Anti-fishing device for a coin chute
AssigneeJ.J. MacKay Canada Limited
InventorsGeorge Allan MacKay, Michael Glenn Fievet
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Abstract
An anti-fishing device is located in close proximity to a location where coins are inserted into a parking meter, or other vending or metering machine. The anti-fishing device does not require any moving parts and presents an obstacle in the coin path that impedes the withdrawal of inserted coins from a coin chute. The anti-fishing device may comprise one or more fingers that extend into a coin channel. The fingers of the anti-fishing device may extend backwards into the coin channel. The anti-fishing device may be made from a single piece of material and may be incorporated into new coin chutes as well being retrofit into existing coin chutes, parking meters, or other vending or metering machines.
Claims27
A parking meter comprising:
- parking meter components for metering an amount of time purchased;
- a coin chute for receiving coins for purchasing the amount of time, the coin chute comprising a channel defined by a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, the channel having a first location where coins inserted into the parking meter enter the channel, and a second location where the coins exit the channel;
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- an anti-fishing device located in close proximity to the first location of the channel.
A coin chute for receiving coins in a vending or metering machine, the coin chute comprising:
- a channel defined by a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, the channel having a first location where coins enter the channel and a second location where coins exit the channel;
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- an anti-fishing device located in close proximity to the first location of the channel.
An anti-fishing device for a coin chute comprising:
- a body defining a coin opening sized to receive a coin;
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- a first anti-fishing finger connected to a side of the coin opening and projecting away from the body at an angle to a normal of the body when in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.