Currency unit dispensing apparatus
OwnerColin Richard Frenchinventor
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Abstract
A coin (or banknote) dispenser has a plurality of cash stores, a common actuator and a clutch for each store selectively transmitting a driving force to cause dispensing of a currency unit. The clutch has a driving member which is driven by the actuator, a driven member which can move to cause a currency unit to be dispensed from the cash store, a coupling member which can cause a driving force to be transmitted from the driving member to the driven member depending upon whether the coupling member is in an engaged state or a disengaged state, and an electromagnet for moving the coupling member from one of the states to the other state.
Claims17
Apparatus for dispensing currency units, the apparatus comprising:
- a cash store for storing a plurality of currency units;
- a dispensing actuator;
- and
- a clutch having a driving member which is driven by the actuator, a driven member which can move to cause a currency unit to be dispensed from the cash store, a coupling member which can cause a driving force to be transmitted from the driving member to the driven member depending upon whether the coupling member is in an engaged state or a disengaged state, and an electromagnet for moving the coupling member from one of the states to the other state.
Apparatus for dispensing currency units, the apparatus comprising:
- a cash store for storing a plurality of currency units;
- a dispensing actuator;
- and
- a clutch having a driving member which is driven by the actuator, a driven member which can move to cause a currency unit to be dispensed from the cash store, and a coupling member which can be moved from a disengaged state to an engaged state in which a driving force is transmitted from the driving member to the driven member;
- wherein, after the coupling member leaves a first of said states, the driving member and driven member move relative to each other to a position preventing the coupling member from returning to said first state.
Apparatus for dispensing currency units, the apparatus comprising:
- a cash store for storing a plurality of currency units;
- a dispensing actuator;
- and
- a clutch having a driving member which is driven by the actuator, a driven member which can move to cause a currency unit to be dispensed from the cash store, and a coupling member located in a recess in one of said driving and driven members, the coupling member being movable from a disengaged state, in which it is located in a first part of the recess, and an engaged state in which it is located in a second part of the recess and in which a driving force is transmitted from the driving member to the driven member, the first and second parts of the recess being separated by a distance substantially greater than the corresponding dimension of the coupling member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.