US2435371A - Sectional casing - Google Patents

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Feb-3,1948 I J E ST UT 2,435,371

S'EGTIONAL CASING Filed m. s, 1945 s Sheets-Sheet 1 ZSnventor James E. dim/i BB 5 m 1 attorney;

Feb. 3, 1948. JJE, STOUT 2,435,371

SECTIONAL CASING Filed Nov. 3, 1943 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 mnunnnnnum, $5 I I a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\"I V Imnentor James E. \Szfoui (IttomegS Patented Feb. 3, I948 U N IT ED STAT E S PATENT O F F ICE.

SECTIONAL CASING James E. Stout, Mount Dora,.Fla.

Application. November 3, 1943,. Serial1No ..508;837J

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to improvements in coin changing mechanism and is a continuation in part of my prior similarly entitled invention filed March 4, 1941, SerialNo. 381,728, now abandoned;

An object of the present invention is to improve the design in the matter of symmetry in outline, simplicity of parts and reduction in manufacturing costs.

More specifically, an object of the invention is to produce the body of the machine, preferably of plastic or die-casting, with separable sections to give more ready accessibility to the interior of the body or casing whereby such preparations as replenishing the machine with coins, removing coins, replacing worn or damaged parts of. the mechanism, etc., may be achieved more expeditiously.

The invention also contemplates a new construction and arrangement of the parts so as to permit of ready and quick assembly and disassembly, and wherein in the assembled position all of the, parts may be locked securely against unauthorized tampering.

The invention has for its further object certain improvements in the coin control mechanism inits relation to the body structure.

With the foregoing and other objects in view,

the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,v

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an improved coin changing mechanism constructed in accordance. with the present invention and with one of the coin slot devices removed, for clearness of illustration.

Figure 2 is a. perspective view of the machine taken from the rear and with parts shown disassembled and partly disassembled.

Figure 3 is also a perspective view showing the two sections of the machine separated and in the act of. being assembled.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the back enclosing and' holding plate.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the lower section of the machine taken on an enlarged scale.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on the line 66 inFigure 5.

Figure 7 is a similar section, with parts broken away, showing the bottom coin slide in delivery position.

Figure 8 is a similar section showing both coin Figure 11 is a fragmentary perspective View of the bottom stationary plate showing the abut ment" block.

Referring more particularly to the drawings,. I0 and l l designateupper and lower sections re"- spectively of the. two-part body which is preferably'ofplastic or a die-casting. In the'upper sectionis formed: themagazine l2 for carryingthe: various stacks'of c oins,.for'instancenickels. The; coin wells are'indicated at Hand are. preferably arrangedin a two-two-one grouping; as-best seen in Figure 3; This grouping-provides four ofthe wells in' two pair, thus reducing the over-all length of the machine. Aasimilargroupin'g is of course made in the coin control slides as' indicatedin the lower. sectionof Figure 3 and" as .later described; These. coin wells, l3open' through the. base of upper section [0; asshown in Figure 3,. andithrough the upper'endLofthe magazine. I'2,, as shownin Figure 2:

As shown in Figure 3,, the lower section H. is constructed and detailed to readily receive the coin slots, coin delivery'slides, and. incorporates the cash receiving compartments M and. 15 which open through thetop and rear end; of the lower section H;

As shown inFigures and fijtlie coin delivery. cup' [6' isattached to the exterior of the front: wall in. alignment with. a. discharge opening. I1 in such front wall which registers with the" irrclinedrbottomed'coin' chute I 8 (Figures; 6; 8 and 9). In Figure 9this coin chute, l8is; shownas: V-shaped': in cross-sectionin order to require the falling coins toturn edgewise vertically so that they may roll on their edges; instead of'slid'eflatwise, down: the inclined bottom of the chute I 8. This" facilitates; the delivery of the coins on: the outside of the case or bodyinto the exterior cup IS.

The coin control-mechanism is shown generally'at' I9; and 20-. A'sindicated in" Figure 5 the, control mechanism I9 is for the insertion of quarters and the other mechanism 20' for half dollars. In the onecase (19) five nickels' in change will be delivered to the exterior cup- Hi. In the other case (20) ten such nickels-will' be. exchanged for the; 50" piece;

The actuating slide members of the coin control mechanisms are indicated at' 21 and- 221 The mechanisms 19' and ZD'are carriedbyiront plates '23 and 24 which-may be permanently secured, as' by the fastenings-25"(Figure1) to thelowerbody' section H and free of the upperbodysection Ill which such plates overlap;

As seen in Figure 3 the'plates 23"and-24 carry dowels. 26 projecting from the inner faces'which rise abovethe lower "section II; shown at the right of Figure 1 both sections-are formed'with' mating. countersinks .21 and 28in their-frontfaces to receive thefront plates 23* and 2. A'ddl coin discharge openings 54 'ofi'set out of registry with the axes of the magazine tubes i3. The upper slide 5| has therein coin receiving openings 55 and the lower slide 52 has similar coin receiving openings 56. p

As shown in Figure 11 the fixed plate 53 which supports the slides 5| and 52 for movement, has

" thereon an abutment block 51 at its forward por- 3| are preferably elongated slightly lengthwise of l the body in order to allow that play with the pins. -30 necessitated by the hinging movement of the two sections when assembling and removing the same.

As indicated to best advantage in Figure 2 a top plate 32 is adapted to removably enclose the upper ends of the wells or magazine tubes I3, this plate 32 having a dependent rear portion 33 and carrying either integrally or separately a rear web 34 perforated as indicated at 35 in alignment with a screwthreaded socket 36 made in the upper section and which opens rearwardly. The perforation35 is in alignment with a locking device 31 carried by an upstanding lug 38 of a back enclosing plate 39.

As shown in Figure 6, thelocking device 31: has a rotary tumbler 49 having a rear extending portion screw threadedto enter and mate with the threads of the socket 36 for the purpose of locking the back plate 39 in place on the body;

As best seen in Figure 4 the inner face of the.

back enclosing plate 39 carries dowel pins 4| and 42. Theupper dowels 4 l are positioned to engage in the dowel sockets 43 in the upper body section II), while the lower dowel pins 42 of the back enclosing plate 39 are positioned and adapted'to engage in dowel sockets'44 provided in the lower body section II. t

The top plate 32 is' slidably mounted in guideways 45 in the upper portion of the magazine l2,

Preferably these guideways 45 are closed'at' the front of the machine and open at the rear. The

front closed ends of such guideways 45 are also.

preferably rounded and the front edge of the top 32 is complementally rounded to agree with the same. The rounded front edge'of top 32 also facilitates its entrance into the rear open portion of the guideways 45. The overhanging flanges 45 of the guideways prevent the top 32 from being lifted upwardly. This same result is also accomplishedbythe engagement of the locking device 31 in the perforation 35 and simultaneously in the socket 36.

As shown best in Figure 3, the upper body sec-' tion I9 is formed with countersinks 41, 46 and 49. The countersink 41 receives therein the dependent apron 33 of top 32 and also the rear web or plate member 34 as well as the upstanding lug 38, the depth of the countersink being arranged to accommodate the thickness of the parts'33, 34 and 38 with these parts lying flush with the exterior edges of the casing or body. The purpose of setting the web 34 forwardly of fian'ge'33 isto permit 1 lug '38 to lie in the same verticalplanewithflange 33 so that'the edgesof thesaine may abut as' 7 tion to receive the front edges of both slides 5| and 52 thereagainst. This is shown in Figures Coil'springs'58 and 59 (Figures 3 and 5) V .serve to bias the slides 5| and 52 to the forward 3 and 6;

position. Spring 58 is connected to a pin 69 projecting from the lower edge of a lug 6| project- 7 ing from one rear edge of the lower slide 52 and occupying a cut-away portion 62 of the upper slide 5i. The other 0011 spring 59 is connected to a'pin 63 depending from a lug 64 projecting from the opposite rear corner portion of the upper slide 5|. The forward ends of the springs 58 and 59 are anchored to appropriate parts of the lower section a g 1 In the assembly of the device, the upper and lower sections l6 and I I may be initially brought to the position indicated in Figure 3 where the" frontedge of the upper section |3 is arranged so that its socket 23 may be received by the dowels.

26. Q As the sockets 29 are slid'onto the dowels 26 the'sockets 3| are loweredover the side pins 39. The magazine tubes l3 are loaded with stacks of nickels after the upper and lower sections have acquired the position of Figure 2. Thereupon the'top 32 is slid into place and finally the back enclosing plate 39 is moved up so that its dowels 42 enterthe sockets 144 of lower section II, its

dowels 4| enter the sockets 43 of upper body section |9,'and its locking device 31 enters the perforation'35 and the socket .36. .By turning the tumbler 49 with a key held only byfan authorized person the back plate 39 is locked securely in place." By this'single lock it will be seen that the rear plate 39 is held in place, and

shown in Figures 7 and 8. The..countersinks 43 and 49 receive upperportions of therear enclosing plate 39, which plate is further reoeived em.

its lower portion in a countersinkfill of the lower body section H.

Asshown more particularly 'in I'Figuresf5 to ll. inclusive, the coin wells or magazinetubes iii-are arranged above upper andslower coin discharge. slides 5| and 52and abovea fflged plate. 53-having' in so 'djoing its dowels 4| and 42 prevent the upward separation of the top body'section ID from the lower section II. Moreover the pins 33 prevent any such range of backward,,longitudinal movement of upper section ill with respect to lower section II as would free sockets 29 from the front dowels'26. Thus the sections l0 and l are held together and against separation by any unauthorized person; The locking device also holds the cover 32 closed sothat unauthorized accessto the top of the magazine tubes 13 is effectively'prevented. V A

Figure 1 shows substantially the fully assembled condition of the device'except thatthe right coin control mechanism has been omitted for clearance in showing the countersinks 21 and'28.

and the dowel socket 29. Figure 6 shows;the completely assembled position;

In operation when a. quarter v or twenty-five cent piece is inserted in the coin. control Inechanism l9 and the slide 2| pushedback, suchoperator 2| encounters atits rearedge. the lug 6| and thus moves rearwa-rdly," as indicated at dotted lines in Figure 5,"the lower slide 52 to a position where its coin openings 53, previously filled with nickels, are shifted to a rear position directly over the coin discharge openings 54 of the'immovable' bottom plate 53. Thus the nickels dro'prdown on the inclined bottom ofthechute i8 and roll to the, exterior cup .|6.froni which theyjmaybe readily picked up by the customenIIn case a half, dollar or fifty cent piece is placed in the other control mechanism 20 an-d'theislide, 22.

pushed forwardly, the inner end of such slide will encounter the lug 64 of the upper coin slide 5|, moving it rearwardly to the dotted line position as shown in Figure 5. The rearward movement of upper coin slide 5| entrains with it the lower coin delivery slide 53 by reason of the wall 62 engaging the lug 6| (Figure 10). Thus both slides are shifted so that their coin discharge openings 55 and 56 previously filled with'nickels, are shifted above the coin discharge openings 54 of the fixed bottom plate 53; whereupon 10 nickels fall upon the inclined bottom of chute l8, are turned edgewise and permitted to roll to the external cup l6.

After each coin control mechanism is released it will be returned to initial position by well known mechanism and the springs 58 and 59 will draw the coin discharge slides 5| and 52 rearwardly until they strike the abutment 51, in which position slides 5| and 52 will again receive coins or nickles from magazine tubes.

The quarters and half dollars will be received respectively in the compartments i5 and M from which they may be removed from time to time when the back enclosing plate 39 is withdrawn (Figure 3).

The magazine tubes |3 could simply consist of holes in the casting which is the magazine l2.

By simply removing the back enclosing plate 39 and the top slide plate 32 the magazine l3 may be loaded with coins without separating the body sections 0 and I. Inasmuch as the dowels 26 and 30 are only freed by a combined sliding and hinging movement of the upper body member ID, the back enclosing plate 39 which prevents any lifting movement of the back portion of upper section ID with respect to lower section I, by reason of its dowels 4| and 42, elfectively locks the two sections against separation. The plate 39 being first removed, the upper section |0 may be slid and angularly raised off the dowels 26. The downward extension of the slot bodies or'plates 23 are secured by blind screws 25 to the lower body member H, the screws being entered through the coin compartments |3 and I5.

It will be appreciated that the arrangement and construction of parts relative to one another permits of the embodiment of the device into a bottom section II which carries all of the movable mechanism, a top section l0 which is extremely fiat as to its side portions to symmetrically carry the central tower like magazine l2; that such construction and arrangement involves simplicity of parts and reduction in manufacturing costs, accompanied by easy and quick assembly and by ease and quickness of access for replenishing the coin magazines and the removal of the coins of larger denomination which have been changed.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically de scribed embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claim.

What is claimed is:

A body casing comprising two sections meeting in a substantially horizontal plane having sockets in one end of the upper section above said plane and slots in the under face of the upper section with the elongation of the slots in the same direction as the axial length of the sockets, plates upstanding from and connected to the lower section at the socketed end of the upper section and overlapping said sockets, dowels projecting from the plates above the said plane in position to enter said sockets, pins upstanding from the upper face of the lower section in position to enter the slots of the upper section and substantially abutting the ends of said slots nearest said plates, the ends of both sections opposite said sockets having dowel pockets, a plate extending in common over such pocketed ends of both sections and having dowels to occupy such pockets to prevent the separation of the sections at the pocketed ends and means for locking said last named plate to the upper section.

JAMES E. STOUT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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