Registers – Operating devices – Plural registers
Patent
1997-11-18
2000-04-18
Hajec, Donald
Registers
Operating devices
Plural registers
232 44, 232 47, 235 98B, 235 98C, G06M 100
Patent
active
060504854
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for counting recyclable, returnable items is provided. The apparatus includes a housing with an opening through which recyclable, returnable items ("returnables") are received for deposit into a receptacle located below the housing. As returnables are received through the opening in the housing, the returnables must strike a trap door lever before passing to the receptacle. The lever trap door is pivotally mounted to the housing and moves between an obstructing position and a non-obstructing position. The obstructing position is such that the trap door lever at obstructs and forms an air-tight seal with the opening in the housing so that returnables destined for the receptacle must strike and displace it into its non-obstructing position to allow the trap door returnable to pass. The lever is biased into its obstructing position by a lever biasing means so that after returnables have passed by the trap door lever, the trap door lever returns to its obstructing position. Included on the apparatus is a counting meter with a numeric display which is connected to the trap door lever such that the displacement of the trap door lever each time a returnable is deposited through the opening in the housing causes the counting meter to register the movement and advance its numeric display by the value "1."
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Felten Daniel S.
Franco Louis J.
Hajec Donald
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