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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allen Vogl, St. Cloud, FL (US);
Glenn Arche, Duluth, GA (US);
Jack Seay, Gainesville, GA (US);
John MacNeill, Indialantic, FL (US);
Assignee:
Technology Service Group, Inc., Roswell, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379143 ; 379145 ; 340568 ; 194239 ;
Abstract
A cash box proximity switch arrangement is provided for public telephones and is mounted in an upper portion of a lower housing of the telephone above the vault area. The switch is contained in a sealed housing which prevents contamination from dirt, moisture and the like. A magnet can be arranged so as to provide a bi-stable magnetic circuit between the floor of the lower phone housing and a cash box lid attached to a cash box which has been installed in the vault area of the telephone housing.