Automatic coin collector

Claim 1

IN A COIN-COLLECTING DEVICE, IN COMBINATION, A RECEPTACLE FOR COINS, GUIDE MEANS FORMING A PATH FOR THE REMOVAL OF COINS FROM SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID GUIDE MEANS INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL TUBE WITH A BORE ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE SAID COINS, A SUPPORT BELOW SAID TUBE TILTABLE ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS OFFSET FROM SAID TUBE, SAID SUPPORT HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL RECEIVING SURFACE SPACED FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID TUBE BY A CLEARANCE FOR SAID COINS, SAID SUPPORT BEING FURTHER PROVIDED WITH AN OUTLET FOR SAID COINS OFFSET FROM SAID TUBE, TRANSPORT MEANS IN SAID CLEARANCE HAVING A FORMATION CAPABLE OF ENGAGING A COIN FROM SAID TUBE FOR SWEEPING IT FROM SAID BORE ACROSS SAID SURFACE TO SAID OUTLET, TESTING MEANS ADJACENT SAID TRANSPORT MEANS FOR REGISTERING THE PASSAGE OF A COIN FROM SAID BORE TO SAID OUTLET, AND RELEASE MEANS OPERABLE TO TILT SAID SUPPORT ABOUT SAID AXIS AWAY FROM SAID TUBE UPON A MALFUNCTION OF SAID TRANSPORT MEANS FOR CLEARING OBSTRUCTIONS FROM SAID SURFACE.