US1249869A - Money-handling machine. - Google Patents

Description

N. WHITE.

money HANDLING MAcHmE,

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30| |915. n Patented Dec. 1l, 1911.

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MONEY HANDLING MACHINE.

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N. WHITE.

MONEYHANDLING MACHINE.

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Patented Dec. 11,1917.

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A TTORNE Y NELsoN WHITE,

F SPRINGFIELD, OREGON, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL MONEY MACHINE COMPANY, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

MONEY-HANDLING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

Application led September 30, 1915. Serial No. 53,320.

To alt who/1i t may Concern.'

' Be itknown that I, NELsoN Wurm, a'citizen of the United States, residing at Spring field, in the county of Lane and State of Oregon, havel invented certain new and use i'ul Improvements in Money-Handling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to the art of mechanically paying out money. More particularly speaking, the invention conprises certain improvements in that type of money paying machines wherein are employed suitable coin receptacles having ejectors associated therewith, the ejeetors being susceptible of selection and operation to cause delivery from the machine of moneyA in amounts predetermined by manipulative keys or the like used to directly control certain 20 selecting mechanism.

In machines of the above type, it is desirable for the purpose of facilitating the delivery of predetermined `amounts of money inthe smallest number of coins or pieces of money that the selecting mechanism be so designed as to permit of substitution of the delivery of'a coin of a larger value, for a plurality of coins of a smaller equivalent value. The present improvements have to do with a means suitable to the above end,

thanin connection with theparticular Selection previously mentioned.

In the operation of money paying machines wherein ejectors are utilized to engage and eject coins from suitable receptacles,

diilicnlty has been experienced owing to the fact that under practical working conditions, unless prevented, the ejectorsuat their coin engaging ends have a tendency, to duck or drop below the coin or coins engaged on meeting with the resistance naturally oifered by such coins which are ordinarily the lowern iost ones in the holders of 'the coin magazine. 1

Another object of the present invention,

y out Aof twenty cents and ive cents- 85, (in the form of two dimes chine trolling means insuring absolute accuracy in the delivery operations of the machine by eliminating the liability of defective operation incident to the tendency of the ejectors as above specified. Said controlling means has been designed also with a view of per mitting ot peculiar dropping oit' the ejectors as they approach the limit ot' their ejecting movement so that they may return to normal positions without engaging the coins, or with slight yielding engagement only, a friction eliminating action being thus produced.

All of the foregoing features of construe tion' and operation as well as other details ancillary thereto will be fully comprehendcd upon referring to the following detail description and to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a money paying machine of the type embodying the present improvements.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken through the money paying section of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view bringing out more clearly the operating means intermedi ate the main shaft and the selectors and ejectors. l

Fig. l is a detail view of the ejector locking and controlling devices.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the same.

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are similar views in elevation or section bringing ont more clearly the various positions assumed by the ejector locking and controlling instrumcntalities in performing their functions. y

Fig. 9 is a plan view showing more clearly the twenty-tive cent payment and substituting mechanism. l p

Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the same.

Figs. 11, 11.211", 11C, and lli are detail views of certain of the main and auxiliary' selectors involved particularly in the twentylive cent payment control.

Fig. l. is a detail View in front elevation of one of the ejector llocking plates.

General construction of machine.

Referring to Figs. l, 2 and 3 particularly, the section A of the machine may be termed the keyboard section of the paying maand the section B, the paying section. The general features of the machine are not material to the present invention because the improvements forming the inven- |56 therefore, has been to provide positive contion might be readily adapted tomany other 1110 'are likewise disposed in parallelism.

kinds of paying machines wherein the principle of employing the coin engaging ejectors under suitable selective control 1s utilized. Having in view the foregoing, only such parts of the machine as are necessary to ain an understanding of the manner in which the ejector mechanism is selected and controlled will be set forth.

As seen in Fig. 1, suitable manipulative keys 29 are employed and are arranged in the manner common in' adding machines, according to the decimal system, each row of keys from front to rear including at least keys numbered from l to 9 respectively. By depressin a; key or keys 29, the lower endsiof said liieyswhich contact With lugs o. on selector hars 1300 are capable of de pressing one or more of said selector bars, the form of which is best shown in Figs. l1 and 11d. Suitable locking means is used c hold .an operated key or keys depressed, the selector bars 1300 being, at the same time 4.nfld depressed. Each selector bar 1300 reacts with one or more ejectors 1307, seen. best in Fig. 2,.the various ejectors being arranged parallel with one another at ri ht angles to the various selectors 1300 Whir'izh o communicate movement from the selectors to the ejectors, it iscontemplated to provide for each ejector an actuating hail 1371. The bail 1371 is pivoted at 1371 to suitable plates 1301 and 1371h in the casing of the machine, one of the legs' of the bail 1371 being projected downward at 1371 whereby it forms a lever in engagement with lthe ejector 1307. Thus it is that if the bail 1371 'of a predetermined ejector is shifted ivotally by a selector 1300, said bail will s ift laterally the rear end portion of its ejector 1307 until a projection 1307 at -the rear end of the ejector engages in a notch at the lower end of an ejector arm 545 on the ejector shaft 615, which shaft 615 is supplied with arms 545 of a numberequivalent to the number of ejectors.' Each selector 1300 has a projection or projections .1300 extending from its-lower edge to engage one or more of the. bails 1371. Thus the selector 1300 for eleven cents will have a projection 1800* to engage the penny ejector' 130.7 and another projection 1300 to engage one of the dime ejector-s 1307 of which two happen to be provided. Fig. 11 shows the five cent selector designated 13.18 having a projection" 1318 equivalent tothe projection 1300I referred to in connection'with Fig. 2. Fig. 11l shows the selector bar 1325 having the projections 1325 to engage the two dime eject-ors 1307, for setting the dimes ejectors to pay out twenty cents.

lt being understood that a depression of key or keys 29` will depress coacting selector hars 1300, in Fig. 1 it will be noticed that at the right hand ends the bars 1300 have hooks 48, and these hooks on depression .of the hars are engaged with a selector o er? `ating bail 47 shownbest in Figs. 1 an 3.

stud 515 engaged by the hook 542, the

latter being supported 'by an ,arm v615 mounted onlthe .right hand end of the ejector shaft 615, A forward movement of the handle 625iL raises the arm 625b and obviously rocks the several arms 515, 515'? and 615', through the connections stated, and thereby rocks rearwardly the ejector shaft 615. This operation of the shaft 615 moves forward all of its Vejector arms 545, seen in Fig. 2.

Motion is transmitted from the main actuator or handle shaft 625 to the selector hars 1300 which maybe depressed by the provision of cam 702 fixed to the shaft 625 and engaging a roller 691 on a lever 523 pivoted at 674 and connected by a. link 522 with an arm 521 on the shaft 46, to which the bail 47 is secured. Forward movement of the handle 625, therefore, first imparts movement to the selector actuating bail 47 and shortly thereafter to the ejector shaft 10c 615, a certain amount of play of the stud 515a and the hook 542 permitting the previous movement of the selector actuating buil, to insure that the selected ejectors are set before subjected to the operation of the arms 545 in connection with which the setting takes place.

Bearing in mind, therefore, that the general operation of the machine, is to first depress keys` corresponding with a certain 11o amount of money and then causing a for- Ward and rearward stroke of the handle, and that the keys 'depressed likewise depress their selectors 1300, which will ybepulled longit-udinally to the right incident tothe iniy tial movement of the handle, thereby causing connected ejectors 1307 to be moved attheir rear ends to the left land interlockedwith thearms 545 et the shaft 615, the operation of the twentyeiive cent payment selection may now be set forth.

Twenty-five cent payment @election and ejection.

Referring to Figs. 9, 10 and 11 to 11d inclu- 125 i and 1355. The above parts are likewise shown in Figs.4 9 and 10 in their proper relaA tive positions. There are v utilized in cooperation with the main and auxiliary selector bars above referred to, the actuating bails 1368 and 1369, which unlike the bails 1371, do not directly engage any ejectors but perform a somewhat different function.

For the transaction of paying out twenty cents, the selector bar 1325 (Figs. 11d and 9) is depressed by the twenty cent key of the keyboard and duly actuated. This bar 1325 merely has'two projections 1325 engaging the dimes ejector actuating bails 1371 so that the latter will set the two dimes ejectors to pay out twenty cents, when the machine is operated. In like manner, the nickel ejector 131,8 (see Fig. 11) having a single pron jection 1318', is coperative by such projection with the nickel bail 1371 to control the nickel ejector.

Suitable means are provided intermediate 'the selector bars 1,318 and 1325 whereby if described,it first being understood that the ejector bails 1371 for the dimes and nickel ejectors 1379, seen best in Fig. 10, do not vdirectly engage said ejector-s but instead are ordinarily moved so as to draw on springs 1461, directlyconnected with angle shaped levers 41372 suitably mounted upon a supporting plate in the casi-ng. These levers` 137 2 are connected at their lower extremities directly with the ejectors 1379 and said levers have tails extendingV from their ivoted portions, as seen best in Fig. 1 0.

If, therefore, the ,twenty cent and five cent keys29 of the keyboard are depressed. correspondingly depressing the selector bars 1318 and 1325, said bars will be moved-longintudinally and simultaneously, incident to the operation of the machine. "Ihe projections 1318 and 1325 of the said bars` by engagement with the. ejector actuating bails 1371 shift saidbails to first cause movement f the ejectors 1379 toward Vpositions in which they will be engaged with their arms 545..this being incident to the tilting of the bails 1371 and drawing on the springs 14161'. However, the moven'ient of the ejectors 137 9, as just described is intercepted by` movement of the controlling bails 1310 and Yand 1325.

an arm 1373 (see Figs.- 9 and 10) these parts being actuated by auxiliary selector mechL anism set into motion because of the simultaneous operation of the selector bars 1318 The action of the bails 1310 and the arm 1373 intercepting the movement of the ejectors, as previously mentioned is caused by downward extensions of the bails 1310, and the lowermost portion of the 4arm 1373 moving downward and engagil'ig the tails of the angle levers 1372 whereby to effect a return of said levers to their normal positions and corresponding return of the dime and nickel ejectors to their normal positions spaced from the ejector rrms 545. The arm 1373 operates incident to the movement of the adjacent bail 1310 owing to the provision of a link 1374 connecting 'the operative rear end of the said bail 1310 with the arm 1373.

The means which causes the operation of the bails 1310 and the pivoted arm 1373 whereby as the ejectors 1379 start to engage their ejector arms 545 and then return to normal as so engaging. includes an auxiliary selector 1358 (see Figs. 9 a'nd 11)- which is pivotally connected at one end with a con trolling -lever 1360, the opposite ends-of which are bifurcated'to engage pins 1355 and 1356 provided onactuating bars 1355 and 1356 respectively. The barsi 1355 and 1356 are normally pulled to the left extremes of their movement by springs and the pins 1355al and 1356a engage in bifurcations' at the opposite ends of the lever 1360. `The lever 136.0 is so formed and connected with co.

operating members that when either the twenty cent selector bar 1325 or the five cent selector bar 1318 is actuated under the control of its proper key, said lever 1360 is adapted to move freely about its pivotal center without operating the auxiliary selector 1358. Themovement `of the lever 1360 by the lever 1318 is adapted to be caused by a projection 1318 vvQsee Fig. 11) on the bar 1318 which projectlon engages the actuating bail 1368 previously referred to, said actuating bail 1368 having its upper end engaging a projection 1356 on the actuating bar 1356. The tilting of the bail 1368, therefore, shifts the bar 1356 to the right and shifts the lelfer 1360 on its pivot owing to the loosenessa of connection intermediate the bifurcated ends of they lever and the pins 1355a and 13563. In like manner, the move-4 ment of the bar 1325 when individually actuated is adapted to be transmitted to the lever` 1360by the actuating bar 1355 (sce Figs. 9 and 11) the bar 1325 having a projection 1325 engaging the actuating bail 1369, the

Vupper end of which engages the projection 1355 on the actuating bar 1355.

The auxiliary selector 1358 seen best in Fig. 11, not only operates the bails 1310 and arm 1373 `but itself has the proj=v tion 1358 that the auxiliary selector. 1358 is not affected by the operation of either one of the main selectors 1318 and 1326 alone, the oper ation of one of' these selectors only, merely creates a pivotal movement of the lever 1360 resulting in no action of the selector 1358,

but causing the selecting movement of the bail or bails 1371, of course, and corresponding ejectors depending on whether the nickel or twenty cent selector bar is actuated. If, however, the two bars 1'318 and 1325 are selected and operated by depressing the twenty cent key and five cent key of the ten cent and units rows of the keyboard, the synchronous move-nient of the bars 1318 and 1325 acting likewise on the two balls 1368 and 1369 and the tivo actuating bars 1355 and 1356, causes all of these parts to be moved to the ri lit, as in Figs. 9 and 10, carrying the lever 1360 bodily with them es well as the auxiliary selector 1358. The result is the neutralizin of the preliminary setting movement of tlie ejectors 1379, in other words, the restoration to normal of these ejectors, and the throwing into operative osition of the twenty-five cent ejector 1309 y means of the coperation of the projection 1358 with the bail 1371 of said twenty-five cent ejector.

It is to be understood from the foregoing that the ejector substitung member herein involved resides primarily in the provision of the main selector bars and an auxiliary selector bar, with connections intermediate the same such that the auxiliary selector bar remains neutral when the main selector bars are separately operated, whereas when said main bars are operated simultaneously the effect of their individual performances is practically negatived and the auxiliary selector bar caused to be operated so as to substitute or act on an ejector different from those controlled directly by the main bars.

It is contemplated that the above principle of operation may be utilized also in paying ont of twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight and twenty-nine cents and all combina-tions requiring,r the substituting of a quarter in place of two dimes and a nickel. -Furtheih more, the twenty-five cent ejector is adapted to be directly engagedby a suitable selector, and operated for paying out thirty, thirtyone, thirty-two, thirty-three, and thirty-four cents, these various amounts being made up of a quarter, a nickel, and certain number of pennies. When paying out thirty-five cents, the principle of the lever connection 1360 between certain main and auxiliary selectors is again utilized.l For the thirty-five cent pa ment, however, involving the operation o the thirty-cent key and the fivecent key, the combined action of the controlled main selectors is to operate an auxil' E jccto'r patrolling mechanism.

This mechanism is best seen in Figs. 4 to 8 inclusive upon reference to which figures it will be noted that arranged beneath the front end portions of the ejectors 1307 is the locking plate 154-0, the same being of angular formation in that it has a lateral flange at its upper edge cut away to provide a cam portion 1540. The plate 1540 is secured by suitable fastenings to a rock shaft 1670 mounted in suitable bearings in the frame of the machine. The various ejectors 1307 are guided at their front ends by th plate 1301 which has Slots through which the ejectors pass, said slots being of suiiicient size to permit slight vertical movement ofthe ejectors. Normally the ejectors are locked by thc controlling lmechanism in the uppermost positions, as shown in Figs. 4, 6 and 7, and for this purpose levers 1377 are pivoted to the plate 1301, and supplied with rollers 1462 engaging the lower edges of the ejectors, the ends of the levers opposite those carrying the rollers 14162 being formed with cams 1377 adapted to be engaged by the. cam portion 1540 of the locking plate 1540. A link 1541 is connected at its front end toan arm 1510a of the vlocking plate 1540 and at its rear end has a slotrreceiving a pin 603 projecting from one of the arms 545, Normally the locking' plate 1540 is held in the position shown 1n Fig. 4 by means of n double-nosed catch 1376 pivoted to the plate 1301. As the shaft 615 isrocked incident to chine, it will be apparent that the arm 545 connected with the link 1541 will move forward also and whenthe pin 603 engages the front end of the slot of the link 1541,-'said link will be shifted slightly forward to rock the shaft 1670. This action takes place as the ejectors 1307, previously rigidly locked or upheld in their up er coin engaging` posi tions by the levers 13;;7, reach their forward. or ejecting limit of movement, The .actuation of the rock shaft by the link 1541 disengages the locking plate 1540 from the front ends of the levers 1377, in the manner shown in Fig. 8, and permits the levers 1377 to yield under the weight of the ejectors 1307 iat" therewith at the ejecting extrmities of said ejector-s and may now return to their inner most or normal 4positions without frictional contact with the'lowermost coins in thereceptaclesl 7. As the ejectors approach the limit of their return-movement, a lever 1545 pivoted on the ejector shaft615 has its cam arm 1545 engaged by a stud 687 on the arm 527 (see Fig. 7)'. The resultis that the Said lever 1545 is rocked and its lower end being connected by a link'1543 with an arm 1544 on the rock shaft 1670, the shaft1670 is turned suiiiciently to again engage the lock ing plate 1540 with the various levers 1377. The restoration of the engaging relation ,intei-mediate the locking plate 1540 and the levers 1377' raises the said levers 1377 from the po'sition shown in Fig. 8 to that shown in Figs. 4 and 7 and locks the ejectors i1p of lthe piecesof money adapted to be raised or in coin ejecting positions owing to the peculiar engagement of the locki catch 137 6 with the locking plate as seen Fig. 4. Suitable springs are connected with the outer ends of the levers 1377 to yieldingly hold the latter in engagement with the ejectors 1307 when the locking plate 1540 is not coperating With the levers. A spring 1376 is also connected with the catch 1376, see Fig. 4, to maintain the latter in operative engagement with the plate 1540.

By reason of' the provision of the controL ling mechanism above described including especially the locking plate 1540, it will be apparent that during the preliminary ejecting movement of the ejectors 1307,v at which time they must act positively and accurately to make sure of' the ejection of the proper coins,y it is impossible for said ejectors to duck under the lowermost coin or-coins of the associated coin holder and the defective operation of such ejectors, previous to the utilization of the controllingvmeans set forth, is thereby obviated.

While in the drawings, a single one of the locking plates 1540 has been illustrated, where the paying section of the machine is of considerable size, more than one ofwthese plates 1540 is actually carried by the shaft 1G70.

neously under such 'conditions n Having thus described the invention, what I Claim as new is:

1. In a machine' for paying out money,

ejectors for ej ecting separate pieces of money representing a predetermined amount, an ejector for ejecting a single pieceof money representing the same in value as th. valua out by the first 4mentioned ejectors, se ect- 4ing mechanism controlling said ejectors to operate one or more of the ejectors first referred to and 'also to operate the last mentioned ejector, and operating means for said selecting mechanism adapted to operate the However, all the plates operate in the same manner and are moved simulta' ejectors first mentioned to render the same inoperative, and simultaneously render the ejector second mentioned operative as an incident to the said inoperatveness of the first named ejectors.

2. In a money paying machine, ejectors selecting mechanism controllin certain o said ejectors separately where tocause them-to pay out pre etermine amounts, and including means operable to causeone of the ejectors to pay out a piece `'of money equivalent in value to those pieces adapted to be paid out by the said separately operating ejectors, the last mentioned means be. coming operative when the first named ejectors are operated in conjunction, and operating 4means for the ejectors. l

3. `In a money paying machine, the comi bination of a plurality of ejectors adapted for independent operation, a single ejector, and selecting means controlling synchronous movement of thefirst named ejectors rendering them inoperative and at the-same time rendering the said single ejector operative for substitutive action.

4. In a money paying. machine, the combination of a plurality .of ejectors adapted for independent operation, a single ejector,

selecting means controlling synchronous i movement of the first named ejectors rendering them inoperative and at' the saine time rendering the said single ejector operative for substitutive action, and means to .operate the several ejectors without the substitutive action above referred to.

5. In a money paying machine, the combination of an ejector-actuator, a plurality of ejectors susceptible of independent operation to connect them with the actuator, a single ej ctor related to `those above mentioned, lecting means for operating theA first na edl ejectors simultaneously, and means f connecting the single ejector to the actuator as an incident to the simulta neous movement of the first mentioned ejectors.

6. In a money paying machine', the conibination of an ejector actuator, aplurality of ejeetors susceptible of independent operav tion to connect them with the actuator, a

single ejector related to those above nientioned, selecting means for operating the first named ejectors simultaneously, and means for connecting the single ejector-to the actuatorV as an incident to the simultaneous movement of the first mentioned ejectors, comprising main selector bars connected with the first ejectors, an auxiliary selector bar connectedwith the single ejector, a lever pivoted tothe auxiliary bar, and connections intermediate the lever and main bars.

j v7. 4In a money paying machine, the c ombination of ejectors, main selector bars controlling certain of said ejectors, an auxiliary selector vbarv controlling an ejector, and a 'connection between the main and auxiliary bars-Twhereby when the main bars are in.

` change in the controlling action for the ejeotors. l

@11n a Vmoney payingv machine, the combintionof ejectors,'ma'n selector bars contrplling" certain of s a'id ej ectors, an auxiliary se ector bar 'controlling an ejector, and a.

n leverdpivotedto' :theyA auxiliary bar and connecte with the main bars whereby tobev oscillated on its pivot incident to individual o eration of the main bars Without aiecting t e auxiliary bar, and means to move the main bars together to impart bodily moveu ment to said lever and thereby operate the auxiliary bar. .JI .9. Inejecting mechanism `for money paying machines, ,the combination of eJecto'rs, means for moving the same longitudinally ,for ejectingpurposes, means supporting the operating yends of the ejectors comprising levers yieldingly coacting with the ejectors, and a lock-ing plate movable intojand out 0f coperation with said levers torender the latter non-yieldable and yieldable for the purposes specified. j, qm2..

. 10. -In 'ejecting mechanism for money'payv'in'gl'machines, the combination of ejectors,

means 'for moving the same longitudinally for ejecting purposes, means supporting the scribed.

operatingv ends of the ejectors comprising levers yieldingly coacting with the ejectors,

a locking plate movable lnto and outof cooperation With 'said levers to render-the latter non-yieldable and'yieldable foret/hie purposes specified, said means 4including a movable arm, a link connected with the locking late and operable by. said arm to throw the ocking plate 'out of coperation with ren spect to the levers, and means includingn a link and leverdev'ice-for moving the locking plate back' into cooperation with said levers. f Y

11. In ejectin mechanism for money paying machines, t e combinationl of ejectors, means. for-causing ejecting movement thereof, means controlling the coin ej ecting action of -said ejectors comprisin movable supports for the ejectors, a lockmg plate, means j to move said locking plate into cooperation 'with said movable rsupports to' thereby ri idly-hold the ejectors in the path of their 'ejecting movement, catch means co erative with the locking plate to maintainv t e same in coperation with saidsupports, and other mechanism coacting with the locking plate to move the same out of cooperation lwith respectto the supports for the purpose de- In testimon -whereof'I alix my signature in presence o. two witnesses..

' l j NELSON WHITE.

'Witnesses' z W. A. LoNGwonTH, FRANKA. DEPUE.

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