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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2001
Applicants:
Thierry Richard, Besançon, FR;
Jean Escalier, Montfaucon, FR;
Inventors:
Thierry Richard, Besançon, FR;
Jean Escalier, Montfaucon, FR;
Assignee:
Parkeon, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention concerns a service and/or product dispensing apparatus comprising a coin-receiving device, a coin-storage box () and said chute () transferring coins from the receiving device to the box (). The invention is characterised in that said chute () co-operates with a closing device () comprising a trap () mobile between a position closing and a position opening said chute (), said device () co-operating with control means () adapted to trigger the displacement of the trap () into its closing position when at least part of the coin-receiving device () is being dismantled.