US1266097A - Coin-delivering mechanism. - Google Patents

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EDWARD J. BRANDT, 0F WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO BRANDT CASHIER COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent Patented May 14, 1918.

Application filed April 10, 1916. Serial No. 90,212.

or coin-delivering devices and has particular reference to a novel delivery chute and cup in their association with such machines.

.An object of my invention is to provide improved three-Way delivery cup, a charge spout and a novel receiving cup. The three-way delivery cup combines in one structure the functions of permitting the operator to receive the change directly into his hand aS may be necessary or desirable in some uses of the machine and for diiferent uses of the machine in the same line of business possibly. at different portions of the day. This same feature may be employed advantageously for making up pay rolls, the coins being delivered directly into the envelop, or it may be utilized for delivering the change directly into a pneumatic tube cartridge. In the second position of the three-way cup the coins are allowed to remain in the cup in full view, thus permitting the operator to use his other hand for another purpose, such as for making a record of the amount while it is in view. When in this osition the cup charge coins, either in the chute or into the operators hand. The third position is one in which the cup discharges the oins directly into the chute, from which point they are received by the payee.

The construction is shown in association with a change-makin or coin-paying machine similar to that s own in mv co-pending application, Serial No. 90,213, filed of even date herewith. In that application the onstruction practically requires that the coins be delivered directly into the hand of the operator. By a slight modification in the form of the ejector actuating levers the construction shown herein has been evolved, which construction provides for the different forms of delivery.

The invention comprises the use of four elements, all of which combine to produce a novel result in change paying machines. These four elements are (1st) the coin holddisthe construction heretofore referred to;

may be tilted to dising and discharging elements (2nd) the del1very cup (3rd) the chute and (4th) the receiving cup. These elements will be described in their order.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine containing the improvements sought to be covered hereby;

Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 1s a fragmentary front elevation of Fig. is a fragmentary elevation showing the delivery cup in the first of its three positions, and

Fig. 6 1s a similar view showing the delivery cup in another position.

The oin-paying machine is shown as resting upon the stand 10 and.- comprises a casing 11, which serves to support trays 12 for stacks of coins of difi'erent, denominations. The means for ejecting the coins comprises ejector-s 13, best shown in Fig. 3, the inner ends of which are pivoted to pendant supcasing. The ejectors are actuated through the medium of the rocker arm 15, pivoted at 16 and adapted to be moved by the keys 17, one key and actuating means being provided for each stack of come. The coins are disports 14 pivoted near the upper end of the r charged into a common hopper 18. Located at the discharge from this hopper is a device which acts in some instances as a cup or holder, and in other instances as'a deflector for coins. However, as a matter of convenience, we will refer to the same as a'cup. This cup is rigidly secured to a horizontal shaft 19, which acts as a pivot, permitting angular movement of the cup about the shaft as required. The cup and its shaft are urged into the position of Fig. 1 by reason ofthe coil spring 20. On the inner face of the cup is provided a segment 21, best shown in Fig. 5, the notches on which cooperate with a stop 22 carried by the hopper or casing of the coin-paying .machine. A second stop 23 is provided diagonally above'thc stop 22. In the position of Fig. 5 the cup is positively held against movement in either direction by reason of the stops 22, 23. In order to bring the cup and the stops into and out of coiiperative relation, I provide for the lateral shifting movement the cup icy permitting the shaft 19 to have a limited longitudinal sliding movement in its bearing. The parts are retained in the position shown in Fig. 4 by reason pf the short leaf-- spring 2e. To disengage the cup from the stop it is only necessary to move the cup to the left, as ,viewed in Fig. 41, against the force exerted by the spring 2%.

As heretofore explained, this cup is intended tobe positioned in any of three positions, as shown in Figs. 1, 5 and 6. in the position of Fig. 5 the cup is rigidly held by the stops 22, 23, and coins are discharged either directly into the hand or the open ator or into envelops when the machine is being used to make up pay rolls.

In the position of Fig. 6, the cup is normally held in the horizontal position by the stop 22 against the resistance of the spring 20. By reason of the fact that the notch 25 in the segment 21 is of considerable ex tent, the cup is permitted a limited rotation against the resistance of the spring, or, in other words, into the dotted-line position of Fig. 6, at which point the stop 22 will contact the other shoulder of the notch 25. The purpose oithis arrangement is to permit the operator to discharge the coins into the cup while using his other hand for another purpose then to discharge the coins into his hand by contacting the depending flange 26 with the ends of the fingers, thereby rotating the cup about its axis. In order to assure that the coins will be discharged into the hand and not held partly in the cup, I provide a short depending flange 27, which is located at the mouth of the cup. This prevents the edge of the cup from seating fiat into the palm of the hand, in which case the coins would remain partly in the cup. B. reason of the flange 27, the coins are disc arged directly into the palm of the hand.

In the position of Fig. 1 the stop 22 en-.

which take care of this tendency and prevent the coins from being projected forcibly out of the chute. This means comprises a plate 30, secured in the present instance to the side flanges 31 of the chute. The upper edge of the plate terminates in a diagonally extending flange-32, against which the coins contact if such coins are rolling down the chute in anupright position. The upper face of the plate 30 provides for the insertion of a card 33, which may contain advertising matter or an admonition such as Take your change. At the outlet from the chute I provide a receiving cup of novel form, as best shown in Figs.

1 and 2. The cup is connected the by means of dowels 3 1-, whlcn provide for the disconnection of the cup, as required.

-'lhe cup is provided with a bottom wall or floor 35, shallow side Walls 36, and a curved, relatively high end wall 37. At the junction of the bottom and end walls 35, 37, 1 provide a rib, or transverse hump 38. This rib or hump has two functions: First it prevents the coins from sliding over the end 7 wall, and, second, it has a tendency to cause the coins to slide backward somewhat after having been checked in their forward movement, to the end that coins are plainly visible at all times while in the cup,and in order that the smaller coins, which. would be liable to remain in the front end of the cup, shall be in full view and readily re moved from the cup. The curved end wall which rises from the support provides a space on the outside of which the thumb oi the payee maybe placed, while the fingers readily remove the coins from the cup.

While the constructions illustrated are thought to be of the proper design for the production of the most advantageous results, it is possible that variations and modifications may be made therein. Such modifications as are within the scope of my claims I consider within the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of means for holding stacks of coins of diderent denominations, means for ejecting coins from said stacks, a hopper for collecting said coins as ejected, a cup mounted at the outlet from said hopper, said cup being mounted on a pivot, means for permitting the moving of said cup into either of a plurality of tilted positions and retaining the same in such positions, spring means tending to retain said cup in a horizontal position with freedom of movement into a tilted position, and a chute for receiving 110 coins dlscharged from said cup when in one of said tilted positions, substantially as described.

2. In a coin paying machine, a coin receiving cup mounted on a horizontal pivot and constructed to permit the discharge of coins from two sides thereof, positive stops for holding said cup in a plurality of positions, spring means for holding said cup in a substantially horizontal position, said spring means permitting said cup to be tilted to discharge the contents thereof into the hand of the operator and return the cup to its original position, substantially as described.

3. In coin handling apparatus, the combi- 125 nation of a cup pivoted at the discharge from a coin paying machine, spring means for maintaining said cup in a substantially v horizontal position with the capability of limited rotation in one direction, and means 130 for positively retaining said cup in either of two angular positions other than said horizontal position, substantially as described.

4. In coin handling apparatus, the combination of a cup mounted at the discharge from a coin paying machine, a support for the pivot for said cup, a stop carried by said support, a 'segment carried by said cup and having notches which are adapted to cooperate with said stop, and means permitting the disengagement of said notches and stop the arrangement being such that said cup may be retained in any of three positions whereby coins maybe retained in the cup or discharged from either side thereof, substantially as described.

5. In coin handling apparatus, the combination of a chute for conveying coins, a retially as described.

6. In coin handling apparatus, the combination of a chute, a receiving cup fixed at the discharge from said chute, said cup having an open top and being provided with shallow side walls and a relatively deep end wall, and a transverse rib or hump at the intersection of said bottom wall with the floor of said cup, substantially as described.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 7th day of April, A. D. 1916.

EDWARD J. BRANDT.

Witnesses:

A. V. GREDING, T. D. BUTLER.

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