Inventor

Joseph L. Levasseur

Inventor

Chesterfield, MO, US

Overview

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Patents

1976–2014

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 46 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G07Fprimary

G07FCoin-freed or like apparatus44%

G07DHandling of coins or valuable papers, e.g. testing, sorting by denominations, counting, dispensing, changing or depositing21%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes4%

E05BLocks3%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests3%

B03BSeparating solid materials using liquids or using pneumatic tables or jigs1%

B03CMagnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids1%

B07CPostal sorting1%

B30BPresses in general1%

B65GTransport or storage devices, e.g. conveyors for loading or tipping, shop conveyor systems or pneumatic tube conveyors1%

PatentTitleYear

8,678,888'Coin storage cassette'2014 8,170,713'Method of selecting a product from a refrigerated glass front vending machine'2012 7,597,214'Product dispenser for a vending machine'2009 6,441,891'System for detecting a foreign object attached to a bill passing through a bill validator'2002 6,427,912'Off-line credit card transaction system and method for vending machines'2002 6,230,870'Coin detection device'2001 5,955,718'Integrated credit/information exchange module'1999 5,903,339'Light transmissive device for optical testing of transported bills'1999 5,892,210'Smart card reader with liquid diverter system'1999 5,892,298'Control circuit for selectively providing electrical energy to an electrically controlled lock actuator'1999 5,813,257'Electrically controllable locking device for vending machines and the like'1998 5,688,165'Means for producing enhanced coin payout capacity in vending machine'1997 5,662,205'Coin detection device'1997 5,607,350'Global coin payout method and control apparatus'1997 5,577,957'Coin payout method and control apparatus'1996 5,460,256'Coin sensor device'1995 5,293,979'Coin detection and validation means'1994 5,184,708'Vend transaction control means'1993 5,167,314'Coin guiding device'1992 5,092,816'Coin tube monitor and control means'1992 5,084,845'Selection control and indication means'1992 5,050,769'Vend space allocation means and method'1991 5,040,658'Coin divertor assembly'1991 5,029,098'Vend space allocation monitor means and method'1991 4,991,740'Vending machine'1991 4,991,739'Vending machine'1991 4,838,406'Coin diverting assembly'1989 4,834,689'Coin changer payout means'1989 4,763,769'Coin acceptance means and method'1988 4,637,523'Stamp scanning and dispensing means and method'1987 4,609,792'Encoding keyboard'1986 4,587,984'Coin tube monitor means'1986 4,526,263'Lock-ahead vend control employing a common vend energization monitor to effect vend selection recognition for vending'1985 4,480,737'Apparatus for recognizing, crushing separating, weighing and making payment for, used metal items, particularly aluminum cans'1984 4,478,353'Vendor control system'1984 4,429,778'Conditioning time control for vending by selection'1984 4,359,147'Means to control vending functions'1982 4,316,532'Versatile pricing means'1982 4,284,208'Vend control system'1981 4,280,181'Cash accountability control circuit for vending and like machines'1981 4,254,857'Detection device'1981 4,151,904'Coin detection device'1979 4,105,867'Control circuit for pay telephones and the like'1978 4,008,792'Vend control circuits capable of vending different quantities at different prices'1977 3,998,357'Vending control system'1976 3,963,035'Coin controlled circuits for vending and other coin controlled devices'1976

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1976–2014Patents assigned to COIN ACCEPTORS INC (31)· patent assignee history

1976–1986Patents assigned to H R ELECTRONICS CO (12)· patent assignee history

1976–2002Based in St. Louis, MO, US· patent location history

1979Patents assigned to H R ELECTRONICS (1)· patent assignee history

1981–2014Based in Chesterfield, MO, US· patent location history

1984Patents assigned to ARA SERVICES INC (1)· patent assignee history

1999Based in Town and Country, MO, US· patent location history

2014Patents assigned to BIERMANN WAYNE T (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
COIN ACCEPTORS INC	31	1976–2014
H R ELECTRONICS CO	12	1976–1986
ARA SERVICES INC	1	1984
BIERMANN WAYNE T	1	2014
H R ELECTRONICS	1	1979

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Chesterfield, MO, US	28	1981–2014
St. Louis, MO, US	16	1976–2002
Town and Country, MO, US	2	1999