Abstract: An improved coin chute assembly wherein the housing contains a coin receiving opening, a first coin exit opening, a second coin exit opening, and a coin passageway disposed therein and interconnecting the coin receiving opening with the first and second coin exit openings. The coin passageway is characterized as having an upper coin path, a coin receiving section and a coin reject section, the upper coin path being oriented to permit a coin to fall in a substantially downward direction through the chute assembly and thus through the coin receiving section towards the first coin exit opening or through the coin reject section towards the second coin exit opening. A coil having a coin slot formed therethrough is positioned around the upper coin path such that an object traveling through the upper coin path passes through the coin slot.

Abstract: An improved coin chute assembly wherein the housing contains a coin receiving opening, a first coin exit opening, a second coin exit opening, and a coin passageway disposed therein and interconnecting the coin receiving opening with the first and second coin exit openings. The coin passageway is characterized as having an upper coin path, a coin receiving section and a coin reject section, the upper coin path being oriented to permit a coin to fall in a substantially downward direction through the chute assembly and thus through the coin receiving section towards the first coin exit opening or through the coin reject section towards the second coin exit opening.

Abstract: A coin release assembly for selectively removing a coin element from a coin tube retaining a plurality of coin elements, the coin tube having a coin exit end with a coin exit opening formed through the coin exit end to permit discharge of the coin elements therethrough, the assembly comprising a base plate having an opening extending therethrough, the opening in the base plate being offset with respect to the coin exit opening of the coin tube such that a portion of the base plate supports the coin elements within the coin tube, and a coin ejecting assembly movable from a first position to a second position, the coin ejecting assembly engagable with a lowermost coin element supported in the coin tube by the base plate for moving the engaged coin element to the opening in the base plate for discharging the coin element through the opening in the base plate.

Abstract: An improved magnetic sensor assembly comprising a permanent magnet recessed within a pole extension magnet with a pick-up coil disposed around a portion of the pole extension magnet, each of the permanent and pole extension magnets having one end thereof substantially coplanar. The sensor assembly may be enclosed within a magnetic shield having an access opening providing access to the sensing region of the sensor assembly.

Abstract: A rotor and base, rotatingly connected, are each provided with a plurality of magnet assemblies. The magnet assemblies on one of the rotor and base are fixed and the magnet assemblies on the other of the rotor and base are moved radially in synchronization with the rotation of the rotor to produce a torque on the rotor.

Abstract: A magnetic coin element sensor for sensing, detecting and identifying coin elements and the like interposed in a magnetic field wherein the metallurgical structure of each interposed coin element causes an identifiable change in the magnetic field responsive to the metallurgical structure of the interposed coin element and uniquely indicative of the interposed coin element, the change in the magnetic field being sensed, detected and utilized to uniquely identify each of the interposed coin elements. The magnetic coin sensor is particularly useful for identifying coins deposited in a coin handling apparatus such as a vending machine, a coin telephone or the like.