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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Gccm, Llc, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Inventor:
Gregory F. String, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
GCCM, LLC, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 3/00 (2006.01); G07D 3/14 (2006.01); G07D 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 3/00 (2013.01); G07D 3/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A coin sensor arrangement to sense the different diameters of coins in a singulated stream of coins moving along a coin path includes a movable member that is displaced from a first position to a second position by passage of the largest-diameter coins moving along the coin path. When the member reaches the second position, the member actuates the coin sensor arrangement to signal the presence of the coin. Actuation of the coin sensor arrangement can take place spaced away from the coin stream where possible contaminants that might affect sensing are less likely to be present.