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Title: What is this part? Payphone part?
Post by: dsk on November 27, 2015, 03:49:51 PM
What is this part? Payphone part?

dsk
Title: Re: What is this part? Payphone part?
Post by: NorthernElectric on November 27, 2015, 06:33:01 PM
Part of a 'coin box anti-theft device'?

Quote from: inventor E. L. MCLELLANThis invention relates to anti-theft devices for coin boxes and is particularly directed towards an anti-theft device for use in toll station telephone coin boxes to prevent unauthorized personnel from removing coins therefrom.

See US patent 3128037 (http://www.google.ca/patents/US3128037).

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