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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2015
Cummins-allison Corp., Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Tomasz M. Jagielinski, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Matthew Tomor, Escondido, CA (US);
Araz Yacoubian, Carlsbad, CA (US);
David J. Mecklenburg, Glendale Heights, IL (US);
Danny D. Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Cummins Allison Corp., Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Abstract
Currency processing systems, coin processing machines, and methods of imaging coins are presented herein. A currency processing system is disclosed which includes a housing with a coin input area for receiving coins and coin receptacles for stowing processed coins. A disk-type coin processing unit is coupled to the coin input area and coin receptacles. The disk-type coin processing unit includes a rotatable disk for imparting motion to the coins, and a sorting head having a lower surface adjacent the rotatable disk. The lower surface forms various shaped regions for guiding the coins, under the motion imparted by the rotatable disk, to exit channels through which the coins are discharged to the coin receptacles. A linear array of sensors is mounted to the sorting head and/or the rotatable disk. The sensors examine each coin on the rotatable disk and output a signal indicative of coin image information for processing the coin.