ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,017, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Innovative Technology Ltd. (Oldham, Great Britain).
"Coin apparatus" was invented by Paul Clark (Oldham, Great Britain) and Matthew Strong (Oldham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coin handling apparatus (1) comprising: a coin reservoir (2) including a coin output aperture (3); a coin output conduit (4) in communication with, and adjacent to, said coin output aperture (3); a coin separating mechanism (5) disposed between the coin output aperture (3) and the coin output conduit (4), said coin separating mechanism (5) comprising at least one gate member (9, 9A, 9B) including a pair...