PARKING METER

• US 20150371483A1
• Filed: 04/29/2014
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen Horoad Electronic Technology Development Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Horoad Electronic Technology Development Company Limited
• Inventors: SUN, Hao
• Granted Patent: US 9,424,708 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 1/02 Coin slots
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 1/046 with means for dealing with jamming, e.g. by bent wires
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/248 Housing construction casings for coin-freed apparatus G07F9/10
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0873 Details of the card reader

Abstract

A parking meter comprises a meter base (50), a meter cover (60), and a meter mechanism (10). A coin path (20) is provided at a lower section of a front panel (11) of a shell of the meter mechanism (10), the lower section of the front panel (11) comprising a first panel (111) and a second panel (112) in a step form, the first panel (111) protruding relative to the second (112). The parking meter further comprises a slider (30) comprising an slider upper section (31) and a slider lower section (32) in a step form. A through hole (114) facilitating passing through of the slider (30) is provided on a joint wall (113) of the first panel (111) and the second panel (112) and below the coin path (20); a sliding groove (40) facilitating upward and downward sliding of the slider (30) is provided on the second panel (112).

Claims

1. A parking meter, comprising a meter base, a meter cover, and a meter mechanism installed inside the meter base and the meter cover, characterized in that:

a coin path is provided at a lower section of a front panel of a shell of the meter mechanism, the lower section of the front panel comprising a first panel and a second panel in a step form, the first panel protruding relative to the second panel, the coin path being provided on the first panel;

the parking meter further comprises a slider, the slider comprising a slider upper section and a slider lower section in a step form;

wherein a through hole facilitating passing through of the slider is provided on a joint wall of the first panel and the second panel and below the coin path;

a sliding groove facilitating upward and downward sliding of the slider is provided on the second panel;

a coin slot is provided on the slider upper section, the slider upper section mates with the coin path, and the slider lower section mates with the sliding groove; and

when the meter is assembled, the joint wall is abutted against an upper end face of the meter base, the slider lower section and the sliding groove are inside the meter base.

2. The parking meter according to claim 1, characterized in that:

the slider is made from plastic, and a clip slot is provided on the slider upper section;

wherein a metal block is installed in the clip slot, and the coin slot is provided in the metal block.

3. The parking meter according to claim 1, characterized in that:

a tail portion of the slider lower section is in a U shape, bumps being formed on outer sides of two feet of the U shape; and

correspondingly, and a bayonet mating with the bump is formed on a side wall of a tail portion of the sliding groove.

4. The parking meter according to claim 1, characterized in that:

wave teeth are formed on the slider lower section.

5. The parking meter according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by further comprising a protection door structure for protecting a card insertion opening of a POS machine, the protection door structure comprising an installation base, a protection door, and a guiding plate;

wherein the installation base is in a square arch shape, is installed and secured on the front panel of the shell of the meter mechanism, and is positioned above the card insertion opening;

the protection door is in an H shape, and comprises an upper shaft rod and a lower block, and an intermediate section;

the upper shaft rod of the protection door is freely disposed at a top portion of the installation base;

the intermediate section of the protection door is positioned inside an square arch of the installation base, and the length of the intermediate section is greater than the width of the square arch in a top-bottom direction;

the guiding plate is parallel with a length direction of a card insertion slot of the POS machine, one end of the guiding plate is secured on a lateral side of the protection door, and the other end of the guiding plate extends into the interior of the meter; and

the protection door is capable of moving in a top-bottom direction and rotating in an inner-outer direction relative to the installation base, and the lower block of the protection door is capable of blocking the card insertion opening.

6. The parking meter according to claim 5, characterized in that a lower end face of the lower block of the protection door is an inverted triangle bevel or a circular arc surface.

7. The parking meter according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising a battery holder disposed inside the meter, a columnar battery being installed in the battery holder, the battery holder being provided with an opening for disposing or removing the battery and being provided with a battery baffle, the battery baffle further comprises an upper holding portion and a lower guiding rail portion;

wherein a thick-wall portion of the battery holder at a side portion of the opening is provided with a guiding groove mating with the guiding rail portion, a battery holder wall at a distal end of the guiding groove being provided with a gap for disposing or removing the battery baffle; and

the guiding rail portion of the battery baffle is slidably clamped in the guiding groove, the holding portion of the battery baffle presses and holds the battery inside the battery holder.

8. The parking meter according to claim 7, characterized in that the guiding groove is parallel with an axial direction of the battery;

and an inner side face of the holding portion of the battery baffle is an arc surface, which mates with a cylindrical surface of the battery.

9. The parking meter according to claim 8, characterized in that:

the gap is provided on an upper end of the guiding groove.

10. The parking meter according to claim 2, characterized in that:

a tail portion of the slider lower section is in a U shape, bumps being formed on outer sides of two feet of the U shape; and

correspondingly, and a bayonet mating with the bump is formed on a side wall of a tail portion of the sliding groove.

11. The parking meter according to claim 2, characterized in that:

wave teeth are formed on the slider lower section.

12. The parking meter according to claim 2, characterized by further comprising a protection door structure for protecting a card insertion opening of a POS machine, the protection door structure comprising an installation base, a protection door, and a guiding plate;

wherein the installation base is in a square arch shape, is installed and secured on the front panel of the shell of the meter mechanism, and is positioned above the card insertion opening;

the protection door is in an H shape, and comprises an upper shaft rod and a lower block, and an intermediate section;

the upper shaft rod of the protection door is freely disposed at a top portion of the installation base;

the intermediate section of the protection door is positioned inside an square arch of the installation base, and the length of the intermediate section is greater than the width of the square arch in a top-bottom direction;

the guiding plate is parallel with a length direction of a card insertion slot of the POS machine, one end of the guiding plate is secured on a lateral side of the protection door, and the other end of the guiding plate extends into the interior of the meter; and

the protection door is capable of moving in a top-bottom direction and rotating in an inner-outer direction relative to the installation base, and the lower block of the protection door is capable of blocking the card insertion opening.

13. The parking meter according to claim 12, characterized in that a lower end face of the lower block of the protection door is an inverted triangle bevel or a circular arc surface.

14. The parking meter according to claim 2, characterized by further comprising a battery holder disposed inside the meter, a columnar battery being installed in the battery holder, the battery holder being provided with an opening for disposing or removing the battery and being provided with a battery baffle, the battery baffle further comprises an upper holding portion and a lower guiding rail portion;

wherein a thick-wall portion of the battery holder at a side portion of the opening is provided with a guiding groove mating with the guiding rail portion, a battery holder wall at a distal end of the guiding groove being provided with a gap for disposing or removing the battery baffle; and

the guiding rail portion of the battery baffle is slidably clamped in the guiding groove, the holding portion of the battery baffle presses and holds the battery inside the battery holder.

15. The parking meter according to claim 14, characterized in that the guiding groove is parallel with an axial direction of the battery;

and an inner side face of the holding portion of the battery baffle is an arc surface, which mates with a cylindrical surface of the battery.

16. The parking meter according to claim 15, characterized in that:

the gap is provided on an upper end of the guiding groove.