ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,631, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SCAN COIN AB (Malmo, Sweden).

"Coin handling device and a coin handling machine comprising the same" was invented by Victor Wallman-Carlsson (Malmo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coin handling device for a coin handling machine includes a coin container, a coin output arrangement, and a coin jam preventing arrangement. The coin jam preventing arrangement includes a coin jam preventing element and a flexible link having a free and a fixed end. The coin jam preventing element is suspended in a volume of the coin container at the free end of the flexible link such that the coin jam prevent...