Multiple coin parking meter
US3970182A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 22, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 22, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/24
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A parking meter for handling coins of different denominations has a single entrance slot for admitting coins into the interior of the meter where they are received in a pocket on a coin carrier. A first cam surface cooperated with the coin on initial movement of the coin carrier to position the coin in the pocket to cooperate with the appropriate one in accordance with the coin denomination of a plurality of time setting cam surfaces which cooperate with the coin to set time on the meter in accordance with the coin denomination as the carrier is moved through the remainder of its time setting cycle.
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