Coin-chute for testing the ferrous content, weight, and presence of an aperture in coins
US3946849A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 9, 1975 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 1995 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07D5/08
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An inclined coin chute includes devices for testing the ferrous content of, the weight of, and the presence or lack of a central aperture in coin-tokens which are present in and advancing through the coin-receptive chutes of the inclined coin-chute, wherein the testing devices are operable to intercept and eject spurious coin-tokens from the coin-chute.
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