US1103124A - Coin-sorting and computing machine. - Google Patents

Description

(L S. BATDORF.

00m SORTING AND COMPUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED T11R11. 1913.

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In V611 tor:

QAza I M3 1y tOSfL O. S. BATDOHF. COIN SOB-TING AND COMPUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILE] IXIER II, 1913v Patented July 14, 1914.

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O. S. BATDORP.

COIN SOHTING AND COMPUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IEB.11,1913.

Patented J my 14, 1914.

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C 1 I11 V611 tor:

C. S. BATDORF.

COIN SORTING AND COMPUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.11.1913.

Patented July 14, 1914.

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i Atty e perforated plates uhove the or GFFICE.

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Serial no; names.

Too?! wimm if n'm worm-u; discarding or throwing out any coins of a le it lrnon'n tha t i, helium different denon'iinntion which may by accia cirizen of the United fi trates. (1 hot or otherwise have entered the chute, or l'r iolrlvu, in ihe runny means at each chute for counting the coins 5 in; discharged through the se me, and means at 60,

;c of New Yorh, have n no; and useful improve: 1:; ez'ich chute "for computing and registering ingz end. Conq'nitinn;Inacoiues, the total value of all the coins passing following; is a specification. through the. same during any stated period.

@nc oojeim oi the invention if: lo prorld n lihe machine of my invention is particu- Ito thoroughly eilicient machine with the nse of lsrl q useful to corporations and persons re- 65 which :1 cashier or her p-awson rccnvin e ceiving coins of vai i'in g denominations in vsnvim 'uirutities ri coins of various elclarge quantities or in Varying quantities nominations indiF-rriniinil junihlcd together, may quickly se mrale the coins of llu: KNEW) nations and dis them cly mixed or from different individuals aggregating large out or quantities at stated periods, as for illustrawn znuniiion the owners 01" street-car lines WhOSQ 7n 'iln seporz'ite conductors individually bring in varied bags or rwzplucles, preparatory lo said coins essortnients of coins which must for each being suitably wrapped lay in*\=rapping conductor be counted and the amount thereof nmcuines. compared with the register slipor record of so A further purpose of 'lhe the car. lVith the use of my machine the 7:3 provide a machine of the ("151* coins handed in by each conduct-or may be to, having means the!- E sorted. and discharged into separate recepcounijiug the coins of each 'taeles and the value thereof quickly ascerpassing llllllllgll ii and. of serene ('Oill". mined -for comparison with the register slip pulling, registering or indicating; he value or ecord of the car. In the continued use so or ull the coins of *ach dcnoniirnition thus of the machine the coins of each denominacounted. Lion 11' ny be kept together during any stated further object oi the invcntimi is to period and delivered to banks having coin provide :1 machine of the (inn-actor referred Wrapping machines by which the coins are to which will discharge sorted coins one wrapped into packages iof predetermined after another of each dcnon disvalues, lily machine enables the ready sortcurd or throw out from I the coins of each conductor and the coins ofone denolninalion-any coin o computing of the total value thereof for forcni do oniiuatiou that may in "c. comparison with his record, and in addition ollierrvi had become interinn the coins of? each denomination passing so with. i through the machine are counted and hence The machine ol any inv ll'lifil'l c-znnprises, the total value of each denomination of coins in the preferred embodiment thereof, a seand the iotal value of all the denominations ries of perforated plates or screws rranged of coins passed through the machine during one 'mrtly helowainl projecting beyond the any stated period may be readily computed. other in series iillll each adapted to. retain The invention will be fully understood coins el -one denomination and permit all from the detailed description hereinafter smaller coins to pass through ii, a bottom presented, reference being had to the acconr non-pcriornted plate to receive from the ponying drawings, in which:

s of lhe Figure 1 is :1 side elevation, partly broken :IW? and partly in section, or a coin sorting: and computing machine constructed in iiit'lllllilll'k with and embodying niy invenn; l igg'. 2 is a front end View of the some, in (en from the right hand end of Fig. l; 195 f rec/e1 lg. 8 is n vertical transverse section through i bans 'lhe seine, token-on the dotted line 3 3 of n i f lllp'l fig, i; Fig: l an enlarged detail, partly the coins, hronen an; iy, of a portion of the machine,

and and designed to illustrate more clearly than uuilh= -il. size used, such as indopewlcnl chutes in) the coins arrested on the res tin resqieciire chutesior rewiring therefrom, means for emptylaeles or compartments into or the like, nieuns at each chant line the passage the" .thrr one after another, or one a within the the some represezzm in 1, the means fox" counting the coins leaving the at eaeh on oi screexrplete thereof ell-ii compwing or totalizing the amount o value representezi by such coins; Fig. js airhori- 201m} of the ame, taken oh the dotted line F3 0% Fig 4; Fig. 6 is a iiize tiozi 012 a portion of she some taken onthe dotte-i line 6-6 of Fig. 41; Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse seecion through a portion of the some, taken on the dotted line 7-&" of Fig, 6; Figs. 8 aid 9 are vertical sections through a ortion of the eomputing mechanism and lilustmtetwo (iifferent forms of 59s cams that may be employed therein,

1 8 showfu; a cam having one 'irip an convenienfi T used in the computing mechanisms for me screemplates from which.

an -cent pieces and pennies discharge and are counted, and Fig. 9 illustrating a cam having five trips and adapted for convenient use in the computing mechanisms for what we may call the quarter or twenty-five cent and fiveeent screen-plates or the plates on which twenty-five cent pieces and five-cent pieces are respectively naught and from which they are discharged and count-661i. The number of trips present on the cams shown in-Fi s. 8 and 9 is a matter Wholly esire of the manufacture and the orderoof the numerale used on the count ing disks; Fig, 10 is a top or plan view a porfiion of the machine, and Fig. 11 is a vertical motion through a, portion of the :seme'oxmhe dotted line 11 of Fig. 1G.

in. the drawings 15' designates an exterior box-like casin to besupported upon 1 Sui:- eb-ie table or t e Eke, not shown, preferably oontoinin drawers for the reception of money The casing at one side the formation of a, series of .sceps (Fig. 2} and said. suppors a series of peeforatefi :a'mmbe ed. respectively, 16, 1'7, 18 e113. a no ZfOIflikd plate 20, the up y mes Wldfla of the u Mao-11$ deer-eel except at one froi'zt 511 defiecfied (1 5;. 3}, to i'iiteeet coins a0 :2 W335 chute or onto a 1 lines in one fihen me 'opwamly o e, o form al oo'wmvmdiy to u: e horizontal pozrtioos (21 said phat maimed porous e pietes venienqe of iz'ie reeyeotive the the plate "26, not inteodmi that any the pirate or its 7 hoyimmtal portions of the p I '3, and 20 project 1ater- 1113'. one oeyon he other in. "exceeding seiesv, and; file plate 17 rojeei'm ..Ltera11y be the piate i6, and was the upper surface "no 0" t piaie 16 is fun exposed and. substantiei pori ions, of the p12 1? 18, 19 and 20 are exposeti for hand; manipulation of the coins that, may be placed or arrive there: on 51116 the detecfion of counterfeit and mutilai'ed coins.

The 'olees 16,-17 18 and 19 are perforated or formed withopeningsintended to permit fili ija in coins to pass through them and meant other coins differing in 'size from paseing through ehem, anci in the present instance is intenc'ied that. a collection of fifty cent coins, twentyfivewnt eoin, five cent, eoins 01m cent coins; unit cent coins will be damned r upon the upper performed ice or screen 16 whose openings au'e of such size thefi m: (511* coins except,- the cent coins will pass through the :p iate while the fifty cent. main on piate, the 0 being too small to permit of the assa e therethrough of fifty cent coins. A! of the coins fafling through'the plate 16 will pass 11pm the i7, and ail of such coins with the exception of twentyiive cent coins will pass through saial plate 17,, the twentyfive cent wins retained thereon. AH of the eoir failing througi. 'iho plate 1! W531 deseen eon the phte l8 with iahe exception of rave 1t pieces W511 pose rough said plate 18 the 'P6'i'f)- rations or he m said plate being proper .eioneel in em mipfli coins, smallerin size him five cent pieces, to throw-g2: them audio prevent, five cent pieces from The define which 1 upon the one are or wall pro will retain oneokzee on ti'zo plate :he various piaises info coins on the plate 16, -s on. the plate 11, five one-oent coins on coins on the plate are by the 01., discharge '1 compartments and finally weep. lacies m1 said ems time or d coins will re- :z-zmngs 1n Silld plate f mor ise with one of the plates 16, 17. l8, l9 andQO,

is formed a hopper, the being, for convenience of identification. numbered respectively 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32, and said hoppers being vertically disposed and of the proper respective widths to snugly receive on edge proper coins of the denominations arrested on the respective plates discharging into them and having inseparate hoppers clincd bottoms, as denoted at in 1.

The hoppers are formed between plates. all corresponding with the plates 22, 23 numbered tor the upper hopper 28 in Fig. 3, and the outer plate 22 being of glass so that the coins may be observed therethrough.

.The hoppers 29, 30, 31 and 32 are only at the forward portions of the sides of the plates 16. 17, 18, 19 and 20 and each one receives the coins retained on the plate adjacent to which it is located, said coins being the ones which did not. pass through the plate and in the use of the machine being brushed manually over the edge of the plate and into the hopper. As hereinbet'ore explained. the forward side edge portion of they upper plate 16 is deflected downwardly, as at 21', so that the coins brushed over the hirward sideedge of said plate may tilt and readily enter the hopper 29. The plates 17, I S, 19 and 20 are at their forward side edges also deflected downwardly, as at 3% (Fig. 3) to enable the convenient passage of the coins, manually brushed over the edges of the plates, into the respective hoppers 29, Eh). E31 and 3'2. The coins when on the plates 16, 17, 1S and it) will be brushed about by the fingers of the attendant so that all of the coins not intended to remain on the respective plates may descend through them, and thereafter the coins which remain on the respective plates are in the use of the machine brushed laterally to the s de deflected portions 21.. 3t and thereby causedv to enter the respective hoppers. from which they are onc after another discharged.

-At the lower front edge of each hopper E28, 29, 30, 31, 32 is a n auxiliary downwardly inclined discharge chute 3.) (Figs. l and t of just about. the height of ii) coins intended to pass on edge through the same. The chutes 35 correspond with each other, cvcept that the upper chute is oi vertical hei ht suihcient for the passage there'- through of fifty-cent pieces, While the next lower chute is of a height to permit til snug passage through it ot. twenty-livecent pieces, and the next lower chute ot a height required for live-cent pieces, and the 1183i lower chute of a height required for the pars sa e otonecent pieces and the bottom chute ot a height required for the passage of tencent pieces. Each chute istornicd with a lower vertical shoulder 3(3 behind which the lower edges out the coins travel and an upper depending llange 3T behind which the upper portions oi the traveling coins pass and which shoulder and flange serve to retain the coins on edge and to direct them downwardly to, at each chute, a rubbentired roller or wheel 38 by which the coins are forced from the chute and into a receptacle, presently to'be described. All of the rollers 38, thereheing one for each chute 35, are in constant rotation. their vertical shafts nunr bered 39. being driven through any suitable intermediate mechanism (Fig. $3) from a motor -10 of connncrcial character. When the coins roll down the chutes 35 they pass to the outer edges of the gripping or elastic.

rollers 38 and are by said rollers forced along the chutes 35 and frointhe front end thereof. 1 cut away a portion of the flange 3'? of each chute 35 directly above the roller or wheel 38, thereby leaving a recess 4-]. extending nearly to the topot the chute. and this to enable the said roller or wheelto, should an improper coin or one in height than the predetermined coin intended thereto-r enter the chute, by its pressure against the same, tilt the coin outwardly from the chute, the upper edfie ot'such coin being left unbaclred at its upper edge at the recess Hand thus rendered incapable or con tinued travel along the chute when the pressure of the roller or wheel 38 is exerte l against it. The wheels 38 have therefore for their purposes the forcing of the coins along and their discharge from the delivery end of the chutes35 and to discard or Force laterally from the chutes any coins of one denomination which might by accident or otherwise enter a chute or guideway 3.3 intended for coins of a dili'erent denomination. As shown in Rig. 4, the top or the chute or guic eway 5.55 is slightly higher than the upi'iif redg'e of the recess ll and hence coins of the proper size extending as they do above the said recess will not be discarded by the roller '38 and caused to tall on the next lower screen but being; retained at their upper and lower edgeswill be forced by said roller to travel along the chute or guide way.

Adjacent to the lower end of each chute or guideway 35 is a receptacle to receive tie coins discharged therefrom, and these receptacles are all alike in construction and numbered, respectively 42, 43. 44.. and 46, each oi the receptacles being); a box-like structure preferably having-an outer mantil) indicated by the dotted lines at the lower right nd portion of Fig. Llfoir the dis-- char of the coins, or until the doors &7 are opei and the coins permitted 'to slide out int e hand of the operator or into a suita'o ceptacle. Ordinarily it will not be u ry to open the doors 47 since the purpose is at the proper time and after an sortment of coins has passed through the machine and into said receptacles, to open or turn the bottoms 48 downwardly so that the coin" thereon may fall into suitable bags 4-9 x g. 2) detechably hooked upon the lower ends of the receptacles'to receive them. it may be, however, that a conductor will bring in an assortment of coins which when caused. to pass through the machine to the receptacles 22, 43, 44, 45 and 46 will not tally on the record made on the computing wheels, hereinafter referred to, with the statement or record slip presented by him, and in that event the operator may open anyone or more of the doors l'l' and count the coins to verify the figures given on the computing wheels or permit the conductor to count the coins over again and thus detect the error, should one exist, in his statement or record slip of the amount thereof. It is desirable that the several receiving re ceptacles for coins have doors i? so that at any time an occasion therefor should arise, the coins may be withdrawn from the receptacles without causing the bottoms 48 of the receptacles to drop the coins into the bags 49. I provide the front face of each receptacle, directly below, the door 47, with a downwardly and outwardly inclined lip 51') (Fig. 1.) in line with the bottom 48 01 the receptacle to cotiperate with said bottom in conveniently allowing the coins to slide out weirdly from the receptacle when the door 4-? is opened.

The means provided by me for turning the floors 18 downwardly contemplate simuh taneous action in said floors, and for convenience i. provide a crank arm 51 on each shaft hin' ing said floors 48 at their upper ends, as shown by dotted lines lH'Flg. 1,- and connect-all of these crank arms by means of vertical rods 52 with a bar or treadle 53, which, when depressed, will pull all of the crank arms 51 downwardly and cause all of the 'iioors of the receptacles to swing downwirdly and'discharge the coins that had held thereon into bags 49 placed to th 'same, disc-cut to the discharge end of each 35 I provide a. counter 54 of usual for counting the coins discharged through the end of the chute and also a computing mechanism, shown on an enlar ed scale in Fig. 4, for indicating the total va in of the coins discharged through the chute durin any stated period. It is my purpoF-Jc that t 1e" counter 54 shall, for instance, count all of the coins passed throu 'h the chute during an entire day and that the computing mechanism may give tho-total value of one assortment of coins passed through the chute I that a conductor might bring 1n, so as to render it convenient to compare the computation given by said mechanism with the statement handed in by the conductor of the value of the coins delivered'by him. The counter 54- for each chute would, under the circumstances mentioned, he set back to (l each morning, while the computing mechanism would be turnedfimck to l after each assortment of coins had passed through the machine. The counter oi; and computing mechanism for each chute arc actuated by the coins on their travel through the chute, said coins being utilized to rotate, by a step-by-step movement, a toothed wheel 55 secured on a shaft 56 and projecting at lower edge in the path of the coins forced alon the chute 35 by the wheel 38, as shown in 1 1g. 4. Each coin as it passes the wheel v55 will rotate said wheel one predetermined space or notch, and this movement of the wheel 55 will be communicated through a bevel gear wheel 57 to a corresponding gear wheel 58 and thence to the shaft 59 of the counter 54, said counter being of the Feeder the pinion wheel. 60 ten teeth, and the wheel 31 is mounted upon a sleeve or tubular shaft 62 'journaled in the side ('23 of the mnchine. 'lhewheel 61 has secured upon its inner face a cam 64 and this cam is cooperatively employed with 2i ratchet (55 how ing one-hundred teeth and secured upon the inner end of the sleeve or tubular shaft 32 and arranged to be acted on by u pawl 66 nrried at the upper end of a pivoted urin 67 having a toe mei'hb'erfld which is kept in engagement with the periphery of the cum 6% by rue-ans of a spring (39. The spring 69 exerts a tension against the upper end of the arm 67 tending to retain the pawl (36 aguiruet the ratchet wheel (35 and the toe member ('8 against the periphery of the cam 64-. The cam 64 shown in Fig. 8 is formed at one point of its periphery with a trip or shoulratchet wheel and toe szudtoe to instantly move lnu'nr lly o i' 4 said trip and against lhe (lo n-weed poi i of said cam, with the result that l'he pill (36 will be driven 'l OiWSuWllLY :igaiinsl lhe rziuw will wheel in rotate one space. EtKill coin urinating the wheel 55 will cause the gear wheel (il in turn one space, hut it will require a complete rorntion of the min (l-l oi Fig. 8 to el'leei' through the arm (3? and purl's carried themby. the rotation, to the extent of one spare. of the ratchet (15. Thus pennies or other fractional dollar values may he eoun'ieil up on (he Wheel (31, while a dollar or iiiiilrinle thereof may be represented by ezieli separate movement of one space of the rah-lief Wheel. ('5. The nun (r-lis, as aforesaid. eeeured to the wheel (ll. and (he mum Wheel (15 living rigid with the. inonlar shaft or sileeve (31!. rotates; a. (lisl; which is: keyed upon {he outer end of said shaft (32 and i orniell with a knob '71 by which it may be manually rotated or set huclc to its (l position whenever desired. l pon the fore oi the i 70 is 2\ line of numerals 7'2 denoting;- dollars arranged lo line up \viih the series oi firmnererse lines of numeral (ilifll'ntiti's on lhe face of the wheel 1 denoting l'rneiioaml parts of :1 dollar (and dollii s lso when do slred) as is cusl'onmri in re ".iering n'ieelni- 1 nisms.

During the passage of the coins: il'iriingh a chute each.iniernliitent rotary movement of the wheel cruised tin ehy operates the. counter and imparts movement. to the wheel (51 and rain 6i and at each pre determined period or the rotation of the can] 64- the pawl 6 is actuated to rotate the raiohot (i5 and ihrcuigh mid 'ziteliei. and nbnlar shaft 62 the disk 70 one space. The cam 64 with one trip 1'70 SllOYil'l in F 8 ill-he used in 'lhe eoinputi (1Q; mechanisms at all the chutes 35 except those throi which five and twenty-live rent pieces and in said two mechanisms l will pri'ivide the coin with five. corresponding equally spaced trips, {15 shown in Fig. 9 so that the ratchet wheel 6:") and disk '[0 may he inrned one space each of said trips pass the toe 68. The counter and computing ineohnnism s at all the ehnl'es 35 are essentially alike.

fore ed outwardly hv the The wheel 55 in allow sun;

as; the sueoee coins by pres l .iiior :1 end. iinring the roin aimuhler ail ii-he end i no connect the dish {lllCi Wl" 1 i-zl 1}.)tlDlQ ihe disk on'ns bee rumor: iiie nlieel e1 lo hero i sem rain *3 of ihe disk Tl) illlll A '3.

he premed ouiweri'lly l. the zuiehu and. own 5 ii desired. i provide for ezn'h whee 5'5 t eed hrulce wheel 7 so as to rurar i' in the intermitient inorenu oi and mid l'imke-wli i may if n. i

relieved from iid wheel 55 pre un'oto h l'he selling lunch 01'' i. dish ill and wheel (53,. "ll' Wheel T6 mounted in one 1* .1 oil & hellwrnnl; lever "4" f a diameter to onie ii'lseel 15 :iud h if their lacing aid digit". nwardly below the the ii'heel 76 said W son of llH s firin ii'ess ire ante upper edge or said ioo h and mm;- wheel to eoniple je its iniermiti'ei :neni. whereby the "wheel '76 heoonie" in. n; .iiring zicruriiie ii'ilerm hl'enl n'ientsi of the wheel and in erreciz' wheel :1; the end 71 eeeh. no internn in memento.

'lhe inieniii'xn i noi; limiied to ,tho pioy ent any sfpeinil Che. eounbn and roinpu'ling ineehnnn nieelni 2S 1503; erlornnn' snen well Known l 015 e. 0 Q ,1 e 7 w linen \lOlPl nu. nowever, i ii} preseni in. the sperizil computin bilu ii'n n b1 3 1.1 (inn-1151b, Hie. Lo r: enh e-eiz of a. sepmrzite application i i l 1 Wu :1 few numbers. 0.

nd (l lli may vary. mes are hei registered. the whee l on each roiiilion he used to eount am (ale rheni up in and then on the lilSi or one-.lmndredth more of the ii ieel lho trip or shoulder on the can: (ii will per mil the pawl (36 to more the ratchet (35 one epnee and reuse (he ilielz 7G to move one space and register l or one dollar. "Ji'hen 325 fen-rent pieeen are hoing registered, *2 l move oi. the disk 70 will represent. 16 or rim dollars. When iwenty-five Ce 33in: are being registered. I prefer to equip rem with live shoulders or trips, 15s shown I 0 that the rsbchet may muse the disk ll} in negisier nt each move or live dollars, twentyiive dollars on click complete relation of the wheel 61. When shown in Fig. 9 is employed in the mwn for counting live cent pieces, the 7o willrepreseni; on each move 1 or one dollar, or live dollars on each complete rotation of the wheel 61,

The operation of the machine made the subject hereof will be understood without special furtherdescription thereof. I regerd it important that the several screens or pistesv project letemlly one beyond another in series, since such arrangement. pox-mils a complete inspcciion of the coins on the plates, the manual moving about of the coins to cause the proper ones to descend through the plates, the convenient brushing or moving of the coins Wind,

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n properly remain on the plates to the respective hoppers at the edges thereof, the dc tection, by the sense of touch, of counterfeit coins and the use of stationary coin or ecreen limes.

In Fig. 4 I illustrate the presence of two coins of the WEOR" denomination or of less than the proper diameter in the guideway or chute 35, es to indicate the function of the wheel 38 in discarding them laterally. Each coin forced laterally by a wheel. 38 from a. guidewey or chute 35 falls on she next lower complete or screen and either remains on or passes through the some, as may beproper.

The invention is not limited to details of form or constructiomsince I desire edequste protection for invention.

lvbst I claim, is:

1. in a machine of tie character described, a vertical. series of coin-sorting plates having openings therein for the es cape of the coins not to be held thereon, said pluses being partly below and extending horizontally beyond one another in series and. bile horizontal portions of said plates being freely separated-from each other and exposed so admit the hand of the operator thereto for manually moving the coins about thereon and causing the coins not lo, be held thereon to pass through the open,- ings therein.

2, In a machine of the character ,described, a vertical series of coin-sorting plates having openings "therein for the cape of the coins not to be held thereon, said plates being partly below and extending liorizonielly beyond one another in series and the horizontal portions of said plate being freely separated from each other and exposed to admit the hand of the operator thereto for manually moving the coins flier-eon endceusing the coins not to therein, and said plaies below the ones one havin downwardly inclined inner portions lea 'ng and for directin ole coins falling thereon to said exposed horizontal portions.

scribed, 21 vertical series of c0in-s0rting plates heving openings therein for the escape of the coins not to be held thereon, said plates being partly below and extending iorizontally beyond one another in series and the horizontal portions of said plates being freely separated from each other and exposed to admit the hand of the operator thereto for manually moving the coinsabout thereon and causing the coins not to be held thereon to pass through the openings therein, and exposed hoppers at the outer edges of said plates into which the coins detained "lhereon may be manually moved for their automatic ischarge.

4. In 21' machine of the character described, :1 vertical series of coin. sorting plates having openings therein for the escape of the coins not to be held thereon, said "ilates being partly below and extending horizontally beyond one another in series and the horizontal portions of said plates being freely separated from each other and exposed to admit the hand of the operator tbereto'for manually moving the coins about in, exposed hoppers at the outer edges of said plates into which the coins detained thereon may be manually moved for then automatic discharge, guideways or chutes leading from. said hoppers, means for forcing the coins one after another along said guide'ways, and means at each guid'eway for permitting the lateral discharge therefrom of a. coin of the wrong denomination therefor.

In a machine of the character described, a vertical series of coin sorting plates having openings therein for the escape of the coins not to be held thereon, said -plates being partly below and extending horizontally beyond one another in series and the horizontal portions of said plates being freely separated from each other and exposed to admit the hand of the operator thereto for manually moving the coins about thereon and causing the coins not; to be held thereon to pass through the openings therein exposed hoppers at the outer edges of said plates into which the coins detained thereon" may be manually moved, guidew uys or chutes leading from said hoppers, and means for forcing the coins one after another on edge along said guidewa-ys.

6'. In a machine of the character described, a. vertical series of coin-sorting oldies having openings therein for the esld thereon to pass through the opeol cape of the coins not to beheld thereon, said to l being partly below and extending -3. In a machine of the character de-' thereon and causing the coins not t0 be held I thereon to pass through the openmgs there-' in exposed ho ers at the outer ed es of,

said plates into which the coins detained thereon may be manually moved, gnideways' or chutes leading from said hoppers, means for forcing the coins one after another on edge along said guideway, independent ricceptacles to receive the coins from said guideways and means for simultaneously discharging allsaid receptacles into bags or the like.

7. In a machine of the character described, a vertical series of coin sorting plates having openings therein for the escape of the coins not to be held thereon, said plates being partly below and extending horizontally beyond one another in series and the horizontal portions of said plates being freely separated from each other and exposed to admit the hand of the operator thereto for manually moving the coins about thereon and causing the coins not to he held thereon to pass through the openings therein, exposed hoppers at the outer edges of said plates into which the coins detained thereon may he manually moved, guideways or chutes leading from said hoppers, means for forcing the coins one after another on edge along said guideways, and receptacles to receive the coins from said guideways, said receptacles having bottoms which may he opened and at their outer faces doors.

8. in a machine of the character described, a vertical series of coin-sorting plates having openings therein for the escape of the coins not to be held thereon, said after another alon use plates being partly below and extending horizontally beyond one another in series and the horizontal portionsof said; plates being freely separated from each other and exposed to admit the hand of the operator thereto for manually moving the coins about thereon and causing the coins not to be held thereon to pass through the openings therein, and exposed hoppers at the outeredges of said plates into which the coins detained thereon may be manually moved for their automatic discharge, said plates at the entrance to said hoppers being deflected downwardly and outwardly to tilt. the coins and direct the same on edge thereto. 9. In a machine of the character described, 11 vertical series of coin-sorting plates having openings therein for the escape of the coins not to be held thereon, said plates being partly below and extending horizontally beyond one another in series and the horizontal portions of said plates being freely separated from each other and exposed to admit the hand of the operator thereto for manually moving the coins about thereon and causing the coins not to be held thereon to pass through the openings there in, exposed hoppers at the end-portions of the outer edges of said plates into which the coins detained thereon may be manually moved, guideways or chutes leading from said hoppers, and means for forcing the coins ofa predetermined denomination one said guideways and ejecting coins of an lmproper denomination. Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 10th day of February, A. D. 1913.

CHARLES S. BATDORF. Witnesses:

ARTHUR MARION, CHAS. G. GILL.

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