Coin payout method and control means

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5595277
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08327272

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A device and method for controlling change payout from a plurality of coin tubes of a vending machine, each of which plurality of coin tubes has a particular coin type stored therein, including a processor for processing data and controlling vend operations and counters for maintaining a count of the coins in each of the plurality of coin tubes, the processor programmed to determine the amount of change payback and whether a particular coin type available for payout is desired to be saved and the identity of such coin type, and further programmed to generate a payout array in which the number of coins of the coin type desired to be saved has been reduced from the number that would otherwise be specified and the number of coins of other coin types are adjusted accordingly.

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COIN ACCEPTORS INC 300 HUNTER AVENUEST LOUIS MO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hoormann, Ronald A St. Charles, MO 12 205
Petty, Douglas M Clayton, MO 26 965

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