US1987292A - Coin chute - Google Patents

Description

Jan. 8, 193,5. y c. B. GoRToN 1,987,292

V G01N CHUTE Filed Sept. 6, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l 56 K 45 49 INVENTOR 9. Clyde Garraf@ Will/[ l/l//l 5o 52 .53 42 HIS ATTORNEYS.

C. B. GORTON jam. 393

COIN CHUTE Filed Sept. 6; 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ff Inl' i Z INVENTOR. zyafe. offon H/.S ATTORNEYS.

@emitted en. Q

enrrN'T OFFICE Clyde E. Gorton, Chicago, Eil., designer to C. B.

PdcCicilnn, Chicago, Hl.

{ippiicetion September d, 1934, Serial No. 742,885 2 Ciaims. (Ui. 19d-98) This invention reletes to e. coin chute.

It is en object of this invention to provide an improved. coin chute which is relatively simple and inexpensive in construction end elcient in USE.

Another object oi the invention is to provide e, new and improved coin chute adapted for use in conjunction with any coin controlled device or machine, such, for exemple, as vending mechines, amusement gerne spparetuses, etc.

An additional object of the invention is to pro vide a. coin chute which is constructed in such e, manner that when e. coin is inserted into the coin chute to operate en amusement game epperatus, vending device, or other 'mechanism essocieted therewith, the coin is moved into e coin receiving and displaying receptacle und is therein exposed through e. sight opening to the proprietor or owner oi the amusement apparatus or vending device with which the coin chute is essocisted so that the proprietor may readily escertcin whether or not the player or operator .of the device has inserted e proper coin into the chute to operate seme.

Other objects will cppesr hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combine,- tion and arrangement oi ports to be hereinafter described end claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference tothe accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form ci construction and in which:

Fig. 1 is e. perspective view showing e. preieri-ed form of the new coin chute applied to the cebinet of e. typicsl amusement device, vending machine, or the like;

Fig. 2 is e. side elevational view of the preerred form o the new coin chute shown in Fig. l, showing the coin slide of the same in coin-receiving position;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on line 3-3 in Fig. 2;

Fig. si is e. horizontal, longitudinal sectional View on line fi-e in Fig. 1, showing the coin slide partially moved in;

tail view of the preferred form of the invention shown in Figs. l to e, inclusive, showing the coin slide in coin-receiving position;

Fig. 6 is e. iront elevational view oi a modified form oi the invention;

Fig. 7 is e. vertical sectional viewoi the modi- 'ed form of the invention shown in Figs. 6 to 9, inclusive, showing the coin slide in coin-receving position;

Fig. 8 is e. plan view, partly in section, of the Fig. 5 is e. fragmentary Vertical sectional demodied form of the invention shown in Figs. 6 to 9 inclusive, showing `the coin slide in inwcrdly extended position;

Fig. 9 is a. view on line 9-9 inv Fig. 7, partly in plan and partly in section but showing the parts in a different position from that inwhich they are shown in Fig. 'l and showing them in the postiton in which they are shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a side elevational view of a modified form of the invention;

Fig. ll is e. plan view o! the same;

Fig. 12 is s. sectional view on line 12--12 in Fig. 1l;

Fig. 13 is e. fragmentary top plan view of an amusement game cabinet showing the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 10 to 12 inclusive arranged therein; and

Fig. 1t is a sectional detail view on line 14-14 in Fig. 10.

.d preferred form of the new coin chute is shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive of the drawing und is therein generally indicated at 10, the chute 10 being shown mounted in one of the walls 1l of the cabinet of a vending machine, amusement device, or other coin-controlled device with which the coin chute may be assoelated.

The new chute 10 comprises a. bracket 12 adapted for attachment to the wall l1 of the cabinet housing the associated mechanism. The chute 10 also includes a guide 16 and a coin slide, generally indicated at 13, slidably mounted in the guide 16 for movement relative thereto; the coin siide 13 consisting of two independently movable members 18 and 70, the member 70 being in the form of a plunger and the member 18 having the form of s. dat bar.

Provided in the bracket 12 is a. coin slot 14 which opens into an inclined chute 15 and the latter opens at its lower end into a coin-receiving aperture or pocket 69 which is provided between the two parts 18 and '70 of the coin slide 13, (Fig. 5) so that when a. proper coin 17 is inserted into the coin slot 14 it drops down the chute 15 and falls, in upright position, into the coin-receiving aperture or pocket 69 in front of the plunger 70 so that upon inward movement of the plunger portion 70 of the coin slide the coin 1'7 is moved from dotted line position A (Fig. 5) to full line position B, (Fig. 4).

The inclined coin chute 15 has a yieldable tongue 72 upon its upper wall (Figs. 3, 4 and 5); this tongue being pivotally mounted at its upper end upon the top wall and being relatively free at its lower end.

Alower portion end of the rod 21 is attached to a The bar portion 18 of the coin slide is slidably projected into a slot 29 that is formed in the wall of the tubular member 70. Attached to the inner end of the bar 18 is one end of a resetting coil spring 19, the other end of the coil spring 19 being attached to the guide 16.

The bar 18 carries a downwardly projecting semi-circular ring 20 which is engageable with the hooked upper end .portion 37 of a wire rod `21, this hooked end portion 37 of the rod 21A projecting through a slot 38 that is formed in the bottom wall of the guide 16, while the other and hinged gate`22. This gate 22 is hinged, as at 23, to a coin chute 24 which projects 'downwardly below the guide 16. The rod 21 has'an angled lower end portion 32 which projects upwardly through a movable bracket 33, the bracket 33 being attached to the gate, 22. This portion 32 of the rod 21 also projects through a fixed bracket 34, the latter being attached to the chute 24. A coil spring 35 is arranged upon the portion 32 of the rod 21 so as to urge the gate 22 into closed position.

Formed in the lower portion of the bracket 12 is a sight opening 25 in which is provided a transparent window 26, and this sight opening 25-26 cooperates with the gate 22 to form a coin-receiving and displaying receptacle.

Provided in the lower edge of the plunger portion 70 of the coin slide 13 is a row of teeth 27 and pivotally mounted in the guide structure 16 below the coin slide 13 is a two way dog 28, the

vice, which is well known in the art.

Projecting through the slot 29 across the tubular plunger portion 70 of the coin slide 13 and attached to the guide structure 16 is a pin 30. Arranged within the tubular plunger 70 and having one end attached to the pin 30 is a resetting coil snpring 31.

It will be noted that the coin slide 13 in the coin chute 10 consists in general of two parts, the tubular plunger 70 and the bar 18, and that these twoprts have a telescopic intertting relationship, by reason of the slot 29, so that in the absenceof a proper coin in the coin-receiving aperture or pocket 69 of the coin slide 13 inward movementof the plunger 70 will not move the slide bar 18.

However, when a coin of proper denomination-size, etc., is inserted into the slot 14 it falls by gravity down the chute 15 into the coinreceiving aperture or pocket 69, and arranges it- 'r'self in the inclined position ,"A '(Fig. 5) wherein it is`v supported by the bottom ,wall of the guide 16 and reclines against the arcuate bottom edge of the lower wall 36 of the coin chute l5; and when the plunger 13 is pushed inwardly it engages the coinv 17 and wedges the same into upright position between the plunger '70 and slide bar 18, thus latchingthe plunger 70 and slide bar 18` together so` that further inward movement of the plunger 70 will cause the latter and the slide bar 18 to move together as a unit and thus carry the coin 17 into position B, Fig. 4, as the coin slide 13--18-70 is moved inwardly (right to left, Figs. 2, 4 and 5) the upper peripheral edge portion of the coin 17 engages the lower end portion of the tongue 72 and thereby pivots the latter (clockwise, Figs. 4 and 5, from full to dotted line position, Fig. 4) whereupon the coin 17 passes by the tongue 72 and the latter by its own resiliency returns to its initial position (as in full lines Fig. 4), in which position it prevents the coin 17 from falling back onto the lower wall 36 of the coin chute 15.

When the coin slide 13-18-70 is pushed inwardly the row of teeth 27 eventually pass beyond the full stroke dog 28, whereupon the then cornpressed resetting spring 31, and the then tensioned resetting spring 19, retract the plunger 70 and slide bar 18, respectively, thereby retracting the coin 17 (left to right, Fig. 4) along the bottom wall of the guide 16 until it reaches position C, Fig. 5. The coin 17 then falls off, or is discharged from, the guide 16 into the chute 24 and is guidei by the gate 22 into the sight or display opening 25 wherein ii. is held by the window 26 and gate 22 so that the proprietor oi the vending machine, amusement device, or other mechanism with which the new coin chute is associated may readily see the coin the player has inserted into the chute to operate the same and thereby determine for himself whether or not the same has been a coin ot the proper size, denomination, etc.

-The coin is held exposed to view in the sight opening 25 of the display receptacle 22-25-26 until another proper coin is inserted into the coin slot 14 and chute 15, and the coin slide 13-18-70 is pushed inwardly, whereupon the semi-circular ring or lug 20 which depends from the slide 18 engages the upper and hooked end portion 37 of the rod 21. The rod 21 is thus moved to open the gate 22, thereby allowing the coin to fall from the sight opening 25-26 of the display receptacle into a suitable receptacle provided therefor in the cabinet of the mechanism with which the new coin chute is associated.

A modied form of the invention is shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 and is therein generally indicated at 39. The new chute 39 includes a guide 42 which is adapted to be mounted, by means of a bracket 40, in the wall 41 of the cabinet of a vending machine, amusement device, or other mechanism with which the chute is associated, (Fig. 7).

Slidably mounted in the guide 42 is a two-part slide, generally indicated at 43, and comprising two bar members l44 and 45, which are substantially square in cross section.

Having a portion formed in each of the two bar members 44 and 45 of the coin slide 43 is a coin-receiving aperture or pocket 46, and communicating at its lower end with this pocket 48 when the coin slide 43 is in retracted, or coinreceiving position, is a coin chute 47 which opens at its upper end out through the bracket 40 by way of a coin slot 48.

Provided in one wall of the guide structure 42 is a slot 49 and pivotally mounted, as at 50, in a slot 51 formed in the coin slide member 44 is a dog 52, the dog 52 being urged (counterclockwise, Fig. 9) by means of a spring 53 which is arranged in a suitable receptacle or pocket pro` vided therefor in the coin slide bar 44; the spring 53 thus urging the dog 52 in a direction to project the radially outer end portion 54 oi' the dog 52 into the slot 49 and thus into latching engagement with the wall 55 of the guide 42 in which the slot 49 is formed. In this manner the dog 52 prevents the coin slide 43 from being moved inwardly (left to right, Figs. 7, 8 and 9) without the insertion of a proper coin into the pocket 46 since if an attempt is made to move the coin slide inwardly (left tc right, Figs. 7, 8 and 9) without the insertion of a proper coin into the coin pocket 46 the end portion 54 of the dog 52 will engage the wall 55 of the guide, at the right hand end ofthe slot 49 (Fig. 9) and thereby prevent further inward movement (left to right, Figs. 7, 8 and 9) of the coin slide 43.

Fivotally mounted, as at 56, on the guide 42, (Fig. 8) and normally projecting transversely across the coin slide 43 between the ends of, and above, the latter, is a full stroke dog 57, the dog 57 being urged in a counterclockwise direction (Fig. 8) by a spring 58 so that its radially outer end portion engages a stop 59 carried by the guide 42.

Formed as a part of the bracket 40 is a boss or housing 60 in which is provided a sight or display opening 61, and pivotally mounted in the housing 60, as at 62, is a chute 63, the chute 63 being normally urged into an inclined position (full line, Fig. 7) by a spring 64. Pivotally mounted at its lower end on the chute 63 is a latch member 65 which works in an elongated slot 66 which is formed in the guide 42; the spring 64 urging the upper end portion of this latch member 65 into a notch 67 which is formed in the portion 45 of the coin slide 43.

It will be noted that the coin slide 43 cannot be moved inwardly to operate a mechanism associated therewith and controlled thereby until a proper coin has been inserted into the coin slot 48 and coin chute 47 because the latching engagement of the radially outer end portion 54 oi' the dog 52 in the slot 49 normally prevents operation of the coin slide 43.

To operate the new coin chute 39 a coin 68 of proper size, denomination, etc., is inserted into the coin slot 48, whence it falls by gravity down the chute 47 and lodges in upright position in the coin-receiving aperture or pocket 46 which is formed in the coin slide 43.

The bar members 44 and 45 are normally separated and are not in abutting engagement with each other (see Fig. 7) so that when the coin 68 falls into the coin pocket 46 it engages the bar member 45 oi the coin slide 43 and also engages the detent 52 but does not engage the bar member 44 of the coin slide 43. However, as the coin slide 43 is moved inwardly with the coin 68 in the coin aperture or pocket 46, the coin 68 en gages the dog or detent 52 and pivots the latter (clockwise, Fig. 9) against the action of the spring 53, thereby moving the radially outer end portion 54 of the dog 52 out of the slot 49 and out of latching engagement with the wall 55 of the guide 42 in which the slot 49 is formed. This frees the coin slide 43 for further inward movement, and as the coin slide 43 continues to move inwardly the coin 68 engages the full stroke dog 57 and pivots the latter (clockwise, from full to dotted line position, Fig. 8); and the coin 68 remains in the coin aperture or pocket 46 until the coin slide 43 has completed its full inward stroke (left to right, Fig. 7) and starts back on its return stroke (right to left, Fig. 7); the coin 68 remaining in the pocket 46, until, during the return stroke of the coin slide 43 (right to left, Fig. 7), the peripheral edge of the coin 68 engages 'the dog 57, whereupon the dog 57, thus engaging the peripheral edge of the coin 68 above the center of the latter and while the same is in upright or vertical position, forces the coin 68 downwardly (Fig. 7), thereby forcing the two sections 44 and 45 of the coin slide 43 apart and thus enlarging the pocket 46, whereupon the coin 68 falls by gravity from the pocket 46, through a slot 66 which is formed in the bottom wall of the guide 42, onto a runway or chute 63. The coin 68 then rolls down the trough or chute 63 into the sight opening or display pocket 61 where it is exposed to public view so that the owner or proprietor of the vending machine, amusement device, or the like with which the new coin chute is associated, may observe the coin the player has inserted and determine for himself whether or not the player has inserted a proper coin into the coin chute.

As the coin slide 43 moves inwardly and the upper peripheral edge portion oi the coin 68 in the coin aperture or pocket 46 of the slide engages the full stroke dog 57 and pivots the latter (clockwise, Fig. 8) this motion of the dog 57 tensions a resetting spring 58 which thereupon returns the full stroke`dog 57 (counterclockwise, Fig. 8) into its initial position (as in full lines, Fig. 8) until it engages the stop 59.

The full stroke dog 57 thus prevents the operator of the coin slide 43 from retracting the same after the coin 68 carried thereby has passed the dog 57, thus requiring the operator to make a full stroke of the slide and thereby preventing the operator from milking", that is, fraudulently operating, the mechanism associated with and controlled by the coin chute, bymanipulating the coin slide in and out with less than a full stroke of the slide.

After the coin slide 43 has completed its inward stroke it is returned to coin-receiving position by its resetting spring 71.

The coin 68 remains exposed to view through the sight opening 61 of the display receptacle until another coin oi proper size, denomination, etc., is inserted into the coin slot 48, chute 47, and pocket 46, and the coin slide 43 is again moved inwardly (left to right, Figs. 7, 8 and 9) whereupon the spring 64, urging the runway or chute 63 and latch member 65 upwardly, (from dotted to full line position, counterclockwise, Fig. 7) engages the upper end portion of the latch member 65 in the notch 67 which is formed in the portion 45 of the coin slide 43, whereupon further inward movement of the coin slide 43 (from left to right, Figs. 7, 8 and 9) pivots the runway or chute 63, at 62 (clockwise, from full to dotted line position, Fig. 7). The coin 68 then rolls by gravity out of the sight opening or pocket 61 down the chute 63 (left to right, Fig.' 7) into a suitable receptacle which may be provided therefor in the cabinet of the mechanism with which the coin chute 39 is associated.

It is to be noted that one of the functions of the coin slide and associated parts in any coin chute is to prevent fraudulent operation of the same and this is likewise the function of the coin display receptacle or pocket in the present chute and to this end the display receptacle cooperates, in combination, with the coin slide andiassociate parts.

Another modication of the invention, similar to that shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 is shown in Figs. 10 to i4, inclusive. and is generally indicated therein at 69. In this form of the invention, the coin chute 69 includes a guide structure 70 and a coin slide carried thereby and generally indicated at 71, and the coin slide 71 includes two parts 72 and 73 which are similar in construction to the parts 44--45 of the coin slide 43 which is shown in the form oi the invention illustrated in Figs. 7, 8 and 9.

Formed in the coin slide 71, partly in each of the two coin slide parts 72-73, after the manner in which the coin pocket 46 is formed in the two parts 44-45 of the coin slide 43 illustrated in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, is a coin-receiving pocket 74 (Fig. 2)

and communicating at its lower end with this coin-receiving pocket 74, when the coin slide 71 is in coin-receiving position, as .in Figs. 10 and 11, is a coin chute 75.

Arranged within a pocket 100 provided therefor in the coin slide member 73 is a pivoted dog 76 (Figs. 12 and 14) this arrangement of the pocket 100 and dog 76 therein being the same as that of the pocket 50 and dog 52 which are provided in the coin slide 43-44-45 of Figs. 7 to 9 inclusive (see Fig. 9) one end portion of the latch dog 76 being normally projected into a slot 103 which is formed in a wall 102 of the guide 70 (Fig. 14) by the action oi' a spring 104 which is arranged in a pocket 105 provided therefor in the coin slide member 73 (Figs. 12 and 14).

Mounted on the top wall of the guide 70 is a coin-displaying receptacle in the form of a pan 77 and when the coin chute is in operative position, this` receptacle 77 is visible through a. sight opening 78 provided therefor in the top wall 80 of the cabinet 79 of the game apparatus with which the coin chute is associated.

The coin display receptacle 77 is provided with a discharge opening 81 and provided in the bottom wall of the display pan or receptacle 77 is a vertical slot 82 into which projects an upwardly extending arm 83 of a coin ejecting member 84, the coin ejecting member 84 being provided with a horizontal slot 86 into which projects a. lateral extension or pin 85, the pin or extension projecting from the side wall of the guide 70. This coin'ejecting member 84 has a hooked or latching end portion 87 which is latchingly engageable with a latch pin 88 which projects from the wall of the coin slide member 73. Formed on the coin eject ing member 84 is a cam surface 107 and projecting laterally from the guide 70 is a pin 106 with which the cam surface 107 engages when the coin ejector 107 is moved (left Yto right, Figs. 10, 11 and 14).

Pivotally mountedl von the bottom wall or the guide 70, as at 89, is a coin ejector 90 which has an upwardly extending arm 91 and this arm 91 projects through a slot 92 formed in the bottom wall oi the guide 70 (Fig. 12) into the coin-receiving pocket 74;V the coin ejector 90 being urged (clockwise, Fig. 12) by a spring 93.

Having .one end attached to the guide 70 and having its other end attached to a pin 94 which depends from the coin slide member 73 is a resetting spring 95.

Formed in the bottom wall of the coin recep-i tacle or pan 77 is a slot 98 (Fig. 11) and extending upwardly from the bottom-wall of the pan 77 and curved over and above and toward one side of the slot 98 (Fig. 11) is a coin dedector 99.

Operation of the modification shown in Figs. 10

to 14 inclusive y When a coin of proper denomination, etc., is inserted into the coin chute 75, it falls by gravity down the same into the coin-receiving aperture or pocket 74 .formed in the coin slide 7l., whereupon the coin slide 71, being urged inwardly (left to right, Figs. 10, 11 and 12) urges the coin 96 which is arranged in the pocket 74 into engagement with the latch dog 76, thereby pivoting the latch dog 76 out o1' latching engagement with the wall 102 of the guide 70, the wall 102 being the wall of the guide 70 which defines the slot 103 into which the end portion of the latch dog normally is urged by action of the spring 104 which is arranged in the pocket 105 provided therefor in the coin slide members 73, thus forcing the latch dog 78 out of lai-.ching engagement with the wall 102 of the guide 70 in which the slot 103 is formed (Fig. 14.).

At the beginning oi the inward stroke of the coin slide 71, that is, when the coin slide 71 is in the position of Figs. 10 and 11, the coin pocket 74 is disposed out of registration with the slot 82 (being to the left of the same as seen in Figs. 10 and 11) and the coin ejecting member 90-91 is disposed in the full line position of Fig. 10. However, when the coin slide 71 is moved inwardly (left to right, Figs. 10, 11, 12 and 14), the coin in the pocket 74 engages the upwardly extending arm 91 of the coin ejecting member 90 and urges the latter (countercloclrwise into dotted line position, Figs. 10 and 12) but during this inward stroke of the coin slide the manual pressure ex erted by the operator uf the slide upon the same urges the two coin slide parts or members 72-73 together and in so doing jams the coin in the coin pocket 74, thereby preventing the coin from being ejected from the coin pocket 74 until the slide has completed its full inward stroke and the manual pressure of the operator is released, whereupon the coin slide is retracted (right to left, Figs. 10, 11, i2 and 14) by its resetting spring 95. During this return stroke of the slide the spring 93 urges the coin-ejecting member 90-91 (from dotted full line position, Fig. 12), thus forcing the projecting portion 91 of the coinejecting member 90 up through the coin pocket 74 into the slot 98 and thereby ejecting the coin out of the coin pocket 74 of the coin slide up through the slot 98, which is formed in the bottom wall of the display receptacle 77, and the coin thus ejected from the coin pocket 74 through the slot 98 is deflected by the deector member 99 onto the bottom wall of the receptacle 77 into position A, Fig. 11, and is held exposed to public view through the sight opening 78 in the cabinet 79 so that the proprietor of the game apparatus with which the coin chute 69 is associated may readily see the coin thus exposed to view and thereby determine whether or not the player of the apparatus has inserted a coin of the proper denomination into the coin-receiving aperture 75 oi' the coin chute 69 or has attempted to operate the same fraudulently, as the case may be.

, The coin 96 thus ejected into the coin receptacle 77 remains therein, in position A (Fig. 11), until another coin of proper denomination, size, etc., is inserted into the coin pocket 74 and the coin slide 71 is again operated, whereupon the upwardly projecting portion 83 of the coin ejecting member 84, being moved through the slot 82 which is formed in the bottom wall of the coin display receptacle 77 (left to right, from full to dotted line position, Fig. 10) engages behind the last coin 96 deposited in the display receptacle 77, in position A and in so doing, forces the coin 96 from position A around the inside of the curved vertical Wall 97 of the display rev ceptacle 77 (counterclockwise, in the direction o! the arrow, Fig. 1l) and in this manner ejects the coin from position A out through the discharge opening 81 of the coin receptacle into any suitable receptacle which may be provided therefor in the cabinet 79 of the game apparatus with which the coin chute 69 is associated.

At this time the cam surface 107 of the coin ejecting member 8'4 engages the pin 106 and thereby pivots the coin ejecting and latch niember 84 (counterclockwise, from full to dotted line positionY Fig. l0), thus lifting the hooked end portion 87 of the member 84 up out of engagement with the latch pin 88, whereupon a tensioned spring 108 retracts or jerks the coin ejecting member back into its initial position (as in full lines, Fig. 10). The coin slide then continues from left to right (Fig. 12) to the full stroke posit tion; whereupon the coin 96 carried by the slide 'Il is ejected by the coin electing member 90-91 from the coin pocket 74 up through the slot 98 into position A in the coin-receptacle 'II'whereinit is held until the foregoing cycle' o! operations is begun over again and the last lcoin deposited in the coin receptacle 77 is ejected therefrom, from position A, out through the dischargeopening 81,- in the manner hereinbefore explained: the coin slide '11 then being retracted into coin-receiving position by its resetting spring 95.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into eifect, this is capable of variation land modication, without departing from Athe spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modincations as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising: a guide having a coin discharge opening formed therein; a coin-controlled slide carried by the said guide and having miniem-receiving aperture or pocket formed therein; a coin display receptacle arranged below the said guide and slide; a coin chute arranged below the said coin discharge openingof the said guide in communication with the latter and said coin chute having an end portion projected into, and pivotally mounted in, the said display receptacle; means coacting with the said slide, at one stage in the operation of the same to discharge a coin or token from the said coin aperture or pocket of said slide through said discharge opening into said coin chute; means normally urging the said coin chute into an inclined position, relative to the plane of movement of the said slide, so that a coin or token received by the said coin chute from the said coin discharge opening of said guide will roll by gravity down the said coin chute into the said end portion ofthe latter and be held thereby in an upright position in said display receptacle; and means coating with the said slide, at a subsequent stage in the operation of the latter, to pivot said coin chute into an inclined position, relative to the .plane of movement of 'said slide, and the inclination of said coin chute in its second-named position being opposite to the inclination of the said coin chute when in its mst-mentioned position, so that a coin or token held in said display receptacle by the said end portion of the said coin chute will roll by gravity down the latter and out of said displayv ing: a guide having a coin discharge opening4 lus formed therein; a coin-controlled slide carried by the said guide and having a coin-receiving aperture or pocket formed therein; a coin display receptacle arranged below the said guide and slide; a coin chute pivotally mounted below the said coin discharge opening of the said guide in communication with the latter and said coin chute having an end portion projected into the said display receptacle; means coacting with the said slide, at one stage in the operation of the same to discharge a coin or token from the said coin aperture or pocket of said slide through said discharge opening into said coin chute; means normally urging the said coin chute into an inclined position, relative to the plane of movement of the said slide, so that a coin or token received by the said coin chute from the said coin discharge opening of said guide will roll by gravity down the said coin chute into the said end portion of the latter and be held thereby in an upright position in said display receptacle; and means coacting with the said slide, at a,subsequenta stage in the operation of the latter, to pivot said coin chute into an inclined position, relative to the plane of movement of said slide, and the inclination of said coin chute in its second-named position being opposite to the inclination of the said coin chute when in its first-mentioned position, so that a coin or token held in said display receptacle by the said end portion of the said coin chute will roll by gravity down the latter and out of said display receptacle.

CLYDE B. GORTON.

Images