Patents by Inventor Floyd K. String

Floyd K. String has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • High speed, high volume coin sorter
    Patent number: 6739965
    Abstract: A high-speed, high-volume coin sorter includes a coin feed device and a coin sorting device. The coin sorting device includes a number of stationary sorting plates, each plate associated with a respective coin denomination. Coins are successively driven along each sorting plate, with coins associated with the sorting plate discharged at the end of the plate. The other coins drop through the plate and fall onto a conveyor to be transferred to the next sorting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Inventor: Floyd K. String
  • High speed, high volume coin sorter
    Publication number: 20030216118
    Abstract: A high-speed, high-volume coin sorter includes a coin feed device and a coin sorting device. The coin sorting device includes a number of stationary sorting plates, each plate associated with a respective coin denomination. Coins are successively driven along each sorting plate, with coins associated with the sorting plate discharged at the end of the s plate. The other coins drop through the plate and fall onto a conveyor to be transferred to the next sorting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventor: Floyd K. String