Article: Patent No. 7,604,107 Issued on Oct. 20, Assigned to Parkeon for Secure Coin-Operated Machine (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- Thierry Richard of Besancon, France, and Jean Escalier of Montfaucon, France, have developed a secure coin-operated machine. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,604,107 on Oct. 20.

The patent has been assigned to Parkeon, Paris.

According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a service and/or product dispensing apparatus comprising a coin-receiving device, a coin-storage box and said chute transferring coins from the receiving device to the box . The invention is characterised in that said chute co-operates with a closing device comprising a trap mobile between a position ...

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