Patent ID: 8827777
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a coin dispensing device, comprising the steps of: providing the coin dispensing device having a plurality of coin dispensing modules, wherein each coin dispensing module comprises a coin dispensing region with a slot , wherein at least one coin tube for holding coins of a predetermined nominal value is assigned to each dispensing module, adapting each dispensing module to dispense a coin held in the coin tube assigned to the dispensing module in a dispensing cycle and in response to a control signal, wherein at least two coin tubes assigned to different dispensing modules contain coins of the same nominal value and in one dispensing cycle, a plurality of coin dispensing modules are being activated simultaneously, wherein coin tubes containing coins of the same nominal value are kept at approximately similar fill levels, and arranging the coin dispensing modules such that the slots of the coin dispensing regions of at least two coin dispensing modules are disposed in different heights, such that coins dispensed simultaneously from different coin dispensing modules are prevented from hitting each other.