US268967A - Geoege willett - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

G. WILLBTT.

CASH RAILWAY. i

Patented Deo. 12, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

GEORGE WILLETT, OE ENGLEWOOD, ILLINOis, AssiGNoE OF ONE-HALE To GEORGE MIDDENDOEE, OE SAME PLAGE.

CASH-RAILWAY.v

SPECIFIQATIONformng part of Letters Patent No. 268,967, dated December `12, 1882.

Application led June 26, 1882.

To all whom it may concern: t

Be it known that I., GEORGE WILLEM, of Englewood, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCash-Railways for Use in Stores and other Mercantile Houses; and Ido hereby de-v clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, 4'reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters and tgures marked thereon, which form a part ot this specification, and in Which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing a cashrailway containing my improvements. Fig. 2

is a section of the same on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail section of part of the drop. Fig. 4 is a detail section ot' the catch attached to the outer end ot the drop. Fig. 5`is a front elevation of the cash-box on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 is a section of the box on the line y y of Fig. 5.f Fig. 7 is a front elevation ofthe elevating device.y Fig. 8 is a plan view of the Same.

4 Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 101s a bottom plan view ofthe drop,vshow ing device for opening and closing the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for the transmission of money, checks,

toelastic devices, to which devices are secured carryingwheels, suspended by said elastic standards above said box, with a device for elevating the box upon the tracks, said tracks being for the purpose of carryin g said box when i t `so elevated to the cashiers desk, and returning the same to the point from which itstarted.

My invention also consists in the arrangement ot' guides for. guiding the carryingwheels when the box is being elevated to the track, and in the arrangement of switches on the return-track, with tripping devices on the box (No model.)

the receiver or device upon which the box upon its return is to be stopped, and in various other combinations and-devices used in my invention for the transmission ot' money or other articles from the place and the room in which it is paid to the cashiers desk, all of'whichimprovements and combinations will be particularly hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A represents the cash-box, the front elevation of which is shown in Fig. 5. B represents the carrying-wheels., by which the box is moved upon the track. These carrying-wheels are mounted on elevated springstandards b, made ot' thin pieces'of steel, secured to said cash-box. In the drawings three spring-standards and three carrying-.wheels are shown; but I do not confine myself to that v number, and any desired number may be used in my invention, all of them being of equal length. This box may be vot' any convenient sizefor the purposes it is intended, and the material of which it is constructed is preferably ot' metal.Y On the front part of it is a lid, c, hinged to thelower side ofthe box. From the center of the lower side of the lid projects a lip, a, as shown in Fig. 5, and a spring, e, secured by a screw to the lower side Ot' the box, which spring extends out over the lip in such a manner as to allow the lid to open iiush with the bottom ot' the box and to keep it in such position until the cash in the box is taken out t a trip, lv, ot' diierent length on each box, for

the purpose of unlatching leverL and opening the drop at the number corresponding to the number on the box.

The box A is elevated to the track by means of an elevating device, which consists ot' a bottom or open receptacle, E, on three of the upper sides of which are anges projecting slightly above the upper surface. On the fourth side of this bottom the tlangeextends as high as the top of the box. Directlyiu front Ot' this fourth ange and near it is a spring,r, made ofa piece box.

of thin steel, and secured to the bottom of the receptacle, extending upward as high as the When the box is placed on'this receptacle the spring is pressed back toward the tlan ge and held in that position until the box and carrying-wheels are placed-on the track and the elevator begins to descend, and when the box is released from the flanges the pressure of the spring r serves to give the box a slight impetus toward the cashiers desk. On either end ot' this receptacle are projecting ears, e and f, as shown iu Fig. 8. Passingthrongh these ears and on each end of the receptacle are guide-rods g and l1, which are secured to the track F in such a manner as to allow the carrying-wheels B to be readily guided and placed upon said track F. These rods are parallel to each other, and on their lower ends are nuts or heads to prevent the bottom of the carrying device from slipping off. Near the upper end ot' said rods is a cross-rod, t', fastened to both rods, and which serves to keep them in position and also forms an axle for a grooved wheel, H, hung in the center of said cross-rod, over which passes a cord,p, secured to asmall ring, j, in front of said receptacle. To the other end of the cord is attached a heavy tassel, which serves as a handle for pulling up the box and as a balance to prevent the carrying device from descending too rapidly after the box is deposited upon the track.`

From that part ot' the track where it is designed to place the carrying-'wheels with the box are depending guides N, (shown in Fig. 2,) which engage with the carrying-wheels as they reach the track and serve to guide such wheels to a position on the track. These guides are placed in the same relative position to each other as the carrying-wheels. The elevating device and guides are composed of some suitable metal.

The tracks referred to are two in number, F and G. These tracks are supported by hangers s, as shown in Fig. 2, one end being secured to the ceiling and the other to the middle of the top of the track in such a manner as to allow the carrying-wheels to move on each side of the hangers without obstruction.

F is the con veyin g-track, to which is attached the above-described carryingdevicc, and is used in conveying the money in the box to the cashiers desk, and is sufficiently inclined so as to allow the carrying-wheelswith the box to movc by their own gravity. When the carryingwheels arrive at the cashiers desk the cashier takes the box from the track F, removes the cash from the box, and ythen places the box manner; but it has certain additional devices,

hereinafter described, which devices are for the purpose of allowing the cash-box to drop off from the return-track G at any point where it may be desired. On different parts of the returning-track G where it is desired to drop off the cash-box the return-track is cuton a bevel, on which is arubber curtain to prevent noise when it closes, the cut being ot' sucient length to allow the cash-box and carryingwheels to drop onto a receiver, as hereinafter stated. That part of the track'so c ut which is nearest the cashiers desk is hinged to the track. Through this hinge there extends a thin dat spring, Z, one end of which is secured to the track, the other extending far enough into the drop so that when the boxdrops from the track the spring will cause the drop to close immediately. The other end ot' the drop is secured tothe track by a tripping-lever, L, as shown in Fig. 10 of the drawings. This tripping -lever L extends nearly the whole length ofthe drop or switch, the outer end ot' it extending into a catch, t, attached to the track, and the lever L is held in a position to keep thedrop continually latched (except when opened by the cash-box) by means of a spring, w, which is fastened at one end to the bottom ofthe drop, the other end pressing against said lever. The other end of the lever L extends toward the point where the drop is hinged to the track, but is of a sufficient distance to allow the whole of the carrying device to get onto the drop before it is opened. Thev lever L is pivotcd to the lower side of the track Gr.

u is a stop on the lower side of the track G, for the purpose of preventing the lever L from swinging around too far when unlatched. The

inner end of lever L is curved in such a manner that when the trip c on the box strikes it, it is turned on its pivot with sufficient pressure on the spring w, so that it causes thev lever to slip out ofthe catch, thus causing the drop to fall onto the receiver K at the point desired. The receiver K is level, and is used simply for the purpose of affording a convenient place to stop the cash-box. lt is constructed ot' the same material, and is similar to the tracks F and G, except that it is level. On the farther end of this track is a bumper for the purpose of stopping the carrying-wheels, so that the salesman may remove the cash-box for further use, if desired.

The method of operating my invention is as follows: The salesman puts the money in the cash-box, after which he placesthe cash-box on the bottom ot' the elevating device. He then takes hold of the tassel attached to the cord p and elevates the box to the track F, the carrying wheels being guided onto the track by means ofthe guides herein described. The box then is given a momentum by the spring r, and is conveyed to the cashiers desk, who takes the box, removes the money, and returning the change, if any, to the box, places the box on the track G, from which it is delivered by means of the devices above IOS IIO

described, to the salesman who sent it, the

being so arranged that each box Will go over all the switches but one Without being switched from the track G.

Having fully explained the construction and operation of my improved cash-railway, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the track F with depending guides N, secured to the track F, and so arranged as to guide the carryingwheelsB onto the conveying-track F, substantially as described and shown.

2. The combination of box A, spring-standards b, with the carrying-wheels B mounted ou said standards, all constructed and arranged so as to admit of being placed on the conveying-track F, substantially as described.

3. In the elevating device, the spring r, so arranged in the receptacle E as to give the box A an impetus on the track4 F toward the cashvtripping devices on the track and on the box iers desk when the box is released from the cross-rod i', grooved wheel H, cord p, ring 7,

spring r, and casbbox A, all arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a cash-rail way, the combination of the lever L, catch t, spring w, and stop u with the drop or switch ou the return-track G, for the purpose of closing and securing the drop or switch, substantially as set forth.

6. In a cash-railway, the combination of the trip o and lever L, so arranged and constructed that the trip o will strike the curved Iend of lever L, and open the drop at the particular place desired.

- GEORGE WILLETI. Witnesses:

\ JNO. G. MAGGREGOR,

H. H. TALGOTT.

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