US2580401A - Parking meter collection receptacle - Google Patents

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Jan. 1, 1952 R. BROUSSARD PARKING METER COLLECTION RECEPTACLE @[QIEJIEIIEJE Original Filed March 27, 1945 yJL IN V EN TOR. ROBERT BROU RD HIS ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 1, 1952 PARKING METER COLLECTION REGEPTACLE Robert Broussard, Washington, D. 0., assignor, by mesne assignments, to William P. MacCracken, Jr., Washington, D. 0., as trustee Original application March 27, 1945, Serial No. 585.152. Divided and this application July 18, 1946, Serial No. 684,582

My application is a division of my copending application Serial No. 585,152 filed March 27, 1945, and entitled Parking Meter and Coin Slot Therefor and the invention relates to parking meters, for use along streets, roadways and in conjunction with vehicle stalls and parking areas for, example. 1

An object of my invention is the provision of a simple, practical and inexpensive parking meter of rugged construction.

A'further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character indicated wherein the receipts that have accumulated incident to use are collected within the meter casing in a coin box characterized by certain advantageous features for emptying the same.

Other objects in part will be obvious and in part referred to hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the combination of elements, features of construction and arrangement of parts as described herein and particularly set forth in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters denote like parts throughout the several views, there is illustrated a parking meter embodying certain features of my invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation view of a preferred form of my parking meter;

Figure 2 is a partial sectional view in elevation along the line 2-2 of the meter housing with the meter operating mechanism removed;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional side elevation view of the meter coin deposit box along a line 33 of Figure 1, showing the coin box door closed;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showin the coin box door open;

Referring now, more particularly, to the practice of my invention, attention is directed to the drawings, notably Figures 1 and 2. The meter will be seen to comprise an external housing In (Fig. 1) into which is seated a housing door II. The door is held in place by a screw type lock l2 which engages with post l3 fixed into the housing as best illustrated in Figure 2. The upper part of the door is cut away to provide a glass window I4 for revealing a time indicator and signal plate. A similar window for revealing a like time indicator and signal plate is provided in the back of the housing. In the housing door il there is a coin window It which displays, from inside, the last coin which has served to set the meter. A coin receiver 33 for manipulation in 3 Claims. (01. 232-4) setting the meterextends through the right hand side of the housing (Fig. 1). The lower portion of the housingcomprises a coin deposit chamber It for receiving coins after display of the same at window IS. The housing is sturdily reinforced with reinforcing ribs l9 and on inside walls is shaped to conform with the curvular edges of face plates 20, so that the meter mechanism is firmly held in place in the housing without necessity for bolting and yet is easily removed.

After the coins have enabled setting of the meter for a paid-for parking period, they are released into coin chamber 2| enclosed by coin. retaining wall 22 and coin chamberdoor'23;

Door 23 is firmly locked by key 24 and latch 25. Attached to door 23 are lever arms 26 and 21 which restrict outward movement of the door within limits of rotation about hinges 2B and 29. The lever arms '26 are held in position shown in Figure 3 by means of spring 29. When key 24 is turned in a clockwise direction, latch 25 is rotated clear of latchstop 30. Following this the operator can open the coin chamber door with one hand and with the other hand collect coins which are now free to slide (see Fig. 4) from coin retaining wall or bottom 22 and down between seating elements 3| located one on each side of the bottom of the door for the purpose of seating the door in position when closed and for supporting the door (when the door is in open position) on ledge 31a of the meter housing. In wide open position, the door extends lever arms 2! and 28 on each side to their full run which prohibits complete removal of the door. By this hinged action, the door can be pulled free bodily with one hand without danger of dropping and when released slides back under action of spring 29 and guided by seating elements 3|, to closed position.

As many possible embodiments may be made of my invention and as many changes may be made in the embodiment hereinbefore set forth, it is to be understood that all matter described herein, or shown in the accompanying drawings, is to be interpreted as illustrative and not as a. limitation.

I claim:

1. In a parking meter, a housing having an opening therein, a door adapted to close said open ing and having seating elements thereon, spring means urging said door into closed position and permitting bodily withdrawal of the same, means within the housing limiting the withdrawal, latch means positioned in the door and operable from the exterior of the housing for holding the door firmly in closed position, and 'a coin chamber defined within said housing and including a bottom slanting upwardly from said door opening, whereby withdrawal of said door to the extent of saidlimiting means brings the door into a position of rest with its seating elements on the housing and retains the same in open position against the action of said spring and permits coins contained in said chamber to discharge between door and chamber bottom edge.

2. In a parking meter, a housinghaving a rectangular opening in the face thereof with a recessed edge portion defining said opening, a door adapted to fit within said recessed edge portion and close said opening in flush relation'with'the face of the housing and having seating elements on the bottom thereof, lever means loosely supporting said door and permitting bodily withdrawal to the extent of said lever means, spring means; normally urgingsaid doorinto closedposition, latch means-operable 'from the exterior of thelhousing for holding said door'in closed position, and a coin chamber defined within said housing and including abottom slanting upwardly from said .door opening, whereby withdrawal of saiddoor to the extentof said levermeans'brings thedoor into a-position of rest -withits=seating elements on the lower edge portionof the opening in the housing and permits coins contained in said chamber to discharge by gravity between door'and chamber bottom.

In a parking meter, a housinghaving an opening therein with recessed edge portion, adoor adaptedto fit withinsaid recessed edge and close door and key operable from the exterior of the housing for maintaining the door in closed position, and a coin chamber in said housing having 1 a bottom portion slanting upwardly from the door opening, withdrawal of said door to the extent of said lever means bringing the door into a position I of rest with its'seating elements on the recessed lower edge portion of the housing opening.

ROBERT BROUSSARD.

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