Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detection device
- Patent Title (中): 检测装置
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Application No.: US13192433Application Date: 2011-07-27
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Publication No.: US08622191B2Publication Date: 2014-01-07
- Inventor: Mark H. Leibu , Ronald A. Hoormann , Ronald E. Lovall , Steven M. Costello
- Applicant: Mark H. Leibu , Ronald A. Hoormann , Ronald E. Lovall , Steven M. Costello
- Applicant Address: US MO St. Louis
- Assignee: Coin Acceptors, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Coin Acceptors, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MO St. Louis
- Agency: Polster Lieder Woodruff & Lucchesi, L.C.
- Main IPC: G07D5/02
- IPC: G07D5/02

Abstract:
A device for sensing predetermined characteristics of an object such as a coin or a token in order to determine its validity or genuineness and in some cases its denomination, the device including a combination of optical and electromagnetic sensors which operate together along a coin path and capable to analyze the coin or token in different positions so that if there are multiple holes or rings of transparent material they can be sensed and used to determine the coin or token's validity and denomination.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120138420A1 DETECTION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-06-07
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