Wipe-out mechanism

Claim 1

IN A COIN-OPERATED SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF RESPECTIVE OPERATIONS IN AN ASSOCIATED DEVICE INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, A FRAME, A SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, SAID SHAFT NORMALLY BEING IN A FIRST POSITION, A PLURALITY OF SWITCHES ADAPTED TO CONTROL RESPECTIVE OPERATIONS IN THE ASSOCIATED DEVICE, A LIKE PLURALITY OF OPERATING MEANS FIXED ON SAID SHAFT AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SWITCHES AND POSITIONED AND ARRANGED TO OPERATE THE ASSOCIATED SWITCHES IN A PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE AS SAID SHAFT IS ROTATED THROUGH RESPECTIVE DIFFERENT ANGLES OF ROTATION FROM SAID FIRST POSITION, A COIN SLIDE HAVING A COIN RECEIVING MEMBER OPERABLE TO TRAVERSE A PREDETERMINED PATH OF TRAVEL WHEN A PRESELECTED AMOUNT OF MONEY IS INSERTED INTO SAID COIN-RECEIVING MEMBER, THE EXTENT OF TRAVEL OF SAID COIN-RECEIVING MEMBER BEING LIMITED TO A PORTION OF ITS PATH OF TRAVEL WHEN SAID PRESELECTED AMOUNT OF MONEY IS NOT INSERTED INTO SAID COIN SLIDE AND ADVANCING MEANS ON SAID SHAFT ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID COIN SLIDE WHEN SAID COIN SLIDE IS OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO THE DEPOSIT OF A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR ROTATING SAID SHAFT FROM SAID FIRST POSITION TO A SECOND POSITION WHEREBY SAID PLURALITY OF OPERATING MEANS OPERATES AT LEAST ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF SWITCHES, THE INVENTION COMPRISING WIPE-OUT MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT AND RESPONSIVE TO THE OPERATION OF SAID COIN SLIDE FOR ROTATING SAID SHAFT PAST SAID SECOND POSITION TO BY-PASS THE OPERATION CONTROLLED BY SAID ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF SWITCHES.