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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2011
Applicant:
Douglas A. Martin, Woodinville, WA (US);
Inventor:
Douglas A. Martin, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
Outerwall Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for separating debris from coins and the like from customer-operated kiosks and other machines. A debris diverter including a motor, a rotating bobbin, and at least one vane is positioned over a coin track with the vane spaced apart from the coin track by a predetermined distance to permit objects smaller than the predetermined distance to pass by the debris diverter and to contact objects larger than the predetermined distance.