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US 3,942,543 AGranted
Change mechanism for a gasoline dispense or the like
AssigneePan-Nova, Inc.
InventorsLee Tyler Crowell, Robert C. Greenwood, Thomas E. Jones
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Abstract
A change mechanism for a gasoline dispenser or the like for receiving coins or tokens and returning coins as change. A removable coin cartridge having provision for receiving incoming coins and paying out coins as change, and incorporating coin troughs as structural members of the cartridge. An installation configuration for permitting removal of an exhausted cartridge and insertion of a full cartridge at the dispenser, and reloading of cartridges at a remote location.
Claims8
In a change mechanism for a dispenser or the like, the combination of:
- a housing having first and second opposite faces with a coin receiving opening and a coin return opening at each face;
- first and second coin acceptance mechanisms mounted in said housing for receiving coins through said first and second face coin receiving openings, respectively;
- a deck slideably mounted in said housing for movement into and out of said housing;
- a coin cartridge removably mounted on said deck and having spaced first and second sets of coin carriers,
- said deck including means for moving coins from said first and second sets of carriers into said first and second face coin return openings, respectively;
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- a coin tray carried in said coin cartridge between said sets of coin carriers for receiving coins from said coin acceptance mechanisms.
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