US2300603A - Coin handling mechanism - Google Patents

Description

.N0\ 3, 1942. .1. c. WAHL 2,300,603

COIN HANDLING MECHANISM Filed July so, 193 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 K ,B MM .g/ nu Q g p j Nov. 3, 1942. J. c. WAHL 2,300,603

' COIN HANDLING MECHANISM Filed July 30, 1938 6 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventor JOZUZCZUaZZZ 3 9 Nov.3, 1942. J, WAHL 2,300,603 7 COIN HANDLING MEGHANI SM Filed July so, 1938 6 sheets-$119904 Inentor John C wah L.

Nov. 3, 1942. J c w COIN HANDLING MECHANISM Filed July 30, 1938 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 Inventor JohnC.U/ahl 19 @0010 W Nov. 3, 1942. c. WAHL 2,300,603

COIN HANDLING MECHANISM Filed July so, 1958 6 Sheets-Sheet e I y i I 3/ a0 15 3/ 15 Inventor JoZmCll/ah iy MQ-MM d g'y- Patented Nov. 3, 1942 2,300,003 com HANDLING MECHANISM John C. Wahi, Chicago, 111., assignor to Lion Manufacturing Corporation, Chicago, 11]., a corporation of Illinois Application July 30, 1938, Serial No. 222,247

Claims.

' The invention relates to a coin chute and coin handling or feed mechanism for use with coin freed mechanisms such as vendors, amusement apparatus, or the'like.

It is desirable that such coin handling mechanism be certain in operation and free of mechanical difliculties caused when unscrupulous persons attempt to pass unauthentic coins or checks through the coin handling or feed mechanism. To that end the mechanism should include effective means to reject or by-pass magnetic slugs and undersized slugs or coins, as well as to prevent jamming in the event two coins are accidentally fed into the mechanism at the same time. Further, it is desirable to provide means to move a certain numberof previously fed coins in a display position behind a window before discharging same into a cash box, such means additionally serving to prevent petty cheating because by making all coins handled visible there is a strong psychological deterrent to the use of unauthentic coins, even if some can be found that might be used in spite of the aforementioned safeguards.

With these problems presented, the main object of the invention is to provide an improved coin chute or coin handling mechanism for the purposes stated.

Another object is to provide a mechanism of the kind stated, which will include means to reject or by-pass most types of unauthentic coins without jamming the mechanism.

Another object is to provide means to prevent two coins from passing into the mechanism at the same time and insure that they will pass through the force of gravity as much as possiblein allowing the coin to reach a position where it will be determined to be authentic before it can positively'be moved into the display Escalator. Other important objects will become known as the disclosure is more fully made.

Generallythe improved structure of the invention embodies a suitable frame carrying a shaft or-etlie like 06 bereleased after operation of the coin handling mechanism by a proper coin. Such shaft will serve to operate a vendor or release 55 handling unit per se; I

amusement apparatus for play, depending upon where the coin chute is used. The coin chute will be mounted on the frame in a generally upright position but tilted back out of the vertical. A coin feed opening is provided and when a coin is inserted thereinto it will drop or slide by gravity through a testing passage where means is present servingsto by-pass magnetic slugs, or un dersized slugs and coins, thus preventing such pieces from entering the operating-position in the ,mecha'nism. Means is also associated with this entrance passage to prevent two coins from being simultaneously moved into the chute, such means being controlled to operate in a manner whereby such two coins will be constrained to enter the operating position successively, thereby preventing jamming. With an authentic coin lodged and retained in said operating position at the receiving end of a display Escalator for moving the coins to a cash box or the like, a manual means may be operated to positively move the coin into the Escalator and operate the vendor or other means depicted herein illustratively as a rock shaft. Said shaft has associated with it lock means which is made ineffective by a proper coin held in the operating position mentioned. When a hand lever, or the like, is now operated to rock the shaft and operate the vendor or the like, means is simultaneously operative to engage and press the coin downwardly from its operative position and move it into the display Escalator. This'latter device comprises an endless slotted band arranged to enable coins to have an edge thereof fit into a respective alined slot for moving the coin, or a series of coins against an abutment step by step, behind a window for the reasons stated, and finally discharge the coins one at a time, in succession, from the coin chute or handling mechanism. All parts of the mechanism are thereafter restored to initial position 1 ready to be operated upon theentrance of a succeeding proper coin into the mechanism, all as will subsequently be more fully described.

Reference is here made to applicant's copendlng application, Serial No. 226,615, filed August 2, 1938. The present application claims the coin handling mechanism as herein shown in one form, whereas the copending application claims a plural organization of the same mechanism with a common selective operating means.

In the accompanying sheets of drawings illustrating a practicable example of the invention:

Figure 1 is a front elevational'view. on substantially full size scale, of the improved coin Figure 2 is a rear view thereof; Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the same unit mounted on a support or frame of a vendor the Escalator drive wheels taken along line 8-8 of Figure looking in the indicated direction;

Figure 9 is a general side view of a typical coin operated machine cabinet carrying the improved coin handling mechanism and also showing the coin freed shaft and manual control lever, the parts being shown in starting or ini-' 4 tial position;

Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 9, but showing the parts in released position after the manual control lever has been swlmg forwardly;

Figure 11 is'a reduced scale, front elevational view of the cabinet; showing the coin Escalator in dotted lines behind the window formed in the cabinet to display a number of previously handled coins: and, v

Figure 12 is a front detail view of a part of the lever mechanism shown in Figure 4.

Looking at Figures 9, 10 and 11 it willbe seen that the coin released machine, such as a vendor,

may take any desired form, and comprises a cabinet l5, having a front wall l5, one upper portion of which is formed with an elongated vertical, glass covered, display opening, or window |1. Above, :and to one side of the window is a circular opening in the wall l5 through which is projected the coin entrance sleeve I8 carried at'the upper end of a front plate I8 disposed in an upright manner and tilted rearwardly as shown out of a vertical plane.

Inside the cabinet I5 is suitably positioned a frame comprising opposite, spaced side members 28, the front edges of which have secured thereto a rear plate 2| somewhat thicker than the front plate I 8. These two plates l8 and 2! are substantially coextensive in size and shape and lie flatly one on the other, both being inclined from the vertical, as shown, and serving together as the mounting means or support for the coin chute mechanism of this invention. These two plates as a unit are secured to the front edges of the two spaced side frame members by bolts 22 (Figure 3) which enter respectiveholes 23 provided in the plates l5 and 2| for that purpose.

At the lower portion of the cabinet l5 the frame 28 carries a cross rock shaft 24, one end thereof extending outwardly through an end wall of the frame where it carries fast thereon an upright operating member in the form of a hand lever 25. This shaft; 24 when freed by the coin handling mechanism to be described, can be rocked by the lever 25 to operate any suitable means (not shown) as are common in the vendor and amusement machine art. One end of the shaft 24. inside the cabinet and adjacent one side member 20 carries fast thereon a lever 26 and an oppositely extending boss 21 also fast thereon. Thus the parts 28 and 21 the shaft 24. This end of the shaft 24 also car'- ries loosely thereon a quadrant shaped member 28, one corner of which carries a transverse pin 28 engaging behind an edge of the arm 28, as shown. The quadrant 28 at another point carries a rigid, oppositely extending transverse pin 38 which normally is held in the narrowed end of an opening 3| formed in the proximate frame member 28, ,-because of the pull of a spring 22 connected between the quadrant 28 and member 28 as shown in Figures Sand 10. The quadrant between its pins is for-med withahumpll normally engaged by a lock lever '34 pivoted intermediate its ends at 35 to the frame 20 and biased by a spring 88 to engage one end of the lever 84 by said hump 88 as shown in Figure 9. A notch in the quadrant is formed at 33 adjacent the hump. A lifting link 31 has one end pivotally connected to the operative end of the lever 84, as shown.

Adjacent the boss 21 the frame 20 by means of a pin 38 pivotally carries a lever 38 one end be described for for its head 41 rock with 7 the shaft 58. A spring of which is engaged with the boss 21 while the other end has pivoted thereto, one end of an upright link 48.

The link 81 is controlled by a proper coin held in operating position as will later appear, the coin causing the link 81 to be held raised wherebythe latch 84, 88 is released to enable operation of the lever 25 and shaft 24. At the same time the link 40 through boss 21 and lever 88 may be pulled down to operate mechanism to positively moving a coin downwardly from its operating position into the Escalator, said Escalator also being driven as the result of the upward movement of said link: 48.

The link 48 has its upper end pivotally connected to a bell crank 4| (see Figure 4) pivoted on a pin 42 to member '28. The other corner of the member 4| carries a rigid transverse pin 48 located in the notch 44 of the downturned end of a lever 45 pivotally connected by a shaft 48 to the frame 28. This lever 45.extends upwardly and forwardly and has a head end 41 shaped-to extend forwardly through a vertical, narrow, elongated slot 48 (see Figure 2) formed through the superimposed plates l8 and 2|.

A latching lever 48 is also pivoted on the fulcrum 46 the same having a hooked free end forming a notch 58 for a purpose later to be made known. The lever has a transverse extension 5| arranged over the back edge of the large lever 45 and a spring 52 connected between the extension 5| and lever 45 as shown in Figure 4 causes the lever 48 to move with lever 45 although the two are independently pivotally mounted on the fulcrum 46. The lever 45 is positively moved down as will appear and the spring 52 pulls latch lever 48 down with it, although the lever 45 makes a much longer down stroke since it is necessary to travel substantially the length of the slot 48.

The upper end of the link 31 as shown in Figures 3, 4 and 12 is pivotally connected by a transverse pin 53 fastened to a forwardly extending arm 54 integral with a sleeve 55 made fast to a cross shaft 58 journaled in the side members or end plates 28. The arm 54 is made wide so that it can rigidly carry two vertically spaced, transversely extending, parallel pins 51 and 58. The pin 51 extends into an opening 58 larger in diameter than the pin, extension 88 extending forwardly from an upright lever 6| loosely pivoted intermediate its ends on 82 is connected between and formed in an arm an upper part of the lever 8| and the other pin 58 on arm 54. Relative movement, because of the loose connection 51, 59 can take place between link 31 and the loose lever 6|. This lever 6| has a lower extension 82' and a rear extension 63, which extensions in this disclosure may be considered to serve as counterbalancing means for the lever 6|. The upper end of the lever 6| is turned upwardly and forwardly and at its upper terminal end carries a transverse pin 54 for a purpose to appear.

There has now been described all of the auxiliary operating mechanism cooperating with the coin chute and released thereby for operation. The specific details of the coin handling mechanism will now be described.

The plate support l9 and 2| has an upper offset portion (see Figures 1 and 2) and a lower offset portion, the upper portion serving to carry the coin entrance passage and testing means, while the lower offset portion forms the display means cooperating with a coin Escalator.

Taking the upper offset portion first, as shown in Figure 1, it will beseen that the plates l9 and 2| between them are provided with a downwardly extending coin drop passage 65 leading from the coin drop opening It. This passage at its lower end curves to the right as seen in Figure 1 and terminates in a position where the lower end of the slot 48 would approximately diametrically aline across the face of a coin lodged at the lower end of said passage 65. In this latter position the coin, one of which is shown in dotted lines at 66 in Figure 1, is considered to be in the operating position where the coin machine parts may now be operated by the lever 25. (See also Figure 4.)

The two plates l9 and 2| are held flatwise together by screws 61. The front plate I9 is formed with a vertical slot in having a lower extension 69 extending across the offset portion,of the coin passage 65. The upper part of slot 68 has a narrow upwardly extending extension 10. The rear plate 2| in back of the slot 88, G9 is formed with a similarly shaped slot 1| (Figure 2) of consider--" ably greater width, in fact of a width designed to conform to the diameter of undersized coins such as pennies. The penny will be assumed herein to be undersize and the proper size coin will be considered the five cent piece. Thus, the back side of the coin drop passage' in advance of the operating position designated by coin 86 will be open and since the plates l9, 2| lean back, it follows undersized coins such as dimes and pennies will fall from the passage 65 through slot" 1| before they can reach an operating position. Such rejected coins can be received by any suitable chute, not shown, and directed to any out of the way place in the cabinet, as may be desired.

On the front face of plate IS on opposite sidesof the slot 68 are ears 12 for mounting a cross shaft 13 on which is rockable intermediate its endsja peculiarly shaped lever 14 having an upper hooked portion 15 passed back through the upper left hand part of slot 68 as shown in Figure 3. This upper portion is weighted as at 16 and 11 to provide proper balance against the lower end of the lever which is formed as an extension 18 movable in slot extension 69 and normally lightly held by the counterweights described in a position to be engaged by a coin or the like moving down the passage 85. This extension 18 cooperates with slot 1| to deflect undersize coins from the passage 85 in an obvious manner. Ads Jacent the upper end of the slot 68 above shaft 13 one edge of the slot is cut out to provide a projection 19 against the top edge of'which the rear end of the hooked :portion 15' abuts to limit the movement of thelatter in an inward direction. The weights 16 and 11 being forward of the pivot 13 act normally to swing the tall 15 outwardly and hold the extension 18 inwardly so that a coin moving down the passage must engage same.

The plates I9 and 2| below the coin entrance sleeve I8 and to one side thereof have a transverse slot formed therethrough as app ars in Figures 1 and 4, the front portion of the slot tapering downwardly as at 2|. The back side of the plate 2|, as :seen in Figure 2, is provided with spaced ears 82 carrying a transverse shaft- 83. Pivotally hung from this shaft is a lever 84 shaped as the tail of an enlarged head portion 85 provided with counterweight means 86 to hold said lever normally back with its tall 84 extending forwardly into the slot 6| as shown in Fi ure 3. Secured to the head 85 of this lever is a laterally extending stop member 81, having a horizontal portion formed with a notch 28 and a front extension 89 curved downwardly to cooperate with and fit into the slot 80 already described. One edge-of this head 81 proximate the entrance to the coin drop passage 65 will engage the edge of one coin when two coins are simultaneously fed into the spout ll to make it possible for one coin only to enter thepassage 65 and move therealong as will later more fully appear. A coin in the operating position, such as the coin 86 serves a cooperating locking function in this connection as will next appear.

Looking at the back side of the plate 2|, as

shown in Figures 2 and 4, it will be seen that'on opposite sides of the upper end of the" vertical slot 48 there are provided two spaced cars 90, carrying a cross shaft 9| onwhich is hinged, intermediate its ends, a generally upright lever 92. Said lever has a right angularly turned, upwardly extending portion 93 disposed in the notch "of the member 81. This lever extends quite a distance below its fulcrum and at its lower end is formed with a forwardly extending portion 9'! and a rearwardly-extendlng fork portion 85. The forward portion 94 extends through a vertical slot 98 formed in the plates l9 and 2| adjacent slot 40 so that the portion 9!, as shown in Figure 4, may press against a coin held in the operating position in the passage 65. such as the coin 66 shown. Thebalanced weight of said lever 92 is such that the part 94 will tend to pass into the slot 98, unless a coin is in the operating position and then, of course, the part 94 will abut the back side of such coin. As shown in Figure 4, when a coin as, 68 is abutted by the part 94, the lever 82 is locked against movement so that the upper part 93 thereof is p iessed forwardly in. the notch 88 to hold the stop member 89 forwardly in the slot -80 to prevent ingress of coins into the entrance to the passage 85.

The plate 2| along one edge is formed with a hook 96. Pivotally carried on a pin 01 in a space 98 provided between the plates I! and 2| is a latch member 99 which has a hook end I00. A spring |0| is connected between the hook I00 and hook 96 normally to pull the latch 98 so that the same may project its end into the slot 96 and abut the lower edge of a coin, such as coin 66, and positively hold same'in the operating position at the lower end of the passage 85 as shown in Figure 1. As shown the movement of said latch 89 is limited by one edge of the space 9|.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2 one edge of the plates I3 and 2I is complementarily extended laterally to provide ears I02 between which is secured, by a screw I03, a horseshoe magnet I04, positioned horizontally, with the end of the lower leg rounded or curved as at I05. This magnet has its field disposed proximate a side edge of the coin drop passage 65 in a manner best to attract magnetic slugs dropping down the passage 65. (See Figure 7.) The ears I02 carry a small receptacle I06 therebelow and a slot I01 is formed in the rear plate 2 I laterally from the passage 65 and directed toward the open top of the box I06 so that a magnetic slug-will be magnetically attracted and drawn side or edgewise to the left,

as viewed in Figure 7, and with the aid of gravity, caused to roll under and around the arcuate magnet leg I05 to pass through the slot I01 and into the box I06.

' Going back now to lever 02, (Figure 4) the lower end thereof is forked as at 05, said fork spanning the pin 64 on the upper end of the lever 6|. Play is permitted between the fork 95 and pin 64. The escalator for moving the coins out of the coin handling mechanism will next be described.

As shown in Figures 1, 2, 4 and 5 the back plate 2| at its lower offset portion below the operating position of the coin 66 carries by screws I01 in spaced relation to the plate 2I, an auxiliary plate I08of irregular shape. Below the operating position of the coin 66, the rear plat 2| is cut out to form a long vertical coin display passage I having an abutment edge H0. The top plate I8 has its lower oifset portion extended slightly to overhang the abutment edge IIO so that coins moving down said display passage I 00 are properly guided and cannot jump or be forced out. It will be understood that this display passage I03 is directly under or behind the window I1 (Figure 11) in the cabinet or housing I6, so that the coins in the passage I00 are readily visible at all times.

Upper and lower portions of the plate I09 carry an upper shaft III and a lower parallel shaft II2 (Figure A-front stationary plate II3 is carried on the shafts III and "2.. Each shaft as shown in Figure 8 carries loosely, a novel form of reel mechanism for an endless escalator band, presently to be described. Each reel is numbered H4 and is built up of a series of laminated disks II 5 secured together as a reel unit in any desired manner. A disk I I5 of each reel is formed at angular intervals on its periphery with driver prongs II6 (Figure 8') and another disk in each reel has a smooth periphery to provide a spool surface for an endless steel band I I 1, which has spaced slots II 3 to receive the lugs II5 whereby to drive the band. The band approximately on its center line is formed with large coin receiving slots II9 (see Figure 6), which individually receive coins in the manner indicated in dotted lines in Figure 8. The width of the slots II3, as well as their length may be varied in different bands in accordance with the size of the coins to be'handled. The width or thickness of the inner disk II5 lying in the same plane with said slots H0 may similarly be altered by substitu- .-tion to accommodate diiferent thicknesses of coins. Said inner disk at angular intervals is formed with humps I20 (see Figure 5) thereby forming pockets I2I to receive coins sticking through the band H1 and slots II 0.

One end disk H5 is formed with notches to form ratchet teeth I22 at spaced intervals corresponding with the spacing of the driver lugs II6.

Both reels H4 in the respectsso far mentioned 7 are same. The plate II3 has an outstanding ear I23 carrying a pin or roller I24 serving to keep the band I I1 properly guided and tensioned. A

' cross shaft I25 is carried by plates I08 and I I3 hump I for a purpose pawl heads I21 intermediate the reels II4, otally carrying a lever pawl I26 having at its ends respectively, oppositely faced pawl heads I 21 as seen in Figure 5. These pawl heads engage in the notches or teeth I22 in the reels I I4, as shown in a manner to make these reels positively driven in the same direction. Rockable with the pawl lever I26 as an integral part thereof and also on axis I25 is an upstanding arm I26, the upper end of which carries a pin connected a transverse pull spring I30 also connected to a pin I3I on the plate I08. The spring I30 always pulls on the lever I26 to hold the respectively, yieldingly against the notches or teeth I 22 of the reels I I4 in an obvious manner. As shown in Figure 2 the pin I29 extends rearwardly through a large hole I32 formed in the plate I06 to facilitate connection of the spring I30 back side of the plate I00.

Carried fast on the upper shaft I II adjacent to but on the back side of the upper reel H4 is a toothed driver disk I33 positioned on the front side of the plate I06, said plate having a large arcuate slot I34 formed therein, as shown. The shaft III on the back side of the plate I08 has fast thereon a lever I35 pivoted intermediate its ends. (See Figure 2.) This lever carries a pin I36 to which is connected a spring I 31 in turn connected to a pin I38 mounted on the plate said pin or shaft piv- I 08. This spring I31 normally acts to pull the right hand end of the lever I35 down as viewed from the rear. The upper right hand corner of this lever I35 carries a pivot pin I39 to which is pivoted a driver pawl I40 engageable with the teeth on disk I33, said pawl I40 having a to appear. A pin I42 on the pawl I 40 has a pull spring I43 connected to it, the spring having its other end connected to a pin I44 on the lever I35. The spring I43 holds the pawl I40 to duty against the toothed disk I33; An upstanding part of the plate I08 carries a pin I45 against which the hump I4I engages to limit the stroke of the pawl I40 and lever I35.

The back side of the lever I35 at its upper left hand corner as viewed from the rear in Figure 2 carries a rearwardly extending pin I46. Pivotally connected to the pin I 46"at its lower end is anupstanding link' I41 the upper end of which is pivotally connected by means of a pin I40 to the lever 45. A pin I49 is carried by plates I08 and I I3 opposite the pin I25, and pivoted intermediate its ends on said pin I 43- is a lever I50 the lower end of which is pulled by a spring I5I connected to a spaced point on the plate I08. The upper end of the lever I50 is formed with 'a narrow goose neck extension I52 which rides always, under the pull of the spring I5I, on a pin I53 mounted on the lever arm I35 below the point I46. As the point I46 of the lever I35 swings down about axis III the portion I52 rides over pin I53 so that the end of the portion I52 may be abutted by a tooth on the disk I33, thereby acting as a limit stop means to insure a proper amount of angular turning movement of the driver disk I33.

The lever 02 heretofore described, at its lower end carries a laterally extending pin I54 positioned in the path of movement of the lever 40 so that its hook portion or notch 50 may at times engage over and latch with the said pin I54.

I23. To thispin is This completes the description of the details of the improved coin handling and coin machine,

releasing mechanism. The operation thereof will now be summarized.

The purpose of the structure, of course, is to pass a proper coin through the handling mechanism to cause release of the sector member 28 so that the hand lever 25 may be swung to operate the coin controlled machine and at the same time cause linkage to be effective for moving coins from the coin passage 55 into the Escalator display means.

When a single authentic coin, let us say a five cent piece, is placed fiatwise into the spout I8, it will enter the upper end of the coin passage 55, pass the head 81 which is held back by the balanced lever 84; also passing the portion which is held forwardly by, the weighted lever 14 and its tail I8 as it slides down the passage 55 and finally comes to rest in the operating position as indicated at 58 in Figure 1. Here the stopdog 99 serves to hold the coin. In this position the coin 5G swings back the tail portion 94 of the balanced lever 92 so that the upper end 93 of the latter moves forwardly in the notch 88 of the head 81,- whereby to swing the latter forwardly. This results in placing the stop 89 into and through the slot 80, so that no coin for the time being can drop below the upper end of the passage 65 where it will be held by said projection 89.

With the lower end of the'lever 92 thus pushed back by the coin 66, as seen in Figure 4, the edge of the fork 95 on the lower end of said lever 92 engages and pushes back on the pin 84 on the upper end of the lever M to rock the shaft 55 slightly clockwise as viewed in Figure 4. Thus, the front end of the arm 54 is raised so that its pin 53 will pull on and raise the link 31 an amount sufiiciently to lift the right hand end of lever 34 as shown in Figure 9. The operator may now grasp the lever and swing same forwardly to rock the coin machine shaft 24, since the latter is freed.

As the shaft 24 rocks counterclockwise as viewed in Figure 9 the arm 29 engages pin 29 and rocks the quadrant 28 to the left or forwardly against the pull of the spring 32. With the parts so released by a proper coin the stop end of lever 34 will clear and ride over the hump onthe sector 28 just to the rear or right hand of the notch 33'. As the shaft 24 so rocks, the abutment 21 rocks in the same direction, whereby to push up onthe front end of the lever 39, causing the link 40 to be pulled downwardly. As said link comes down the bell crank lever 4|, asbest seen in Figure 4, is swung to cause its pin 43 to move rearwardly in notch 44 of lever 45 to swing the forward end 41 thereof downwardly in the slot 48. At the same time the lever 49 also swings down by the pull of the spring..52,- until the hook notch 59 thereof rides over the pin I54 to lock the lever 92 and with it, of course, the tail 94 which is engaging the coin 55 in its operating position. With the lever 92 temporarily latched it cannot at this instant swing, so the upper stop arrangement 93, 89 is still effective to prevent passage of coins down the passage 55. As the lever 45 continues its down stroke, its front nose end 41 engages the upper edge of the coin in the operating position and presses it downwardly with a force sumcient to retract the yieldable stop dog 99.

direction. This moves the run of theband III.

adjacent the abutment H9 downwardly, and with the coin carried therein, it follows the latter is moved one step down in display position behind thevwindow I1 and held there until the band I" is again moved. As shown in Figures 1 and 11 five coins are simultaneously held in display position 'by the Escalator band, the coins being fed in at the top as described, and eventu- 20 ally dropping out one at a time from the low end of the passage I09 into a cash box or any other desired place.

When the lever 25 is now released the spring 32 pulls the quadrant rearwardly until pin 39 engaging in the rear end of the slot 3| stops same, this position being shown in. Figure 9. The parts now operate in the reverse order and assume their initial operating positions. is the link 31 moves down; the link 49 moves up, the lever 45 is moved up, and likewise, the latch 49, thus freeing the lever 92 so'that under its balanced weight the tall 94 is swung forwardly and the top part 93 thereof is swung rearwardly to free the stop member 89. The mechanism -is obviously now ready for another coin to drop through-passage to the operating position. as heretofore described. Next will be considered instances relatlng to attempts at operating the mechanism when fraudulent coins and slugs are used, or when it is attempted to swing the lever 25 when no coin or slug at all is used, or when the coin happens to be undersized.

If a magnetic slug is used it will be attracted and moved sidewise by the magnet I94, the sing with the aid of gravity rolling around the rounded leg I05 of the magnet and through the side slot IIII into the receptacle I05, as shown in Figure I.

When no coin at all is used we have the mechanism set as in Figure 3 where no coin is held in the operating position, as at 65, and as a result the lever 92 by its weight is so balanced that the tail 94 extends forwardly through the slot 96. By means of pin I54 the lever arm 54 is rocked forwardly causing the link 31 to be held down. It follows, as shown-in Figure 9, that before hand lever. 25 can be rocked forwardly very far, that the tail on the end of the lever springs back into stop position to stop the next 3d will catch in the notch 33' and lock the sector 28 as well as the lever 25- againsta full stroke. It follows, therefore, that the coin .ma-

chine cannot be released if no in is in the Sgt-328K128 position holding the tall 94 .of the lever ac Undersized coins, because the passage 55 leans hackfrom the vertical, hit the tail extension 119 and are deflected thereby flatwise rearwardly.

out through the enlarged slot II as has been explained.

When a coin is in the Operating position, as at 66, another coin cannot be passed down the passage 65, because the first coin 58 holds the tall 94 of lever 92 back and the portion 93 thereof forwardly to press the stop head 89 into a position to obstruct the upper end of the chine, it is but be lodged in trative p rposes,

passage '5 and passing down the coin held in the the display position passage ill, where for five operations the improper coin will be displayed to shame the player.

It can now beseen that an improved mechanism has been provided for the Moses stated, which achieves the objects heretofore recited.

The intention is to cover all changes and modiilcations of the example herein chosen for illuswhich do not in fact constitute departures from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

What is claimed is: 1

1. For a coin operated machine having a manually moved means adapted for operation when a proper coin is used and coin handling means comprising a support formed with a coin passage inclined from the vertical but; permitting a coin entering same to pass edgewise gravity to an operating position, provided by a lateral curvature in the ing a movable member carried by the support and engageable by a coin in the operating positicn to release the lock means, means operable by the manual means to move the coin from said operating position to discharge same into one end of a straight display passage provided on the support below the operating position; a movable Escalator comprising an endless reel and web mechanism carried by the support and provided with means to receive and hold coins discharged from the operating position, and means operable by the means that moves a coin from the operating position to cause the to move the coins along the display passage step by step and discharge same successively from the other end thereof.

2. For a coin operated machine having a rock shaft to be moved by a hand lever and means releasably to lock the shaft against movement comprising a coin handling mechanism, said mechanism having a frame formed with an upright coin testing passage along which an instant before such coin will i Rcalator mechanism the rock shaft-to engage and push a coin down from the operating position into a coin display passage provided in the frame at its lower end;

anendless band having means to receive coins discharged from operating position, said band means for driving the latter means from the means that pushes the coins from the operating Position.

3. A coin handling mechanism having a frame rovided with a coin testing passage disposed vertically to receive coins edgewise so that they gravitate to the lower end of the passage to an operating position, said position provided by a lateral curvature in the passage, means releasably to hold a coin in the said position, a coin machine mechanism, means operable when a coin is in said position to release the coin machine mechanism for operation, means operable to move a coin from operating position down into a display passage arranged vertically inthe frame below the operating position to receive coins edgewise discharging from the operating position, said two passages being substantially parallel but oilset from one another by means of a curved lateral extension at the lower end of the testing passage, and means operable when the coins are moved into the display passage to receive and move the coins through the latter passage.

4. In a coin handling mechanism, a frame having a passage with an abutment edge along which coins are movable edgewise, an endless reel and web means carried by having slots at intervals therein to receive coins and move same along the abutment edge, each reel comprising a superposed pack of disks secured together, one disk in each reel having spaced peripheral "driver prongs engaging in spaced slots formed in the web, another disk in a pair of spaced reels turnably carried thereon, a flexible metal band trained around the reels and having between its edges slots chordally to hold and receive coins edgewise, said reels each constructed of a pack of disks held removably together, with at least one disk in each pack and reel having driver prongs on itsi periphery to engage in complementary slots formed in the band, and at least one other, disk in each pack and reel having coin receiving pockets formed in its periphery.

JOHN C. WAHL.

the frame with the web

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