Antitheft design for rotary coin mechanisms

Details Antitheft design for rotary coin mechanisms Antitheft design for rotary coin mechanisms

2005-11-15

2005-11-15

Walsh, Donald P. (Department: 3653)

Check-actuated control mechanisms

With additional, disparate means preventing fraudulent...

C194S292000, C194S237000

Reexamination Certificate

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06964328

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for an improved rotary coin mechanism that prevents the theft of vending machine items by preventing the maintained presence of a theft tool used by a thief to interfere with the operation of a coin detector so that a coin slot without a coin of the prescribed size can be rotated past the coin detector to allow product to vend without the insertion of a coin of the prescribed size. The invention closes a gap between the rotating coin disc and the mechanism casing after a coin slot has entered into the rotary coin mechanism casing so that the theft tool cannot be maintained in an inserted position for a sufficient range of rotation of the rotary coin mechanism handle. The invention applies to rotary coin mechanisms that require one or more coins in order to obtain the vended item.

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Operating and Service Manual—Price Adjustable Rotary Coin Mechanism.

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