Coin accumulator

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A COIN ACTUATOR FOR A THREE SELECTION VENDING MACHINE FOR OPERATION BY EACH OR BOTH OF TWO COINS OF PREDETERMINED FIRST AND SECOND SIZE COMPRISING A MEANS FORMING A FRAME HAVING AN INDEPENDENT COIN CHANNEL IN EACH OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF, EACH SAID CHANNEL FORMING AN INLET AND AN ACCEPTACNE PATHWAY FOR EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SIZE COINS RESPECTIVELY, A GATE MEANS CORRESPONDING TO EACH SAID PATHWAY INDEPENDENTLY PIVOTED TO SAID FRAME NORMALLY IN CLOSED POSITION ADJACENT EACH OF SAID CHANNELS AND ADAPTED TO GUIDE SAID COINS EDGEWISE THEREIN AND TO TEMPORARILY HOLD EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SIZE COINS DESCENED IN EACH SAID INLET PATHWAY RESPECTIVELY, EACH SAID GATE MEANS ADAPTED FOR MOVEMENT TO AN OPEN POSITION FOR RELEASING SAID COINS FOR GRAVITY DISCHARGE FROM EACH CORRESPONDING SAID INLET PATHWAY WHEN OPERATED, A TILTING MEANS ON EACH SAID GATE MEANS BIASED AGAINST SAID FRAME ADAPTED AND CONSTRUCTED TO ENGAGE AND TILT EACH OF SAID COINS FROM CORRESPONDING SAID GATE MEANS IS MOVED TO SAID BY GRAVITY WHEN EACH SAID GATE MEANS IS MOVED TO SAID OPEN POSITION, MEANS FOR URGING EACH SAID GATE INTO SAID CLOSED POSITION, A MANUALLY OPERATED CAM MEANS RETAINED FOR MOVEMENT IN SAID FRAME POSITIONED AND ADAPTED TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ENGAGE BOTH SAID GATE MEANS AND MOVE SAME TO SAID OPEN POSITION WHEN OPERATED, A COIN BLADE CORRESPONDING TO EACH SAID CHANNEL RETAINED FOR MOVEMENT IN SAID FRAME FROM A REST POSITION TO A VEND POSITION CONSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED TO INDEPENDENTLY TRAVERSE EACH SAID INLET PATHWAY FOR DISPLACING EACH OF SAID COINS RETAINED THEREIN INTO EACH SAID CORRESPONDING ACCEPTANCE PATHWAY FOR GRAVITATION THEREFROM WHEN ACTUATED, SELECTIVE VENDING MEANS IN SAID VENDING MACHINE INDEPENDENTLY CONNECTED TO EACH SAID BLADE TO SELECTIVELY ACTUATING THE LATTER WHEN OPERATED, A LATCH SECURED FOR MOVEMENT IN SAID FRAME RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH SAID BLADE ADAPTED FOR INDEPENDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OF THE LATTER FOR NORMALLY RESTRICTING THE MOVEMENT THEREOF TO A LOCKED POSITION, AN ABUTMENT ON EACH LATCH PROJECTING INTO EACH CORRESPONDING SAID INLET PATHWAY RESPECTIVELY POSITIONED FOR CAMMING MOVEMENT BY EACH OF SAID COINS THEREIN FOR INDEPENDENTLY MOVING EACH SAID LATCH OUT OF THE PATH OF ENGAGEMENT OF EACH SAID BLADE AND PERMITTING EACH SAID COIN TO THE DISPLACED INTO EACH CORRESPONDING SAID ACCEPTANCE PATHWAY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY PERMITTING THE SELECTIVE OPERATIONG OF SAID VENDING MEANS.