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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1977
Kristen H Dietz, Florissant, MO (US);
Coin Acceptors, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A gate assembly for a coin selecting and separating device in which a first gate has a pin inserted into a first hinge socket on a main plate and another pin aligned with but operatively disconnected from the first hinge socket in an open position of the gate relative to the main plate. A key on the first gate precludes angular movement of the first gate from the open position. A second gate includes a pin disposed in a second hinge socket on the first gate. The first and second gates are shiftable as a unit to operatively disengage the key and to insert the aligned pin of the first gate into the first hinge socket for hingedly connecting the first gate for angular movement of the gates to a closed position relative to the main plate. A stop member on the second gate precludes angular movement of the second gate from an open position relative to the main plate until the first gate is hingedly connected. An abutment is provided on the main plate that engages the second gate to preclude removal of the second gate pin from its associated second hinge socket when the first gate is hingedly connected. The stop member of the second gate engages the main plate when the second gate is moved from its open position to preclude shifting of the first and second gates as a unit to disconnect the first gate hingedly from the first hinge socket.