Coin validator comprising a string sensor
CA 2497720 A1 · Owner: Walter Hanke Mechanische Werkstaetten Gmbh & Co. Kg · Inventors: Trenner, Dietmar; Griese, Roland
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The invention relates to a coin validator comprising a string sensor which is , arranged in the area of the coin insertion channel and comprising a coin , validating device for controlling the acceptance or rejection of an inserted coin. The string sensor comprises a first tooth which is placed on a , stationary part of the coin insertion channel a second tooth, which is placed , on a pendulum and which is disengaged when a coin is inserted and comprises a , switching device, which is actively connected to the pendulum and which furnishes a signal to the coin validating device when a coin is inserted. The pendulum is a component of a coin insertion funnel (4) that as a wearing , part, is …
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- Filed August 12, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 12, 2023.
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