Coin operated battery charger and charging system check

• US 4,184,580 A
• Filed: 06/15/1977
• Issued: 01/22/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Austin J. Ellis Jr
• Original Assignee: Austin J. Ellis Jr
• Inventors: Ellis, Austin J. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rolla, Joseph J.
• Application Number:
  US05/806,669
• Time in Patent Office: 951 Days
• Field of Search: 194/1 R, 194/6, 194/9 R, 194/9 T, 194/11, 320/2
• US Class Current: 194/239
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/31 Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 15/005 dispensed for the electrical charging of vehicles electrical charging as such, B60L50/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/00 Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/167 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 194/904 Check-operated releaser for automobile service equipment

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a structure for fast charging six or twelve volt storage batteries from a compact coin operated station. In addition, it is also provided herein to check the charging system and voltage output in any vehicle associated with a six or twelve volt battery. Besides the checking capabilities mentioned above, this system is also suitable for checking the starting system, and the battery itself.

Claims

1. An electrical checking or charging station comprising charging means, coin operated means for actuating said charging means, a voltage checking means and terminal post means associated with said voltage checking means and said charging means to be connected to a vehicle for testing and charging, and a safety switch connected between said first coin operated means and said charging unit to selectively engage and disengage said charging unit, a voltage selection means connected to said charging means to select a desired voltage, and a second coin operated means provided to dispense screw charging posts for use in side terminal batteries.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 in which a light sensor is disposed on a casing surrounding said battery charger and checker to actuate a fluorescent light in the on position when it is dark and in the off position when it is light out.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 in which said terminal post means comprises a pair of cables, a pair of cable clamps disposed at the respective extremities of each of said cables, stop means disposed at a portion of a casing to constrain said cable clamps from retraction into said casing, a pair of drums oriented to wind said cables thereon about the other extremity of said cables, and solenoid lock means connected to said drums to prevent playing out of said cables until solenoid lock means have been deenergized by putting money in one of the appropriate coin boxes.