Coin box mechanism

A coin operated mechanism wherein a coin of a proper denomination will release said mechanism, comprising in combination:

• a. slot means for receiving a coin and passing the coin downward into coin receiver means,
• b. said coin receiver means having spaced parallel sidewalls, said walls being spaced by an amount slightly greater than the thickness of a coin destined to pass through said coin receiver,
• c. at least one generally horizontal slot in a wall of said coin receiver,
• d. a U-shaped member adapted to fit into said horizontal slot, said U-shaped member having a long side and a short side and having an included angle of about 45 degrees whereby said member can be placed in said horizontal slot with the small end inside said receiver whereby the long end will hang by gravity parallel to and adjacent said wall with the small end protruding into the coin space between the walls,
• e. said U-shaped member being adapted to tilt and allow a coin to pass through said coin receiver and being restored to its former position by gravity so that a coin cannot move upwardly within the receiver,
• f. a slide mechanism mounted under said coin receiving means, said slide including a pivoted lever, said lever having a cam surface disposed under said coin receiver,
• g. said pivoted lever having a latch member normally blased in locked position,
• h. said cam surface being adapted to contact a coin held in said coin receiving means and to move said pivoted lever downwardly by the action of said coin on said cam when said slide member is moved forward, whereby said pivoted lever is released by said latching member, permitting said slide to move forward.