US 12,086,662 B2
Dual rib coin resistant gate for a payment interface
Sergiy Androsyuk, Toronto (CA); and Matthew Sidell, Phoenixville, PA (US)
Assigned to Crane Payment Innovations, Inc., Malvern, PA (US)
Appl. No. 16/976,845
Filed by Crane Payment Innovations, Inc., Malvern, PA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/047700
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/041586, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/722,104, filed on Aug. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0410306 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. G06K 13/08 (2006.01); G06K 19/04 (2006.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01)
CPC G06K 13/0875 (2013.01) [G06K 13/0887 (2013.01); G06K 19/042 (2013.01); G06Q 20/34 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coin resistant gate for a payment interface, the coin resistant gate comprising:
a body moveably connected within the payment interface;
a front surface connected to the body, the front surface operable to prevent objects from entering the payment interface;
a plurality of elastic members supporting the body, wherein the plurality of elastic members is disposed in an interior of the payment interface, and wherein the plurality of elastic members is arranged across a length of the coin resistant gate partially within indented elastic member locations of the body to bias the body upwardly relative to an opening of the coin resistant gate, wherein the plurality of elastic members include an elastic member disposed at a center portion of the body, and wherein pressure from the plurality of elastic members is distributed across the length of the coin resistant gate;
two or more protruding members connected to the front surface, the two or more protruding members for interacting with a payment card; and
a plurality of ribs disposed on the front surface of the body between the two or more protruding members,
wherein, upon an interaction of the payment card with the two or more protruding members, the plurality of elastic members compress and the body moves to allow the payment card to pass the front surface of the body of the coin resistant gate,
wherein the plurality of ribs on the front surface of the body includes a glow material operable to absorb light to illuminate a payment insertion area of the payment interface.