Patent ID: 7426988

Claim:
A coin return process applicable in coin returns in which at least two types i of coins of different values coexist in a single storage area, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a total value to be returned; b) assigning different initial weights Weight i 0 to each of said at least two types of coin, i<=2; c) identifying the coin to be extracted or recovered by said return prior to its extraction or recovery; d) modifying, after the identification of said coin to be extracted or recovered by the return, the weight assigned to said identified coin, Weight i ′ being said modified weight; e) checking if said modified weight Weight i ′ is equal to a pre-established value, and extracting said coin with said modified weight equal to said pre-established value; f) after said coin is extracted, modifying said value to be returned, subtracting the value of said extracted coin; and g) repeating steps c)-e) until the value to be returned is zero or less than the value of the coin of less value available in the return.