摘要 |
A COIN SELECTING APPARATUS COMPRISES AT LEAST: A PLATE (1B) WHICH HAS A VERTICAL LENGTH OPENING (2A) FOR RECEIVING A COIN INSERTED THEREINTO; A DIAMETER GAUGE (1E) SLIDABLY DISPOSED ON THE PLATE AND HAVING A GUIDE FRAGMENT (1G) TO SEAL THE LENGTH IN SAID OPENING (2A) PARTIALLY; AND A THICKNESS GAUGE (1C) SLIDABLY DISPOSED ON SAID PLATE AND ARRANGED TO SEAL THE WIDTH IN SAID OPENING (2A) PARTIALLY. THIS ARRANGEMENT ALLOWS THE APPARATUS TO BE CONVENIENTLY RE-CONFIGURED TO HANDLE A DIFFERENT SIZE OF COIN. IN ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE INVENTION, A COIN SELECTING APPARATUS COMPRISES AT LEAST: A FRONT PART (1) WHICH CONSISTS OF PLASTIC FORMED PRODUCT HAVING A RECTANGULAR PLATE FORM; A BASE PART (6) WHICH CONSISTS OF PLASTIC FORM PRODUCT HAVING AN APPROXIMATELY RECTANGULAR PLATE FORM; A CHUTE COVER PART (8) WHICH CONSISTS OF PLASTIC FORMED PRODUCT HAVING AN APPROXIMATELY TAIL-FIN-SHAPED FORM; AND A DOOR PART (7) WHICH CONSISTS OF PLASTIC FORMED PRODUCT HAVING A RELATIVELY SMALL RECTANGULAR PLATE FORM. THE USE OF PLASTIC COMPONENTS ADVANTAGEOUSLY LOWERS THE WEIGHT OF THE APPARATUS AND OF THE VENDING OR GAME MACHINE IN WHICH IT IS INCORPORATED.(FIG. 3)
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