Coin turning coin-entrance chute

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1999-09-27

2001-03-27

Olszewski, Robert P. (Department: 3652)

Check-actuated control mechanisms

Including specific check passageway

C193SDIG001

Reexamination Certificate

active

06206167

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates generally to a coin-entrance chute for coin-operated devices. More specifically, the invention relates to a coin turning entrance chute whereby a coin is turned within the device from an edge forward position to a face forward position. Most specifically, the invention is a coin turning entrance chute for use in pay telephones.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
As technology advances, telephones are getting smaller and smarter. Payphones are no exception. Within the telephone housing are complicated coin mechanisms, relays and even integrated circuit boards.
Changes in the layout of the internal mechanisms of standard pay telephones are required to accommodate the ever expanding need for integrated circuit boards among other items. Typically, a coin mechanism in a pay phone is mounted perpendicular to the face of the telephone. This arrangement is necessitated by the standard vertical orientation of the coin-entry slot. Valuable space would be freed, if the coin mechanism could be turned so that it is parallel to the face of the telephone. The extra space could then be used to accommodate additional boards for added phone features and performance.
Additionally, many pay telephones in use today do not accommodate larger coins such as a Susan B. Anthony dollar. This dollar coin is 26.5 mm in diameter, and is not accepted by most operating pay phones.
It is therefore desirous to create a coin-entrance chute which will turn a coin, even a large-diameter coin, from the standard edge facing vertical alignment to a face forward vertical alignment. Such a face forward arrangement will allow the coin mechanism to be turned parallel to the face of the phone thereby making more efficient use of the internal space within a set size phone housing.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A coin turning entrance chute is disclosed. The entrance chute descends from the upper coin-entry slot to a lower exit slot which leads to the coin mechanism. The chute includes a curved floor member having a coin drop slot at its lower end. Two curved sidewalls are provided for guiding the coin along its path. The two walls have varying radii of curvature, so as to define a space within the coin chute for allowing the coin to extend past a tangential point of contact with one of the walls. The entrance chute turns the coin from an edge forward alignment to a face forward alignment.


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