GB1057241A - Improvements in prepayment time switches or meters - Google Patents

Improvements in prepayment time switches or meters

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Publication number
GB1057241A
GB1057241A GB2856462A GB2856462A GB1057241A GB 1057241 A GB1057241 A GB 1057241A GB 2856462 A GB2856462 A GB 2856462A GB 2856462 A GB2856462 A GB 2856462A GB 1057241 A GB1057241 A GB 1057241A
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Prior art keywords
switch
meter
coin
quantity mechanism
holder
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GB2856462A
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Frederick John Biggs
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United Gas Industries Ltd
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United Gas Industries Ltd
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Priority to GB2856462A priority Critical patent/GB1057241A/en
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07FCOIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F15/00Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity
    • G07F15/12Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity in which metering is on a time basis

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Coin-Freed Apparatuses For Hiring Articles (AREA)
  • Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)

Abstract

1,057,241. Prepayment meters. UNITED GAS INDUSTRIES Ltd. Oct. 24, 1963 [July 25, 1962], No. 28564/62. Heading G4V. A time meter comprises a rotary coin-holder turning one sun wheel of a differential quantity mechanism, a timing motor, the driving spindle of which is parallel to the axis of the quantity mechanism the planet wheels of which it drives through gearing, a switch governing the service bought being operated by a rotary member driven through gears from the other sun wheel of the quantity mechanism, the switch connecting up the timing motor when a prepayment is made. The meter is designed for use in the widely differing circumstances of hiring billiard tables, wireless, television, washing machines, buildings, water craft; shower baths, and electric razors. To enable the time range of the meter to be readily preselected to suit any given application the gear trains are readily demountable to vary the ratio between the quantity mechanism and the motor, the coin holder, and a dial indicating hours prepaid. The time meter may exhaust credit only when an external local switch is operated and the meter in these circumstances contains a relay responsive to the local switch to connect up the timing motor. The relay may be a thermal switch. The rotary coin holder may be a single-coin or a two-coin device. The meter switch may be actuated directly by a cam or by a motion amplifying mechanism between the cam and the switch.
GB2856462A 1962-07-25 1962-07-25 Improvements in prepayment time switches or meters Expired GB1057241A (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4683489A (en) * 1984-08-08 1987-07-28 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Common housing for two semi-conductor bodies

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4683489A (en) * 1984-08-08 1987-07-28 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Common housing for two semi-conductor bodies

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