Electronic coin measurement apparatus
CA 1206618 A · Owner: Macdonald, J. Randall · Inventors: Macdonald, J. Randall
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This invention distinguishes coins by electronically checking their various masses diameters and thicknesses. The coins are subjected to a constant acceleration force, i.e. gravity and, slide along a side of a ramp, which results in different velocities for different kinds of coins. The speeds of the coin are measured at two different times at one location on the ramp, or alternatively at two different adjacent locations along the ramp. The width and thickness of the coin are also measured. It has been found that an accurate determination can be made of the designation of the coin based on correspondence between the acceleration (which is related to the mass), the width (which is …
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- Granted June 24, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 24, 2003.
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