US1205816A

US1205816A - Coin-controlled mechanism.

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Publication number: US1205816A
Application number: US817581A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph W Teague; Jacob Hartman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-07-10
Filing date: 1914-02-09
Publication date: 1916-11-21
Anticipated expiration: 1933-11-21

Description

J. W. TEAGUE.& J. HARTMAN.

com CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 1914.

1,205,81 6. Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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J. W. TEAGUE & J. HARTMAN.

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COIN-CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Original application filed July 10, 1913, Serial No. 778,354. Divided and this applicationfiled February 9,

1914. Serial No. 817,581.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OSEPH W. TEAGUE and J noon I-IARTMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Mechanism; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 1

Our invention relates to improved coin controlled mechanism and resides in the provision of mechanism of the character described which is particularly designed to operate in conjunction with our safety hat and coat rack, pending application for patent, Serial Number 778,354 filed July 10,

An important object of our invention. is to provide mechanism of the character de scribed which is designed to automatically lock article and apparel securing means upon the placing of a coin in the proper position relative to the mechaiiism, and to unlock upon the operation of a key that is arranged to operate with the mechanism.

Another important object of our invention is to provide mechanism of the character described which is extremely simple as to construction, reliable and efiicient in operation, and cheap to manufacture.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification Y and then more particularly pointed out in the claims which are appended hereto and form a part of. this application. Y

With reference to the drawings wherein we have .illustrated the preferred embodiment of our inventionas it is reduced to practice, and throughout the severalviews of which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through the wall board for supporting the mechanism and showing the mechanism assembled and in elevation and showing the locking bar in locked position, Fig. 2 is a detail view of the lock with the cover plate removed and showing the position of the bar when in looking position, Fig. 3 isa sectional view on line 33 of Fig. .2, and Fig. 4 is d ta l view'in side elevation of the locking mechanism showing one of the locking arms for a hat and coat rack. Fig. 5 is avvertical sectional view through the wall board, showing the locking bar in unlocking position and showing the manner in which the key is held from being withdrawn from the casing. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken through the wall board, and showing the locking bar in looking position and the key released so as to have free rotation or withdrawal.

Referring particularly to the drawings by characters of reference, thenumeral 1 designates as an entirety a wall board for the purpose of securing the'coin controlled mechanism in the proper position upon a wall or like support. This wall board 1 is preferably rectangular in shape and supports the mechanism to be later described.

Mounted upon the wall board 1 is locking ,mechanism designated as an entirety by the numeral 2 that is arranged to cooperate with one free terminal 3 of a pivoted locking aw or arm 4, that forms a part of the safety hat and coat rack, pending application for patent, Serial No. 778,354, filed July 10, 1913 and of which this application is a division. l

The locking mechanism 2 consists of an approximately rectangular casing 5 through the longitudinal side walls of which is slidably mounted an elongated locking bar 6. A coin controlled trigger 7 is pivoted upon the wall board 1 and arranged to cooperate with a recess 8 formed in the adjacent end of the locking bar 6 to hold the locking bar in retracted or unlocking position. v The front wall of the casing 5 carries a pivoted latch plate 9 provided with a shoulder 10 adjacent its free end.- This shoulder 10 is held into locking engagement with a pin 11 carried by the locking bar through the action of a leaf spring 12 when the looking bar is in the projected or looking position so as to prevent the unauthorized unlocking of the bar 6. One end of the said spring is secured to the casing5 and its other terminal operatively engages the latch plate 9. A T-shaped slot 13 is formed in the latch plate 9 below the shoulder 10; thus when a key designated 14 is inserted into the casing through a key hole 14 in the front of the wall board 1 and front wall of the casingj and is rotated the bit of the key is brought into engagement with a projection formed on the locking plate 9 and the T-shaped slot 13 is brought into registering relation with the pin 11 and further rotation of the key bit will retract the locking bar and dispose the pin 11 into the head of the T-shaped. slot 13. In this connection it will be observed that a substantially V-shaped notch 16 is cut in the lower edge of the locking bar 6 and in that portion of the bar which is normally arranged interiorly of the casing 5.

With particular reference to Fig. 6 it will be noted that when the locking bar is in locked position, the key may be inserted through the key hole and upon being rotated to lift the locking plate 9 in the manner above described will engage in the inclined edge of the notch 16 so that further rotation of the key will actuate the bar 6 in a manner before described. lVhen the locking bar is returned to unlocking position the key can be held against withdrawal from the casing, in any suitable manner.

The locking bar 6 is normally held in unlocked position against the tension of a helical retractile spring 17 secured at its terminals to the bar and wall board 1 by the coin controlled trigger 7.

The coin controlled trigger is pivoted centrally of its ends as at 18 and disposed so that one of its terminals 19 projects into a coin slot 20 which is formed in the nature of a serpentine groove in the wall board 1.

The other terminal of the trigger 7 and designated 21 is disposed angularly with relation to the body portion of the trigger and adapted to fit within the recess 8 formed in the adjacent end of the locking bar 6. \Vhen the bar 6 is in unlocked position, the terminal 21 of the trigger 7 is positioned within the recess 8 in the bar 6 and when a coin is dropped down the coin chute 20 the terminal 19 of the trigger 7 will be swung downwardly by the weight of the coin thus resulting in the withdrawal of the terminal 21 from the recess 8. The spring 17 at this time serves to slide the bar 6 through the casing 5. The sliding movement of the bar 6 is limited by

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22 and 23 that are carried upon the bar interiorly of the casing and arranged to alternately engage the opposite side plate thereof.

The locking jaw or bar 4 forming a part of the hat and coat mechanism previously described and illustrated in our pending application for patent, Serial No. 7 7 8,35 1, filed July 10, 1913, is extended through a slot formed in the wall board 1 beyond the rear face thereof and positioned above one longitudinal edge of the locking bar 6. The extending portion of the member 4 is designated 3 and designed to engage the upper inclined edge 25 of the locking bar 6. The member 4; is designed to be swung upwardly after the manner previously illustrated and described in our beforementioned pending application; thus when the coin is dropped into the slot 20 and operates the mechanism after a manner before described the locking ear 6 through the action of the spring 19 is moved into locking engagement with the terminal 8 of the member t. is soon as the coin has moved past the terminal 19 of the trigger 7 it assumes the position shown in Fig. 3 in a supporting engagement with a coin guide trigger 26 that is pivoted be neath the trigger 7 and adapted to engage a pin or projection 27 carried by the wall board 1 to limit its movement in one direction. The coin is thus comprehended in the space between the adjacent end of the looking bar 6 and guide trigger 26.

When the key is turned to unlock the mechanism the bar 6 in moving into engagement with the coin forces the coin over upon the trigger 26 until the trigger over-balances and the coin drops down the coin slot into a suitable till 28. As the bar moves into anlocked position the terminal 21 of the trigger 7 moves into engagement with the recess 8 in the bar 6; thus the device is again ready for locking operation when. the coin is .dropped in the slot 20. A look designated 29 as an entirety and operable from the front of the wall board 1 is provided for the till 28 so that the owner of the device may periodically collect the coin.

It will be readily observed with reference the foregoing description and accompanying drawings that we have provided novel coin controlled locking mechanism which is "eliable and eflicient in operation, consists of few parts and is cheap to manufacture.

In reduction to practice, we have found that the form of our invention, illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment is the most efficient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of our device will necessarily vary, we desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required without sacrificing any of the advantages of our invention, as defined in the appended claims.

hat is claimed is 1.The combination with a wall board having a coin slot therein of a casing mounted upon said wall board, a locking bar slidable through the casing and adapted to be moved into and out of lockingengagement with a pivoted arm or lever, a coin controlled trigger pivoted upon said wall board and having one terminal disposed within the coin slot, said bar havinga recess formed therein adjacent. to one end thereof to receive the other end of said trigger, said trigger adapted to be moved out of engagement with said recess upon the engagement of a coin therewith, locking means pivoted within said casing for holding said bar in looking position, a key adapted to be inserted within the casing and operated to move said locking means out of looking engagement with said bar and means for moving said bar into locking position upon the releasing action of said trigger.

2. The combination with a wall board having a coin slot therein, of a casing mounted upon said all board, an elongated bar slidable through said casing and arranged to be moved into and out of looking engagement with a pivoted arm or lever, a coin controlled trigger pivoted on said wall board and having one terminal extended into said coin slot, the other terminal of said trigger being adapted for cooperation with a recess formed in the adjacent end of said bar to hold said bar in unlocked position, key controlled means mounted within the casing for holding the bar in locking position, and spring means for automatically moving said bar into locking position upon operation of the coin controlled trigger.

3. The combination with a wall board having a coin slot of a casing mounted upon said wall board, an elongated locking bar slidably mounted through said casing and arranged to be moved into and out of locking engagement with a pivoted arm or lever, a coin controlled trigger pivoted on said wall board and having one terminal extending into the coin slot to engage a coin, said bar having a recess formed in one end thereof, the other end of said trigger being adapted to be moved into and out of engagement with said recess, a pivoted locking plate mounted within said casing and arranged to hold said bar in looking posicomprising a casing, an elongated locking bar slidable through said casing and arranged to be moved into and out of locking engagement with a pivoted arm or lever, a coin trigger mounted upon said wall board and having one terminal extending into said coin slot, said bar having a recess formed in one end thereof adapted to receive one end of said coin trigger, a locking plate pivoted within said casing, a pin carried upon said bar and engaging one end of said locking plate to hold the bar in operative position, said locking plate having a longitudinal slot opening at one end thereof, a key arranged within said casing and adapted to move the locking plate so that the slot therein is in a position to receive said pin, means for normally holding said locking plate into operative engagement with said pin and means for moving the bar into look ing position automatically when the coin trigger is moved out of engagement with said bar.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH N. TEAGUE. JACOB HARTMAN. Witnesses D. C. PERKINS, AsI-IER DAVIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.