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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. 12, 1991
Filed:
May. 17, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald B McGough, Huntsville, AL (US);
Timothy M Stanford, Arab, AL (US);
Charles J Bass, New Hope, AL (US);
Assignee:
Quadrum Telecommunications, Inc., Arab, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
232 575 ; 194346 ;
Abstract
An improved coin escrow mechanism for use in a coin telephone including movable plates located at the corners where the hopper chute joins with the collect and refund channels, respectively. The movable plates facilitate the deposit of additional coinage. Also included is a special notch in the hopper facilitating the easy assembly of the coin escrow mechanism, particularly as to a trigger switch actuator used for actuating the trigger switch on the relay portion of the mechanism.