US2860752A - Coin collector for traffic violations - Google Patents

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Nov. 18, 1958 N. E. MOXLEY 2,360,752

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I ATTORNEYS United States Patent Ofiice 2,860,752 Patented Nov. 18, 1958 COIN COLLECTOR FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS Norman E. Moxley, Ellicott City, Md. Appiication February 15, 1954, Serial No. 410,245 6Claims. (Cl. 194-74) This invention relates to a coin collector for trafiic violations.

In tratlic violations of a minor character, such as overtime parking or parking in an unauthorized space, when a parking ticket is made out by an officer, it is necessary for the driver of the vehicle to go to a police station to pay the line, thereby consuming a considerable amount of time which should be unnecessary. It is not infrequent that the inconvenience in payment of the fine resuits in delay in making payment or failure to make payment. Where this occurs the original small fine is increased and the driver may be forcibly escorted to the police station, resulting in a strained public relationship between officials and citizens.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a pay station which may be conveniently located so that a small fine for a trafiic violation may be promptly paid.

Another obiect of thi invention is to provide a collecting station for traffic violations which is simple in con struction and positive in action so that it will not easily get out of order.

Another object of ths invention is to provide a system for payment of traiiic violations which includes a ticket to be filled in by the officer with a coin operable machine which will punch the ticket Paid; remove acoupon for use as a record by the traiiic department, and leave the remaining portion of the ticket as a receipt by the driver; all without identification of the officer tothe violator, but with a non-fixable record forthe accounting department.

A further object of this invention is to provide a collecting mechanism having a normally closed shutter for closing the opening in which the ticket is inserted, with the shutter movable to open position upon deposit of a coin or coins of the correct amount of the penalty.

A further object of this invention is to provide a collecting device which is so constructed and arranged that it may be operated by inserting a single coin of large denomination, or a plurality of coins of smaller denomination but equal in value to the larger coin.

A further object of this invention is to provide a collecting station of this kind which will be inoperative upon insertion of i a single coin of less than the proper amount of the total penalty, so that the operation of the machine is dependent upon inserting one or more coins of a predetermined value.

The special ticket provided for use in the machine serves as a notice of a fine; the amount thereof; a receipt to the violator; and a severable coupon retained in the machine for the bookkeeping department of the trafiic department.

The operation of the machine is positive in that a stepby-step procedure is necessary tocause it to function properly. The ticket cannot be inserted in the machine until the proper coin or coins are also inserted; once the ticket slot is opened to operative position the coin is automatically passed to the till thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

In the drawings: 1

Figure 1 is'a plan view of a coin collecting machine for use in receipting a traflic violation ticket.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure l. 1

Figure 2a is a fragmentarysectionalview taken on the line 2a-2a of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view similar to Figure 2 showing the shutter operator in'shutteropening position.

Figure 4 is a fragmentarysectional view taken on the line t4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detailed front elevation of the shutter operator.

Figure 7 is a detailed side elevation, partly broken away and in section, of one side of the machine.

Figure 8 is a fragmentarysectional'view taken substantiaily on the line 8-8 of Figure2.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary innerfront elevation of the punch guide means.

Figure 10 is a detailed rear elevation of the punch or ticket receipting member.

Figure 11 is a plan view of a ticket adapted for use with this machine.

Figure 12 is a plan view of a modified form of this the line 5+5 of invention.

Figure 13 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 13-13 of Figure 12.

Figure 14-. is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 14-14 of Figure 12.

Figure 15 is a sectional view taken on the line 15-15 of Figure 12.

Figure 1.6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line l6--16 of Figure 14.

Figure 17 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 11-17 of Figure 16.

Figure 17a is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 17a17a of Figure 17.

Figure 18 is a detailed front elevation of the shutter operator disclosed in Figures 12 to 16, inclusive.

Figure 19 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line ll9l.9 of Figure 16.

Figure 20 is a plan view of the receipted portion of the traffic ticket.

Figure 21 is a plan view of a modified form of punch and operating means therefor.

Figure 22 is a detailed side elevation of the structure shown in Figure 21.

Figure 23 is a plan view of another form of punch operating means.

Figure 24 is a detailed side elevation of the operating means shownin Figure 23.

Figure 25 is a plan view of another form of punch operating means.

Figure 26 is a detailed side elevation of the punch operating means shown in Figure 25.

Referring to the drawings, and first to Figures 1 to 10 inclusive, the numeral 3-ll designates generally a. housing which is formed of a rear wall 31 and a front wall 32, an outer end wall 33, and an inner end wall 34. The housing 39 also includes a bottom wall 35.

The end wall 33 is formed with a vertically disposed opening 36 through which a traffic ticket 37 is adapted to be inserted, and the outer wall 33 is provided with inwardly convergent guide means 38 for guiding the insertion of the ticket 37 through the opening 36.

A pair of spaced apart ticket guide members 39 and '40 are disposed between the walls 33 and 34, and preferably the guide plate or member 39 is formed with right angular flanges 41 at each end thereof which may be secured as by welding or the like to the inner sidesof the walls 33 and 34.

The guide plate or wall is also provided at each end thereof with right angular flanges 42 and 43 which may be secured as by welding or the like to the inner sides of the walls 34 and 33 respectively.

The guide 39 is provided, adjacent the wall 33, with a vertically disposed opening 44, and the guide wall 40 is provided with a vertically disposed opening 45 in alignment with opening 44.

A spacer means 46 is disposed between the guide walls 39 and 40 so as to hold walls 39 and 40 in spaced relation for easy insertion therebetween of the ticket 37.

A ticket recepting means in the form of a plurality of punches 47 is disposed within the housing 30, and the punches 47 are secured to a carrier block 48. The punches 47 are slidable in openings 49 formed in the guide block 50 which is fixed to the side of ticket guide wall 40 opposite the guide walls 39.

Guide wall 39 has secured to the side thereof opposite the guide wall 40, a block 51 formed with a plurality of punch guide openings 52 aligning with openings 49. The punch carrier or block 48 has secured thereto a U-shaped yoke 53 which is formed with elongated openings or slots 54 in the parallel sides thereof through which a punch operating shaft 55 loosely engages. The shaft 55 has a crank 56 fixed to itsouter end, and shaft 55 has fixed thereon, between the parallel sides of yoke 53, a circular cam 57 which engages between the rear end of carrier block 48 and the bight 58 of yoke 53.

Rotation of shaft 55 in a counter-clockwise direction as viewed in Figures 2 and 3will effect movement of carrier 48 so as to thereby move the punches or receipting member 47 through the ticket 37.

The housing 30 has fixed between the walls 33 and 34 thereof a vertically disposed plate 59 which has fixed to the forward side thereof a pair of coin guiding strips 60. The coin guiding strips 60. are provided with forwardly divergent inner edges 61, the purpose for which will be hereinafter described.

A normally closed shutter 62 is slidably disposed in the housing 30 in a position confronting the flange 43 and normally engaging through the openings 45 and 44, respectively, so as to close the end of the guide means for the ticket 37 adjacent the wall 33.

The shutter 62 is provided with an elongated slot 63 through which the shaft 55 loosely engages, and the shutter 62 is formed with a projection 64 having an inverted V-shaped opening or slot 65 formed therein.

A shutter operator generally indicated at 66 is rockably mounted on a pin 67 extending between the walls 33 and 34. The shutter operator 66 comprises a plate 68 having one side thereof confronting the coin guide member and cooperating with said guide member 60 in initially holding the coin with the latter resting on the upper downwardly inclined edge 69 of bight 58.

The plate 68 is provided with a pair of flanges 78 projecting oppositely of the plate 59 through which the pin 67 loosely engages. Plate 68, shown in detail in Figure 6, is formed with a lug 71 which loosely engages in the slot so that rocking of plate 68, as will be hereinafter described, will provide for movement of shutter 62 to open or close position.

A spring 72 is secured as at 73 to the side wall 33 of the housing 30, and is secured at the opposite end in an opening 74 formed in plate 68. Spring 72 constantly urges shutter 62 to closed position.

Plate 68 is formed with a vertically elongated opening 75 within which the bight 58 of yoke 53 is adapted '4 v to loosely engage, and the width of opening 75 is less than the diameter of a coin 76 which is to be inserted in the machine for effecting operation of the machine.

The space between the strip members 60 is such as to loosely permit the movement of a single coin such as a half-dollar, and in order to provide a means whereby two coins of equivalent value, such as two quarters, may be inserted in the machine to eifect operation thereof, I have provided a second pair of integral guide members 77 which are secured to plate 59.

The plate 68 is formed with a second vertically elongated opening 78 which is of a width less than the diameter of a quarter, and yoke 53 has fixed thereto in offset relation, a plate 79 disposed loosely through the opening 80 formed in plate 59 between the guides 77.

Plate 79 is secured to an L-shaped member 81 which has one arm 82 thereof fixed to the inner side of yoke 53, and the other side 83 of L-shaped member 81 is formed with an elongated opening 84 through which shaft 55 loosely engages. The guide members 77 are disposed in downwardly convergent relation with the lower ends thereof spaced apart a distance suificient to retain a lower coin 85 below the plate 79.

A second coin 85 is adapted to rest on the edge of the lower coin 85 and to thereby be disposed in confronting position to plate 79. Initially, the lower one of the two coins 85 will rest on the upper edge of plate 79 in the same manner that the coin 76 rests on the upper edge 69 of bight or plate 58.

The wall 34 of the housing 30 has disposed on the side thereof opposite the ticket guide means 39 and 40 a pair of vertically disposed bars 86 and 87 which are secured to a plate 88. The bar 86 is formed with a beveled face or edge 89 confronting the right angular face or edge 90 of the bar 87 and, as shown in Figure 7, the space 92 between the bars 86 and 87 is such as to permit the insertion of only one ticket at a time.

A rockable cutter blade 93 is mounted on a pivot 94 and is movable across the faces of the bars 86 and 87. The blade 93 is rocked by means of a crank arm 95 fixed to the end of shaft 55 opposite crank 56, with crank arm 95 connected with blade 93 by means of a link 96.

A spring 97 is secured at one end to crank arm 95, and is secured at the other end, as at 98, to the wall 33 of housing 30 adjacent the walls 32 and 35. The tension of spring 97 is greater than the tension of spring 72 so that when a coin is disposed in the guide means 60 between yoke 53 and shutter operator- 66, shutter 62 will be moved to an opened position.

A stop member 99 is carried by the housing 30 and is engageable by the arm 95 so as to limit the downward rocking of arm 95 and crank 56.

The ticket 37 is formed of an elongated body 100 having an enlarged end 101 forming a pair of shoulders 102. The ticket 37 is adapted to have printed on at least one face thereof, indicia indicating the character of the traflic violation and including blank spaces to be filled in by the tag number of the vehicle.

The body-100 includes a coupon 103 formed with outwardly convergent corners 104 which may be initially defined by means of a dotted or score line 105. The coupon 103 is adapted to have placed thereon the tag number of the vehicle, with other indicia which may be required by the trafic department in identifying both the vehicle and the officer making out the ticket.

When the blade 93 is rocked with the rocking of crank 56, coupon 103 will be cut off from the ticket 37 and will be retained in the housing 30 which may be of suitable size to provide not only retaining the inserted coins but also retaining the severed coupons 103.

In the operation of this device, a coin of desired denomination, such as a half-dollar, is inserted into a coin chute 106 provided in the upper portion of housing 30 with the chute 106 opening through wall 33.

A second coin chute 107 opening through side wall 34 of housing 30 is adapted to guide the smaller coins 85 tothe guide members 77. Assuming that a large coin, such as .a half-dollar, is inserted in chute 106 the coin will drop downwardly and will initially rest on the inclined upper edge 69 of the bight 58 of yoke 53.

At this time :shutter 62 will be disposed across the outer end of guidernembers39 and 40 closing the opening36 and preventing the insertion of ticket 37. After coin 7-6 is dropped into chute 106, crank 55 is rocked =inone direetipnand-is then permitted to be rocked in the oppositedirection by tensionof spring 97.

When-yoke53is moved forwardly by initial rotation oftshaft 55 and crank 56, coin 76 will drop downwardly between the coinguide members 60 until coin 76 is disposed in confronting position to the bight 58 of yoke 53.

Release of crank 56 will permit spring 97 to swing crank,5.6 thus etfectingrotation of shaft 55 and movement-of yoke 53 bycam 57. Whenlyoke 53 moves with coin 76 positioned between bight 58 and shutter operator 66, the tension of-spring 97 is suificient to overcome tension of ;-spring 72 and thereby rock shutter operator ;66-with coin 76 wedged between operator and yoke 53, as shown in Figure 3.

Shutter 62 nowbeing moved to open position, ticket 37 may beinserted in the guide means to the limit permitted by the shoulders 102. The coupon 103 will projectbeyond the 'cuttercbars 86 and 87, and in the second or final cycle, crank 56:is again manually swung rockingcutter blade 93 to cut the coupon 103.

.At the same time the punch members 47 will move in guide openings 49and will punch out openings or holes in ticket 37. These punch members may be arrangedito ,punchrout the characters PD indicating that .-the fine has been paid so that the ticket will thereby be .will, under tension-of spring 72, move to a guide closing position.

Inorder to provide a meanswhereby a countmay be maintained to ,indicatethe value of coins dropped into the machine, I haveprovided acounter 110 which is disposed withinthehousing 30, and includes a spring pressed operating arm 111. Arm 111.is disposed adjacent ,the edgeof projection-64 of shutter 62 so that each time shutter 62 is moved to open position when a coin .is dropped into the machine, arm 111. is rocked to thereby operate the counter 110.

Referring now to Figures 12 to 20, inclusive, there is disclosed amodified form of this invention embodying a housing 112 which is similar to housing 30. Housing 112 has ticket guide means 113 and 114 therein, and a plurality ,ofcard punches 115, similar topunches 47, are disposed inthe housing 112 and secured to a plate 116.

The plate .116 is fixed to a rectangular carrier generally indicated .at ,117 having a rear Wall 118, a front wall 119, andopposite end walls 120. The end walls 120 are each provided with an elongated opening 121 through which an operating shaft 122 engages. Shaft 122 has fixed thereto acircular cam 123 disposed between the walls 118 and 119 for moving the punch carrier 117 forwardly or rearwardly.

A shutter 124 is disposed within housing 112, and is similar in detail to shutter 62.

A plate 125 extends transversely across the interior of the housing 112 and is provided with openings 126 through which an upper pair of pins 127 and 128 loosely engage. .The pins .127 and 128 are fixed to the front Wal1',119 of punch carrier 117. i

The plate .125 has fixed to one S1d6mtl1DBOf a pair of coin guiding strips 129 and 130 which converge downwardly, as'shown in Figure 15. A largecoin 131,.such as a half-dollar, is adapted tov move downwardly between the right angular inner edges 132 and 133 of the guide strips 129 and 130 so that the.coin 131 will, in the second phase or cycle of the or operation of the machine, .be wedged between thestrips 129 and 130 in confronting position to pin 127.

A rockable shutter operator, generally indicated at 134, is rockably mounted on a pin or shaft .135 extending across: the housing 112. The shutteroperator 134 .is formed of a plate 136. having openings 13 7 and 138 through which the pins 127 and 128, respectively, are adapted to loosely engage.

The plate 136 is formed at the opposite vertical edges thereof with flanges 139 through which the pin loosely engages. The lower outer portion of plate 136 is provided with a lug 140 engageable in the inverted :V- shaped slot 141 which is formed in shutter142. Shutter 142 is similar to shutter 62 and is spring-pressed .to closed position by means of a spring 143. Spring 143 is secured as at 144 relative to the housing 112 and is secured at the opposite end to the shutter operator 134.

The .punch carrier 117 also has a pin 145 secured thereto below pin 128, and plate 125 has fixed to one side thereof a small coin guiding strip 146 having a downwardly convergent right angular inner edge 147.

Strip 130 is formed with a right angular edge 148 cooperating with edge 147 to wedge the lower one of a pair of small coins 149 in confronting position to the lower pin 145.

Pin 145 is shorterin length than pin 128, thepurpose for which will be hereinafter described. A large coin chute 150 is carried by the housing 112 and guides the large coin 131 tothe space between plate 125 and shutter operator 134 and between guide strips 129 and 1 30.

A second small coin chute 151 is carried by thehousing 112 and directs a pair of small coins 149 to the space between strips 130 and 146.

Shaft 122has fixed to one end thereof a crank 152 and a cutter operating arm or lever 153 is secured. to the other end of shaft 122. Arm or lever 153 is connectedto a movable cutter blade 154 by means of a link 155.

The structure with respect to the cutter for cutting off a coupon from the ticket embodied in Figures 12 to .20, inclusive, is similar to the structure shown in Figures 1 to 11, inclusive.

ln the use and operation of the machine shown in Figures 12 to 20, inclusive, where a half-dollar is available, the larger coin is dropped in chute 150 and this coin will initially rest on the top ofpin 127 Crank is then rocked so that pin 127 will move from beneath coin 13 1 and permit this coin to drop downwardly to a confronting position with respect to pin 127.

Crank 152 is then rocked oppositely by the crank operating spring, similar to spring 97, and at this time shutter operator 134 is swung soas to move shutter 142 to open position. The ticket is then inserted in the machine, as hereinbefore described, whereupon crank 152 is again rocked so that punches 115 will punch through the-ticket and receipt the same.

As the ticket holds shutter 142 open, and as pin 127 moves coin 131 out from between the guides 129 and 130 when pin 127 is moved by rocking of crank 152 on the final cycle, the coin will drop downwardly into the bottom of housing 112 or a receptacle or collector in the housing for receiving the coins.

When the ticket has been punched, lever 152 is released so that the ticket can be withdrawn, and when the ticket has been withdrawn shutter 142 will move to closed position. At the time the ticket is punched or receipted by punches 115, cutter 1'54 will cut off the coupon whichwill remain in housing 112.

In the event a large coin 131is not available, two smaller fronting pin'145 and the upper coin confronting pin 128.

On the first manual rocking of crank 152, shutter opera- 'tor 134 is rocked and the lower coin 149 will be moved -.from between the guide strips 130 and 146 by the lower pin 145, and this lower coin, due to the shorter length of pin 145, will drop downwardly into the collector or lower portion of housing 112.

The upper coin 149 confronting pin 128 will be frictionally held between the rear end of pin 128 and operator 134 until crank 152 is again rocked'manually.

' As shutter 142 is held against movement by the inserted ticket, on the second manual movement of crank'152 pin 128'will release the upper coin 149 so that this coin, which has been moved out from between the guide strips 130 and 146, may drop downwardly into the collector or receiver.

The count of the coins drop into the housing 112 may be maintained by means of a conventional counter 156 disposed in the lower portion of housing 112 and having a spring-pressed operating arm 157 bearing against one edge of shutter 142.

Referring now to Figures 21 and 22, there is disclosed a modified form of this invention embodying a punch carrier 158 which is formed of plates 159 and 160 connected together by pin 162. Plate 159 has secured thereto a series of punches 161 forming a ticket receipting means. A toothed rack 163 is secured to the lower sides of the pins 162 and a gear or segment 164 meshes with rack 163. Gear 164 is secured to the operating shaft 165 similar to shaft 122.

Referring now to Figures 23 and 24, there is disclosed another form of operating means for the punch carrier, wherein the punch carrier 166, which is similar to carrier 152, has a pin 167 secured between the pins 168. The crank shaft 169 has fixed thereto a lever or arm 17% which is connected with pin 167 by means of a link 171.

Referring now to Figures and 26, there is disclosed another operating means for the punch carrier, wherein the carrier 172, which is similar to carrier 158, is operated by means of a lever or arm 173 secured to crank shaft 174. A pin 175 is secured between the connecting pins 176 of carrier 172 and arm or lever 173 is formed with an elongated slot or opening 177 through which pin 175 loosely engages.

In other respects the structure associated with the several forms of punch carrier operating means will be similar to the structure embodied in Figures 1 to 20, inclusive.

It will be understood that a drawer or receiver will be disposed in the bottom of housing and 112 to receive the coins, and a receiver will also be disposed in each housing to receive the coupons which are cut from each ticket.

What is claimed is:

1. A coin collecting machine for traffic violations comprising a housing, a ticket guide mean carried by said housing, a spring-pressed normally closed shutter at one end of said guide means, a ticket receipting means movably carried by said housing, a movable operator connected with said ticket receipting means, a shutter operator rockably carried by said housing, and coin guide means carried by said housing confronting said shutter operator, said coin guide means guiding a coin moving therethrough to a position lodged between said operators, said shutter operator having an opening adapted for engaging about said first named operator, said opening having a width less than the diameter of a coin whereby a coin lodged between said operators will close the opening in said shutter operator, movement of said first named operator effecting movement of said shutter to open position and insertion of a ticket in said guide means holding said shutter against closing whereby movement of said first named operator will efiect release of the coin.

2. in combination, a combined coin collecting and ticket receipting machine, comprising a housing, a ticket guide means carried by said housing, a ticket receipting means movable in said housing and adapted upon movement in one direction to engage a, ticket, operating means for said receipting means, a normally closed spring-pressed shutter carried by said housing and disposed at one end of said guide means, a shutter operator, and means for holding a coin between said shutter operator and said receipting means operator'for operatively connecting said shutter operator and said receipting means operator whereby movement of said receipting -means operator in the opposite direction will move said shutter to open position for admitting the ticket in said guide means, cutting means in said housing at the opposite end of said guide means, and means connecting said cutting means with said receipting means operator whereby a coupon will be cut from the ticket simultaneous with the engagement of said receipting means with the ticket.

3. A coin collecting and ticket receipting machine comprising a housing, ticket guide means in said housing, a ticket receipting means in said housing formed of a punch carrier, punches on said carrier, an operator for'said carrier, a normally closed shutter slidably carried by said housing at one end of said ticket guide means, a shutter operator rockably carried by said housing, said shutter operator being normally inactive with movement of said carrier, and means releasably supporting an inserted coin between said carrier and said shutter operator operatively connecting said carried and said shutter operator whereby the latter will be moved to shutter opening position with movement of said carrier in one direction.

4. A coin collecting and ticket receipting machine comprising a housing, ticket guide means in said housing, a ticket receipting means in said housing formed of a punch carrier, punches on said carrier, an operator for said carrier, a normally closed shutter slidably carried by said housing at one end of said ticket guide means, a shutter operator rockably carried by said housing, said shutter operator being normally inactive with movement of said carrier, means releasably supporting an inserted coin between said carrier and said shutter operator operatively connecting said carrier and said shutter operator whereby the latter will be moved to shutter opening position with movement of said carrier in one direction, and means connected with said carrier operator for cutting a coupon from the ticket when said carrier is moved in the opposite direction.

5. A coin collecting and receipting means comprising a housing having an opening through which a ticket is adapted to be inserted, a spring-pressed shutter normally closing said opening, a ticket receipting means in said housing, crank means connected with said receipting means for moving the latter to operative or inoperative position, a shutter operator movably carried by said housing and disposed adjacent one end of said receipting means, and means carried by said housing for initially holding a coin between said receipting means and said shutter operator operatively connecting said receipting means and said shutter operator whereby upon movement of said receipting means to inoperative position said shutter operator will be moved to shutter opening position.

6. A coin collecting and receipting means comprising a housing having an opening through which a ticket is adapted to be inserted, a spring-pressed shutter normally closing said opening, a ticket receipting means in said housing, crank means connected with said receipting means for moving the latter to operative or inoperative position, a shutter operator movably carried by said housing and disposed adjacent one end of said receipting means, means carried by said housing for initially holding a coin between said receipting means and said shutter operator operatively connecting said receipting means and said shutter operator whereby upon movement of said receipting means to inoperative position said shutter operator will be moved to shutter opening position, and means carried by said housing and connected with said crank means for cutting a coupon from the inserted ticket.

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