Coin chute with anti-fishing assembly
AssigneeJ.J. MacKay Canada Limited
InventorsGeorge Allan MacKay, Darren Scott Cameron, Donald Stacy Sinclair
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Abstract
A coin chute for a vending machine may include one or more anti-fishing assemblies located in the vicinity of the coin chute's opening for receiving coins. The anti-fishing assemblies may include one or more rotatable anti-fishing fingers that project into a coin channel. The anti-fling fingers may rotate out of the coin channel to allow inserted coins to pass. In addition, the anti-fishing fingers prevent withdrawal of inserted coins out of the coin channel. The anti-fishing assemblies may be in addition to anti-pull back assemblies that prevent inserted coins from being withdrawn back past a coin discriminator.
Claims34
A coin chute for use in a vending machine comprising:
- a coin channel defined by a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, the channel having a first portion through which coins may be inserted into the coin chute, and a second portion through which coins exit the channel;
- a coin discriminator for determining a denomination of coin passing the discriminator;
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- a first anti-fishing assembly located between the first portion of the channel and the coin discriminator comprising an anti-fishing finger rotatable between a first position in which the anti-fishing finger extends across the channel to prevent coins that have not passed the coin discriminator from being retracted from the coin channel and a second position in which the anti-fishing finger is rotated out of the channel to allow coins to pass the coin discriminator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.