US2026921A - Coin chute - Google Patents

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w. A. TRATSCH ET AL 2,

COIN CHUTE Filed March 14, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 fiernhard Grunt INVENTOR BY V THE/B: ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 7, 1936.

PATENT OFFICE 2,026,921 com cnu'rn Walter A. Tratsch and Bernhard Grunig,

Chicago, Ill.

Application March 14, 1935, Serial No. 11,103

This invention relates to a coin chute.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved game apparatus which is relatively simple and inexpensive in construction and efficient in use.

Another object of the present invention is to a provide a coin chute embodying a new and improved visible d'splay device for displaying a coin or token to view so that the owner or proprietor of the coin-controlled device with which the coin chute is associated may determine by inspection of the same whether or not a coin or token of the intended or proper denomination, etc., or a fraudulent substitute therefor, has been inserted into the coin chute to operate the same and the coin-controlled device associated therewith.

Another object of the present invention is to modify or construct the coin chute described and shown in the following patents: No. 1,908,380 granted May 9, 1933 to Walter A. Tratsch and No, 1,908,752 granted on May 16, 1933 to Louis M. Hall, so as to embody or incorporate into the same a visible coin or token display feature or device.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will best be understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of construction andin which: Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the new coin chute; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same;

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view on line 44 in Fig, 1;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 4 but showing the parts in a different position;

Fig. 6 is a bottom perspective detail view;

Fig. '1 is a perspective view, partly in section of certain parts of the new coin chute;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary top plan view of the cabinet of a coin controlled amusement device showing the new coin chute in use; and

Fig. 9 is a sectional detail View taken on line 99 in Fig. 4.

A preferred form of the new coin chute is shown in the accompanying drawings, is therein generally indicated at In, and includes a guide structure H, and a coin slide l2 carried thereby; the guide structure U including a mounting or face plate [3 by means of which the coin chute l may be mounted in the wall of the cabinet 2 Claims. (01. 194-98) or casing 34 of a coin-controlled device, machine, or apparatus, as shown in Fig. 8.

Provided in the coin slide I2 is a coin-receiving aperture 21 and formed in' the slide 12 at diametrically opposite points upon the periphery of the coin aperture 21 a. e depressed portions or teeth 38 and 39 (Fig. 2) which function to move the coin or token disposed in the coin aperture 21 in opposite directions, as is disclosed in the aforementioned Tratsch and Hall patents.

Provided in the coin slide I2 is an elongated slot 21 (Fig. 9) and mounted in the guide structure II above the slide I2 is a stop, which includes a portion that projects or extends into the slot 21 (Figs. 4 and The present coin chute l0 includes latch dogs 35, 3B and 31 which are pivotally mounted on the guide structure. 1 I for engagement in the coin aperture 21 of the coin slide I2 so as to pre-.

vent operation of the coin slide 12 if no coin or token, or if a coin or token or slug having a thickness or diameter less than that of the intended coin or token, or if an apertured or slotted slug, or the like is disposed in the coin aperture 21; this arrangement of the dogs 35, 36 and 31 and the function thereof being substantially the same as that disclosed in the above-named Tratsch and Hall patents.

Mounted on, or formed as a part of the upper wall of the guide structure I I, as may be desired, is an annular member or ring l3 in which is provided a coin displaying sight opening I4 and formed in a horizontal shelf [6 which is suspended from the guide structure it below the coin slide I2, by means of a bracket or support 15, is a coin display pocket l1 (Fig. 2), this display pocket I1 being disposed in a registration with the sight opening I4.

The bracket or support I5 forms the bottom wall of the coin display pocket l1 (Fig. 2) and slidably mounted upon the bracket 15 below the coin display pocket l4-l1 and below the shelf 16 is a slide bar 18 in which is provided a coin discharge opening I9; and carried by this slide bar I8 and projecting upwardly therefrom, adjacent the inner end of the same, is a pin 20,

this pin 20 projecting into the slot 2| which is "plane of the coin slide i2 registration with the coin display pocket H-I'i; the slide-bar I 8 being stopped in this position by means of a pin which is attached to the guide structure II, this pin 25 projecting downwardly through a slot 26 which is formed in the slide bar I 8 (Fig. 3).

Provided in the coin slide i2 is a sight opening 28 (Fig. 7), and the coin slide I2 is normally urged (right to left, Fig. 7), by its resetting spring 41, so asto dispose the sight opening 28 formed therein in registration with the coin display or sight opening H which is formed in or upon the top wall of the guide structure il.

Mounted on the guide structure i I, above the slide I2, is a magnet 42 and-likewise mounted in the guide structure H above the slide I2 is a stop 46 which has an end portion ll which depends or extends into the slot 2| in the slide i2.

Having one end portion 29 attached to the annular member l3 and having its other end portion or arm projecting downwardly through the coin display or sight opening I I is a spring 3i.

Provided in the upper surface of the shelf i8 (Figs. 5 and 9) is a depressed ledge or pocket 48.

Operation The coin slide I 2 is normally disposed, by the action of the'resetting spring 41, in coin-receiving position with the sight opening 28 in the coin slide l2 disposed in registration with the sight opening I, as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and when a coin is inserted into the coin aperture 21 of the coin slide l2 and the latter is pushed inwardly (left to right, Figs. 1, .2 and 3), the coin or token disposed in the coin aperture 21 of the slide [2 is carried by the slide l2 along the upper surface of the bottom wall 32 of the guide structure H, and falls from the latter into the pocket 48 which is formed in the upper surface of the shelf it, (into dotted line position A, Fig. 5) whereupon further movement of the coin slide l2 causes the coin or token disposed in the coin aperture 21 of the coin slide l2 to be angled downwardly oil the front or inner end of the shelf l6 (into dotted line position Fig; 5); and further inward movement of the coin slide I 2 and the slide bar l8 urges the coin or token onto the upper surface of the rear portion of the slide bar l8, wherein the coin or token is deposited in dotted line position C, Fig. 5.

The coin or token is thus deposited on the upper surface of the slide bar l8, and as the coin slide I2 is pushed inwardly (left to right, Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6), the shoulder 33 formed in the coin slide i2 engages the pin 20, which is carried by the slide I 8, whereupon the slide l2 and the slide l8 move together as a unit (left to right, Fig. 7), and when the slides i2 and I8 are returned to their normal or initial positions, the coin or token which has previously been deposited on the upper surface of the-lower slide l8 falls into the coin aperture I 9 of the slide I 8, wherein it is exposed to view through the registered sight openings I 4 and 28.

A magnetic token or disc is prevented, by the coaction of the stop 4|46 and magnet 42, from entering the display pocket 14-" since if a magnetic disc or token is inserted into the coin aperture 21 and the slide I2 is pushed inwardly the magnet 42 wil hold the magnetic disc up in the so that it will abut the stop 4i and be prevented from falling onto the shelf I6 and into the pocket 48 (into Position A Fig. 5).

The spring 3| retains a coin in the display pocket l4l1 and against dislodgment therefrom if the coin chute and associated apparatus are shaken or inverted from their normal position, thereby preventing fraudulent dislodgment of the 5 coin from the coin display pocket ll-I'i.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying our invention into-effect, this is capable of variation and modification, without departing from the.10 spirit of the invention. We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of such variations and modifications as come within appended claims. 15

the scope of the We claim:- 1. A coin chute comprising a coin slide having a coin-receiving or token-receiving aperture formed therein; a guide structure for said coin slide having means to support a coin or token in 20 said aperture when the coin slide is moved from a coin receiving position to a coin discharging position; said guide structure having a coin or token display pocket formed therein for the reception of a coin or token discharged from the 5 said coin aperture of said coin slide; said coin slide having a sight opening formed therein and disposed in registration with said display pocket when said coin slide is disposed in its normal or coin receiving position; a second slide carried by 30 said guide structure and having a coin-receiving or token receiving aperture formed therein said guide structure having means for guiding the second-named slide in a plane substantially parallel to, but below, the plane of movement of said first-named slide; said aperture in the second-named slide being disposed in registration with said display pocket and with said sight opening in said first-named slide when said slides are disposed in their normal or initial positions 0 whereby a coin or token in said aperture of said second-named slide will be visible for inspection: said guide structure having means to support a coin or token in the aperture of said secondnamed slide when the aperture in said secondnamed slide is in registration with said display pocket and said sight opening; means coacting with said first-named slide, when the latter is moved away from its initial position, to move said second-named slide whereby a coin in the aperture of said second named slide will be discharged therefrom and a coin carried in the aperture of said first named slide will be discharged therefrom into said display pocket and will rest upon an end portion of said secondnamed slide; and means for returning said slides to normal position whereby the coin resting upon the end portion of said second-named slide will drop into the aperture of said second-named slide. 2. A coin chute comprising a coin slide having a coin-receiving or token-receiving aperture formed therein; a guide structure for said coin slide having means to support a coin or token in said aperture when the coin slide is moved from a coin receiving position to a.coin discharging position; said guide structure having a coin or token display pocket formed therein for the reception of a coin or token discharged from the said coin aperture of slide having a sight opening formedtherein and disposed in registration with said display pocket when said coin slide is disposed in its normal or coin receiving position; a second slide carried by said guide structure and having a coin-receiving 75 said coin slide; said coin or token receiving aperture formed therein: said guide structure having means for guiding the second-named slide in a plane substantially parallel to, but below, the plane of movement of said first-named slide; said aperture in the secondnamed slide being disposed in registration with said display pocket and with said sight opening in said first-named slide when said slides are disposed in their normal or initial positions whereby a coin or token in said aperture of said secondnamed slide will be visible for inspection; said guide structure having means to support a coin or token in the aperture of said second-named slide when the aperture in said second-named slide is in registration with said display pocket and said sight opening; means including a lost motion connection coacting with said first-named slide, when the latter is moved away from its initial position, to move said second-named slide whereby a coin in the aperture of said secondnamed slide will be discharged therefrom and a coin carried in the aperture of said first-named slide will be discharged therefrom into said dis play pocket and will rest upon an end' portion 01' said second-named slide; and means for returning said slides to normal position whereby the coin 1o resting upon the end portion of said secondnamed slide will drop into the aperture of said second-named slide.

WALTER A. TRATSCH. BERNHARD GRUNIG.

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