US1039761A - Counting-machine. - Google Patents

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GGUNTNG MAGHNE.

APPLIGATIOH FILED JUNE 9, 1909 Patented Oct. 319m 1,039 IGL 11 SHEETS-"SHEET l.

I. LAR-SEN.

CUNTING MACHINE.

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1. LARSEN. Y GOUNINLJ: MACHINE. APPLGATION FILED JUNE 9, 1909.'

Patented Oct. 1, 1912.

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L LARSBNQ GOUNTING MACHINE. APYLIOATION FILED JU'NE 9, 1909.

1,039,761 Patented 9ct. 192.

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I. LRSEN.

UUUNTING MAGHNB. APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 9, 1909.

Patented Get. 1, 19l2.

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l. LARSEN.

GOUNTING-IWAGHINE.

APPLICATION P1LBD.IUNE9,1909.

1,039,761. Patented om. i, i912.

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1.v LARSBN.

GOUNTXNG MACHINE. APELIGATNN FILED JUNE 9,

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L LARSEN.

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P/PLIGATOH FILED JUNE 9, 1909.

39.939,76 1 Patented oet. 1, 1912.

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I. LARSEN.

COUNTING MACHINE.' APPLICATION FILED JUNBQ, 1909.

1,039,761 Patented 0@t.1,1912.

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COUNTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9,1909

1,039,761 Patented. act. 1, wie.

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UNITED sTATns PATENT orrion WERT LAnsEN, or uniendo, ILLINOIS..

COUNTING-MACHINE.

Theater'.

To atl it may concern: n p v Be it known that I, Ivnnr LARSEN, al citif *zen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the'county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful I mprovement 'in Counting-Machines, of which the 'following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to Inachines for use in counting coins, or the like; ancl'my primary object is to provide a. machine of the character indicated Well adapted to the purposeo counting coins ozditferent denon1ination s,\ said machine being of' durable construction, of high capa-city and reliably accurate', y

A further object is to inea-ns whereby the machine may be vari- `ously set for counting predet'ennined Inumor" coins and Will be automatically stopped when 'the number of coins for which the machine has been'set is counted. "Y

A further objectis to provide improved means 'whereby a machine of the character -indice-tedmay have the povver disconnected 'and a brake applied so as to eiectinstant-l stoppage of the machine..

Still another object is to provide a coincarrier having coin pockets, or coin receptacles, Whichvary in size during the operatio-n of the carrier, as the coins are carried -to the iegister-actnating means; so that wedgin of the coinslinstheir pockets Willvbe obriate and a proper distribution of the A coins in 'the pocketsof the 'carrier will be secured as the operati/on progresses.

Other important objects Will appear'fromI the description hereafter' given.

It may be stated prelinnnarily that in the preferred construction of my invention there are employed a main frame in which are journaled Wheels upon which is mounted a iexible coin-carrier, said frame being equipped 4With carrier-guides adapted to so direct-the*movement of the carrier as to contract the coin-pockets thereof aty the place where thecoins are deposited on the carrier and to expand the coin-pockets as they approach the register-actuating mechanism; gear mechanism through the. medium of which thecarrier is operated; a tiltably mounted 'motor and brake, said motor equipped *with* a friction-Wheel, and said frictionwheel and v'brake being so related to a friction-Wheel 'connected with' the gear mechanism that Iwhen the motor is tilted in Specicatonof letters Patent.

-G and ratchet mechanism through the medium provide" improved v'carriers arrangedv side d y ratentedoctfgnioia.y

Application med :rune-9, 1909. fser'ia1 No. 501,165. i

one direction lthe power Will'be. applied'and'.v .v Awhen vthe motor. is tilted'inlthe opposite` dire'ction thepowerwl be. disconnected- 'and f thejbrake'v applied; a suitfableffcunti Vor' l ref g'isteringA device; .--a- {master-:fl gearlw 88130 through'the medium of whichsaid counting ydevice is actuated; coin-cltr'lld Iactuatin means for said gear-wheel--includin'g a sha, t 'j and a' pinion meshing with said;gear-*wheel4 of which said shaft isroftatemstepby-step,

as the coins are carried .in lsuccession :beneath or past the trippingdevice employed; and

lmeans controllingtheposition of said motor 'and brake equi ppedwith a trip devicear- Wheel, according to the number of' coins-'to be counted, the construction' beingysuch that when said last-named t-ripdevicewis'operated t, after the counting'of a pijedeterfminednuml her of coins the motor will'be, automatically.

'thrown to the non-operative position and ,the

brake applied. It may alsofbe 4observed at this point that said las't'rnamed trip deviceniay be. setat aneutral position soas not to ne affected. by the pinsor sty-uds carried by said master wheel, 'in l Which-...case fthe {ma}- chine will continue to countindenitely as long as coins are carried beneath or past saidV first-mentioned trip device',

-tuated by pins carried said gmasterggear-f In the construction illustratedpthe flexible., c carrier takes the`form` ofjfachain having y peculiarly constructed lii'ilsaiidjeajch coin' pocket-is formed by Walls carried by'tivo ladj- L jacent links, from Whichfit Willk'bev understood that the pockets will be contracted where the chain is so guided as to form a concavity and the pocketsnillfb'e 'expanded Where the chain is so guided to travelv substantially a straightfl'in. f" Inl ,the pre-v ferred construction, I emloy b operate,@Ll ab Figure l represents a sideelevational vievvlA of a coin-counting machinepfconst p accordance .W1th my ln'yention; Fig'g'Qv, a

'icted in front elevational View of the same with the coin-discharge chute, which .appears in the.

upper left-hand portion of Fig, 1, removed; Fig. .3, Ia vertical sectional view taken approximatel'y as indicated.l at line 3 of Fig. 2; Fic'. 4, -a fragmentarysectional view on an en arged'scale showing the construction vof the carrier-links employed; Fig. 5, a sectional view taken- 'as indicated vat line 5 `of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a view'onan enlarged scale of the'upper port-ion of the machine, viewed asin Fig. 1, but with the motor shown brokenly; Fig. 7, a sectionall view taken as indicated'at line 7 of Fig. 6 and showing in detail the sprocket-wheels Awhich actuate the carrier-chains.; Fig. 8, a broken sectional view taken as indicated at line 8 on Fig. '3

and showing the gear-,changing device employed; Fig. 9, a broken sectlon'al view taken as indicated at" line 9 of Figs. -2 and 7; Fig. 10, a broken View, partly in section, showing the construction at the rear upperportion of the main frame or casing of the machine; Fig. 1'1, a horizontal section taken as indicated at line 11 of Figs.l 3 and 9; Fig. 12, a broken frontelevational view showing the upper portion of the machine with the coindischarge chute, coin-counter 'and external gear removed; Fig. 13, a broken horizontal sectional view taken as indicated at line 13 'of Fig. 12, andshowing the .front upper portion of the main frameand the carrierguides with which it is provided, the front oltio'ns of the carrier-chains being shown 1n section; Fig. 1 4, abroken side .elevational view showing-thev upper portion of the central rib, or curved rail, which 'forms a part of the 4main frame, and which is provided with guides for the two carrier-chains which Hank it; Fig.- 15, a brokeni sectional View,

taken as indicated at line 15 ofl Fig. 13 and showing the same frame member shown in Fig. 14 and showing also one of the cointripped retaining-pawls and a ratchet-wheel actuating-lever co-actingtherewith Fig. 16, a similar section taken as indicated at line 16 of Fig. 13 and showing additional partsv not shownin Fig. 15 and also show-ing said retaining-pawl loclringlyV engaging said l.ratchet-wheel actuating-l lever; Fig- 17, a

perspective View showing a'retaining-plate ,which is fixedly secured to the central frame member shown in Fig. 14 and which serves ably, orshiftably,supported; Fig. 24, a

broken sectional View on an enlarged scale showing the lower p'ortion ofthe construe-- tion shown in Fig. 3, the section being ltaken approximately as indicated at line 24 of F ig,

2; Fig. 25, a broken sectional view taken 8o.

as indicated at line 25 ofv Fig. 24; Fig. 26, a broken sectional View taken as indicated at line 26 of Fig.' 24; Fig. 27, a broken elevational vieW,-.v partly lin section, showin" a portion ofgthe coin-counting device, andthe mechanism' controlling-the starting and `st (ppin'g ofthe machine-;`F ig.' 28, a broken si e elevational viewof the same; Fig. 29, a. plan view/fof the'bracket- Whichcarries the trip-ping-pawls of the starting and stopping mechanism,said view showing in section the. master gear-'Wheel and'one of the trippingpins carried thereby; and Fig. 30, a perspective 'View of one of said tripping-pawls.V

In the preferred construction, A represents the main frame of the machiney which is equipped with tables, or hoppers, A1, A, servlng, respectively,r to support the coins for therelatively largea-nd relatively small carriers which' are employed in the machine illustrated; '13, B1, flexible. coin-carriers whose yupper ends pass about sprocketwheels B2,B3, respectlvely, and whose lower ends'pass about wheels B4 and B5, respec-: tively; C, gear mechanism through the nredium of which sa'id sprocket-wheels and carriers are actuated; D, a shiftablymountedmotor and brake adapted to apply either drivin power or brake power to the machine t` rough the medium of the gear mechanism, at wlll; E, a-coin-counter, or register, equipped with an actuating pinion El; F, a master gear-wheel which serves to actuate the pinion E1, and which, in turn, is actuated' by coin-controlled mechanism; G, coinv11:5 controlled mechanism throu hth'elmedim of which `the master gear F 'is actuated; H, motor and brake controlling mechanism controlled through the medium of the master gear-wheel F; and I, coin-discharge chutes 120 (one shown) through which the coins are discharged from the machine after they have passed beneath or pastt-he trip devices, or retaining-pawls, of the ratchet-Wheel actuating-levers of the mechanism G.

The main frame A may be of -any suitable construction. Inasmuch-as it is desirable to dispose the exidless flexible carriers approximately in the shape off-an S, so as to provide concavities at lv'the points where the coins are '130 sprocket-wheels. The extremities of the pms 29.are provided -with circumferential grooves 33' which receive'spring-split. rings 34 which serve to securethe rollers on the 5: pins. vThe outerl ends of the rollers are recessedror countersunk -to accommodate theA Fig.- 25.' Each link 28 has its outer, or coin-` engaging-surface provided with a recess 3 6 having, when the link occupiesv a vertical position, a'slightlyinclined bottom surface '37 'and a lower shoulder 38 iadapted to engage the lower edge; of the coin.' Each link has' also, at or near its lower portion, a shoulder 39, and the shoulder 39 of one link ceeding` link, a coin-pocket. rlhe coin-pocket is of variable sine, as will be understood from consideration the fact' that the piv'- ots ofthe links' lie ina line somewhat removed from the pockets,"and-the links turn with relation to each other as the vchain travels.V Each link is rovided o `n its outer surface with a longitudinal groove 4Q adapted to receive the pointofa strippenor coinej-ector. There 1s a coin-ejector 41 corresponding `with each coin-carrier, said coinejector being supported on the main frame land provided, as best shown in Figs. and 16,.-with-,a downwardly and rearwardly extending finger, or narrow tongue, 42 which `extends intothe groove of the; link passing beneath; orbehind the ejector. The coinej'e'ctor 'is located immediately above the coin-actuating 4trip which controls the ratchet-actuating lever aof the counter-actuating mechanism. It will beunderstood, of course, thatjthere is n. ratchet-actuating lever andcontrolling-trip therefor corresponding with eachilexible coin-carrier.

Aswill best bezunderstood, from Figs-3 4andfrf," each of the sprocket-wheels is provided with a double set of sprocket=teeth- 43-whichare separated byv arim 44. The

rollers' 32 engage the sprocket-teeth 43 and guides 17 'atthe tangential points, and the carrier-'chains .are accommodated between thedolible sets of teeth of the sprocket wheels. The carrier-wheels are supported on bolts 45 and '46\connecting the side- '155 v. v l platesof the mainframe, The wheelsare I lntfrictionally journaled on said bolts,

roller-bearings 47 being employed, vas shown 7 -The upper wheels, -or sprocketwheels, Bzand B3, are provided, respec: tively,'with gear-wheels 48.and 49, which, as shown, are rigidly'secured to the sprocketwheels by means of. screws, but which may "i be formed integrally with the sprocketwheels, if desired. y It *maybesta-ted here forms, withthegrec'ess' 36 of the next suc-'.'side- plates 1 and 2 with inclined rearguides projectbeyond the samejso a'sto engage the that the'sprocket-wheels and carrier-chains ,are driven, at will, through the lmedium of the. gears 48 and 49.

As a' convenient means of detachably, connecting thefleXible sheet metal rim-plates 70, l0 and 12 with the side-plates of the casing, or main frame, each attaching device .11

vcomprises (as shown in Fig. 1 1), a non- Thus, as the screws 51 Vare turned inward, 30

the rim-plate will be clamped betweenithe' slotted pins 50. v

Although not essential to myinvention, I prefer to equip' the rinner surfaces of the 52, as shown in Fig. 9, said guides serving to prevent obj ectional vibration of the hanging, or inoperative, portions of the carrier-l -chalns 1 Thel gear, mechanism C, through the ine-` dium ofwhich the liexible coin-carriers are actuated, one at a time, Awill be best understood by reference to Figs, 2, 3, 8 and 9. 4It

comprises a. friction-wheel 53 splined on a shiftable shaft 54 journaled in `the sideplates 1 and2 of the main frame, the wheel 53 being located adjacent the outer surface. of the side-plate 2; pinions 55 and 56 xedly secured on the shaft 54 and shiftable therewith; gears 57 and 58 meshing with the 100v gears 48 and 49, respectively, and adapted to be engaged (one at a time) by the pinions' 55 and56, respectively; a bolt', or shaft, 59 on which the gears 57 and 58 are anti-frictionally journaled'; a yoke, or'member, 60-1054 vconnected with and serving to shiftthe shaft 54, said member 60 being supported on a guide 61 connecting the side- plates 1 and 2 of the frame; and a link, or handle, 62 pivotally connected with the member 60 and eX- 110 tending through a slot 63 in the side-plate 1, said link 62 being provided at its lower "edge with notches 64 and 65 adapted to lockingly engage the lower wall of the slot 63, th'us securing. the shaft 54 against accidental 115 longitudinal movement.' One end of the shaft-54 is slidalolel in a cap-piece, or bearing, 66 with which the frame-plate 1 is provided, and the other end is received- 1n a sleeve 67 which is antifrictionally journaled. 120 in the frame-plate`2, roller-bearings 68 lbeing employed for the purpose. The shaft 54 is provided' with a spline' 69 received by va slot 70 with whichthe huby ofthe wheel 53 is provided, said spline.,,'orprojection, 69 125 extendin :through asltin'the sleeve 67. As will e understood from` Figs. -1 and 2,

the frictionally driven wheel 53 has a laterally'projecting rim 7.1fth inner surface of which is adapted to be engaged by a fricwhichcnrriesthe motor.

'mounting the s amewill .behest understood v by.reference to Figs. 1,' 2, 7, 22

heniotor isdesignated 72, and El); "1'

-et ldfcarried .by the frame-plate 2. sha'tfld ofthe motor is equipped with 7;?. -`which maybe thrown into 'axle portion 79 ofthe tiltnraclret 741-.

ung'doa'nwardln' the friction-disk 77 Will 'brought info" c ontact 'with theinner surface oftheprin '71 o f Athe Wheel 53 yand the lirale "fwill vsimultaneously Withdrawn surface'- ofrsaid rim. 'Norailthehradket is'yieldingly supported uch' yposition 'as `to -rnaintain the' friction-A throughthe medium .of a pring SOIo adjustable? tension vsupported on' the "fixed bracket 16.1 The bracket 16 supports a barrier sr'ira'sgshown in Fig; c) ia which the springlSOis contained, the lower end of said harrel`- ittedv with a threaded plug 82 by' means owhich the desired adjustment isv ecired.' "Gn vthe upper end of the spring '80 rests" a movable plug, or plunger, 83 whose fupper'endis .rounded to afford a bearingupon' which rests a rounded boss 84 With Y which vthe bra'clet- 74'- is equipped. The

bracket 74 may have its front. end depressed and maintainedin a-depressed position so as tdkeep the friction-disk v77 in driving ccn- ,tajct'with4 the' 7l ot'thewheel 53 through the mediu'n ofthe mechanism H, "which nicohanimnnvill operate to vnniii'it-ain' the n10-- driviiigrela'tion to the gear' mecha.

^` their. operate to' automatically discon- *echanisnix Ilwill' he escribedin' dei-.n shall have beenfdescrihed:

"'f-Ihefcounting, orv registering, device 'E raayheofany'fap rove'4 'construct-inn.y The y necessary to sjtatethat the device regis tinted, bymeans of pivots', on the ined ient'witli the innery surface of the i of themachine' as long' asdesire'd and hedrivin'g power and a ply the brake.'

the counter-actuating mechanism;`

rm .llustra ted is well lmown, and it is.

rs one coun-teach time its shaft isrotated The bracket-85 has'a'rms SS, 8 9 and 90. The arm 88 carries the counting" device E; the

ries the shaft for the pinion, 92 which serves to actuatefthe Wheel F. Y .The master vvheel'F actuate the 'register E tvvo hundred times at one Aside. of the Wheel F are provided tivo juStablr eued be Shaft; 0r 10'm@liet-erm; l carryhy abracket- *8T attached to the side-plate 2 of the. frame 'of' the machine.

ea'ch revolution of the master Wheel. lO11,

studs 93`of`su1licient length and so arranged asto actuate t-lietriphar'of the mechanism H ai each half-revolution ofthe when '852 On 'the same sident` the wheel F, at'909v from the studs 93 are t'wo'studs Sil of intermediate length and adapted to actuate the trip-bar of the mechanismrH when the sanie'is 'setin afditerent position. .On the same side oigo" theW-heel F are providedffour still shorter studs 95 which divide the quadrants of the.

Wheel. Thus, it Willbeunderstcod that the longest studs may be employedjo trip the mechanism H at each half-revolution of the mechanism' jat each'quarter-revolution of the length and vshortest studs `may be employed .totrip the mechanism H 'atv each `eighth- 95j Wheel; the longest studs and the two intermediate studs may be employed to trip the ,Wheel F; and the longest, the intermediate" revolution of the wheel Thus, the lde-l.

vice mar7 he arranged'for counting'one'hunvdred coins, fifty coins andtvventy-ive coins. On theoppo'site side of the lWheel F are'emp'loyed tive' long studs 96, providing for counting forty; tive studs 97 of' intermediate f length', which, in connection with the studs 96,

provide for counting twenty; 'and ten short" studs 9S, which, in connect-ion with the long studs and studs of intermediate length, pro- I vide fo'rcounting ten. The manner in which the'studs serve' lto trip the `mechanism H L -and fedect disconnection of the lpower' andi: stoppage of the machine Will be explained'in detail presently.z

reference to Figs, and l2' to `20 `i nclusive.v lIt comprises a shaft 9 9 .which serves to ac The coin controlled counter-- 'actuatingl mechanism G Will be best Iunderstood byv tuate ythe master gear-Wheel F through the,

medium of the pinion 92, said sha-ft having one extremitj7 journaled Vin thebracketnrm 90, its intermediate and other `end portion journaled in bearings `100g-and 101, With which the frame-plates I and Zarefprovided; ratchet-WheelslOQ, 103 secured on the shaft 99 and 'separated by a space .or groove 104, said:ratchet-wheels being formed integral with each 'otherand with the shaft, ist de sired, and having the groove, or space, 104

between their peripheral portions to accommodate the pawl-retaining plate shown in Fig. 17; ratchet-actuating levers 105 and 106 pivoted on the shaft 99 and equipped, respectively, with paWls 107 and 108 which are held in engagement with the ratchetwheels by springs 109; a shaft, or bolt, 110 supported in bearings 111 with which the front edges of the side-plates 1 and 2 are equipped toward their upper ends; a pair of coin-actuated trip-levers 112, 113 pivoted on the shaft 110 and serving normally to holdv the pand-actuating levers out of engagement .with the rollers of the flexible carriers,which rollers serve to actuate the paWl-actuating levers in the counting operation; a divisionplate 114 having a perforation 115 through Which the shaft 110 extends and having an upward extension 116 which bears against the front surface of the rail 6 above the shaft 110, said division-plate 114 having a concavity 117 to accommodate the shaft 99, said plate serving as a retainerto hold thel pavvls and springs therefor carried by the ratchetactuating levers on the studs upon which they' are mounted; a shaft, or bolt, 118 located beneath the shaft 99 -and carried by bearings 119 with which the front edges of the side-plates 1 and 2 are provided, said shaft extending also through a perforation 120 with which the intermediate rail 6 is provided; coin-pressers 121 and 122 pivoted on the shaft. or bolt, 118 and beneath or behind which the coins are carried by the carriers as the coins approach the coin-actuated trip members; a yoke, or bracket, 123- fixedly secured, by a screw 124, to the rail G in front of the'shaft 118, said bracket having arms projecting at both sides of the rail, each arm carrying a spring-held plunger 125 and an adjustable stop 120; and springs 127 and 128 connecting the ratchet-actuating levers and the coin-actuated trip members,

near its front end with a stud 129 serving- Each ratchet-actuating lever is equipped as a mounting for. the pawl carried by the lever, and with a stud 130 serving as a mounting for the spring for said pawl. The studs 129 and 130 of the tWoratchet-actuating levers extend toward each other, and the division-plate 114 is located between the ends of said studs, thereby serving as a means for retaining the pawls and springs `against, dislodgment. Each of said ratchet- 'actuating levers has a rearwardly extending arm'provided with .a curved surface 131 adaptcch'when the trip is released, to engage a roller of the corresponding flexible carrier.

Each-.of said levers-is further provided Witha tooth 132 adapted to engage a tooth -133 carried by vthe corresponding 'coin-actuated trip member, as will be readily understood i from Figs. 15, 1G, 18 and 19. Each of said :fcoin-sot-aated trip members is approximately in the form of a bell-crank lever",

having a. vrpivotal portion 134, along arm- 135 and a short arm 136, The short ann carriers the tooth 133 and is equipped with' carriers, as shown in Fig. 16, being located.

immediately beneath-the strippers, or coindeflectors, 42. Vhen the trip member is engaged by a coin 139, as shown in Fig. 15, the short arm of the trip .member is released from engagement with the tooth132 of the ratchet-actuating lever, thereby permitting the ratchet-actuating lever to be tnrown to the position shown in, Fig. 15 'ith the curved rear extremity of the lever in position to be engaged by a rollerf the carrierchain," the pawl carried by the lever being carried, during such movement, into engagement With-a fresh tooth of the ratchet-wheel,

so that as the carrier-chain moves the ratchet-actuating lever will serve to advanceA the ratchet-Wheel through the space of, one tooth, which will, in turn, turn the shaft 99.l

and the pinion 92 through the space of one tooth` the motion being transmitted to the pinion El of the counting device E through the medium of the master gear F.

As will be understood by reference tov Figs. 12 to 15 inclusive, and Fig.. 21. the central rail 6 is provided with lateral recesses 140 which receive plates 141 which are secesses 143 through which thevrear arms o'd` cured m place by screws 142; and said cenvtral rali is also prov1ded"'With deeper ref" the pand-actuating levers 105 and 10G mit;

be projected to extendinto the path of tlie rollers of the kcarrier-chains. Walls 144 of the-slots, or recesses, 143 forni shoulders affording stops for the ratchetactuating levers when they are released from the trip members. The front portion of the rail 6 is cut away, or recessed, as indicated at 145 to accommodate the ratchet-Wheels. Above the recesses 145 is a recess 146 for the shaft and a-recess 147 for'the upper port-ion ofthe division, or retainer, plate 114.

Each of the `yfieldingly-held presser-meinbers 121 and 122 is provided with a hub- `portion 148 which is pivoted on the shaft 118 and carries arms 149 and 150 (see Fig.

20) adapted to be engaged, respectively, by-

the yieldingly-held plunger 125 and the setscrew, or adjustable stop, 126. From the arm 149 'extends a cur-vcd rib 151 which carries a plate, or bar, 152. The rib 151 has a .curved rear surface 153 beneath or behind insegni Which the, coin passesin gaining a: position in thejreanofwthe vplate 152'.-- understood` that Vfthe@plate 152l W l, swing forwardly somewhahaccord-ing to necessity, asy the IVarious sized coins pass heiieathgorl behindthe plate.l Thns, thepresser vmembers121 and 122 Will serve to insure the :coinsbeing properly seated 1n the c'oin-.pockets'lo thecarriers as the `'coins arecarried lb'eneathwor past the arms ,of thecoin-actuated trip members. The garnis 185 of the coin-actuated trip hiembers have their extremities curyed 'forwardly and downwardly, ash'indicatedat 1511, thus adapting 5 them, 'inuconnec'tion with the strippers 12? to, discharge the ,l coins into 'the dischargel chutesnl, Eachofsaid discharge-chutes has?.

as shown 'inf 4WardlyV extending' chute-portion 155 v4and a. A'depending AVertical lchiite-portion 156. 'The bot-tom of' the chiite-section V155 111213T he equipped' with a 'leather inlay 157, adapted to deaden the noise of and prevent undue Wearv upon the coins. I have shown 'the `chiite-section 156 'equipped With hooks 158 `Which may serve to support bags (not shown) adaptedfte' receire' ,the coins.

The mechanism H which serves' to automatically disconnect the motor from the gear niechanisn'i of the machine and apply the brake, at will, comprises (see Figs. 6 and 28) an arm 159 which is connectedby a pivot- 160 with "a forward extension 161 of the tiltable bracketflul'ion which the Amotor and brake are '1nou'n'ted; a stop 162v carried bygsaid extension 161 and located beneath the pivot 1GO;- a 'yielding stop, or plunger, 163,- ivhich, `with a spring 161, is contained in a barrel` 165 with which the ar1nj,159V isY equippethsaidbarrel being fitted with a screw-plug lG-fthrough the inediuin of which 'the tension of the spring 161 may be adjusted; a keyV .16T projecting forwardlyY troinand rigidly carried-b5. the ar-in 159 and through the inediuni or" which `the bracket 74 may be swungdonjnn'ardiy to swing the motor to the opera-tive position; a knuckle,

or )ivot ineinber 108 sup )ort-ed on a rivotf l i l 1) 189 carried'byvlateralears 1T() with which the' arm 159iseqnipped, said knuckle ineinbei-.1G8carrying abar'rel171 equipped with a'plunger 179.511J spring 178, and an adjust ing-screw 174; a lthro ri-out llerer 175 supported on a pivot- .178 I(see Figs. 6 and 28) carried by the..knuckle-member 168, said l ever 175 being' eqnippetfi in :trent otite .pivot with enarin, oihearing, 177 adapted tc engage thespring-heid plunger' 1272; a iatchlate 178 (Fi-gsi.27h-ritzl 28) carriediby the racket-arm QQ and lineen-ici adj acent. the peg ripher)T of 'theinaster Wheei 1i, s

.V178 being proVidedWit-h a centi-ai notch 171i and. with notches 180, 181 and 182 drinking said central notch cn one side, and with notches 188; 1841`and 185 flanking Said cenv *haring adapted to be `en yrearvviaiwlly-A turned extrem notch on the "the 're'elut'ion'ct said inester Wheel.

thebraclret 118 is'proided, tliertbg-. in

'f equipped ietcht the neich 1.?9, leach rneniicrted on a pivot care, v .se

thereara'ard swing ott he upper ends cit the members .Tl'ie '.tcrln n'. is clearly shown in Fig.' v from Fig. 29, Jthe bracket 178 islreces' treily on its rear side to acconnncd te the master gear-'Wheel ligand is also provided with a series of recesses 193 members 189, there beine:- a rec cated opposite each ot Ythe inist-nn-tnticned` notches, except the notch't). Each` trigger 189 is provide-'d with a cain-prcjecticn 1911 adapted to be engaged h5 a stuch'er certain of the studs, carried h v the insister Wheel 'IF Each trigger has a ibrwardl)v projecting uppe [end 195 Which'enters the correspond ing notch '193 and is adapted to f 198 of the be m'id'erstood latch-'lever 175. It W'iilnow engage the that the upper end cf the vlatchfiever 175i, may enter an)v one of the notches 1??) to *185 inclusive While the shoulder- 188 cf said"r .liever engages the shouider 18T. lWhen't-he latch-lever 175 occupies -the central notehij 179, the machine will continue to ieper-ate for oper` an indefinite period, and lthe countiiw ation will continue as long as coins are carn ried by the cTin-carriers beneath or past the coin controlled counter-` actuating inechanisin. 'Vihen the` iatclblerer' v115 occupies 'anyT cf theother `notches which are adapted te receive it, the operation of` the nnichinef` y a .l

Wiirbe automatically stopped Wien a pre'- deterfnined nuniher orfv coins shell here been' counted, the number. 'of coins counted 'de-- pending upon the notch,"occupied.,hy'jthe latch-lever T5 and hencev upon .the niiniber'oflatcli-releasingl studs c'ai.k iedby the master# Wheel F ywhich are adapted tn engage the corresnonding Fletch-releasing nieinher in eine As nas been indicated, through the niedinni *01 which the 'wheel Fis actiatedi'ss linedon i 89.' Said pinion is equipped Withx 19"? by ineens' oftv whichvtiie pinicn r thrown cuit oft gear.- spring 198 seri-csf Vncrinally te heid the pinion in gear c' h the ne v pinicn- ,'82 innsterf are dumped Aupon the table A1 or A2, as the notches adapted to receive it. That is, saidn case may be, and fall or are shoved into the *corresponding hopper, or open chamber, 22

or 23. lIntlie illustration given, the coincarrier B which forms the traveling bottomfor the hopper, or open chamber. 22 is Vadapted to carry dollars and half-dollars;4

and the flexible carrier B1 which forms the traveling bottom for the hopper, or open chamber, is adaptedlto carry coins of smaller denominations. Through the mediumof the member 62, the shaft l'may be shifted to throw either one of the flexible carriers in gear, according to desire. `When it is desired to allow the machine to operate indefinitely, the operator depresses the key 167 and places the upper end of the latchlever 175 in engagement. with the central notch 179 of the stationary latch-bracket 17 8.. To permit this action, the latch-lever 175 "may be swung in a vertical forwardly extending plane about the pivot 176, and may be swung in a transverse plane about the pivot carriedby the ears 170. It will be noted that the plunger 172 will serve to yieldingly maintain the latch-lever 175 in the operative position in any one of the v plunger 172 will serve to prevent the latchlever 175 .from swinging on the pivot 17 6,

and it will be noted also thatthe plunger' 163 will serve to maintain the arm 159 yieldn 'ingly in the position shown in Fig. 6, so that the weight of the key 167 and the latchlever' 175 will not depress t-he ar1n159.l It

fmay be stated that 4the forward extension 161 of the tilting bracket 74 is provided with a stop 199 adapted to engage a stop '20() carried by the pivoted arm 159, thereby to limit. the upward swing of the arm 159 with relation to theextension 161 when the latclrlever 175 is not in engagement with the 'latch-bracket. lllhen thevlatch-lever 175 occupies the 'operative position, however,

with the friction-disk of the motor in driving engagement, the spring 164 yields, thus V no latclrreleasing member, or trigger, correspending witli'the notch 179.

noted that when the key 167 is depressed,

thereby tilting the motor forwardly, thebrake 7 3 is carried out of engagement with the rim of the frction-wheel 53 and the fric-l tion-disk 7 7 ofthe motor shaft issirnultaneously thrown into engagement Withthe run This will be understood It may bel of the 'frictioirwheel 58. Thus, motion is transmitted through the gear mechanism C to either the coin-carrier B or the coin-carrier B1, according to "the position of the gear-changing handle-62'.

Assuming the coin-carrier B1 to be in operation, the coins will be caught in the coinpocltcts 36 of the carrier at the' concave portion of the operative part of the carrier, and the coins will be carried upwardly back of the yielding coin-presser 122 and past the coin-released latch-member 113. As the coin passes beneath or back of the arm-135, it raises 'the latch-lever 113` thereby releasing the cnrriei ''actuated, ratchet-actuating lever 106 and permitting the rear end thereof to fall into the path of a roller of the carrierchain. As the carrier-chain continues to more, the ratchet-actuating lever 106 is swung back to its original position thereby a ctuating the pawl 108, and through the medium thereof, the shaft 99 through which the motion is transmitted to the pinion 92, master gear F and counting. device E. At each movement of the shaft 99, one count is registered. Vhen the carrier-chain returnsthe ratchet-actuating lever 106 to its normal position, the latch-leverll is again in position to engage and lock the ratchet-actuating lever out of the path of the rollers of the carrierschai'n. In the meantin'iethe coin has been engaged by the stripper #12 and thrown over the latchmember 113 into the chute- .section 155 of the discharge-chute.

When desired, the latch-loyer 175 may be set so that the machine will operate to count. a predetermined number of coins and will then be automatically stopped. Thus, when the latch-lever is set in the notch 182, as shown in Fig. 27, the machine will operate 4to count one hundred coins and will then be automatically stopped. This is because the master gear is provided with two hundred teeth and with two long' studs 93 at opposite ends of a diameter, so that the trigger 189 corresponding with the notch 182 will be actuated at each half-revolution of the master gear. The triggerv corresponding with the notch 181 will be operated by the studs 93 and 94 at each quarter-revolution ofthe master gear, -so that'if the latch-lever 175 is set in the notch 181, the machine will' operate to count fifty coins.` fThe trigger correspondingI with' the notch 180 is actuated by the studs 93, 94 and 95 eight times during one'revolution of' the masterv gear, so that when the latch-lever'175 occupies the notch 180,'the machine will operate to count twenty-tive coins..SiI ni1arly, latch-lever 17 5- occupies the" notch ,183,- ,the

the `notch 185,' the `I'n'achinel will `opera-te [to count erty coins'- Thendesired, Athe pinion 9:2 may-beshifted't-hrou'gh the medium of the knob1 lQTfthus freeing the master' gear F;sonrhatthesa'ine may be set at azero orfstarting point.4- l I- e It is noteworthy that 'e'ach'carrier-chain is positivelyguided during' thenoperati ve por.-

- tion off-its" travel frointh-e1 lower supporting wheel filo.; the. 'flipper supporting Wheel through the medium of the front -guides dis- '.pos'ed'gifbet ieenlthe'"upper'lrear portions of the "1er wheel and theloWer/front por- .l pper WheeLt'he end portions of saidguides leing substantially tangential to and -the rollers 'of the carrier- .ta'neously .engaging vthe Wheels jena :nel-ga 'pmnons of ihe'guids'afs the chainpassesf-rom the lower Wheelfto the l guides` and fromsthe giiides to the'upper Wheel; 'Ilfi'ls,v theemachine provides for the .utmost smoothness and certainty` of -.olpera- .tionofszthe carrier-'chains'.l Attentionmayl again'fbe called here to -thefactf-that the poeketsw of thelearrienoliains are' contraeted atl-'the eoncave portion of the carrier- .cliain and that' asthe'operative portion of l the' carrier-chain moves upwardly, .theoarrief-chain straiglitens,` tlie links Swinging -.somewhatWithfrel'ation to each other in such a .mannerv asl too'pen orf expandithey pockets 3S.' Thus, the individual coin-pockets of the carrier are. contracted' at rthe point'v'vhere the ycoinsere `dunipedin aheapon the carrierchain' lexpan'dedyas `the oarrier-ch'ain travels;carryingy the coins in succession to .tl'iieV @join-controlled counter-:actuating meohl mism; .this-principle of operation serving eifeotuallyLto'prevent* Wedging of the'coin's 2in. thecoin-pookets'. yThis isA regarded as a f'eaitnrego veryfgreat importance, contrib-` --uting, as'litdoes, to an eXtent Which'can bev .appreeiated only by those who have hadpracticab experience with leoin-eounting-machinese tofthe Vpractica-l successful opera-A tion oft-hemaclfiine.4v

'Ihe'feat-ui'e of arranging'.ieirible' endless coin-Carriers side 'by-'iside rin@ substantially parallel relation? GontBibutes`toi the lhfznidiness of fthe" machine; fandg-as f-Will be readily f 'undv se any'rdesu'ednumberfofcoinhcar-s i'iers mayl thus associated together; 'and provision made 'for actu-ating'- each' indeoendflexible ooinTcarrie-rs 'havlin'g coin-pook`ets of` difler'en't size, one Carrieradaptedto hamllev ooinrsr-v of the larger denominations andg'the other adapted tov handle coins of the smallerl denominations. it willY 'be' readily'appreciated that,y if desiredi-"ia Coincarrier may be' provided for each eo'i'i denomination.

The foregoingdetald vdescr1pt1on has been given for cleairne'ss'iof understanding In a machine of(theychaijaetersetforth." a flexible, link constructed coin {Cai-rien 120" only. Hence, no unduev'lii'riitatioiishonld'be 65 understood.' .y therefrom," but the i: 'appended A claims should be construed vas broadly1 as.

permissiblefin View of the prior art.. y That I regard as newfjand desire t se` cure by Letters Patent, isi- 70 1. In a machine ofthecharaeter der' scribed, a coin-carrienhaving coiiilpoclets.yv ofl automatieally `varying size,` the bottomsf of said pockets beingv inclined. l'to prevent 'the accidental `dislodginent of"l lthe coins 75 ftherefrom.

. 2.1' In a' machine 'of the characterset`o;itli,.

.a exible coin-carrier, having Coin- CarryingH 4 pockets and a groove'intersectingfthe. sanieg' 1in combination with a counting-device, veoi'n-v 80l controlled 'actuating meanstherefor lhaving' a member projecting I'i'to tli'fsaid'',qroove,A and a rigidly.earried'deector located .above said member. fand i Aadapted"- to `dislodge v"the .Coins from thel pockets. aftertheyfhave S5 3. In a niachinoftlie oliarvzicteiflset f flexible .'eoin-.carrier' liavifngcoin `poclfets off 'automatically varyingisizeg'; the f body" of said pockets"beinginelined Sto fpr'eventthe' 90 Athe combination of an endless "enoiiijcarrier'" equipped with ooinpo'cliets",'andnieansfor "95 guiding, a portion' vCl'A said" carrier I.through a .oneave path withithepockets p resenteduat' .the concavity and then through fa' nellatijely- 'straight path. l

.5. In a machine @eine@inf-aange@freni, 10Q

a flexible coin'c'a'rrierprovided at itsout'efr rier atone point `with tliepockets in theeon- `cavity vanda substantially lstraight seotion y thereabove. y

7. In 'a' machine of the' character 'set'forth,

a' flexible` link-Constructedcoinecarrier pi'o-y 115*V eral coin-pockets formedfpartially inlfeach of two conneoted "links.` 1

Acoin-pockets ormedin said links. e'alclieoinpockehepinprising a recess `in the d'an'ee portion i.oneli'nlrandwall at tliemear' end "of fthe', preceding' linlnthe' .pivots-oid v. links lyinfgl` in a planeet tlie'- inner side said coinfpockets.'H .im i1 7 "9; ,In *a machin fr themhar a 'Heniblef linlfcoiistriicted coin-carrier hav=-

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