Patent ID: 8967362
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A coin deposit and dispensing apparatus having a cabinet serving as an apparatus housing for said apparatus; a control means for controlling said apparatus; a cash processing module adapted to receive a deposited mass of coins; a plurality of dispensers for coins to be dispensed, said dispensers each having a hopper mounted on an ejector/counter, each of said hoppers having an upper part for receiving pre-sorted coins and a lower part connected to the ejector/counter; a filling compartment comprising a plurality of dispense locations, each dispense location being adapted for receiving one, but any, of a plurality of coin receptacles for collecting dispensed coins from a specific dispenser; and a plurality of coin receptacles, each of the plurality of coin receptacles being adapted for being received in one, but any, of the plurality of dispense locations; wherein, in a deposit operation the coin deposit and dispensing apparatus is adapted for storing specific coins, and the apparatus is adapted to direct specific types of deposited coins to specific ones of the dispensers for buffering therein; wherein, in a dispensing operation, the apparatus is adapted to dispense a specific amount of coins from each specific dispenser, under control of said control means, to a coin receptacle at a specific dispense location in said filling compartment; and wherein the control means is adapted to determine needed coin receptacles according to a composition of coins to be dispensed, verify the presence of the needed coin receptacles, and only start said dispense operation at said specific dispense location if a coin receptacle is present at the location.