Frank Joseph Janezic

US Patent:

20030013403, Jan 16, 2003

Filed:

May 31, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/159687

Inventors:

John Blake - St. Charles IL, US
Timothy Esterbrook - Arlington Heights IL, US
Douglas Mennie - Barrington IL, US
Frank Janezic - Lake Barrington IL, US
Don Lambert - Littleton CO, US
John Lykowski - Glenview IL, US

International Classification:

G07D009/00
G07D009/04

US Classification:

453/060000

Abstract:

A coin stacking device is used to refill a coin cassette of a coin dispenser. The coin stacking device includes a cylindrical structure having an inner diameter approximately the same as a diameter of the coins. The cylindrical structure has one open end and one closed end The coins enter the open end and form a coin stack within the cylindrical structure To refill a coin cassette, the open end of the filled coin stacking device is aligned with a coin receptacle in the coin cassette that is in need of coins The coin stack is then transferred from the coin stacking device to the coin receptacle of the coin cassette The coin stacking device can easily filled by an automated coin processing machine, such as a coin sorting machine or a coin counting machine.

US Patent:

20210012604, Jan 14, 2021

Filed:

Jul 8, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/923959

Inventors:

- Mount Prospect IL, US
Frank J. Janezic - Lake Barrington IL, US
Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL, US

International Classification:

G07D 9/00

Abstract:

A coin processing device, comprising a coin processing module including an inlet for receiving coins to be processed and at least one coin output location, including an elongated sleeve for receiving the coins from the at least one outlet, wherein the elongated sleeve is operable to receive, in a first mode of operation of the coin processing device, a first flexible walled coin receptacle about the elongated sleeve, and wherein, in the first mode of operation, the coins are delivered by the elongated sleeve into the first flexible walled coin receptacle, and receive, in a second mode of operation of the coin processing device, a second coin receptacle within the elongated sleeve, wherein the second coin receptacle is a generally rigid container, and wherein, in the second mode of operation, the coins are delivered from the at least one outlet into the second coin receptacle positioned within the elongated sleeve.