Patents by Inventor William J. Champion

William J. Champion has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Coin or token discharge apparatus
    Patent number: 5064404
    Abstract: A coin or token discharge apparatus having a large volume coin reservoir feeding coins or tokens to a coin bowl for engagement with a selector disc and transfer by the selector disc to an exit chute. The discharge apparatus has two baffle members designed to filter and orient the coins or tokens as they are fed to the selector disc. The selector disc includes features which facilitate non-jamming of stray coins or tokens in the rotating selector disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Assignee: Hamilton Scale Corporation
    Inventor: William J. Champion