US1161666A - Reserve coin-tray. - Google Patents

Description

A. H. HAWLEY.

RESERVE COIN TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED mLY s. 1915.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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'AMOS H. HAWLEY, 0F TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNR T0 INTERNATIONAL MONEY MACHINE COMPANY, F

TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

RESERVE COIN-TRAY.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Application led July 6, 1915. Serial No. 38,295. p l

l To all @cham t may concern.'

Be it known that I, AMos H. HAWLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo andy State of Indiana, have invented certain new i and useful Improvements in Reserve Coin- Trays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to machines for paying out money, especially those of the type embodying a suitable magazine to contain coins of different denominations adapted to be selected and delivered from the 'machine under the control of suitable predetermining mechanism.

In money paying machines of the above class such as are employed for making up payrolls, that is to pay out different amounts of money which in the aggregate often total many thousands of dollars for a complete payroll, it has been found that the coin mag zine of ordinary capacity is not sufficient to hold enough money for the complete operation. This invention, therefore, has been designed with a view to providing a supplemental or reserve tray or magazine adapted to be detachably mounted upon the casing of the money paying machine and from which reserve tray or magazine the operator is enabled to replenish quickly the various holders or receptacles forming the main magazine of the machine. With the above in view a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an end elevation showing a money paying machine, partly broken away as illustrated, having a reserve tray made in accordance with the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is arfragmentary front view showing more clearly the divisions or coin pockets into which the reserve tray structure is divided. Fig. 4 is a rear view partly broken away, showing the tray in folded condition. Fig. 5 is a sectional view takenabout on the line 5-5 of Fig.` 1, bringing out more clearly the adjusting means to hold the legs of the tray in collapsed and operative plositions. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating in elevation the shorter legs of the tray folded thereagainst as when the device isv not being used.

Usually a machine to which the present equipped with a coin magazine holding` about live thousand dollars in gold and other coins of ordinary denominations. For large payrolls, is insufficient with which to pay out from the machine more than the amount repreof course, the above amount A senting the capacity of the main coin magazine,as above premised. The reserve coin tray of thls invention is preferably located adjacent to the main coin magazine'so that one of the operators of the machine, two of whom ordinarily handle the machine in a payroll operation, may with ease and facility quickly supply the various holders of the` Describing the invention Specifically, A4

in the drawings denotes the money paying machine, or that portion properly speaking to which the invention is applied, the casing only being illustrated in connection with a portion of thema'in coin magazine.B. The magazine B is divided into pockets or receptacles containing pennies, nickels, dimes andV practically all of the larger denominations of coins used in the United States system of coinage.

The reserve or supplemental tray of the invention as seen in Fig. l is preferably supported above the main magazine B,and is indicated at Said tray C is ldivided into coin receptacles or compartments l (see Fig. 3) and it is contemplatedthat any suitable arrangement of such pockets may be employedhaving in view the fact that of certain coins, especially pennies,'a larger number is used than of other coins. At its lower corners the tray C is supplied with the forwardly and downwardly projecting arms 2 `adapted to engage over end members 3 of, the main coin magazine of the'machine A,

said arms 2 being intended to prevent any lengthwise displacement of the tray Conce it is placed in position. Forward displacement of the tray is likewise lugs 4 projecting downward'from the under sides of the arms 2 and engageable in rear of the magazine B as seen in Figs. l and 2. Mounted upon the rear side of the tray C are sol vest

prevented by l of the reserve tray is such as to facilitate the -avoid liability of marring the short supporting legs 5 and the long supporting legs 6. The front legs 5 are connected by a cross rod 5 and the rear legs by a similar cross rod 6', and each le 1s preferably equipped with a rubber foot to of the finish of the casing when the tray 1s positioned on or removed from the main machine A.

The legs 5 and 6 are foldable against the back of the tray C and since the connections between each pair of legs and the tray are substantially` the same, one only will be described. Projecting rearwardly from the tray C are the brackets 8 each carrying a pivot pin 9 formed witha head 10. The pivot pin 9 is fixed on the bracket 8, and 1s formed with an enlargement 9 which is received by a slot 11 in the adjacent supporting leg. Said supporting leg furthermore is provided with a lookin pin 12 connected by a coiled spring 13 with the first mentioned pin 9. The pin 12 has an enlargement 12 capable of engaging in either of two notches 8 formed on the edge of the bracket 8. When the pin 12 engagesin the notch 8 nearer the tray C the adjacent supporting leg is supported in folded condition against the rear side of the tray, whereas when the said pin 12- engages the outermost of the said notches the legis correspondingly'held in operative position in which it supports the tray. The action of the connections intermediatevthe legs 5 and 6 and the brackets 8 is peculiar. Each pair of legs 5, or 6 as the case may be, is manipulated in folding or unfolding the same with respect to the tray C, the slots 1 1 permitting a longitudinal movement of the legs to disengage the locking pins 12 of the same from the notches 8. with which they may happen to be engaged, whereupon the pair of legs may be swung inwardly or outwardly as required to'set up or knock down the tray C, the springs 13 forcibly causing the pins 12 to engage with the proper notches 8 after a pivotal movement of the pair of legs to the position in which it is required that the legs be j adjustedr The shorter legs 5 preferably fold inside of the longer or rearmost legs 6 as seen in Fig. 4, and the simplicity of the arrangement and formation of the detail parts ready replacement or removal of the same in respect to the machine A.

` Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a reserve coin tray for money machinesthe combination with the tray, of a supporting leg therefor, a bracket carried by the tray, a pivotal connection intermediate said bracket and leg, said leg being slotted to receive said pivotal connection, whereby longitudinal as well as pivotal movement of the leg is permitted, interloclking means intermediate the bracket and the coin magazine associated therewith, and a reserve coin tray comprising reserve coin holders, arms projecting forwardly and downwardly from the bottom of'the tray to engage over the coin magazine, lugs projecting from said arms and engaging with the com magazine at the rear thereof to prevent forward displacement of the tray, and

supporting legs connected with the tray and resting upon'the casing at the rear of the coin magazine.

3. In a reserve coin tray for money machines the combination with the tray, of a supporting leg therefor, a bracket carried by the tray, a plvotal connection intermediate said bracket and leg, said leg being slotted to receive said pivotal connection, whereby longitudinal as well as pivotal movement of the le is permitted, interlocking means interme iate the bracket and the leg to hold the latter in adjusted positions and comj prising a locking pin carried by the leg and interlockingly engageable with the bracket, and a spring connected with said pin and normally tending to impart a longitudinal pull to the leg whereby to maintain said interlocking connection operative.

4. In combination a tray, a supporting le therefor, a bracket carried by the tray and formed with a notch in an edge portion thereof, a pivot member carried by said bracket and projecting from opposite sides thereof, the leg being formed with a slot receiving said pivot member at one side of the bracket whereby to establish a pivotal and slidable connection intermediate the leg and bracket parts, a locking pin projecting from said leg and having a portion adapted to engage in the notch of the bracket to hold the leg at a desired adjustment and to operate along the notched edge of the bracket during movement of the leg to and from such adjusted position, said locking member projecting beyond the bracket, and a coiled spring attached at one end to the portion of the pivot member opposite that engaging the leg and connected at its opposite end to the projecting portion of the locking member, said spring normally tending to impart longitudinal movement to the leg whereby to maintain the locking member in engagement with the notch of the bracket.

5. A reserve coin tray for money paying machines comprising a plurality of coin holders, projecting arms adapted to engage a coin magazine to properly position the tray in reference thereto, suitable legs carried by the tray, and connections intermediate said legs and the tray consisting of a bracket member projecting from the tray and formed with notches, pivot members on said bracket member, each leg having a slot through which said pivot member passes so as to permit longitudinal move-v ment of the leg relative to the pivot member, a locking pin projecting from each leg and engageablewith the said notches of the bracket member whereby tohold the yleg folded against the tray or unfolded in operative position, and a spring connecting the pivot member with said locking pin to maintain the leg in a predetermined position relative to said pivot member and to 15 AMOS H. HAWLEY.

Witnesses:

C.' S. FRosLID, C. C. CARPENTER.

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