Anti-vandalism arrangement for protecting the touch calling unit of a coin telephone
First Claim
1. Anti-vandalism means for use on a telephone station apparatus including an external casing, said casing including a plurality of apertures therein, a touch calling unit mounted internally within said casing and including guide collars each extending thru a different one of said apertures, and a plurality of cavities each in alignment with said guide collars, said anti-vandalism means comprising:
- a plurality of pushbuttons each slidably mounted within one of said cavities and moveable between an extended position and a depressed position and normally biased toward said extended position, said pushbuttons each including an upper section, said upper section arranged in a L-shaped structure including a horizontal stop member having a top surface and an operating member vertically oriented and perpendicular to said stop member top surface extending outward from a portion of said upper section;
a shield plate including a plurality of apertures therein adapted to be mounted on said telephone station apparatus casing in alignment with said touch calling unit guide collars, said shield plate apertures including protective portions arranged to encompass each of said operating members and said operating members extending outward of said protective portions;
whereby said touch calling unit is operable by application of normal manual pressure to said operating members and said touch calling unit is protected from application of excessive mechanical pressure to said operating members.
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Abstract
An arrangement for protecting the touch calling unit and associated pushbuttons of a coin telephone, wherein the arrangement consists of metal pushbuttons interchangeable with the touch calling units standard pushbuttons and a decorative shield plate. The pushbuttons include a rectangular operating member of a reduced size, extending from an upper section of each pushbutton. The shield plate include protective collars, adapted to encompass the pushbutton operating member.
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11 Claims
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1. Anti-vandalism means for use on a telephone station apparatus including an external casing, said casing including a plurality of apertures therein, a touch calling unit mounted internally within said casing and including guide collars each extending thru a different one of said apertures, and a plurality of cavities each in alignment with said guide collars, said anti-vandalism means comprising:
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a plurality of pushbuttons each slidably mounted within one of said cavities and moveable between an extended position and a depressed position and normally biased toward said extended position, said pushbuttons each including an upper section, said upper section arranged in a L-shaped structure including a horizontal stop member having a top surface and an operating member vertically oriented and perpendicular to said stop member top surface extending outward from a portion of said upper section; a shield plate including a plurality of apertures therein adapted to be mounted on said telephone station apparatus casing in alignment with said touch calling unit guide collars, said shield plate apertures including protective portions arranged to encompass each of said operating members and said operating members extending outward of said protective portions; whereby said touch calling unit is operable by application of normal manual pressure to said operating members and said touch calling unit is protected from application of excessive mechanical pressure to said operating members. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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