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US 9,396,600 B2Granted
Self-service system for paying in and withdrawing coins
AssigneeWincor Nixdorf International GmbH
InventorsHelge Wonka, Eckhard Eick, Thorsten Neumann
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Abstract
A self-service system (10) for depositing and dispensing coins (108, 116) with a device for the input (12) of coins (108, 116) and a device for the output (30) of coins (108, 116). Means are provided which provide the coins (108, 116) to be output from the stock (18a to 18d) of the deposited coins (108, 116) in the form of a packed coin pack comprising a large number of coins (108, 116).
Claims18
A self-service system for depositing and dispensing coins, comprising:
- a device for the input of a supply of coins of various denominations;
- a collecting and packing unit;
- a roll of interconnected plastic bags to be filled with coins in the collecting and packing unit;
- wherein the self-service system operates in at least two modes including a stand-by mode and a user request mode;
- the stand-by mode requiring no user input and the user request mode requiring user input;
- wherein in the stand-by mode the collecting and packing unit fills at least one of the plastic bags with coins of a preselected denomination;
- wherein in the user request mode the collecting and packing unit fills at least one of the plastic bags with coins of a denomination selected by a user, which denomination is different than the preselected denomination;
- the collecting and packing unit includes a closing unit for closing the plastic bags after being filled with the coins and a separating unit for separating the filled plastic bags from the plastic bag roll in order to form coin packs;
- a coin pack storage unit for storing the coin packs formed during the stand-by mode;
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- an output compartment for dispensing one or more of the stored coin packs in response to the self-service system receiving a user request for coins of a preselected denomination or for dispensing coin packs in response to the self-service system receiving a user request for coins of a denomination which is different than the preselected denomination.
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A self-service system for depositing and dispensing coins, the self-service system comprising:
- a coin input compartment;
- a coin sorting unit;
- a coin storage unit;
- a plastic bag stock including a roll of a plurality of interconnected, preformed plastic bags;
- a collecting and packing unit;
- wherein the self-service system operates in at least two modes including a stand-by mode and a user request mode;
- the stand-by mode requiring no user input and the user request mode requiring user input;
- wherein in the stand-by mode the collecting and packing unit fills at least one of the plastic bags with coins of a preselected denomination;
- wherein in the user request mode the collecting and packing unit fills at least one of the plastic bags with coins of a denomination selected by a user, which denomination is different than the preselected denomination;
- a closing unit for closing the preformed bags after being filled with coins;
- and
- a separating unit for separating the preformed bags from the roll after being filled with coins in order to form coin packs;
- a coin pack storage unit for storing the coin packs formed during the stand-by mode;
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- an output compartment configured to dispense one or more of the stored coin packs in response to the self-service system receiving a user request for coins of a preselected denomination or to dispense coin packs in response to the self-service system receiving a user request for coins of a denomination which is different than the preselected denomination.
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A self-service system for depositing and dispensing coins, comprising:
- a device for the input of coins;
- a collecting and packing unit for forming coin packs from a stock of previously deposited coins of various denominations;
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- a printing device configured to print information on each of the coin packs, the information including at least one of a number of coins in the coin pack, a value of coins in the coin pack, and a denomination of coins in the coin pack;
- a roll of interconnected plastic bags to be filled with coins in the collecting and packing unit;
- wherein the self-service system operates in at least two modes including a stand-by mode and a user request mode;
- the stand-by mode requiring no user input and the user request mode requiring user input;
- wherein in the stand-by mode the collecting and packing unit fills at least one of the plastic bags with coins of a preselected denomination;
- wherein in the user request mode the collecting and packing unit fills at least one of the plastic bags with coins of a denomination selected by a user, which denomination is different than the preselected denomination;
- the collecting and packing unit includes a closing unit for closing the plastic bags after being filled with the coins and a separating unit for separating the filled plastic bags from the plastic bag roll in order to form coin packs;
- a coin pack storage unit for storing the coin packs formed during the stand-by mode;
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- an output compartment for dispensing one or more of the stored coin packs in response to the self-service system receiving a user request for coins of a preselected denomination or for dispensing coin packs in response to the self-service system receiving a user request for coins of a denomination which is different than the preselected denomination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.