US1845333A

US1845333A - Check controlled apparatus

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Publication number: US1845333A
Application number: US459336A
Authority: US
Inventors: Guy E Riegel
Original assignee: AUTOMATIC RADIO CORP
Current assignee: AUTOMATIC RADIO Corp
Priority date: 1930-06-05
Filing date: 1930-06-05
Publication date: 1932-02-16
Anticipated expiration: 1949-02-16

Description

Feb. 16, 1932. q. .RlEGEL 1,845,333

CHECK CONTROLLED APPARATUS Filed June 5, 1930 s Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEY" Feb. 16, 1932. G. E. RIEGEL 1,845,333

CHECK CONTROLLED APPARATUS Filed June 5, 1930 I5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTQRNEY Feb. 16, 1932. a. E. RIEGEL I CHECK CONTROLLED APPARATUS 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed June 5, 1930 Buy ElP/EEEL.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Feb. is, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GUY E. RIEGEL, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR T0 AUTOMATIC. RADIO COR- PORATION, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, A CORPORATION annex CONTROLLED APPARAT S Application filed June 5, 1980. Serial No. 459,336.

My present inventionrelates to improvements in check controlled apparatus of the type employing a check or coin operated electric switch that is normally open, but is closed for a predetermined time, the switch being mechanically controlled by coin operating mechanism. While my check or coin controlled apparatus is applicable for various uses, it is particularly designed for predetermining the time of operating a radio receiving' set, and the prime mover for the apparatus and radio instrument is preferably an electrically operated clock. The electrical clock is continuously operating, without necessity for winding, and is therefore available'for use in operating the radio set under control of the coin operating mechanism.

In carrying out my invention the electric clock and the radio receiving set are preferably combined in a cabinet or fixture that may be used in a hotel room, (or other suitable place) and the radio instrument receives its required electricity from the wires of the electrical clock. By dropping a coin in a slot of the cabinet, the hotel guest is permitted to avail himself of the entertainment from the radio set for a predetermined time, and at the end of the predetermined period of time the radio instrument is automatically rendered inoperatlve but is re-set for a succeedlng oper ation.

A continually revolving shaft of the clock is employed as the prime mover for mechanically operating or rotating a coin carrier, and the duration of the operating-time of this coin carrier is governed or controlled by the radio switch. In the absence of a check or com the radio-switch remains open and the coin control mechanism or apparatus remains stationary.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as will hereinafter be more fully set forth and claimed. In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined and arranged according to one mode I have thus far devised for the successful application of the prin- 5 J ciples of my invention. It will, however, be

understood that various changes and alterations may be made in the exemplified structure, within the scope of my claims, without departing from the principles of my inventlOIl;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet or article of furniture in which the electrical switch, the initial position of the coin carrier being indicated by full lines and theend of the movement of the carrier being indicated by dotted line position.

Figure 4 is a detail view of part of the coin carrier in an intermediate position and while a being operated by the clock-movement.

' Figure 5 is a top plan view showing the assembly of the clock and the coin controlled mechanism.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of there-' 1 setting, bell crank, lever, and Figure 7 is a similar view of the switch lever.

In Figure 1 where. the general embodiment of my invention is exemplified I employ a cabinet or boi 1 of suitable size and shape having the-electrical clock 2 appearing in its front face, and within the'ca-binet is'located the. radio receiving set or instrument indicatedby dotted lines at 3, and with the control knobs or handles 4 in positions for use by the operator of the set.

The loud speaker for the receiving instrument is designated 5. and is located just below the dial or face of the clock 2.

In Figure 2 the electric current for the clock includes the

wires

6 and 7, and the radio circuit includes wires 8 and 9 that are connected as indicated with the

wires

6 and 7 of the clock. The clock is assumed to be operating at all times. but the radio instrument is operated only when the switch 10 in the radio circuit is closed. The switch '10 is shown open in Figure 2, but-it is automatically closedw'hen a coin, as C (dotted lines Figures 3 and 4) is employed for performing 32 to hold the ratchet lever in full line posiits functions. In the diagram Figure 2, tion of Figure 3 where the switch is open.

the antennae of the radio instrument is indicated at 11 and the nated 12. v v

The coin C is inserted in the slot '13 in the upper part of the cabinet and passes down through a coin chute 14 within the cabinet. By means of the coin carrier 21 (as will be described) the coin is carried or transferred from chute 14 to the spaced, vertically arranged, discharge chute 15, and finally passes out through the slide 16 to a suitable receptacle, or collection box. 1

.ground wire is desig- For the operation of the coin carrier I utilize a continuously revolving shaft 17 of the clock, and place thereon the motor wheel 18 with its peripheral teeth 19, it bein understood that the motor wheel revolves'c ockwise at all times with the shaft 17.

A frame 20 is provided for the support of some of the operating parts and arranged within the cabinet, back of the clock 2.

The coin carrier 21 is a sectionofthe chute complementary to the chutes'14 and 15, and 'is provided with a hub 22 loose on the shaft 17. Due to the weight of its lower end, the carrier 21, by gravity is returned to the perpendicular position of Figure 3, and because of the rounded upper end 23 of the carrier co-acting with the complementary lower'end ,of chute 14, the carrier is prevented from turning anti-clockwise to an I excessive degree. As indicatedby full lines and dotted lines in Figure 3 the coin carrier is permitted to swing on its axial center, with the shaft 17, from the full line vertical position, to the dotted line horizontal position. The rounded, discharge end 23 of the carrier however swings downwardly and to the right a sum cient distance to insure that the-coin C will roll by gravity from the discharge end 23 into an edge-slot 24 of the discharge chute 15, and the coin is thus passed to the collection box. The carrier is actuated by the wheel 18 and is coupled therewith for its movement by means of a lever and ratchet device carried on an extension 25, of one wall of the carrier,

. that projects below the-open lower end of the carrier.

A pawl 26 having a ratchet-head 27, for

engagement with the ratchet teeth of thewheel 18, is pivoted at.28'on the extension, and the pawl or ratchet lever 26 has an extended arm 29 with a lobe 30 on one of its edges. The ratchet lever is positioned so that its pawl 27 may engage the ratchet wheel,

- and at the same time the lobe protrudes in the open end of the carrier to form a closed bottom of the carrier to support a coin therein.

On the underside of the ratchet leveradjacent its'hubportion are provided two spaced lugs 31 and 32, with which a spring detent 33. co-acts through a lug 34 on the detent.

' The lug 34 onthe detent co-acts with tooth The ratchet lever is dislodged from its full line position of Figure 3 'by the wei ht of the coin as it falls through the perpen icular carrier and strikes against the lobe 30 that-is projecting into the open end of the carrier.

The impact of the coin depresses arm 29 and raises lever arm 26 and the tooth 32 is snapped over the lug 34 to the left side of the tooth, as in Figure 4, where'the ratchet" proximating the dotted line position of Figure 3.

When the, carrier attains the position for discharging its coin C to the slot,24 of the discharge chute 15, the carrier is automaticall released from its coupledrelation to the rate et wheel, throu h the instrumentality of a release, .bell cran lever having the two .

arms

35 and 36 and pivoted at 37 on the extension plate 25 with arm 36 in proximity to the tooth 31 of the ratchet lever.

'The long arm 35 of the bell crank lever I moves in an arcuate lpath beyond the periphery of the ratchet w eel, and in this path is located a release pin as 38. The pin may be set in a selected one of an annular series of pin holes 39in the bracket or frame 20, or in a s cial plate provided therefor and attache to the bracket.

The location of the pin 38 in a selected hole 39 determines the length of travel of the carrier and also determines the length of the period during which the circuit maker or switch 10 is closed and the radio set is operating.

ure 3 and-the parts as indicated in Figure 4,- when the long arm 35v strikes pin 38 the re lease bell crank lever is swung .on its pivot 37 and the short arm 36 bearing against tooth 31 swings the ratchet lever from engagement with the toothed, ratchet wheel 18. Then the carrier, by gravity swings anti-clockwise on its shaft 17 back to position of full lines in Figure 3, opens the closed switch 10, and the spring detent 34 engages the opposite side of the tooth 32 to hold the ratchet lever in position to hold open. the circuit maker or switch 10.

The carrier is thus released by the use of the'bell crank lever, and the switch .10 is re-' set by the use of. the gravity-swinging car- With the carrier turning clockwise in Figi rier and its re-s'etting spring detent and ratchet lever thus liolds open the switch or ratchet lever.

The switch or circuit maker is mounted on a plate 40 that is secured to the frame 20 and the plate is located in proximity to the lower edge of the ratchet wheel for co-action with the ratchet lever. Terminals 41 and 42 of the wire 9 are secured at the opposite ends oi the plate, and a stationary contact member or blade is used with the resilient or spring, movable blade 44 of the switch. (in the upper side of the spring blade is fixed a lug or abutment 45, and beneath the spring blade and fixed to the plate 40vis a stop ing or boss 46. a

As shown, the spring blade of the switch is approximately tangential to the ratchet edge of the wheel 18, and the outer end of the ratchet lever is adapted to ride up the inclined face of the spring blade and depress the blade to remove it from electrical contact with the stationary blade 43. The stopboss or pin 46 preventsexcessive depression of the spring blade, and the ratchet head 27 contacts with the lug at the same time the spring blade contacts with the boss 46. The

circuit maker 10, and of course, when the circuit maker is o ened the radio circuit is broken and the ra io set ceases to operate.

The carrier, is thus returned, by gravity, to its perpendicular position, with the opening 23 registering with the lower open end of the receiving chute 14, as indicated in Figure 3 and the mechanism is again set for a succeeding operation when a coin is dropped into the .coin slotand passes through the chute.

Havin thus fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a circuit maker, means for closing the circuit and a rotary operating member, of a coin carrier loosely associated with the member and adapted to rotate therewith, means for coupling the carrier with said member, means for releasing the carrier from the member, and means on the circuit maker for coaction with the coupling device for opening thecircuit maker.

2. The combination with a circuit maker, means for closing the circuit maker and a rotary member, of a coin carrier loosely associated with the member and adapted to rotate therewith, a coupling device carried .by the carrier, means on the member for co-action with said device, releasing means on the car-' rier for the coupling device, means in the path of the ,releasing means for actuating the latter, and means on the circuit maker for co-action with the coupling device for open-- ing the circuit maker.

3. The combination in a coin controlled apparatus with a pair of spaced, related coin chutes, of a. rotary coin carrier adapted to receive the coin from one and deliver it to the other chute, a rotary operating member, means for coupling the carrier with said member, means for disconnecting said carrier from the member, a circuit maker and closing means therefore, and means on the circuit maker for co-action with the coupling means for opening the circuit maker.

4.'The-combination in a coin controlled apparatus with a pair of spaced chutes and an intermediate rotary, transfer chute-carrier, of a rotaryv operating member, means mounted on the carrier an co-acting means on the member for coupling the member to the carrier, means for releasing the carrier from the member, a circuit closer and closing means therefor, and means on the circuit maker for co-action with the coupling means for opening the circuit maker.

5. a In a coin controlled apparatus, the combinationwith a ratchet wheel and its 0 crating means, of a loosely associated coln carrier, a ratchet mechanism mounted. on the carrier and means for engaging the mechanism with the wheel under weight of a coin, means for disengaging said ratchet mechanism, an automatically closed circuit maker, and means on the circuit maker for co-action with the ratchet mechanism for opening the "circuit maker.

6. The combination with a shaft and its ratchet wheel, of a coin carrier loosely mounted on the shaft, a weight. operated ratchet lever mounted on the carrier for engagement with the wheel, a retainin detent for said lever, a release lever mount on the carrier, means for actuating the release lever, an automatically closed circuit maker, and an abutment on the circuit maker for co-action with the ratchet lever for opening the circuit maker.

7. The combination with the movable and stationary blades of a circuit maker, of an oscillatable coin carrier and rotatin means therefor, coupling means between t e rotating means and carrier, said coupling means including a lever on the carrier and an abutment on the movable blade adapted to hold the circuit maker, a weight operated arm on the lever whereby the lever is withdrawn from the abutment of the open circuit maker,

and means for uncoupling the rotating means and carrier.

8. The combination with a rotating shaft and its ratchet wheel, of a gravity-returned coin carrier loose on the shaft, 9. coin-operated ratchet lever mounted on the carrier, 0.

spring detent for said lever mounted on the carrier, a bell-crank release lever mounted on the carrier for. co-action with the ratchet lever, a stationary pin in the path of said bellcrank lever, an automatical y closed circuit maker, and an abutment on the circuit maker for co-action with the ratchet lever for opening the circuit maker.

9. In a radio receiving instrument, a coin controlled apparatus comprising a clock as a continuously o erating motor, an automatically closed circuit maker for the instru- 5 ment, a rotary coin carrier and means for coupling said carrier with the motor, means for releasing the coupling between the carrier and the motor, means for returning the 'coin carrier to normal position when the 1 couplin is released, and means on the circuit ma er for co-action with the coupling means whereby the circuit maker is opened when the cou ling is released.

10, In a ra io receiving instrument, a coin controlled apparatus comprising a clock as a continuously operating motor, a pair of spaced coin chutes, a gravity actuated carrier between the chutes, means for coupling the carrier to said motor, means for releasing the coupling between the carrier and motor, an automatically closed circuit maker, and means on the circuit maker for co-action with the couplin means whereby the circuit maker is opene when the coupling is released.

In testimony whereof I afiix m signature.

GUY E. IEGEL.

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