Coin dispenser
CA 2134397 C · Owner: Eagle Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Inoue, Haruo
Overview
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An endless belt is disposed between a coin tank and a hopper. Coins stored in the coin tank drop from an outlet formed at the lower portion of the coin tank and are supported and held on the endless belt. While the endless belt rotates coins on the endless, belt are transported toward the hopper and dropped into the bucket. The bucket is provided therein with a first sensor for detecting a lower limit of the number of coins and a second sensor for detecting an upper limit of the number of coins. In response to a signal from the first sensor, the endless belt rotates and in, response to a signal from the second sensor the endless, belt stops. The coin tank has a supply port for replenishment …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed October 26, 1994 and granted March 18, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 26, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 26, 2016.
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