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E. C. SIQUEIRA.

COLN SORTER AND REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. B. 1917.

Patented June 10, 1919.

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EDWARD C. SIQUEIRA, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

COIN SORTER AND REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1919.

Application filed March a, 1917. Serial No. 153,525;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD C. SIQUEIRA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin Sorters and Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in coin handling apparatus and more particularly to a" combined mechanism for assorting and registering coins of various denominations. registering mechanism is an improvement of my copending application Serial 13,051 filed Aug. 2, 1915.

The particular objects of the present invention are to provide improved means for separating the coins of various denominations and causing the same to move a registering mechanism in accordance with the value of the coin, the mechanism for accomplishing the above objects being embodied in a single compact and unitary structure.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction combination and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and more specifically pointed out in the appended claims; it being understood that changes in form, proportion, size and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

To more fully comprehend the invention, reference should be had to the drawings forming a part of the specification and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing the improved device wherein is embodied my registering mechanism.

Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation a portion of the casing being removed to show the operating mechanism.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view in elevation of the registering mechanism as viewed from the opposite side of the machine, from which Fig. 2 is taken.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan View of the central portion of the top housing plate showing the tilting coin plate.

Fig. 5 is a view in plan with the top of This application in respect to the the housing removed, looking down into the coin hopper.

'Fig. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view through the coin tubes and registering mechanism.

Fig. 7 is a view on the line 7-7, of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a bottom plan view of the same mechanism with the lower plate removed.

Referring to corresponding parts in the several views by the same numerals of reference, the device consists of a base 1 upon the ed es of which rise a housing which consists of the side plates 2, the front plate 3 and a top 4. About midway up the front of the housing is a shelf 5 in which are provided openings 6 leading to certain coin tubes. The front of the casing above the shelf I have designated by 3'.

Surmounting the top 4 is a coin receptacle 8 which is preferably provided with glass sides 9 through which the deposited coin may be viewed. Below this receptacle is a conical hopper 10 which is separated from the receptacle by a tilta'ble plate 11. r This plate is attached to a shaft 12 which is pivotally mounted in suitable hearings on the underside of the plate 4 and which is pro vided with a downwardly extending arm 13 for cooperation with means for oscillating the same. A spring 14 tends to move plate 11 against the oscillating means and a stop 14 limits such tendency in one direction and holds the plate horizontal. The lower end of the-hopper 10 is attached to a plate 15 arranged at right angles to the axis of the hopper. Directly below this plate is a frame consisting of the spaced upper and lower flat members 16 and 17 having guide ways 16 and 17' in which are oscillatably mounted the plates 18 and 19, respectively.

Plate 15 heretofore described is attached to the upper member 16 by means of screws 20 thus forming the inclosed guideway 16' in which the plate 18 slides. The two members 16 and 17 are connected by the tubular portions 21 and 22 which with passage ways 21' and 22 adapted to fit the coins which the intended to handle. The slide 18 as will be noted by inspection of Fig. 8 is provided with an elongated opening 25, the width of which corresponds to the diameter of the of a size device is are provided larger opening 21. This plate is also provided with a slot 26.011 one of the side edges,

ed a plate 27 which is provided with openings 28 and 29 adjacent the opposite ends, these openings corresponding in size to the openings 21' and 22 respectively. Slots 30 and 31 extend'from the openings 28 and 29 respectively through the end of the plate, providing clearance for certain operating levers hereinafter described. 7

As already stated both of these plates are oscillatably moimted and the mechanism by which this is accomplished will next be de scribed. Suitably supported upon the frame of the machine is a bearingplate 30 having journals in which are revoluble shafts 31. and 32 at right angles to each other. On the latter shaft is attached a bevel pinion 33 and the shaft extends to the side wall 2 where an opening is provided through which the hub of a crank 34 engages the shaft, thus providing operatin means on the outside of the housing. the shaft 31 and driven by pinion 33 is a bevel gear 35- and a disk 36 containin the crank pin 38. The members 16 and 1 are provided with elongated Sl0ts40 and 41 respectively disposed one directly above the other. These slots are on the outside of the tubular p0rtions21' and 22 and a block 43 is reciprocable thereon. This block is firmly attached to the slidable plate 27 but on the upper surface is provided with a pin 44 whichcooperates with the-slot 26 heretofore described thereby providing a lost motion connection between plate 18 and block 43. This block has also a laterally extending hub 45 on the outer face of which is a pin 46 on which is pivotally mounted one end of a connection rod 47 The connecting rod is heldin place by the arm 47 the lower end of which is clamped to thepin 46 by the screw 48. The upper end of arm- 47 is turned laterally as'shownat 50 and this lateral extension is adaptedto coeperate with the arm 13 for the purposev of tilting plate 11. The

other end of -the connecting rod is attached to the pin 38 on the disk 36... The structure just described is mounted on-the frame 51, between the sides of which extends a rod 52 on which is slidably mounted the coin chutes 53 and54. As will be noted the coin tubes to the extreme left as viewed in Fig. 2 are of the same size, and inlike manner. the two central tubes are also of the same size. chutes is to permit the coins as they fall from the reglstering mechanism to be deposited in either-one or the other of these tubes. Each of the chutes is'providedwith a pivotally mounted bar 55 having a handle 56 andthesehandles extend through slots Attached to The object of these 'coin' 57 in the front casing 3 permitting the chutes to be moved from the outside of the housing, their upper ends remaining-at all times under the exit opening of the registering mechanism.

The tubes 7 it may be'explained are positioned. above a change making apparatus 7 which forms no part of the present invention, but which is fully shown and described in m copending application Serial #153,524, filed Mar. 8, 1917. I will next describe the mechanism by which the registering of the coins is eifected. As illustrated in Fig. 2, a counter 60 is attached within the housing to some fixed portion of the frame work such as the top plate 4. An opening 60 is provided through which the indication mayv be read. This counter is of the well known type which operates by the oscillation of its shaft 61, and on the latter I attacha toothed gear 62 which engages with a segmental gear 63 which is pivotally mounted in fixed relation to the counter. Extending between plates 16 and 17 are certain connecting bars 65 in which are journaled shafts 66 and 67. On the end of these shafts adjacent the center of the frame are attached the arms 68 and 69, which arms extend downwardly through suitable slots in the ends of plate 17 and into the path of plate 19'.

The supporting plate 51 is provided with openings 70 and 7l'which are also of the same size as openings 21 and 22 respectively. To the outer end of these shafts are attached the cranks 72 and 73 the latter having two: opposing arms. The crank 72 is mounted with its free end upwardly and this end is attached by. means of a. coimecting rod 74 with the lower arm of crank 73 while the with the segmental gear 63. A spring 77 connected to the upper end of segment 63 v tends to draw the latter toward the left.

. The machine herein illustrated is intended for handling coins of two denominations, and as these coins are deposited in the receptacle 8 they fall onto the plate 11 and-may be seen through the glass sides 9. Now when the handle 34 is turned, shaft 31 is rotated, which reciprocates the connecting rod 47 and thus the upper end of arn1 41 contacts with arm 13 at the time when the plate 18 is to the extreme right as viewed in Fig. 8, tilting plate 11 to allow the coins to fall into the hopper 10. They thus fall onto the solid part of plate 18 and when it moves back to the left, if a small coin is on the bottom of the pile within the hopper, it

.will drop through the opening 25, into the through the register.

toward the right this larger coin will be carried with it and when over receptacle 21 the coin falls therein. In this manner the coins are distributed to the respective tubular openings 21 and 22 corresponding to the larger and smaller coins.

Now at the same time platelS is moved the lower sliding plate is also being oscillated. The latter is moved a sufficient amount so that on each oscillation the openings 28 and 29 register respectively with the tubular openings 21 and 22 and an coins which are in the latter, will fall into the former openings and thus, on the reverse movement of the plate, be carried toward the downwardly projecting arms 68 and 69. The coins which are being moved outwardly contact with the inner edges of the arms 68 and 69. This moves the arm outwardly before the coins drop through openings 70 and 71 and thus the shafts 66 and 67. This movement through the cranks 72 and 73, and the connecting rods 74 and 75 is communicated to the registering mechanism.

It will be noted that the distance from the center of shaft 67 to the pivotal point of connecting rod 75 is substantially twice the distance, as from the center of shaft 67 to the pivotal point of connecting rod 74 and also that crank 72 is substantially equal to the upper arm of crank 73. Thus if the two shafts are moved through substantially the same are before the coin is ejected the amount of movement imparted the segmental member 63, by the movement of shaft 66 will only be half that imparted to it by the same movement of shaft 67. If the larger coin represents a nickel and the smaller a dime, the registering mechanism is thereby caused to move twice as much for the small coin as for the larger, and the indication viewed through the opening 60' will be a clear indication of the amount passing As the coins fall through the openings 70 and 71 they are caught by the flared upper end of chutes 53 and 54 from which they pass to their appropriate coin tubes of the change making mechanism 7 It will thus be apparent that I have provided a simple, compact and efiicient mechanism for accomplishing the objects hereinbefore set forth.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character set forth comprising parallel spaced plates, receiving tubes for coins of different denominations between said plates, means for reciprocably moving said plates transversely of the axis of said tubes and in opposite directions, the upper of said plates having an opening corresponding to the larger coin, the lower of said plates having openings corresponding in size to the coins held in said tubes and adapted to move the coins from thereunder, oscillatively mounted arms extending into the paths of said coins as they are moved from said tubes, a counting mechanism, and means connecting said counting mechanism with said arms whereby the movement of said arms causes said counting mechanism to register according to the value of the coin contacting with that arm.

' 2. In a mechanism of the character set forth comprising parallel spaced plates, means for reciprocably moving said plates in opposite directions, coin tubes between said plates having openings corresponding in size to the coins to be registered, the lower of said plates having coin openings adapted to be alternately brought into registry with the openings in the corresponding coin tubes and to their respective tubes, said upper plate having an opening corresponding in size to the larger coin and adapted to be brought into registry with the openings of both of said tubes at a time when the openings in the lower plates are not in registry, means movable by said coins as they are carried from their respective tubes a counting mechanism, and means connecting said counting mechanism with said means movable by the coins, whereby said counting mechanism is operated an amount corresponding to the values of the coins.

3. In a mechanism of the character set forth comprising parallel spaced plates, means for reciprocably moving said plates in opposite directions, coin tubes between said plates having openings corresponding in size to the coins to be registered, the lower of said plates having coin openings adapted to be alternately brought into registry with the openings in the corresponding coin tubes, and to remove the coins from their respective tubes, said upper plate having an opening corresponding in size to the larger coin and adapted to be brought alternately into registry with the openings of said tubes at a time when the openings in the lower plates are not in regist therewith, arms extending into the path of the coins as they are moved by said lower plate, shafts carrying said arms, cranks on said arms, a registering mechanism, and connecting rods operatively connecting said cranks with said registering mechanism.

4. In a device of the character set forth comprising two receiving tubes for coins of different denominations, a plate reciprocally movable thereunder and having two coin receiving openings therein'adapted to register with the openings of said coin tubes, one when said plate is in one extreme position and the other when said plate is in the other extreme position, said plate having slots extending from said coin openings in opposite directions,- oscillatively mounted arms exremove the coins from tending into said slots and adapted to be moved when a coin is carried by one of said coin openings from a coin tube, a registering mechanism and a lever mechanism connecting said arms with said registering mechanism whereby the latter is moved proportionately to the denomination of the coins carried from under said tubes by the coin openings in said plate.

5. In a mechanism of the character set forth comprising parallel spaced plates, means for reciprocably moving said plates in opposite directions, coin tubes between said plates having openings corresponding in size to the coins to be registered the lower of said plates having coin openings adapted to be alternately brought into registry with i the openings in the corresponding coin tubes,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the and to remove the coins from their respective tubes, said upper platehaving an opening corresponding in size to thelarger coin and adapted to be brought alternately into registry with the openings of said tubes at a time when the openings in the lower plates are not in registry therewith, a receiving plate adapted to hold said coins, means for tilting said plate when said upper plate is out of registry with said coin tubes, arms extending into the path of the coins as they are moved by said lower plate, shafts carrying said arms, cranks on said arms, a registering mechanism, and connecting rods operatively connecting said cranks with said registering mechanism. 7

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDWARD C. SIQUEIRA.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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