US1087252A - Printing attachment for slot-machines. - Google Patents

Description

W. H. MUZZY.

PRINTING ATTACHMENT FOR SLOT MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.14, 1907.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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APPLIOATIOIi' FILED AUG. 14, 1907.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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WILLIAM H. MUZZY, OF'DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNQRTG THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OFIDAYTON, OHIO, A CQRPQRATIOIT OF OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN 1906.)

PRINTING ATTACHMENT FOE SLOT-MACHINES.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1915a State of Ohio, have in-Ventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Printing Attachments for Slot-Machines, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in amusement devices and has moreparticular relation to improvements in coin or check freed devices. i

Th object of the invention is to provide a machine of the class mentioned with a recording mechanism whereby thedifi'erent results may be' recorded at will for future reference. With this and incidental objects in view,

the invention consists in certain novel fea-- tures of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and a preferred form of embodimentofWhic-h is hereinafter specifically described with reference to the drawings which accompany and\form part of this specification.

Of said drawings: Figure 1 represents a transverse vertical section through a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a detail perspective view, partly broken away, of the interlocking frame.

Fig. 3 represents a detail perspective view, partly broken away, of the coin actuated latch. Fig. 4 represents'a top plan view, partly in section, of the devices embodying this invention. Fig. 5 represents a detail top plan view of therecordv strip and the ink ribbon feed rollers and connections.

In machines of the class shown in this invention, it-is customary to have indicators representing; playing cards, numbers,

dows by the operators'of the machine. In

other words any one using the apparatus may state that certain combinations have come to the windows upon his operation of the machine without this being a fact as there are no means for proving just which combinations are presented to View at the char I cter faces similar to dice and other charac-- indicator windows. The present invention, however, 1s designed to obviate this dif culty and to print a record of any combination desired. which may have been indicated at the indicator windows. Tn providing mechanism for printing these different combinations, I have so constructed the same that only one impression can be taken from any set group of types'between each operation of the machine proper. I have also provided means whereby no impression can be taken from the types while the type and emblem carrying drums or disks are moving. The detail description of these several mechanisms is as follows: A series of indicating wheels 1 bearing indicia resembling playing cards is loosely mounted upon a transverse shaft 2 which is supported at its ends by the cabinet 3 of the machine. Attached to one side of each indicator is a type carrier 4 bearing characters corresponding to those of the indicator. Surrounding the shaft 2 and projecting from each type carrier is a short sleeve 5, which has secured to its outer end a ratchet wheel 6. Loosely mounted upon each sleeve is a pinion 7 which carries a pawl 8 that engages the teeth of the ratchet wheel 6. A series of vertical rack bars 9 mesh with the pinions 7 and are guided in their vertical movement by a transverse bar 10. A shouL der 11 formed upon each of the racks 9 contacts with the underside of the bar 10 and thereby limit-s the upward movement of said rack. Coil springs 12,0ne. for each rack bar 9, have their ends connected to pins 13 projecting from the bars 9 and hooks 14 extending from the underside of the trans verse bar 10 thereby holding the racks in an upward position. Pivotally connected to the lower end of each rackbar 9 is a pawl 15 provided with a shoulder 16 and an inclined forward edge 17. Each pawl is provided with an upwardly extending portion 18 which is normally forced into contact with a pin 19 projecting from each rack bar, by a spring 20 wh1ch surrounds the v the shoulders 16 of the pawls' lowers all of the rack bars,

cabinet 3. When the handle 23 nears the end of its downward movement, the inclined forward edges of the pawls 15 contact with a transverse rod 24 and are forced out of engagement with the rod 21, thereby ermitting the springs 12 which are of di erent strength, to suddenly raise the rack bars 9 and by means of the pinions 7, pawls 8 andthe ratchets 6 rot-ate the indicators 1. The momentum gained by the indicators in the upward movement of the racks 9 is sutficient to cause them to rotate after the racks and pinions have come to rest. Light leaf springs 25 secured to the transverse bar 10 extend upwardly and engage star wheels 26 fastened to the indicators .to properly aline same. The operating handle is normally locked by a hook pawl 27 which engages with a pin 28 projecting from one of the arms of the frame 22 and is arranged to be released by the weight of a coin inserted through a slot 29, and contacting with a lateral projection 30, see Fig. 3, of the pawl 27 and rocks the hook end of said pawl out of engagement with the pin 28. The pawl 27 assumes the position shown in Fig. 2, by gravity and is limited in its movements by pins 31. The coin when deposited, rests upon a flange 32 of an upward extension of one of the side arms of the frame 22 and against the extension 30 of the pawl When the handle 23 is depressed, the coin slides 0d of the flange 32 and drops tothe bottom of the machine from where the accumulated coins may be removed at any desired time by the attendant through the back of the cabinet which is hinged as at 33 and held in closed position by a lock 34. The frame 22 is returned to normal position by a spring 35 connected at one end to one of the side arms of the frame 22 and at its other end to a transverse shaft 36.

It is understood in this style of machine that certain combinations that may appear under the window 37 formed in front of the cabinet 3 are considered as of greater value than others. Heretofore, in machines of this class it has been possible for the operator falsely to claim that he displayed certain combinations after these combinations have been disarranged, but by the following described printing attachment, a positive record is made of such combinations as desired. When a certain combination appears beneath the window, the attendant is notified and he operates a lock 38 located in the front of the casing to withdraw its plunger 39 from engagement with a lug 40 projecting upwardly from a plunger rod 41. This rod, which extends through the front of the casing and. is provided with an en- 'larged head 42, is then pushed inwardly by the attendant against the tension of its ries an anti-friction roller 43 which con- At its inner end the rod car tacts with a shoulder 44 formed upon a pivoted pawl 45 mounted upon the right-hand one of a pair of upright arms 46. These arms are pivoted upon a shaft 47 and are connected at their upper ends by a transverse rod 48 upon which are supported two arms 49 connected at their upper ends'by a bar 50. Inserted in the front of this bar and directly behind the type carriers, are rubber impression blocks 51, one for each type carrier 4. The arms 49 have tails 52 which are normally held in contact with pins 53 secured to the arms 46 by leaf springs 54 which are secured at one end to the arms 46 and at their free ends contacting with the forward sides of arms 49. It will be seen that as the rod 41 moves i11- wardly, the entire frame composed of arms 46, rod 48, arms 49 and bar 50 will be rocked about the shaft 47 until the pawl 45 is cammed downwardly out of engagement with the roller 43 by the inclined portion 55 of said pawl coming into contact with a stud 56 projecting inwardly from the side of the casing. The frame will then be drawn forward by spring 57 until the arms 46 are arrested by pins 58 projecting from the easing. This sudden arresting of the arms 46 will cause the arms 49 to move farther forward against the tension of the leaf springs 54 until the impression blocks 51 take an im. pression upon a record strip 59 through a ribbon 60 from the type carriers 4, after which the parts will return to the position shown in Fig. l. A coil spring 61 keeps the pawl 45 in contact with the projection 56. The lower rearward end of the pawl 45 is provided with aroller 62 which engages with the rear end of the record strip feed pawl 63, so that when the pawl 45 is depressed the pawl 63 will be rocked about its pivotal point 64 located in the upper end of an extension 65 of one of the arms of the frame 22. This extension 65 is provided with lateral projections 66 in which is mounted a spring "pressed plunger 67 which engages with notches 68 formed upon the underside of the pawl 63 and hold said pawl in either of its adjusted positions. As the pawl 63 is rocked about its pivotal point 64 by the pawl 45, the forward end of said pawl passes by the teeth of a ratchet wheel '69 which is secured to a shaft 70 to which is secured one end of the record strip 59. The pawl 63 is limited in its downward move ment by a 'flange 65* of the extension 65. When the frame 22 is depressed by the handle 23, the pawl 63 moves in an arc of a circle described from the center of the shaft 22 and engages the teeth of the ratchet wheel 69 and moves it and consequently the record strip, one space. Near the end of the downward movement of the frame 22 the rear end of the pawl 63 contacts with a stud 71 projecting inwardly from the casing 3 mamas bon 60, It will be seen from this construc-- tion, that when the record strip is fed forward, the ribbon will lso be fed, thereby bringing a new inking surface to the printing point. The record strip 59 is fed from a supply roll 75 over guide pins 76 to the shaft 70, while a ribbon 60 is fed from a supply roll/77 over guidapins 78 to the shaft 7 Attached .to each indicator 1 on the side opposite the type carrier 4; is a toothed wheel 79, which is engaged by a pawl 80 centrally pivoted upon the shaft 36. These pawls are fastened together by a bar 81, see Fig. 2, and a similar bar 82 behind and in front of their pivotal points respectively.' lhese pawls and bars constitute a locking frame which, when the indicators are rotating, will lock the push rod 41 by the bar 82 rising in the path of-a downward projection 83 of of the frame in both ing drums in position u rather said rod and in turn will lock cators when the rod 41 is operated by the projection 83 passing'over the bar 82. This frame is so balanced that the rear ends of the pawls. 80 engaging the teeth of wheels 7 9 offer very little resistance to the rotation of the indicating wheels 1. ()neof the arms of the frame 22 has a downward extending portion 84 equipped with teeth 85 with which a spring drawn pawl 86 is arranged to engage to insure the full stroke directions and thereby prevent any manipulation of the indicators 1. i

It will be seen from the foregoing that by varying the tension on the rack springs,'the momentum drums may be irregularly rotated upon the actuation of the operating lever and such an irregular movement given to them as to prevent any possibility of predetermining the combinations which will finally come to rest in front of the indicator windows. It will be further seen that it is only necessary to, feed the detail strip forward after the printing of one of the displayed indications has taken place and that this printing is effected only when such com-.

binations come to View as might be termed winning combinations. During the time that the-emblem carrying drums are rotatinwar .-;VVhen the keyisfinally operated,

it looks and alines all o flthe emblem carryntil the key is again normal position. i

rovided with a key permitted to resume its have shown this key as controlled look so that t e printing may be accomplished by the owner of the machine than by the. operator, but this of .7 6.

the indicourse is optional as the key and lockmay be readily omitted and the operator permitted to make impressions of the characters exposed at the indicating windows. The arrangement of the indicating characters and the printing types is such that when certain characters are exposed at the windows the corresponding characters are in printing line adjacent the platen While I have shown my invention as applied to the type of machine containing mo-- Inentum. indicators, it will of course be understood that do not care to limit myself to such construction, as the invention with.

equal facility may be applied to the indicating mechanism operated to take up different set positions by any desired form of operating mechanism,

Vfhile the form of device here shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not desired to confine the invention to one form of embodiment here disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

Having thus described my invention, what ll claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: .i

1, In a machineof the class described, the combination with a series of type carriers, of a platen, a special key for operating the platen and means requiring a movement of the type carriers sions therefrom,

2. in a printing mechanism, the combination with type carriers, of a platen, record strip for the type carriers, a

special operating device for the platen and means set by said special device for feeding the record strip vupon the actuation of the operating mechanism for the type carriers,

between successive impresfeed mechanism, operating mechanism 3. In a machine of the class described, the J combination with momentum indicators, of a printing mechanism controlled thereby, a special device for operating the printing mechanism and means preventing the operation of said device until the indicators come to rest.

4k. in a machine of the class described, the

combination with a momentum indicator, of.

a printer controlled thereby, an actuator for the indicator, a latcn for said indicator and means foractnating the printer'any number of times as desired and independent of the operation of the latch,

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with momentum indicators, of a printing mechanism controlled thereby, means for operating the indicators, means for operating the printing mechanism and an interlocking device for preventing the simultaneous operation of said means.

in a machine of the class described, the

combination With irregularly rotated indicaters of a printing mechanism controlled thereby and means for making a record With the printing mechanism any number of times as desired and independent of an operation of the indicators.

WILLIAM H. MUZZY. Witnesses R. W. FAIRGHILD, W. M. MCCARTHY.

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