Machine and method for cash recycling and cash settlement
CA 2562497 C · Owner: Zwieg, Robert L. · Inventors: Gunst, Robert E.; Stieber, Jon R.; Fredrick, Robert F.
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A cash recycling machine (10) has an input hopper (19) for feeding batches of mixed coinage to a coin sorter (21) for sorting counting and directing coins , into a plurality of bulk coin storage receptacles (31 32, 33, 34). From , there, the coins are fed into a plurality of smaller dispensing hoppers (46 47, 48, 49) equipped with sensors (88) for counting the coinage as it is dispensed. A controller (80) is responsive to inputs from a user in a first operating cycle of the machine to cause the dispensing hoppers (46 47, 48, 49) to dispense an amount of sorted coinage into one of several receptacles including a cash drawer (15) or coin bags (40). A controller (80) is responsive to …
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- Filed March 11, 2005 and granted May 14, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 11, 2025.
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