US1207817A - Money-changing machine. - Google Patents

Description

E. VLTHOMPSON.

MONEY CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. 1914.

Patented DemlZ, 1916,

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E. V. THOMPSON.

MONEY CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. 1914.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

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MONEY CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22,1914.

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MONEY CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. 1914.

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MONEY CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22. 1914.

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EUGENE V. THOMPSON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

MONEY-CHANGING MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. i2, iaic.

Application filed January 22, 1914. Serial N 0. 813,782.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, EUGENE V. THOMP- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Money- Changing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved money changing machine.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide setting mechanism whereby coin ejector dogs will be selectively positioned with respect to coin chambers in a manner to eject one or more coins of the correct denomination which is due to the purchaser after the amount of purchase has been de ducted, upon actuation of an operating member or lever.

A further object is to provide means whereby the dogs may be set, without depositing any coin or coins in the chambers, so that upon actuation of the lever a predetermined amount of change comprising coins of different de ominations, may be delivered.

A further object is to provide individual coin ejector-s whereby any single coin of a. given denomination may be withdrawn from the coin chambers.

Further objects of the invention will be more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and will be more particularly pointed out in and by the appended claims.

lln the drawings:Figure 1 is a plan view of the device of my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail detached view of one of the coin chambers or tubes. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are detail views of different forms of coin ejector dogs. Fig. 9 is a sectional view on 9-9 of Fig. 7 showing the manner in which the ejector dogs are mounted in the selector wheels. Fig. 10 is a developed diagrammatic view. Fig. 11 is an enlarged view of a setting scale.

The device of my invention is mounted in a casing 1 which is shown provided with coin deposit receivers 2, 3, 4, 5-, 6 and 7, 2

and 5 being for five-cent pieces, 4 and 5 for.

duplication ten-cent pieces, 6 for twenty-five-cent pieces and 7 for fifty-cent pieces. It will be understood that throughout the description of my invention, as shown, I will specifically describe the precise construction illustrated, for coins of a limited denomination, not including pennies for instance, and also for coins as issued by the United States Government. However, it will be clear that by or addition of parts, like the parts shown, the machine can be adapted for use in connection with pennies, or in connection with coins as issued by any other country.

The coin-deposit receivers '12 to T, are shaped to receive the coins edgewise and they extend into the casing 1, as indicated in Fig. 3, into registry with similarly formed necks 8, 9 and 10 of coin holders in the form of chambers or tubes having lower or base portions of cylindrical form, and indicated at 11, 12 and 13, the remaining chambers being of similar construction and indicated at 14 15, and 16. The chamber for half dollars is shown in detail in Fig. 5, and it will be seen that while the depositreceiver 7 thereof is in registry with the reduced neck 10, it is spaced apart therefrom, as indicated at 17, for passage therebetween of a main actuator rod 18. guided in an arcuate path by guides 19 located in the ends of the casing 1. The actuator rod 18 passes between the coin-deposit receivers and their respective tubes, as regards all of the tubes, for the purpose of acting through the coins deposited for the purpose of setting and then operating the mechanism which will now be described. The rod 18 is connected with a main actuating member or handle 20, which projects through the casing 1 and is guided in a slot 21.

A support, preferably in the form of a rod 22, is mounted in the ends of the casing 1 and supports a plurality of coin arresters, one for each coin tube or chamber, and which are indicated at 23, 24, 26, 27 and 28. The coin arresters are shown triangular in form and are loosely mounted in a pendant manner on said rod so, as to project their forward portions into the necks of the coin tubes, as shown in Fig. 3. Thus the arrester 96 projects into the neck 8. of tube 11, so as to engage the edge of a dime and normally arrest downward movement said coin chamber. The remaining end of each 'coin arrester is ope ratively arranged to'actuate'coin selected arms in a manner to advance the same, or rather those selected, into a position to be operated by the main actuator rod 18.

On a rod 29 I loosely mount a plurality of selected and actuated arms designated at 30, 31,32, 33, 34 and 35. Each of said levers, referring more particularly to the one indicated at 33 in Fig. 3, is provided with a forwardly projecting terminal rod actuating part 36 having a bent or hooked end 37 15,

which is adapted to be thrust into the path of the rod 18 to be actuated thereby on completion of movement of the rod 18, and which is n9rm a lly out of the path ofthe rod 36. A stop 38, common to all of said arms, may serve to limit retraction of each. arm to the position shown in Fig. 3, under the action of a retractive spring 39, one of which may be provided for each arm.

Motion is transmitted from each coin arrester to its respective arm by means which may consist of a forked abutment 40,mount-' ed upon a rod 41, common to all of the forks, and each fork having an end 42, for engagement'with its arrester and an end 43, for actuation of its respective arm. The remaining forks are indicated at 44, 45, 4.6, 47

and 48, and as all are alike the description of one will be sufficient.

It will be clear from the foregoing, and by reference to Fig. 3, that when a coin is arrested and supported by the triangular arrester 26, the weight of the coin will rock the arrester 26 thereby rocking the fork 40 in one direction and causing action on the arm 33 to the right of Fig. 3, so as to move the end 37 into the path of rod 18. Rod 18 will then engage the arm and carry it for ward to actuate dog-ejector levers which will now be described.

Pendant from rod 29 are a plurality of dog-actuating levers which are shown arranged in pairs. Levers 49 and 50 serve to actuate nickel ejector dogs, and compose the firstpair. A second pairof nickel dogactuating levers is indicated at 51 and 52.

A third pair 53 and 54, constitute the first dime dog-ejecting actuating levers and the fourth pair, 55 and 56 constitute the second The foregoing several levers which directly engage the ejector dogs to actuate the same, are connected for selective operation by' the coin-actuated arms 32 to 35 bywhat may be termed transfer arms, for the reason that motion is transferred from a coin-actuated lever located in one position to a dogactuating lever located in another position.

Detailing the foregoing arrangement, as shown, the half dollar coin-actuated arm 35 is provided with a transfer extension or arm 59 which is connected at 60 to quarter lever 57, at 61, to one of the dime levers 56, at 62 to another of the dime levers 54, and at 63 to one of the nickel levers 49. This transfer arm 59, unlike the remaining transfer arms, is rigidly connected to the half dollar lever 35 so that it will always be moved upon actuation of lever 35. A transfer arm 64, is loosely mounted on rod 29 and has an abutment terminal which e'xtends abreast of the quarter lever 34 for actuation thereby during movement of lever 34 in a clock-wise direction, but which is not actuated by lever 34 in a contra-clock-wise direction. The transfer arm 64 is connected at 65' with one of the dime levers 55, at 66 with one of the dime levers 53, and at 67 with one of the nickel levers 51. Transfer arm 64 may be termed a free or single.

transfer arm, the same as transfer arm 59, which latter is more properly a rigid transfer arm. A transfer arm is indicated at 68 and is looselymounted on rod 29 and is provided with an abutment 69, which extends abreast of lever 33, for movement by said lever in a clock-wise direction, but not in a contra-clock-wise direction of movement of said lever. The transfer arm 68 is connected at 71 with nickel lever 52 and at 72 with nickel lever 50. p

A plurality of dog-carrying and selective wheels are shown in the form of gears, arranged in a row and with adjacent gears in mesh whereby adjacent gears will be operated in reverse direction with respect to each other. The gears are indicated at 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78, gears 73 and 74 being the nickel wheels, gears 75 and 76 being dime wheels, gear, 77 a quarter wheel, and

gear 78 the half dollar wheel. Gear 78 meshes with a dial cog Wheel 79 which is the actuator for the entire train of wheels.

At this point, it may be well to finish the description of the dial mechanism.

Dial cog 79 is mounted on a dial shaft 80 which is vertically journaled in the casing 1 andwhich carries at its upper end a manual operating member of finger wheel 81. An index 82 is mounted upon shaft 80 and is rotatable therewith abreast of dials, which in the present construction are circular.

D The dials may be designated as a whole at pair of dune dog-actuatlnglevers. A single I quarter dog-actuatinglever is'indicated at-57.

83 and may be described as having rows of indicating characters. As shown, an outer circle of numerals'may be designated as the purchase change row 84, the next row being the no sale change row 85, and the next or innermost row the positioning characters 86.

In order that the purchaser mayobserve the amount of purchase for which the machine is set, a dial 87 may be mounted upon a shaft 88, suitably journaled to disclose numerals on the dial 87 to an opening 89 in the casing, facing toward'the customer. The

' Fig. 9 may be considered the dogs are for radial operating double tail ends, together with the shaft 88 may be driven from the dial shaft by a gear 90, mounted on dial 87 and meshing with a gear 91 mounted on shaft 88. Next, referring to the selective train of dogcarrying gears, it will be seen that the same are mounted upon shafts 92 to 97, which are journaled in the bottom of the casing 1, as clearly shown in Fig.

Each of-the selective gears, except the half dollar selective gear 78, carries a plurality of coin-ejecting dogs and the half dollar gear 78 carries one coin-ejecting dog. I will first refer to the particular construction of the dogs and the manner in which they are mounted in the gears, references being made more particularly to Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9. a radial section of any one of the gears taken adjacent to one of the ejecting dogs, as for instance, gear 7 3, and inside of the teeth thereof 1 provide a pivot 98 on which a dog 99 is mounted. A suitable recess 100 is provided in the gears movement of the dog 99 with respect to the gear. A spring 101 normally holds the dog in the position shown in ,Fig. 9 but permits of ejecting movement of the dog with the upper ,end moving radially outwardly and the lower end radially in'wardlv, with respect tov the pivot 98. The upper end of the dog 99 is bent forwardly, as indicated at 102, for projection through an opening 103 in the coin holder or tube 13, which is shown more clearly in Fi 5. The lower end of the tube 13 isprovided with a supporting bottom for the coin stack-indicated at 104, and a forward opening 105 permits of ejection of a single, or in the present case, the lowermost coin of the stack, under action of the ejecting 'end 102- of the ejecting dog. Rearwardly of the ejecting opening 105, the tube 13 extends downwardly as indicated at 106, for engagement with the, bottom wall 107 of the casing 1. The bottom wall 107 merges into a delivering chute 108, which is common to all of the coin tubes and which converges at 109 to collect the ejected coins in a sufficiently restricted outlet to permit them to be easily grasped throughthe opening 110'.

I will next describe the manner in which actuated and will first refer to the construction of the actuating ends of the ejector dogs.

Some of the dogs have double'tailactuating portions, as indicated in Fig. 6, at 111- and 112, mounted upon the lower end of a dog. which may be' designated at 113. Dog 99 has a single tail-actuating end 114, which projects in one direction. Dog 115 has a single tail-actuating end 116 WhlCh projects in a direction opposite to the direction of projection of tail 114. Pairs of levers are provided for actuating the dogs and the alternately projecting single tail ends and the difierential disposition and varying number of the dogs on the several selector wheels, permit of varied adjustment of the selector wheels to obtain selective engagement of ejector dogs. Referring to Figs. 2 and 10, itwill be seen that the dogs 99 are disposed on nickel wheel 73 in different spaced relation with respect to thedisposition of dogs 117 on nickel wheel 74. Likewise, dogs 118 on dime wheel 75 and dogs 119 on dime wheel 76 are differently spaced with respect to each other, and like wise the spacing of the dogs on any one wheel with respect to each other varies as regards all of the dogs. A majority of the dogs 118 are equally spaced apart from each other but the remaining greater distance from its companion dogs. Dogs 119 on wheel 76 are uniformly spaced with respect to each other and divided into groups. All of the dogs 120 on wheel 77 are.

shown equally spaced. In addition to the variable number and spacing of the dogs, some of the same will have double tail-actuating portions and the others single tailactuating portions.

Each of the dog-actuating levers 49 to-57 is provided with bent ends extending beneath the selective wheels and through guides, as indicated at 121, in Fig. 3, the terminals of said ends being lipped or bent as indicated at 122 to extend into the path of one of the tails projecting late-rally from one of the dogs. The bent ends of the dog-actuating levers are shown in dotted lines in Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9. Thus in Fig. 6, both of the terminal ends will engage the double-tailed dog 113 whereas in Fig. 7 only the left-hand lever will engage the left-hand dog 114 and the right-hand lever will miss engagement. In Fig. 8 the right-hand lever will engage the right-hand projecting tail 116 whereas the left-hand actuating lever will miss engagement with dog 115. The dogs are engaged by retractive movement of the dogactuating levers and such retractive movement of the dog-actuating levers is efi'ected by and upon movement of the coin-actuated arm. Thus if coin actuated arm 33 is thrust forwardly, it willstrike the abutment 69 of the transfer arm, 68 which will transfer movement of a retractive nature or in a retractive or rearward direction, to nickel levers 50 and 52. If the quarter arm 34 is actuated, it will engage abutment 65 of the transfer arm 64 and transfer movement to dime dog- actuating levers 55, 53, and nickel lever 51. If the half dollar arm 35 is actuated its transfer arm 59 will operate the quarter dogactuating lever 57, dime dog lever 56 and 54 and nickel lever actuating 49. Transfer arms 59. 64 and 69, as will be seen more particularly in Fig. 3, are in spaced relation with respect to each other-so that movement of one can be effected without actuating another, and likewise the dog- I &

actuating levers with which transfer arms are connected, are inclined accordingly.

I have now described the operative connection whereby the amount of purchase can be taken out of the amount of deposit, so that the change can be refunded or returned to the purchaser. The detail description of this operation, as regards particular arrangement, will be described later on in connection with the diagram shown.

I will next describe the operative means whereby a no sale adjustment can be effected to obtain change of the desired amount, consisting of more than one coin and also of coins of different denominations.

A spring-controlled no sale change key is provided for each of the arms 33 to 35 and are i n licatedat 126 to 128. Each key is spring-controlled, as indicated at 132 to 134 in order to hold the keys in the position shown; The shanks of the keys, as indicated at 138-to 140 project downwardly into the i casing and their lower ends are guided by brackets, one being indicated at 141 in Fig. 3'. Each key shank is cottered, as at 142 to an arm 143 of a no change lever 144. The no change lever 144, of each key, is loosely mounted upon a rod 145 which is suitably mounted in the casing 1. The no change levers are adapted to engage the coin-actuated arm, as illustrated in Fig. 3, lever 141 being in engagement with arm 33. When one of the keys is depressed it will depress its respective coin-actuated arm to bring the hook 37 into the path of rod 18 so that when rod 18 is moved to its full stroke the selective dog-actuating lever will be operated to actuate the dog ejectors and eject coins for no sale change of the denomination for which the machine has been set. It will thus be seen that I can set the machine for returning the change due from the amount of purchase, through coin selection of dog-actuated mechanism, and I can also set the machine for operation of such dog mechanism through no sale change means.

In some cases it may be desirable to withdraw a single coin of one denomination, or a plurality of coins of one denomination, Wltl1- out necessitating the operation through main operating rod 18. In this event, I provide coin withdrawing means which may comprise withdrawing rods 146 to 151, which are slidable through the front wall of the casing 1 and which are provided with buttons on their outer ends, for manual operation. Movement of the inner ends of the rods 146 to 151 is directed by guides 152 to 157 and the terminal ends of the rods are bent to lie in the path of any operative dogs that are in position for ejecting a coin, as indicated at 157 to 162. As will be seen more particularly by reference to Fig. 3, the terminal end 160 lies abreast of the lower end of the dog and may actuate the same by abutment against the operative end 122 of the dog-actuating lever, to transmit motion therethrough to the dog. However, it Will be clear, that by pushing any one of the withdrawing rods or keys 146 to 151, single coins of a given denomination will be withdrawn from their coin tubes, through actuation of the dogs, and discharged into the coin chute 108. At this point, it may be stated, that some of the withdrawing keys or rods 146 to 151 are not in operative engagement with ejector dogs because the ejector dogs of some of the wheels are not in an inoperative position. In connection with the description relating to the operation as shown in the diagrammatic figure, it will be seen how the selective wheels 73 to 78 can be moved into a position so that each wheel will present one dog in an operative position for operation by said withdrawing keys.

I will next refer to Figs. 10 and ll'to describe the operative combinations that may be obtained to deduct the change due, from the amount of deposit, with respect to the amount of purchase. First, referring to the dials shown in Fig. 11, it will be seen that the same are graduated or divided to set the dog-carrying gears in eleven positions, indicated in the setting row or circle 86 by numerals 0 to 10. The rims of the wheels 73 to 78 have been developed to dispose the dogs carried thereby with double or single and alternately projecting tail ends disposed in the position which they would assume if the wheels were set in accordance with position numerals O to 10. In order to facilitate identification of the wheels 73 to 7 8, coin holders 11 to 16 have been shown in diagram. The dog-actuating levers 45) to 57 are diagrammatically indicated together with their connections through the transfer arms 59, 64 and 68 and the abutments 65, 69 and 70. In zero or 0 position, one coinejecting dog of each wheel will be in an operative position for ejecting a single coin of each of the denominations held in the tubes. In this position, the index 82 will be adjusted as shown in Fig. 11. In such adjustment, any one of the withdrawing keys 146 to 151 could be actuated and they would operate a dog for ejecting a coin of the denomination with which such withdrawing key is marked. Furthermore, in the 0 position, the no sale change keys 126 to 128 could be actuated so that any desired number or one coin from each tube could be withdrawn to consummate a delivery of change, without a purchase. Thus if it were desired to obtain ten cents worth of change in the form of two nickels, key 126 could be depressed and the main rod 18 shifted and the shifting of the main rod would cause actuation of arm 33, to transfer or transmit motion through transfer arm 68 to nickel lever 52 taut/air and nickel lever 50. Thus only the hook of the arm 33 would come into the path ofwould be depressed so as to swing arm 34 into the path of rod 18 and arm 34 would engage abutment of transfer arm 64 and thereby actuate dime levers 55 and 53 and nickel lever 51, causing the respective dogs to eject two dimes and a nickel. If it were desired to obtain fifty cents worth of change, key 128 would be depressed and transfer arm 59 which is rigidly secured to arm 35 would actuate quarter'lever 57, dime levers 56 and 54, and nickel lever 49.

Assuming that it was desired to make a fifteen-cent purchase with a deposit of a fifty cent coin, the shaft 80 would be turned, by 81, to position index 82 abreast of the numeral 15, of the ing wheels to position 3. Now by depositing fifty cents at 7, the arm-35 would be set for operation of the rod 18 and the transfer arm 59 would be actuated to cause movement of all of the dog-actuating levers with which the transfer arm is connected to transmit motion. However, by referring to position 3, of Fig. 10, it will be seen that one of the dime Wheel dogs would be out of position for actuation by lever 54 whereas the next dime dog would be in position for actuation b lever 56. The dog of the quarter Wheel 77 would be in position for actuation by lever 57 and thus thirty-five cents, consisting of a twenty-five-cent piece and atomcent piece, would be'ejected. Assuming that it was desired to make a fifteen-cent purchase with a twenty-five cent deposit, then the adjustment would not be disturbed from the third position, but a twenty-fivecent piece would be placed in 6 tov cause the rod 18 to actuate coin-selected 'arm 34. Movement of arm 34 against the abutment 65 would only cause actuation of one of the dogs in the third position thereby ejecting ten cents in change. When the machine is,

set for a no sale change vdelivery of coins, the index 82 is moved abreast of the numeral in the intermediate or no sale change column or circle and it will be seen that if the index 82 is moved to a position for five cents in change, which is position 9, only one of the nickel levers Wil be actuated. 4

Parts 30, a1, 32, it; 4.7, 48, 23, 24. and 25 are without function in this particular construction'but operate in connection with an im rovement which will be filed.

' t is believed that the advantages and .op-

eration of the device of my invention will be clearly understood from the, foregoing description'and while have herein shown and described one specific embodiment thereing a series of coin purchased change row 84, whichadjustment would set the dog-carryof coin holders of, I do not Wish to be limited thereto except for such limitations as the claims may import.

I claim 1. A money changing machine comprising a series of coin holders, a series of rotatable ejector carriers operatively connected to have movement with each other, means to be rotated in opposite directions connected with one of said carriers for simultaneously rotating and setting the several carriers to selectively position the ejectors thereof with respect to said coin holders, ejector actuating means arranged to be brought into operation by the insertion of a coin into said machine, and means for operating the actuating means to cause operation of the selected ejectors.

2. A money changing machine comprisholders, a series of ejector carriers rotatably mounted adjacent to said coin holders and arranged to be capable of simultaneous rotation, ejectors mounted on said ejector carriers at spaced apart points and in varied relations upon the'several carriers, means to be rotated in opposite directions for selectively fitting said carriers to selectively position the. ejectors thereof for operation, and manuallvmovable means for actuating the positioned ejectors.

In a money changing machine, a series for holding coins of different denominations, a series of gear ejector carriers rotatably mounted adjacent to said coin holders and in relations that the teeth thereof mesh, means to be rotated in opposite directions mounted to mesh with one of the carriers for simultaneously rotating the carriers. to selectively position ejectors thereof with respect to said coin holders, and manually operable means for imparting actuating movement to the selected ejectors for ejecting coins from the holders.

4. In a money-changing machine, a series of coin holders, :1 series of rotary ejector carriers having teeth in mesh engagement with each other to cause adjacent carriers to rotate in opposite directions, ejectors pivotally mounted on said carriers, means connected with one carrier for rotating the series to selectively position certain of the ejectors for operation, and means for operating the positioned ejectors.

In a money changing machine, a series of coin holders, a series of rotary ejector carriers having teeth in meshing engagement with each other to cause adjacent carriers to rotate in opposite directions and to cause simultaneous turning movement of the several carriers, ejectors pivotally mounted on said carriers, means connected with one carrier for rotating theseries, means to permit determination of the degree of turning movement transmitted to -said carriers to selectively position certain of the ejectors ill for operation, and means for operating the positioned ejectors.

G. In a money changing machine, a plurality of coin holders, a plurality of carriers having teeth in meshing engagement with each other to cause simultaneous turning movement of said carriers as one carrier is rotated, ejectors for said carriers, a pair of operating levers for each carrier, means for imparting movement to one of said carriers to consequently turn the remaining carriers to selectively position the ejectors for engagement by said levers, side extending portions of said ejectors arranged to be engaged by one of said levers when the ejectors are in the operative relation, coin controlled means to connect said operating levers for actuation, and manually operable means to be moved to cause actuation of the operatively connected levers and to consequently actuate the ejectors positioned in the operative relation.

7. In a money changing machine, a plurality of coin holders, a plurality of ejector carriers rotatably mounted adjacent to said coin holders and provided \vithteetli in meshing engagement so that movement is given simultaneously to each of said carriers as one -arrier is turned. ejectors mounted on said carriers having differently disposed side extending portions for engagement to operate the same, a pair of levers mounted adjacent to each of said carriers for operating said ejectors, means for turning one of said carriers to cause the several carriers to simultaneously turn to selectively position certain of the ejectors for operation, means for selectively connecting certain of said leversin an actuating train of mechanism, and manually operable means to cause operating movement of the levers connected in the train of transmission m chanism.

8. In a money changing machine, a plurality of coin holders, ejector carrying devices mounted adjacent to each of said holders to be capable of revoluble movement, said ejector turning devices connected to be simultaneously turned as turning movement is given to one thereof, ejectors mounted on said carriers, means for turning said carriers in selected combination positions through turning movement transmitted to one of the carriers, a lever device for operating said ejectors, an arm for each holder, means for actuating selected arms, means for transferring movement from certain of said arms to other arms, and manually actuatable means to cause operation of the several selected ejectors simultaneously.

9. In a money changing machine. a plurality of coin holders, a plurality of ejectorcarriers mounted adjacent to said coin holders to be capable of turning movementand arranged to be simultaneously turned as rotating movement is transmitted to one of said carriers, ejectors mounted on said carriers, independently movable lever devices. arm devices for selectively actuating said lever devices to transmit operating movement to said ejectors, a coin arrester operatively connected with each arm device and projecting into one of said holders to be engaged by a coin inserted thereinto and to consequently be moved to bring said arm devices into operative relation, and manually operable means to cause actuation of said arm devices simultaneously to consequently simultaneously discharge coins from the holders having the ejectors selectively positioned adjacent thereto.

10. In a money changing machine, a series of coin holders, a series of rotatory ejector carriers having teeth in meshing engagement with each other to cause adjacent carriers to rotate in oppositedirections, ejectors pivotally mounted in said carriers, means connected with one carrier for rotating the series to selectively position certain of the ejectors for operation, means for simultaneously operating said ejectors to cause simultaneous ejectment of coins from the various holders. and means to be selectively operated to cause independent ejectment of coins from any one of said holders.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE V. THOMPSON.

IVitnesses PERLEY B; Lnx'r, E. Been.

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