Coin mechanism for bulk vending machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6079540
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09067925

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A coin receiving mechanism for a bulk vending machine and a method for operation thereof comprising a face plate; a coin wheel received in an indention formed in a backside of the face plate, the coin wheel formed therein a first coin slot for receiving coins; and a biased pawl movable between a first position and a second position and located in a recess formed in a backside of the face plate, the pawl having a secondary beak formed therein, wherein the secondary beak bears against an edge of a coin in the first coin slot as the coin passes.

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  • NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION, THE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bolen, Richard K Champaign, IL 13 41

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