Parking meters capable of being operated without monetary coins
CA 1292319 C · Owner: Chan, Mike T. · Inventors: Chan, Mike T.
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The invention provides a parking meter capable of being operated without the use of a monetary coin. The parking meter is intended to be used with an account card incorporating a read/write memory (e.g. a magnetic strip) pre-recorded with a monetary value. The parking meter has a body with a slot or the like for receiving the account card, means for reading the memory on the card a compara-, tor for comparing information from the memory with stored information, a timer for measuring a predetermined time period, an indicator for indicating the elapse of the time period, a start mechanism for the timer having an enabling or disabling control governed by the comparator and an amending device …
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- Granted November 19, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 19, 2008.
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