Electric vehicle battery recharging station

Claim 1

An electric energy vending apparatus, comprising: a closed housing having a coin slot for receiving coins or tokens; normally open circuit means including a switch having a movable contact slidably contacting an arcuate stationary contact contained by said housing and including leads connected with a source of electrical energy; an electrical outlet having terminals interposed in said circuit means; coin receiving means including first and second coin or token nesting levers manually rotatable in one direction through a first predetermined arc for closing said circuit means, said coin receiving means including first and second rods coaxially journalled horizontally by said housing and respectively connected at one end with one end portion of said first and second levers, respectively, a gear train connected with the other end of said second rod, a driven shaft connecting said gear train with said movable switch contact for movement of the latter through a second predetermined arc as a function of the angular rotation of said levers, and, spring means normally biasing said first and second levers toward a coin or token receiving position; and, wattmeter means interposed in said circuit and drivably connected with said driven shaft for biasing said switch open after a predetermined time interval.