US 12,469,351 B2
Coin elevator mechanism
Martin Sackfield, Oldham (GB)
Assigned to Innovative Technology Limited, Oldham (GB)
Appl. No. 17/781,179
Filed by Innovative Technology Limited, Oldham (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/083414
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/121891, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1918619 (GB), filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0005318 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G07D 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07D 9/008 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coin elevator mechanism comprising:
a first housing wall and an opposing second housing wall;
a coin ingress aperture;
a coin egress aperture positioned above said coin ingress aperture; and
a continuous articulated conveyor belt including a plurality of link members, the continuous articulated conveyor belt is arranged to provide communication between said coin ingress aperture and said coin egress aperture;
characterised in that the coin ingress aperture is located in the first housing wall and the coin egress aperture is located in the second housing wall, and in that at least one of the plurality of link members includes a coin scoop projection extending therefrom and inclined with respect to a transverse axis of the at least one link member,
wherein said coin scoop projection forms a coin pocket extending between, and delimited at its transverse extremities, by the first housing wall and the second housing wall as the coin scoop projection travels between the coin ingress aperture to the coin egress aperture under operation of the continuous articulated conveyor belt, and is configured to entrain a plurality of coins input via the coin ingress aperture from the coin ingress aperture to the coin egress aperture.