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Coin size tester

US3981384A · kind A · utility

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3References
49Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 5, 1975
Grant dateSep 21, 1976
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Expiry dateDec 5, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F1/048
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A coin tester for testing the diameter of coins is disclosed and has a trackway for coins to roll through, a journal positioned lateral to the trackway, and a ball in the journal which ball projects into the trackway and is moveable in the journal by a properly sized coin for passage of the coin; if the coin is of less than proper size, the ball will force the coin out of the trackway; also disclosed are double and triple trackway configurations.

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