Class 232/7 - FARE BOXES

Subclass of Class 232 - Deposit and collection receptacles
Definition: Receivers for tickets, coins, or tokens which represent
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 12/01/2009

Number	Title	Issue Date
7624914	Validating removable fare collection system A low cost fare collection system includes a removable farebox having an integral collection box. The farebox can be installed in a temporary installation at a fare collection location for the collection of fares and can be removed to a secure location for emptying ...	12/01/2009
7469817	Validating removable fare collection system A low cost fare collection system includes a removable farebox having an integral collection box. The farebox can be installed in a temporary installation at a fare collection location for the collection of fares and can be removed to a secure location for emptying ...	12/30/2008
7305858	Security box A security box includes an outer box, an inner box and a lock cable. The outer box comprises a compartment adapted to receive the inner box therein. The outer box further comprises a first lock hole. The inner box comprises a second lock hole, a lock core hole, a lo...	12/11/2007
7191933	Automatic fare paying device for vehicles and method A compact fare paying device has a housing for receiving a monetary member and at least one verifier unit in the housing for determining the authenticity of the monetary member. A storage device such as a safe can receive the monetary member or a return device can r...	03/20/2007
7140608	Bill box for bill acceptor A bill box used in the bill receiver of a coin exchanger for accommodating banknotes received by the bill receiver is disclosed to have a gate installed in the first chamber thereof and a driving mechanism controllable to move the gate between two positions to close...	11/28/2006
7028827	Coin counter/sorter and coupon/voucher dispensing machine and method A coin sorting and counting machine and a method for operating it to automatically dispense cash vouchers based on the value of the counted coins, manufacturers' coupons and store coupons. Coins are placed in a hopper tray. When the hinged tray is lifted, the coins ...	04/18/2006
6976919	Gaming unit including currency container locking mechanism A gaming unit includes a currency container. The currency container includes a locking mechanism for selectively locking the container to a housing of the gaming unit. In one embodiment, a secondary locking mechanism is associated with the housing, the secondary loc...	12/20/2005
6070146	Ticket issuing system, ticket checking system, check system, retrieving system and automatic examination machine The server, which has the preliminarily stored customer data file, issues a radio card by employing the radio card issuing machine, reads out a customer name from the radio card presented to the automatic ticket examination machine at the entrance, retrie...	05/30/2000
5944254	Savings coin box with controllable music box A savings coin box with controllable music box which includes a body, a music box, a control device and other elements. The music box is transversely positioned on the supporting disk on the cylindrical body, and a control device is installed above the mu...	08/31/1999
5857417	Coin vault for air machines A coin vault assembly for a self service air machine for gasoline stations. The coin vault assembly is part of a vertical base of the air machine. There is a recess in the vertical base which houses the coin vault assembly at a depth which can not be acti...	01/12/1999
5612684	Mass transit inductive data communication system A transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit couple inductively to allow data communication between a mass transit vehicle farebox and an external computer. Data communication may be performed simultaneously with removal of coins from the farebox via a va...	03/18/1997
5574441	Mass transit inductive data communication system A transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit couple inductively to allow data communication between a mass transit vehicle farebox and an external computer. Data communication may be performed simultaneously with removal of coins from the farebox via a va...	11/12/1996
5509602	Savings bank with music bell A savings bank with a music bell is disclosed and comprises a control stick, a control lamella and other components. The locating end of the control stick and the control lamella is rotated by a coin deposited in the guide rail, and is located so as to lo...	04/23/1996
5058966	Vault liner for use in coin telephones A plastic vault liner for use in paystations for the purpose of providing a spacer underneath the coin receptable. Two versions are shown: a standard one piece plastic version and a high security version which provides a stainless steel anti-drill plate a...	10/22/1991
5026972	Automatic toll receiving apparatus An improved automatic toll receiving apparatus of the throwing-in type installed so as to allow a driver sitting in an automotive vehicle to pay a specified rate of toll, which apparatus includes a large hopper into which the driver can easily throw coins...	06/25/1991
4998610	Coin detector and counter A coin detector and counter comprising a coreless oblong transmitter coil and a coreless oblong receiver coil spaced apart on opposite sides of a coin path arranged to cause the entire diameter of each coin to pass between the coils. The maximum peak volt...	03/12/1991
4977502	Transit vehicle farebox for conducting multi-media transit fare transactions A bus farebox that conducts transit fare transactions accepts magnetically-encoded farecards, currency bills or tickets, or coins or tokens tendered for fare. Fare processing is conducted on the basis of a selected one of a set of fare tables electrically...	12/11/1990
4960196	Automatic toll collector An automatic toll collector of a throw-in type is installed in toll roads, parking places and other tollgates so that a driver can pay a toll while the driver sits on a driver's seat. The toll collector includes a large hopper for easily receiving coins t...	10/02/1990
4955532	Automatic toll collector for a toll road An automatic toll collector for a toll road includes a cashbox receiving a toll thrown into a toll receiving inlet. Trigger holes, address holes and identification number holes are disposed on the bottom surface of the cashbox in a predetermined pattern i...	09/11/1990
4896826	Tamper-deterrent fee collecting box for buses A tamper-deterrent box for collecting travel fees on board of a bus. It has a case at the top of which are two distinct slots for feeding paper money through one and coins to the other. Beneath each slot is a fee gathering container where the fees may be ...	01/30/1990
4877179	Farebox security device A fare box has two separate chambers connected together by a connecting opening, with a fare receiving module in one of the chambers for receiving deposited fares and transporting them to the connecting opening, and a cashbox in the other chamber for rece...	10/31/1989
4829296	Electronic lock system An electronic lock system adapted for use with receivers, such as parking meters, that include storage means and an electronically operable actuator for providing access to material such as coins contained within the storage means in response to an electr...	05/09/1989
4795087	Fare box A fare box includes a first coin receiving opening in an upper surface of the outer shroud and a second paper receiving opening also in the upper surface and defined by a horizontal surface over which the paper is fed. The feed system comprises a first el...	01/03/1989
4756406	Container for money, tokens or savings stamps A container for money, tokens or savings stamps, which container comprises a body portion for retaining the money, tokens or savings stamps, and a feed member through which the money, tokens or savings stamps are fed to the body portion, the feed member h...	07/12/1988
4732317	Secure container particularly for housing coin freed mechanism A security container comprises two halves which can be slid together longitudinally to close the container and locked in the longitudinally closed position. Each half comprises a channel member and an associated end cap which is of a size to cover the who...	03/22/1988
4729509	Coin collecting apparatus A coil collecting apparatus including a coin container defining a receiver housing. The housing is designed to receive a coin box taken from a parking meter or vending apparatus, and the box defines a closure which opens when the box is received in the ho...	03/08/1988
4720041	Telescoping coin box for a coin-operated machine A telescoping coin vault box for a coin-operated machine defined by telescoping cylindrical first and second box portions having a slot for admitting coins into the coin box. The box portions are telescopically slidable relative to each other between exte...	01/19/1988
4673368	Toy bank with novel coin discriminating mechanism A toy bank having a coin discriminating mechanism for discriminating between coins of varying diameters. The mechanism includes a housing having a coin slot, the slot having two generally flat, spaced walls and two relatively narrow spaced sides, the side...	06/16/1987
4553694	Coin collection box for automatic cashiers and coin changers The compartments (3) of a compartment ring (1) rotatable stepwise about its horizontal axis (2) are bounded at the ring end faces by circular-ring walls (6, 7), at the outer ring circumference by a cylindrical annular wall (19) exhibiting at the top an in...	11/19/1985
4540117	Transit fare box The fare box contains an elongate, vertically disposed chute, the upper end of which registers with a slot formed in the top of the box for inserting paper currency into the chute. The chute has a cross sectional area substantially greater than that of a ...	09/10/1985
4524904	Vault The specification describes a paper-currency vault for use in a vehicle such as a taxi cab for storing paper-currency in excess of a predetermined amount during the normal shift of the taxi cab driver so as to discourage robbery attempts on taxi cab drive...	06/25/1985
4453667	Bill transport system for a farebox A revenue receiving farebox having a mechanism for receiving and transporting bills and tickets includes a first conveyor mechanism disposed adjacent a bill receiving slot for engaging bills and transporting same along a guide to a second conveyor mechani...	06/12/1984
4372478	Fare collection system and components thereof A fare collection system using a bus fare box that receives and counts paper currency and paper transfers and tickets into a paper collection chamber and receives and counts coins into a coin collection chamber and receives and collects operating data int...	02/08/1983
4201333	Fare collection apparatus An apparatus for receiving currency which includes a housing having a deposit section and a recess for removably receiving a box for holding the currency. Passages for the currency are defined within the deposit section, and entries are defined by the box...	05/06/1980
4130238	Fare box A fare box for use in a public transport system fitted with a first slot in the upper section of the housing for receipt of coins and fitted with a second slot in the side of the housing for receipt of paper bills. A pair of engaged rollers are mounted in...	12/19/1978
3979052	High security lock A keyhole-less magnetically actuated lock, the key having magnets borne on concentric rings rotatable by a dial, the lock having magnetically responsive switches (for example, reed switches) within the lock actuatable by the key, some of the switches prov...	09/07/1976
3966116	Security box and receptacle housing for valuables A construction for securing valuables such as currency wherein the currency is deposited in a housing which removably holds a storage box for the valuables. The storage box is provided with a door which is normally locked in the closed position but which ...	06/29/1976

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Class 232/7 - FARE BOXES