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Coin apparatus having multiple coin-diverting gates

US4106610A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 7, 1976
Grant dateAug 15, 1978
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Expiry dateJun 7, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F5/24
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A coin apparatus including a structure for defining a coin path, a coin presence sensor adjacent the coin paths, a first gate for separating acceptable coins from unacceptable coins and a second gate for sorting acceptable coins in which the second gate is arranged to minimize coin jams which might otherwise disable the apparatus.

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