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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 1990

Filed:

Sep. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:

Donald O Parker, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ; G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194231 ; 194241 ; 194353 ; 194904 ;
Abstract

A coin operated device and method of using such a device which requires a threshold number of coins to activate its operation. Once operation is stopped, however, there is provided a time window, during which the deposit of fewer than the threshold number of coins may restart the device.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Parker, Donald. (1990). Apparatus and method for restarting a coin operated device after (U.S. Patent No. 4926997). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4926997

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