US1986771A - Coin register - Google Patents

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1935- H. GILES 1,986,771

COTN REGISTER Filed May 8, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Jan. 1, 1935. H GILES 1,986,771

COIN REGISTER Filed May 8. 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 1, 193 3 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Advertising Service, Inc., New York, N. corporation of Delaware Application May 8, 1933, Serial No. 669,883

1 Claim.

This invention relates to coin registers, and has for its object to provide a relatively simple device for. receiving and recording the deposit of coins of uniform denomination. The device is particularly useful at refreshment stands, shoeshining parlors, on cars, buses or in other places where goods are sold for a fixed amount, or where coins of uniform denomination are tendered in payment.

The improved coin register is simple yet sturdy in structure, and effective in operation and its small size and light weight permits of its being easily carried from place to place, and set up in small space, when required.

More specifically, the invention contemplates the provision of a casing provided with a coin chute having a transparent window through which deposited coins are visible for inspection up to the, time of deposit of the coins by suitable mechanism into a coin receptacle properly positioned within the machine casing, to receive them. The invention also contemplates the provision of a simple coin register means by which the number of the coins deposited is recorded, means being also provided for compen.

sating for variation in the diameter of the coins deposited so thatthe possibility of a worn coin failing to register is prevented.

These and other objects are accomplished by the invention, a more particular description of which is hereinafter set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved coin register, with parts of the casing being broken away to disclose construction;

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 4 is an end view of the registering device, showing the spring finger attached thereto for contact with the edge of a coin;

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 6 is a sectional view on the line 66 of Figure 5, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure '7 is a front view of the coin register; and

Figure 8 is a back view of the upper portion of the casing, with parts in section to show the lock for the casing.

The casing containing the operating mechanism of the register is'secured upon a suitable base 10and comprises a top 11, back 12, sides 13 and front plate 33. Mounted on the top 11 is a supplemental chamber 14 within which is contained a counter or registering device 15 of wellknown construction. A bracket 16 secured to the top plate 11 of the main casing and situated within the supplementalcasing 14 supports the counter 15 in proper position so that the numerals 17 (Fig. 5) of the counter are visible through a window opening 18 formed in the supplemental casing 14. A coin chute 19 is secured to the front plate 33 of the casing by screws 57 and extends upwardly form the top of the main casing, said chute having a flared coin-receiving mouth 20 atits upper end into which coins are deposited. As the coin chute nears the top of the main casing, it widens or flares as at 24 and this flared portion is provided in the front plate 58 of the casing with a window 21 of glass through which the coins 22, as deposited, are visible for inspection.

. As each coin is'deposited in the mouth 20 of the coin chute 19 it drops down through the chute until it reaches a position of rest on the top 11 of the main casing, as clearly shown in Figure 1. When in this position, the coin is ready to be moved along on the top plate 11 to cause its edge to be brought against the laterally bent end 25 of a spring flnger 26 secured at 27 on the end of an arm 28 attached to the end of the operating shaft 29 of the counter 15. A clip 30 secured on the arm 28 by the screw acts to securely aflix the spring finger to the arm.

The coin 22 is moved on its support 11 by means of one of the arms on a three-armed lever 31 which is pivoted at 32 in the front plate 33 of the main casing. One of the arms 34 ofv this lever extends through a slot 40 in the plate 11 of the casing and is formed with an arcuate extension 35, the end 36 of which is adapted to strike the coin 22, while the coin is resting on the support 11, to shift the coin to the left of Figure 1, causing the edge of the coin to impinge against the lateral end 25 of the spring finger 26, this causing the arm 28 to rotate the shaft 29 of the counter to register the coin. When the operating shaft 29 of the counter reaches the limit of its rotative movement, which is determined by a stop on the counter, the end of the spring finger 26 will flex sufliciently to permit the coin to pass beneath it to reach a slot 37 in the top 11, through which the coin passes and is deflected by a deflector plate 38 into a coin receptacle 39 located within the main casing.

Thelever 31 is manually moved in an anticlockwise direction, when viewed as in Figure 1, by means of an operating handle 41 projecting laterally from the end of an arm 42 formed on the lever 31. The handle 41 is movable through an arcuate slot 43 formed in the cover pate 33, and said handle is attached to an arcuate end plate 44 iormed onthe .end of the arm 42, which portion closes'ithe slot 43 at an; times regardless of the'position of the handle and'preventsth'e insertion of a tool through the slot in an efiort to surreptitiously remove coins from the coin receptacle.

pin 46 on the arm 34, and"its' other end connected to a pin 47 on the'plate '33 of the casing, this spring acting to hold the lever 31 in its normal or retracted position, asshown in Figures 1 and 6. The third arm 48 of thelever 311s provided on its end with rachet teeth 49 which p in ep essed by the sprin -52, r'Ifhe purpose ofthe do andora het arran ement; just described, is to prevent the-lever- 3l from beingswung through only a portionof its movement and then e aetedmhe do rreventingareturn movem nt of the leverunder the, impulse of the spri e45- or by a. backward movement of the andler-= unt l t elever has been swung for its ulllimitlot-movement; The movement of the lever 41 i -restrieted in both di ections by m n of op 53. and 54. proj ctin inwardy from the face of the plat 33. a

gBri fly, th -operation otthevdevice is as follows: Coins a e droppedinto the mouth 20 of the coin hutelil, which is of sufficient height to permit a number f thesecoins to rest one above the. other onedee, in'the chute-asshown in dotte 'linesin- Bi -l 7, 1 t v In such a position the row of coins, including the owermost coin positionto. beshiftedon the support 11 to actuate :thecounter-lS, are visible-throughsthei window 21. To cause. each coin t be d rected into the coin v receptacle 39, the ope atorr esses the handle-41 downwardly, moving it throu h the 1 slot 43-..whieh action causes heiarmttoi the'lever 31 .to be swun about its axis 32 in an anti-clockwise direction, as viewed in Figure 1, which brings the end 36 of the arm 34 into contact with the edge of the coin on the support 11 and causes said coin to be moved along on the support 11 and brought against the lateral end 25 of the spring finger 26. The pressure of the edge of the coin against the end 25 of the. spring finger causes the arm 28 to rotate the operating shaft 29 of fthecounter 15 about its axis, which registers the passage of the coin. The spring finger 26 being capable of flexure when the arm 28 reaches the end of 4 t "its rotative movement, compensates for any vari- A spring 45 has one of its ends connected toa likegso that .each coin entering the machine will pQsi-tively be registered by the counter, the

ation in diameter of the coins due to wear or the numerals thereon indicating the number of coins deposited in the machine being visible through the Widow 18 provided in the supplemental casing 14. The coin receptacle 39 may be removed for emptying by the removal ofone of the side plates 1.3 of the casing, said plate; beingwheld in place by a lock 55, the bolt 56 of which en-. gages behind a lug 57, secured rontheltop plate 13 of the casing. 1

- It will be clear from the foregoing, that. the coin register provided is simple in operationand provides a positive meansof registering coins-of a single denomination deposited into the device:

WhatIclaim is: v v

A- coin registering device comprising, a casing, a coin receptacle held therein, a coin chute mounted on and extending upwardly from. the

casing, a portion of said casing being located to act as a rest for a coin descending through the chute, a slot in the-casing leadingto-the coin receptacle, a counting device provided with an operating arm, a spring finger secured on said arm and provided with a lateral end located be-' HARVEY GILES.

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