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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1982
Brian J Marcroft, Norwalk, CA (US);
Times Mirror Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A single leaf spring serves to bias a coin chute and an actuating lever of a coin mechanism. The coin mechanism has a stationary frame. A pair of coin chutes are pivotally mounted on the frame so the chutes open in one direction and close in the other direction. An actuating lever is pivotally mounted on the frame such that it pivots in one direction to engage and open the chutes and pivots in the other direction to disengage the chutes. One spring biases one of the chutes in the other direction to urge the one chute to close. Another spring extends between the other chute and the actuating lever to bias the other chute in the other direction and to bias the actuating lever in the other direction.