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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:
Jan. 29, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert V Burns, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
GTE Automatic Electric Laboratories Incorporated, Northlake, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
179 / ; 179-65 ;
Abstract
A circuit which overrides the initial rate circuit included in a coin telephone, to allow the central office to perform coin collect and refund operations independent of whether or not the initial rate has been deposited. This circuit operates in response to coin battery applied by the central office to operate a rate relay which connects the included coin relay to the central office.