Deposit and collection receptacles – Fare boxes
Patent
1984-11-16
1985-09-10
Mancene, Gene
Deposit and collection receptacles
Fare boxes
232 44, 232 56, G07B 1500
Patent
active
045401179
ABSTRACT:
The fare box contains an elongate, vertically disposed chute, the upper end of which registers with a slot formed in the top of the box for inserting paper currency into the chute. The chute has a cross sectional area substantially greater than that of a dollar bill, so that once the bill has been inserted into the chute, whether rolled or folded, it could fall by gravity downwardly through the chute to a space provided therefor in the bottom of the box. An endless belt is mounted adjacent the chute to be driven unidirectionally in a path which causes one run of the belt to travel vertically downwardly in a groove formed in one side of the chute. At equi-spaced intervals along its length the belt carries a plurality of transverse tine-supporting bars, which carry a plurality of spaced, parallel tines or fingers that project part way into the bore of the chute as the support bars travel downwardly in the chute. The tines engage any objects which may become lodged in the upper end of the chute, and positively drive such objects downwardly through the chute into the space at the bottom of the box.
REFERENCES:
patent: 150500 (1874-05-01), White
patent: 1212662 (1917-01-01), Meyers
patent: 4130238 (1978-12-01), Williams
patent: 4214654 (1980-07-01), Pryor et al.
patent: 4453667 (1984-06-01), Zerfahs
Mancene Gene
Stone Cary E.
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