Coin selector
US4465173A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 9, 1981 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07D3/14
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a coin selector having a coin rail interposed between a main plate and a bracket, a true coin chute and a false coin chute disposed in parallel on the downstream side of the coin rail, a coin judging section for judging whether a coin moving along the coin rail is true or false and a gate lever driven by a command issued from the coin judging section to selectively guide the inserted coin to the true or false coin chute, the main plate has an opening disposed on the downstream side of the coin rail, the true coin chute is mounted on one surface of the main plate and the false coin chute is mounted on the other surface of the main plate in a manner that one end of the false coin chute is adjacent to the opening, so that the false coin moving down along the coin rail is guided into the false coin chute through the opening by the gate lever. A large clearance is not required between the coin rail and the false coin chute and it is not necessary to provide a wide distance between the false and true coin chutes, so that the length of the change tube provided under the coin selector is increased to accommodate an increased number of changes.
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