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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1984
James T Schuller, St. Louis County, MO (US);
Barry L Smith, Florissant, MO (US);
Paul K Griner, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
UMC Industries, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Coin apparatus for use in a vendor for handling acceptable coins and unacceptable coins or slugs deposited in the vendor, having change tubes for coins of different denominations, and operable to reject unacceptable coins and slugs, to accept acceptable coins and to deliver them as needed to the change tubes and, when not needed in the change tubes, to escrow them, to deliver coins from escrow to the cash box of the vendor upon a vend and to the coin return system of the vendor on recall of a deposit by a customer, to deliver coins from the change tubes on a recall in the same number and denomination as those deposited by the customer in the vendor and delivered to the change tubes, and to make change from the change tubes as needed on a vend.