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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Robert L. Zwieg, Watertown, WI (US);
Robert F. Fredrick, Watertown, WI (US);
John P. Grajewski, Palmyra, WI (US);
John A. Kressin, Watertown, WI (US);
Thomas S. Murphy, Lake Mills, WI (US);
Jon R. Stieber, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
De La Rue Cash Systems, Inc., Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A coin handling machine ( ) has a coin sorting member ( ) with a plurality of sorting openings ( ) by which respective denominations of coins ( ) are sorted, having a coin driving member ( ) with webs ( ) for moving the coins to the coin sorting openings ( ), having a motor ( ) coupled to the coin driving member ( ), and having a brake ( ) for stopping the motor ( ), the coin handling machine ( ). A coin imaging sensor ( ) optically images at least a portion of a coin ( ) and for transmitting dimensional data for identifying coins by denomination. A main controller ( ) receives said dimensional data and counts each coin for bag stopping purposes separate from the counts maintained for totalizing the sorted coins. The controller ( ) transmits signals to at least reduce the speed of the motor ( ) when a bag count limit is reached for a respective denomination. Detectors ( and ) are provided adjacent the sorting openings ( ) for detecting a last coin as it is sorted and moved into a bag.