Title: Multi-coin chute mechanism

Abstract: An improved coin chute is disclosed which incorporates a diameter gauging dog which is capable of tilting and lateral shifting whereby it actively seeks out a peripheral gap in a coin socket created by an undersize coin and penetrates deeply into said socket so as to arrest movement of the coin chute slide. Also disclosed is a novel arrangement of coin tilting mechanism and an abutment member which cooperatively operate to prevent further forward motion of the slide, or to strip a coin from a strip of tape intended to defeat the discharge or depositing of the coin and thereby permit retrieval of the coin by the user.

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Inventors: Schmitt, Donald C. (Lithonia, GA)
Harvill, Melvin J. (Conyers, GA)

Application Number: 06/274878
Filing Date: 1981-06-18
Publication_date: 1984-03-13
Assignee: REED IND INC (US)

Primary Class(es): 194/337 194/345
Other Classes: G07F5/04; G07F5/00; G07F5/02
US Patent Ref:

0673800	May, 1901	Romans et al.	194/93
0764818	July, 1904	McMillan	194/93
1908380	May, 1933	Tratsch	194/92
2038837	April, 1936	Goetz	194/92
3265179	August, 1966	Luke	194/92
4197932	April, 1980	Mercurio	194/92
4221285	September, 1980	Greenwald et al.	194/1G

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Primary Examiner: Bartuska F. J.
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Attorney: Jones & Askew

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