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Vault security and identification system

  • US 5,224,579 A
  • Filed: 12/30/1991
  • Issued: 07/06/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automatic coin machine including coin acceptor and identifying means and removable vault means, said vault means adapted to receive coins from said coin acceptor and identifying means and adapted to be removed to permit counting of the coins, said machine including vault housing means for receiving said vault means, supporting means for allowing sliding movement of said vault means in and out of said vault housing means, code defining means, said code defining means comprising code defining block means supported on said vault means, code sensing means, said code sensing means comprising code sensing block means supported on said vault housing means, said code defining means comprising magnetic field defining devices arranged in an array of said code defining block means, said code sensing means comprising Hall effect circuits on said code sensing block means which detect the presence of a magnetic field, said machine adapted so that said code defining block means approaches said code sensing block means frontally as said vault means moves drawer-like into said vault housing means, a validation circuit for comparison of code from said magnetic field defining devices with a preset code, said Hall effect circuits connected to said validation circuit, said machine adapted so that if the code is not validated no coins will be diverted to said vault means.

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