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Inductive measuring arrangement for free-fall coin-operated devices

US8162126B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

National Rejectors, Inc. GmbH · US

Inventors

Wilfried Meyer · Buxtehude, DE
Ulrich Cohrs · Horneburg, DE
Anton Gluck · Harsefeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 4, 2009
Grant date	Apr 24, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07D5/08
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Inductive measuring arrangement for coin validation in free-fall coin-operated devices, in which at least one elongate coil arrangement on one side of the drop path of the coins extends transversely to the drop path, two coaxial elongate coils being arranged adjacent to one another, a shell core which is E-shaped in cross section being provided, which receives the coils between its outer arms, and a central arm extending, either not at all or only partially, into the outer coil.

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