EP0590381A3 - Apparatus and method for calibrating a coin tester - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for calibrating a coin tester Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0590381A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: calibrating; coin tester; coin; tester
Prior art date: 1992-10-02
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP93114537A

Other languages

German (de)

Other versions

EP0590381A2 (en

EP0590381B1 (en

Inventor

Klaus Meyer-Steffens

Manfred Dr Groehlich

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Crane Payment Innovations GmbH

Original Assignee

National Rejectors Inc GmbH

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1992-10-02

Filing date

1993-09-10

Publication date

1995-11-02

1993-09-10 Application filed by National Rejectors Inc GmbH filed Critical National Rejectors Inc GmbH

1994-04-06 Publication of EP0590381A2 publication Critical patent/EP0590381A2/en

1995-11-02 Publication of EP0590381A3 publication Critical patent/EP0590381A3/en

1999-04-07 Application granted granted Critical

1999-04-07 Publication of EP0590381B1 publication Critical patent/EP0590381B1/en

2013-09-10 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- G07D5/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
- G07D5/08—Testing the magnetic or electric properties
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- G07D5/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
- G07D5/02—Testing the dimensions, e.g. thickness, diameter; Testing the deformation
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- G07D2205/00—Coin testing devices
- G07D2205/001—Reconfiguration of coin testing devices

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Testing Of Coins (AREA)

EP93114537A 1992-10-02 1993-09-10 Apparatus and method for calibrating a coin tester Expired - Lifetime EP0590381B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE4233194A DE4233194C2 (en)	1992-10-02	1992-10-02	Method for calibrating a coin acceptor accepting at least one coin and calibration module
DE4233194		1992-10-02

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0590381A2 EP0590381A2 (en)	1994-04-06
EP0590381A3 true EP0590381A3 (en)	1995-11-02
EP0590381B1 EP0590381B1 (en)	1999-04-07

Family

ID=6469507

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP93114537A Expired - Lifetime EP0590381B1 (en)	1992-10-02	1993-09-10	Apparatus and method for calibrating a coin tester

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
US (1)	US5495931A (en)
EP (1)	EP0590381B1 (en)
DE (2)	DE4233194C2 (en)
ES (1)	ES2131547T3 (en)

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GB9611659D0 (en) *	1996-06-05	1996-08-07	Coin Controls	Coin validator calibration
US6298973B1 (en)	1999-11-10	2001-10-09	Parker Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Inc.	Multiple coin analyzer system
JP2001175912A (en) *	1999-12-21	2001-06-29	Laurel Bank Mach Co Ltd	Coin discriminating device
US7635059B1 (en)	2000-02-02	2009-12-22	Imonex Services, Inc.	Apparatus and method for rejecting jammed coins

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1992
- 1992-10-02 DE DE4233194A patent/DE4233194C2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
1993
- 1993-09-10 EP EP93114537A patent/EP0590381B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-09-10 ES ES93114537T patent/ES2131547T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-09-10 DE DE59309498T patent/DE59309498D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1993-10-01 US US08/130,356 patent/US5495931A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3918565A (en) *	1972-10-12	1975-11-11	Mars Inc	Method and apparatus for coin selection utilizing a programmable memory
US3918565B1 (en) *	1972-10-12	1993-10-19	Mars, Incorporated	Method and apparatus for coin selection utilizing a programmable memory
DE2452710A1 (en) *	1974-11-06	1976-05-13	Siemens Ag	Coin simulating device testing - comprises coil with variable electrical elements controlled by oscillator
EP0072189A2 (en) *	1981-08-10	1983-02-16	LANDIS & GYR COMMUNICATIONS (U.K.) LTD.	A method and apparatus for calibrating a coin validation apparatus
EP0101276A2 (en) *	1982-08-06	1984-02-22	Kabushiki Kaisha Universal	Method of and apparatus for discriminating coins or bank notes

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP0590381A2 (en)	1994-04-06
DE4233194C2 (en)	1995-09-21
ES2131547T3 (en)	1999-08-01
US5495931A (en)	1996-03-05
EP0590381B1 (en)	1999-04-07
DE4233194A1 (en)	1994-04-07
DE59309498D1 (en)	1999-05-12

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