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Portable time metering device

  • US 5,382,780 A
  • Filed: 10/01/1993
  • Issued: 01/17/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A time metering device useful as an in-car parking meter for metering parking time in any one of a plurality of zones, the device comprising:

  • a plurality of bank registers, each bank register having stored therein a monetary value and each of the plurality of zones corresponding to a one bank register;

    means for selectively determining whether a sufficient monetary value is stored in a corresponding bank register of a selected zone to allow parking in the selected zone for a specified amount of time;

    means for selectively determining a total amount of the specified amount of time parked in the selected zone; and

    ,means for deducting from the monetary value of the corresponding bank register in accordance with the total amount of the time parked.

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