Patents by Inventor Timothy L. Esterbrook

Timothy L. Esterbrook 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).

  • Patent number: 7036651
    Abstract: A method and system for processing currency bills and coins in a cash receptacle for automatically determining a batch of currency. An operator provides an amount of cash, including currency bills and coins, and indicates a target amount of cash desired to be made available in a currency batch. The system includes a resident memory for storing a mode of operation, determines a total amount of the cash, and determines a cash removal amount by comparing the total amount of the cash to the target amount. The cash removal amount is displayed to the operator for adding or removing cash to obtain the appropriate currency batch, which corresponds to the target amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.
    Inventors: Flavia Tam, Mark C. Munro, Timothy L. Esterbrook, David O. Noke, John R. Blake
  • Patent number: 7018286
    Abstract: A coin stacking device is used to refill a coin cassette of a coin dispenser. The coin stacking device includes a cylindrical structure having an inner diameter approximately the same as a diameter of the coins. The cylindrical structure has one open end and one closed end. The coins enter the open end and form a coin stack within the cylindrical structure. To refill a coin cassette, the open end of the filled coin stacking device is aligned with a coin receptacle in the coin cassette that is in need of coins. The coin stack is then transferred from the coin stacking device to the coin receptacle of the coin cassette. The coin stacking device can easily filled by an automated coin processing machine, such as a coin sorting machine or a coin counting machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.
    Inventors: John R. Blake, Timothy L. Esterbrook, Douglas U. Mennie, Frank J. Janezic, Don T. Lambert, John S. Lykowski
  • Publication number: 20030013403
    Abstract: A coin stacking device is used to refill a coin cassette of a coin dispenser. The coin stacking device includes a cylindrical structure having an inner diameter approximately the same as a diameter of the coins. The cylindrical structure has one open end and one closed end The coins enter the open end and form a coin stack within the cylindrical structure To refill a coin cassette, the open end of the filled coin stacking device is aligned with a coin receptacle in the coin cassette that is in need of coins The coin stack is then transferred from the coin stacking device to the coin receptacle of the coin cassette The coin stacking device can easily filled by an automated coin processing machine, such as a coin sorting machine or a coin counting machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: John R. Blake, Timothy L. Esterbrook, Douglas U. Mennie, Frank J. Janezic, Don T. Lambert, John S. Lykowski