Telephone paystation coin receptacle cover
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1. A system included within a self-locking coin receptacle for indicating that a person has tampered with the self-locking coin receptacle, comprising:
- a shutter for selectively blocking an aperture to the self-locking coin receptacle;
a shutter control arm coupled to said shutter, said shutter control arm for moving said shutter; and
a tamper indicator operatively coupled to said shutter control arm, said tamper indicator responding to a force applied to said shutter control arm by deforming, breaking, or bending to indicate an attempt was made to move the shutter control arm to expose the aperture in the self-locking coin receptacle while the shutter was in a locked position.
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Abstract
A shutter plate for a self-locking cover for a telephone paystation coin receptacle includes a coupler for joining a shutter control arm to the shutter plate that deforms when a force having a predetermined magnitude is applied to the control arm. The deformation of the coupler provides an indicator that an attempt to move the shutter plate to expose an aperture in the self-locking cover has occurred. The coupler may be one or more holes in a portion of the shutter control arm that is external of the self-locking cover. The coupler may take the form of a weld that joins the shutter control arm and the shutter plate. Frangible material may also be used to fill openings in the control arm to provide a tamper indicator. The tamper indicator facilitates detection of tamper attempts by visual inspection.
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1. A system included within a self-locking coin receptacle for indicating that a person has tampered with the self-locking coin receptacle, comprising:
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a shutter for selectively blocking an aperture to the self-locking coin receptacle;
a shutter control arm coupled to said shutter, said shutter control arm for moving said shutter; and
a tamper indicator operatively coupled to said shutter control arm, said tamper indicator responding to a force applied to said shutter control arm by deforming, breaking, or bending to indicate an attempt was made to move the shutter control arm to expose the aperture in the self-locking coin receptacle while the shutter was in a locked position.
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2. A self-locking coin receptacle cover for use with a coin receptacle, said cover comprising:
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a cover base having an aperture therethrough;
a shutter plate rotatably mounted within said base, said shutter plate having a shutter control arm, a portion of which extends externally of said cover base so that said shutter plate may be moved so a portion thereof selectively blocks said aperture;
a latching mechanism mounted within said cover base for engaging said shutter plate and blocking movement of said shutter plate to open said aperture; and
a tamper indicator operatively coupled to said shutter control arm, said tamper indicator responding to a force applied to said shutter control arm by deforming, breaking or bending to indicate an attempt was made to move said shutter control arm to expose said aperture in the self-locking coin receptacle cover when said shutter plate was locked by said latching mechanism.
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3. A system included within a self-locking coin receptacle for indicating that a person has tampered with the self-locking coin receptacle, comprising:
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a shutter for selectively blocking an aperture to the self-locking coinreceptacle;
a shutter control arm coupled to said shutter, said shutter control arm for moving said shutter;
a tamper indicator operatively coupled to said shutter control arm, said tamper indicator responding to a force applied to said shutter control arm to indicate an attempt was made to move the shutter control arm to expose the aperture in the self-locking coin receptacle while the shutter was in a locked position; and
said tamper indicator being a coupler for joining said shutter control arm to said shutter and said coupler deforms in response to a force exceeding a predetermined magnitude being applied to said shutter control arm. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A self-locking coin receptacle cover for use with a coin receptacle, said cover comprising:
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a cover base having an aperture therethrough;
a shutter plate rotatably mounted within said base, said shutter plate having a shutter control arm, a portion of which extends externally of said cover base so that said shutter plate may be moved so a portion thereof selectively blocks said aperture;
a latching mechanism mounted within said cover base for engaging said shutter plate and blocking movement of said shutter plate to open said aperture;
a tamper indicator operatively coupled to said shutter control arm, said tamper indicator responding to a force applied to said shutter control arm to indicate an attempt was made to move said shutter control arm to expose said aperture in the self-locking coin receptacle cover when said shutter plate was locked by said latching mechanism; and
said tamper indicator being a coupler for joining said shutter control arm to said shutter and said coupler deforms in response to a force exceeding a predetermined magnitude being applied to said shutter control arm. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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Current AssigneeOTC Telecom Corporation
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Original AssigneeOTC Telecom Corporation
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InventorsChou, Simon W.
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Primary Examiner(s)Dayoan, B.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Miller, William L.
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Application NumberUS09/348,372Time in Patent Office783 DaysField of Search232/15, 232/16, 232/31, 232/32, 232/1.D, 232/12, 232/55, 379/143, 379/145, 379/445, 379/451, 379/437, 194/202, 194/350US Class Current232/15CPC Class CodesG07F 9/06 Coin boxes
