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PARKING METER

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

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