ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,524, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Scan Coin AB (Malmo, Sweden).
"Coin bridge counteraction in a coin handling device" was invented by Dan Wigenstam (Eslov, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coin handling device for a coin handling machine may include a coin container for holding coins in a volume. A coin output arrangement may be configured to output coins from the coin container. The coin handling device may include a bridge-counteracting arrangement for counteracting coin bridge formation. The bridge-counteracting arrangement may include a center shaft protruding into the volume and configured to perform rotational motion...