US933205A - Registering-bank. - Google Patents

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L. RITTELMAN.

REGISTERING BANK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1908.

Patented Sept. 7, 1909.

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LAWRENCE RITTELMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REGISTERING-BANK.

Application filed January 16, 1908.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE RITTEL- MAN, of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city of New York, and State of New ork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering Banks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to registering banks, but more particularly that class of banks which are adapted to accommodate only coins of one specific denomination and size, whereby the registering device will indicate the sum of the contents by mechanism based on the addition of the number of coins in the box.

The object of this invention is to construct a registering bank wherein the coin itself acts as the means to effectuate the operation of the registering device, and also to construct suitable working parts to make such a bank effective and useful.

In the drawings, Figure l is a on line 11 of Fig.

section of 3 looking up- Fig. 2 1s a section of the bank on line 2-2 of Fig. 3 looking down. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bank, with certain parts shown in section. Fig. A is a partial face I View of the registering disk. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the bank with parts omitted, illustrating the locking means. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the bank.

The bank is provided with the usual indicating disk A, which is provided on its front with a series of numbers, such as 10, 20,

etc., or a, 10, 15, etc., only one of such numbers being visible at a time through an aper ture in the casing. (As shown in F 6). At the rear of this registering disk A there are placed projecting teeth B corresponding in number to the individual figures on the opposite side of the disk. Thus, if the bank is in its normal condition the indicating de-. vice will show a zero. As the first coin is inserted in the bank one of the teeth B of the indicating disk is pushed forward one step by the spring pawl C, forming part of the pivoted member D, so that the indicating device if the bank is set for ten cent pieces will read 10. The pivoted member D is then returned to its initial position by the influ ence of the spring E, thus causing the spring pawl C to ride over the back of one of the teeth 13, the stop pawl C holding the disk against movement during this operation, whereupon the bank is in condition to re- 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

I for normally locking the arm,

Patented Sept. 7, 1909. Serial No. 411,037.

ceive the second coin. The mechanism which causes the registering device to advance step by step, as before described, comprises the arm D, pivoted at F. As the coin is inserted in the slot the cam face D of the arm D pushed over by the entrance of the coin into the box, the other side of the coin abutting against the rigid pin X. The action of the coin on the cam face D forces the arm D to swing about the pivot F so as to force its constituent spring pawl C against one of the teeth B of the plate A, thereby advancing the plate A one step. The coin then drops into the box. In order to prevent any tampering with the registering device by the insertion of a knife blade, or similar means, I provide the locking means G, H, I, J, I, the object of which is to lock the bank against any registration unless upon the insertion of the correct coin. The locking means consists, first, of the flexible plate G, fastened at H to a stationary part of the bank, and provided with the flange I and the rounded depression J, the latter projecting through an opening K of the arm In their normal relations these parts act so as to lock the arm D against movement by means of the flange T. Upon the insertion of a coin in the coin-slot the said coin first abuts against the depression J, and as it progrc... the coin raises the whole plate G and lifts the flange 1 out of the path of the arm D. As the coin enters the slot further it pushes over the arm D, as before described. lVhen the coin has completely passed into the bank the plate G snaps back, and the projection J and flange I again assume their normal locking posit-ion. hen the registering disk has made one complete circle the bank is arranged so as to open automatically by means of the co-action between the cam L and the spring M. The spring M is provided with an aperture through which projects the fixed pin N As the cam L passes the spring M, as it does at the end of the revolution of the registering disk, it forces the spring M inward and thus off the pin N, and the bank is open.

I claim:

1. In a registering bank, the combination of the rotary registering disk, the swinging arm arranged to be operated by a coin to ad *ance said disk, and a movable member said member the pat-h of the coin and being lying in adapted to be pushed aside by the coin to moved aside thereby and remove said tlange release the arm. s rrom the )at-h of the coin.

2. In a registering bank, the combination i. in a registering bank, the combination 20 of the rotary registering disk, the swinging of the rotary registering disk, the swinging 5 arm arranged to be operated by a coin to adarm arranged to operate said disk and provance said disk, and a yielding member for vided with a cam face or shoulder adapted normally looking the arm, said member beto be engaged by the coin, and a stationary ing provided with a projection extending pin opposing said shoulder and forming a 25 through the arm and arranged to be pushed bearing point for the opposite edge portion aside by the com to release the arm. of the com.

8. In a registering bank, the combination In witness whereof I have hereunto set of the rotary registering disk, the swinging my hand in the presence of two subscribing arm arranged to be operated by a coin to adwitnesses, this Hth day of January, 1908. 30

Vance said disk, and a movable member hav- LAWREYGE RITTELMAN. 15 mg a flange normally in the path of said Htnesses:

arm to lock it, and also having a pro ection HANS v. Bmnsrm,

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