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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1976
Bart G Martin, St. Louis, MO (US);
Coin Acceptors, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A coin-feeding assembly for equally loading a particular denomination coin into a pair of coin tubes which includes a pair of coin-control units pivotally mounted generally above a pair of reception paths. One of the coin-control units has a coin-blockout deflector movable into and out of a position in an inlet path in which the deflector blocks entry of a coin to one of the reception paths and directs the coin to the other of the reception paths, and has a finger in the said one reception path that is responsive to the entrance of a coin into the said one reception path when the deflector of the said one unit is out of its blocking position for swinging the deflector into such position. The other coin-control unit has a first finger movable into and out of a position in which the first finger retains the coin introduced into the said one reception path, and has a second finger in the said other reception path and responsive to the impact of a coin deflected by said one unit into said other reception path for pivoting the said other unit and moving the said first finger out of its coin-retaining position whereby to release the retained coin. Both coins then move along their respective reception paths for storage.