Change return apparatus

Claim 1

A COIN CHANGE RETURN APPARATUS COMPRISING, A ROTARY SELECTOR SWITCH HAVING A PLURALITY OF SWITCH CONTACTS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF SWITCH POSITIONS AND A ROTARY WIPER CONTACT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATIONARY CONTACTS TO COMPLETE A CONTROL CIRCUIT SEQUENTIALLY FOR EACH OF THE SWITCH POSITIONS, SAID ROTARY SWITCH CONTACT BEING ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO AND INITIALLY POSITIONED TO VARIOUS SWITCH POSITIONS BY A MEANS WHICH DETERMINE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHANGE TO BE RETURNED, MOTIVE MEANS FOR MOVING THE ROTARY SWITCH CONTACT IN PULSED STEPS BETWEEN THE SWITCH POSITIONS, A PLURALITY OF COIN RETURN SOLENOIDS EACH ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO AND OPERATE A COIN HOLDING MECHANISM FOR A COIN OF DIFFERENT DENOMINATION, A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING RESPECTIVELY SELECTED AND DIFFERENT SWITCH CONTACTS REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENT SWITCH POSITIONS TO EACH OF THE COIN RETURN SOLENOIDS, A PLURALITY OF ADDITIONAL CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO EACH OF THE SEPARATE CIRCUIT MEANS, EACH OF SAID ADDITIONAL CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING A RELAY HAVING A CONTROLLING CONTACT POSITIONED IN ONE OF THE SEPARATE CIRCUIT MEANS OF THE NEXT LOWER DENOMINATION COIN RETURN SOLENOIDS, EACH SWITCH CONTACT OF THE PLURALITY OF THE SWITCH POSITIONS REPRESENTING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHANGE TO BE RETURNED BEING CONNECTED TO THE COIN RETURN SOLENOID REPRESENTING THE LOWEST DENOMINATION COIN MAKING UP THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CHANGE TO BE RETURNED.