Patent ID: 7299910
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: G07F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A coin validator comprising: a coin insertion opening; a coin return opening; structure defining a coin path from said coin insertion opening to said coin return opening, said coin path having a first side and a second side, said coin path further including a return region thereof that extends upstream from said coin return opening, wherein said structure includes a housing defining said first side of said coin path and a cover defining said second side of said coin path, said cover coupled to said housing at two or more mounting points; means to detect and identify an object in a detection region of said coin path; gate means in said coin path between such detection region and said return region responsive to identification of said object to either divert said object from said coin path or constrain it to traverse said coin path to said coin return opening; and means actuable to move said cover, at said mounting points, in a direction away from said first side of said coin path so as to widen substantially the whole of said coin path including said return region, whereby to facilitate clearance of jams in said coin path.