US1424439A - Change-making machine - Google Patents

Description

is. LUBE'LL.- CHANGE MAKNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 15, 19;*20.v

Patented-1m. 1, 1922.

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CHANGE MAKINGMACHINL APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1,5. 1920.

Patented Aug. 1,1922.

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CHANGE MAKING lVMCl-HNE.f APPLlcAloNflLED SEPT. 15, 1920.

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CHANGE-MAKING Macnmn LALZLALSEQ.

To all whom t may-concern:

Be it known that I,- SAMUEL JJ BELL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Springfield, in the county of` Hampden and 'State of Massachusetts, have keys, and consists of the parts and the combinations of parts substantially as hereinafter described.

The primary object of my invention is to produce a change-making machine for han' dling coins, which machine is especially adapted for use on street-cars, motor-busses,

and other vehicles wherein the passengers pay as they enter or leave the "vehicle,H to the end that a very great amount of time is saved, both to the'condiictor or motorman wlhmrecelves the fares and to the passengersv ho pay them, and a large amount of Imoney for i the vehicle owner.

. Another object is to providel a machine of thls type which delivers the fare belonging to the company directly to the fare-box, so that the operator in making change has ocl casion to handle no money except that belonging to the passengers,

lStill another object is to provide such a machine which consists of few parts, iscomparatively simple in construction, not liable toget out of order or to be b-roken, and extremely simple in operation.,l l,

A further object is to produce a mechine that is capable of handling coin-units of two or more coins, instead of such units each of which yactually consist of a single coin, and of handling as well coin units of two or more coins of different denominations.

An additional object is 'to afordmeans in the machine for handling successfullyv coins which varyi'n thickness, due tothe factthat some are new or of standard thickness and others are worn and therefore thinner than the former. y p

The machine can be operated rapidly and even at utmost capacity by any one after having theoperation explained to him and .experimenting orpracticing a short time.

Specificationl of Letters Patent. Application led September 15, 1920. Serial No. fl0,462.

Vone of the other coin-chutes; Fig.

Patented Aug'. 1,1922.

i Yeither the quarter or the dime, so to speak,

in the fare-box. The mechanism xis also adapted to deliver pennies independently. By making the necessary changes'in the machine, which changes, however, do not aect the'principle of the invention or materially alter the construction of the machine as a whole, said-machine can be made to handle 6-cent fares, 8-cent fares, and .fares'of other denominations, and also to change other denominations besides nickels, di-mes and quarters. .y

Although my machine is especially adapted for use on passenger-carrying vehicles, it is equally well adapted for use at the entrances of buildings or ,grounds Where admission fees are collecte and it is necessary to make change in short, the machine can., be usedv successfully and advantageously wherever it is required to m'ake change easily and expeditiously.

Other objects andyadvantages will appear in thecourse of the following description.

whereby I attain the objects and secure the A preferred embodiment of my invention,

accompanyingdrawings, and l will proceed .to describe the invention with reference t0 said drawings, although it is to ,be understood that the form, construction, arrangement, etc. of the parts in various aspects are not material and may be Amodified without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceedingwthe scopeof what is claimed.

Ii'the drawings, in which likev numerals designate like parts throughout the several views, igure l is a front elevation of a change-making machine which embodies my invention as aforesaid, a portion being broken away; Fig. :2, a right-hand end elevation of said machine; Fig. 3, a front elevation ofthe lower part of the machine looking into `the case, certain parts hav-ing been removed; Fig. 4, a top plan of certain parts of the machine, parts having been removed,

Yand others shown in section; Fig. 5, an enlarged, horizontal section through said case; Fig. 6, a sectional detail through the coin chute which delivers thecoins to the fareboX, and showing an inside end elevation of 7, an enlarged. end elevation of the lock rod; Fig. 8, an enlarged, bottom plan of the delivery slides, the supporting members therefor, and other associated parts; Fig. 9, an enlargedvert-ical section through the bottom part of the machine, taken on a plane in. 'which is the axis of the left-hand magazine; Fig. 10, an enlarged detail, in vertical section, and

Fig l1, an enlarged, sectional detail of certain members of the operating mechanism. Before describing in' detail the machlne as illustrated in connection herewith, it is de-v sired to state that, in practice, said machine is customarily used in `connection with a fare-box, and is supportedin position to discharge the fares into such box. Special means of supporting the machine may be "provided, and alsoa special fare-box; but

when the machine is installed in a streetecar, for example, that is equipped with the regulation fare-box and register, said machine may be attached to-tlie same rod to which' said fare-box and register are attached.

rlhe operating mechanism of thischangemaking machine is contained within a suitable case l. Rising from the 'ends of the case are two uprights 2 which are connected at the top by across-piece 3. The front of the case consists of a plate`4 which has end pieces 5 -and is provided with three forwardlyand downwardly-extending coin-' chutes 6, 7, and 8, and with a coin-chute 9 which extends downwardly 4and outwardly fromthe right-hand end-piece. The plate 4 has an upwardfand forward inclination as best shown in 4Fig.'9. Thel coin-chutes-, 7, and 8 may be termed change-chutes, because itis through them that the change passes into the hands ofthe operator. The coin-chute 9 maybe termed a fare-chute,

since through this the fares pass into 'the' fare-box` of which mention has vbeen made. Thesecoin-'chutes are all' open at theirA outer ends, and theyare also open at their inner ends inside of the case. lThere are three vertical slots 10' in the plate 4, two ofl suchslots being between the change-chutes and the third slot being at' the right of the right hand change-chute. Although the changechutes are alike,1 they are given different numerals in order'to facilitate the'explana' parallel planes with the vertical centers of the changechutes, '7, and 9, ,such planes extending from front to rear. 0n the bottom of the ar 12 at the ends'and contiguous to the end of the case .are two guide-bars 14, each having on the. inside thereof a. rib 15; and on. said guide-bars, and spaced equi-distantly from the latter and from each other are s'aid bottom of said bar, betweenl Maaate three guide-bars 16, each of which has on opposite Vsides thereof ribs 1'5 that are similar to the ribs 15 on said rst-named guidebars. The guide- bars 14 and 16 areall parallel with each other.

four coin ma azines which comprise, with the perforate portions of the bar 12, vthe 70 The machine in this case. is equipped withA same number of tubes 17, 18, '19, and ,20, diflferent. numerals being 'here employed for parts "that are essentially'similar, as is done in connection with the change-chutes on the front of the case, and for .a similar rea-sein.4

Each of the aforesaid tubes is seated at its.

base in one ofthe magazine openings 13, the

sides of which are shouldered at 21, Figs. --9

and 10, toreceive said base, and the top of said' tube is received in an opening in the cross-p-iece 3, or attached to said lcross-piece in vregistry with such openings. Thus the magazine tubes are supported by the lbar 12 and the cross-piece 3 of the frame on the4 cas'e. A cover 22 is provided for the open upper end of each magazine, said cover be ling pivotally attached at 23 to the crosspiece 3, and adapted to be turnedl aside .on its pivot `to. open said upper end for the introduction'of coins atthat point, and also in the event it be desired to empty the coins out of the magazine at the top.

In the front of each magazine tube isa central, vertical series of large holes 24, and

two flanking, vertical series of small holes 15, through which the coins in said reservoirsare visible and the number vthereof ascertainable.

The diameters of the magazines .may vary, j

inasmuch as each magazinehas a diameter that is alittle larger than'that of the largest coin which is receivable therein.

" A set of coin cut-off and delivery slides is provided bene-ath the plate 12. There .is the same number of such slides as magazines,

and said slides are desiiated, `cpmmencing with the left-hand one,l y

73, 74, and 75. -Each of sa-id"slides-has al verticaly opening 27 therein of the same the numerals 26 diameter as that of the associated opening 13 in 'the plate'12 above, and, when said slide is v.at the rear` end of its travel, the

opening therein is in exact registry withysaid plate opening. Each'slide has-'grooves inv' the sides thereof to receive the guide-bar ribs'15, and said slide' is adapted to be re 12.0- A cross-bar or abutment28, f 0n ,the back side of the case inside, is in proper position to llnnt the backward moveciprocated between the contiguous guidef bars (14- 16).

ment of the slides. The openings. 27 arel in the forward portions or adjacent) to the yfront edges of the slides. In the undersides of the slides 26, 73, 74, and 75, respectively,

are wide slots 29, 7 6, 77, and 78. These slots extend inwardly some distance fromwthe front edges of the slides, and the openings ite" i 2.7 are above and at mamas into said slots. v

l Each of theslidesis normall retained at the rear end of its travel, .with the backA edgev thereof in contact'with the abutment 28, by means of a pair of springs 30, which springs are attached ,at their rear ends to staples 31 that depend fromthe bottom of said abutment, and vat their .forward ends to pins 32 lwhich depend `from the bottom of the slide adjacent' to the front edge thereof and both sides of the slot therein.n vO`n the oorof the case 1 are four basepieces 33 the axial centers of which, if continued upwardly, would coincide with the axial centers of the coin magazines. Each base-piece has a vertical opening 34, Eig'.

` 9, in the center thereof, and the sides of this opening arel tapped to receive the threaded lower terminal of a postx35. Each post is provided at the top with a coin-supporting platform 36.v The platforms extend into -the slots inthe undersides of the slides,

of coins in themagazines above.

v directly vbeneath the openings 27 in said slides, and normally support the 'columns of the slots in the slides are in contact with the. tops of the platforms, so that the-coins cannot escape laterally,y between contiguous parts of said slides andl platforms. lNeither I can the coins-escape laterally from between' any slide andthe bar 12, even'though some clearance is left between the two for the purpose hereinafter. set forth,

of any coin which might otherwise escape.

It willynowrbe seen that the axis of each coin magazine,. if continued downward,

would pass through the axis of the opening 27 in the slide below, provided .said s ide in retracted position, and coincide with the vertical centers ofthe platform and post below.v and that the column of'coins insuch magazine isc'arried Vnormally on one of said latforms.

The slotted parts of the. slides are made of different thicknesses so that thedistances between the bottom of the bar 12, whichis the cutting-olf plane for the columns of` coins, and the tops of the several platforms .may be varied and made to equal approxi- -mately the combined thicknesses, respsect ively,of the pluralities of coins that make up the coin-units which rest on and are-'to be removed from such platforms.

The .term coin-unit as herein used is the equivalent generally .ofelther' the term change-unit orl fare-unit as hereln employed.

e Each of the magazines 17 and18 is designed to contain a column of pennies, while each of the magazines 19 and 20v is designed to contain a column of 'mixed pennies and nickels, and said last-two magazines necessarily must each be larger in diameter thanI either .o f said first-named magazines. lThe their lower ends openprovided such-l clearanc'ebe of less Awidth than the thicknessv coins in the magazine 19 must be arranged in the order of threenickels and three pennies, so that each change-unit will equal 18 cents. It is not of great importance in-what manner the pennijesl and nickels are-relatively placed or stacked, provided there .be in each unit ofsix coins, three nickels and three pennies, although -it is preferable that a nickeli .which is the larger coin of the two involve in the vpresent case, should be at the top of each'change-unit, 'forth'e reason that the cutting-off operation is thereby facilitated,

there bein'g less lost motion involved in said operation than there would be if one of manner or without reference to any particu.

lar order, were it not for the fact that here again it is preferable to`have a nickelat the top of each fare-unit in order to facilitate. the cutting-offl operation. The columns of coins inthe magazines -normally resting .at their bottoms on the platforms 36, are

supported at exactly the'proper elevations, relative` to the bottoms ofl said magazines,

by said platforms. The platforms are ad-l justed through the medium ofthe posts 35 by rotating said posts in the base-pieces 33 to raise or lower .them and with them said platlforms, so as to locate the latter in proper re1ation to the portions of the cut-off and delivery ortions, it will -be remembered, are of different 'thicknesses Y Theposts 35 maybe provided vwith lock-nuts 79 to hold the'm'against; rotation after they areadjusted. y. Although the units of .coins which are ldelivered from. the magazine 20I by the slide 75,- to the farefchute, are as muc changeunits as are the change-units delivered from .the other-magazines, by the other slides, to the change-chutes the former are designated as fare-units because they are discharged from said fare-chuteV into a fare-box, and constitute actual fares, while the other units o'f coins are discharged into the hand of theoperator who gives them to the persons for whom he is making change.A

If all coins used in this machine were of standard size, as when they leavethe mint, instead of some of them being? of such size and others being thinnerv from wear, the upper'surfaces of the cut-0E and delivery slides might be in rub-bingcontactwith the bottom surface of the bar 12, since in that event the shear line for thecoin-units would be at such 'plane' `of contact, assuming, of course, that said slidesbe of the proper thiclmesses in their forward, portions, and that the platfoi-ms 36 be properly adjusted. Such is not .slides that are above and in, contact with said platforms, which "o v ing. said 'unit drop into the coin-chutev 'which 'I the case, however, because the coins become thin through wear, and, if a coin-unit at the bottom of'any column of coinsshould contain even a single coin which is appreciably thinner than standard thickness, the coinunit above would be positioned so low that vthe bottom coin `insaid last-named unit 7 would lock the slide.

To obviate the difficulty just pointed out,

`and make the machine capable of handling v ness of a penny, while each space 8() in width is a little less than thethickness 'of' a nickel. The spaces 1 and 80 thusprovidedand pro` portioned relative. to :the coins compensate for any reasonable variation in' the height 4of V' the changeand fare-units, and insure a .free unobstructed cutting-off action on the part of thelmachine and the certain removal pennies instead of -the units from their respective columns, becaus'ethe cutting-olf plane for any bottomv f unit 'in its column is Ialways' at some p oint below lthe bottom surface vof the bar 12 and above the top surface of the operating slidefor such unit.` Locking of the, parts with a coin is thus practicallyentirely prevented.

'y The'spaces 80 would be proportioned to of nickels, if itwere not the practice to have nickels at the tops ofthe I cut-'of and delivery slides is in, position to be. actuated forward until the opening 27 therei255 change and fare-units in the slides 74 and -7 5 and magazine'19 and- 20 against whichto shear.- v I y When any cut-off 'and delivery slide is actuated to the forwardv end of.- its stroke, it carries with' it the coins which make up the bottom coin-unit in the column of coins above, which unit is inthe opening 27 Vin said slidev and resting on the 'top of the platform 36 below, and pushes the coins in said unit forward on and .0H over vthe front'edges of said'platform, when the coins comprisis in position to receive them. Each of the in is over theopen mouth or entrance tosome one of thel coin-chutes. When any cut-0H and delivery slide is advancedto the "forl V Ward end of its stroke, it occupies the .p'osi' i tion shown in full in'AFi'g. 10 and inbroken lines in Fig., 9,

A ive pennies, which constitute the 'changeunit represented as h avin I ered -from the magazlne l by the slide 26, are shown in broken lines dropping into thel raieerchute 6- been vjust delivand inthe latter view the leases@ As soon as any cut-ofi and delivery .slide moves forward far enough to carrythe coinunit, in the openingv27 in such slide, beyond the column of coins above, said column drops on `to the slide behind said opening and is supported thereon until the slide is retracted, when said column drops again and deposits -another coin-unit in' the opening in readi- /ness for the next delivery stroke'oi1 the slide. Thus itis seen that the slides not only cutvoli' andl deliver the coin-units, but also serve as temporary supports for the columns of coins. The abutment 28 is sov proportioned and located that it stops each slide on its `return lat the proper place to locate the open-` ing therein exactlyv under the magazine The interior diameter of each magazine should be atriiegreater thanthat of the `coins'which it is designed to contain. This is so that -there will be noundue frictional resistance and consequent clogging when it is loaded with coins, and as the ever shorten. 'ing column descends onto the platform below upon each removal ofthe bottom units.

- Itis preferable to have a nickel as-the top y coin .of each change-unit in the'magazine 19 and as the-top coin of|each fare-unit-.in

`the magazine 20, Jfor -the reason that .the

nickel more nearly fills the space circumferentially in the opening 27 in either slide 7 4 or 75, so that, whensaid slide is advanced,

there is very little lost motion between the sides ofsaid opening and said nickel; -If a penny were at the top of the coin-unit,

there would be mor lost motion in the cutting-off operation, a d a tendency, however slight, to retard or render the operation less smooth than inthe 'other case, especially at such times as' the magazine. above is full 'or nearly so.

rlhe spaces 71 of a width equal to the thickness of even a and 80 must inno case be vthin coin, or in any event of a widthl sulicient to' enable the bottommost'coin'in the com-unit next above any given bottom coinunit to escape between adjacent surfaces of the-slide involved and the bar 12, when the formeris actuated into its forward position,

otherwise such bottommost coin would be-V come displaced and serious diiculty result.

It is this bottommost coin that rests on the slide beneath while delivery vis being made and until it, with the coins in the coin-unit of which it forms a part, drops in the opening 27 in said slide. The arrangement, con- `struction,'and proportions of the parts are such that in all cases the cut-olf line or plane for the coin-units is atsome horizontalplane within one of the spaces 71 or 80 or between the bottom of the bar 12 and the tops ofthe cut-olf and delivery slides.v

The perforated part of the slide 74, which is beneath the magazine 19, v'is necessarily thicker than such parts of the other slides,

insana@ because three nickels and-'three pennies are"A delivered each time' that slide is operated;

while? the slide 73 beneath the magazine 185 isv the thinnest,'because with this slide only three pennies'are delivered at-each forward movement of the same. The slide 75 beneath the magazine is of a thickness in its perforated part to handle a nickel and two pennies at each 'forward stroke, and the slide 26 beneath the magazine 7l is of 'a thicknessv in its perforated part to enable the same to. cut o and deliver live' pennies.

the` bearing 37, is a sleeve 41 which is prol.

vided at the end next'to said bearing, w d an upwarldy-extending arm- 42, and' at other end with a orward'lyand upwardly extending arm 43.` Secured,'by`a setsere1'g\f 4 44 or any other suitable means, tothe rockl shaft 40, between the sleeve 41 and the bear;- 30

ing 39, is a sleeve 45. The sleeve .45is pro "idF/d With an upwardlyextending,- interi mediatey arm 46,and at 'the right-handend.

with a forwardlyand upwardly-extending arm 47, thelatter being ad-jacent `to the'leitj hand side of the bearing-39.". Secured to the rock-shaft40, by another Set-screw orother suitable means, is a hub 47fromwhich" an arm48 extends upwardly.. The hub- 47 38. 3' Loos'elyf mounted on. the rock-shaft,- 40, between the: hub 47 and the bearing 39, isla'I sleeve` 49.

is adjacent `to the bearing The sleeve 49 has an 'intermediate-,Ifo wardlyand upwardlyfextending 'arm 50 and vis provided Vat the ri vhtihand end, .which-' is adjacent to the vhub 47, with anupwardly-i* extending arm 5l, and atftheleft-'ha'nd endg: whichis adjaent'to the left-hand v Side of `the bearin 239;,'with v an upwardly-extending arm 52.' he arms 43, 47; and 50 'constitutevz 50 the operating levers or keys of the machine. When fthe, arm or lever 43 is"'depressed, the sleeve 41-is rocked forward on'the rock# shaft 40, vsfithoutl a'ectingvthe latter,fand

vthe arm 48 also, inasmuch assaid. lastnained sleeve and said last-'named armf are 'secured-ij tolsa'id rock-shaft, and the (m carrieswith 'it the armAQ-,lwhen the "arm4 j or lever 47 'is depressed the `sleeve 45 is rockedl j l l v storev .-thepart's toinitialfposition.

forward and carries with it they zarmj'46, and

forward with said sleeve -4 arms 52 and B1.

-Slid'e by means 565; whic lar in eonsti'uot'ion, and so .also

are the`jk'ey's"43,f47 and 50. The said; keys extend` through .the slots A10 in'y the yfront p1ate'4, and arevprovided .at-their protrud' ing terminals" with thumb-pieces 53. Eachthumbfpiece is pivotallyattached at 54 to.

its key. The. thumb-pieces are loosely connected withftheir keys, in order 4that the former .maymaintain-a more or lesshorizontal position when theusaid keys are'depressed',

as'theoperators thumb is then less'liable Y to slip, oif'saidi thumb-pieces. The upper surfaces ofthel-thumb-pieces-are made con# j vex longitudinally.-

' aiiord batteribearing'v y surfaces for the thumb.

The

to the full extentgrerjuired.'

ected with'l itswrespective and is -tapped'into the arm-' see -ig'sfS-'jan slots 10" are ofv suiicient length to er1-- able the keys 4 3, 47, and 50, vwhichnormally are. at th'e-top'ofsaid slots, to be depressed simi-larlinkseft-se* 1 and "48," with the'v slide v inal oi each cil the links -90 d a screw. 57 a' washeltf58 being interposed between said link and slidfeigf "and the fowa'rdlterminalof leachofsaid with the upper len dolby means ofi-,a screw59 'which passes-'downwardly throul h` tlieflin lr- I terminalsof tlarms,..to receive the screws `v Upon rele g the vkey associate springs 30 tract the afer 'slide and"ir-ef-v .through the''sleeve 45; andthehub 47, to-aef' '1, 'f uate the slides 73- and75 forwardly through the-medium fthe arms' @eend- 48 miauw .12a

' peratedagainst the foree' of their SPingsi as in the; first instance, and. being returned f .to normall or initial positie@ npontheme 'I+-fi?" When the key 50 is depressed, it operates through the medium of the sleeve 49, thel arms 52 and 5l which are rigidly connected with said sleeve, and the connecting links 55 and 56, to actuate the slides 74 and `75 forwardly, against the resiliency of their springs. Upon the release of the key 50 the slides actuated thereby are returned to initial position by means of thesaid springs.

The cut-off and delivery slide, in every `case when returning to inltial position under the force of its Springs, carries with it the operating parts and restores the same to normal position.

When the arm 48 is moved to actuate the slide 75, it does so throu h the medium of the connected link 56, an at that time the left-hand link 56 moves forward without disturbing the arm 51, because the -screw 59 ywhich connects said last-named link with said last-named arm is in the slot 62 in said left-hand link, so that the latter is enabled to move forward without taking the screw with it or aHec/ting said arm 5l. Se, also, when the arm51 is operated to actuate the slide 75, the right-hand link 56 is moved forward without disturbing the arm 4S.

A lock is provided for the cut-off anddelivery slides to prevent them from being actuated forward, and thus prevent the machine from being operated to discharge the coins therein. Obviously, if the slides 26 and 75 be locked so that they cannot be actuatedforward, the intervening mechanism causes the slides 73 and 74 4also to be locked,

and to this end 1 have provided a simple' locking device which comprises a rod 6R having thereon two radial lugs 64 to enter corresponding recesses 65-65 in said firstnamed two-slides, special reference being had in this connection to Figs. 4, 7 and 9. The rod 63 is journaled at the lefthand end in a block 66 which is secured against the corresponding end of the case l, above thel guide-bar 14 at that end, and at the righthand end journaled in the corresponding?.

end of said case, thereQbeing a key-hole 67,

, Fig. '2, in said last-named end to afford access, by means of a suitable key not herein shown, to said rod. The lugs 64 are in position to enter the recesses 65 in the outside slides, when said rod is partially rotated to throw said lugs into said recesses.

In the drawings the lugs 64 are represented as being in their unlocked position and in front of the rod 63.

-The rod 63 is rocked in the directions to lock and unlock -the slide by means ofV the key inserted in the key-hole 67 to enter a suitable slot 82, Fig. 7, in the rightdmnd end of said rod. .A lug 68 is located on the same side of the rod 63 with the lugs 64. and adapted to'encounter one of the slides, as soon` as' said lugs 64 have been carried into a forward position, and thus limit the inderdaeitherl locked or unlocked position. The

spring is securely attached to the back side of the bar l2 and has a horizontal part which extends into operative position be neath the rod 63. The spring does not pre vent the rod from being rocked in its bearings. but when either fiat surface 69 is in contact with said spring the latter holds thel rod against rotation` unlesssufiicient force be applied to overcome the resistance offered by the spring.

it is to be understood that any other suit-- able lock may be substituted for that herein shown and described, or the lock may be omitted altogether.

Having described in detail the construction ofthe several parts of the machine, and the operation of the same, it remainsonly to give a brief explanation of the operation of the machine as a whole, it being assumed that the magazines have been loaded, and that the cut-off and delivery slides have l'cen unlocked.

lf five pennies are desired in change for a nickel, the operator places the thumb of one of his hands on the thumb-piece 53 of the key 43, holds the palm and fingers of the same hand under the coin-chute 6, and presses said key to the lower. end of its slot l0. This action causes the slide 26 to advance, with the live ,pennies in the opening '27 therein, and to deliver said pennies to said chute, which in turn discharges them into the extended hand below.

Then a dime is to be changed, from which seven cents is to be deposited in the fare-box, the operator presses down the key47, in the same way as before, and so causes the slides 73 and 75 to advance, with the result that three pennies are discharged into the hand of the operator, by said slide 73 fand from the coin-chute 7. and seven cents (one nickel and twopennies) are delivered by said slide 75 to the coin-chute 9. and discharged thereby into the fare-box.

UponV the presentation to the operator of i a quarter of a dollar from which one 7 -cent fare is to be taken, he depresses the lever 50, and by so doing receives eighteen cents (three nickels and threev pennies) in his hand, and causes seven cents to be delivered to the fare-box as before, the slide 74 delivering the change-unit to the. coin-chute 8. through which these coinspass into the hand, and the slide 75 delivering the fareunit to the coin-chute 9.

To obtain two 7-cent'fares and the proper change'from a quarter. it is necessary to depress the key 47 twice, which causes fourteen cents to be discharged into the fare-bemand 'l six-cents to be discharged `into the hand, and

cents change after the two 7cent fares have been taken out. Any other order of depressing the keys 47 and 43, to obtain tvvofare'sA and the change from a quarter, may be re,

` 1 vided` with a lever' and an arm, a4 sleeve sorted to.

The for-ward movement of each of the cutofi and delivery slides is limited by the back end of the slot (29, 76, 77, or 78) therein,

vrives `at'the forward end of its travel. Such which encounters the corresponding side of the associated platform 36 when the slide ar- .movement maybe-limited also by the 'bot- -tomend ofthe vslot l0 in which the oper- `l-atingfkeyl'lever (43, 47 or 50) iS-lOCated.

Whatl claim 'invention, and4 desirel to secure -by Letters atent, is-j.

1. In a. change-fm"akin'g.y machine, 'i magazines for columns (if coins,- .delivery means "for coins 'from oneofgsaid magazines,I delivery means fori c c'ii'nsfrom I"the others of said magazines, the-:peints y`oit' discharge ofsuchdelivery means Vbeing remote from each "other, movable meansfin operative relation- `to each of said magazines, actuating meansv fer the means i associated with certainof` .l said magazines, 'the movable means .gassciv ated *with v one ofgi'said magazines vbeing .with-'5 Hout actuating. means, and if connecting means between said movable means whereby, 'whenif any., ofV said actuatingfi'means are operated, y

zines the mov "b e means-'associated' with f' which are provided ,with-"actuating" means,V

and the magazine' the movable' means for 40` Y, means, simultaneously, said-coins fromsaid two magazines, being'l delivered at remotel i 7 fativerelat'ionj-'to said coin-chutes, supports feo-l l are' connected to the samel slidebeindgslotted which '-are vnot providedY with lactuating- 2. The combination, inv a` chan'geJ-'makingmachine, .with a case, a plurality of super- .imposed vmagazines, supports in said {basel}v beneath said' magazines, y'and ,reciproc'able,` i slidesbetween said magazines and. s`uj[ )poite,f v said slides being springea'ctuated in one, `rection, and 4having openings therein ','to re1- fceifve pnedeterminedgnumber's v'of coins from..- .said magazines, of operating levers mounted; in said case, -a'r-ms rigidly connected with said levers, yand linkszconnecting said/ arms withv said slides, 'there .being as "many r and links for the'operatOn of one of seidig. slides fasA thereare.-.armsfand `links for. theV ope-ration of a -pluralityof thereinaining slides, for each -o'f which .latter 'there fis :a single arm and a singl'elink, the links 'whic to enable such slide to be 'actuate 3'. The combination, al

- in to'enable machine, with a case, a plurality of superim' posed-magazines, supports in said case be-` slides being spring-actuated in onedirection, and having openings therein'to receive predetermined numbers o lcoins -from said magazines, cfa rock-shaft-'journa'led in said lease, a sleeve secured tofsaid shaft and pro- 4. The combination, in a change-making "machine, with a c ase, a plurality. .of superimposed IVmagaZneS', supports' in said case` be'- neath sa1d magazines, and reciprocable slides neath said magazines, and reciprocable slides -zbetween said magazines and'supports, sald between said magazinesv 'and supports, said l slides beingj'springlactuated in one direction, and having openings therein. to receive pre,- determin'ed 'numbers of coins from sald magazines, of amok-shaft j'ournale'd' in said case, a sleeve secured to said shaft and providedwith aleverand *an arm, a sleeve loosely mounted onsaid shaft'andprovided with a lever and two armsfan arm'seciired to said shaft, lii1ks'f connecting said two.4 firstmentioned arms 'with two vo f said slides,"and 'links 'connecting' said two' last-mentioned arins"with another of said slides, said last- 'named links having longitudinal slots thereother;

either' to be actuated vwithout the 5.The combination', a change-making Y machine, witha case provided with .independent coin-chutesdelivering at remote unit magazine'mounte on said case in oper- ,points a fare-unit ma'azine and a change- :inf'said case-"beneath saidma azines, and

slides varranged to reciprocate etweensaid magazine' and. supports, said slides being .-i'spring-actuated in one vdirection, having openings 'thereinv to receive fare-umts and cham'geunits' l I:from *said magazine, and

Changequnitsto said', coin-chutes, of 'means vsim,ultaiieou'sly to` operate said slides.`

6; The combination, -in-a change-making machine, with al .ease provided.. 'with inde-x V-rregndent coin-chutes', delivering at remote Point-Swami@ feFe-unitmagazme and. a 'plurts,`.f said-slides being spring-actuated fare-umtsian 1 `c.'ange-units 4 from aga'zines, 'antik-adapted to deliver said direction', havin -o nmgs thereintp.

T."l.`lie combination, in a change-making machine, with a case. superimposed coin magazines, platforms, posts adapted to support platforms at differentelevations beneath said magazines, said posts having means whereby said platforms may be adjusted vertically and slides interposed between said magazines `and platforms, said slides having openings therein above said platforms to receive different predetermined numbers of coins from said magazines, of operating means for said slides.

8. The combination` in a change-making machine, with a. case, superimposed pin magazines, supports in said case beneath said magazines, slides interposed between said magazines and supports, and having openings therein to receive predetermined numbers of coins from said magazines, andy operatinglmeans for said slides, of a rod journaled in said case, and provided with lugs to engage and lock, and release and unlock, said slides, accordingly as said rod be rocked to throwsaid lugs in one direction or the other.

9. rl`he combination, in a change making machine, with a case, a plurality of superimposed magazines, supports in said case beneath said magazines, and reciprocable slides between said magazines and supports, said slides being spring-actpated in one direction, and having openings therein to receive predetermined numbers of coins from saidmagazines, of a rock-shaft journaled in said case, a sleeve secured to said rock-shaft and providedy with a lever and an arm, an arm secured directly to said shaft, and con necting members between said arms and said 10. The combination, in a change-making machine, with a case, a plurality of superimposed magazines, supports in said case beneath said magazines, and reciprocable slides between said magazines and supports, said slides being spring-actuated in one direction, and ,having openings therein to receive predetermined numbers of coins from said magazines, of a rock-shaft journaled in said case, a sleeve loosely mounted on said shaft and provided with a lever and two arms, and connecting members between said-arms and said slides.

11'. The combination, in a change-making slides,

l -machine, with a case, a plurality of superimposed magazines, supports in said case 4beneath said magazines, and Creciprocable slides between said magazines and supports, said slides being spring-actuated in one direction, and having openings therein to receive .predetermined numbers of coins from said magazines, of a rock-shaft journaled in said case, a sleeve loosely mounted on said shaft and provided with a lever andan arm, a sleeve secured toisaid shaft and provided With alever and an arm, a sleeve loosely mounted on said shaft and provided with a lever and two arms, an arm secured directly to said shaft, connecting members between said first-named arm and one ofsaid slides,

connectingmembers between said secondnamed arm and said arm which is secured directly to said shaft and two others of said and connecting members between the arms which extend from the same sleeve and two of said slides, one of said last-named slides being that with which said arm is connected that is secured directly to the shaft, and the other being one not otherwise connected with any arm.

12. The combination, in a change-making machine, with a casing, a superimposed coin magazine, a post in said casing supporting a platform beneath said magazine, said post being provided with means for raising and lowering said platform, and a slide interposed between said magazine and platform, said slide having an opening therein to receive coins from said magazine, of operating means for said slide.

13. In a change-making machine, a magazine for a column of coins, delivery means for coins from said magazine, movable means in operative relation to said magazine, other magazines for columns of coins, delivery means for coins from said lastnamed magazines, said last-named delivery means opening at a point remote from the point at which said first-named delivery means opens, movable means in operative relation to each of last-named magazines, actuating means for 'said last-named movable means, and means wherebu the actuating means associated with sai first-named ymagazine is operated to 4deliver coins therefrom each time the actuating means associated with any of the others of said magazines isoperated to deliver coins therefrom.

SAMUEL J. BELL.

Witnesses z' F. A. CUTTER,

A. C.'FA1RBANKS.

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