(19)
(11) EP 0 116 215 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.06.1986 Bulletin 1986/24

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.08.1984 Bulletin 1984/34

(21) Application number: 83307510

(22) Date of filing: 09.12.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE GB NL

(30) Priority: 11.01.1983 GB 8300671

(71) Applicant: Starpoint Electrics Limited
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(72) Inventor:
  • Partridge, David
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(54) Coin level detector


(57) A pivoted actuator 5 formed as a casting or moulding and including a curved surface 4 projects through a longitudinal slot 3 in a coin tube 1 and operates as a shutter which makes and breaks an electric circuit by interrupting a beam of radiation between a source 11 and a detector. Coins falling down the tube on to a stack 2 displace the actuator and the curved surface 4 prevents any risk of jamming either by a falling coin or by the stack building up from below. The fact that the actuator is formed as a resilient moulding greatly reduces the risk of deformation or damage.






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