Coin handling mechanism
AssigneeAntares Applied Research, Inc.
InventorsPeter Delmenico, William R. George
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Abstract
A coin handling mechanism for conveying coins to a remotely positioned coin receptor which accumulates the deposited coins. There is a water trap positioned along a back wall of the housing for diverting the flow of liquid injected through the coin entrance slot downwardly along the back of the housing to a fluid collecting chamber. The water trap comprises intersecting vertical support members and horizontal cross bars. There is also provided a coin discharge chute having an adjustment mechanism to adjust the point of discharge of the coins.
Claims17
A liquid diverting coin handling mechanism for conveying coins to a remotely positioned coin receptor comprising:
- a housing having a top, bottom, a front, a back, and side walls,
- a coin receiving slot disposed at the top and front of the housing,
- a coin discharge chute disposed in the housing below the coin receiving slot,
- a coin passageway upon which coins travel from the coin receiving slot to the coin discharge chute,
- a water trap positioned at the back of the housing and including a plurality of vertical support members and a plurality of horizontal cross bar members intersecting said vertical support members, wherein water injected into the coin handling mechanism may travel past the horizontal cross bar members and vertical support members and flow downardly between the back of housing and the horizontal and vertical members to a fluid collecting chamber, and
- a drain connected to the fluid collecting chamber for removing the fluid from the collecting chamber.
A coin handling mechanism for conveying coins to a remotely positioned coin receptor comprising:
- a housing having a top, bottom, a front, a back and side walls,
- a coin receiving slot disposed at the top and front of the housing,
- a coin discharge chute disposed in the housing below the coin receiving slot, said discharge chute having an open top mounted to said housing and an open bottom
- a coin passageway within the housing for passing the coins from the coin receiving slot to the coin discharge chute, and
- means for adjusting the position of the discharge chute to vary a relative distance or orientation between the bottom of the discharge chute and said housing to properly align the discharge chute with a coin receptor.
A liquid diverting coin handling mechanism for conveying coins to a remotely positioned coin receptor comprising:
- a housing having a top, bottom, a front, a back, and side walls,
- a coin receiving slot disposed at the top and front of the housing,
- a coin discharge chute disposed in the housing below the coin receiving slot,
- a coin passageway upon which coins travel from the coin receiving slot to the coin discharge chute,
- a water trap positioned at the back of the housing and including a plurality openings therein, wherein water injected into the coin handling mechanism may travel through the openings and flow downardly between the back of housing and the openings in the water trap to a fluid collecting chamber, and
- a drain connected to the fluid collecting chamber for removing the fluid from the collecting chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.