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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:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2004
Takashi Kumabe, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Honjo, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kumabe, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Honjo, Tokyo, JP;
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a method of determining completion of coin insertion capable of easily and reliably determining whether or not a number of coins required for purchasing an article has been inserted. A coin holding portion () is constructed such that coins are retained in row in the coin holding portion () being electrically connected to each other in series. Further, a first electrode () that comes into contact with the coin located at one end side of the row is provided in the coin holding portion (); and a second electrode () that comes into contact with the coin located at the other end side of the row is provided in the coin holding portion (). The coin holding portion () is constructed to detect an electric current between the first electrode () and the second electrode () to determine whether or not the required number of coins has been inserted.
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