Coin collecting mechanism

Claim 1

A PARKING METER COMPRISING: AN UPSTANDING HOLLOW STANCHION HAVING AIR HOLES FORMED IN THE WALLS THEREOF; A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED COIN ACCUMULATING GRATE ANCHORED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW STANCHION ABOVE SAID AIR HOLES, SAID GRATE HAVING PERFORATIONS THEREIN TO PREVENT THE PASSAGE OF COINS THERETHROUGH; A COIN DIRECTOR HOUSING MOUNTED ATOP SAID HOLLOW STANCHION, SAID COIN DIRECTOR INCLUDING A MAIN BODY PORTION WITH UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES, A FIRST APERTURE FORMED IN THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID MAIN BODY PORTION INTO WHICH SAID STANCHION IS INSERTED AND SECURED, A SECOND APERTURE FORMED IN THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID MAIN BODY PORTION INTO WHICH A COIN COLLECTING NOZZLE CAN BE INSERTED, INTERNAL WALLS IN SAID MAIN BODY PORTION FORMING AN INVERTED U-SHAPED HOLLOW PASSAGEWAY CONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND APERTURES, A THIRD APERTURE FORMED IN THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID MAIN BODY PORTION, INTERNAL WALLS IN SAID MAIN BODY PORTION FORMING A CHANNEL CONNECTING SAID THIRD APERTURE TO SAID INVERTED U-SHAPED PASSAGEWAY OVER SAID FIRST APERTURE; AND A METER HEAD HAVING A TIMING MECHANISM, A VISUAL INDICATOR AND A COIN DESPOSIT SLOT, SAID METER HEAD MOUNTED ON SAID COIN DIRECTOR HOUSING OVER SAID THIRD APERTURE WHEREBY COINS INSERTED INTO SAID COIN DEPOSIT SLOT FALL INTO SAID THIRD APERTURE AND ARE DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID FIRST APERTURE ONTO SAID STANCHION GRATE, AND WHEREBY INSERTION OF A COIN COLLECTING NOZZLE INTO SAID SECOND APERTURE THROUGH WHICH AN AIR FLOW IS DRAWN RESULTS IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE ACCUMULATED GRATE-HELD COINS FROM THE STANCHION, THROUGH THE INVERTED U-SHAPED PASSAGEWAY AND OUT THE COIN COLLECTING NOZZLE INTO A COIN CONTAINER.