Patent ID: 6015037
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
A coin identification apparatus usable in an enclosure having a closure movable between a first position closing access to the interior of the enclosure and a second position spaced from the first position allowing access to the interior of the enclosure, the coin identification apparatus comprising:a latch mounted on the closure;the coin identification apparatus having a slot sized to slidably receive the latch therein, the coin identification apparatus carried on the enclosure for receiving the latch in the slot when the closure is in the first position;a latch pin releasibly engagable with the latch when the closure is in the first position, the latch pin mounted in a bore in a housing, the slot formed in the housing, the bore intersecting the slot; andmeans for moving the latch pin between a first position engagable with the latch to latch the closure in the first position and a second position spaced from the first position enabling movement of the latch and the closure from the first position to the second position.