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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6889848 | Coin sorting and dispensing apparatus for motor vehicles A combined coin sorting and dispensing apparatus for motor vehicles which may be mounted in or integrally formed with the dashboard, console, or an existing interior door or side panel, or placed in an existing pocket of the vehicle. The coin sorter has a hopper wit... | 05/10/2005 |
| 5897626 | Taximeter penalty device A taximeter penalty device includes a cabin temperature sensor connected to a micro-controller of a taximeter through a time delay. When the cabin temperature of the taxi is within a preset range, the fare is based on a normal rate. When the temperature i... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5397880 | Taxi meter An improved taxi meter construction is constructed of the following features: (1) an extrusion piece sideways reciprocal movement mount for the electrical and mechanical connection and disconnection without damage to the connection elements, (2) a detacha... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5274561 | Electronic taximeter with apparatus for rounding off a fare An apparatus is described for increasing a fare to a rounded-off amount, in which the fare is determined by an electronic taximeter and prior to the preparation of a voucher in an assigned voucher printout mechanism the amount payable is rounded-off by an... | 12/28/1993 |
| 4998205 | Method and apparatus for inserting data into electronic taximeters from a central computer temporarily connected to a local terminal In order to introduce data, and in particular charging data, into the memory of a taximeter, the taximeter is connected to an adaptor which is in turn connected to the I/O connector of a local terminal which is connected to a central computer over a telec... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4605843 | Easy access ticket transport A fare collection ticket transport that moves fare tickets through a closed alignment entry into an open longitudinal slot with a portion of the ticket projecting from the slot, and the portion of the ticket in the slot having the information processed by... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4539644 | Electronic taximeter and control system therefor In the taximeter disclosed, a microprocessor responds to a first set of pulses representing time and a second set of pulses representing distance and receives data representing a tariff from a constant store. The microprocessor calculates fares and advanc... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4039780 | Electric taximeter mounting and demounting arrangement A mounting and demounting arrangement for an electric taximeter permits a mechanical-to-electrical converter to be slidably received into electrical contact with a socket provided in the taximeter housing or, at the option of a user, the mechanical-to-ele... | 08/02/1977 |
