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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven A Kovens, Reistertown, MD (US);
Assignee:
Parkway Machine Corporation, Timonium, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194344 ; 194350 ;
Abstract
A shield for a merchandise chute of a coin-operated bulk vending machine for minimizing coin mechanism jamming due to accumulation on the upper shield surface where the shield features a downwardly sloped cover portion incorporating a coin channel for deflecting coins dropped thereon away from the shield and into the vending machine base.