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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:
Oct. 06, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
James D Wilson, Newton, IA (US);
Assignee:
The Maytag Company, Newton, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194344 ; 194350 ; 232 15 ; D32 / ;
Abstract
A coin actuated appliance is provided which includes first and second stacked laundry machines having first and second enclosing cabinets. A housing defines a generally closed vault within an intermediate support member which supports the second laundry machine above the first laundry machine. The coin collecting apparatus includes a box-like structure movable into and out of the vault. Coin diverting apparatus is provided with the coin collecting apparatus for urging coins from the egress of a coin acceptor device toward the end of the box-like structure opposite the coin diverting apparatus.