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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul Robert Fletcher, Camberley, GB;
Assignee:
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 9/00 ;
Abstract
A currency handling apparatus is arranged to perform a float operation at the end of which a store holds coins of various denominations in appropriate quantities such that their collective value is equal to a predetermined value, wherein the respective proportions of the different denominations may vary depending upon various conditions.