Coin accepting apparatus

US5431270A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Ekhart Wohlrab · Stade, DE
• Hans-Ulrich Cohrs · Homburg, DE
• Wilfried Meyer · Buxtehude, DE
• Fred Cohrs · Buxtehude, DE
• Jurgen Deters
• Eginhard Matzeit · Stade, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 21, 1994
• Grant date: Jul 11, 1995
• Expiry date: Apr 21, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07D5/08
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A coin accepting apparatus. The apparatus includes a pair of generally parallel, spaced-apart plates. The plates define a coin track for receiving and guiding coins wherein each plate has a side facing the coin track and an opposing side facing away from the coin track. The apparatus further includes a sensor on the opposing side of one plate for detecting a characteristic of coins to be validated and first and second retainers on the opposing side of the plate for inhibiting movement of the sensor. The first retainer includes a spring arm for engaging the sensor and biasing the sensor against the opposing side of the plate. The second retainer engages the sensor and constrains movement of the sensor along an axis generally perpendicular to the opposing side of the plate.