Patent ID: 7681707

Claim:
A drawerless point of sale system comprising: at least one point of sale terminal; and a currency changer device in communication with said at least one point of sale terminal, said currency changer device adapted to accept cash in bulk for a cash transaction and to dispense change in a cash transaction responsive to commands received from said at least one point of sale terminal, said currency changer device comprising: a housing, a coin accepting tray carried by the housing for accepting a plurality of coins in bulk, a coin sorter carried by the housing and in communication with the coin accepting tray, a plurality of respective coin bins carried by the housing and in communication with the coin sorter for receiving a respective plurality of similar coins from the sorted coins, a coin dispenser carried by the housing and in communication with the plurality of respective coin bins to dispense coins responsive to said point of sale terminal, wherein the coin dispenser is positioned in communication with a coin cup to receive coins dispensed from the coin bins, and wherein the coin cup is in communication with a coin cup shaft that lifts and rotates the coin cup to dispense the coins in the coin cup, a bill accepter carried by the housing for accepting and sorting a plurality bills in bulk, a plurality of bill cassettes carried by the housing and in communication with the bill accepter for receiving a respective plurality of similar bills from the bill accepter and for dispensing a respective plurality of bills responsive to said point of sale terminal, and a bill dispenser carried by the housing and in communication with the plurality of bill cassettes for dispensing a plurality of bills wherein said at least one point of sale terminal provides a signal to activate said currency changer device; wherein said currency changer device is self replenishing so that coins accepted into the plurality of coin bins through the coin accepting tray may be selectively dispensed through the coin dispenser and so that bills accepted into the plurality of bill cassettes may be selectively dispensed through the bill dispenser; wherein said currency changer device simultaneously accepts the plurality of coins in bulk and the plurality of bills in bulk; and wherein said currency changer device simultaneously dispenses the plurality of coins in bulk and the plurality of bills in bulk.