Patent · US Expired

Coin chute

US4211317A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 9, 1977
Grant dateJul 8, 1980
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Expiry dateSep 9, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F1/02
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The entry slot of a chute by which a coin (or token) is introduced into a coin-released mechanism is formed in a member depressible against a resilient bias to actuate a reject function of a coin-validating mechanism into which the coin is fed.

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