摘要 |
<p>A coin mechanism for a bulk vendor parking meter, or the like, is provided with magnetic discriminating means for selectively accepting coins having a magnetic component and rejecting coins or slugs which have no magnetic component. A magnet 54 is lodged in the coin conveyor 40 flush with the seating surface for a coin 1 and resilient urging means such as a spring 52 projects above the seating surface. The attractive force of the magnet on a coin having a magnetic component is greater than the repelling force of the spring, so a coin having a magnetic component is retained in the coin carrier while a coin or slug having no magnetic component is unseated by the spring and ejected into a coin rejection chute.</p> |