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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2011
John R. Blake, St. Charles, IL (US);
Curtis W. Hallowell, Palatine, IL (US);
Marianne Krbec, Wood Dale, IL (US);
William J. Jones, Barrington, IL (US);
Thomas P. Adams, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
John R. Blake, St. Charles, IL (US);
Curtis W. Hallowell, Palatine, IL (US);
Marianne Krbec, Wood Dale, IL (US);
William J. Jones, Barrington, IL (US);
Thomas P. Adams, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Cummins-Allison Corp., Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and devices for processing coins are presented herein. A coin processing system is disclosed which includes a housing with a coin input area for receiving a batch of coins, a controller with a communication interface operatively attached to the housing, and a coin processing unit for counting, discriminating, and/or valuing coins received from the coin input area. The coin processing system also includes a mobile coin receptacle removably disposed within the housing and configured to receive coins from the coin processing unit. The mobile coin receptacle is configured to wirelessly communicate information to the communication interface of the controller. The mobile coin receptacle can include one or more electrical contacts that mate with one or more electrical contacts on the housing to wirelessly communicate the information.