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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:
Nov. 08, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Abraham Y Chen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Douglas D Lau, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tatung Telecom Corp., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194346 ;
Abstract
A coin escrow device includes a housing for receiving coins, and first and second gates for selectively discharging coins to a coin return chute or to a coin collection chute. Actuating mechanisms are provided to selectively unlatch the gates and to bias the gates to their latched positions.