US1204911A - Change-making apparatus. - Google Patents

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L. H. THOMPSON.

CHANGE MAKING APPARATUS.

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LESTER H. THOMPSON, 015 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO J. 1. BENJAMIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND ONE-THIRD TO A. P. WILLIAMS, OF WEST UPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GRANGE-MAKING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

' of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Change- Making Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The general object of the present invgition is to provide a novel and improged ma; chine or mechanism by which coins fem, senting the difi'erence in value betyfiefinlthe amount paid and the value of the thing bought be delivered, withoutlreqfiilfi mental calculation.

More particularly, my object has been to devise a simple form of such a machine, capable of use where the values dealt with are in terms of a certain fixed sum or multiple of such sum, for instance, the sum of five cents and multiples thereof, for which street railway transportation is ordinarily sold.

One use which I have had in view for the machine described and claimed in this application is in connection with street railway cars, where the unit fare is five cents, my purpose beingv to enable the proper change to be delivered when coins of a value greater than the unit are tendered, without calculation on the part of the conductor of the car, without requiring him to handle money, and more rapidly than can be done when the money'is handled. The machine is adapted to be used upon prepayment cars,

and is so designed that any coin, whether of the value of a single fare, or of greater value, may be deposited by the passenger himself, and b which the proper change, when the coin is of greater value than the amount of the fare, may be delivered instantly, whether one or more fares are paid for.

The invention consists in the improve ments hereinafter described and claimed, which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and in all modifications and alterations in the mechanical construction and arrangement within the scope of the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the Working parts of the machine, the inclosing case being shown in section. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same, the case also being cut away. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 4 is an under plan view. Fig. 5 is a sect onal view representing a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view on line 66 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 7 is a detail view illustratinn the manner in which a spurious coin may be ejected. Fig. 8 is a detailed sectional view on line 8-8 of Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the coin magazine, and Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a deflector used in connection with the magazine. Figs. 11 and 12 are detail sectional elevations of the coin ejecting mechanism by which coins for making change are delivered. Fig. 13 is an elevation of parts of the operating mechanism.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents in general a coin magazine having compartments for coins of various denominations. In the particular embodiment of the invention here illustrated there are five compartments, of which the compartment 2 is designed "to receive half dollars, the compartment 3 quarter dollars, the compartment 4: dimes, and the compartments 5 and 6 are both designed to receive five-cent pieces. This magazine. and all of the operating parts except the external handle and trig- I gers hereinafter described, are inclosed in a case 6 which is adapted to be opened, but is normally kept closed and locked to prevent theft of the money and tampering with the mechanism.

In the top of the case are openings through which project coin chutes 8, 9, l0

and 11 having slots respectively adapted to receive coins of different denominations. For instance, where the machine is designed for the purpose before mentioned the slot in the chute 8 is sufiiciently large to receive fifty-cent pieces, that in chute 9 to receive twenty-five cent pieces, that in chute 10 to receive dimes, and that in chute 11 to receive five-cent pieces. In the following description I will refer to the several coins for the sake of brevity, by their common designations, respectively half dollars, quarters, dimes and nickels. The several coin chutes'have openings in their bottoms which are arranged so as to discharge the coms therefrom into the corresponding chambers V sages 13, 14 are curved in the arc of a circle about a point 16 as the center which point is the pivotal axis of the e ector. Such ejector has an ear 17 pivoted at 16 on the exterior of the chute, and it also has a trigger portion 18 by which it may be operated. The denomination of the coin for which the chute is intended may be stamped on the trigger, which thereby also serves to identlfy the chute. One side or part of the chute is preferably made of some transparent material, as glass, whereby the entire extent of the passage may be seen from outside, and the coin may also beseen after it has been deposited. Thus the conductor or attendant is enabled to determine whether the coin is good or not, and if-it is not, he can eject it by depressing the trigger 18 in the manner shown in Fig. 7. The end of the ejector normally lies back of the outlet 13, as shown in Fig. 6, where itis inoperative and ofiers no impediment to the passage of the coin, but when moved by depression of the trigger it travels through the passage 12 and ejects the coin from the slot. It is normally held in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6 by a spring 19 surrounding the pivot pin 16 and properly engaged therewith and with the ear 17. A stop lug or abutment 20 on the ejector engages the top of the coin chute, as shown in Fig. 6, and prevents the ejector from being withdrawn by the spring to too great an extent, and retains the end 1 of the ejector in position to act as a guide for the coin when the latter operates the mechanism.

Beneath the outlet of each coin chute is an arm or bar 21 pivoted at 22 to a part of the frame, and having a rigid downwardly projecting leg or extension 23 pivoted to one end of a link 24, which in turn is pivoted to a lever 25. Such lever is pivoted upon a pintle rod 26 secured in the front portion of the frame. There are as many levers 25 as there are coin chutes, and all the levers are pivoted upon the same pintle rod.

Slidably contained in an upright groove in each coin chute is a bar or slide 27, from the side of which extends a pin or stud 28 which crosses the coin passage. The bar itself is beside the passage and does not interfere with the coin, but the stud is adapted to overlie the coin when in its uppermost position and acts as a pusher to dislodge the coin from the chute. The bar 27 is guidedby a stud 29 projecting through a slot 30 in the side of the chute, see Fig. 2. Each coin chute is equipped with such a pusher as that described. Each pusher bar has a wrist connection with an arm 31 rigidly secured to a rock shaft 32 supported in bearings in the machine frame, and having another arm 33 connected by a link 34 with a rocker 35 pivoted at 36 to a part of the frame. To the rocker 35 is connected a spring 37 which also is connected with the arm 33 at the point 38. As the point 38 is farther from the rock shaft 32, than the distance between the pivot 36 and the point at which the spring is connected to the rocker 35, the spring normally holds the arm 33, rock shaft 32, and arms 31 in the position shown by full lines in Figs. 1, 2 and 6, whereby the pushers 28 are all elevated above their respective coin passages, leaving such passages unobstructed. Thus, when a coin is dropped into any of the slots, it ialls through the passage until it is stopped by the end of the ejector, when it rests upon the bar 21, and is under the pusher 28, as shown in full lines at 40 in Fig. 6. An operating lever 41, which has a handle 42 projecting outside of the case, is pivoted at 43, and has an arm 41 lying near the swinging end of rocker 35. When the handle 42 is swung to the rear, that is to the left of Fig. 2, the arm 41 strikes the rocker 35, swinging it to the right, and thereby depressing all of the coin pushers 28. If at this time a coin is in any one of the chutes, it is forced downward by the pusher against the underlying bar 21, depressing the latter and swinging the upper arm of the corresponding lever 25 forwardly, untilthe bar 21 is removed far enough to permit escape of the coin. The coin then drops from the bar into the mouth of the nearest magazine compartment, as indicated by dotted lines at 44 in Fig. 6. The positions of the various parts when this movement of the coin occurs are also indicated in said figure by dotted lines.

The levers 25, which are operated in the manner just described, perform the changemaking function of the machine. That is, all of such levers do this except the one controlled by the unitcoin, which in this instance is the five-cent piece. For describing this function I will refer now particularly to Figs. 3, 4, 5, 11 and 12. As shown in the last two figures the compartments of the coin magazine are open at the bottom, but falling of the coins therefrom is prevented the coins, but are comparatively short, hence when the coins are pushed beyond the guides, they are free to fall. It should be noted that between the plane of the guides and the bottom edgev of each adjacent compartment is a space slightly deeper than the thickness of the coin in such cmnpartment, so that one.

coin and only one at a time may be removed from beneath the pile in the compartment. Back of each compartment is a pusher 47 adapted to move approximately horizontally and normally just below the lowermost coin in the magazine. All of these pushers are pivotally connected to a rod 48 forming part of an oscillating frame or pusher actuator 49 which is pivoted at 50 to the stationary frame of the machine. Guides 51 are provided for the pushers, and serve to retain them in the same vertical planes with the spaces between the coin supports 45. The pushers are normally pressed downward against the bottoms of their guides by springs 52 which bear against them and re act against a rail 54 (Fig. 5) attached to the swinging frame 49. lVhen so held the pushers travel beneath the coins, when moved by the oscillations of the swinging frame, without dislodging any coins, as shown in Fig. 12.

Beneath each pusher is a pivoted dog or pawl 55 of which the function is to make the pusher operative by raising the pusher far enough to engage the bottom coin in the magazine compartment above, and it may, therefore, be termed the pusher lifter. Each such lifter is contained in a slot or guidebotween wings 56 projecting from a bar 57 which forms part of the machine frame and all are pivoted upon a rod 58 crossing the guides and held by the wings 56. When the lifter is in the position shown by full lines in Figs. 11 and 12 it engages the under side of the pusher, and raises the latter high enough to strike the bottom coin in the magazine, whereby the pusher is enabled to dislodge such coin from the retainers 45, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 11, where the coin being removed is indicated at 59. As soon as it is freed from the retainers 45, the coin drops upon an inclined plate or trough (30 (Fig. 5), which guides it to a spout 61. This spout leads to a pan 62 projecting from the forward side of the inclosing case 7, as shown in Fig. 2. All the coins delivered by the change-making mechanism are guided to this pan, from which they may easily be removed by the purchaser.

The swinging frame is operated by the handle 42 already described through engagement of the arm 41 with a rocking lever 63 pivot-ed at 64 to a part of the frame. Such rocking lever, or rocker, has an arm projecting below the pivot and pivoted to a strap or bracket 65 (Figs. 3 and 4) which is secured to the swinging frame 49 and projects therefrom. It will be evident that the end of lever 71.

upon movement of the handle 42 forwardly, that is to the right as viewed in Fig. 2, the swinging frame moved in the same direction and the coin pushers 47 are given their coin-delivering movement.

Normally the pusher lifters 55 occupy the position shown in dotted lines (Fig. 12), where they are inoperative and permit the coin pushers to travel inoperatively. For putting the pusher lifters in the operative position I provide a series of rocking arms 66, which may be called lifter actuators. There is one of such arms for each lifter, arranged with respect thereto as shown in Fig. 5. Said actuators are pivoted on a pintle rod 67 and are positioned between ears 68 on the part of the frame which supports the rod 67. At the front of the frame and pivoted upon the rod 26 previously mentioned, are levers 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 and 75, each connected with one of the actuator arms 66 by a link 76. The lever 70 is thus connected with the actuator for the half dollar pusher, lever 71 with that for the quarter dollar pusher, lever 72 with that for the dime pusher, levers 73 and 74 each with the actuator of one of the nickel pushers, and lever 75 with an actuator provided for another purpose. The several levers 25 hereinbefore described as being operated through the medium of coins in the receiving chutes are arranged so as to actuate respectively the lovers 71, 72, 7 3, 74, and 75. For this purposethe right-hand lever 25, as represented in Fig. 1, has a tongue 77 which overlies and is adapted to bear on the lever 75. Lever 25 is in front of lever 7 4, and so far away that it does not engage such lever, and the tongue 77 is offset inwardly to an extent sufficient to engage only the lever 75. In a similar manner the next lever 25 to the left is offset outwardly to avoid the transversely oflset portions of levers 71 and 72, and has a tongue 78 which is offset inwardly to bear against the lever 74. The third lever (counting from right to left) is offset, overlies lever 71 without engaging it, and has a tongue 79 bent inwardly to bear on lever 72. Finally the extreme left-hand lever 25 passes over the offset part of the lever 70 and has a tongue 80 bent inwardly within, the lower end of the adjacent lever 25 at the right and bears on Therefore. when the right-hand lever 25 is actuated by a coin in the nickel chute, lever 75 is moved and the lifter actuator 66 corresponding thereto is moved. \Vhen the second lever 25 is set in motion by a dime, lever 74 and its corresponding actuator 66 are moved. and so on. Finally, at the extreme left of the machine is a lever 81 pivoted to a stud S2 and having its end 81 so arranged as to bear on the lever 70 to make the fift v ent pusher operative. Said lever 81 is engaged by a push rod 83 sliding forwardly and backwardly at the left-hand end of the machine, as shown in Fig. 2, and having a push button 84 on its end outside of the inclosing case. Further, connections are made between the levers and 71 by a tongue 85 secured to the former and overlying the latter; between levers 71 and 72 by a tongue 86 secured to 71 and overlying 72; and between levers 73 and 74 by a tongue 87 secured to 73 and bearing against 74. Connections having like effects but differently formed are provided -1I1d1- rectly between levers 72 and 73, and between levers 74 and 7 5. Such connections are shown in Fig. 13, and are as followsz'The lifter actuator 66 coupled to the lever 72 has a stud 89 overlying and engaging a stud 90 on the adjacent actuator 66, which is coupled to the lever 73. Similarly, a stud 91 is carried by the actuator which is coupled to the lever 74 and acts against a stud 92 carried I bythe actuator which is coupled to the lever 75. The arrangement of the studs 89, 90 and correspondingly 91, 92, is such that the right-hand actuator'66 of each pair may be moved rearwardly, without disturbing the other, but when the left-hand actuator of the pair is so moved, both are moved in unison.

The manner of operation of the machine for delivering change after subtraction of the amount of a street car fare from the amount tendered in payment may now be understood. Supposing the amount tendered is a dime, and one fare is paid. The dime is placed in the chute 10 and there: upon handle 42 moved to the rear. This causes all the coin pushers 28 to be moved downward, but only that which is in the chute 10 and engages the coin therein becomes operative. This one causes the bar 21 under the chute 10 to be depressed, swinging the second lever 25 outward, and pressing the tongue or arm 78 against the lever 74. Thereby the actuator 66 nearest to the magazine compartment 6, which is one of the compartments for nickels, is caused to strike the nearest pusher lifter 55, which thereupon elevates the pusher 47 for this particular compartment into a position corresponding to that shown in full lines in Fig. 11. As soon as the coin has slipped past the bar 21 into the proper compartment and the handle 42 is returned to neutral position, the parts displaced are restored, and the actuator 66 is removed from the lifter 55 by a spring 93 (Fig. 5). The lifter, however, remains in the operative position, holding the pusher elevated. The handle 42 is next swung forwardly and acts through the rocker 63 to swing the pusher frame and move all the pushers forward. Only one particular pusher, however, has been made operative, and this one dislodges a nickel from the compartment 6, which gravitates into the pan 62. Thus, the correct change representing the difference in value between the dime and the price of the transportation is returned to the purchaser.

In a similar manner, when a quarter is placed in the chute 9, the thirdlever 25 is operated, and levers 72,73 and 74 are all moved simultaneously to the rear b means of the tongue 79, pins 89 and 90 an tongue 87. Thereby the three actuators adjacent to the compartments 4, 5 and 6 are all caused to make their respective pusher lifters operative, and the pushers for the dimes and for the two magazines of nickels are all made operative. Thus change consisting of a dime and two nickels is given for the quarter. A half dollar actuates the extreme left-hand lever 25, and by means of the latter, the lever 71. Through the intermediate connections already described, the levers 72, 7 3 and 7 4- are also actuated and the pusher for the magazine of quarters, as well as those for the dimes and nickels, is made operative. Finally the lever 81 moves all of the levers 70 to inclusive and makes all of the coin pushers operative, so that when the handle is moved in the proper direction a coin from each compartment of the magazine is furnished, making change for a dollar, less the amount of the fare. Such lever 81 is worked by the push button 84, since currency representing a dollar or more is frequently or usually in the form of paper notes. From the foregoing it will be seen that when any coin less than a dollar is deposited in the proper slot, it pays the amount of the fare and controls the changemaking apparatus, in case it should be of higher denomination than the unit of fare, to cause the correct amount of change to be returned. I

The right-hand lever 25 which operates the lever 75, does not control any coin pusher, but moves an actuator similar to the actuators 66 for other purposes, as, for example, the operation of a register for tallying the number of fares paid, or it may in need be, devoted to any other use. WVhenever any coin is deposited and change made, no matter what the denomination of the coin, the lever 75 is operated and so also is any mechanism driven or. controlled by it.

It is part of my purpose to provide means by which the amount of two or more units, such as fares, may be subtracted from the amount of change delivered. To this end the machine is equipped with a series of triggers 96, 97, 98, 99 and 100, which may be numbered as shown to represent two, three, four, five and six fares respectively. The trigger 96 performs its function by disabling the pusher lifter for one of the nickel pushers, that is, the one which travels beneath the compartment 6. A rod 101 is interposed between this particular pusher and a finger 102, on the trigger. The end of such rod nearest the trigger passes through a plate 103 on the back of the frame, and is bent upward and back, passing a ainthrough the plate, whereby it is guided and so held as to be always properly engaged.

with the finger 102. The other end asses through the bar 57 of the frame ad]acent to the depending part of the lifter pawl 55. A spring 104 is interposed between the bar 57 and an abutment on the rod, and holds the rod and trigger in the position shown in Fig.8. When the trigger is depressed the rod is pushed inward and swings the lifter back into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 12, where it is inoperative and allows the pusher to drop below the bottom coin. Thus this trig er disables the pusher for one of the mic :els, so that the amount of change given for any coin is one nickel less than would be returned otherwise. The second trigger 97 disablesthe pusher for the dimes by acting against a rod 105 which is pivotally supported at its ends and has two o- fi'sets 106 and 107 respectively. One of these ofi'sets is beside a finger of the trigger 97 like the finger 102, and the other offset is back of a rod 108, substantially identical with the rod 101, which disables the lifter of the dime pusher. The third trig ger 98 also has a finger like the finger 102 which engages an ofi'set loop 109 on a rod 110, which loop engages the rod 108 and another rod 111 similar thereto. The rod 111 disables the lifter for that pusher which travels beneath the compartment 5, containing nickels. Trigger 99 has a finger hearing on an offset 112 formed in a rod 113, such offset extending across the three rods 101, 111 and 108, so that when such trigger is depressed, all of these rods operate and make the pushers for the dimes and both piles of nickels inoperative. Finally the trigger 100 actuates a rod 114, which controls the lifter for the quarter dollar pusher. All of the offset rods 105, 110 and 113 are pivotally mounted at their ends in brackets 115 secured to the plate 103, while the trig; gers are pivoted upon a rod 116 secured in extensions of said brackets.

From the foregoing it will be seen that trigger 96 diminishes the amount of change delivered by one nickel, trigger 97 diminishes it by one dime, trigger 98 diminishes it by one dime and one nickel, trigger 99 diminishes it by one dime and two nickels, and trigger 100 diminishes it by the amount of one quarter dollar. Thus as the machine is designed originally to subtract one fare before returning change, these triggers cause it to subtract additional amounts of from five cents to twenty-five cents. For retention of still further amounts, two of the triggers may be operated together. Thus when 100 and 96 are depressed together, a quarter and a nickel are held back, causingseven fares to be paid for, and so on, until depres- The lifter pawls 55 are so balanced and held with suflicient friction that they remain in whatever position they may beplaced in, and so, after being made operative by the actuator 66 they remain operative until they are disabled by either the trigger-operated rods, or b the pushers themselves. It will be seen roin Figs. 11 and 12 that in the under side of the pusher is a notch 117. This notch,is back of the end of the pusher and is adapted'todro over the toe of the lifter, as shown in Fig. 12 when the pusher has reached the limit of its forward travel, and after the coin has i been dislodged. The end of the notch catches the lifter and pulls it back into the inoperative position when the pusher returns. Thus, after each actuation of the pushers, the lifters are all rendered inoperative ready for a fresh start. a

I desire to state that it is not imperative that there should be two compartments for nickels, but that two are provided for greater convenience in'making change for quarter dollars,-and .in order also to provide a larger supply of nickels than could conveniently be accommodated in one stack. A feature of considerable importance in the invention consists in an automatic switch for causing the nickels delivered from the chute 11 to pass alternately into the two nickel chambers, so that both may be filled automatically. This switch device is shown in Figs. 9 and 10. It consists in part of two upright Walls 119, 120 at the top of the magazine converging toward the outlet of the chute 11 and extending over the chambers 5 and 6 respectively. Between these walls is pivoted a switch point 121, which turns about a stud 122 so that it may lie close to either one wall or the other. The point is formed on abar 123 which has laterally extending arms or walls 124, 125, adapted to be brought near the walls 119 and 120 respectively when the switch point is near the other Wall. For instance, suppose the point is near the wall 120, as shown in Fig. 9, thus leaving an open channel to the chamber 5. Then the arm 124 projects wholly or partly across this channel so that the nickel cannot avoid striking it in falling into the chamber. The blow given by the nickel moves the switch point to the opposite side, opening a channel to the chamber 6 and placing the arm 125 across the end of this channel, where it will be struck by a nickel rolling therethro-ugh. In this way the switch is shifted by the coins themselves to provide a passage into first one chamber and then the other.

- forward. In case the passenger should ten-' able as a unit from the machine and is provided with a base plate or lip 126 which passes over studs 127 at the-sides and under an angle bar 128. The weight of the magazine is mainl supported on the ribs or lips 129 of the ame furnishing the sides of the pusher guideways 51 previously described. The under side of the lip 126 is provided with grooves 130 which guide the coins as they are dislodged by the change pushers 47.

When this machine is employed upon a streetcar. it is put in charge of the conductor, who operates the handle 42. The passengers are instructed to place the coins which they produce for fare into t e proper chutes themselves. The conductor operates the lever first to feed the coin from the'chute into the magazine, and thereby make operative whatever change pusher may be required, and then swings the handle forward,

which actuates the pushers and causes the change to be dislodged from the magazine. If two or more fares areto be paid for from the same coin he depresses the proper trigger 96, 97 etc., corresponding to the number of fares paid for, after having swung the handle to the rear and before swinging it der a dollar or more, the money is handed to the conductor, who pushes the button 84, then swings the handle 42 forward and returns the change for a dollar, less the amount of one fare. Or he diminishes this amount by manipulation of the triggers according to the number of fares paid for.

I have described the use of the invention on a street car as merely typicalof one use to which it may be put, and in order that the principles of construction and operation of the invention. might be tho-roughly understood. I therefore do not wish to be understood as limiting the application of the in vention to purposes of railway transportaticn, nor as implying that the invention could'not be used for all purposes whatever, where it is desirable to return change to represent the differences in value between the amount paid and the value of the thing bought. By duplicating the parts, and without changing their character in the least, the machine may be made'capable of dealing in units other than five cent values, and with any monetary system. Finally I wish to state that I do not limit myself in any wise to the details of construction shown in the drawings and particularly described, as I contemplate making many and wide changes in the form and arrangement of the mechanical parts, which may greatly alter the external appearance of the machine, but will not affect or modify the essential principles thereof.

1. A machine of the character described,

comprising a plurality of coin chambers, normally inoperative ejecting devices for said chambers, each adapted when made operative to remove a coin from its respective chamber, actuating means connected to all of said devices for moving them allin unison, a plurality of coin receptacles adapted to receive coins of different denominations, pushing means associated with each receptacle for propelling the coin therein, mechanism operated by each coin of higher denomination forautomatically putting such of said ejecting devices into operative condition that the latter may deliver coins ambunting in value to that of the propelled coin less a predetermined fixed amount, and means for rendering inoperative selected ones of said ejecting devices.

2. A machine of the character described, comprising chambers containing changemaking coins of different denominations, coin receptacles adapted to receive coins of different denominations, a pusher for propelling the coin in each receptacle, an ejector for the coins in each of said chambers, means for moving all of said ejectors at the same time at each operation, and mechanism operated by each propelled coin of a value higher than a, predetermined amount, for automatically and invariably putting certain of said ejectors into condition to deliver change representing the difference in value between that of the operating coin and a fixed amount, and means for making certain of said ejectors again inoperative, whereby to reduce the value of the change delivered.

3. A machine for the purpose indicated comprising a plurality of receptacles each proportioned to receive a coin of different denomination, pushing means adjacent to each of said receptacles adapted to propel the coin therein, a series of change compartments containing coins of different denominations, ejectors for removing coins from said compartments, there beingvone ejector for each compartment and said ejectors being normally inoperative, actuating mechanism for each of said coin receptacles operable by propulsion of the coin in the receptacle, connections controlled by said mechanisms for automatically making operative the ejectors of those chambers containing coins of which the unit values amount to a sum equal to the diflerence between the value of the coin and the thing purchased, and an operating member movable in one direction to actuate said pushmg means, an in the opposite direction to actuate said ejectors. I

4. A cash-receiving and change-making machine comprising chambers or compartments containing coins of various denominations, pushers mounted adjacent to said chambers, a pusher carrier movable as a unit and carrying all the said pushers, said pushers being normally placed so as not to engage co1n,1n their respective chambers,

pusher lifters adjacent to the several pushers each independently operable to put the adjacent pusher into position for removing a coin from the adjacent chamber, a plurality of coin receptacles each adapted to receive a coin of different value, means for propelling coins in the several receptacles and a plurality of mechanisms each operated by one of such coins including connections'arranged to operate a sufficient num what the value of the actuating coin'may be.

5. A. coin-receiving and change-making machine comprising a manual actuator opc-rable in opposite directions. coin recepta cles, mechanisms operated by movement of said manual actuator in one direction for pro 'ielling the. coin contained in any of the receptacles, change compartments and ejectors adjacent thereto, said ejectors being normally in an inoperative condition, mechanism operable by the movement of the manual actuator in the opposite direction for moving said ejectors in the direction for delivering change, and means operable by a coin propelled in one of said receptacles for rendering suflicient of such ejectors operative to deliver change representing the difference between the value of the actuating coin and the value of thc thing purchased.

6. In a coin-receiving and change-making machine, chambers having outlets at their bottoms for receiving coins ofvarious denominations, normally inoperative pushcrs arranged to travel horizontally beneath the several chambers for delivering change, means for moving said pushers all together back and forth, mechanism operated by a coin received in the machine for automatically raising into the planes of the lowest coins in their chambers the change delivering pushers of those chambers containing coins of which the combined unit values equal the value between that of thereceived coin. whatever such value may be, and a predetcrmimal fixed value, without mental calculation oradjustment. and means operablc independently for restoring one or more of said d livering pushers to inoperative position.

7. A machine for receiving coins and making change, comprising a receptacle for coins, a member arranged to oppose passage of the coin from such receptacle and being movable by the coin, a coin magazine, a coin remover adapted to displace coins from said magazine, and being normally inoperative, mechanism operated by said member for rendering the coin remover operative, amanually moved operating handle, mechanism for displacing a coin from the receptacle arranged to'be operated by movement of the handle in one direction, and mechanism for actuating the coin remover arranged to be operated by movement of said handle in the opposite direction.

8. Anapparatus for receiving coins and rendering change, representing the difference between the value of the coin received and the value of the thing purchased, comprising a magazine having chambers containing coins ofvarious denominations,

'coin removers movable adjacent to and below the several chambers and each adapted to remove a coin from its respective chamber, such removers being normally below the coins in the chambers, guiding means for conducting coins to the several chambers, and mechanisms adapted to be operated by the coins in passing into the chambers and constructed and arranged to raise the removers for coins of lower denomination than the coin received into the planes ofthe lowermost coins in the respective chambers.

9. In a coin-receiving and change-making machine, chambers for receiving coins of various denominations, normally in0pcrative coin ejectors movable back and forth past the several chambers for delivering change, mechanism operated by a coin received in the machine for automatically displacing sutlicient of said pushers into a path wherein they are operable to deliver change, representing the value between that of the received coin whatever such value may be, and a predetermined fixed value, and manually controlled means for disabling the displacing means of certain of said pushers, thereby making the delivering mechanism, thus rendered.operative, inope 'ative to such an extent as to subtract :1 further unit of value from the amount of the change dclivered.

10. A coin-receiving and change-deliver ing machine comprising a plurality of coin receivers each adapted to receive a coin of definite denomination. different from the coins admitted to the other receivers, means for propelling the coin in any of said receivers through the receiver. normally inoperative (.-hange-delivering members arranged to travel inopcrativc'ly past the lowest coins in the respectively adjacent receivers. means operated by a coin in its travel through its receiver for shitting into operative paths, wherein they are enabled to dislodgecoins from the receivers, a sullicient number of said delivering members to cause delivery of change equaling the difi'crence between the value of the actuating coin and a predetermined unit of value. and manually operable means for :ausing certain of said members to be again displaced into their inoperative paths of movement to the extent necessary to subt act one or more additional units of value from the value of the change delivered.

11. In a change-making machine, the coinbination of a coin magazine, a delivering member mounted to move past said coin magazine, and being normally caused to travel in a path wherein it cannot engage a coin in the magazine, mechanism for moving said member forward and back, a receptacle for coins, means operable by a coin in such receptacle for putting the delivering member in an operative position with respect to the coins in the magazine, and means independent of the mechanism by which the member is moved for restoringthe member into its inoperative path.

12. A change-making machine including a receiving chute for coins, a coin magazine having an outlet in its bottom, a coin delivering member mounted to reciprocate below the magazine outlet, and being displaceable into and out of a path intersecting the bottom coinin the magazine, mechanism operable by a coin in the receiving chute for lifting the delivering member into said path, and independent means for returning the lifting mechanism to inoperative condition while the delivering member -is in position for commencing its travel.

13. A machine of the character described, comprising a coin magazine having an outlet in its bottom, a pusher arranged below the bottom coin in the magazine, means for moving said pusher in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the coin, a pusher lifter adapted to elevate the pusher to such an extent that it may engage the bottom coin in the magazine, a receiving chute for coins, mechanism operable by a coin in such chute for actuating the pusher lifter, andav device independently operable for displacing said pusher lifter.

14. In a machine for receiving coins and delivering change, a chute having an outlet, a pusher arranged and adapted to displace a coin through such outlet, and an ejector mounted beside su'ch outlet and movable therefrom across the path of the pusher toward the admission end of the chute for ejecting coins therefrom.

15. A coin chute having an inlet and an outlet, a pusher arranged and adapted to displace a coin through such outlet, an

ejector mounted beside the outlet and at the opposite side thereof from the inlet of the chute. being movable across the path of the pusher through the chute toward the inlet, whereby to eject coins from thechute.

16. A coin receptacle having a .substan-' tially semicircular passage opening at both ends in the top of the receptacle, said receptacle having an outlet at its bottom in the central part of t I e passage, a pusherarranged and ada ed to displace a coin through such outlet, a curved ejector pivotally mounted upon the receptacle and extendmg into the passage approximately to the nearer side of the outlet, said ejector being movable across the outlet and. through the passage toward the entrance thereof for ejecting coins.

17. A coin chute arranged in a vertical 18. In a machine for receiving coins and delivering change, a plurality of receiving chutes adapted to receive coins of difierent denominations and each having an outlet, and an ejector mounted beside the outlet of each chute and movable from such position toward the admission end of the chute, the said ejectors having operating portions in prominent positions adjacent to their respective chutes and bearing indications showing the denominations of the coins which such chutes are adapted'to contain.

19. A change making coin receptacle comprising a plurality of compartments for coins of-difi'erent values, each having its own inlet and constructed to contain the coins in stacks, and having outlets at the bottom through which coins may be ejected edgewise, coin ejectors arranged to travel back and forth near the lowermost coins in the several compartments, but out of contact with such coins, devices for displacing the respective coin ejectors into paths wherein they may strike and dislodge the bottom coins in the respective compartments, automatic means operated by a coin of higher value in entering its compartment for causing certain of said devices thus to displace the ejectors of coins of inferior value, and triggers connected with said devices for rendering the latter inoperative, said triggers being adapted to cause restoration of the ejectors into their normal positions after having been displaced.

20. A change-making apparatus for returning change diminished by a predeter mined or fixed value, or a multiple of such value from the value of the coin tendered, comprising a plurality of coin chambers containing coins of different denominations and'each having an outlet, a plurality of coin receptacles adapted to receive coins of respectively different denominations, coin ejectors adjacent to the several chambers, means for moving said ejectors normally in paths which take them clear of the coins in the chambers adjacent to which they are respectively located, mechanism operated by any'coin of higher denomination than the said'predetermined amount or value, when placed in the appropriate receptacle, constructed and operable to shift into paths wherein they engage and displace coins through said outlet, sufiicient of said ejectors to thus eject coins totaling the difference between the denomination of the deposited and the said predetermined or fixed value.

21. A change-making apparatus for returning change diminished by a predetermined or fixed value, or a multiple of such value from the value of the coin tendered, comprising a plurality of coin chambers containing coins of different denominations and each having an outlet, a plurality of coin receptacles adapted to receive coins of respectively different denominations, coin ejectors adjacent to the several chambers, means for moving said ejectors normally in paths which take them clear of the coins in the chambers adjacent to which they are respectively located, mechanism operated by any coin of higher denomination than the said predetermined amount or value, whenplaced in the appropriate receptacle, constructed and operable to shift into paths wherein they engage and displace coins through said outlets, suflicient of said ejectors to thus eject coins totaling the difference between the denomination of the deposited and the said predetermined or fixed value and additional means for subsequently returning into the inoperative position the ejector which is in operative relation to a chamber containing coins of which the denomination is equal to said predetermined or fixed value.

22. A machine for subtracting a predetermined or fixed value from the amount tendered, and returning change for the balance, comprising a number of coin chambers each containing a stack of coins of different denomination from the coins in the other chambers, a series of coin receivers each constructed to receive a coin of a denomination diflerent from those for which the other receivers are intended, an actuator adjacent to each receiver adapted to be operated by the coin therein, an e ector for each coin chamber adapted to remove coins therefrom, said e ectors being normally inoperative, mechanism for moving said ejectors back and forth, and mechanisms operable by each of said actuators for making operative sufiicient of said ejectors to cause delivery of coins totaling in value the difierence between the coin deposited in any receiver and a predetermined fixed value.

23. A machine for subtracting a predetermined or fixed value from the amount tendered, and returning change for the balance, comprising a number of coin chambers each containing a stack of coins of different denomination from the coins in the other chambers, a series of coin receivers each constructed to receive a coin of a denomination different from those for which the other receivers are intended, an actuator adjacent to each receiver adapted to be operated by the coin therein, an ejector for each coin chamber adapted to remove coins therefrom, said ejectors being normally inoperative, mechanism for moving said ejectors back and forth, and mechanisms operable by each of said actuators for making operative sufficient of said e'ectors to cause delivery of coins totaling in value the difference between the coin deposited in any receiver and a predetermined fixed value, a pusher operative in connection with each receiver for displacing the coin therein, and an operat ing arm movable in opposite directions mounted to actuate said pushers when moved in one direction and to actuate said ejectors when moved in the opposite direction.

In testimony'whereof, I have aflixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

LESTER H. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

BEN. T. SNYDER, GEO. W. SNYDER.

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