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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2003
John R. Blake, St. Charles, IL (US);
Douglas U. Mennie, Barrington, IL (US);
Samuel F. Collura, Lake In The Hills, IL (US);
John S. Lykowski, Glenview, IL (US);
Arthur J. Long, Palatine, IL (US);
John R. Blake, St. Charles, IL (US);
Douglas U. Mennie, Barrington, IL (US);
Samuel F. Collura, Lake In The Hills, IL (US);
John S. Lykowski, Glenview, IL (US);
Arthur J. Long, Palatine, IL (US);
Cummins-Allison Corp., Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a coin processing system includes a coin input area that receives coins from a user, a coin processing module that counts the received coins, and a foreign object detection system that detects a foreign object within the coin processing module subsequent to counting substantially all the received coins.