Coin roll dispenser and system incorporating same
AssigneeNamsys Inc.
InventorJohn Siemens
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Abstract
An apparatus for use in dispensing coin rolls is disclosed. The apparatus includes a receptacle, to hold the coin rolls in a vertically stacked array, a dispensed, to dispense the coin rolls from a bottom of the receptacle, and a controller, to control the dispensing means responsive to instructions from a user. The apparatus may be used to construct a change making machine, and a plurality of change making machines may be used to form a broad cash and coin dispensing system that is centrally controlled.
Claims23
An apparatus for use in dispensing coin rolls, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a receptacle, to hold the coin rolls in a vertically stacked array;
- (b) a dispensing means, to dispense the coin rolls from a bottom of the receptacle;
- (c) a controller, to control the dispensing means responsive to instructions from a user, said controller comprising a computer operating a software control program, and a visual display screen for viewing by the user;
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- (d) a rotating device to prevent bridging;
- wherein, upon receiving instructions from a user to dispense coin rolls, said controller controls said dispensing means so that said coin rolls are dispensed from the receptacle.
An apparatus for use in dispensing coin rolls, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a receptacle, to hold the coin rolls in a vertically stacked array;
- (b) a dispensing means, to dispense the coin rolls from a bottom of the receptacle;
- (c) a controller, to control the dispensing means responsive to instructions from a user;
- (d) a rotating device to prevent bridging;
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- (e) a dispense detector to inform the controller when a coin roll has been dispensed from the receptacle;
- wherein, upon receiving instructions from a user to dispense coin rolls, said controller controls said dispensing means so that said coin rolls are dispensed from the receptacle;
- and wherein the controller stops said dispensing means when said controller is informed by the dispense detector that at least one coin roll has been dispensed;
- and wherein the instructions provided by the user are to dispense coin rolls totaling a particular value, or to dispense one or more coin rolls of different denominations, and wherein the controller, through information provided by the dispense detector, keeps a count of the total value of the coin rolls being dispensed or the number of coin rolls of different denominations being dispensed.
An apparatus for use in dispensing coin rolls, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a receptacle, to hold the coin rolls in a vertically array;
- (b) a dispensing means, to dispense the coin rolls from a bottom of the receptacle;
- (c) a controller, to control the dispensing means responsive to instructions from a user,
- (d) a rotating device to prevent bridging;
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- (e) a jam detector to inform the controller whether the dispensing means is jammed or otherwise not operating;
- wherein, upon receiving instructions from a user to dispense coin rolls, said controller controls said dispensing means so that said coin rolls are dispensed from the receptacle;
- and wherein, upon the controller receiving information from the jam detector that the dispensing means is not operating, and wherein the controller has received instructions from the user to dispense coin rolls, and said coin rolls have not been dispensed, said controller controls the dispensing means so that said dispensing means performs a re-activation procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.