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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:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Evan John Cost, Audubon, PA (US);
Assignee:
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/00 ;
Abstract
A coin dispenser includes coin storage tubes ( ) each with a dispensing mechanism ( ) located directly below each tubes ( ). The dispensing mechanism ( ) includes a motor ( ), a planetary, planocentric or other compact reduction gear and a dispensing link arm ( ) pivoted towards one side of the tube ( ) and reciprocated by a drive pin ( ) located in a slot ( ). This arrangement allows a high packing density of tubes ( ) and flexibility in their positioning. The tubes are arranged in an arc around a dispensing aperture ( ). Multiple such dispensers may be stacked so that coins from an upper dispenser fall through the dispensing aperture in the lower dispenser.