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US3918565B1
US3918565B1 US90/002685A US40592773A US3918565B1 US 3918565 B1 US3918565 B1 US 3918565B1 US 90/002685 A US90/002685 A US 90/002685A US 40592773 A US40592773 A US 40592773A US 3918565 B1 US3918565 B1 US 3918565B1
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J. Greene Walter
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    • 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
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GB4716172A GB1452740A (en) 1972-10-12 1972-10-12 Digital memory coin selector method and apparatus
IE1786/73A IE38358B1 (en) 1972-10-12 1973-10-08 Digital memory coin selector method and apparatus

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EP0058094A1 (en) * 1981-02-11 1982-08-18 Mars Incorporated Improvements in and relating to apparatus for checking the validity of coins
EP0066013A1 (en) * 1981-06-03 1982-12-08 International Standard Electric Corporation Article recognition system and processor controlled system
WO1983000763A1 (en) * 1981-08-21 1983-03-03 Mars Inc Coin examination apparatus employing an rl relaxation oscillator
EP0076617A3 (en) * 1981-10-02 1983-09-14 University College Cardiff Consultants Ltd. Process and apparatus for detection of electrically conducting material
EP0072189A3 (en) * 1981-08-10 1983-11-09 Aeronautical & General Instruments Limited A method and apparatus for calibrating a coin validation apparatus
EP0059512A3 (en) * 1980-02-06 1983-11-30 Mars Incorporated Improvements in and relating to testing coins
EP0086648A3 (en) * 1982-02-12 1984-07-25 Mars Incorporated Coin testing apparatus
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EP0101276A3 (en) * 1982-08-06 1985-05-08 Kabushiki Kaisha Universal Method of and apparatus for discriminating coins or bank notes
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US4660705A (en) * 1984-06-08 1987-04-28 Tamura Electric Works, Ltd. Coin discrimination apparatus
US4739869A (en) * 1985-09-05 1988-04-26 Coin Acceptors, Inc. Coin detection and validation means and method
US4819780A (en) * 1985-07-26 1989-04-11 Autelca Ag. Device for verifying coins
US4936435A (en) * 1988-10-11 1990-06-26 Unidynamics Corporation Coin validating apparatus and method
EP0384375A1 (en) * 1989-02-23 1990-08-29 URMET S.p.A. Costruzioni Elettro-Telefoniche Coin selector
US4969549A (en) * 1986-02-07 1990-11-13 Mars Incorporated Data-storing tokens and apparatus for handling data-storing tokens and coins
US5007520A (en) * 1989-06-20 1991-04-16 At&T Bell Laboratories Microprocessor-controlled apparatus adaptable to environmental changes
US5167313A (en) * 1990-10-10 1992-12-01 Mars Incorporated Method and apparatus for improved coin, bill and other currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection
US5263566A (en) * 1991-04-10 1993-11-23 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Coin discriminating apparatus
US5293979A (en) * 1991-12-10 1994-03-15 Coin Acceptors, Inc. Coin detection and validation means
US5353905A (en) * 1991-03-04 1994-10-11 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. Coin sorting device
US5379875A (en) * 1992-07-17 1995-01-10 Eb Metal Industries, Inc. Coin discriminator and acceptor arrangement
US5381880A (en) * 1992-11-09 1995-01-17 Pearson; Rune S. Electronic coin mechanism
US5452785A (en) * 1991-09-28 1995-09-26 Anritsu Corporation Coin diameter discriminating apparatus
EP0590381A3 (en) * 1992-10-02 1995-11-02 Nat Rejectors Gmbh Apparatus and method for calibrating a coin tester
US5476168A (en) * 1990-07-05 1995-12-19 Microsystem Controls Pty Ltd Coin validator
US5526918A (en) * 1995-06-15 1996-06-18 Greenwald Industries Inc. Coin validating apparatus and method
US5673781A (en) * 1995-11-21 1997-10-07 Coin Acceptors, Inc. Coin detection device and associated method
US5781444A (en) * 1994-05-13 1998-07-14 Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux Distributed processing unit connectable to external processing means
US5799768A (en) * 1996-07-17 1998-09-01 Compunetics, Inc. Coin identification apparatus
US5833042A (en) * 1993-12-17 1998-11-10 Microsystem Controls Pty Ltd Coin discriminator
US20040065539A1 (en) * 2002-08-20 2004-04-08 Tokyo Electron Limited Harmonic multiplexer
US20040129526A1 (en) * 1997-07-08 2004-07-08 Hiroshi Abe Time increment selector
US20050061606A1 (en) * 2003-09-05 2005-03-24 Scott Juds Method and apparatus for transfering coin/token signature data between coin/token acceptor devices

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EP0014729A1 (en) * 1979-02-26 1980-09-03 Sensor Corporation A digital eddy current apparatus for identifying specimens of electrically conductive material of unknown composition
EP0017370A1 (en) * 1979-03-30 1980-10-15 Mars Incorporated Coin testing apparatus
US4361218A (en) * 1979-03-30 1982-11-30 Mars, Incorporated Coin testing apparatus
FR2461987A1 (en) * 1979-07-17 1981-02-06 Nippon Coinco Co Ltd ELECTRONIC CURRENCY SELECTION DEVICE PROVIDING RIGOROUS SORT OF GOOD PIECES AND FALSE PARTS, EVEN IF PIECES ARE INSTALLED AT RAPID RATE
EP0059512A3 (en) * 1980-02-06 1983-11-30 Mars Incorporated Improvements in and relating to testing coins
EP0304535A3 (en) * 1981-02-11 1989-05-24 Mars Incorporated Improvements in and relating to apparatus for checking the validity of coins
EP0058094A1 (en) * 1981-02-11 1982-08-18 Mars Incorporated Improvements in and relating to apparatus for checking the validity of coins
WO1982002786A1 (en) * 1981-02-11 1982-08-19 Dean Robert Improvements in and relating to apparatus for checking the validity of coins
US4601380A (en) * 1981-02-11 1986-07-22 Mars Incorporated Apparatus for checking the validity of coins
EP0066013A1 (en) * 1981-06-03 1982-12-08 International Standard Electric Corporation Article recognition system and processor controlled system
EP0072189A3 (en) * 1981-08-10 1983-11-09 Aeronautical & General Instruments Limited A method and apparatus for calibrating a coin validation apparatus
JPH0719299B2 (en) 1981-08-21 1995-03-06 マ−ス，インコ−ポレ−テッド Coin inspection device using RL relaxation oscillator
WO1983000763A1 (en) * 1981-08-21 1983-03-03 Mars Inc Coin examination apparatus employing an rl relaxation oscillator
EP0076617A3 (en) * 1981-10-02 1983-09-14 University College Cardiff Consultants Ltd. Process and apparatus for detection of electrically conducting material
EP0086648A3 (en) * 1982-02-12 1984-07-25 Mars Incorporated Coin testing apparatus
US4546869A (en) * 1982-02-12 1985-10-15 Mars Incorporated Coin testing apparatus
EP0101276A3 (en) * 1982-08-06 1985-05-08 Kabushiki Kaisha Universal Method of and apparatus for discriminating coins or bank notes
US4509633A (en) * 1983-08-24 1985-04-09 Reed Industries, Inc. Electronic coin validator with improved diameter sensing apparatus
US4582189A (en) * 1984-03-14 1986-04-15 Reed Industries, Inc. Coin validation apparatus
US4660705A (en) * 1984-06-08 1987-04-28 Tamura Electric Works, Ltd. Coin discrimination apparatus
EP0164110A3 (en) * 1984-06-08 1987-08-26 Tamura Electric Works, Ltd. Coin discrimination apparatus
US4819780A (en) * 1985-07-26 1989-04-11 Autelca Ag. Device for verifying coins
US4739869A (en) * 1985-09-05 1988-04-26 Coin Acceptors, Inc. Coin detection and validation means and method
US4625852A (en) * 1985-09-05 1986-12-02 Coil Acceptors, Inc. Coin detection and validation means and method
US4969549A (en) * 1986-02-07 1990-11-13 Mars Incorporated Data-storing tokens and apparatus for handling data-storing tokens and coins
US4936435A (en) * 1988-10-11 1990-06-26 Unidynamics Corporation Coin validating apparatus and method
EP0384375A1 (en) * 1989-02-23 1990-08-29 URMET S.p.A. Costruzioni Elettro-Telefoniche Coin selector
US5007520A (en) * 1989-06-20 1991-04-16 At&T Bell Laboratories Microprocessor-controlled apparatus adaptable to environmental changes
US5476168A (en) * 1990-07-05 1995-12-19 Microsystem Controls Pty Ltd Coin validator
US5730272A (en) * 1990-10-10 1998-03-24 Mars Incorporated Method for improved coin, bill and other currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection
US5330041A (en) * 1990-10-10 1994-07-19 Mars Incorporated Method and apparatus for improved coin, bill and other currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection
AU678527B2 (en) * 1990-10-10 1997-05-29 Mei, Incorporated Method and apparatus for improved coin, bill and other currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection
US5564548A (en) * 1990-10-10 1996-10-15 Mars Incorporated Method and apparatus for currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection
US5167313A (en) * 1990-10-10 1992-12-01 Mars Incorporated Method and apparatus for improved coin, bill and other currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection
US5443144A (en) * 1990-10-10 1995-08-22 Mars Incorporated Method and apparatus for improved coin, bill and other currency acceptance and slug or counterfeit rejection
US5353905A (en) * 1991-03-04 1994-10-11 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. Coin sorting device
US5263566A (en) * 1991-04-10 1993-11-23 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Coin discriminating apparatus
US5452785A (en) * 1991-09-28 1995-09-26 Anritsu Corporation Coin diameter discriminating apparatus
US5458225A (en) * 1991-09-28 1995-10-17 Anritsu Corporation Coin discriminating apparatus
US5293979A (en) * 1991-12-10 1994-03-15 Coin Acceptors, Inc. Coin detection and validation means
US5379875A (en) * 1992-07-17 1995-01-10 Eb Metal Industries, Inc. Coin discriminator and acceptor arrangement
EP0590381A3 (en) * 1992-10-02 1995-11-02 Nat Rejectors Gmbh Apparatus and method for calibrating a coin tester
US5381880A (en) * 1992-11-09 1995-01-17 Pearson; Rune S. Electronic coin mechanism
US5833042A (en) * 1993-12-17 1998-11-10 Microsystem Controls Pty Ltd Coin discriminator
US5781444A (en) * 1994-05-13 1998-07-14 Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux Distributed processing unit connectable to external processing means
US5526918A (en) * 1995-06-15 1996-06-18 Greenwald Industries Inc. Coin validating apparatus and method
US5673781A (en) * 1995-11-21 1997-10-07 Coin Acceptors, Inc. Coin detection device and associated method
US5799768A (en) * 1996-07-17 1998-09-01 Compunetics, Inc. Coin identification apparatus
US6015037A (en) * 1996-07-17 2000-01-18 Compunetics, Inc. Coin identification apparatus
US6148987A (en) * 1996-07-17 2000-11-21 Compunetics, Inc. Coin identification apparatus
US20040129526A1 (en) * 1997-07-08 2004-07-08 Hiroshi Abe Time increment selector
US6907976B2 (en) 1997-07-08 2005-06-21 Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd. Time increment selector
US20040065539A1 (en) * 2002-08-20 2004-04-08 Tokyo Electron Limited Harmonic multiplexer
US20050061606A1 (en) * 2003-09-05 2005-03-24 Scott Juds Method and apparatus for transfering coin/token signature data between coin/token acceptor devices

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