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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:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jörgen Knutsson, Lund, SE;
Staffan Lundgren, Malmö, SE;
Assignee:
Scan Coin Industries AB, Malmo, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 3/00 ; B65H 3/62 ; B07B 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 3/00 ; B65H 3/62 ; B07B 1/24 ;
Abstract
A device is used to separate foreign objects from a mass of coins between a coin intake and a coin lifting device in a coin sorting and/or counting machine. The device has a perforated drum (,), which is rotatable around its longitudinal axis, is open at its respective ends and is connected at a first end to the coin intake and at a second end to the coin lifting device. The machine also has a driving device (,) for rotating drum.