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G07F

COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; )

Introduced: September 1968

Description

Apparatus designed to operate or dispense goods/services only upon receipt of payment in the form of coins, tokens, or equivalent monetary instruments. Covers coin-operated machines including vending machines, turnstiles, parking meters, laundry equipment, and similar devices that validate and accept payment before enabling function. Encompasses the mechanical, electromechanical, and electronic mechanisms for coin detection, validation, storage, and actuation of dispensing or access control systems. Related currency-handling systems using banknotes or electronic payment methods are classified separately in adjacent categories.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS

CPC: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; )

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS

CPC:

COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; )

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.

4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

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