ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,351, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Innovative Technology Ltd. (Oldham, Great Britain).
"Coin elevator mechanism" was invented by Martin Sackfield (Oldham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coin elevator mechanism that includes a first housing wall and an opposing second housing wall, with a coin ingress aperture in the first housing wall and a coin egress aperture in the second housing wall positioned above the ingress aperture. A continuous articulated conveyor belt with multiple link members communicates between the ingress and egress apertures. At least one link member features a coin scoop projection that is inc...