A readily reconfigurable cash dispensing system for providing change, such as coins of different values and bills or currency of different denominations needed by a retail store, grocery store, busy convenience store, or the like. A tray or trays for storing and delivering multiple rolls of coins or
A readily reconfigurable cash dispensing system for providing change, such as coins of different values and bills or currency of different denominations needed by a retail store, grocery store, busy convenience store, or the like. A tray or trays for storing and delivering multiple rolls of coins or bills of a first value, as well as, a tray or trays for storing and delivering stacks of bills are described herein. A bill acceptor may be employed to accept bills used to purchase rolls of coins and stacks of bills, and a system controller can sense restocking and dispensing events to maintain an accurate inventory of cash in the bill acceptor, as well as, the total cash stored in the form of coin rolls or rolls bills, as well as, bill stacks.
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1. A dispensing system comprising: a dispensing unit comprising: a first storage drawer storing items in columns;a slideable first pull drawer which in an open position allows a user to have access to dispensed items;a first drive assembly for controllably advancing the items until a front most item
1. A dispensing system comprising: a dispensing unit comprising: a first storage drawer storing items in columns;a slideable first pull drawer which in an open position allows a user to have access to dispensed items;a first drive assembly for controllably advancing the items until a front most item falls from the first storage drawer into the first slideable pull drawer;an enclosure enclosing the dispensing system;a lockable access door including a lock to allow the access door to be opened or securely closed, wherein the first storage drawer is held secured in place by the lockable access door and the first slideable pull drawer blocks access to the items stored in the first storage drawer when the first slideable pull drawer is in the open position; anda controller controlling the first drive assembly. 2. The dispensing system of claim 1 further comprising optical sensors to identify items which have optical indicia thereon. 3. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein the first storage drawer further comprises: a channel per column of the first storage drawer, each channel having a width and profile to reduce friction with the items to reduce jamming. 4. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein the channels are interchangeable to accommodate items of different sizes. 5. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein the columns within said first storage drawer contain spirals driven by the drive assembly to advance the items, with each spiral having a pitch just larger than the width of the items to be dispensed. 6. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein items stored by the first storage drawer comprise rolls of bills, and the first drive assembly further comprises a spiral to hold and advance rolls of bills stored in the first storage drawer. 7. The dispensing system of claim 6 wherein each roll of bills includes a radio frequency identification tag. 8. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein said items comprise rolls of bills. 9. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein said items comprise valuable items, including rolls of coins, products in tubes, tokens or casino chips. 10. The dispensing system of claim 1 further comprising: a changeable channel to accommodate items of different sizes. 11. The dispensing system of claim 10 wherein the first storage drawer stores rolls of coins or bills of a first value employing a spiral of a first pitch, and the first storage drawer stores rolls of coins or bills employing a spiral of a second pitch. 12. The dispensing system of claim 11 wherein the spiral of the first pitch can be readily removed and replaced by a spiral of the second pitch to reconfigure the maximum number of rolls of coins or bills stored by the dispensing system. 13. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein the first storage drawer slides on sliders to slideably extend the first storage drawer outwardly when the door is open to facilitate restocking and a plurality of sensors are employed in conjunction with the controller to determine and monitor the direction of motion of the first storage drawer to prevent miscounts and cheating attempts. 14. The dispensing system of claim 13 wherein when the first storage drawer is slideably extended, all items in a column of the first storage drawer pass a sensor, and as the first storage drawer is slideably returned fully inside the cash dispensing system, all items in the first storage drawer again pass the sensor. 15. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein the items comprise rolls of coins stored in color coded wrappers and the first storage drawer employs a related color coding arrangement to facilitate accurate restocking and indicators to communicate when the first storage drawer should be opened and closed. 16. The dispensing system of claim 1 further comprising: a sensor mechanism associated with the first storage drawer to detect each item being dispensed. 17. The dispensing system of claim 16, wherein the controller receives inputs from the sensor mechanism when the first storage drawer is closed after stocking, and dynamically tracks an inventory of items in the first storage drawer. 18. The dispensing system of claim 17, wherein the controller predicts future restocking needs based upon monitoring current usage. 19. The dispensing system of claim 1 further comprising: a payment accepting device to accept payment for dispensed items. 20. The dispensing system of claim 19, wherein the controller receives inputs from the payment accepting device to control a display and display possible combinations of items to be dispensed and, in response to a user selection, to control the first drive assembly to dispense items corresponding in value to the bills received to pay for the dispensed items.
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Scott Lowell, Cash and rotary rolled coin dispensing apparatus.
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