EP 0351217 A3 19910306 - COIN ACCEPTANCE APPARATUS
Title (en)
COIN ACCEPTANCE APPARATUS
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 8816786 A 19880714
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0351217A2] The apparatus is intended to determine the value of a batch of mixed coins inserted by the user into a hopper unit (1) in which there is a rotatable disc (2) for feeding the coins in single file past a coin discriminator (6) to an escrow region (11). The total value of the coins retained temporarily in the escrow region (11) is displayed on a suitable display to the user, who can then choose either to have the coins returned to him, or allow the transaction to proceed for which the coins are payment. The apparatus may be used in a bank to issue a receipt for coins inserted, or as a lottery machine to issue lottery tickets. The machine can be arranged to return the coins in the escrow automatically to the user if the value of such retained coins does not, after a certain time, fall within a preset range.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
CPC (source: EP)
Citation (search report)
- [Y] US 4059122 A 19771122 - KINOSHITA YOSHIO
- [Y] EP 0070353 A1 19830126 - LICENTIA GMBH [DE]
- [A] EP 0052951 A1 19820602 - PLESSEY OVERSEAS [GB]
- [A] FR 2402980 A1 19790406 - SODECO COMPTEURS DE GENEVE [CH]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0351217 A2 19900117; EP 0351217 A3 19910306; GB 8816786 D0 19880817
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 89307103 A 19890713; GB 8816786 A 19880714