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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:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary Grantland, Hartselle, AL (US);
Assignee:
Palco Telecom Inc., Nashville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379145 ; 379155 ;
Abstract
A ground detect circuit for use in telephone paystation consisting of a comparator circuit which compares the voltage across a telephone transmitter included in the paystation to prevent users from fraudulent use of the instrument by grounding the handset transmitter to signal the central office that initial rate deposit has been made when in fact it has not. The ground detect circuit upon detecting the presence of ground at the transmitter generates a signal which can be utilized to disable an associated calling device.