US1043374A - Check-controlled mechanism. - Google Patents

Description

G. U. TRAVIS & A. D. ANTOINE.

CHECK GONTROLLED MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1910.

1,043,374, Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

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CHECK CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.14', 1910.

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CLARENCE C. TRAVIS AND ALFRED D. ANTOINE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAID ANTOINE ASSIGNOR T0 SAID TRAVIS.

CHECK-CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent-ed Nov. 5, 1912.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLARENCE C. TRAVIS and ALFRED D. ANTOINE, citizens of the United Statesfresiding at Chicago, in-

t-he county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Controlled Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in check controlledmechanism and one of the objects of thesame is to provide an improved. device of this character in which the check detector mechanism will serve also to impart motion to the check controlled mechanism.

A further object is to provide improved means forreleasing the check-actuated mechanism, and improved means for ejecting the check.

A further object is to provide improved means for locking the check delivery mechanism against operation in the absence of a proper check. 2

A further object is to provide an im proved device of this character in which the parts may be fprmed or stamped from sheet metal.

A further object is to provide an improved device of this character which will be simple, durable, cheap and compact in construction, and effective and eflicient in operation.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects, as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty .in the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, illustrating an em bodiment of the invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 11 of Fig. 3 of an improved device of this character constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse detail sectional View on line 2-2of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the. arrows. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an elevation of one side of an improved device of this character constructed in accordance'with the principles of this in vention and withparts bmken away. Fig

5 is a detail view similar to Fig. 4 of tht opposite side of the mechanism. Fig. 6 is a detailsectional view on line 6--6 of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view on line 7-7 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view on line 8-8 of Fig. 7.' 9 is a view similar toFig. 7 showing the parts in different positions. Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail sectional view on line 10-l0 of Fig. 3. Fig. 11 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the pivot for the detent or stop. Fig.12'is a detail perspective view of one .end of the detent or stop.

Referring more particularly to the drawings and in the present exemplification of the invention, the numeral 15 designates a face plate, which may be of any desired size and configuration and is preferably constructed of sheet material bent into shape and provided with an opening 16 at one edge thereof into which the check or coin is adapted to be inserted. Secured to the back of the plate 15 is a support 17 which is spaced. from the plate, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1, and is provided with a depending portion 18.

A handle 19 is provided with a shaft or extension 20, which latter passes through the plate 15 and is journaled therein and passes-across the space formed between the body of the support 17 and the face plate. The other extremity of the shaft 20 has a bearing inthesupport 17 and for this purpose there may be provided a screw or member 21, which passes through the support 17 so that one extremity 22 thereof will have a threaded engagement with the extremity of the shaft 20 to form a bearing therefor. The other'extr'emityof the member 21 is provided with a head or enlargement 23.for-

a purpose to be set forth.

Secured to-the shaft 20 and in any desired or suitable manner, preferably by means of the screw or bbit 21, is a member 2 which is preferably constructed of sheet metal and formed with a flange 25. The shaft 20 is provided with flattened'portions 26 arranged opposite to each other and the member 24 is provided with a flange 27 which engages over the end of the shaft 20 and rests against 'one of the flattened portions 26 so that when the handle'19 is rotated to rotate the shaft 20, the member 24 will be bodily moved abput the axis of the shaft. Secured to the shaft and for rotation therewith and located within an-opening 28 in the face plate 15 is a disk 29 which is provided with a coin pocket or recess 30 opening through the periphery thereof. A portion of the periphcry of the disk 29 is flattened as at 31 adjacent the pocket and serves as a means for ejecting the coin or check 32 in a manner to be hereinafter set forth. The disk 29 is also provided with recesses 33, 34, opening through the periphery thereof, and supported within a housing 35, which latter is in turn supported by the face plate 15, is a.

detent 36 having a projection 37 extending from its body portion intermediate its ends and an offset portion 38 at one extremity thereof. This detent 36 coperates with the disk 29 to constitute a check detector and is pivotally supported in any desired or suitable manner, such as by means of an adjustable screw or bolt 39 passing through the wall of the housing 35-and cooperates with the disk 2 to detect an improper coin in that it will act be actuated to release the check controlled mechanism unless a proper check or coin is inserted. The screw or bolt 39 is held in position by means of a lock nut or collar 40 and one extremity 41 thereof is preferably'reduced and rounded, as shown more clearlyin Fig. 8. This extremity 41 is adapted to enter a recess 42 in the'detent 36. and an elastic member 43, such as a spring or the like, is provided which engages the detent andholds the same against displacement with respect to the fastening bolt or screw 39. The extremity 41 of this bolt 39 entering the recess 42 of the detent forms a fulcrum for the latter, and this fulcrum is preferably located adjacent theend of the detentopposite the end at which the offset portion 38' is located. The detent is located in close proximity to the disk 29 so that the projection 37 thereon will engage the face of the disk as the latter is rotated by the handle 19. When no check is present in the pocket or recess 30, the disk 29 may be moved from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 7 tothat shownin dotted lines to cause the recess 34 to move into a position such that the offset portion 38 of the detent 36 will enter therein and lock the diskagainst further rotation in the same direction. The offset portions will be moved into the recess bymeans of the spring 43 and when the recess is in such position to receive the offset portion, the pocket or recess 30 will have assumed a position adjacent the projection 37, which latter will enter the pocket or recess under'the influence of the spring 43 t-o;permit the offsetportion 38 to lock the disk 29 againstfurther rotation in the same direction. When a proper check 32 is placed within the pocket or recess 30 and the disk rotated by the handle 19, the check will move into engagement with the projection 37 of the detent 36 and move the latter against the tension of the spring 43- about lts pivot to hold the offset portion 38 a'way from the disk. The detent 36-Wlll be held in this position until the pocket or recess 30 has assumed a'position to discharge the check' therefrom, that is, until the pocket or recess passes the shoulder 44 at which time the check will fall out of the pocket. By the time the check is thus discharged, the recess 34 will have reached a position opposite the offset portion 38 of the detent 36 to permit the spring 43 to act and force the offset portion 38 of the detent or stop into the recess to lock the disk against further movement in a forward direction, and at the same time the spring will cause the detent to eject the check from the pocket. When the check is thus discharged and the handle 19 released, the disk 29 and handle will be returned to its normal position, that is, with the pocket or recess 30 opposite the opening 16. Any suitable means may be provided for returning the disk 29 when the handle is released. For this purpose the spring 45 may be provided, which is preferably in the form of a coil surrounding the shaft 20, one extremity being bent to form an angular portion 47 which surrounds the shaft 20. The'other extremity 48 of the spring isadapted to engage and rest against a suitable projection 49 on a fixed support. The spring is so arranged that when the shaft'20 is rotated in a clock-wise direction, tension will be created upon the spring, which tension will return the disk and handle when the latter is released.

A member 50. is pivotally mounted upon the support 18 as at 51 and is provided with a laterally projecting portion52 which extends toward the face plate 15 and projects across the path of movement of the check within the pocket or recess 30 and the upper face of this projection 52 is located substantially flush with the face of a projection 53 on the face plate and upon which latter prejection the check drops when the latter is discharged from the pocket or recess 30. The check will be held in this position and against the projection 52 until thespring 45 exerts its tension on the shaft 20 to return the disk 29. During this retrograde movement of the disk, the flattened portion or face 31 of the disk will engage the check and force'the same over the projection 52 to depress the member 50 about its pivot 51 and against the tension of the elastic mem ber 54.

A delivery drum 55 is provided with a plurality of pockets 5.6 and. a tubular hub 57. One end of this hub 57 is adapted to re ceive the head 23 of the screw or fastening member 21, as shown more clearly in Fig.

1, and inserted in the otherextremity of the tubular'hub is a trunnion 58 which has a bearing in the wall 59 of a housing 60,

within which housing the drum is mounted to rotate. The housing is provided with an opening 61 at the top thereof of a size slightly less than the mouth of the pockets member and the drum head, is a ratchet wheel 62 provided with a plurality of recesses 63 in its periphery. A similar ratchet Wheel 64 of a larger diameter is secured to the ratchet wheel 62 and this ratchet-wheel 6 1 is provided with a series of recesses 65 in its periphery. Each of the recesses 65 in turn turned clockwise, the member 24: will be correspondingly moved about the axis of the shaft 20 and the dog 66 will ride over the disks 62, 64, and when the handle is released the spring gt5 will return the member 24 and as the extremity 28 of the dog 66 advances it will enter one of the recesses 63 in the disk 62 and will turn the latter together with the drums one step of rotation.

In order to revent the extremity 68 of the dog 66 froih engaging in one of the recesses 63 to turn the drum 55 one step of rotation when there has been no check placed in the pocket 30- of the disk 29, the pivotally supported member 50 is provided with a flange 69 which stands in close proximity to the periphery of the disk 64: and in such a position that when the handle 19 is turned to move the member 24, a port-ion of the dog 66 will ride over the flange 69 and will be held in such a position that the extremity 68 of the dog'66 will not enter one of the recesses but when the handle 19 is released the member 24 and dog 66 will return to its normal position. When a proper check has been deposited in the pocket 30 and the v check is ejected upon the support 53 in the manner already set forth, and the spring 45 imparts a retrograde movement to the disk 29 so that the face 31 thereof will push the check over the laterally projecting portion 52-of the member 50, the member 50 will-be depressed against the tension of the spring 54 and the flange 69" will be lowered to permit the spring 67 to force the extremity 68 ofthe-dog 66'into a position to enter one of the recesses 63 in the disk 62 upon the retrograde movement of the mem- Secured to one head of the drum 55 and disposed between the pivotally supported her 24 so that one step of rotation will be imparted to the drum 55. In order to lock the drum 55 against movement during the clockwise movement of the handle 19 and to prevent the drum from overthrowing upon the return movement of the member 24:, the member 50 is provided with a laterally projecting portion 70, shown more clearly in Fig. 4, which projection is adapted to enter the recesses 66 in the bottom of the recesses 65 of the disk 64. As the check is ejected and the member 50 depressed by t e check engaging the portion 53, the latera ly projecting portion 70 will be moved out of the notch or recess 66 in thedisk 64 to release the latter and to permit it to move under the influence of the dog 66. In order to prevent the check from falling between the extremity of the projecting portion 53 and the face plate 15, the latter may be provided with a recess 71 into which the extremity of the member 53 passes and this recessed portion 71 is of sufficient length to permit the extremity to move freely.

Plates 72, 73 may be provided which are arranged'on each side of the face plate 15 v and one of these plates, preferably plate 73, is provided with an oflset portion 74 to permit the ready insertion of the check and to direct the latter into the pocket 30.

The lower extremity of the face late 15 may be shaped as at 75 to form a discharge spout and the bottom 76 of the housing comprising the end wall 55 and, the side wallsw60 is shaped to form a chute, the extremity of which terminates in the nozzle 7 5 and the contents of the pockets 56 in the drum 55 are adapted to be discharged upon this chute and from there delivered to the nozzle 75.

Secured to any suitable support, preferably a portion of the bottom 76 of the housing is a deflector plate.77 which is arranged below the laterally projecting portion 53 of the member 50 and is preferably inclined. The check 32 when it is discharged from the disk29 will fall upon this deflector plate 77 to be directed into a suitable receptacle in the machine. The deflector plate may be secured in position in any desired or suitable manner preferably by means of ears 78 which are struck up from a portion of one of the walls of the housing and are bent around a shouldered portion 79 of the deflector, as shown more clearly in Fig. t. The housing comprising the side walls 60, the rear wall 59 and the bottom 76 may be supported and secured in position in any desired and suitable manner, preferably by means of spacing members 80, which are arranged between the face plate 15 and the upper portion of the housing and are secured in position by means of fastening screws or bolts 81 which pass through pbrtions of the walls of the housing and the face plate. The lower extremity of the chute 76 projects into the nozzle 75 and is of a width to substantially fill the space therebetween so as to prevent lateral displacement of the housing.

With this improved construction it will be apparent that the parts may be constructed of sheet metal by stamping or bending the same into shape and after being constructed may be readily and compactly assembled, and when thus assembled, the en- 'tire construction may be removed as a unit from the machine and may be as readily replaced.

An additional support 82 in the form of a bracket may be provided. on the face plate 15 and this bracket extends rearwardly and projects into the chute 7.6 between the side walls thereof, as shown more clearly in Figs. 1 and 3, and a rod 'orbar 83 is provided which extends through the side walls ofthe chute 7 6 and in front of the bracket 82 and serves as an additional means for holding thelower end of the housing removably in posit-ion.

In order that the invention might be fully understood, the details of the foregoing embodiment thereof have been thus specifically described but Whatis claimed as new is- 1. In a device .of the character described, the combination of check controlled mechanism including a ratchet wheel, a check detector comprising a casing having a check opening, a check receiver for moving the check from the opening, locking mechanism for the ratchet adapted to be released di rectly by the check as the latter is moved by the'receiver, means for releasing the check, and means for operating the ratchet when the check is released, the last recited means being normally inactive with respect to the ratchet and movable forwardly and backwardly when the ratchet is locked.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of check controlled mechanism including a ratchet wheel, a check detector comprising a casing having a check opening, a check receiver for moving the 50.check from the opening, positive locking locking mechanism for the ratchet adapted to be released directly by the check, means for releasing the check, and means operatlvely related to the check recelver for operating the ratchet member when the check is released, the last recited means being normally inactive with respect to the ratchet and movable forwardly and backwardly when the ratchet is locked. I

4. In a device of the character described,

the combination of check controlled mechanism including a ratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver for receiving and advancing the' check, a normally inactive connection between the'check receiver and the ratchet movable forwardly and backwardly when the ratchet is locked, means controlled by the check for rendering said connection active, and locking mechanism for the ratchet also controlled by the check. I 6. .In a device of the character described, the combination of check controlled mechanism'in'cluding a ratchet member, a check detwtor including a check receiver for receiving and advancing the check, anormally inactive connect-ion between the check receiver and the ratchet movable forwardly and backWa-rdlv when the ratchet is locked, and means operated directly by the check 7 for simultaneously releasing the ratchet and rendering the said connection active.

'7. In a device. of the character described, the combination of check controlled mechanism including a ratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver for receiving and advancing the check, a normally inactive connection between said receiver and ratchet, said connection comprising a out of engagement with .the ratchet, the last said means being adapted to be directly shifted by the check to permit the pawl to engage and move the ratchet, the said pawl,

being movable forwardly and backwardly independently with res set to the ratchet When the latter is locke w 8. In a device of the character described,

the combination of check controlled mechanism including a ratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver for receiving and advancing the check, a normally pawl bodily movable with the said receiver, 'means for normally holding the saidpawl thecombination of check controlled mechanism including a rotatable ratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward and backward direction, an operative connection between said receiver and ratchet member comprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adapted to engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, means operatively related to the last said member for holding the pawl inactive with relation to the ratchet during the bodily movement of the pawl in both directions, and means also operatively related to the said yieldingly supported member for locking the ratchet against operation, thelast said member being adapted to be shifted by the check to release the ratchet member and to render the pawl active with relation to the ratchet for moving the ratchet by' the bodily movement of the pawl in one direction.

10. In a device of thecharacter described,

the combination of check controlled mechanism including a rotatable ratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward andbackward direc tion, an operative connection between said receiver and ratchet member comprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adapted to engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, means operatively related to the last said member for holding the pawl inactive with relation to the ratchet, during the bodily movement of the pawl in both directions, means also operatively related .to the said yieldingly supported member for locking the ratchet against operation, the last said member being adapted to be shifted by the check to release the ratchet member and to render the pawl active with relation to the ratchet for moving the ratchet by the bodily movement of the pawl in one direction, and means for ejecting the check from the receiver.

11. In a device of the character described, the combination of check controlled mechanism including a rotatable ratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward and backward direction, an operative connection between said receiver and ratchet member comprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adapted to engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, means operatively related to the last said member for holding the pawl inactive with relation to the ratchet during the bodily movement of the pawl in both directions, means also operatively related to the said yieldingly supported member for locking the ratchet against operation, the last said member being provided with a portion disposed within the path of movement of the check when the latter is discharged from the receiver, and means for forcing the check into engagement with the said portion of the member to shift the latter to release the ratchet and to render the pawl active with relation to the ratchet.

12. In a device of the character described,

the combination of check controlled mechanism including a rotatable ratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward and backward direction, an operative ,bonnection between said receiver and ratchet member comprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adapted to engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, means operatively related to the last said member for holding the pawl inactive with relation to the ratchet during the bodily movement of the pawl in both directions, means also operatively related to the said yieldingly supported member for. locking the ratchet against operation, a support upon which the check is adapted to be discharged from the receiver, said yieldingly supported member being provided with a portion adjacent the support, and means for ejecting the check from the support to shift the said yielding member to release the ratchet and to render the pawl active with relation to the ratchet.

13, In a device of the character described, the combination of check controlled mechanismincluding a rotatable ratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward and backward direction, an operative connection between said receiver and ratchet member comprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adapted to engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, means operatively the aWl inactive with relation to the ratchet during the bodily movement of the pawl in both directions, means also operatively related to the'said yieldingly supported member for locking the ratchet against operation, a support upon which the check is discharged from the receiver, said yieldingly supported member being provided with a projecting portion adjacent the support, a stationary shoulder adjacent and spaced from the said projecting portion of the member, the space between said portion of the member and the shoulder being less than related to the lastsaid member for holding tion, an operative connection between said receiver and ratchet member comprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adapted to engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, means operatively related to the last said member for holding the pawl inactive with relation to the ratchet during the bodily movement of the pawl in both directions, means'also operatively related to the said yieldingly supported member for locking the ratchet against operation, a support upon which the check is adapted to be discharged from the receiver, and means whereby the check will be engaged by a portion of the receiver to force the check into engagement with the yieldingly supported member to shift the latter to release the ratchet and to render the pawl active with respect to the ratchet.

15. In combination in a machine of the character described, check controlled mechanism including a rotatable ratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward and backward direction, a connectionbetween said receiver and ratchet member comprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adapted to engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, a cam operatively related to the member and over which the pawl is 1 adapted to move when the check receiver is moved to render the pawl inactive, means also operatively related to the pivotally supported member for locking the ratchet against movement, and means whereby the check will shift the pivotally supported member to release the ratchet and to shift the cam to permit the pawl to operatively engage the ratchet to move the latter.

16. In combination in a machine of the character described, check controlled mecha nism including a rotatable ratchet member,

a check detector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward and backward direction, a connection between said receiver and ratchet member comprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adapted to engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, a cam operatively related to the member and over which the pawl is adapted to move when the check receiver is moved to render the pawl inactive, means also operatively related to the pivotally supported member for locking the ratchet against movement, a support adapted to reand means adapted to be engaged by the,

check when the latter is thus ejected for shifting the pivotally supported member to release the, ratchet and to render the pawl active.

17. In combination a machine of the character described, check controlled mechanism including a rotatable ratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward direction, a stop lug adapted to contact with the receiver for limiting the movement of the receiver, a ratchet member, a pawl operatively related to and movable with the said receiver, means for locking the ratchet against movement, means loperatively related to the last said means, for normally rendering the pawl inactive, means whereby the check will shift the stop lug to permit the receiver to move a greater distance, means whereby the check will release the ratchet and also render the pawl active, and means for imparting retro-' grade movement to the receiver to return the latter and actuate the ratchet.

18. In combination in a machine of the character described, check controlled mechanism including a rotatable ratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward direction, a stop lug adapted to contact with the receiver for limiting the movement of the receiver, a ratchet member, a-pawl operatively related to and movable with the said receiver, means for locking the ratchet against movement, means operatively related to the last said means for normally rendering the pawl inactive, means whereby the check will shift the stop lug to permit the receiver to move a greater distance, a support upon which the check is adapted to be discharged from the receiver, means for imparting retrograde movement to the receiver, when the checkis discharged, said receiver being provided with a portion adapted to engage and move the check from the support, and means adapted to be engaged and moved by the check when the lat-. ter is moved from the support to release the ratchet andto render the said pawl active.

19. In a device of the character described, the combination of check controlled mechanism including a delivery drum, a check detector including a receiver for receiving and advancing the check, said receiver having a forward and retrograde movement, a normally inactive connection between the said receiver and check controlled mechanism, means for moving the receiver in one direction, means controlled by the check while a the latter is being advanced by the receiver for rendering said connection active whereby retrograde movement of the receiver will actuate the check controlled mechanism and drum, and means for imparting retrograde movement to the receiver.

20. In a device of the character described, the combination of check controlled mechanism including a'delivery drum, a check detector including a receiver for receiving and advancing the check, said receiver having a forward and retrograde movement, a normally inactive connection between the said receiver and check controlled mechanism, means for moving the receiver in one direction, means controlled by the check while the latter is being advanced by the receiver for rendering said connection active whereby retrograde movement of the receiver will actuate the check controlled mechanism and drum, means for imparting retrograde movement to the receiver, and means for automatically rendering the said connection normallyinactive.

21. A check detector comprising a rotatable disk having a forward and retrograde movement and provided with a'recess adapted to receive the check, and a stop shoulder, a stop, means for holding the stop to engage the shoulder to normally limit the movement of the disk in one direction, said stop being adapted to be engaged and shifted by the check to release the disk, and .a support adapted to receive the check from the disk, said disk being adapted to engage and move the check from the support on its retrograde movement. 22. A check detector comprising a rotatable disk having aforward and retrograde movement and provided with a receiver adapted to receive the check, and a stop shoulder, a stop, means for holding the stop to engage the shoulder to normally limit the movement of the disk in one direction, said stop being adapted to be engaged and shifted by the check to release the disk, I

theshorilder to normally limit the movement of the disk in one direct-ion, said stop being adapted to be engaged and shifted by the check to release the disk, a support adapted to receive the checki from the disk, said disk being adapted 'to engage and move the check from the support bn its retrograde movement, and means whereby the said stop will limit the movement of the disk when the latter is released by the check.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 7th day of February, A. D. 1910.

CLARENCE C. TRAVIS. ALFRED D. ANTOINE.

Witnesses:

C. H SEEM, J. H. JOCHUM, Jr.

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