Dispensers for coin handling apparatus
AssigneeScan Coin AB
InventorKristian Bengtsson
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Abstract
A coin dispensing apparatus has a cabinet serving as an apparatus housing for the apparatus. The apparatus further has a module for receiving, optionally validating and optionally sorting coins of different types and at least one dispenser for coins to be dispensed. The apparatus is adapted to dispense a specific composition of coins from the at least one dispenser to a portable coin receptacle. Each dispenser comprises a spout and is shaped such that a plurality of dispensers can be placed in a pattern allowing the spouts to be placed in a row. An effect of this is that the sorted coins can be dispensed in a row above the row of spouts, thus there is no need for an additional complex channel system for leading the sorted coins into the correct dispenser.
Claims20
A coin dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet serving as an apparatus housing for the apparatus;
- a controller;
- a cash processing module adapted to receive a deposited mass of coins;
- and
- a plurality of dispensers for coins to be dispensed, the dispensers each comprising a hopper mounted on an ejector/counter, each of the hoppers having an upper part for receiving coins and a lower part in communication with the ejector/counter,
- the plurality of dispensers being arranged in two parallel rows;
- wherein, in a deposit operation, the dispensers are adapted to receive the deposited mass of coins for buffering therein;
- and
- wherein, in a dispensing operation, the dispensers are adapted to dispense a specific composition of coins, under control of the controller, to a portable coin receptacle at a dispense location,
- characterized in that
- the upper part has
- a spout adapted to guide a coin dispensed from above the spout into the upper
- part, the spout is an integral projecting part from the upper part,
- the plurality of dispensers are arranged in a pattern such as each spout belonging to an upper part of a dispenser arranged in one of the two parallel rows is in contact with a spout belonging to an upper part of a dispenser arranged in the second of the two parallel rows, such as each spout being placed in a rectilinear pattern in relation to each other.
A system including a hopper suitable for receiving coins from a coin dispenser and releasing coins to a coin receptacle, the hopper having an upper part for receiving coins from a coin acceptance module and a lower part in communication with an ejector/counter;
- wherein,
- the upper part has a spout adapted to guide a coin dispensed from above the spout into the upper part,
- the spout is an integral projecting part from the upper part,
- the hopper is adapted to be received by a dispenser of a coin dispensing apparatus,
- the dispenser is one dispenser of a plurality of dispensers, the plurality of dispensers being arranged in two parallel rows, and
- the plurality of dispensers is arranged in a pattern such that each spout belonging to an upper part of a hopper arranged in one of the two parallel rows is in contact with a spout belonging to an upper part of a hopper arranged in the second of the two parallel rows, such that each spout is placed in a rectilinear pattern in relation to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.