EP 0042662 A1 19811230 - Coin chute for use in payphone instruments.
Title (en)
Coin chute for use in payphone instruments.
Title (de)
Münzkanal zur Verwendung bei Münzsammelbehältern von Telefonen.
Title (fr)
Glissière pour pièces de monnaie à utiliser dans les boîtes collectrices de monnaie pour taxiphones.
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 8016294 A 19800516
Abstract (en)
To make the most efficient use of space, in for example, a telephone coin-box instrument, the coin runway requires to be folded back-upon itself. This requires that the direction of motion of the coin in the runway is reversed without creating a potential coin jamming situation. The coin runway consists of two sections (8,9) interconnected by the direction changing area. Under the action of gravity a coin (10) rolls down the upper coin runway (8) and strikes an impact face (12) in the direction changing area. The impact face (12) incorporates a material which has a low coefficient of restitution to restrict the coin rebound. The direction changing area also includes a downward inclined connecting surface (13), and as the coin rebounds, it slides down the connecting surface into the lower coin runway (9). In a modified version of the arrangement the step down area (15) is of sufficient size to be included as part of a coin store, and the floor of the arrangement is angled (16) to prevent coin blocking.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07F 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07D 1/00 (2013.01); G07F 1/046 (2013.01); G07F 1/048 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- US 3889792 A 19750617 - WILLIS FREDERICK GORDON
- FR 790014 A 19351112
- US 2343352 A 19440307 - WEILER EDWARD G
- US 2050678 A 19360811 - CHRISTOF WEBER
- US 2160751 A 19390530 - MILLS BERT E
- US 2151823 A 19390328 - TRATSCH WALTER A, et al
- US 1945740 A 19340206 - EDISON THEODORE M
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT CH DE IT LI NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0042662 A1 19811230; AU 537123 B2 19840607; AU 6894081 A 19811119; GB 2075960 A 19811125; GB 2075960 B 19840725; HK 78185 A 19851018; IE 51180 B1 19861029; IE 811088 L 19811116; SG 29685 G 19851115; ZA 812246 B 19820428; ZW 7381 A1 19810701
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 81301411 A 19810401; AU 6894081 A 19810331; GB 8016294 A 19800516; HK 78185 A 19851010; IE 108881 A 19810515; SG 29685 A 19850423; ZA 812246 A 19810402; ZW 7381 A 19810407