US1090846A - Automatic cashier. - Google Patents

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P. GREINDL.

AUTOMATIC GASHIER.

APPLICATION PILBDVAPR. 29, 1913.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914 a SHEETS-SHEET 1.

P/wA GREl/YOL P. GREINDL.

AUTOMATIC CASHIER.

APPLICATION FILED APE.29.1913.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914,

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Patented Mar; 24, 1914.

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AUTQMATZC CAfiHIEIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patcnitcd Mom 2 3- Applioaticn filcfl. April 2%), 1813. Serial No.- 7%,371.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL GREINDL, baron, a subject of the King of the Belgians, and residing at Brussels, Belgium, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Cashiers. of which the foiiovw ing is s specification.

Lil present invcn tion relates to auiomakic cashiers .uscd for paying any desired mun; her of coin and summing andjrcoording; the coin paid out, the object being to provide an automatic cashisr of this kind, wherein the desired coin are disohargcri'smi recorded by the more depression of respective keys and the rotation of s crank-handle, rho coin disciisrgsd from vorsiosl comiuits, be ing recorded. upon an ondioss strip or paper as well as upon a ticketdciiversd to the person to Whom the coiwaro paid, Mild the total sum paid, at each opsrstiori being shown to the person and to tho cashier be fore the some is delivered and recorded.

In contradistinotion to other automatic cashiers of this kind, the msin feature oimy invention consists in arranging s rorstabio disk, provided with apertures, below she coin-conduits an desired number of which may be provide for each sort of coin, ms rot'stabio disk being discharged from the Weight of the column of superposed coin when operated for this dis-charge. and the angular movement of said disk being iimitcd or controlled by s gcscwhcel progfijvidsd with stops} rotated according to the corresponding keydepressed and actuating at the same time the recording an indicatin? mechanism through the agency of suitab e gesrings. 1 Other features of my invention will be fuiiy desorlbsd hereinafter" Wlfll reference 'to the accompanying drawings, iilustrui'ing my invention.

Figure ?l. is a side elevation of the compiets Jl'ififihillfi without the recording mechanism; p'ort's being shown in section r nd broken away; Fig. 2-: is "c corrosponding top plan View; Fig. 3- is a top plan view of the of said row of keys; F 1g. shows an elevationof ihc lockiiig bolt used for pro' tion of tho mischsnisis for printing .ers 1, the lower encisof 'wiiicii are 8%;

keys of one row (for one sort of coin); mg. 4.- shows an elevation iockin bolt; Fi 7.- shows on swarm of one or the coin discharging .Whcsis "zinc the latches iimisiiig the anguiar movement thereof; Fig. 8.--is a, partial plan view of some; Fig. 9.- is a side elevation and WEN/1* mi Section of a coin oonminer, showirig the device for removing the weighi from tho coin discharging disk The View shows siso the clutch connecting silo coin Eiischarggmg mechanism to the recording mechanism; Fig. 10,- is a top plsri viewof tho dsvicc enabling the machine to dos}. with coin such as Belgian fr; coin; lg 1315' is an elevation of the mechanism fasting; tho printing typos corresponding idtho which is about to osiii Qua; i53.---- is a sido eievation oi mechanism; Fig 13.,

shows an eievstio oli"ti1c mm indicaio ing mechanism; Fi Tri=- shows ssiris sis vation of some; F11 1&5.- sioows mi sierra:

ing the cndisssistrip or? papers saw ties 'iic strip; Flgn 1(21- shows ths siois sicvsii i same; Fig. 1? issoi'cisiisidsvicss or tickotuscrigo feexiing ziovics.

in Figs. 11 to 17 the frsmc or the ma chincis not illustrated except portions fibers of where necessary for the disclosure of ti-s2 operation. f

Rcfsrrin to so drawings 2 dosignsy stationary rams, on which are iii ries of vertical tubular comiui ss or 0 in a flat casing 23, Within which is mists journaierl a oircuisr'toothcd ciisi: ha c a plurality of circular apertures. Tho fooo tom of the casing-has a recess 5 9} serving to minimize friction and an opening 6 for the discharge of coin through filo photo '7. For csch sort of coin thors are sc so oral coats-Liners '1' arranged sbo vc common disk 4; she rotation of which is coniroiisci by the corresponding cup of keys herein after described. ho tubu'isr containers 1 are bulged as as 8 and arranged in the piano mo of this bulged art is s siicis 9 adapted to be actuated by t o beveled pin 16, raised and lowered by a iiWo-srmoci icvsr i1 pivoted 13 and'actuoteci iif s'sm. by the cam disk 1E2v Y The mschime has as ms riy scriss of contain- 1% ors as therc'src soflis ofooirig out it has only a single csm-ciisk 1Q, sciiussiis #35118 beveled r pins 10' of all series. s mmers ihroughk the agency of the ahsi' Mi- Corresponding to firs ciischsrge disks ,4;

latcrall y pro different this wheels.

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such a way that upon l 15 owing to the desinall toothed wheel beveled pinions l7, actuated when the are moved in oppomple hy the crank he wheel. he sion akey without pending disk, pan vsons of the wheel 15 c lugs 16, c j rrcspond to the to be discharged For each "r iality of keys es horizontally Jack to its normal ring; 29. The eacn bar 20 moves suiting supported iongitudi- .fOllSIilfi nearer to 'nto way of relaythe wheel a given angle. ire keys 19 for o which acts t c second disd so on coins a w L the n this pothe in 111 nor: 7 1e wing}; 94-

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we keys of two dift frein being depressed is provided the -folarrangeinent conotetable wing 31, "or the passage of wing; 31 is re- 34 upon the deof said "pivot-pins 7 actuating a free end of 1 I f l between e same apart ls are arranged -w y 38, closed at The space be e ds is inst large th i n oular an a s sh Kcy-rod carries s our; Apr/G en) E6 to be insertedhetween the same, so it two keys of difi'er-ent groups of keys epressed simultaneously, only one key be depressed completely as only one bolt 36 can and will be inserted between the balls 87 After the various members are adjusted and controlled as described, said members will be actuated by a crank-handle 4:0 thrcugh the agency of gear-wheels i1, 42, .(l l. The gear-wheel 42 is fast on a shaft 43, which carries as many gear-wheels 42 as there are discharge devices. The gear-wheel M carries a spring-clutch 45 and is connected. to tile cam disk 12. The latter carries a lateral cam socket 46, bearing against an arm 47, secured to the frame and provided with a roller at its free end.

The machine comprises an adding device, composed of ear-wheels 4E9 meshing with the toothed wheels and loosely arranged on shafts 52, each of which is provided with a clutch 50. The latter is operated by the lever 11 through the agency of a rod 51and a forked lever 9). Said shafts 52 e2;- tend to the adding mechanism hereinafter described.

The machine so far described, operates as follows :It' a key is depressed, the associated hair will he moved horizontally, so that the wedgeshaped head 21 thereof causes the corresponding stop-pin 23 to be advanced. At the same time the lug 26 of the bar 20 causes the wing 24- to swing, whereby the hook 27 will he disengaged from the recess 28 off the wheel 15, which is rotated through a given angle (limited by the pin 23) by the action of the spring 30, until one of its lugs 16 strikes against the advanced pin 23. Owingto the arrangement of the clutch 18, the beveled pinions 17, which connect the wheel 15 to the discharge disk, will remain inoperative. As the key 19 is depressed the lug 33 thereof brings the wing 31 into its horizontal position so that the fork 35 vacts to insert the bolt 36 between the balls 37, whereby any key of any other group is prevented from bein depressed at the same time. As the Wheel 15 rotates, it will rotate the wheel 49; which. actuates the shaft52 and therefore the addii'lg and recording mechanism {hereinafter described) through the agency of the clutch 50. After the keys'corresponding to the sum to be paid out are depressed, the cranlnh andle l0 will be rotated, whereby the shaft rigidlyconnectcd to the wheel 15 will be rotated through the agency of the gear-wheels 4-1, operated by the cam-socket 4C6. wheel 15 will be rotated together with the beveled pinions 17, which cause the corre sponding disk 4: to rotate for discharging a corresponding number of coins. At the same kl, C c:

actuate the shaft 14- through the agency-of the lever 1L The latter raises the beveled time the cam-disk 12 will be rotated to mosses pin 10, whereby the slide 9 will be moved inwardly into the coin container for the purpose of relieving theweight otthi super- J posed coins from the rotatable disk 4. By

the rotation of the shaft 14 through the .medium of the lever 11, the wheel 49 will be released through the agency of the rod 51 a'nd'thenlutch member 50. If it is desired to discharge pieces of frs: 0.25, a correspondin bar will be actuated asfor other hoinyi e lug 2 of said bar engages and moves the wing 24 (Fig; 10), which moves longitudinally a bolt 73, uided-in bearings 74 and carrying two hoo ed fingers 27, 27, 11 normally engaging recesses in the wheels 15 and 72. If the bolt 73 is shifted by the depression of a key, the whee1s15,-72 will be released and the wheel 15 will be rotated by ,its spring and arrested by the stop-pin 22, 'Zfiwhile the wheel 72' will make a complete revolution and disengage by its cam shaped perigher'y the pivoted bolt 75 from the toot ed wheel 71. The latter is then also I allowed to rotate and it will be arrested by 3, the stop-lugs'79 engaging each other. As the mechanism is wound up by the handle 40 the clutch of the wheel 72 will rotate the latter until it engages a pin of the shaft, -whereupon the shaft and therefore the wheel 15 will be moved in unison. The wheel 15 will move the wheel 71 through the agency of the lugs 79. g The part of machine which records the sums paid out comprises gear-wheels 4C9, meshing with each of the toothed wheels 15. Said gear-wheels 49 actuate relatively long shafts 52 which in turn actuate three toothed wheels 53 through the agency of suitable intermediate gear'lngs. The three wheels correspond 'to the units, the tens and the hundreds respectively.

' The recording mechanism of my machine [may be divided into three main parts: the arrangement for adjusting the type-wheels, the arrangement of the indicators and the parts will printing mechanism. These three now be describedin detail. 7

As the wheels 15 are rotated for adjustment as above described, the wheels 53 (Figs. 11 and 12) will be rotated through the agency of the shafts 52 and said wheels 53 will rotate and adjust the type-wheels 92 through the agency of the gear-wheels 9? and 98. Upon'each complete revolution of a type-wheel the next adjacent type-wheel must be turned to the extent of a unit.

This result'is' obtained by means of fingers 102 arranged in the well known way to engage sprocket-wheels 90 attached to toothed pinions 89 meshing with the gear-wheels 97. In order to prevent the t ypc whe-els from being moved during the printing oporation, and also to rectify their positions, I

have provided a locking device 62', 63, op-

device being inserted into radial slots provided in the type-wheels 92 for holding the latter against accidental movement. After the printing operation the type-wheels 92 must be moved back to their zero positions by the crank-handle l0 carried by the shaft 55, provided with a toothed Wheel 5% meshing with a toothed wheel 56. secured to a shaft 57. The latter has a crank 96, pivotally connected with a rod 96 which causes the toothed segment 95 to turn about its pivot-pin 95. When turning upwardly, said segment rotates the toothed pinion 94-, mounted loosely upon the shaft 93 of type-wheels. When swinging downwardly said segment rotates the pinions 91 in reverse direction. whereby a pawl 94 carried by said pinion will engage a groove in the shaft 93 and rotate the latter. The type- Hrheels 92, which are also mounted loosely on the shaft 93, are likewise provided with puwls 103 (Fig. 12) adapted to engage said groove in the shaft 93 and therefore said type-wheels will be rotated together with the shaft, 93 in suck-ession according as the respective pawls 103 engage the said groove. The pinion 94 and segment are proportioned in sucha way that the shaft 93 makes a complete revolution, and the longitudinal groove is arranged so that each type-wheel will be turned back to its zero position after the complete revolution of the shaft 93, produced by the downwardly swinging seg ment 95. In order to enable the type-wheels 92 to be turned back to their zero positions,

from the wheels This is obtained by means of a cam 64, carried by the shaft 57. and acting upon a bell-crank lever 65 pivoted as at 66 and carrying the bearingof the intermediate pinions 98. When caused to swing by the cam 64, said lever e5 disengages the pinions 98 from the wheels 53 backwardly. 'The'fingers'102'must also he released from the tached to the booths pinions 89 before the .type wheels canbe moved back to zero. To

carried by arms 69, pivoted at 70 and provided with a cam-hire recess by .two armed levers 67, loosely mounted on shaft 93 and" pivotally .connected with the bell-cranlrlevers (So/When the latter are caused to swirigfas described, the levers ilif raise the arms 69 together with the pinion-s 89 and sprocket-"wheels 99, so that the-latter are disengaged from thefingers 192. "Ellie pinions' 89 are moved against an alining blade 91, which holds them against acei dental rotation. At the same time a spring blade 101 is depressed by a bell-crank lever 100 and inserted between the teeth of the -wheels 53 to aline them and hold them said wheels must be previously disengaged whereby the type-wheels 92 may be turned. 4

s rocket-wheels 99, at

this end the'lshaft 88 of said pinions 89'is erated by the cam 62, the blade 630i said iagainst accidental'rotation. Said bell-crank 13o lever is actuated by a cam 99 of the shaft 57 through the agency of a pivoted arm 100 and a connecting-rod 100".

The indicating mechanism (Figs. 13 and 11) is followsr-As already described the wheels are actuated by the rotation of the wheels .rrranged on the shaft 55 of the crank-handle .10 is a toothed wheel 54; meshing with a toothed-wheel 56 on the shaft 57. Said wheel in? transmits motion to a toothed wheel 101 through the agency of gear-whee s 59 and 103. said wheel 104; being mounted on a shaft 109 and provided with a finger 105, arranged to actuate a crossshaped member 106. carried by the inclined shaft 107, the upper end of which carries a eam-disk 108. The shaft 10%) carries also a toothed pinion 110. moshing; with a toothed wheel 111. the shaft 112 of which carries a cam-roller 113. engaged by pivoted levers 125. adapted lo'engage the toothed peripheries oi the indicating wheels 122 to hold the latter against accidental rotation. The shaft 112 carries also a cam-disk 11-1 engaged by a lever 115 arranged to operate the frame 11% pivoted at 1113. The toothed wheels 53 are o 'ieiatively connected to gear-wheels 118 by intermediate pinions 11.7, said gearwheels 118 being arranged on shafts 120, provided with clutches 119 and carrying other gear-wheels 121. meshing with the toothed peripheries of the indicating wheels 122 as shown. Said indicating wheels 122 are loosely mounted on the shaft 123 and connected with the latter by means of spi ral springs (not shown) one end of which is secured to the shaft. while the other end is secured to the respective indicating wheel. The rotation of the indicating" wheels 122 produced by t 10 action of said spiral springs is limited by 'a .rotatablo cross-member 1241. The clutches 119 are operated by spring actuated hara 1,2(L adapted to be shifted by a suitably shaped swinging member 127 actuated by the cam 1.08 After a wheel 122 has completed one revolution, it causes the next wheel 122 to turn to the extent of a unit by the fact that its laterally projecting finger 13 engages and moves the sprocketwheel 128. attached to the. pinion 129 mesh; ing with the toothed periphery of thenext indicating wheel 122. The indicating Wheels are adjusted at the same time as the typewheels already described tov show the operator the sum which will be discharged upon the operation of the crank-handle 10. If thesum indicated in this way is not right, the operator needs only operate the clutch 158 (Figs. 1 and 2) lay-means of a key (not shown) provided to this end and turn the handleAO' for bringing all the members of the machines back to their initial positions without discharge of money.

The record feeding and printing mechanism. is shown in Figs. 15, 16 and 17. The

the papensliding freely below i e roac es type-wheels 92 inlfed b inking device such as 1 record strip is fed from a passes over guide-rollers 1 between two pressure roller the larger printing roller 1- wound upon a store roller shaft 55 of the handle agency of a relatively loose pressure rollers 1 13 and the prn 1141. are carried by frame 132 ad swing about a stationary shaft endless strip of paper passes b wedge-shaped spring actuated mem 138, the member 13? of which slide 139 guided in the 3 ally connected to an arm 1w fixed. pin 136 see red to the chine. It will be seen that the 1.1 swings in the direction ot'the arrow 15), the slide. 139 will be moved do and the strip of paper wil be pu wardly by the wedge m'emb frame 132 is swung in. the cp osite the slide 139 will be mor the wedge member 13? st. strip of paper which is he 1 the wedge member 138. The swin ments of the frame 132 o cam 138 arranged on the s -2 ing two successive recesses frame 132 is swung twice in rap toward the type-wheels 92, once an impression upon the endless once for making a. similar ii .131 the ticket strip supplied froir and brought between theend the type-wheels 92 as will. scribed. The ticket strip p spring actuated wedgeair-e one 151 is pivotally aira tionary guide while pivotally arranged on a s on said guide 150 1 1 17 on shaft 116 through o Arranged below each wedge inernb 152 is a flat plate 151 and 152" 0 passes the strip of paper. 11:" the moved downwardly the member the strip of paper and pulls dew.

151. If the slide 150 liner again, the member 151 grips paper and thernember 152 sl the latter. At each downward.

the slide 150, the latter will feeds port the strip corresponding to the desired of ticket to be delivered by the ma Said portion will be inserted bet een printing roller 14-4.- an type and printed when the :frame 132 second swin toward the After the ticls'et is printed, by a, pivoted critter 1 5? sun actuated by the shaft I i'iflIldiQ 40 through the agency of geaowheeis I ee .eei; forth.

form onci arrangement of the "vents de- 22 iviieeie, iieiiween the toothed, W eeiiecoii so dusk o oi the ore, mecimmsm, suitable coimectwns etc/coil 'the 1% aeoeeee iiii' an arm lofig 'ieicioated by 1% com 155 on eiieiit 5? through the a one of a, bar 156' and a pivoted lever 156 The shaft 146 is 55 of theopei-eting 5S and 145, as clearly ShOWHJ H Fig. 15.

From this disclosure. it will be seen that the money discharged from my automatic cosiiiei' o'iii be first shown on indicating wheels, ei'rangcoi in from of e suitable open.- iilg ohe casing of the machine, and then discharged and simultaneously recorded. on e stationary rec-02 171 one" iickeb delivered. by iiie machine by operation of e single crank-handle, icriogiog oil iie paris simuiieneousiy back to their iiii siei positions.

i wish it io be uiiciersioori' diet i do not wish to iimii; my invention to the precise scribed, as man .chenges smi mo i'iiceizions may be resorts. in w iiioue departing from scope of my iovc ice 1 ifi'eving time fuiiy cieeoeiised my invention, it I claim and desire 'io eecuie Letters 1s:- in enouioim tic oi? the class cod, iii e combination vcriical tubuier w contaiii'icrs a suitable coin e ecting; disk, eiisioiy eri'aogc in 2, horizontal one be each of acid coin comainers, a bulged lflllfiiflil in the well of we. contsiiier, :1 horimiiteliy movoble slide, eciepteci "510 be. insereeii aperiialiy into said bulged means for eciueiiing-said slide at *he iiime es the ejecting disk, :1 key boom, suitoiiie connections between the keys and the ejeclbiog diek for cozitroiiing the angular movemepie of the letter, a recording owl e, iiicizei, printing mechanism, and means for fiiiflifiij the hoe:- to be controiled at the fierce i,v oe as the ejecting ciisio subsia-ntioli y 12a in on automatic ceshiec the class de scribed akey hoard iiocizoiiteiiy movable here actuated the keys, stoopios movable oi; right angles to said iii-ire e'eoi sdoggteci e0 i'oe comet-ed by the ieiflcer e vez'ticoiiy ermngcd toothed wheei laterally projeciging. iug's on eeid Whcei' cooperating with said stoopine, a spring ectuotipg said Wheel when it is released, a. latch, Jsormeiiy flocking mid. Wheei against rotation and adapted to be unlocked by sziici bor a hocieomelly 110- 'aie coin ejecting {c'iisiz, so ebie ggee *cic, for said gfifiF-Vfilifiifi w'iieco'by file io cio not eciiieie the disk if vthe mime ,Wheel is roi'otezi, io; spring, e ei'enioiicndie, a shaft carrying the some, eo oiiie georiiigs between the letter and! iii? shaft of said toothed. wheel, whereby the iii/H 91 is iee in opposite dircoiioos when henciie is coileted, o recording hotel ooci file iootiiedi wi eeieoioickei prim ing' mechanism and suitable connections be- .tween the la tier end the shaft of the crank- .miiciie, sui'isiantiuiiy as set forth,

3. In an automatic :cegiiier of the class described,' the combination. of key-board horizontally, movabie ca-rs, actuated by iiie keys, stop-pins movable {it i'ight'angies to said bars and actuated by the some, a verticsl toothed wheel, laterally projecting iugs cooperating wiih said stop-pins, a spring for octuoi'ing the ioofihed Wheel to an extent limited by the adjusted stop-pin, a crankiiancile, suit-able geerings between the some e-nci the toothed whee for roteiing the latter in opposite direction, eneioogoteci guidewey, bails wronged Within the some, and 2 bolt adepceri to inserted beiween said beiis upon the depression of e single I: for preveniing another key. fi om being depressed simultaneously, e horizonteiiy omble coin ejecting disk, suitable eoringsigetween ciao letter and the toothed wneel whereof ike disk is actuated only Whentthe'cmnkhsndie is roeereci group of veriicei tuiioieicoin e i'ecor mechanism eotiiesed hy the toothed lice suiosceniiaiiy as set forth.

4. in EEWiZUiT-zliiiii} cashier of ifoe ciass cicscz ii oci, the combination oi. a keyboard, e toothed wheel spring actuating the some in one direciioo, means for controiiing the angular movement of eeid Wheel by the depression of ofkey, a rotatable coin ejector v siiiiabie connections between the iooihed Wheel seici ejecioi', e shaft e crookimnciie on said. shaft and connections iietween the letter anti iciieiooeicerl wloeci, the ejector being actuated only as fake crankimiidie is roiaetecL isooihed gear-Wheels cocresponding to units, tens end hundreds, operrolcive coniieoizione betweeothe some and the said? iooifiiicd Wheel, type-Wheels operoiiveiy "connected to said geei'ovheeis, mi inking device for saic'i icypewheeis, recording Wheels also opei'eeiveiy connected :0 9

said geeowiieeis, meeiis for feeding en emiiees strip or pepeein 1 cm; of ihe type 'Wheeis, enofciier scrip of paper, means for ieeiii ig the some oeoween ihe endless strip anti file iype-Wheeis, mesons for cuitiiig said second strip'to the ticket length, and memos for pressing the paper iniceii. type-Wheels, substantially as set forth. I 5. 1:11 on automatic cashier of the class do .ect-iiiyeci the combination of a key-booed o toothed Wheel, e spring actuating the some upon the depression of e key, means operaeed by the keye for cocci-oiling 'ehe anguim movements of ssici Wheel a crank-handle for Rema ning the bitter in opposite direction, a

rotetzibie coin ejecting disk, connections-between the some and the toothed Wheel whereby said (iisk is actuated. only as ehe crank-handle is operated, typc-Wheeis and recording inciicoting Wheels, operative conagainst the nections between said wheels and the toothed Wheel, an oscillating frame over" which passes an endless strip of payer and arranged in front of the type-wheels, paper feeding means carried by said oscillating frame, suitable connections between the crank-handle and said oscillating frame whereby the latter is caused to swing toward and away from the type-Wheels, an inclined guide for the same for another strip of paper, reciprocatlng feeding means i saicl said guide connect 011s hetwee;

and said feech i paper hetweeteless strip 0i gapei",

in presenceof twe v m BARON Witnesses T; P. WAGNEER,

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