US2158459A - Registering bank - Google Patents

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BEST AVAILABLE COP. y 1939- H. T. KINGSBURY 2,158,459

REGISTERING BANK Filed Sept. 25, 1936 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 BEST AVAILABLE COP y 16, 1939- H. T. KINGSBURY 2,158,459

REGISTERING BANK Filed Sept. 25, 1936 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 BEST AVMLABLE COP y 1 H. T. KINGSBURY 2,153,459

REGISTERING BAN Fil ed Sept. 25, 1936 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 BEST AVAILABLE cop May 16, 1 39- H. T. KINGSBURY REGISTERING BANK Filed Sept. 23, 1936 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 BEST AVAILABLE co y 1939- H. T. KINGSBURY 2,158,459

' REGISTERING BANK Filed :Sept. 23, 1936 s Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented May 16, 1939 UNITED STATES BEST AVAlLABLE COP PATENT OFFICE r 13 Claims.

This invention relates to certain improvements in registering banks which are employed for the deposit and receptionof coins of various denominations, along with means operated upon the insertion of a coin for registering the total value of all coins so deposited.

Structures for this purpose have been disclosed and claimed in my prior Patents Nos. 1,939,353 and 2,022,422.

The present invention includes certain simplifications of structures set out in said prior patents, and in a particular association of parts by which the coin-sizing and the register-operating elements are coordinated.

Illustrative ways of practicing the present invention are set out on the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a face view of the indicators in the registry system.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the casing which surrounds the major portions of the operating mechanism.

Fig. 3 is an upright diametrical view through the central axis, on a larger scale than that of Figs. 1 and 2.

Figs. 3a, 3b and 3c are details of parts.

Figs. 4 to 10 are sectional views, on the same scale as Figs. 1 and 2, substantially on lines 44' to Iii-l0 respectively of Fig. 3. Figs. 11 and 12 are diagrams of operation of the coin-sizing elements and certain associated structures. I

Figs. 13 to 16 are perspective views of the register-controlling structures. Fig. 17 is a face view of the cam shown in Figs.

8 and 12. 7

Figs. 18 and 19 are perspective views of details. Fig. 20 is a view of a modified form of structure, corresponding essentially to the showing of Fig. 5.

Fig. 21 is a further sectional view of the modified form, corresponding substantially to Fig. 6.

Fig. 22 is a fragmentary view corresponding to Fig. 20, but showing the parts in another operated position.

Fig. 23 is a perspective view of the rocker of Figs. 20 and 22.

In these drawings, the outer casing and the lower box for receiving coins have been assumed to be substantially identical with those exemplified in my aforesaid patents, and may be provided with the automatically-locked and released access door disclosed therein.

This lower collection box It! is sealed at its top to a fixed cylindrical casing l I having an integral rear wall l2 and a front bezel 13 which slips over and is secured to the front edge of the cylindrical wall H, and extends inwardly for engagement with the glass disc I 3 covering the face of the indicator dial. Brackets l5 are provided on the 5 interior of the cylindrical wall II to determine the distance of this glass from the rear wall l2, and its proper positioning in this outer casing.

The dial l6, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, comprises an outer circular scale which is divided 10 from 0 to "95 and cooperates with a long hand, as described hereinafter, for registering the value of coins by cents. A circular inner scale bears indicia from 0 to 9, and cooperates with a short hand for indicating dollars.- 15

At the rear of the casing II is provided a crank arm I! having a handle knob l8 thereon, by which the various parts may be rotated and thus actuated.

Many of the structures within the casing ll 20 move about an axis concentric with the casing, this axis being provided by a shaft 20 having a portion of large diameter affordingbearings for certain revoluble devices for accomplishing the coin-sizing and registering operations. The 25 shaft also has a flange 20a with a notch in its periphery for providing a driving-connection between this shaft and a register ratchet, as will be described hereinafter more particularly with reference to Fig. 5 hereof. The reduced end 20b of 30 this shaft receive's'the long hand 0, which has a flange to provide a force-fit with the shaft, so that these parts turn together.

The short hand D is rigid with an eyelet or dollar shaft 2| which fits around the shaft por- 35 tion 202), and extends through the dial plate l6. This eyelet 2| is fixed at its inner end to the dollar ratchet 22, parts of which are shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5.

A friction washer 23, which may be of paper, '40 bears against the inner or rear face of the dollar ratchet 22, and inturn receives the peripheral flange 24a of a dished friction member 24 which is provided (Figs. 3 and 3b) with a central aperture to receive the shaft'portion 20b, and with an 45 eccentric rearwardly struck lug 2417. A friction-' clutch pressure spring 25 has a central aperture by which it is guided from the shaft '20, and is provided with a plurality of radially extending spring pressure arms 25a, each of which preferably has a pressure-hump formed thereon for engagement with the rear surface of the friction member 24 (see Figs. 3, 3c and 4). The lug 24b fits between two of the arms 25a. The central annular portion of the-spring structure 25 bears 55.

against the forward surface of the flange 20a, and thereby the spring structure is held in tensed condition.

The flange 20a bears at its rear surface against the front surface of the penny or cents ratchet 26 which is notched at its periphery, in this illustrative form for United States currency, to provide one hundred teeth thereat (Fig. 5). This penny ratchet is mounted on the shaft portion 20, and has a forwardly directed lug 26a. which engages a notch 2110 (Figs. 3 and 5) of the flange 20a, and extends beyond the front surface of the flange 20a to engage between two of the arms 25a of the spring structure 25. Thus, a driving relation is produced between the penny ratchet 26, through the lug 280., which extends on the one hand through the flange 20a and shaft portion 20b to the long hand C, and on the other hand extends from lug 26a to the spring structure 25 and thus by lug 24b to the friction member 26. This penny ratchet 26 also has a forwardly struck lug 28b which operates for transferring registration to the dollar ratchet 22 as will be set out hereinafter.

A second friction disc 21 bears against the rear surface of the penny ratchet 26, and likewise may be of tough paper or like material.

Atthe rear of the second friction washer 21 is the mounting plate 28 for the register-controlling pawls (Figs. 6 and '2). Preferably, in this form of construction, the plate 28 has a forwardly extending annular portion 28a (Figs. 3 and '7) for engagement with the friction member 21 adjacent the periphery thereof.

This supporting plate 28 is provided with a plurality of register-controlling pawls 30a, 39b, 38c, 30d, 30e, equal in number to the number of coins which are to be automatically registered by the apparatus. In the present instance, it is assumed that United Statescoins of the denominations of one, five, ten, twenty-five and fifty cents are to be so registered and indicated. Each of these pawls 30a an example) is located at the front face of the mounting plate 28, and has a rearwardly extending lug 30m which projects through a hole in the supporting plate 28 to provide a pivot for the rocking movement of the correspondent pawl. Further, each of these pawls has an inturned portion 30n located opposite a corresponding aperture- 30:1. (Fig. 7) in the plate 28, and each pawl also has: a curved outer edge for engaging a detent, as described hereinafter.

The supporting plate 28 has notches 28b, 28c, 28d, 28c, 28 at its periphery; whose relative location and effects will be described more in. detail in conjunction with Figs. 11 and 12, and the statement of operation. Each of these notches 28b 28 is provided (as marked for notch 286 in Fig 7) with an inward transition 28k from the adjacent portion of the extreme diameter of the plate 28 a relatively short circular arc 28m of a lesser diameter, and a terminating ramp 281' having its surface arranged substantially in a plane at an angle to the axis of the shaft portion 20'. The supporting plate 28 provides, between these notches,- cam portions 28k, 281, 28m, ZBTL, 28;), which are of lengths equivalent to the denominations of coins and are effective for permitting corresponding movement of the totalizing member, as described hereinafter.

Rearwardly of the supporting plate 28 is provided a pawl actuating cam 3| (Figs. 3, 8, 12 and 1'?) which has a central aperture 3la fitting the shaft portion 20 to be guided thereby. This cam 39c (see Figs. 6 and 18 for BEST AVAILABLE COP 3|, in this illustrative form, has the four humps 3H), 3lc, 3ld, 3le spaced along its periphery at selected points thereof, and a longer hump 3H. The purpose and relative position of these humps is set out hereinafter in connection with Fig. 12 and the description of operation. This cam 3! also has a rearwardly extending apertured elevation 3Im and an apertured lug 3m struck at its rear surface.

At the rear of the cam 3| (Figs. 3 and 8) is the end wall 32 of the revoluble drum which has a peripheral wall 33. The end wall 32 of this drum has a number of elevations 32a thereon, which are arranged at greater radii from the axis of the shaft portion 20 than the periphery of the cam 3|, and which extend to the supporting plate 28 and preferably are secured thereto as by spot welding, whereby to provide a stiff structure surrounding the cam 3i, and guiding the latter against axial rocking or translational movements. The end plate 32 also has an arcuate slot 32b (Fig. 8) for receiving the parts 31m and am of the cam 3|, and permitting the requisite peripheral movement of this cam 3!. This end wall 32 also preferably has apertures 320 into which the ends of the ramp portions 28r may extend, thus providing for a smooth operation during the course of the registering operation, as will be described hereinafter. The peripheral wall 33 of this revoluble drum has a coin-receiving aperture 33a which, when all parts of the sizing and registering mechanisms are at initial position, is presented opposite the coin aperture I la (Figs. 9 and 10) in the outer cylindrical casing wall II. This peripheral Wall 33 also has a further aperture 33b which is substantially diametrically opposite from the aperture 330.. Fixed rigidly within the revoluble drum is a Wall structure 34 providing a wall 34a which may be employed in coin sizing; it is preferred to accurately locate this wall structure 34 by having the feet 34!) thereof spot welded to the end wall 32 of the drum, and preferably the wall structure has a portion 347: projecting into the aperture 33a for better guidance to the coin into the pocket formed by the end wall 32 and the wall structures 34. This wall structure has a forwardly turned circular flange 340 formed integrally therewith, to provide a pivot for the "coin-sizing rocking structure 35. This rocking structure includes a nose 350. which projects into the apertures Ha, 330; when the parts are in initial position, and thus engages the casing H to bring the rotatable system to a standstill at the completion of each coin-deposit-j: ing rotary movement. The coin-sizing structure 35 also comprises the three lugs 35b which assist in determining the correct position of a coin which has been inserted, and thereby assuring a proper sizing thereof. The end 350 of the sizingstructure 35 receives a link 36 which likewise engages the aperture of the projection 3lm of the cam 3i, whereby the cam is rocked in a proportion dependent upon the rocking movement of the sizing structure 35.

The return of the cam structure, following such a rocking movement, is assured bya torsion spring 31 having a coil guided by the shaft portion 20,.

and having one end engaged with the lug am of thecam and the other portion engaged about a lug 34:: on the wall structure 34, as indicated in the dotted lines of Figs. 8 and 9.

The rear wall l2 of the casing has a circular aperture I20. at its center for receiving the forwardly depressed central portion Ila of the handle ll (Figs. 2 and 3), this central portion in turn BEST AVAILABLE cop.

having an aperture for receiving and guiding the shaft portion 20. Inside, and thus at the front surface of the end wall i2, is provided the radial driving arm 40 (Figs. 3 and which has an aperture for fitting around the shaft portion 20, and has the lugs 400. which extend rearwardly and through apertures in the cup Fla, and are clinched behind the rear wall of the latter whereby to provide a fixed driving relation between the crank arm I 1 and the radial driving arm 40. The outer end of the driving arm 40 has a pair of walls 40b which extend forwardly. This driving arm also provides a pivot structure 400 for the direct controlling pawl 4i which has a biting point 4la for engaging the inner surface of the peripheral wall II and thus preventing retrograde movement of the crank handle IT, IS. The proper engagement of the pawl 4| is maintained by a spring 42 which engages on the one hand with the lug 4lb of the pawl, and on the other hand with the inner end of a wall 4012, being retained by the lug 4llba.

' As illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10, the radial driving member 40 extends into the aperture 33b of the revoluble drum structure, and thus turns the same in rotation.

Fixed within the peripheral wall ll of the outer stationary casing, as by spot welding, is a support Hm (Fig. 5) which pivotally receives one end of the register-controlling lever 45 (Figs. 5 and 13 to 16), whereby this lever 45 is permitted to rock toward and from the axis of the shaft portion 20b, and also permitted at its free end to have a movement in a relatively axial direction with regard to the adjoining penny'ratchet 26. The lever 45 hasan inwardly extending free end 45a for receiving the spring 46 which is engaged with the structure-l in: so that the spring operates to press the free end of lever 45 constantly inward and also to press this end relatively toward the end surface 32 of the revoluble drum. The lever 45 also has the axially extending lug 45b which may rest against the front surface of the supportingplate28 (Fig. 13) or againstthe endsurface 32 (Fig. according to the position taken by the lever 45 in its movements toward-and from the'surface 32; and this'lug 4527 may also rest against the" peripheral edge of the supporting plate 28 (Fig. 14) or may be received by one of the'notches 28b '28! andgthen engage (Fig. 15) between two'teeth of the penny ratchet 26. The transfer from the penny ratchet 25 to the dollar ratchet 22 is accomplished in this form of the invention by providing the'd'ollar ratchetj 22, in correspondence with'the ten divisions on the dial i6, with-ten'rearwardly extending lugs 22d (Figs; 4 and 5) ,"janyo'ne of which may beengaged and detainedby the shoulder 50a of the'resilientarm T a-which is secured to a fixed structure, such as the-inwardly extending lug liia of the dial l6 (Figsf3 and 4). The lug 26b of the penny ratchet 28, during the clockwise movement of the latter (Fig; 5) 'is so constructedand arranged that-it may engage the actuator lug 50b of the arm 50 and thereby press the latter outwardly fordisengaging the hook portion 50a from the lug 220 with which it has been engaged, thereby releasing the dollar ratchet 22 from itsformer detention by the spring arm 55, so that a frictional driving is accomplished. During this driving, the lug 26b moves past the position of the actuator portion 50b, so that the hook 59a is released and moves radially inward to engage the next lug 22d. I

Within the reception box ID for the coins, the

fixed cylindrical casing H has a further aperture lirc, which is located in the same plane as the aperture Ha, and through which the coins are ejected from the revoluble drum, so that they fall into the reception box Ill. The peripheral wall H is formed at one end of the aperture Ha: with a ramp Hg for engaging the nose 35a and forcing the latter inwardly, whereby to avoid stoppage of the drum at an undesired point of the revolution.

The operation of this structure is as follows:

It is the purpose of the apparatus to receive coins of various denominations, and by the simple operations of inserting the coin and rotating the crank arm IT, to effect a registration of the amount of the coin, and to discharge this coin into the deposit box ID.

The normal position of the sizing lever 35 is indicated in Fig. 9, from which it will be seen that the nose 35a engages the end of the wall which defines the slot Ha in the casing ll, through which the coin is to be inserted. This nose 35a therefore prevents movement of the crank arm I! in a-relatively clockwise direction in Figs. 1 and 4 to '12 inclusive (corresponding to a counter-clockwise direction in Fig. 2). Movement of the crank arm in the other direction is inhibited by the engagement of the pawl 4! with the inner wall of the housing ii. That is, it is necessary to depress the nose'35a,' so that it can slide'falong'the inner wall of the casing H, in order to permit rotation of the several parts ineluding the crank arm l1.

' The'first operation performed, in moving the parts from this initial position, is that of inserting a coin through the apertures- Ila, and 330, which are in alignment in this initial position (Figs. '9 and 11). The advancing edge of the coin, as it is pressed intothe structure, encounters the lugs 35b and causes the sizing lever'35 As soon as rotation begins, the'pawl 4| operates to prevent any retrograde 'moveinentr When the; coin has been carrieda suiiicient distance past the position of its introduction, so that it will not be ejected by'the'action of the spring 31, it may be released bythe operator's hands. 'Such a position 'of the parts'is shown in Fig. 11, in which a twenty-five cent piece has been'inserted until its outer periphery is substantially coincident with the circular walls of the casing H, and the sizing lever has thus been moved'to the rim line'position of Fig. 11, whichisj marked 25. Since a ten cent piece is smaller, the rocking movement of the sizing leveris less, while for a fifty cent piece, the movement is greater: such positions are indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 11, and it will be understood that each particular coin is of a characteristic diameter, so that the sizing lever 35 tends to move to an angle which is characteristic of the particular coin.

The rotation of the crank i1 carries with it the radial arm 46, the revoluble drum having the end wall 32, the parts of the coinpocket including the pivot 34c of the sizing lever 35, and the supporting plate 28. During the initial portion of the movement of the crank arm H, the coin is brought into engagement with the inner wall of the casing H and is pressed backward against the two lugs 351) most closely adjacent the pivot 340, so that all coins move to this position, regardless of the condition under which they were inserted in the machine. This results in the definite positioning of the sizing lever 35 corresponding to the characteristic diameter of the particular coin. Thereafter, the coin is caused to move with its periphery in contact with the inner surface of the'casing H, so that this characteristic position of the sizing lever 35 is maintained.

The rocking movement of the sizing lever 35 operates through traction on the link 36 to effect a coordinated rocking of the cam 3|, so that the humps on this cam are selectively positioned opposite the pawls 30a 30e. In the illustrated structure, which is utilized for coins of the denominations of one, five, ten, twenty-five and fifty cents, the arrangement of the pawls and of the cam is illustrated in Figs. 6, 8, 12 and 1'7. When a one cent piece is thus properly positioned, the hump 3|e is positioned beneath the lug on pawl 30a. (along radius c, Fig. 12) With a five cent piece, the hump 3|d is positioned-beneath the lug of pawl 30c (radius 1' in Fig. 12) With a ten cent piece, the hump 3|e is positioned beneath the lug of pawl 30b (radius 1 in Fig. 12). With a twenty-five cent piece, the hump 3 l c is positioned beneath the lug of pawl 30d (radius l in Fig. 12) With a fifty cent piece, two humps are presented, the hump 3"; being opposite the lug of pawl 30d (radius 1 in Fig. 12), while the hump 3| is opposite the lug of pawl 30c (radius p in Fig. 12). Thus, for each coin, -aparticular selection is made among the pawlsr Since the coin is inserted at initial position, the several angles have been designated in 12 asnot involving relative rotation of the. supportingplate 28 from initial position, andin effect, therefore, the radius a designates, a normal or starting line. That is, when a one cent piece is introduced, an angular movement of the cam. 3| occurs so that the hump 3|e moves in a relative clockwise direction with respect to the supporting plate 28, until this hump lies along the radius 0, and correspondingly for other coins. a

In this initial position of the parts, the lug 45b of the detent pawl 45 is engaged with a tooth of the penny ratchet 25, and is resting on the end surface of-thesupporting plate 28 (position of Fig.13).

If a one cent piece has been positioned in.-the machine, the movement of the crank arm I! causes rotation of the revoluble drum. Since the coinis maintained in'the coin pocket, the cam 3| moves at:the same rate as the revoluble drum,

and is maintained in its relatively rocked position.

as aforesaid, that is, with the hump 3|e beneath the lug of pawl 30a. The lug 45b holdsthe penny ratchet-26 against being driven through.

the friction member 21 (Figs. 3, 6 and 13), and thus the long hand C remains in its former position opposite the dial l6.

Ultimately, during the movement of the revo-- luble drum, the pawl 38a comes opposite the lug 45b and presses this lug away from the shaft 20 until the lug is free of the penny ratchet 26. The

penny ratchet is then carried in rotation by the action of the friction member 21. Immediately thereafter, however, the sharp nose of the pawl 30a releases the lug 4517 again, and the latter again engages the ratchet 28 after the latter has advanced by a single tooth: it will be noted that this occurs at the notch 28?) (Figs. 6 and 7) BEST AVAILABLE COP- so that the'lug 4517 can immediately return to regain its detaining position. Shortly thereafter, during the continued movement of the revoluble drum, the next ramp 281' will raise the lug 45b and restore it to a position on the end surface of the supporting plate 28.

When a larger denomination of coin is inserted, so that'the movement of the penny ratchet 26 must be greater than that of a single tooth, then a different selection of the humps on the cam 3| occurs as described above. During the movement of the rotatable drum, ultimately the selected pawl (such as the pawl 30b in Figs. 12 and 14) comes opposite the lug 45b and presses the latter outward away from the axis of the shaft portion 20, until the lug 45b is beyond the peripheral edge of the supporting plate 28. The spring 45 now operates to rock the detent lever 45 in a relatively axial direction with respect to the shaft portion 60, that is, in a downward direc- 5 tion in Fig. 14 until the lug 45b rests against the surface of the drum end wall 32. It will be seen from Figs. 5, l2 and 14 that the lug 45b has thus been disengaged from the penny ratchet 26, and

is being held out of such engagement by a larger diameter portion of the periphery of the supporting plate 23.

As the crank arm I! is turned further, the revoluble drum continues its. movement and the supporting plate 28 operates through the friction member 21 to move the penny ratchet 26 and thus the long hand C through the shaft portion 20b as described above. The peripheral lengths of the outer peripheral cam portions of supporting plate 28 are constructed in such a manner. that their arcuate lengths, from the point at which a pawl 30b, 30c, 30d is operative as described for Fig. 14, to a following notch 28c, 28d, etc., respec.-. tively represent a number of teeth on the penny ratchet 25 equal in number to the denomination of the coin which has operated in the sizing operating to effect a selection of the proper pawl.

Thus, after the revoluble drum has turned the lug 45b with the penny ratchet illustrated in Fig. 15.

During the'further movement of the revoluble drum, however, the ramp 281' corresponding to the particular notch is presented to the.end of the lug 45b, and thus a further relatively-axial movement is given to thislug and it is thus moved (forexample, raised from the position of Fig. 15 to the position of Fig. 16) so that thelug is returned:

to its initial position against the endsurface of the supporting plate 28, as'shown in Fig. 16. It will be noted that this axial movement results in a sliding of the lug along the tooth with which it is then engaged, but without any releasing of the penny ratchet 28. It will be noted that, in some instances, further notches, such as the notches 28b, 28c, are brought opposite the lug 45b: in such cases, the lug drops from the end surface of plate 28 to the end surface 32 of the drum, and thenis raised by the following ramp 281", but always maintains its detaining relation with the penny ratchet 26.

With the sizing and registering of a fifty cent:

' arm I! through a single revolution.

Fig. 13150 that of Fig. 14 by the pawl 30d, but the pawl 30c isalso held outwardly, and in effect bridges across and closes the notch 282, so that the lug 45b cannot move inward from the position of Fig. 14 to that of Fig. 15 at this notch, but is compelled to continue out of engagement with the penny ratchet 25 until the final notch 28 is reached.

Thus, when the presence of a five cent piece causes the pawl 30c to release the lug 4% at radius (Fig. 12), this lug 45b moves inward again at radius m, a distance of five teeth on the penny ratchet 26. correspondingly, when a ten cent piece effects such a release at radius f, restoration occurs at radius 71., after movement of the parts to an are representing ten teeth; with a twenty-five cent piece, the release occurs at radius 1, and restoration at radius 11.; while with a fifty cent piece, release occurs at radius 1, and restoration at radius q, since the pawl 3I'Ie is effective adjacent radius 0 to prevent a restoration along radius 11. The general position at which the detent 45 is operated m indicated by the radius b.

Thus, it will be seen that the manipulations involving each coin effect a sizing operation by which the coin causes selection of proper means for releasing a detent, and then restoring the detent to detaining position after the register system has been moved a distance corresponding to the denomination of the coin.

In some instances, this inward movement of the lug 45b from the larger diameter of plate 28 into the notch, for determining the end of the movement of the penny ratchet 26, occurs while the coin is still detained in the coin pocket. Thereafter, the movement of the drum brings the opening 330 opposite the opening Hz, and the spring 31 then operates to restore the sizing lever 35 to its former position, and the coin passes into the box III. The revoluble drum, however, is still free to move in a forward direction, as the ramp IIy depresses the nose 35a sufficiently to permit this continued rotation. Finally, however, the nose 35a escapes into the opening Ho, and is detained by the end wall thereof. The parts are now in initial position, ready for insertion of a new coin.

The mechanical effects have comprised the insertion of a coin and the rotation of the crank The visible efiect is the movement of the long hand C opposite the lndicia on the dial I6 from the former reading to one which is greater by the denomination of the coin which has been registered. If the value of the coin is such that the long hand moves past 0, the lug 26b of the penny ratchet 26 operates, as described in connection with Fig. 4 and 5, to accomplish a movement of the dollar ratchet 22 and therewith a movement of the short hand D from one dollar unit to the next, with respect to the dial indicia.

A modified form of structure is indicated in Figs. and 21, substantially corresponding, re-- spectively, to Figs. 5, 6, and in Fig. 22 shows a different moved position of the parts in Fig. 20.

In this form, the outer casing II contains a revoluble drum with an end surface 32 as before, this end surface having a forwardly projecting lug 321:. The revoluble drum includes the structures comprising the sizing lever, coin pocket, etc., along with the detent nose 350; The operation of the sizing lever produces a rocking of the cam 3Ik, Fig. 21, which is distinguished from the cam 3I of Fig. 8 in that it has only three humps. The structure is intended only to accept and register BEST AVAILABLE COP 5 coins having the denomination of five, ten, twenty-five and fifty cents. Hence, it has four pawls, comprising the pawl I3Ilb which is actuated for a ten cent piece, the pawl I300 which is actuated for a five cent piece, the pawl I30d which is actuated fora twenty-five cent piece, and the pawl I3le which is only actuated for a fifty cent piece. correspondingly, the teeth on the penny ratchet I26 (Figs. 20 and 22) are of a length which is five times that of the teeth of the penny ratchet 25 of Fig. 5, as the shortest angular movement will correspond to five cents on the dial, and this dial indicates a dollar, or twenty such movements. Further, this modified form is intended to register to five dollars only, and not to ten, by a full revolutin of the short hand B. For this purpose, the penny ratchet I26 is provided with two lugs 261), so that the short hand moves by half the are from 0 to 1, for example, when fifty cents has been registered by the long hand, and then completes the other half of this are when the full dollar has been registered. The method of operation in this dollar transfer is obvious from the disclosure with respect to Fig. 5.

In this form, the fixed support IIIm is inside the casing II and pivotally supports the detent or locking arm I 45, which in this form need only make a rocking motion toward and from the shaft portion 26b. It has a lug which extends toward the plate 32 for engaging the teeth of the penny ratchet I 26, and for actuation by the successive pawls I302), I380, etc. The structure IIIm also engages the rocker I28, which has a lug I280 directed toward the end of the detent I45. The structure I I Im is preferably secured to the casing II adjacent its connection to the resilient detent arm I45, and is free at the other end and operates upon the rocker I28 to press the lattertoward the end of the arm I45.

The registering operation of the penny ratchet in Figs. 20 to 22 is as follows: when a coin is inserted, the cam 3Ik is rocked and its humps accomplish a selection as before, but in this form of the structure, only a single pawl is selected by any one coin. As the revoluble drum is rotated, the pawls are carried alongtherewith, one of these pawls having been selected by the corresponding coin. The detent arm I45 is holding the penny ratchet I26 against driving through a friction member corresponding to the friction member 21 of Fig. 6. Ultimately, the selected pawl I30b I30e engages the lug on the detent lever I45 and presses the latter outward, out of engagement with the penny ratchet I25, and the rocker I28 now slips inward and presents its lug I28a to hold the detent IE5 out of engagement (Fig. 22) with the ratchet I26. The penny ratchet I26 is now turned through the friction member. Finally, the lug 32k encounters the rocker I28 and moves this rocker in a counter-clockwise direction from the position of Fig. 22, so that the detent I45 can return to the position of Fig. 20, and again engage. and stop the penny ratchet I 28. The rocker I28 has anotch I28b (Fig. 23), which permits the lug 32k to escape past it, whereupon the rocker is returned by the resiliency of the mounting IIIm.

It will be noted that the angular distance, around the periphery of the revoluble drum, from the point at which a pawl I302), etc., operates, to

the radial line which this point attains when the lug I32k disengages the rocker I28, is equivalent to the denomination of the coin corresponding to such pawl.

The operation of releasing the coin from the coin pocket, and other features, are essentially the same as described for the first modification.

It is obvious that the invention may be practiced in many other ways without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a registering bank, a casing; a member revoluble in the casing and including a coin holder for receiving coins of various denominations, a cam member selectively actuated in accordance with the denomination of the coin-and having selecting means thereon positioned during such actuation, means responsive to the size of the coin for actuating the cam member and mounted on said revoluble member, and selector devices controlled by the selecting means on the cam member; registering means including a registering member to be advanced in accordance with the denomination of the coin, and a friction device for causing said registering member to turn with the revoluble member; a detent on the easing for holding the registering member against advancement and operated for releasing the registering member by a selector device when the latter is under control of. the cam member, and means on the revoluble member for restoring the detent for holding the registering member after the latter has been advanced a distance corresponding to the denomination of the coin positioned in the revoluble member.

2. A bank as in claim 1, in which the coinresponsive means is a coin sizing lever connected for moving the cam member and a link, and in which the revoluble member and cam member turn about coincident axes, and the coin sizing lever turns about an axis parallel to and spaced from said coincident axes and is connected by said link with the cam member.

3. In a registering bank, a casing, a member revoluble in the casing and including a coin holder for receiving coins of various denominations and having mounted thereon selecting devices, means responsive to the'size of the coin for controlling the movement of said selecting devices and selectively moved in accordance with the denomination of the coins, a registering member, a friction member for causing said registering member to turn with the revoluble member, a detent on the casing to hold the registering member against advancement, said selecting devices being effective when selectively controlled by said coin-responive means for disengaging the detent from said registering member, means for preventing re-engagement of the detent, and means on the revoluble member for restoring the detent to initial engaging position after the registering member has been advanced a distance corresponding to the denomination of the coin.

v 4. A bank as in claim 3, in which the revoluble member has a cam portion for providing said preventing means, and also has another portion for restoring the detent to initial position.

5. A bank as in claim 3, in which the detent is mounted for movement in two planes at an angle to one another, the selecting devices being effective for causing the detent to move in one said plane for disengaging the registering member, means for causing the detent to move in the ,other plane when so disengaged, said revoluble member having thereon said preventing means, said preventing means being effective for preventing re-engagement of the detent after movement in the other plane until the registering member has been advanced a distance corresponding to the denomination of the coin and BEsrAvArLABLE-oom thereupon being eifective for re-engagement of the detent by movement thereof in said one plane, and said revoluble member also including said restoring means for moving the detent in the other plane whereby to restore the detent to initial position.

6. In a registering bank, a casing; a member revoluble in the casing and including a coin holder for receiving coins of various denominations, selector devices mounted for movement on said revoluble member, and means responsive to the size of the coin for actuating the selector devices; a registering member to be advanced in accordance with the denomination of the coins, and a friction device for causing said registering member to turn with the revoluble member; a detent on the casing to hold the registering member against advancement, the selector devices being effective when selected for disengaging the detent from the registering member, latching means on the casing for preventing re-engagement of the detent, and means on the revoluble member for operating the latching means whereby to effect re-engagement of the detent with the registering member.

l. A bank as in claim 6, in which said latchoperating means comprises a single projection on the revoluble member for engaging the latching means, and in which the selector devices are pivoted on the revoluble member and positioned in advance of said latch-operating projection for disengagingthe detent from the registering member a distance in advance of the latch releasing ,movement of the projection which is equivalent to the denomination of the coin.

8. In a registering bank,'a casing; a member revoluble in the casing and including a coin holder for receiving coins of various denominations, a coin sizing lever pivoted on said revoluble member, a cam member connected to said coin sizing lever and selectively actuated in accordance with the denomination of the coin and including a plurality of selecting means, and selector devices eccentrically' pivoted on said revoluble member and having portions selectively engaged by a corresponding selecting means on the cam member in accordance with the denomination of the coin in said receiving means; a registering member and a friction device for causing said registering member to turn with the revoluble has been selected will be effective to disengage the detent from the registering member, and means on the revoluble member for restoring the detent to holding engagement with the registering member after the latter has been advanced a distance corresponding to the denomination of the coin positioned in the revoluble member.

9. In a registering bank, a casing, a member revoluble in the casing and including a coin holder for receiving coins of various denominations, selector devices eccentrically pivoted on the revoluble member and selected according to the denomination of the coin in the revoluble member, means responsive to the size of the coin for actuating the selector devices, a registering member, a friction device for causing said totalizing member to turn with the revoluble member, a detent on the casing for engaging the registering member and operating with the selector devices to be disengaged from the registering member, said revoluble member being formed with a plurality of cam surfaces for maintaining the detent out of engagement with the registering member, each said cam surface having a length corresponding to the denomination of a coin, and means fixed to the revoluble member at the end of each said cam surface for restoring the detent to its initial position of engagement with the registering member.

10. A registering bank comprising a casing and a revoluble member in said casing, said member having rigid therewith a first end surface and a supporting plate having a second end surface spaced from said first end surface, said supporting plate having its periphery formed with cam surfaces and with notches, selector devices pivoted on said revoluble member, coin responsive means on the revoluble member for selectively controlling the selector devices, a registering member, a detent mounted on the casing, friction means for driving the registering member when the revoluble member is rotated, said detent normally being engaged with said second surface, said revoluble member being effective in movement for causing a selected selector device to cause the detent to leave said second surface and pass onto said first surface and therewith be held by said cam portion out of engagement with the registering member so that the latter may be turned from said friction member, the notch on the supporting plate at the end of the corresponding cam portion permitting the reengagement of the detent with the registering member, and means located at the end of the notch for returning the detent from engagement with said first surface to its initial position of engagement with said second surface.

11. In a registering bank, a casing, a revoluble member having an end wall, a supporting plate forming part of the revoluble member and spaced from said end wall, a cam member positioned between the end wall and the supporting plate and revoluble about the same axis as the revoluble member and also being movable about said axis independently of the revoluble member, said cam member having a plurality of selecting means thereon, coin sizing means for producing such a relative movement of the cam member of an amount which is determined in accordance with the denomination of the coin being sized whereby to position for effective operation a corresponding selecting means, a plurality of selector devices pivoted on the revoluble member and having projections extending into the path of movement of the cam member, so that said selecting means on the cam member effectively selects among the selector devices in accordance with the denomination of the coin, a registering member, a friction member for driving said registering member from the revoluble member, and a detent for holding the registering member against movement, said selector devices being effective for disengaging the detent.

12. A registering bank comprising a casing, a revoluble member including a coin holder and BEST AVAiLABLE co! 7 having a sizing means mounted thereon, selector devices mounted on said revoluble member, said sizing means being effective for selectively limiting the movement of a selected selector device according to the denomination of the coin being sized, a registering member, a friction member for driving the registering member from said revoluble member, a detent on the casing for holding the registering member against movement, said revoluble member having a first end surface and a second end surface axially spaced therefrom, the detent being engageable with one or the other of said surfaces, said revoluble member also providing peripheral portions of lengths equivalent to the denominations of coins, each said peripheral portion terminating at a notch by which said second surface is interrupted along the path of relative movement of the detent, ramps extending from said first surface to said second surface at one end of each notch for restoring the detent from said first surface to said second surface, the selector devices being effective for displacing the detent from engagement with the registering member and moving it to a position opposite the corresponding peripheral portion, and means for moving the detent from alignment with the second surface into engagement with said first surface so that the detent is held by the corresponding peripheral portion against re-engagement with the registering member until the corresponding notch is presented opposite the detent.

13. A registering bank comprising a casing, a revoluble member including a coin holder and having a sizing means mounted thereon, selector devices mounted on said revoluble member, said sizing means being connected and arranged to be effective for selectively limiting the movement of a selected selector device according to the denomination of the coin being sized, selector devices for cooperation with the cam, one of said selector devices being actuated for each of two coins of different denomination and another selector device being actuated only by the one of said coins which is of greater denomination, a registering member, a detent for holding the registering member against movement, means for advancing the registering member with the revoluble member, a detent controlling member, said selector devices being effective for controlling the detent whereby at the first contact of the detent and a selecting device, the detent is disengaged from the registering member, means for preventing re-engagement of the detent with the registering member until the registering member has been advanced through a distance corresponding to the denomination of the coin of smaller value, said second selector device being effective with the presence of a coin of the larger denomination for preventing re-engagement of the detent with the registering member at the position of re-engagement for the coin of lesser denomination.

HARRY T. KINGSBURY.

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