Coin payout method and control apparatus

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PATENT NO 5577957
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08404177

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The present invention relates, in one form thereof, to making a coin payout from a vending machine having a processor for processing data and a plurality of coin tubes for storing coins, each coin tube having one coin denomination type stored therein. The machine further includes coin counter, coupled to the coin tubes and to the processor, for determining when a coin is deposited in each coin tube and when a coin is removed from each coin tube. In one form of the present invention, the processor is programmed to determine whether certain conditions are satisfied for a particular vend and, if such conditions are satisfied, paying out at least one coin selected on the basis of predetermined criteria.

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TARGOR GMBHGERMANY MAINZ MAINZ RHINELAND-PALATINATE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hoormann, Ronald A St. Charles County, MO 12 205
Levasseur, Joseph L St. Louis County, MO 43 1140

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