Coin controlled accumulator with article and change dispensers

Claim 1

COIN APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A VENDING MACHINE FOR VENDING ITEMS AT DIFFERENT PRICES AND FOR MAKING CHANGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMOUNT IN COIN DEPOSITED IN THE APPARATUS AND THE PRICE OF AN ITEM SELECTED BY A PURCHASER COMPRISING: A TOTALIZER SWITCH HAVING A SERIES OF FIXED CONTACTS SPACED AT EQUAL INTERVALS, SAID FIXED CONTACTS CONSTITUTING PRICE CONTACTS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT PRICES, AND A MOVABLE SWITCH MEMBER CARRYING A PLURALITY OF CONTACT WIPERS ADAPTED FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIXED PRICE CONTACTS, SAID WIPERS BEING SPACED AT INTERVALS CORRESPONDING TO THE SPACING OF SAID FIXED PRICE CONTACTS AND INSULATED FROM ONE ANOTHER, SAID MOVABLE SWITCH MEMBER BEING MOVABLE AWAY FROM AND BACK TO A ZERO POSITION IN WHICH THE FIRST OF SAID WIPERS IS SPACED ONE INTERVAL BACK OF THE FIRST PRICE CONTACT OF THE SERIES; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO DEPOSIT OF COINS IN THE APPARATUS FOR MOVING SAID MEMBER AWAY FROM ITS ZERO POSITION A NUMBER OF INTERVALS CORRESPONDING TO THE AMOUNT DEPOSITED THEREBY TO ADVANCE THE FIRST WIPER INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PRICE CONTACT REPRESENTING THE AMOUNT DEPOSITED AND TO BRING THE OTHER WIPERS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH PRECEDING PRICE CONTACTS; MEANS FOR HOLDING COINS TO BE ISSUED IN CHANGE; ELECTRICALLY ACTUATED MEANS FOR EJECTING COINS IN CHANGE FROM SAID HOLDING MEANS; A VEND CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTED WITH EACH OF SAID WIPERS FOR ENERGIZATION THEREOF IN RESPONSE TO INPUT OF POWER FROM THE VENDING MACHINE TO A PRICE CONTACT ENGAGED BY ANY ONE OF SAID WIPERS; AND ELECTRICAL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID EJECTING MEANS TO ISSUE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS IN CHANGE HAVING SEPARATE INTERCONNECTIONS WITH THE WIPERS OTHER THAN THE FIRST WIPER.