US1005662A - Coin-drawer. - Google Patents

Description

H. A. SMITH.

G01N DRAWER.

APPLIGATION FILED APB.. 20, 1909. 1,005,662. Patented 001.1111911.

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HENRY ALEXANDER SMITH, 0F ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, 0F ONE-FOURTH TO CHARLES CLIFFORD HUDSON AND ONE- SIXTH TO A. I. V. WILSON, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

COIN-DRAWER.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY ALEXANDER SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin-Drawers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in coin drawers designed primarily for use in connection with telephone pay stations, and more particularly comprehends a coin drawer so constructed that it may be setby the proper oicial for a proper reception of coins when introduced into the telephone casing and automatically locked againstaccess to the coins in the withdrawal from the casing.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a coin drawer designed to be introduced into telephone casings so that the coins inserted in the casing for the use of the telephone may be properly delivered to the drawer, the construction of the drawer mechanism being such that the cashier or other otiicial may initially set the parts so that after the drawer is introduced into the casing the coin slots in the drawer will be opened for the reception of the coins delivered to the casing, said mechanism operating to close and lock the coin-receiving slots of the drawer during the separation of the drawer from the casing.

The invention in the preferred form of details will be described in the following specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a broken perspective of a pay station telephone casing with the drawer in place. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the drawer with the upper wall thereof removed, illustrating the locking mechanism in the initial or normal position. Fig. 4 is a similar view with the parts in the position occupied in the first portion of the setting operation. Fig. 5 is a similar view with the parts in the position occupied at the completion of the setting operation, or when the drawer is ready for insertion in the casing. Fig. 6 is a broken plan of the drawer wit-h the top wall removed, the telephone casing being shown in horizontal section, the parts of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 20, 1909.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911. serial No. 491,093.

locking mechanism being in the positions occupied after insertion in the casing.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the present invention, my improved drawer comprises a rectangular box-like structure of sectional dimensions designed to it within the coin chamber 2 of a casing 3 of a telephone pay sta tion. As is well understood, receptacles of this character are inserted in the coin chamber of the pay station and withdrawn at intervals for the deposit of the coins collected at the particular station.

The drawer l includes the usual bottom, side, and end walls, one of the latter being hiiigedly mounted to permit access to the interior of the drawer, and being provided with any desired form of lock, as 4. The drawer is provided with a removable cover or top plate 5, and below and in spaced reation to said top plate is a horizontally disposed partition 6, between which latter and the top plate, the locking mechanism is arranged.

The upper surface of the partition is provided at appropriate points with spaced transversely arranged ribs 7 inwhich are formed slots 8 designed when the drawer is in proper position in the casing 3 to register with the delivery ends 9 of the respective coin chutes 10, whereby coins delivered through said chutes may fall into the drawer, it may be understood that the top plate 5 of the drawer is also formed with appropriately registering slots 11. The ribs 7 are of a height approximately equal to the distance between the partition 7 and the top plate 5, and are each centrally out away to provide shoulders 12 to form a guideway for the reception of a slide 13. The slide is designed for longitudinal movement in the guideway formed by the cut away portions of the ribs and is further provided with a series of slots 14 which, when the slide is in proper position will register with the slots in the ribs, serving, however, to close the slots in the ribs when the slide is in any other position.

The relatively rear end of the slide, or that end remote from the door of the drawer is formed with a rearward centrally arranged extension l5 designed to pivotally engage a setting lever 1G through the medium of a pin 17 carried by said lever engaging an opening formed in the extension. The lever is pivotally mounted at one end on the partition 6 in rear of the slide plate, as at 19 and extends transversely of the partition being formed on the rear edge with an upwardly extending flange 20, which is designed at all times to aline with an opening 21 formed in the rear wall of the drawer betweenthe partition and cover plate. The free end of the lever 16 is reduced in width and terminally provided with a vertically extending stud 22 for a purpose which will presently appear. An operating bar 23 is arranged longitudinally of the drawer being materially reduced in width for approximately the rear half of its length. At the forward portion, the bar 23 is connected to the drawer, being for this purpose formed with a transversely arranged slot 24 designed to receive a pin 25 extending upward from the abutment 26 formed on the inner surface of the door at an appropriate point. At the rear end, the operating bar is through the medium of a slot 27 formed in said bar and a pin 28 connected to the setting lever so as to permit an independent sliding move ment of the bar and lever. At the forward end of the reduced portion of the bar that edge thereof remote from the slide 13 is formed with a laterally extending lug 29 the rear edge of which is rounded as shown.

The operating bar is arranged at one side of the slide 13, and is guided in longitudinal movement by a stud 30 projecting upwardly from the partition 6, and adjacent its connection with the setting lever is formed on the edge remote from the pivotal connection of said lever with a lug 31, for a purpose which will presently appear.

Fixed in the partition 6 adjacent and in rear of the free end of the setting lever is a pivot pin 32 on which is pivotally mounted a locking dog 33 and a dog-controlling lever 84. The dog which is lowermost on the pivot pin is an elongated strip of metal formed in the rear end with an opening to engage the pivot pin 82 and at the forward end with a notch 35. The dog controlling lever 34 is designed to be engaged by the lug 31 of the operating bar, and in the edge adjacent said lug formed with a rounded depression 36 to cooperate with the lug, the operating lever and dog being connected through the medium of a pin 37 depending from the lever and seating in an opening 38 formed in the dog, the opening having a diameter exceeding that of the pin so as to permit a limited independent movement of the dog. A leaf spring 39 is secured to the underside of the dog controlling lever and is designed to engage the dog so as to normally press the forward or notched end thereof to its limit of movement in a direction away from the operating bar. The forward end of the dog' controlling lever is provided with an exten sion connected through the medium of a coil spring 40 to a stud projecting from the upper surface of the pin whereby the dog controlling lever is normally held at its limit of movement toward the operating bar.

The parts are so arranged that the dog and dog controlling lever are arranged in superimposed relation above the free end of the setting lever, so that the dog rests directly on the end of the setting lever immediately adjacent the pin 22 carried by said le ver and between said pin and the pivotal support of the lever.

Mounted upon a pivot pin 41 extending upwardly from the partition adjacent and in rear of the lug 29 is what l term a locking lever 42. This lever is made in two sections 43 and 44. The forward section 44 in the form of a plate provided with spaced ears 45 at the rear end in each of which there is formed an opening to engage the pivot pin 41, while the rear section is an elongated strip of a thickness to fit between the ears 45, the forward portion of the strip being offset from the rear portion so as to normally lie against the inner surface of the plate 44. The rear portion is also formed with an opening to engage the pivot pin 41, so that both sections of the lever are mounted on the pivot pin, the specific construction per mit-ting free movement of the rear portion of the lever in one direction without regard to the forward portion of said lever while compelling movement of the rear portion of the lever under movement of the forward portion in the opposite direction. Leaf springs 46%7 are designed to coperatie with the respective portions of the locking lever, the former operating in rear of the forward portion of the lever, or between the same and the approximate side of the drawer while the latter engages the opposing face of the rear portion of the lever. Under the influence of the spring 46, the forward portion of the lever will be moved with the eEect to swing the rear portion thereof toward the adjacent wall of the case, while the tendency of the spring 47 is to normally maintain the rear portion of the lever at its limit of movement outward from the ad* jacent wall of the drawer. The spring 46 is of greater strength than the spring 47 so that the normal effect of the springs is to force the free end of the rear portion of the lever toward the adjacent wall of the case.

The parts are so arranged and the locking lever is of such length that when the operating bar is at its limit of rearward movement, the lug 29 thereof will engage the forn ward portion of said lever and force the free or forward end thereof into contact with the adjacent wall of the chamber, at the same time permitting the spring 47 to so operate the forward end of the rear portion of the lever as to arrange the rear end thereof at its limit of movement outwardly from the adjacent wall of the drawer. In this position, the rear end of the rear portion of the lever is disposed in front of the relatively forward edge of the setting lever, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, thus, preventing a forward movement of the setting lever. As will be plain from F ig. 3, the setting lever when in rearward position, holds the slide 13 in such position as to cover or close the slots 8 in the partition 6. This is the normal position of the parts and it will be noted that as long as the door of a drawer remains locked or closed, the slots 8 providing access to the interior of the door are not open, and hence, the interior of the drawer is closed against the introduction or withdrawing of the coins.

Assuming now that it is desired to set the drawer for introduction into the telephone casing. The cashier or other oicialat the point where the drawers are distributed, unlocks the door and opens the same to its limit. This movement impels a sliding movement of the operating bar with the effect to relieve the locking lever from the pressure of the lug 29, and to cause the lug 31 to travel lengthwise the dog controlling lever and move the same and the dog toward the adjacent wall of the drawer. Immediately the locking lever is relieved from the pressure of the lug 29, the spring 46 exerts its power over the spring 47 with the effect to force the rear end of the locking lever toward the adjacent wall of the drawer and thereby release the free end of the setting lever. As the forward movement of the operating bar continues, it will draw the set-ting lever forward and dispose the slots in the slide 13 in alinement with the slots in the partition 6 and cover plate 5. The movement of the parts continues until the stud 22 carried by the setting lever rides into a position in advance of the notched end of the dog 33 whereupon said dog under the influence of the spring 39 moves laterally in rear of the stud 22 and prevents a return of the setting lever to normal position. The parts are now in the condition noted in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and the setting operation is completed by closing and locking the door. This movement restores the operating bar to normal position, thereby again causing the lug 29 to engage and operate the locking lever, but as said lug engages only the forward portion of said lever, it will be obvious that said portion only will be operated as the rear portion thereof isV held against movement by the free end of the setting lever, thus tensioning the spring 47 for subsequent automatic operation, as will presently appear. The drawer is now .readyxfoi insertion in the telephone pay station casing, and the latter at an appropriate point in the rear wall is provided with a finger 48 which, when the drawer is inserted is designed to pass through the opening 21 in the rear wall ofthe drawer. The finger is of such length that as the drawer is moved to its rearward limit in the coin chamber, the linger will engage the flange 2O of the setting lever and cause a slight forward movement of the lever. This movement of the lever disengages the stud 22 from the notched end of the locking dog permitting the spring 40 to draw the dog controlling lever, and through it the dog out of the path of the stud of the setting lever. The setting lever, however, can not move in the rearward direction, owing to the presence of the finger 48, hence, as long as the drawer remains in the casing, the slide 13 is in such position as to provide uninterrupted communication between the coin chutes 10 and the interior of the drawer. When, however, the drawer is withdrawn for the purpose of removing the coins deposited therein, it will be obvious that the setting lever is free to move in a rearward direction and carry with it 'the slide, such movement being induced by a leaf spring 49 secured to the wall of the drawer and underlying the slide and bearing against a pin 50 depending from the slide. This movement of the slide automatically closes the -slots 8 in the partition, and as the free endof the setting moves rearward beyond the free end of the locking lever, the spring 47 operates to force the free end of the locking lever away from the adjacent wall of the drawer and into a position in front of the free end of the setting lever. The slide is thus locked in position to close the slots leading to the interior of the drawer, and can not be moved except by a manipulation of the door as previously described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A coin drawer, a door closing an opening therein, means for closing the drawer against coin reception, and means rendered operative by the opening of the door to lock the closing means in open position.

2. A coin drawer formed with a coin-receiving slot, a door closing an opening in the drawer, means for closing the slot, and means rendered operative by the movement of the door for locking the closing means in open position.

3. A coin drawer formed with a coin-receiving slot, a door closing an opening in the drawer, a slide closing the slot, and means rendered operative by the movement of the door for locking the slide in open position.

4. A coin drawer formed with a coin-receiving slot, a slide arranged to close the slot, a door closing-an opening in the drawer,

ist i an operatingbar connected with the door, and means intermediate said bar and slide for moving the latter to open position in themovement of the door.

5. A coin drawer formed with a Coin-receiving slot, a slide arranged to close the slot, a door closing an opening in the drawer, an operating bar connected with the door, means intermediate said bar and slide for moving the latter to open position in the movement of the door, and means Carried by the drawer for locking the slide in open position.

6. A coin drawer formed with a eoinre eeiving slot, a slide arranged to close the slot, a door closing and openingin the drawer, an operating bar Connected with the door, means intermediate said bar and slide for moving the latter to open position in the movement of the door, and means earried by the drawer for looking the slide in open position, independent of the movement of the door.

7. A coin drawer formed with a coinreeeiving slot, a slide arranged to elose said slot, a lever pivotally mounted on the drawer and connected to the slide, a door closing an opening in the drawer, and means intermediate the door and lever whereby in the movement of door the lever is moved to arrange the slide in open position with relation to the slot.

8. A coin drawer formed with a coinreceiving slot, a slide arranged to Close said slot, a lever pivotally mounted on the drawer and connected to the slide, a door closing an opening in the drawer, means intermediate the door and lever whereby in the movement of the door the lever is moved to arrange the slide in open position with relation to the slot, and means carried by the drawer for looking the lever in position to maintain the slide in slot-opening position.

9. A eoin drawer formed with a eoinreceiving slot, a door for the drawer, a slide arranged to close the slot, a setting lever pivotally mounted on the drawer and connected with the slide, an operating bar oonneoting the door and lever, a locking dog for the lever, means Carried by the bar to move the dog in the path of the lever in the movement of the bar, and means carried by the lever to be engaged by the dog to look the lever in operative position.

10. A Goin drawer, a door therefor, means carried by the drawer for Controlling the admission of coins thereto, and permanent Connections joining said means and door whereby in one movement of the latter said means is operated.

11. A coin drawer, a door therefor, means carried by the drawer for cont-rolling the admission of Coins thereto, and permanent connections joining said means and door whereby in one movement of the latter said means is operated, said connections being arranged to permit the opposing movement of the door without affecting said means.

12. A coin drawer, a door therefor, means for controlling Coin admission to the drawer, and permanent connections joining the door and said means, whereby in the opening movement of the door the means is operated to permit the introduction of coins into the drawer.

13. A coin drawer, a door therefor, means for controlling coin admission to the drawer, connections intermediate the door and said means, whereby in the opening movement of the door the means is operated to permit the introduction of eoins into the drawer, and looking mechanism carried by the drawer to leek said means in the position resulting from the operative movement of the door.

14. A eoin drawer formed with a slot, a slide Controlling said slot, a setting lever pivotallv mounted on the drawer and connected to the slide, a door for the drawer, an.

operating bar connected to the door, and a pin and slot connection between said bar and lever, whereby in the opening movement of the door the lever is moved in one direction to arrange the slide to open the slot.

15. A coin drawer formed with a slot, a slide controlling said slot, a setting lever pivotally mounted on the drawer and oonn eeted to the slide, a door for the drawer, an operating bar connected to the door, and a pin and slot connection between said bar and lever, and a looking dog pivotally mounted on the drawer and designed to engage and loelr the lever in the position as sumed in the operative movement of the door.

16. A Coin drawer formed with a slot, a slide controlling said slot, a setting lever pivotally mounted on the drawer and eonneeted to the slide, a door for the drawer, an operating bar connected to the door, and a pin and slot connection between said bar and lever, a looking dog pivotally mounted on the drawer and designed to engage and lock the lever in the position assumed in the operative movement of the door, a dog oontrolling lever designed to be actuated in the operative movement of the bar, said controlling lever having a loose Connection with the dog, whereby to move the dog toward locking position in the movement of the operating bar.

17. A coin drawer formed with a slot, a slide controlling said slot, a setting lever pivotally mounted on the drawer and connected to the slide, a door for the drawer, an operating bar eonneoted to the door, a pin and slot connection between said bar and lever, a locking dog pivotally mounted on the drawer and designed to engage and lock the lever in the position assumed in the operative movement of the door, and a dog controlling lever designed to be actuated in the operative movement of the bar, said oontrolling lever having a loose connection with the dog, said bar and controlling lever being formed to permit independent movement of the lever when the bar is in inoperative position.

18. A coin drawer formed with a slot, a slide controlling said slot, a setting lever pivotally mounted on the drawer and connected to the slide, a door for the drawer, an operating bar connected to the door, a pin and slot connection between said bar and lever, a looking dog pivotally mounted on the drawer and designed to engage and look the lever in the position assumed in the operative movement of the door, a dog Con- HENRY ALEXANDER SMITH.

Witnesses:

W. P. HUNTER, C. C. HUDSON.

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