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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:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 3/00 ;
Abstract
A coin processing device is capable of accommodating a maximum number of coin tubes within a predetermined width. The coin processing device includes a device body (,), a coin sorting mechanism (,) for checking an inserted coin and identifying the kind of coin inserted, and a coin dispensing mechanism (,) for storing the identified coins according to the kind of coin and for selecting and dispensing coins for change. The coin dispensing mechanism (,) includes a coin accommodating device (,) that can accommodate many kinds of coins, sorted by kind, within a predetermined width (L).