Patent ID: 8932118
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A coin recycler system comprising: one or more coin changers operable to determine at least one of the denomination or authenticity of an inserted coin; at least one coin store associated with the one or more coin changers, including at least one coin tube store in which one or more coins can be stored and from which one or more coins can be dispensed; a receptacle near the at least one or more coin changers; and a bulk batch re-loader module comprising a bulk coin store, wherein the bulk batch re-loader is operable to feed a batch of coins from the bulk coin store to the receptacle and operable to deliver the coins automatically from the receptacle to the one or more coin changers; wherein the bulk coin store comprises a rotatably mounted drum containing a bottom plate with gated exit and a scooper arranged to rotate with the drum, the scooper operable, as the drum rotates, to scoop coins in the drum and to direct the scooped coins through the gated exit in the bottom plate of the drum to the receptacle.