CA2581740C - Appareil separateur de pieces et procede connexe - Google Patents

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Publication number: CA2581740C
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: coin; coins; sensor; frequency; signal
Prior art date: 1997-06-27
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Douglas Alan Martin

Mark Louis Waechter

Rodrigo Berho

John Partlow

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Coinstar Asset Holdings LLC

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1997-06-27 Priority claimed from US08/883,780 external-priority patent/US5988348A/en

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US08/883,780 US5988348A (en)	1996-06-28	1997-06-27	Coin discrimination apparatus and method
CA002295129A CA2295129C (fr)	1997-06-27	1998-06-26	Appareil separateur de pieces et procede connexe

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