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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederic P Heiman, Delran, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Mars, Incorporated, Mc Lean, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194 / ; 194 / ; 1941 / ;
Abstract
A coin apparatus including a structure for defining a coin path, a coin presence sensor adjacent the coin paths, a first gate for separating acceptable coins from unacceptable coins and a second gate for sorting acceptable coins in which the second gate is arranged to minimize coin jams which might otherwise disable the apparatus.