US 11,704,960 B2
Coin handling apparatus
Kristian Bengtsson, Bjärred (SE); Victor Wallman-Carlsson, Malmö (SE); and Dan Wigenstam, Eslöv (SE)
Assigned to SCAN COIN AB, Malmö (SE)
Appl. No. 16/645,150
Filed by SCAN COIN AB, Malmö (SE)
PCT Filed Aug. 29, 2018, PCT No. PCT/SE2018/050863
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 6, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/050452, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1751101-5 (SE), filed on Sep. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0407242 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G07F 1/04 (2006.01); F16L 27/12 (2006.01); F16L 27/08 (2006.01); G07D 1/00 (2006.01); G07D 9/00 (2006.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 1/04 (2013.01) [F16L 27/0849 (2013.01); F16L 27/12 (2013.01); F16L 27/125 (2013.01); G07D 1/00 (2013.01); G07D 9/00 (2013.01); G07D 9/008 (2013.01); G07G 1/0018 (2013.01); G07D 2201/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coin handling apparatus comprising:
a first coin position;
a second coin position; and
a pipe, which is arranged between the first coin position and the second coin position for transporting coins by gravity from the first coin position to the second coin position, wherein the pipe is jointed and comprises:
an elongate element with a circular cross section, wherein the elongate element is rigid and has a straight, elongate portion defining a linear transport path for the coins and a curved end portion defining a curved transport path for the coins at a first end of the straight, elongate portion, and
a curved element, wherein the curved element is rigid and has a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end opposite to the first end,
wherein the curved end portion of the elongate element and the curved element are connected at the second end of the curved element to define a continuously sized coin passageway with an unobstructed inner surface through the curved element and the elongate element of the pipe providing a very small risk that coins will get stuck in the passageway,
wherein the curved element, at least before mounting of the pipe in the coin handling apparatus, is rotatable about a symmetry axis of the elongate portion in relation to the elongate element, such that an angle between the first opening of the curved element and a direction extending along the straight, elongate portion of the elongate element is variable, and
wherein the elongate element comprises at least a first and second linear part, which at least before mounting of the pipe in the coin handling apparatus are telescopically movable in relation to each other in the elongate portion of the elongate element so as to allow the pipe to be adjustable to accommodate continuous passageways of different lengths, and
wherein the elongate element comprises a second curved end portion defining a curved transport path for the coins at a second end of the straight, elongate portion opposite to the first end, and wherein the pipe further comprises a second curved element, wherein the second curved element is rigid and has a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end, wherein the second curved end portion of the elongate element and the second curved element are connected at the second end of the curved element to define a continuously sized coin passageway with an unobstructed inner surface through the second curved element and the elongate element of the pipe providing a very small risk that coins will get stuck in the passageway, and wherein the second curved element, at least before mounting of the pipe in the coin handling apparatus, is rotatable about a symmetry axis of the elongate portion in relation to the elongate element, such that an angle between the first opening of the second curved element and a direction extending along the straight elongate portion of the elongate element is variable.