Appeal No. 1999-1536 Page 6
Application No. 08/938,592
Once arrested, the coin will travel in a circumferential direction along the stationary table 4
until it reaches one of the elongated openings 78 disposed at the radial position of the arrested
coin. As best seen in Figure 5, each coin, upon reaching an opening 78, is forcibly deflected
downwardly by a deflecting finger 82. A counter device 104, actuated by a photocell 102
sensing interruption of a light beam from a light source 98 upon passage of a coin, counts the
coins of each denomination as they pass through a flanged fitting 80 extending from the
opening 78. A generally Y-shaped fitting 106 having a pair of tubular discharge portions 108
and 110 is secured to the flanged fitting 80. A predetermined "full count" may be entered into
the counter 104 such that upon accumulation of the desired "full count" a current is sent to a
solenoid 116 to swing a gate 120, normally urged by a spring 124 to the solid line position
shown in Figure 5, to the dotted line position shown in Figure 5. In so doing, the gate is
swung from a first position wherein the coins pass through the tubular discharge portion 110
into a first bag 112 to a second position wherein all subsequent coins are deflected laterally into
the tubular discharge portion 108 to be deposited in a second bag or receiver 126. The
solenoid 116 is maintained in the energized condition until the desired number of coins has been
accumulated in the bag 126, at which time the current to the solenoid is shut off and the spring
124 urges the gate back to the solid line position. Thus, according to Black,
when the desired number of coins has been deposited in one receiver, the
machine automatically stops delivering coins to that receiver and deflects them
toward a second receiver and thus an operator is given an opportunity to remove
the first receiver or bag 112 and replace it with an empty receiver during the
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