US1410510A

US1410510A - Coot-contiiolleb mechanism

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Publication number: US1410510A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1922-03-21
Anticipated expiration: 1939-03-21

Description

H. R. ROBERTS.

COIN CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-16,1922.

1,410,510, Patented Mar. 21,1922.

COIN-CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

Application filed February 16, 1922. Serial No. 537,003.

ful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Mechtion.

anism, of which the following is a specifica- My invention relates to coin controlled means, for use in connection with a combined clock and bank, while not necessarily restricted to this use.

An important object of the invention is to provide means of the above mentioned character, whereby a coin must be fed into the coin shoot, before the clock may be wound, the construction being such that coins of different sizes or denominations may be employed to permit of the winding of the clock.

A. further object of the invention 18 to provide means of the above mentioned character, which are extremely simple in con struction, cheap to manufacture and reliable in operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character, which may be applied to a clock of the ordinary construction, without materially altering its construction.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which l ke numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the front side of a clock embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the rear side of the clock,

Fig. 3 is a similar view with the rear plate or cover removed,

Fig. 1 is a detail section taken on line e e ofFig. 2, showing the coin slot,

Fig. 5 is a fra mnentaryelevation of the inner side of the rear plate or cover, showing the reciprocatory coin pusher,

Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken on line 6-43 of Fig. 5, and,

Fig. 7 is a transverse section taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 2. y

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 10 deslgnatcs the casing of a clock, shown as a desk clock, while the invention is in no sense restricted to this particular form of clock. The upper portion of the casing receives and holds the clock works, including a frame plate 11. The numeral 12 designates the dial and 13 the hands of the clock. The lower port on of the casin is in the form of a coin receiving and holdlng chamber 14.

The rear side or back of the casing is open, and is adapted to be covered by a plate or cover 15, which is slid upwardly between a flange 16, and brackets 17, spaced from these flanges. The plate or cover 15 is held agzunst downward movement by a bottom 18, which is locked to the casing 10 by any suitable means. When the bottom 18 is removed from the casing, the plate or cover 15 may then-be removed therefrom, by a downward movement with relation thereto.

The numeral 18 designates a ratchet wheel, which is suitably mounted upon the winding shaft or stem of a clock works. Where the invention is applied to the ordinary clock, the key carried by the winding shaft is removed and the ratchet wheel 18 substituted therefor. The ratchet wheel 18 must be turned in the direction of its arrow, to wind the clock. The ratchet wheel 18 is provided with a slotted hub 19, arranged bencath an opening 20, in the plate 15, as shown in Fig. 2. A. suitable key may be inserted through the opening 20 and engaged with the slotted hub 19 to turn the ratchet wheel.

The numeral 21 designates an approximately vertically arranged arm or lever, pivoted at 22, upon the frame plate 11. The upper end of this lever is bent laterally into a dog or pawl 23, held in engagement with the ratchet wheel 18 by a leaf spring 24., M

secured thereto. This leaf spring is slidably v mounted in an aperture formed in a sta-\ tionary stud. 25. i The rear plate or cover 15 is provided in its central portion with an outwardly pressed hollow rib 26. preferably horizontally arranged. A reciprocatory carriage 27, curved in cross section, is slidably mounted upon the exterior of this rib, and is guided thereby. The numeral 28 designates a reciprocatory coin pusher, connected with the carriage 27 by means of a transverse stud 29, slidable in a slot 30, formed in the rib 26.

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Thecoin pusher 28 has its free end bent laterally into an extension 31, adapted to be arrange-d beneath and in alignment with the lower end of the arm 21, when the pusher is in the starting position, and forms a continuation, in ed'ect, of the arm 21. The coin pusher 28 is provided with an upstanding portion or arm 32, having a laterally and forwardly extending flange The flange 33 constitutes one edge wall of the coin shoot. and the lever 21 the other edge wall. while-the

plates

11 and 15 constitute the side walls. In other words. the coin passes between the

plates

11 and 15. and is supported between flange 3.3 and the lower end of the lever 21; whereby when the coin pusher 28 is shifted to the right, the lever will be swung upon its pivot, and the ratchet wheel 8 released. a

The coin pusher 28 is providedwith adjustable means to support and release the coins,' the same including a reciprocatory rod or pin 34, slidable within a housing-35, and projecting through an opening 36, in the coin pusher 28. The rod or pin 3-1: is normally retained in the outer position by a. compressible coil spring 37, and the rod is pushed inwardly by a button 38 secured to its outer end. When the rod is pushed inwardly, it extends across the coin shoot, and hence will support the coin between the flange 32 and the lever 21, asindicated in Fig. 5.

The coin is fed into the coin shoot through an opening 39, formed in the-plate 15. which opening. is partly covered by a guard 40.

The coin opening 39 is of a diameter to receive a coin of the maximum diameter, such for instance as a quarter. and the coin shoot, having its width defined by the flange 33 and lever 21, is suficiently wide to receive a coin having the maximum diameter. as the quarter. This construction permits of the use of a quarter, and all coinsof smaller diameters such as pennies, dimes or nickles. i

To wind the clock the carriage 27 is shifted to the left, Fig. the clock may be held in the left hand,,wi the thumb depressing the button 38. The coin is now introduced'into the opening 39, and will gravitate downwardly within the coin shoot, and rest upon the inner end of the rod or pin 34. now projecting inwardly beyond the plate 15. The button, while retained ,depressed,'is now shifted to the right, Fig.

2,-which movement advances the carriage-27 and coin pusher 28 in the same direction.- The flange 33 now engages the coin and moves it into engagement with the lower end of the lever 21, whereby the dog or pawl 23 will release the ratchet wheel 18. While retaining the button 38 depressed in the shifted position, the hey is em loved to turn the ratchet wheel 18 in the direction of its anionic rod or pin 34: to the outer position. and the coin falls into the coin chamber 14. from which it may be removed by the authorized person.

. It is to be understood that the form of my invention herein shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape. size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of my invention, or the scope .of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

1. The combination with a ratchet wheel adapted to be secured to the winding element of .a clock works, of a pivoted lever having a portion thereof arranged to engage the ratchet wheel. a spring to normally hold the lever in engagement with the ratchet wheel, a plate arranged upon one side of the lever a reciprocatory coin pusher carried by the plate and provided with an upstanding coin engaging element arranged opposite a portion of the lever. a reciprocatory bolt carried by the coin pushing element and adapted to be shifted inwardly into the path of travel of the'coin for supporting the same. and a spring to move the ment of a clock works. of a pivoted lever having a portion thereof normally engaging the ratchet wheel. a movable coin pusher arranged near thelever and carrying a coin engaging element disposed opposite the lever in spaced relation, and a movable coin supporting element carried by the coin pusher and adapt-ed to be shifted to an inner position in the path of travel of the coin to support the same.

3. The combination with a rotatable element adapted to be secured to the winding element of a clock works, of a pivoted lever adapted to engage the rotatable element, a movable coin pusher arranged near the lever and having a coin engaging element arranged opposite to the lever and spaced therefrom. a movable coin supporting element carried by the coin pusher and adapted to be shifted inwardly in the path of travel of the coin, and'means' to normally retain the coin supporting element in the outer position. I

4. In coin controlled mechanism. a movable element. a coin pusher having a part adapted to engage a coin and move it into engagement with the movable element. and a coin supporting element connected with the lid relation to the pusher at substantially a right angle to the direction of movement of the pusher.

5. In coin cont-rolled mechanism, 'a movable element, a 'reciprocatory coin pusher having a coin engaging part to shift a coin into engagement with said element, said pusher having a transverse opening formed therein, a coin supporting element extending through the opening and movable trans- 10 versely of the pusher, and yielding means to oppose the inward movement of the coin supporting element.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HOWARD R. ROBERTS.