Amusement machines
CA 1114065 A · Owner: Bell-Fruit Manufacturing Company Limited · Inventors: Johnson, John W.L.; Chadwick, Neville D.
Overview
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A coin or token-operated amusement-with-prizes machine including coin acceptor/rejector means coin, dispensation means, and a solid state memory in which a number of records of the total number of coins or tokens accepted and dispensed by the machine is recorded said number of records being updated in response to operation of said acceptor/rejector means and said coin dispensation means. The memory is a solid state nonvolatile memory or an electrically alterable read-only memory. The memory may be provided as a removable unit so that it can be removed for reading, or the machine may include reading means to read out the records recorded in the memory. For example, reading means may comprise …
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- Granted December 8, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 8, 1998.
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