US1096500A - Coin-collector. - Google Patents

Description

0. F. FORSBERG.

OOIN GOLLECTOR.

APPLmATIoN rILnD 81121220, 1911.

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. 1.096,50'0, Patentd May 12, 1914.

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sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

"OSOAR F. FOB SBERG, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIG'NOR T0 WESTERN' ELECTRIC COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. -Y., A CORPORATION OF I'lN'OIS.`

COIN-COIECTOR.

1h' whom it may conoem Beitknown .that I, Oscar: F. Ifonsnne, citizen of the United States, ,reslding at Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State' of New York, have invented a certain ne-W and 'useful `Im rovement in Gein-Col- 169mm, of whichl t e following is a full,

clear, concise, and exact description. This inventon relates to c'oin collecting apparatus for use at a telephone pay station.

The invention is designed for useat a pay station where the deposit of a cpin is neces- Sary in order that the substation may be able toV signal the central oflice, and to call for a tollline connection the substation de- 'posits coins asindicated by the central office, ,the central office subsequently making the proper distribution of 'the coins, that 11s, ther returnng them to the calling party gr depositing them in a cash box. The deposit of .a coin may be automatically 81gnaled to the central oflice, each com transvmittingv a signal of characteristic significance- `The object of this invention is to provide improved apparatus at the substatlon under thecontrol of the central oiice operator to direct adeposited coin or deposited coins into either of two separate paths so that the coins may be either returned to the calling party or deposid out of reach of Said Party, andto provide means whereby access to the coin box is 'closed against the unauthorized removal or abstraction of the coins either by the introduction of some instrument'from the entrance opening orby theY i rever'sal of the position of the com box.

-.. In accordance with this invention, the comdirecting device comprises a'pivoted bottomless retaining element having a separate movable closure for its lower end, and suitoted arms of the latter.

'able means are provided for laterally'dis- 'placing the closure in either of two direcf coin. Preferably both the retaining element tions to selectively dispose of the deposited Specification of Letters Patent.

Application flled September 20, 1911. Serial No. 650,392.

Patented May 12, 1914.

cell being pivoted to swing between the arms of said U-shaped member and havin its lower end closed by the concave base tiereof. A polarized electromagnet may be emp'loyed to swing the U-shaped member in either of two direct-ions to selectively dispose of a deposited ooin.

Referring to the drawings- Figure 1 is an elevation of that part of a coin collector mechanism which embodies the invention, With the chute in section; Fig. 2 is a plan of the mechanism with the upper part of the chuteremoved, together with an Operating electroinagnet (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1) for controlling the same, this view being along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Figs. 3 and 4 are different views of the coin-directin mechanism in one of its alternative operated.

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In the drawing, the chute 60 has branches 54, cxtending respectively to a return receptacle 75 and to a coin receptacle. Only the upper part and portions of the side walls 52 of the coin receptacle are shown in Fig. 1. T he two branch chutes 54, 55 are formed in part by an inverted V-shaped partition 4G.

`J ust above the convergencc 53 of the branch chutes 51, 55 is located the coin-directing device 33 which may comprise a unitary bottomless retaining element c and a bottom or closure 37 therefor; the retaining element in its preferred form is a metallic cell or bucket pivoted above its center of gravity to the upper ends of the arms 39, 40 of the closure 37. The bottom or closure 37 is normally in position to completely close the lower end of the section and acts as a support for the coin or coins. This lower end part 37 is concave and the bottom of the' part c is convex to correspond with the concavity of the part 37.

An arm T0 Controlled by the armature of the polarized magnet 7) carries a toothed segment 71 which meshcs with a pinion 45, fixed to the pivolal point of the arni 39, to cause the closure 37 to slide out from under the retaininp; cell c in one directioi or the other according to the dircction in which the armature a lof magnet p is tilted. This causes the load upon the closure 87 to slide oif the base of the closure and fall to one side or the other of the point 53 and into the chute 54: or the chute 55 opening into the return box respectively.

Gravity devices 50 and 51 are supported pi'votally by the arms 39 and of the closure 37, so that they move freely thereon, and these gravity devices at their'fi'ee terminals make contact With diainetrically opposite points of the base of the closure. The function of these gravity devices is to maintain the cell c in its normal Vertical position against the displacing tendeney of the falling' coins and also to assist in returning the cell to normal after being operated, and are so weighted and pivoted that While they afl'ord slight resistance to the tilting of the closure 37 and the discharge of the coins due to the operation of the inagnet ip, they alfordoonsiderable resistance to the tiltingl of the cell a. i

At the lentrance to the coin box is a'gate g pivoted at 56 a'ndheld in norma-l position by the spring 57; its upward movement being limited to prevent the gate from comconstituting the coin tray or the coin pletely closing the entrance to the coin box,

thus leaving space vfor a single coin to slide over the surface of the. gate g into the coin box; this limit of movement is a short p'in 58 in the rear wall. The strength of the spring 57 is suchthat the weight of more than one coin over-comes it, the gate g is de fiected and the coins drop through. This gate makes it impossible to introduce an instrument into the coin box for the purpose w .of withdrawing a co1n,'and in case the coin collecting lapparatus is removed from the I wall or support and inverted or tilted coins cannot be thrown out.

The coin or coins having been deposited in' the coin-directing device 83, it Will be assumed that it is desired to deposit them in the cash drawer of the snbstation. This cash dra'wer is shown at (Z and is located immediately below the passageway 55, as seen in Figi". 3. the coin now held in, the device into the cash drawer, it Will only'bc necessary to rotate the wheel 45 in a clockwise directijon.

To cio-:this the operator will impress upon the circuit current of' such. polarity and lstrength as toenergize the p'larized lmagnet 37 to cause the armature a to be attracted by the pole pie'ce 7l.` This' Will cause the arin, to shift. or tilt the closure 37 to the left, as shown in Figs'. 3 and '4, and since the cell is loosely pivotedy on the armsl of the closure it Will partake of its movement until arrested by the action of gravity, thus facilitating the discharge of the coin into the passageway 55 leading to the cash box (Z. vi-Xssuminginow that it is desired to return coins held'in directing device 83 to the calling'party, it'i'stapparent that it 'will be necessary to rotate the Wheel 45 in a. countercl'ockwise direction. 4'To accomplish this,

n order, therefore, to discharge .deposited deposited Loseoo current of proper polarity and strcngth willv o be impi'essed upon the line to cnergize the polarized magnet to attract the armature a toward pole piece 7:3 upon the left. This nioveincnt of ai'mature a will cause the closure 37 and'cell 0 to be tiltcd toward the right, and the delmsited coins to bc dis charged into the passageway 54 from whc'ncc y they pass into the rcfund tray 75, acccssible to the calling party.

I claim:-- i

1. A coin collcctor comprising a pivotcd coin retaining element, a pivotcd closmfe therefor located bcneath the lower end vof said element and adaptcd to be shifted la ttivc thereto, and means for Shift 'lenient and. said closurc'in oppo-` inne, respectively.

2. .'i eoin collector comprising a coin retaining element, a closure therefor, a com'- mon pivotal support for said element and said elcsure Whereby both maybe rotated about a common. axis,-and means for rotating said closure and said element in either of two directions to.V selectively dispose of a deposited coin.

3. Tn a coin collector, in combination, a

icoin-directing device adapted to support a compnsmg -a pivotcd/ deposited coin, U-shaped member and a buoket pivoted to swing frcely .between the arms of said U-shaped member and having as a bottom the base of said member,l and means for shifting` said U-shaped member in either of 'two directions to. selectively discharge a deposited coin. i 4. In a coin collector, in combination, a. coin-direct-ing ,device adapted to support a deposited coin, comprising,` a pivoted U-shaped member' and a'bottomlcss tubular cell, said cell being pivotcd at its upper edges between the armspf said U'shapcd member and having as a closure for its lower end the baseof said U-shapcd .member, and means for shifting said Ushapcd i'x'ioniber in either of two dirccticms to selectively dl'fichargc the depositcd coin.

5. in a coin collector, in combination, a coin-dirccting device adapted to support a coin, comprisinp; a pivoted U-shaped member and a tnbular cell pii'otcd toswing' freely `between the arms of said VU-sha ed member and havin' as a bottom the base thereo'f, the pivotal point of the cell being higher than that of the U-shaped member, and means for 'swinging said U-shaped member from under said cell in ;either of two directions to selcctively dis- `.charge a deposited coin.

Q6* In a coin collector, in combination, a coin-directing device adaptcd to support' a coin, comprising a pivotedv U-shaped member and Va bottoinless tubular cell, said member being pivoted atsnbstan' tially the midpoints of its arms and Said cell being pivoted at its upper edges between I In witness whereof, I hereunbo Subscribe the upper ends of said arms to' swing freely my name Athis'lth day of September, A; D. therebehveen, the base of said U'shaped 1911.

member servng as a clos'ure for said cell, OSCAR F. F ORSBERG. 5 and means for shiftmg smd U-shaped m em- Witnesses:

ber on its pivots in either of two directlons IRVING' MAGDONALD,

to selectively diseharge the deposted coin. MonGAN WABHBURN, Jr.

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