Patent · US Expired

Circuit-closing device actuated by a plurality of coins

US3951246A · kind A · utility

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7References
22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 27, 1974
Grant dateApr 20, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 27, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F5/12
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A coin-actuated circuit-closing device includes a coin chute into which a predetermined number of like coins must be inserted to initiate the closing of a normally-open electrical control circuit. The device is responsive to introduction of a predetermined number of like coins into a coin-receptive chute to close the normally-open electrical control circuit, and is operable upon closing of the control circuit to reopen same.

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