Patent ID: 9177431
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A coin processing machine having features to reduce the likelihood and severity of coin jams, the coin processing machine comprising: a coin removal station; a coin support plate comprising a coin support surface on an upper side of the coin support plate, the coin support surface defining a coin path on the coin support surface, the coin path extending from an intake location to the coin removal station, the intake location spaced from the coin removal station along the coin path; a plurality of recesses formed in the coin support surface and located in the coin path between the intake location and the coin removal station wherein coins sliding along the coin path on the coin support surface pass over some or all of the recesses without leaving the coin path when sliding from the intake location to the coin removal station; an electrically conductive member overlaying the coin support plate and spaced from the coin support surface, the conductive member normally electrically isolated from the coin support plate, the conductive member spaced from the coin path, the conductive member not overlaying the coin path and comprising an outer periphery, at least a portion of the outer periphery overlaying a portion of the coin support surface spaced from the coin path, the said at least a portion of the outer periphery extending along the coin path; a control circuit electrically extending from the coin support plate to the conductive member, the control circuit being normally open due to the electrical isolation between the coin support plate and the conductive member, the control circuit comprising a controller responsive to closing of the control circuit by to stop the movement of coins along the coin path.