Patents by Inventor Jurgen Deters

Jurgen Deters 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 accepting apparatus
    Patent number: 5431270
    Abstract: A coin accepting apparatus. The apparatus includes a pair of generally parallel, spaced-apart plates. The plates define a coin track for receiving and guiding coins wherein each plate has a side facing the coin track and an opposing side facing away from the coin track. The apparatus further includes a sensor on the opposing side of one plate for detecting a characteristic of coins to be validated and first and second retainers on the opposing side of the plate for inhibiting movement of the sensor. The first retainer includes a spring arm for engaging the sensor and biasing the sensor against the opposing side of the plate. The second retainer engages the sensor and constrains movement of the sensor along an axis generally perpendicular to the opposing side of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Inventors: Ekhart Wohlrab, Hans-Ulrich Cohrs, Wilfried Meyer, Fred Cohrs, Jurgen Deters, Eginhard Matzeit
  • Deflecting element for a coin-checking apparatus
    Patent number: 4971188
    Abstract: Deflecting elements and other elements contacting coins in a coin-checking apparatus are provided with plastic bodies which have a hard metallic coating to reduce wear to the exterior surface of the bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: National Rejectors, Inc. GmbH
    Inventor: Jurgen Deters