US1087307A - Coin-chute. - Google Patents

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G. A. LONG.

COIN GHUTE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE21,1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. LONG, or HARTFORD, CoNNECTIcUT, ASSIGNOR To THE GRAY TELEPHONE PAY STATION COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, a CORPORITTON or CON- NECTICU COIN-CHUTE.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

Application filed June 21, 1918. Serial 110. 774,987.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. LONG, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin- Chutes, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to coin chutes.

A coin chute involving my invention can be used in various connections, although it is of particular utility when inoorporatedin a telephone pay station.

One of the primary purposes of the invention is the provision of simple and effective means by which the choking or clogging of a chute by coins or tokens of irregular contour or unusual shape is prevented.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification I have shown in detail one of the several convenient forms of embodiment of the invention which to enable those skilled in the art to practisethe same will be set forth fully in the following description. I do not limit myself to this disclosure; I ma depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of the invention defined by the claims following said description.

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a chute involving my inseen from the front, the major part of thechute being in vertical section. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of an intermediate portion of the chute, showing a token therein. Figs. 5 and 6 are cross sections on the lines 55 and 6-6 respectively of Fig. 1, the arrows on the section lines indicating the direction of view. Fig. 7 is a transverse section on the line 77 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

As I have already observed a coin chute involving my invention, can be employed advantageously in connection with various kinds of coin controlled or vending machines, although it is of especial merit wh'en embodied in a telephone pay station. In Letters Patent No. 912,389 granted to me February 16, 1909 is shown a compound chute such as I employ in pay stations now Fig. 2 is a view of said chute as on the market. This compound chute involves three chutes one intended for nickels, another for dimes, and the third for quarters. The chute shownin the drawings may be that provided for the passage of half dimes. As a matter of fact the present machlne is adapted especially for use in Canada where the half dime or five-cent piece is a coin very thin .and of small diameter. As will be evident the chute can be of such size to receive any kind of coin or token. In Canada there has been current a small token or medal such as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, which in diameter and thickness, is about the size of a Canadian half dime or five-cent piece, and it has been a common thing in the Dominion to have persons insert such a medal or token in the five-cent slot of a pay station. This token or medal. in descending the five-cent chute has been wedged therein. With such a token choking the chute, it is impossible to pass proper coins therethrough to operate a Si nal or to effect some other end, in whic 'event the machine becomes practically useless and has to be taken remedy the ditficulty.

With the foregoing general Observations I will now describe more in detail what is illustrated in the drawings, it being clear that I do not restrict m self to such disclosure as the same is mere y one way of securing the objects in view.

I have denoted the chute in a general way by 2, and itcomprises a lower p rtion' 3 and an upper inclined portion 4. The chute is awayand apart to made up of a channeled body member 5 anda facing or closing member as 6, the latter having parallel beads 7 as shown in my Patent 1,061,093 of May 6, 1913 to which reference may be had. The chute 2 has a slot 9 formed as shown in the body section thereof, said slot serving as a trap and being shown in both of the aforementioned atents and many others granted to me. T rough said trap or slot 9 are projected coins of improper size after the common practice.

I have shown in dotted and full lines in Fig. 3 and in full lines in Fig. 4 a token 10 with which considerable trouble has been had in Canada. This device is about the same diameter as a Canadian five-cent piece, and it has a peripheral perforated projection so that it can be worn as a pendent. Such a token, owing to its shape becomes frelib Sla perm tt n th t yibleek d ii. lithe pr. 7

reason of the fact that it cannot roll therein, provide, for therolling ofsuch a token, or in fact'onetlofi'any othercharacter, wherein one diameter" isgreater than the other, the increase of diameter in the token 10 in one direction with respect to the other being due to, the periphergal projection to which I have alluded?" The chute 2, preferably in the upper inclinedapart thereof has a relief portion which ,can be produced in various zwaysqasby naking said chute at such lace vwider;fth a1.1 1;. the remainder of said chute, f or instance byslotting the latter as atl1 toprovidefor the rolling of said token ldlor oneof a, practically, isimilar nature algng thecliutasaid slot. ll heing formed in the-presentcasesbyjeuttingoutone of the upper side walls, 5 (the ,lefl; zone in Figs. 1, 3 an l'a igt'h {member 7 said token to; roll until such point as; it passes from upper inclined portion 4of the chute into the lower vertical part 3 thereof in which, case if the periphral p j token ,be not trapped out ofi the slot 9, said token can descend -through the vertical part 3.- ,As shown,v the for ward or; lower end of the slot-11 is closedto prevent coins from iumpi go i o t-s id t .Oto in this eyentvthe token wouldlstrike the edge of the bell;disposed atatheldischargge end of the chute 13, but preferablethat the signal be jsoundedstharr thei token ehoke or clog the Chute.- There-maybe times when the token 10 will pass. entirely out' the (trap or slot 9.

It ii poss lelsol h t he ak n y be p jected partly out of the ,trap -as shown in Fig; 6 and will rolLdow-nuntil it strikes the lowergwall of} said-trap,v in which event it would stop at point zand gblock the chute.

I providerneansfnow to be described to guard ga s at i ,c nti s cye I The trap 9 is of 'btuse, angular form, extending-partially along thegc-hute portion 4 iv-. and partially along thechute portion 3, At

th ve e d t hegshtns'trar 9 there are two outwardly extending, notches 12 shown as transversely,alined, the width of each of which i s greater than th ar neter of the cut chutes by ection of thetoken-be up and if the having a notch peripheral projection to I liave referred. It will be assumed that a token such as that illustrated has been partially trapped through the slot9 as shown in Fig; 6. "It will descend the chute with a rolling motion and will strike the lower wall of'theslot 9.

When this occurs the token will be. ro-.

tated and as it turns the peripheral. projec: tion will pass through one or theother of the two notches 12 as soon as it registers therewith so that the token can then pass into the lower portion of the chute, to facilitate which action said chute is deepened as at 13 below the trap, this deepening being obtained by expandin the forward or front wall of said chute. lBy this deepening of the chute, by bulging for instance, the token can be projected across the lower wall or edge of the slot 9.

What I claim is:

1. A chute having an inclined portion, the

upper wall of the chute in said inclined portion, having an elongated slot to receive a projection on a check rolling along said chute, the lower end of the slot being closed.

2. A coin-chute having a slot, constituting a trap, and having two transversely alined notches extending outwardly therefrom.

'3. A coin chute having a slot in its side constituting a trap, the lower end of the slot being closed and the wall of the slot extending outwardly therefrom approximately at said lower closed end.

4. A coin-chute having a longitudinally extending slot, constituting a trap, the lower end of the slot having a pair of outwardly extending notches and the chutebeing deepened below the lower wall of the slot.

5. A coin chute having an elongated slot constituting a trap, the lower end of the slot having two outwardly extending notches and the chute slot being bulged outwardly.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. LONG.

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