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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1978
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry Charles Kovar, Anoka, MN (US);
Assignee:
The Cornelius Company, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194 37 ;
Abstract
A coin operable vend mechanism has a frame, a token counter mounted on the frame, a vend release mechanism mounted on the frame and operably connected to the token counter, and a token acceptor removably mounted in the frame and atop of the token counter; the token acceptor has an internal token identifying structure and a return for improper tokens and is held in the frame by a tongue and groove structure which is held together by a lock which is accessible only when the mechanism is removed from a vending machine; the token counter and vend release mechanism are both attached to the frame by common mounting structure.