Pay-out devices

A bonus or premium dispensing apparatus adapted for use with a machine to permit dispensing of a bonus or premium after preselected operation of said machine, said apparatus comprisng:

• closed housing means having a plurality of walls defining within said housing means a closed compartment;
• a bonus or premium dispensing device attached to one of said walls and disposed exteriorly of said compartment;
• pulse generating means adapted for association with said machine for generating a plurality of pulses in dependence upon the operation of the machine;
• control means disposed within said closed compartment for counting the pulses generated by said pulse generating means and for actuating the bonus dispensing device upon counting of a predetermined number of pulses which is representative of said preselected operation;
• said control means including counting means disposed within said compartment for counting the pulses received from said pulse generating means and for generating an output signal when the count reaches said predetermined number;
• said control means further including actuating means disposed within said compartment and responsive to said output signal for actuating the bonus dispensing device to permit dispensing of a bonus or premium, said actuating means and said bonus dispensing device being separated and isolated from one another by one of the walls of said housing means;
• said bonus dispensing device having manually operable means associated therewith to permit dispensing of a bonus or premium only after said dispensing device is actuated by said actuating means;
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• reset means for resetting the control means only after a bonus or premium has been dispensed, said reset means including magnetically operated switch means disposed within said compartment for resetting said control means and magnet means associated with said dispensing device and responsive to movement of said manually operable means for activating said switch means upon movement of said manually operable means for dispensing a bonus or premium, said switch means and said magnet means being isolated from one another by one of the walls of said housing means.

A bonus or premium dispensing apparatus adapted for use with a machine to permit dispensing of a bonus or premium after preselected operation of said machine, said apparatus comprising:

• closed housing means having a plurality of walls defining within said housing means a closed compartment;
• a bonus or premium dispensing device attached to one of said walls and disposed exteriorly of said compartment;
• pulse generating means adapted for association with said machine for generating a plurality of light pulses in dependence upon the operation of the machine;
• control means disposed within said closed compartment for counting the pulses generated by said pulse generating means and for actuating the bonus dispensing device upon counting of a predetermined number of pulses which is representative of said preselected operation;
• said control means including counting means disposed within said compartment for counting the pulses received from said pulse generating means and for generating an output signal when the count reaches said predetermined number;
• said control means also including converter means disposed within said compartment for converting said light pulses into electrical signals, said converter means supplying said electrical signals to said counting means, and fiber-optic light guide tube means extending between said pulse generating means and said converter means for transmitting the light pulses from said pulse generating means to said converter means;
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• said control means further including actuating means disposed within said compartment and responsive to said output signal for actuating the bonus dispensing device to permit dispensing of a bonus or premium, said actuating means and said bonus dispensing device being separated and isolated from one another by one of the walls of said housing means.

The combination comprising:

• a pump assembly for dispensing a liquid, said pump assembly including a dispensing nozzle and also including indicating means for visually indicating the quantity of liquid dispensed, said indicating means including a plurality of rotatable indicating members which register and provide a visual indication of the quantity of liquid dispensed in volumetric units, and a pulse generating means associated with said pump assembly for generating a plurality of pulses in dependence upon the quantity of liquid dispensed by said pump assembly;
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• a bonus dispensing apparatus associated with said pump assembly for dispensing a bonus or premium after a predetermined quantity of liquid has been dispensed by said pump assembly, said dispensing device including housing means positioned remote from said pump assembly and defining therein a closed compartment, counting means positioned within said compartment for counting the number of pulses generated by said pulse generating means and for emitting an output signal upon counting a predetermined number of pulses, a bonus dispensing mechanism mounted on said housing means and disposed externally of said housing means, and actuating means disposed within said compartment and associated with said counting means for actuating said bonus dispensing mechanism to permit dispensing of a bonus upon generation of said output signal by said counting means;
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• connecting means joining said housing means to said pump assembly for transmitting the pulses generated by said pulse generating means to said counting means, said connecting means being free of electrical connections.