping mechanism in response to the touch screen being pressed above the stop key, the controller preselecting the denomination of the coins to be wrapped with the coin wrapping mechanism in response to the touch screen being pressed above one of the denomination keys, the controller deactivating the coin wrapping mechanism in response to wrapping a number of rolls entered into the memory via the numeric keypad, the controller clearing the total of wrapped rolls and the total of coins wrapped into the rolls in response to the clear key being pressed a predetermined number of times.