US1287025A - Coin-receptacle. - Google Patents

Description

J. B. HUDDLE.

COIN RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. \4, 191a.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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COIN RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14. me.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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C(HN RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1916.

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JOHN B. HUDIDLE, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS.

COIN-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

Application filed September 14, 1916. Serial No. 120,024.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN B. HUBBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of East St. Louis, county of St. Clair, and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Coin-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to automatically registering coin receptacles particularly adapted for use for re istering fares in prepayment street cars, or other passenger vehicles, and also for receiving and registering the admission fees theaters and the like. It is likewise adaptable for use in connection with vending machines of various types.

An object of the invention is to provide a coin receptacle of the class described including audible and visible means for registering the deposit of the separate coins, and also a permanent register indicating the totals of coins deposited in the receptacle.

Another object of the invention is to equi a coin receptacle of the class described with a coin receiving slot wherein the deposited coins are held in view for inspection, with means for deflecting into a supplemental chute coins of a different character than those adapted to be received and registered by the device.

Another obj ectof the invention is to equip a device of the class described with adjustable means for determining the number of coins to be held in the coin retaining slot, with provision for releasing coins from the slot automatically or manually.

Another object of the invention is to equip a coin receptacle having coin registering means with a supplemental registering device for registering fares other than cash fares deposited in the receptacle.

In addition to the foregoing objects other valuable features and advantages attainable from the present invention will be recognized by those skilled in the art from the following detailed disclosure of a construction forming one embodimentof the invention. which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the coin receptacle embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the receptacle.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the receptacle having the front plate removed.

4 is a rear view of the receptacle with the back plate removed.

Fig. 5 is a cross section through the upper part of the receptacle taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view of certain parts of the coin registering mechanlsm.

Fig. 7 is a vertical cross sect-ion through the same parts taken substantially on the line 77 of Fig. 6.

.Fig. 8 is an enlarged detailed view of the locking member for the coin gate.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged perspective view of the coin gate.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the locking elements for the coin wheel.

Fig. 11 is a perspective detailed view of a form of bracket in which the coin gate and locking element for the coin wheel is supported.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of a form of spring for actuating the coin gate and locking member for the coin wheel.

Fig. 13 is an enlarged detail View of the mechanism for supporting the coins in the coin slot and for automatically and manually releasing the same.

Fig. 14 is an elevation of the supplemental registering device.

Fig. 15 is a plan view of the same mechanism.

Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the mechanism.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings the case includes a. metal frame 1 in which is supported transverse partition wall 2, which frame is fitted with a back plate 3 and a front plate The bottom end of the back plate 3 is extended and curved under the bottom of t 1e frame 1 forming a coin receiving compartment 5. An opening 6 is cut in the up-turned wall of the extension permitting access of the hand for removal of the coin that drops into the compartment. The case is preferably formed from metal, the frame work being a cast structure and the front and rear plates being of pressed sheet metal. In order to retain the parts of the case in assembled relation, the frame 1 is provided with ears or brackets 7, and tie rods 8 are extended through perforations in the front and back plates, the rear end of the rods being provided with screw heads and the front ends being threaded to receive wing-nuts 9, thereby providing means for removably securing the partsof the case in adjustment. The eX- tended ends of the tie rods are perforated so that wire seals 10 may be placed through the perforations and sealed, so that it may be ascertained whether or not the case has been disassembled after adjustment.

The walls of the back plate are deflected inwardly as shown at 11 toward a longitudinal opening 12 in which may be fitted glass or other translucent material which is adjacent to a portion of the coin receiving slot, so that the coins in the slot may be viewed from the exterior of the case. The front plate 1 is equipped with a similarly formed deflection of the walls as shown at 13 and an opening 1d, the opening 1% lying adjacent to the front face of the coin slot so that the coins in from the front of In the upper portion formed a roundopening the case for inspection. of the front plate is 15 having a translucent "closure 16 behind which is arranged the indicating dial of the registering mechanism.

'A coin hopper 17 extends upwardly from the top wall of the frame member 1, said hopper opening into a coin receiving chute 18. The chute 18 is formed from angle strips 19 and 20 which are supported against the rear face of the plate 2 adjacent to the opening from the hopper. The angle strips 19 and 20 are so d'sposed with respect to each other that the space between them is slightly in excess of the diameter of the coin for the reception of which the device is designed. Within the chute 18 is arranged a coin gate for controlling the admission of the coin into the coin registering mechanism and the coin retaining chute 21 into which the chute 18 opens. The coin gate between the chutes 18 and 21 comprises the elements illustrated perspectively in Fig. 9.

The coin gateincludes a swinging member 22 which is pivoted on a rod 23 and operates through a vertical slot 24 formed in the plate 2 at the center of the back wall of the chute 18. The lower end of the member 22 has a downwardly inclined enlargementor shoulder 25. A horizontal plate 26 is connected with the member 22 and is adapted to operate in a horizontal slot 27 formed in the plate 2 and crossing the vertical slot 2%. At one edge of the plate 26 is an upwardly turned lip 28 having its front edge inclined so that the forward edges of the shoulder 25 and the lip 28 are in substantially the same inclined planes. The front edge of the plate 26 at. the base of the inclined edge of the shoulder 25 is inclined downwardly, so that when a coin is inserted in the chute 18 it rides against the front face of the shoulder 25 and of thelip 28 and over the edge of the plate 26.v The pivot rod 23 on which the coin gate is mounted is supported in a bracket 37 secured to the plate 2. A spring the slot may be viewed.

nae'noss 39 issecured to the plate 2 and is formed with an opening 40 through which the lower portion of the bracket 37 extends. The bracket 37 has an opening 11 therein through which a lug 12 on the plate 22 projects. The upper edge 43 of the spring 39 bears against the lug 42 and normally actuates the coin gate forwardly through the slots 24 and'27 constituting a closure across the chute 18.

A gate lock comprising a U-shaped member 30 pivoted at 31 on the plate 2 engages in a notch 32 in one end of the plate 26. The member 30 is designed to normally swing inwardly within the chute 18, the arm, thereof extending into the chute engaging in the slot 32 and holding the gate across the chute '18 preventing a coin from passing downwardly in the chute 18 until the member 30 has been swung outwardly and disengagedffrom the notch 32. When a coin of the diameter for which the machine is designed enters the chute 18 the weight of the coin operating against the arm of the member 30 extending into the chute, swings the arm laterally out of engagement with the notch 32, and the pressure of the coin on the bevel edge of the shoulder 25 and of the lip 28 causes the gate to swing outwardly, permitting the coin to move down,-

wardly by gravity in the chute 18.

A supplemental chute for discharging coins of smaller diameter than will operate the lock for the gate is provided and comprises a run-way 33 having a discharge opening 34 at the exterior of the machine. The rear wall of the run-way 33 at the upper portion-isthe forward wall of the chute 18, so that when the coin gate remains locked the coin inserted in the chute 18 will be deflected over its forward wall and into the run-way 33 passing by gravity into the discharge opening 34, the inclined edges of the shoulder 25, the lip 28 and the plate 26 deflecting the coin in the supplemental chute or run-way.

When coins of the character designed to operate the gate lock are inserted in the chute 18 the gate will be operated as above described to release the coins into the bottom of the chute 18. At this point in the chute18 is placed a locking device for the coin wheel. The coin wheel locking device comprises a swinging member including a verticallydisposed plate and a horizontally disposed plate 36. and is supported to swing in a bracket 37 of the same construc tion as the coin gate supporting bracket.

As the support and actuating means for the coin gate and for the coin wheel locking device are the same it is unnecessary to repeat a description of the details thereof. suffice, it to that by means of the spring construction already described the locking member is normally actuated so that it pro- 7 jects into the chute 18 and the end of the plate 36 is thereby held so that it constitutes an abutment for the teeth of the coin wheel at. The coin a shaft, one end of which is journaled in bracket and the other end of which extends through the plate 2 and is entrained with the registering device. The coin wheel has formed in its periphery a plurality of notches 46 ot semi-circular contour and of a diameter sufficient to accommodate the coins which the machine is designed to register.

Coins inserted in the chute 18 and passing below the coin gate swing the coin wheel locking device backwardly against the tendency of the spring 39 and enter the respective notches 46. The weight of the coin in the notch 46 rotates the coin wheel 4stone tooth, the movement or" the coin wheel being arrested by the locking member swinging forwardly in passed out of engagement therewith and into a recess in the coin wheel. he coin wheel shaft l7 is entrained with a mechanically operated adding and registering device 48 of known construction which operates to register the total of the coins passing through the device. Any suitable me chanical mechanism for coordinating the registering elements with the coin wheel may be employed, and it is unnecessary for the present purposes to describe in detail the construction of t 1e registering element per 86.

Upon the end of the shaft 47 of the coin wheel is an indicating pointer 49 which adapted to cooperate with a scale 50. The purpose oi the pointer 4-9 and the scale 50 is to indicate visually the deposit of the separate coins so that it may be observed whether each individual coin as it is placed in the box is properly registered.

After the coins have passed through the portion of the chute adjacent to the coin wheel and the coin wheel is operated to register the passage of the coin, it drops into the chute 21. The chute 21 is formed from a metal frame 51 attached to the plate 2, the front wall of the frame having out out portions therein, and the portion, of the plate 2 adjacent to the chute also being cut away so that a series of coins held in the chute 21 are in view through the openings in the front and back plates of the receptacle. The chute 21 opens into the receiving compartment or chamber at the bottom of the receptacle, but the passage of the coins from the chute 21 is controlled by a retaining mechanism which operates to discharge the series of coins from the chute 21 into the compartment or chamber at the bottom of the receptacle when a predetermined number have entered said chute 21.

The me hanism for supporting the coins in the chute 21 includes the swinging lever wheel at is mouned on,

its path after the coin has 52 pivoted at 53 and having a curved arm 54 which extends into the chute 21. The lever 52 has at its free end an adjustable weight 55 and is retained for operation against the face of the plate 2 by a guide strip 56. It will be obser ed that the weight 55 may be adjusted so that it will require predetermined numbers of coins to raise the lever to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 13. hen the predetermined number of coins rests upon the curved extension 54 of the lever 52, the lever will move so that the curved extension is positioned out of the path of movement of the coins, and the coins ill be discharged into the compartment or retainer at the bottom of the receptacle.

In order to operate the discharge mechanism manually there is provided a lever 57 which is pivoted at 58 and has an extension 59 which rests against the under side of an operating lever 60. The operating lever 60 is pivoted at one end at 61 and extends forwardly through the partiti on plate and terminates at the exterior of the rereptacle in a thumb plate 62. The lever 57 has an extension 63 that constitutes an abutment for the end of the lever 52 holding it in proper position for supporting the coins in the chute 21. The lever 57 also has an upturned foot 64. the upper. end of which bears against the lever 52. It retractile spring 65 normally retains the lever 57 in depressed position, but when the operating lever 60 is depr=ssed at its forward end, the lever 57 is raised. Tie foot 64; engaging .-*ith the lever 52 raises said lever 52 so as to discharge the coins. The lever 57 is guided by a guide strip (56 supported on the plate 2.

Upon the plate 2 and at the side of the chute 21 is arranged a gong or hell 67. A spring clapper arm 68 is pivoted on the plate at 69 carrying at one end the clapper or hell hammer '70 and extending at the other end into the chute 21. A pin abutment 71 arrests the downward movement oi the clapper arm. This arrangement provides audiblemeans for indicat ing the number of coins passing through the chute 21, the separate coins depressing the clapper arm as they pass the extension that protrudes into the chute. Immediately after the coin has passed, the outer end of the clapper arm carrying the bell hammer descends, the spring action of the arm permitting the hammer to strike the gong and to rebound instantly. giving a clear audible indicating tone.

The receptacle is equipped with mechanism for registering fares or admission tees, other than those capable of being deposited in the registering mechanism, so that a record may he kept of transfers or the like on public conveyances. or passes and the like in theaters. This mechanism is illusthe gong. hen the key lever in detail in Figs. let to 16 inclusive, The

mechanism referred to includes a register 72 of known construction comprising a series of registering wheels and associated actuating and carrying mechanism. As the register per 86 is of a commercial type it is unnecessary to describe it in detail, 'suflice it to say that it is actuated from a ratchet and pawl construction. The register is supported in a frame 7 3 on the inner facevof the front plate of the register and is operated by a key lever 7 extending through the front plate so that it is accessible from the exterior of the receptacle. The key lever l has attached to its inner end a bar 7 5 which is connected to the pawl of the register mechanism. The bar 75 is normally drawn forward by a retractile spring 76, so that when the key lever is pushed inwardly the pawl connected to the bar 7 5 is moved a sufiicient distance to rotate the ratchet for op- V crating the register a single space, the key lever and bar being returned to normal position upon release by the spring 76. V

Coordinated with the register operat ng mechanism is provided means for sounding an audible signal to indicate each reg1stra tion recorded by the register. nism comprises a gong 77 supported on the back face of the front plate, which is sounded by a bell hammer 7 8 supported on a flexible bell hammer shank 7 9 secured at 80 to the back face of the front plate. The means for operating the bell hammer includes a shoulder 81 on the rear end of the keylever 7a which operates a lever 82 pivoted at 83. The lever 82 is notched at St, the shoulder 85 at the head of the notch constituting an abutment arresting the forward movement of the key lever. The lever 82 has an extension 86at its front end whichbears a ainst the upper edge of an L -shaped lever 8 pivoted at 88. 'A retractlle spring-89 tends normally t raise the short arm of the lever 87 and to retain it in the position best shown in Fi 14:, thelong arm of the lever extending upwardly behind the gong adjacent to the bell hammer. Pivoted near the extremity of the long arm of the lever 87 is a rocking lever member 90, the lever member 90 abutting against an abutment 91 formed on the lever. When the hort arm of the lever 87 is depressed in opposition to the spring 89, upon the inward movement of the key lever, the upper arm of the lever member 90 is raised in contact with a proj ection 92 from the side of the bell'hammer 78, causing the bell hammer shank 79 to be flexed or raised upwardly.- ff he 1 1 1? armof the lever 'inember 90 has moved beyond the bell hammer 7 8 by virtue of-the flexible character of the shank descends. sounding is released This mecha- After the end projection '92, thethe long arm of the lever 87 is free to descend, the lever member 90 rocking on its pivot to permit the upper arm thereof to clear the projection on the side of the bell hammer.

I am aware that numerous modifications may be made in the construction of the embodiment of the invention, and I do not limit myself therefore to the exact details shown and described, but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1'. In a coin receptacle, a vertically arranged coin receiving chute, a coin discharge chute disposed at. an angle to said receiving chute, a coin gate normally held by gravity across the coinreceiving chute, a detent en gageable with the coin gate and adapted to lock the same in closed position, said lock device being operable by coins of a predetermined diameter to unlock the gate and permit the passage of said coins from. said receiving chute and unaffected by coins of smaller diameter, whereby said smaller coins are deflectedto'the discharge chute, a coin retaining chute for receiving coins from the receiving chute that pass through the coin gate, a coin wheel having pockets in its periphery wherein coins pass from the receiving chute into the'retaining'chute' and whereby said coin wheel is'rotated by gravity, and registering mechanism entrained with said coin wheel.

2. In a coin receptacle, a coin receiving chute, a discharge chute in communication with the receiving chute, and a coin retaining chute in communication with said receiving chute, a coin gate: at the juncture of the receiving chute with the discharge chute and the retaining chute, comprising a pivoted element extending across the receiving chute and adapted in closed position to defiect coins of one diameter into the discharge chute, a locking lever for holding the coin gate closed, said locking lever being operated by coins of a larger diameter to unlock the gate permitting the same to move out of position across the receiving chute and to discharge said coins of larger diameter into the retaining chute, a coin wheel operated by the coins passing into the retaining chute, and registering mechanism entrained with said coin wheel.

3.'In a device of the character described, a coin chute for conducting coins to va'place of delivery, a discharge chute diverging from the coin chute for discharging coins of a' smaller size than those properlybelonging in. the coin chute, a pivoted element extending across the coin chute and arranged to di vert into the dischargechute coins smaller than those properly belonging in the, coinchute, a lock device forsaid element preventing operation ofsaid element by said smaller coins'and arranged to be released by coins of the size which properly belong in the coin chute, a coin wheel below the pivoted element extending into the coin chute and having pockets in the periphery thereof to receive the coins passing through the coin chute whereby said wheel will be operated by said coins, and mechanism entrained with said wheel for indicating the number of coins passing said wheel.

l. In a coin receptacle, a coin receiving chute, a coin retaining chute located below the receiving chute, and a discharge chute disposed at an angle to the receiving chute, a coin gate comprising a pivoted m inber extending across the receiving chute and normally held by gravity in closed position, a locking device engageable with the coin gate normally retaining the coin gate in closed position, whereby coins of a smaller diameter are deflected by the coin gate into the discharge chute, said locking device being controlled by coins of larger diameter whereby the gate is unlocked permitting the passage of said larger coins into the retaining chute, and a device extending into the retaining chute adapted to support the coins received therein, said device being operable by the weight of the coins in said retaining chute whereby the coins will be discharged from the retaining chute when a predetermined number have accumulated therein.

5. In a coin receptacle, a coin receiving chute, a coin retaining chute located below the receiving chute, and a discharge chute disposed at an angle to the receiving chute, a coin gate comprising a pivoted member extending across the receiving chute and normally held by gavity in closed position, a locking device engageable with the coin gate normally retaining the coin gate in closed position, whereby coins of a smaller diameter are deflected by the coin gate into the discharge chute, said locking device being controlled by coins of larger diameter whereby the gate is unlocked permitting the passage of said larger coins into the-retaining chute, a device extending into the retaining chute adapted to support the coins received therein, said device being operable by the weight of the coins in said retaining chute whereby the coins will be discharged from the retaining chute when a predetermined number have accumulated therein, and a manually operated device for discharging the coins from the retaining chute.

6. In a coin receptacle, the combination with a receiving chute and a retaining chute in connection therewith, of a coin wheel having a plurality of peripheral pockets ex tending into the path of movement of the coins from the receiving chute to the retaining chute, registering mechanism including a drive shaft whereon said coin wheel is mounted, a stop device for the coin wheel, said stop device being controlled by coins of a predetermined diameter, whereby the proper size to permit such coin wheel is unlocked from rotation when said coins of a predetermined diameter en ter the receiving chute, and said stop device being unaffected by coins of a smaller diameter retaining the coin wheel against rotation except when coins corresponding to the diameter of the peripheral pockets are received in the receiving chute.

7. In a device of the character described, a coin chute arranged to conduct coins of a predetermined size to a place of delivery, a discharge chute diverting from the coin chute for receiving from the coin chute and discharging coins smaller than those properly belonging in the coin chute, an element extending across the coin chute and arranged to divert from the coin chute into the discharge chute the coins smaller than those properly belongingin the coin chute, and arranged to be operated by coins of the coins to pass through the coin chute, a lock device for said element preventing operation of said element by said smaller coins and arranged to be released by coins properly belongmg in the coin chute, and mechanism operated by the coins passing through the coin chute after said coins pass said element to indicate the number of coins which have passed said element.

8. in a coin receptacle, a vertical coin receiving chute, a device constituting a deflector for smaller coins, a coin gate for larger coins, a discharge chute for receiving the coins deflected by said device ceiving chute, and a retaining chute for receiving the coins from said receiving chute passing through said coin gate, a lock device pivoted to swing into the receiving chute and controlled by the edgewise engagement of the coins 01"" larger diameter unlocking the coin gate and permitting the coins to pass from the receiving chute to the retaining chute, a coin wheel the periphery of which extends below the receiving chute and having peripheral pockets for receiving the coins as they pass through said coin gate into the retaining chute, means operated with the movement of the coin gate for unlocking the coin wheel, permitting its rotation, and registering mechanism entrained with the coin wheel.

9. In a device of the character described, a coin chute, a discharge chute in communication with the coin chute for discharging coins of a smaller size than those properly belonging in the coin chute, a gate arranged to divert into the coin chute said smaller coins and to permit passage through the coin chute of coins of the proper size, a wheel below said gate arranged to be operated by the coins in the coin chute that have passed said gate, a lock for said wheel, connections for releasing said lock when said gate is operated by the passage of a coin therethrough,

from said reand mechanism actuated by said Wheel for registering the number of coins passing said Wheel. 7

10. In a device of the character described, a coin chute for conducting to a place of delivery coins of a predetermined size, a discharge chute diverging from the coin chute for discharging coins of sizes different from the size of coins properly belonging in the coinchute, a device in the coin chute for diverting into the discharge chute coins of said different size and arranged to be 0perated by coins of the proper size to permit them to pass through said coinchute, a Wheel extending into the coin chute, and arranged to be operated successively by the coins passing through said coin chute, a lock device limiting extent oi": movement of said Wheel by the respective coins passing through said coinvchute, and connections operable by the coins respectively passing said gate to 1'6- lease said lock device and permit said Wheel to be operated.

11. In a device of the character described,

a coin chute for conducting to a place of discharge coins of a proper size, means for diverting from said chute coins of a size diiferent from the size of coins intended to pass through said chute, a Wheel extending into the chute and arranged to be moved a 0 definite distance by each coin passing through the chute, a device for locking said Wheel-to prevent movement of said Wheel beyond a predetermined extent of movement by anycoin passing through the chute, mech- 35 anism actuated by said Wheel for indicating the number of coins that have passed said Wheel, and a signal device operated by the coins that have passed said Wheel to indicate the fact that the coins have passed the 40 Wheel.

In Witness whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN B. HUDDLE. Witnesses:

N. G. BUTLER, L. C. KINGSLAND.

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