Dollar slot for coin control mechanism for use with a periodical dispensing device
AssigneeKaspar Wire Works, Inc.
InventorsRalph J. Ullman, Eugene Kazmir
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Abstract
A coin control mechanism for use with a periodical dispensing device, the device comprising a first coin chute capable of allowing the passage of nickel, dime, and quarter denomination coins therethrough but which rejects dollar coins, a second coin chute capable of allowing passage of dollar coins therethrough; a diverter in the first coin chute, weight and size responsive, and will reject dollar coins into the second coin chute; and levers (704) and (242), responsive to the passage of coins through the two coin chutes, to operate the totalizer (268) to advance the totalizer from a non-dispensing position to a predetermined dispensing position as coins pass through the chutes.
Claims8
A coin control mechanism for controlling access to a dispensing machine, said dispensing machine including access means and latch means for locking said access means in a closed position, said coin mechanism comprising:
- first coin chute means capable of allowing the receipt and passage of nickel, dime, and quarter denomination coins therethrough and further capable of allowing the receipt of one dollar denomination coins:
- second coin chute means capable of allowing the passage of one dollar coins therethrough;
- weight and size responsive diverting means in operative association with said first and second coin chute means for diverting the dollar coins from said first coin chute means into said second coin chute means while allowing the passage of nickel, dime and quarter denomination coins therethrough;
- means for totalizing the value of coins passing through said first and said second coin chute means;
- actuator means operatively connected to said totalizing means for releasing said latch means when a predetermined value of coins has passed through said first and said second coin chute means;
- means for selecting said predetermined value from an upper value, a middle value, and a lower value;
- a limit stop movable between an upper limit member, a middle limit member, and a lower limit member, corresponding to said upper value, said middle value and said lower value, respectively, said limit stop being connected to said totalizing means;
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- adjustment means for moving said limit stop to one of said limit members;
- said adjustment means comprising a linkage member coupled to said limit stop, whereby rotation of said linkage member causes said limit stop to move between said limit members;
- wherein said linkage member is further connected to lock means mounted on the outside of said dispensing machine, whereby movement of said lock means to a first angular position causes said limit stop to move to said upper limit member, movement of said lock means to a second angular position causes said limit stop to move to said middle limit member, and movement of said lock means to a third angular position causes said limit stop to move to said lower limit member, thus allowing quick adjustment in said coin mechanism between said upper, said middle, and said lower values.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.