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Smart cart and box system for parking meter

  • US 5,259,491 A
  • Filed: 11/22/1991
  • Issued: 11/09/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A coin collection apparatus comprising:

  • a coin box for collecting at a remote location;

    second means for processing when said coin box for storing audit information in a first means for storing;

    means for collecting coins from said coin box at a central location wherein said means for collecting is portable;

    means for unlocking an opening of said means for collecting and said coin box when said means for collecting has been engaged with said coin box wherein said means for unlocking comprises a first solenoid means in said means for collecting and a second solenoid means in said coin box wherein said first and second solenoid means are actuated in response to said proper security code entered into said data input means; and

    first means for processing to provide power to said means for unlocking in response to a proper security code entered into a data input means operatively connected to said first means for processing wherein said first means for processing retrieves said audit information relating to said collected coins from said first means for storing within said second means for processing contained within said coin box.

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