Sir Kongsalot
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In the above image, in the coin mech on the right, I am curious about the beige plastic lever that sits just above the actuator wire (and is usually covered by the metal plate that can be seen on the mech on the left).
The quarter hits that lever on the way to the actuator, the lever pivots forward, then the quarter falls on and past the actuator wire, then the lever pivots back (all of this of course happening in about 1/10th of a second).
One one of my coin mechs, both the metal plate and that lever are missing, but the mech still functions perfectly without it.
So my question is, if it works without it, why is it there? What exactly does it do?
EDIT: Looks like it's there solely to prevent a quarter attached to a string from being pulled back up once it has gone past the actuator (since it pivots forward in a way that blocks the quarter).
I'll try thinking BEFORE I post next time!
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