US1481711A - Counting money, tokens, or the like, of the same size - Google Patents

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Jan. 22 ,1924. 1,481,711

e. HOLTLAND COUNTING MONEY, TOKENS, OR THE LIKE, OF THE SAME-SIZE Filed March sd. 1921 3 SheeiseShee't i Jan. 22 1924.

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Application filed March 20, 1921. Serial No. 456,372.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gniuu'r HoL'rLAND, engineer, a citizen oi"? the Kingdom of the Netherlands, residing at Fmschede Nether lands, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Counting Money, Tokens, or the like, of the Same Size, (for which application for'patent was filed in the Nethen lands under date of June 11,1919,No.12,188, Patent No. 6,295), of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for counting coins or tokens of the same size, by means of a number of gradually arranged its object a device, as simple as possible and adapted not only to count exactly in a very short time a large sum of money without mistake, but providing also during the counting for in spection of the money, the latter being specially required to enable spurious and'w'orn coins to be detected. a

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a planview of the devicefor use by hand, with adjustable magazines. Figure 2 is a sectiOnal view through A'B of the magazine of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view seen from the right of Figure 1, at C Figure dis a sectional view seen from the right of Figure 1, at E-F. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the elements 6 and 7.

Figure 5 is a device'for gradually sup-- plying coins to the stationary devices.

Figure 6 is a diagrammatical sketch of a device for adjusting the supports in the breadth. V Figure 7 is a sectional view through G-H in Figure 6.

FigureS is device for moving a diagrammatical view of a the slides in order to adjust the magazines in breadth and length.

Figure 9 is a section through K--L in Figure 8 of a slide for controlling the length of the magazines applied to devices for counting coins of dilierent size. I

Figure 10 is a side view of a flap or valve for closing the outlet ends of the magazines.

Figure 11 is a longitudinal section of the funnel-shaped mouth of the collecting gut ter.

Figure 12 is a section of an adjustable mouth-piece.

Similarreterences throughout the several fi ires indicate the same parts.

L y 1. are indicated the magazines or con ductors of the coins (Fig. 2) with vertical projecting rims 2., against which the coins on sliding alongthe inclined bottom will strike. The conducting gutter in the magazines possesses a breadth corresponding with the diameter of whilst the rims .2 are thickness of the coins. v

The arrow (Fig. 1), indicates the supply direction. To fill the magazines,,the

less high than the that the coins slide from the part 9 through the supply gutter 4 till all magazines 1 are the movable side wall 3 is then lifted andby giving the device a suitable inclination the coins slide along the rims 2 into the collecting gutter. The superfluous coins are collected in the part 10 and returned by the gutter 11 to the collecting part 9.

For moving the coins, the device is kept in such a position, that the inlet is situated higher than the outlet and the apparatus is somewhat inclined in a lateral direction.

"As the magazines are at an angle with the supply direction of the coinsthe same will not only slide beyond the already arrived coins of one of the magazines into another, but also fill the same'magazine as inuch as possible in the direction of the out- To enable the superfluous coins to descend also to the inlet sides of the magazines beyond the coins already arrived. at their places. vertical screens 6 and steps 7 are provided.

The screens 6 are arranged parallel to the axis of the magazines and situated between two adjacent steps 4 and the projecting rim oi the following magazine. Every, magazine is provided with such a screen. The steps 7 are high as the projecting rim 2 of deviceas illustrated in Fig. 1, is inclined so the coins to be counted,

the preceding magazine and reach as far plane as the step surface. I

The device for hand use as illustrated in Fig. 1, is provided with magazines 1 and rims 2', an inlet port 4, a collecting gutter 8 with mouth 5, a-collecting receptacle 9, a

space 10 for the superfluous coins and a re .yond the magazines to the part First the coins are moved to the inlet part 4 by inclining the device to the left. Then,

by inclining to the right, the coins move he 10, thereby filling up all the magazines 1 so that for instance the coins are placed in five rows each or" 10 coins. By opening the flap 3 at the end of the magazines and by inclining the device to that side, the coins may be collected in the collecting gutter 8 and received by means of the mouth. 5 in paper boxes.

The Hap 3 for the outlet ends of the magazines 1 into the collecting gutter 8 consists in its most simple form of a shaft 30 provided with handle 37, turnable in the receptacle (Fig. 3), to which'sha-ft rectangularly bent hooks 12 are attached, whichrin normal position reach exactly to the middle of the outlet mouths. The ends of these hooks '12 gradually increase in length so as to open the mouths one after the other, when the shaft 30 is rotated by means of the handle 37. By this man'iptt lation, only coins from one of the magazines may reach the gutter 8. It will be understood. that the mouths of the magazines open successively (from an inspection of Fig. 10). In this modification the simple curved hooks 12 are replaced by a curved bent plate with graduated edge. By turning the shaft 30 all'the hooks 12 or the parts of 3 have the same angular movement and speed, but as the first hook is" shorter than the second one and all mouths are situated in'the same horizontal plane, and because in the closed position the longer hook will extend farther under the edge of the mouth than the shorter one. It will require a greater length ottime before the end: oft-his hook has entirely passed the mouth of its magazine and opened the same.

For big devicesfor counting large quantities of coins the use of a hand-operated device is too troublesome and takes too triangular pin or much time, so that a stationary device must be used. The remfoving back of the superfluous coins can take place auton'iatically or not; it isimport-ant only that the supply shall take place as gradually as possible,

because it a suddenly greater stream of coins slides over the magazines, most of them will not enter-into the same.

For this purpose a device, as illustrated in Fig. 5, is applicable, consisting of areceptacle or cylinder 13 with an inclined bottom .14, movable up and down by hand or foot, which bottom supports the coins. The coins will run down assoou as the p-ile has reached a determined height abovethe opening 15 with the inclined flange 16.

A superfiuous'supply is prevented by a stud, arranged. above across the cylinder which prevents too buffer, nearly closing the chamber breadth. Figs. 6' and '7 'vided high piling of the coins, as these will strike against the stud when the pile reaches a predetermined level. The coins collected on the bottom 14 will form a pile and this pile will strike against the triangular pin when the bottom 14 is moved upwardly. The pin will thus not preventt-hecoins from piling up, but determines a point above which the pile will not extend, in order to provide a sutlicient supply of coins in the counting apparatus. It the hopper is filled above the triangular pin more coins will flow into the counting apparatus than can be counted simultaneously and therefore the triangular pin is arranged at such a height over the under edge of the opening 15 that the coins only will flow in the desired number tofill gradually the supports '1 of the apparatus when the coin pile reaches this pin.

The bar 17, attached to the bottom is provided at the other end with a piston 18 with a small perforation l9 acting as a 20, to prevent shocks.

With such a supply'device it is possible to build the device in a compact form though it will be adapted to count large quantities, as the coins are stored: below the inclined delivery flange 10. Thiscylinder alsosupports the inclined bottom 14..

In order to count with the same device coins of different sizes,,it is necessary that themagaz'ines be adjustable in length and illustrate the manner of adjusting the breadth by means of link devices 2land 22.. Each magazine 1 is therefore carried by a strap 31. supported by a bolt 32, and at the same, time serving as a pivotfor the link, and. are guided" by two rods 26 and 33, between which rodsthe link device 34 (Fig. 7) is situated. The magazine-at the inlet side is fixed, whilethe other magazines are simultaneously movable along said rods. so that an exact-"adjustment. may be easily obtained. In order to conduct the coins better, a stud 35 is .pro-

at the highest-situated part of the magazines next to the steps. which. stud engagesin a similar slot 36' of thenextmagablock 39 is also a: coiled spring. whilst" the placeby arm at the'other end is'kept in nut 411-. v turning the nut 4.1 all: the

"arms 28 are adjusted corresponding to the breadth of the magazines.

By moving the axle 24: along the rods 25,

it is possible to limit the room to be filled by the coins to correspond, for instance,

with ten coins of a determined diameter.

In order to be able to lift the flat arms 23 one after the other (Fig. 9) in order to empty the magazines one after the other, a lever is fixed to the rod 24, whilst the different arms 23 with gradually decreasing space are attached to the rod 24c, and the arms 23 are in this way gripped and lifted up one after the other. 7

In order that the coins or tokens reach the paper boxes in the correct position, in which boxes the coins are finally received and packed up, a funnel is placed in the outlet mouth, as shown in section in Fig. 11,

the mouth diameter of which is a little larger than that of the coin and a little smaller than that of the paper box.

In devices for coins of different sizes the funnel outlet part is adjustable, as shown in Fig. 12.

What I claim as my invention is:

1, In a device for counting coins or tokens of the same size, a plurality of stepped magazines, the breadth of which is equal with the diameter of the coins, a receptacle supplying the coins to be counted, the bottom of which is formed by said stepped magazines, a vertical rim less high than the thickness of the coins provided on the entire length of said magazines and a movable closure at the ends of said magazines.

2. In a device for counting co ns or tokens V of the same size, a plurality of stepped magazines, the breadth of which is equal to the diameter of the coins, a receptacle supplying the coins to be counted, its bottom being formed by said magazines, a vertical rim mounted on the entire length of the same, and a movable closure at the ends of said magazines, the latter being disposed at an angle with the supply-direction of the coins. Y

3. In a device for counting coins or tokens of the same size as set forth in claim 2, steps for filling the magazines disposed at the end opposite the outlet of the same, the upper surfaces of said steps being in the same plane as the rim of the preceding magazine, recesses formed by the wall of said receptacle and by screens parallel with the support axis, said screens being arranged between the edge of the step and the projecting rim.

4. A device for counting coins or tokens of the same size as set forth in claim 2, further characterized in this that said magazines abut at the outlet end upon collecting gutters, the mouths of which may be closedby valves, which may be moved so as to successively open the mouths.

5. In a device for counting coins or tokens of the same size as setforth in claim 2, link devices for adjusting the breadth of the magazines and connected therewith in such a way that the magazines may slide one on the other; means for adjusting the length of said magazines, spaced by coiled springs and mounted on a rotatable shaft, said means being adjustable both in the direction of the magazine-axis and in the supply-direction of the coins.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GERRIT HOLTLAND.

Witnesses ROM, H. VERHEY.

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