Token collection device

Claim 1

A TOKEN COLLECTION DEVICE FOR USE WITH, AND REMOVABLE FROM, A TOKEN ACTUATED MACHINE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: CONTAINER MEANS INCLUDING A BOX-LIKE MEMBER WITH A REMOVABLE COVER, SAID CONTAINER MEANS HAVING AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH TOKENS MAY ENTER; LOCKING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID COVER TO SAID BOX-LIKE MEMBER; A SHUTTER MEMBER JUXTAPOSED TO SAID OPENING AND HAVING AN APERTURE SLECTIVELY ALIGNABLE WITH SAID OPENING IN SAID CONTAINER MEANS; A PAIR OF ROLLER MEMBES; MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID ROLER MEMBERS IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP ABOUT SAID OPENING AND ADJACENT TO AN INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID CONTAINER; MEANS INCLUDING BIASING MEANS FOR WINDING SAID SHUTTER MEMBER UPON ONE OF SAID ROLLERS TO A FIRST POSITION FOR EFFECTIVELY CLOSING SAID OPENING, SAID SHUTTER MEMBER BEING MANUALLY WINDABLE UPON THE OTHER SAID ROLLER TO A SECOND POSITION FOR ALIGNING SAID APERTURE WITH SAID OPENING; FIRST LATCH MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID SHUTTER MEMBER IN SAID SECOND POSITION PRIOR TO AND DURING PERIODS OF USE WITH SAID TOKEN ACTUATED MACHINE; MEANS FOR RELEASING SAID FIRST LATCH MEANS RESPONSIVE TO REMOVAL OF SAID COLLECTION DEVICE FROM SAID TOKEN ACTUATED MACHINE TO EFFECT MOVEMENT OF SAID SHUTTER TO SAID FIRST BIASED POSITION FOR CLOSING SAID OPENING; SAID SECOND LATCH MEANS MOUNTED INTERIORLY TO SAID CONTAINER MEANS AND BEING RELEASABLE ONLY AFTER REMOVAL OF SAID REMOVABLE COVRR FOR RETAINING SAID SHUTTER MEMBER IN SAID FIRST CLOSED POSITION TO PREVENT REMOVAL OF TOKENS FROM SAID COLLECTION DEVICE.