US1118652A - Coin-counter. - Google Patents

Description

P. G. JAGOBSON.

COIN COUNTER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. z5, 1912.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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COIN CUUNTER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 25, 1912.

1, 1 18,652. Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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vP. G. JAGOBSON.

COIN COUNTER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 25, 1912.

.Patented NOV. 24, 1914.

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P. G. JACOBSON.

GOIN COUNTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1912. Y 1 1 1 8,652.. Patented Nov. 24, 1914` 4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

G. JACOBSON, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

i Specication of Letters llatent.

Application led November 25, 1812. Serial No. 733,424.

T0 all lwhom 'it may cancem Be' it known that I, PETER G.. JAGoBsoN, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usefullmprovement in Coin-Counters, of which-the-following is a full, clear, concise, an'd exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a art of this specification.

1y -invention relates to coin counters and,

^ in its preferred embodiment, is'an improvement upon the structure shown in my ited to such an embodiment.

My invention. has for one of its objects the provision of means for preventing a tamperer from so tilting or'positioning the coin counter that coins will escape the same. In this way all coins which enter the counter are sure to be recorded and charged against which is to be described', discharged from` The invention has for another of its ob' g'ects the provision of means for insuring the passage, one by one, .of the coins to bei the one` in charge of the counter.

counted, there being employed coin lmockers or ejectors for' dislodging coins that may he lodged upon other coins which are about to act upon the counting-mechanism. My invention has other characteristics and'm'll befully explained by reference to .the accompanying drawings showning the preferred which*- embodiment thereof and in Figure 1 asectional elevation on line 1 1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2`,is a sectional' elevation f i on line 2 2 of Fig-L ;Fig. 3 isa lsectional lj elevationon line?) 3'of-Fig. 1;.F1g. 4 is' a sectional yview on -line 4 4'of Fig. 2; Fig.

5'is a plan view, partially in section, of a part ofthe-structure.; Figl is a view, looking fromv Withimtof the structural portion" shown ini Fig. 5;; 7 is a sectional elesectionalelevationlbn line 8 8 of Fig. 2; Fig. 9 isfa sectional-view on line 9 9 of Fig.

8; andi-Fig. 10is azdetail view of part of."

being `en ibodiedin'the form'. ofa fare box, s though-thezinvention is-not vto be restricted 3P pli-ation Serial Nol 692,919, led Apr1l24, v1912, though the invention is not to be lim l for the drum interior.

ft'ated by a cr lthat'm aggregate equal the fare, thecoins through the mouth 11 of the coin.

passing chute into a coin receptacle 12 having transparent wall portions so that the fare may Patentea'1v0v.24,1914.

be'seen by the conductor. The door of the l receptacle is provided with a trap door 13 fixed upon a shaft 14 that may be turned by 'f' the conductor or other attendant for .theV

purpose of causing the transportation of the coin toward the counting mechanism andthe' 1 i' ultimate receptacle,`whereafter the trap door is restored to its normal position. The coins which are discharged 'from the-trap 'door find downward passagethrough a vertical l chute 15 linto the interior of a hollow cylinf' drical. drum 16 having -short- .axial length. 'The coins passing through the vertical chute 15 are, after being counted by the mechanism the cylinder 16 into the coin -receptacle 17,

provided with a closure 118, for affording ac- A cess to the coin reeeptacle,"this closure be# ing in the form of a vertically sliding door.

The drum 16 has two stationary wall por- 1 tions 1Q' and 20, the `wall .portion 19'havg ing an' opening therein that .registers with the lower terminal opening of the chute 15 purpose of admitting coins to the "f Both stationary wall portions 'are provf vided with outsetting extensions 21 which are directly secured to the main side plates i l2210i the frame of the machine which is i mounted within the sheet metal case 23. r

`The wall portions 19 and 20 are vof circular formation whose peripheral ortions` con# 4stitute bearin s for the annu ar wall' por"" 1' tions 24 whic are joined by the annular wall portion 25. i A spur gear 26 is screwed into rm engagement with extended -vation online'fl'jfof Fig. .2; Fig. 8 is a tions-.of the wall portions 24 .and 25, the `astenin screws also serving to unite the plate 27 carrying a cam 28.

in mesh4 with Banpinion 30 adapted to be ropor- '.cam'hol 'ng plate 27 with the gear 26, the. The gear 26is` *1in mesh with'a pinion 29 which in turnfisf` not@ 31, the'crank being asso-y Iciated with ordinaryclutching mechanism:

32 by means of which thecrank, when -ro- 'I tating inone direction, will :Eorce the rod' tation ofthe gear-26 but-will notsefect fIlO are caught, by devices Ato jbel described,;s o

that they may be carried` to a position overlying thev Acoindischarge chute 34 from which the coins areg discharged into thecoin receivingV receptacle 17, the coin ejecting nger 35 .moving inwardly for the-purpose. of dislodging the coin when it overlies the chute-34,:athere being a-,coin ejecting nger '35 in 'association'with each device that retains. -a .coin while 4vbeing .carried upwardly.

Coin 'retainers p36 -that are individual to zqcoi-nsrof differing values are distributed. throughout the interior ofthe drum at suit-.l

able intervals, there being as many coin rel tainersas thereare coins of differing values j tothe-.counting of .which the machine is ziadapted. By Way of example, there are two4 coin retainers for United States fivecentV pieces, one coin retainer for Canadian ivecent pieces, one .coin-retainer for United States pennies", and two coin retainers for A4 United- States ten cent'pieces. The coin retainers are providedl with iat faces that are directed-toward the axis of thev drumand against 'which the coins areheld. as theyv are brought to their positions above the chute 34.l Eachl coinretainer is' provided with insetting coin* engaging lugs 37, the lugs 37 'of .the different coin retainers being Vspaced varying; Idistances apart so that the lugs 24 of each coin retainer will engage and hold but one coin,.a coin beingv indicated in position by'a dotted circle in Fig. 6. The faces of the coins when held by their retainers: are substantially parallel with theaxis of rotation of-the drum whereby the 4aai-location of the coins within suitable re- -'tainers is assured as the-drum rotates. That is the coin retainers and the coins they. hold are transversely disposed with respect Ato I .v H 4the plane of movement of the coin retainers. ooins of smaller diameter than the space between the lugs-,36 of a pair will pass through such space and coins of larger diameter are prevented from co'ming within the planes of the-lugs 36. Thusthe lugs 36 ofI 55.;one coin retainer are to be permitted to hold pennies only, vlugs 36 of another coin retainer are to be permitted to hold United States ve -centpieces only, etc. The rotatable portion of the drum turns in the ogdirection indicated by the curved arrow in Fig. 1. The coin ejecting fingers 35' are pivotallyv mounted upon the rotating portion 25 ofthe drum so as to be individual to associate coin retainers and are adapted 6510 have their 'free `ends projected through whichisdesirablyin 'the' form of a thinridge whlch is straddled by the bifurcated [outer end/s 39 of the ejecting fngers"so that ing v l drawn.

`cratedafter the .coin retainers have received this portion where' the coins are held 'by the lugs 36 when the drum'fha's been rotated far enough to ermitl the ejecting iingers to be depressed y a stationary cam 38 the fingers' are moved positively in both dlrectionswlthout reliance upon any spring structure.. When the high portion of the 75 vcam ridges 38 engage the. bifurcated parts 3Q-of the ejecting fingers such ejecting iinvrgers are forced inwardlyl to eject coins and Whenfthe -lower portion ofthe cam ridge-38 engaggsthe bifurcated ends 39 of the eject- -gers such' ejectingfingers are withj A pair of supplemental ejectingA ngers 40 is mounted'upon the same shaft withieach .ejecting fin er 35, the lingers 40 associated with! each ger 35 being joined byfaweb so thatthe fingers 40 will be forced to moveatg'ether, thi-sweb having a bifurcated uta/il.l 41. .whose -lbif-urcated' portions straddlegaacam ridge 42'.' The' ngers 40 of eachfpair enter the1drumA as do the lingers 35 and are properly spaced apart to engage the faces of any coins which are piled upon the coins that should be snugly contained in the Icoinretainers. The ingers40 are opthecoins they are properly to hold so that any other coins piled thereupon willbe ejected.l The cam ridge 42 may have as many `outwardly projectingbulges for this purpose as desired, there being two such bulges; illustrated in Fig. 8 which serve to operate upon the supplementary ejecting fingers to cause them to enter the interior of 4the drum for the purpose stated, the lower portion ofthe cam ridge 42 withdrawing the supplemental lingers.

I lwill now describe the mechanism by which-.the coins are counted. .A blade 46, Within the drum, is ixedly mounted upon a shaft 47 at its inner end. An exterior portion of this shaft carries a cam plate 48 havinga'depending portion which is slotted at 49. A pin 50 is in engagement withl this slot and is carried upon a plate 51 pivoted at V52.: The plate 52 carries a pin 53 and an inwardly extending projection 54. The axes of the shafts 47 and 52 are stationary, these shafts being mounted upon the stationary wall-portion 2O of the drum. A cam plate 55 is fixed upon the drum wall portion 24 to rotate therewith. This cam plate 55 carries outwardly projecting lugs 56 each individual to a coin retainer. The cam plate 55 also carries cams 57 which project out-I wardly as do the lugs 56. The cams 57 are intended to coperate with the inward extension 54 of the plate 5l. The lugs 56 are intended for coperation with the pin 53 that extends'in'wardly similarly to the extension 54. The portions of the plate of the 130 which the cams .of the inwardly' extending cam p1ate`55 proper intervening between the cams 57 have no function except to support the lugs 56. The cams 57' are of differing lengths corresponding to the values of the coins to be held by the coin retainers to 57 are individual. The major portions of the cams 57 lie in the same circle while the other portions of these cams are inturned. the arm or blade 46 is adapted to engage the bottoms of the coin retainers when such retainers are free of coins whereby the coins, when in the retainers, are adapted tc move the blade 46 and thereby eifect the movement of the plate 48 fixed upon the shaft 47 upon which the blade 46 is fixed. The plate 48 is rocked in a clockwise direction (as viewed in Fig. 8) whereby the blade 51v is, through the intermediation of the pin and slot connection 49, 50, rocked in va counter-clockwise direction to bring an end projection 54 into line with the outer circle of the cams 57, the inwardly extending curved entrance to these cams being provided to insure the passage of the projection 54 into engagement with the dwells of the cams 57. As the cam plate brings the exit end ofeach cam out of engagement with the inwardly extending projection 54 the next adjacent lug 56 strikes the pin 53 to restore the plate 51 to the normal position illustrated whereby the plate 48 is-also restored as is the blade or arm 46 iixed with respect to the plate 48 whereby the arm 46 is again positioned to be operated upon by the succeeding coin carried intol'engagement with its free or outer end by the rotation of the drum wall 25. It will be observed that the dwells of the cams 57 vary in length whereby the relative periods within which the plate 51 occupy the position to which it is thrust by the clockwise moving plate 48 vary. It is during these. varying periods that the totalizing or recording mechanism is operated to vary the extents according to the values of the coins being counted, the dwells of the cams 57 having lengths proportional to the coin values and increasing in length as the values of the coins increase and as cams are individual tothe coin retainers that are to hold coins of corresponding values the values of the coins are totalized as the drum 16 is rotated. When the plate 48 is moved in a clockwise direction, due to the action of a coin upon the arm 46, said plate operates upon a clutch lever. 58 to move the clutch collar 59 inwardly, this clutch collar havingahub continuation that terminates in a clutch meinber 60, the elements 59 and 60 being splined upon a shaft 61, so as to rotate therewith while being movable longitudinally therewith. The clutch member 62 complemental to the clutch member 60 is loose upon the shaft 61, a hub portion of the clutch mem- The outer or free end of.

ber 62 having xe'd thereupon a spur pinion 63 which constitutes a part with the counting train and is in constant mesh with a contiguous segmentalV counting train 64. The segmental gear 64 is provided upon the outer end of a pivoted arm 65 carrying two cam rollers 66 between which the outwardly projecting cam 28 passes as the drum rotates with the support 27 for said cam 28. Whenever the clutch members 60 and 62 are coupled the segmental gear 64 operates the counting train when this segmental gear is moved outwardly by the cam 28, there being as many dwells .to cause such outward movement of the segmental gear 64 as there are coin retainers, these dwells having lengthsproportionate to the values of the coins retainable by corresponding coin retainers.

As the invention is illustrated, the shaft 61 is provided with a counting gear wheel 67 which is fixed thereupon and which is rotated when the clutch members 60 and 62 are coupled each time the segmental gear 64 is moved outwardly, the extent of such rotation obviously varying with the variation of the outward movement or' the segmental gear 64, which latter movements vary in the manner which has been described. Thus the counting train means at the segmental gear 64, is made or broken at the clutch members 60, 62, and is continued at the pinion 67, it being unnecessary further to describe the tota izing mechanism whose operation is due to the rotation of this pinion 67. W'hen the segmental gear 64 is upon the portions of the cam 28 that are concentric with the drum 16, no movement of the wheel 67 can occur and when the segmental cam 64 moves inwardly no movement of the wheel 67 can occur, separation of the clutch elements 60 and 62 occurring shortly after the rollers 66 enter the outer portions of the cam 28 that are concentric with the drum 16, such separation being timed by the cams 57 and lugs 56 in a manner which has been described, the engagement of these clutch members enduring from the time they are brought together upon the entry of the projection 54 into engagement with the cams 57 until the lugs or pins 56 strike the pin It will be seen that the segmental gear 64 is caused to turn each time its rollers 66 encounter an inclined portion of the cam 28 but that such turning has no effect unless the segment 64 is moved outwardly at a time when the clutch members 60 and 62 are in engagement.

Viewing the structure as it appears in Fig. 1, if it was tilted upon its base toward the right it might be todian to cause some of the coins to escape counting, it being possible to cause the coins to clog the machine. I guard against this result by means of the structure shown in possible for its cus- Figs. .l and 10 which includes a holding pawl 68 whose detaining nose is normally out of the range of the holding lugs 69 tra'veling with and ixedwith respect to 26. When the machine is tilted as described the holding pawl 68 is thrust into the path of the next lug 69 to prevent rotation of the drum. This result is secured b the action of gravity. I employ an arm O'having a vfixed axis of rotation at its upper end and carrying a weight 71 at its lower end. The arm also carries a guide 72 rotatably mount* ed upon the arm 7 0 and having a fixed axis of rotation with respect to the armk The guide 7 2 has a diametrical passage there through that receives a pin 7 3 fixed with the holding pawl 68. Such a conrespect to y forces the movement of the holdstruction ing nose of the pawl 68 into the path of the next lug 69 when the machine, as viewed in Fig. 1, is tilted toward the right 1f it should be attem ted to defeat the purpose of the machine by turning it upside down the holding pawl 74; Will engage the teeth of the gear Wheel 26 directly. To prevent the purposes of the holding pawls 6 8 and 74 from being defeated by the action of a magnet 1 make these elements of non-magnetic material. r1`he element 7 5 has the fur ther purpose of holding the coins in their retainers before the arm 46 engages the same, a feature forming no part of my present invention, a i'orm thereof 'having been disclosed in my co-pending application.

While l have herein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment of my invention 1 do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction shown as changes may readily be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, but

Having thus described my invention 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following zl. A coin counter including a hollow rotatably mounted drum into which coin to be counted may be received and from which the coins may be discharged after counting; a coin retainer carried by the drum and located within the drum interior g coin counting lmechanism whose operation is governed bya coin in the coin retainer and to which the coin is brought by the coin retainer coin ejecting means individual to and traveling with the coin retainer, this coin ejecting means operating upon the face of a coin that may be upon the coin in the coin retainer to enable the coin counting mechanism alone to be subject to the. action of the single coin belonging in the-.coin retainer; a cin ejecting device individual to and" traveling with the coin retainer; and-means for causing the latter coin ejector to engage the face of the counted coin and force its removal from the coin retainer.

' 2. A coin counter including a hollow rotathe gear coin face engaging aliases tably mounted drum into which coinsto be counted may the' coins may be discharged after counting; a coin retainer carri dby the drum and 1ocated within the drum interior; coin countlng mechanism whose operation is governed bypa coin in the coin retainer and to which the coin is brought by the coin retainer; coin ejecting means operatingupon the face of a coin that may be upon the coin in the coin retainer to enable the coin counting mechanism alone to be subject to the action of the single coin `belonging to the coin retainer, the said coin ejecting means having two spaced apart coin face engaging portions; a coin ejecting device; .and means for causing it to engage the face of the counted coin and force its removal from the coin retainer, the latter coin ejecting device also including a linger which is disposed between the coin engaging portions of the first aforesaid coin ejecting device.

3. A coin counter; a coin retainer carried by the drum and located within the drum interior; coiny counting mechanism whose operation is governed by a coin in the coin retainer and to which the coin is brought by the coin retainer; coin ejecting means indibe received and from whichvidual to and traveling with the coin retainer, this coin ejecting means operating upon the face of a coin that may be upon the coin in the coin retainer to enable the coin counting mechanism alone to be subject to the action of the single coin belonging in the coin retainer; a coin ejecting device;-and meansvfor causing the latter coin ejector to engage the face of the counted coin and force its removal from the coin retainer.

et. A coin counter; a coin retainer carried by the drum and located within the drum interior; coin counting mechanism whose operation is governed by a coin in the coin retainer and to which the coin retainer; coin ejecting means operating upon the face ,of a coin that may be upon the coin in the coin retainer to enable the coin counting mechanism alone to be subject to the actionof the single coin'belonging to the coin retainer, ejecting means having two spaced apart coin face engaging portions; a coin ejecting device; and means for causing it to engage the face of the vcounted coin and force its removal from the coin retainer, the latter coin ejecting device also including a coin face engaging finger which is diposed between the coin engaging portions of the first aforesaid coin ejecting device,

5. A coin counter including counting mechanism having clutch members for rendering the same operative or inoperative; a coin operated clutch actuating device for rendering the counting mechanism operative and including a pivotally mountthe said coin' the coin is brought by' 1 ed plate 48; a pivotally mounted plate 51 operated by the plate 48 and provided With a cam engaging portion 54; a moving cam 57 engaged by the portion 54 to maintain the clutch members in engagement; an element 56 for restoring the plates 5l and 48 to normal position When the separation has occurred between the cam 57 and the cam engaging portion 54; and means operating le independently of the coin being counted for my name this 30th day of October A. D., 1912.

PETER Gr. JACOBSON.

Witnesses:

G. L. CRAGG, E. L. WHITE.

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