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(11) EP 0 351 217 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.03.1991 Bulletin 1991/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.01.1990 Bulletin 1990/03

(21) Application number: 89307103.5

(22) Date of filing: 13.07.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G07F 9/04, G07F 5/22, G07D 3/16
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 14.07.1988 GB 8816786

(71) Applicant: SCAN COIN AB
S-213 75 Malmö (SE)

(72) Inventors:
  • Goh, David
    Stirchley Telford Shropshire (GB)
  • Howells, Geoffrey
    Portsmouth Hampshire PO6 2ST (GB)

(74) Representative: Spall, Christopher John et al
BARKER, BRETTELL & DUNCAN 138 Hagley Road
Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW
Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Coin acceptance apparatus


    (57) 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.







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