Coin Acceptors, Inc.

Roger O Claghorn

Thomas S Paczkowski

Gary M Ochterbeck

Joseph L Levasseur

Mark H Leibu

David William Duncan

Travis William Mills

Michael J Justin

Michael E Schneidman

Tate L Neilson

A bill validator for a vending machine including a bill validator housing having a pair of wing deflectors associated therewith in a sliding arrangement and a bezel having at least two indicator apertures in a faceplate portion thereof and further comprising a pair of opposing mounting wings, the mounting wings comprising retainer portions, the retainer portions comprising ramped surfaces and retainer surfaces on inner surfaces of the wings. The retainer portions cooperate with bezel mount apertures formed in the bill validator housing to retain the bezel upon the bill validator housing. The wing deflectors comprise tapered surfaces at an end adjacent to the mounting wings, the tapered surfaces when brought into contact with the mounting wings resiliently force the mounting wings outwardly to disengage the retainer portions from the bezel mount apertures to allow disassociation of the bezel from the bill validator housing.

Bill acceptor with improved bezel

A method of receiving and paying out bills including the steps of providing a bill passage in about the central portion of an elongate casing that extends along one side of a bill receiving chamber having a bill payback: outlet; providing a bill conveying apparatus for conveying a bill delivered to said bill passage to a predetermined position for receiving it; utilizing a bill pushing member being capable of moving in a reciprocating motion across said passage to bill receiving chamber when the bill located at said predetermined position in said passage to be received, effects receiving of the bill by pushing it with a surface of said bill pushing member across from said passage; disengaging the rearmost bill from said bill receiving chamber by operating bill extracting apparatus in the reverse direction by a predetermined amount while said bill pushing member is activated causing it to extract away and pull out from a rearmost bill leading edge retainer which holds the remaining bills in position; and, operating the extracting apparatus in the forward direction to transport said extracted rearmost bill through said bill payback outlet to said bill conveying apparatus which is operated in reverse to direct it to the customer.

Method of receiving and paying out bills

Projecting front portion of a vending machine bezel

This bill validator (10) includes a bill inlet area (30) defined by opposed upper and lower surfaces (24, 26) and having a magnetic read head (50). A pressure device (60) is provided below the magnetic read head (50) and urges a bill B received by the inlet (30) toward engagement with the read head to press the bill into engagement with the read head and assist in moving the bill in the direction of travel of the transport system (21).

Bill validator having a magnetic read head with pressurizing device

An electrically controllable locking device includes a lock stud having at least one groove formed thereon. A motor assembly having a rotatable shaft extending therefrom is provided with a cam member mounted on the motor assembly shaft. The cam member includes a cam surface with a slot formed therealong. A latch member has a first portion which is biased toward the lock stud and engages the lock stud groove when the locking device is in a locked arrangement. The latch member also has a second portion which is biased toward the cam member and is positioned to contact at least a portion of the cam surface during rotation of the cam member. In one embodiment, the lock stud is a lock barrel of a T-handle lock assembly.

Electrically controllable locking device for vending machines and the

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Roger O Claghorn