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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. 22, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl L Vogt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Ronald E Lovall, Manchester, MO (US);
Assignee:
Coin Acceptors, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194348 ;
Abstract
A protective system (10) for use in a vending machine (100) to protect vulnerable parts of the machine, such as the coin changer (130) selection switches, display, harnessing and the like, located below the bill validator (120), from being damaged when liquid is introduced into the bill validator by vandals. The system (10) includes a catch pan (12), attached to the vending machine (100) below the bill validator (120) and providing a reservoir having a bottom (14) and side portions (16, 18, 24 and 26) and a drainage opening (30) and a conduit (34) for carrying the liquid to a remote area.