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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Myron W. Spoehr, Lake Mills, WI (US);
John A. Kressin, Watertown, WI (US);
John Grajewski, Palmyra, WI (US);
Cory A. Kohls, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
De La Rue Cash Systems, Inc., Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A coin sorting machine ( ) has a motor output shaft ( ) driving a coin queueing disk ( ) and also has a coin sorting assembly ( ) having a coin pushing member ( ). A power transmission device ( ) transmits power from the motor output shaft ( ) to a second shaft ( ) driving the coin pushing member ( ). A coin sensor ( ) senses each coin in a respective denomination as it is sorted into a respective receptacle ( ) during a sorting operation. A controller ( ) receives signals from the coin sensor ( ) determines a last coin in a bag count limit and generates a braking signal to a braking assembly ( ) to stop rotation of the second shaft ( ) without directly mechanically braking the motor output shaft ( ) or the motor ( ).