US1329542A - Registering mechanism for coin-controlled apparatus - Google Patents

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T. M. N'ELDNER. REGISTERING MECHANISM FOR COIN CONTROLLI-fe APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, |918- Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

ATTBNEY THERESA M. NELDNER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

REGISTERIN G- MECHANISI'II FOR COIN-CONTROLLED APPARATUS.

Application filed November 23, 1918.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it kno-wn that I, THnnnsA M. N ELDNER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of 'Wisconsim have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering Mechanism for Coin-Controlled Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in registering mechanisms for various forms of coin controlled apparatus, particularly pay telephones.

The object of the invention is the provision of means for keeping an accurate record of the number of coins which have been deposited in the apparatus with which the invention is associated. The register is preferably of the multiplying type and is visible from the outside of the casing in which it is housed.

An additional object is to provide new and useful improvements in the manner of ejecting the coins from the coin receiving mechanism against a suitable sounding device whereby the operator will be readily notified that a coin has been deposited, as for instance when the device is used in connection with telephones.

Vith these and other objects and advantages in View the invention resides in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view through a coin box in which a mechanism constructed in accordance with my invention is housed.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken substantially on the plane of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fi 3 is a front elevational view of a coin ox, and

Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

In the illustrated embodiment of my invention, the same is housed within a coin box 1 which is used in connection with pay telephones, said box having a coin drawer 2 in its bottom portion and a bell or other sound- Specification of Letters Patent..

Patented Feb. e, 1920. Serial No. 263,878.

ing device 3 suspended from its top. rl`he upper portion of the box at its front is provided with a coin slot 4- in which is slidably disposed a co-in carriage 5. The portion of the carriage which projects out` of the box l has an opening 6 of sufficient size to receive a coin of a certain denomination, and the inner end of the carriage has a handle 7 fixed thereto, said handle being extended through a slot 8 in the side wall of the box l. Said carriage 5 is slidable on a stationary guide plate 9 which extends inwardly from the front of the box 1 and is inclined downwardly and rearwardly, said plate 9 having a longitudinal slot 10 for the reception of the handle 7.

It will thus be seen that as the carriage moves inwardly it will carry with it the coin C; said coin is adapted to be ejected from the carriage when the same reaches its limit of inward movement or at any other predetermined point in its path of movement. The bell or sounding device 3 being positioned immediately behind the carriage 5 will be struck by obvious purpose.

Such ejection is carried out by means of a pivoted weighted arm 11 fixed on a rock shaft 12 carried by the stationary guide plate 9, said shaft having a crank 13 connected thereto. An operating member in the form of a thin metallic strip 14 is pivoted to the crank and extends downwardly parallel with the direction of movement of the carriage, the lower end of said strip being provided with a lug 15. Movement of the strip 14 will cause the arm 11 to swing inwardly through alined slots in the guide plate 9 and the carriage 5 to contact with the coin C.

Said lug 15 is designed to be engaged by a tubular slide which embraces the carriage and the guide plate 9, said slide being movable independently of said carriage. The upper end 0f the slide has a laterally extending finger 17 which intermittently engages the actuating arm 18 of a multiplying register 19 of conventional design. Said register has an intergrading dial 2O which is visible through an opening 21 in the front wall of the box l.

The operation of the invention is as follows: A coin of the proper denomination is the ejected coin for an brouffht into engagement with the arm 18y and the register 19 actuated; thereafter the lower end of the slide contacts with the lug 15 and rocks the arm 11, which theretofore has been disposed vertically by the action of gravity. The coin is thereby ejected from the carriage and thrown against the bell-3. Upon the releaseof the handle 7 the carriage will be returned to its outermost posi-a tion by the contraction of a spring 22 which is connected to the handle 7 and to the stationary guide plate 9. Upon the insertion of an additional coin in the opening 6 of the carriage the same operations are repeated and each time the register records. It will be Obvious that said register will not be actuated. except when a coin is disposed in the carriage, as such is necessary to move the slide 5.

Various minor changes may be made in the form and proportion of the several parts of the invention without departing or sacricing any of the principles thereof as set forth in the accompanying claims.

It is understood that my device may be adapted to various uses in controlling mechanisms of various natures wherein it is desired to move any actuating` member by the use of a coin, hence I do not limit my invention to the specific application shown and described.

I claim 1. A coin controlled apparatus including a casing having a coin Slot therein inclined with respect to the vertical, a carriage slidably mounted in the casing and inclined for movement in the plane of the slot and adapted to project through the slot and provided with a coin receiving aperture, means for moving the carriage, means for moving a worlr member operable by a coin inserted in` the aperture of the carriage, a sounding member at the forward side of the carriage with respect toits inclination, and means for ejecting a coin from the carriage to engage the sounding member including a member movable transversely in the aperture of the carriage and operable upon movement of the carriage.

2. A coin controlled apparatus including a casing provided with a coin receiving slot, a guide plate extending` in the casing in a plane parallel to the plane of the slot, a carriage slidable against the guide plate and adapted to proj ect through the slot and provided with a coin receiving aperture, a slide member comprising a plate bent to embrace the carriage and guide plate and serv ing to secure the carriage and slide member on the guide plate, an actuating portion on said slide member, a nger on said slide member extending into the aperture of the carriage for engagement by a coin in said aperture, and means for moving the carriage. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin.

THERE SA M. NELDNER.

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