US2426781A - Coin control - Google Patents

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Sept. Z, 1947. v s. MAY 2,426,781

covIN CONTROL Filed June 5, 1944 V2 Asheets-smet 1 Sept. 2, 1947. s, MAY I 2,426,781

Y com coNTRoL Filed June 5, 1944 2 sheets-shea 2 6j l I 3 76 I 754 muy Patented Sept. 2, 194i/6 anar/'si Sam May, Chicago, Ill., assigner of one-half to Raymond T. Moloney, Chicago, Ill.

Application June 5, 1944, Serial No. 538,773

12 Claims. l

This invention pertains to a coin control for use with various types of coin-operated vending and amusement machines.

It is a principal object of the invention to pro 'Vide a simple control unit and cooperating circuit means and instrumentalities which make it possible to dispense with a number of relays and :associated wiring and electrical instrumentalities in machines of the class described, particularly relays and switches for counting coins deposited, -whereby to simplify such machines and effect .economies in material and manufacturing costs therefor.

A further object is the provision of a coin control adapted to handle any number of coins for separate .control circuits, and to effect certain 4movements of all such coins through the agency pf only one .principal moving member and one `actuating means therefor.

Another and more particular object is the provision of a .control unit of the class described including a Acoin shuttling device, switch means actuated .by .coins moved into certain positions by such device, and a single electromagnet actuating Ameans and circuit connections for actuating the Ishuttling device.

A still more specific object of the invention is 'the provision of a coin control including a stationary bed in which a shuttle reciprocates for l.the purpose of moving a coin from a receiving polsition into `an intermediate switch-controlling po- :sition at which the coin blocks a switch-operating linger, whereby to set up certain control cir- Vcuits, the switch-operating nger being moved by the shuttle to enable the coin to pass into and -.out of its various positions, together with electri- .cal circuit and shuttle actuating means associated 4with the control.

Further objects, advantages, and aspects of novelty attaching to the invention relate to certain details of construction and operation of the .device hereinabove characterized, all of which will appear more fully as the following description Aproceeds in view of the annexed drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the novel control unit in association with certain vending machine instrumentalities;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the control fdevice, alone;

Fig. 3 is another vertical section through the control device with the shuttle in advanced position;

Fig. 4 is a circuit diagram for a vending or coincontrolled apparatus employing the novel control means;

Fig. 5 is a top plan View of a modified form of the control which embodies a switch-control feeler operated by the shuttle Fig. 6 is a sectional view looking in the direction of lines 6 6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view looking in the direction of lines l-'i of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view looking in the direc tion of lines `8--3 of Fig. 7

Fig. 9 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 8 but with the shuttle in advanced position and raising the switch-operating linger;

Fig. 10 is a perspective detail of modifications in the coin blocks for cooperation with the feeler type of control shown in Figs. 5 through 9.

Coin handling devices are known in the art in which coins are moved by slides for divers purposes, including the operation of switches, the novelty of the present invention residing more particularly in the especial form and mode of operation of the control unit, notably the shuttling means, and in certain circuit connections and instrumentalities associated therewith.

In Fig. 1 there is shown the coin handling mechanism for a vending machine utilizing the present invention, said mechanism including a vertical support I0, upon which are mounted a number of coin testing devices or `chutes Il and I2 oi known construction and operation. Only two such testing devices are shown, but it should be borne in mind that any number may be ernployed. In an upper shelf section I3 of the support there are provided openings Iii and Ill through which coins are deposited into the testing chutes.

After passage through one of the chutes in the well known manner, a coin, if acceptable, will be discharged into the opening i5 or I5 of a corresponding receiving block I6 or It mounted on a movable part or shuttle I8 of the coin control unit.

The coin control unit includes a relatively stationary member or bed Il secured, as by brackets I'I to the main support just below the coin chutes. Mounted to slide for reciprocation in the bed portion Il is a movable member or shuttle I8 having a coin passage I9 for each coin handling section therein corresponding to one of the chutes II or I2, this passage I9 not being apparent in Fig. 1, but being Visible in Fig. 2.

Blocks I6 and I6 are each secured to the top of the shuttle in alignment with a corresponding one of the openings I9, it being understood that the novel coin control may be adapted to handle any number of coins from individual testing chutes, and that there will be a set of coin han-" dling Shuttling passages, each with its own coin receiving block I6, etc., constituting what is termed for convenience a coin handling section in the control unit, there being as many such sections as there are coin testing chutes il or l2.

Spring means 2l, anchored at one end 22 to the bed l1 and at the other end 23 to the shuttle (this means being duplicated at the opposite side of the control unit, not seen) urges the shuttle into a starting or normal position with the blocks I6 and l5 disposed beneath their respective coin chutes.

Means such as an electromagnetic solenoid 24', having a plunger 24a connected with the shuttle, is provided for effecting withdrawal ofthe shuttle from normal to advanced position, the normal position being shown in Fig. 2, also, and the advanced position being shown in Fig. 3. It is contemplated that means other than the solenoid 24 may be used for advancing Vthe shuttle, for example, manually actuated lever means.

The internal construction of the control unit is best understood from vexamination of Figl 2, wherein it is seen that the movable part or shuttle i8 is of somewhat U-shape, consisting of an end portion [8a from which extend overlying upper and lower shelf sections l8b and |80.

A stationary shelf section ISU., forming part of the bed, projects in between the overlying movable shelves or arms of the shuttle, and it will be observed in Fig, 2 particularly that there is a coin passage Ib in the stationary shelf, and that there are also coin passages ISX and |=8Y in the overlying shelf portions of the shuttle, and that in the normal position of the shuttle, all of these coin passages 1Gb, ISX, and ISY are in register, passage ISX being mainly a sightopening, however, and useful in some installations for observation of the coin on thecontrol switch.

It willbe observed further-in Fig. 2 that the coin receiving or deposit passage I9 of the shuttle is normally disposed over the stationary shelf section of the bed, so that-a coin C received from the corresponding coin chute would lie in the position shown on this stationary shelf Ilia, so long as the shuttle remained in normal position.

As seen in Fig. 2, the'shuttle includes a coin rest ISZ disposed (when the shuttle is advanced as in Fig. 3) to underlie the coin passage |612 in the stationary shelf so as to hold a coin C1 while the shuttle remains in advanced condition. The underside of the movable or shuttle coin rest is cut away, as at 23 (Fig. 2), to accommodate the operating arm 21 of a control switch 28 mounted on the underside of the bed, and Vthe switch operating arm 21 extends upwardly through an opening 29 inthe bed so asV to be engaged by the coin C1, for example, wheny the latter drops as a result of removal of the coin rest section |82 upon return to normal position.

A coin eXit 16X is providedl in the bed for register with the shuttle passages ISX and I8Y when the shuttle is advanced, so that the coin C1, upon a subsequent reciprocationof the shuttle, `will fall therethrough in the manner of the coin shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and designated The travel of a coin through the control unit is described as follows: assuming a coin to Ybe received from one of the chutes into the passage l of block I6, such coin will drop at once onto the stationary shelf section 16a, as'represented by the coin C in Fig. 2, and the coin will remain t`in this position until the shuttle is moved from normal position, as by solenoid 24; and upon advance of the shuttle, as in Fig. 3, the coin C1.

will move toward the left with the shuttle and drop through passage i611 onto the coin rest ISZ of the lower shelf section of the shuttle, where the solenoid, spring means 2l will restore the shuttle to the position of Fig. 2, and coin Cl will at once drop through passage ISY onto the switch operating arm 21, to depress the latter and actuate switch 28 for purposes hereinafter described. A coin shown in dotted lines, and designated C2 illustrates this condition in Fig. 2.

A coin will occupy the position of coin C2 until the next operation of the shuttle, whereupon it will be pushed toward the left intok passage IX in the bed for final discharge therethrough as illustrated by the coin C3 of Fig. 3.

It will thus appear that it requires three'movements of the shuttle from normal position to effect discharge of a coin after it is received in the unit.

A control circuit and instrumentalities cooperating with the new coin control device in a vending machine, are illustrated in the diagram of Fig. 4, wherein there are associated with each coin chute or testing device lil or l2, a master coin switch 3! or 33 respectively. Since the control circuits for any number of coin handling sections in the unit are identicaL-only oneV such circuit, that associated with chute i l, is described indetail.

coil 3l of a holding relay from ground 32, Via said switch 33 closed, (as by a coin in passing from chute Il) conductors 33, battery or other power source 34, ground 35.

Such energization of coil 3l attractsthe relay armature 36againstfcontacts 31 and listo apply a locking or holding ground for this relay: via contact 31, armature 35, vending'solenoid breaker. switch 39, which is normally closed, vandyground ll.

A vending solenoid coil lll has one'terminal connected through coin control unit contacts 28 (when closed), conductor M, relay contact 45 closed with armature contact 36, to ground via. normally closed breaker contacts 39, and the other terminal ofthis coil connects with normally open contact 50 of a vending switch.

As soon as an acceptable coin passes through chute l l into blocktl ofthe controlunit, switch 3D closes momentarily, thus energizing theholding relay, which locks its own holdingcircuit at contacts 3-31. Also, an operating circuit for the vending solenoiddi is set up through relay contacts 36-5, conductor 44 to the coin control unit Yswitch 23, which, however, at this time will be open because there will' be no coin on the operating 'arm 21 until the shuttle is operatedV (excepting in the instances mentioned herein-k 5l, grounded at 52, by reason of which the shuttle is advanced the moment the holding relay pulls up.

This advance of the shuttle will dislodge any coin previously on the coin switch operating arm 21, and the coin which is assumed to have been deposited in the operation now described will remain on the shuttle sustaining-shelf portion ISZ (Fig. 3) until the shuttle is released for return to normal position; as soon as this happens, switch 28 will be closed and vending solenoid 4i may then be energized by the patrons pushing vending button i3 to close contacts 139-56. Such operation of the vending button also opens contacts 49-53 to de-energize coil 24X and release the shuttle, thus causing the deposited coin to drop on arm 2l' and close switch 28, which results in the actuation of the vending means shown schematically at il and designated Vend I, it being understood that such vending means may be any of the Well known vending mechanisms, or actuating devices therefor, operation of which, as aforesaid, will cause some desired article of merchandise, such as candy bars, cigarette packs or a phonograph selection, etc., to be delivered,

Upon energization of the vending solenoid as aforesaid, the plunger I6 thereof engages and opens breaker switch 3S, thus interrupting the holding ground I9 to armature contact 36 of the holding relay, breaking itsholding circuit, so that it becomes necessary to deposit another coin in chute II before the aforesaid cycle of operations can be repeated.

It will be seen that the foregoing actuation of the shuttle under control of the patron will cause the controlling coin thereby delivered onto the control switch operating arm 21 to remain on the latter after the vending operation and release of the holding relay; therefore, if it is assumed that the patron now deposits another coin in the same chute I I, the operating circuit for the vending solenoid and shuttle solenoid will nevertheless not be conditioned for operation until the newly deposited coin actuates the master coin switch 3i) to energize the holding relay. When this happens, the application of ground from 56- d-lllld causes the advance of the shuttle as before, and the previously deposited coin which was resting on the switch operating arm 21 is dislodged therefrom and discharged from the control unit in the manner already explained, and the second deposited coin is moved onto the switch operating arm 21 when the patron pushes the vending button, as before.

Two coin handling sections or vending circuits have been illustrated in Fig. 4, prime numbers designating parts corresponding to identical parts in the circuit just described.

Thus, had the coin in the foregoing example been deposited in chute I2, instead of chute I I, holding relay coil 3l would have pulled up its armature to lock its own holding circuit at contacts 353-31, and the shuttle would have been advanced by reason of operating ground from li, relay contacts 36-ll5, conductor Ma', vending switch contacts 5l- 53, and as soon as the vending switch were operated to open contacts @9 53, allowing the shuttle to return to normal and cause deposit of this coin to close coin control switch 23, the vending solenoid 4I would be conditioned for operation by closure of contacts 13S-5), and operation of this vending solenoid would result in delivery of the merchandise associated with coin chute unit I2 (vend II), opening breaker switch 39 to drop out the holding relay, as in the rst example.

It will be observed that when lthe patron de? posits a coin in any one of the several coin testing devices, a corresponding holding relay at oncepulls up and locks, and the shuttle device ad-A vances and remains advanced until the vending switch is operated. Bly this time the patron may have deposited a second coin in another chute, but this second coin will nevertheless be received in the corresponding coin handling section of the control unit because the receiving blocks I6, I6 are arranged to receive coins from the chutes in either normal or advanced position, the only difference being that when the shuttle is in normal position, the rst coin to be deposited would lodge on the stationary shelf section I6 (coin C) as in Fig. 2, whereas if the second, or any number of subsequent coins, be deposited after the shuttle has advanced, then such coins would fall through passage I6b and lodge directly upon the movable shelf or sustaining section I8Z, as in Fig. 3.

In either case, return of the shuttle to normal position will cause all of said coins to drop onto the corresponding switch operating arms 21, 21', etc., such arms being cleared of previously deposited coins by the initial advance of the shuttle.

Shuttle-controlled switch-operating means A further feature of the novel control is illustrated in the construction of Fig. 7, wherein the basic construction of the shuttle means is substantially the same as heretofore described, there being a bed member 66, in which reciprocates a shuttle 6I urged into normal position by spring means 62. A top shuttle arm 63 is provided with Y sage 68 in the lower shuttle arm will be moved` beneath the passage 65 tofore occupied by the that the coin will drop trated in Fig. '7.

Coin-controlled switch operating means includes a switch-operating linger 10 pivotally mounted on bracket means 1I secured to the bed portion G6. This finger includes a nose portion 12 adapted to project downwardly into the aligned passages 66A (the latter being a sight-opening also, in the top shuttle arm) 66, and 63, when the shuttle is in normal position, so as to engage and depress the extension 13 of switch arm 'It and to occupy the place theresustaining portion 61, so onto the bed 6i) as illusseparate the latter from its companion contact. 15 when there is no coin on the bed above theswitch.

Spring means 16 anchored at one end to upright pin 11 on the bed, and at its remaining end` to a crank arm extension 18 of finger or feeler 1Q,

urges the latter clockwise into the position of" In Fig. 8, the two conditions of operation of thev feeler and switch means are illustrated. At the left of this iigure the coin Sil isfshown blocking the noseportion 'l2 from enga-ement with the switch operating extension 13, while at the right, in the adjoining coin-handling section, there is no coin, and hence the nose 12 engages and de-V presses the switch extensionl and opens the corresponding switch Vblades for control purposes hereinafter referred to, Fig. 6 showing said switch in open condition- In the aforesaid modied form of the control as illustrated in Figs. through 10, identical solenoid means to that indicated at 2li, 2da in Figs. 1 and 2, isV employed to eiect reciprocation or thel shuttle, cooperatively with spring means E32. Such actuating means is indicated schematically in Fig. 9, Vwherein a solenoid coil 9d is shown with its plunger lSI connected Vwith a stud 92 on the shuttle. Y

' Summary `of operation Assuming that a patron deposits a coin in both chutes II and I2, suchcoins will, if acceptable, transiently engage and operate the coin switches 3 0 and 30 and pass into their respective receiving openings I5, I5 (Fig. l) in blocks i6, i6', at once dropping onto Vthe stationary shelf sections Ia (Fig. 2) in their respective sections.

Operation of the twoV switches i, 35 (Fig. 4:) causes both holding relay solenoids 3l, 3l to` be energized, and both relays lock their own holding -circuits through their respective contacts E6-l-1,

and 363'I. Also, ground from il@ and t is applied through the corresponding breaker switches 39, 39 and relay contacts 36e-45, 36'-45 to vending switch Contact i9 via conductors 44a, 44a', so that the shuttle solenoidElX is at once energized from battery 5 I, grounded at 52, causing the shuttle to moveto advanced posi-r tion (Fig. 3).

The two deposited coins will initially occupy a position like that of the coin C in Fig. 2, ,and when the shuttle advances, such coins will drop, as through a passage such as Ib infFig. 3, onto the movable or shuttle shelf portion ISZ in their respective sections of the shuttle.

Operation Yof the two `holding relays having set up operating circuits for their respective vending solenoids 4I, 4I?, through their `corresponding coin control unit switches Z3, i, the patron may now push delivery plunger ifwhich will open shuttle holding contacts 453-53, .thus causing the shuttle to be restored to normal position, whereupon the coins occupying the position of a coin C1 of Fig. 3, will drop onto the switch operating arms 21, 21 in their respective sections, closing corresponding switches 28, 28", and thus energizing the twofvending solenoids 4I, di whereby to actuate the associated vending apparatus ill', B1 designated Vend I, Vend Ill.

As a result of the aforesaid actuation of the vending solenoids, their respective plungers 5, 46 will open corresponding breaker switches 59, 39', thus breaking the holding grounds 49, dii' for the two holding relays, whereby the machine'is restored to starting condition. coins may or may not remainon switch operating arms 2l, 2l makesno-diierence, as will appear from the fact that all Vpreviously deposited coins ,are cleared by the initial'advance of the shuttle.

The novel coin control unit may befassociated with any number of coin chute devices, I I, I2, etc.

and any number of corresponding vendingmech-Y The fact that at once.

ating device vMX and vending delivery-A control S-EQ--ll-M will be required regardless of thel handling sections in the unit,

number of coin whereby the patron may make one selection and cause one article tobedelivered at a time, or he may make any number of various selections at one timeand -cause delivery of all selected articles The control device eliminates separate coincounting relays, which aregusually stepping switches of relatively costly construction, `cornpared with the costs involved with the simple control unit herein described, and in addition, only'one moving part, Vthe -shuttle I8, andV one actuating means 25X (or 958) is `needed to eiect controllingmoyements of any number ofv coins ,in various coin-handling'sections in a given shuttle.

In some com-operai'lv `d machines, it is desirable that the `coin last deposited, that is the one last e toV operate the machina be disposed in `view ink order that. spurious .coins or slugs may besten,`

should :they pass .thetesting Chutes,A and to this end Vthe ,coin Controlprovidesa sight-Opening 18X.

(0r Bid? through which such coinsrnay `be viewed, as for example, the coinCZ. of Fig. 2.

By, appropriate dimensionins of the thickness of theshutt-le and bed sections Ilia, I8b,and,.l8c, the controlunit shown in Figs. 1 to 3,.,especially, may 'beradnpled to. Operate, with more than one coinat a time; for example, the tension of control switch spring .blades 21-2'8 may be. selected to require the weight of two or-morecoins at one time, instead of one, in order that. switch means 253 may be closed. For installations of this type,

the embodiment of Figs. ,l throughB, employing Y the weight-actuated switch is preferred. On the other hand, some types of; coin machine may be intended4 to be operated by tokens, instead of coins, and such tokens may .be of insuflicient weight to depress the. .control switch blades 21e-.2,8 positively, and in such cases the feeleroperated switch meansoi Figs. 5 .through 91s desirable. Y

t will beobserved that in the construction of Figs. 5 through 9, coin-.receivingor collecting means such as the blocks l5, I5', are omitted, since this modified unit is intended to operate with a coin vchuteor testing device capableof dropping the accepted coin into a position in which it: will fall into the passagefi of'theshuttle in either normaler advanced position.

However, .in those installations where the receiving block structure I6 yis-used with the type of control unit shown in Fig. .7, for example, which in Fig. 10 isemployed, whereinthe coin-receiving blocks andl are mounted on the upper or top shuttle arm portion 63'., andreach such block is provided withia vertical slot 96X or SGY aligned with the Acorresponding feeler nger 10X or'IllY, such that whentheblock moves .forward with the shuttle, `the kcorresponding feeler fingers will be received .within said slots and be freely movable therein.

`It is tobe Vunderstood that the form of control unit shown in Figs.,5 through 9 ymay be substituted in the circuit arrangement of Fig. 4 Without any other changes, thediierence being that whereas Ythe switches i28 are normally biased into open-circuit condition, to be closed by the weight ofthe .coinsto be depositedrthereon, as described, the switch means of Fig. '7, `for example, is normally biased into closed-circuit condition, but is held in open-circuit condition so long as there is no coin'thereabove, the nose of the Afeeler depressing the operating extension 'I3 for this pur-y pose; but when a coin is present, as in Fig. 7, then the nose of the feeler is blocked and rendered ineffective to open the corresponding switch.

The novel control unit is intended for use with any form of coin-operated machine, the operation of which may be caused by devices such as the solenoids fil, Gi (or any analogous electrical instrumentality) and the delivery means 49- l-53 need not be manually actuated, but if desired may be actuated in conjunction with other instrumentalities commonly associated with various types of coin-operated machine; and since alterations may be desirable in adapting the novel control means to these various types of coin-operated machine, the invention is not intended to be limited or confined to the exact structural and functional details herein set forth for` illustrative purposes, excepting as may be specically provided for in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. Coin control apparatus comprising in combination, a plurality of vending solenoids, a breaker switch actuated by each vending solenoid in operated condition, a holding relay associated with each vending solenoid, a delivery switch, a master coin switch associated with each holding relay to energize the latter at least momentarily by action of a coin closing a' corresponding said master switch, each holding relay having contacts closing a locking circuit therefor upon energization of a said relay by a master switch as aforesaid, a bed, a shuttle reciprocable in said bed, means yieldingly urging said shuttle into a normal position in said bed, a shuttle solenoid for advancing said shuttle from normal to advanced position in the bed, separate series of correlated coin passages and coin sustaining parts in said bed and shuttle, there being one such series corresponding to each of said master coin switches, a coin control switch associated with a certain passage in each said series of passages and each connected with holding relay contacts and said delivery switch in such manner that operation of the latter switch, when the corresponding holding relay is energized and the corresponding coin control switch is operated by a coin, will effect actuation of the corresponding Vending solenoid, the corresponding Vending breaker switch' aforesaid being connected to deenergize the corresponding holding relay upon actuation of the vending solenoid, contact means on all holding relays for energizing said shuttle solenoid when any said relay is energized, said coin passages and sustaining parts in each section being arranged and constructed to receive a coin which has actuated any master coin switch as aforesaid and transport said coin into operative engagement with the corresponding coin control switch responsive to one complete reciprocation of the shuttle, and to discharge said coin from 0perative relation with the corresponding control switch responsive to an advance of the shuttle from normal position, said delivery switch being connected to deenergize said shuttle solenoid upon operation of said switch in actuating a vending solenoid as aforesaid.

2. Coin control apparatus comprising a stationary member, a shuttle reciprocable in said member, coin passages and sustaining parts in said member and shuttle and cooperable in certain positions of the shuttle whereby a coin is moved` progressively into successive positions by certain reciprocatory motions of the shuttle, a control switch at one said position operated by a coin transported thereto asaforesaid, one of said passages constituting a receiving opening, a master coin switch adjacent said receiving opening and actuated by a coin in moving into said opening, a holding relay energized by operation of said master switch, a locking circuit for said holding relay and closed by the same upon energization as aforesaid, an electrically actuated vending device, circuit connections for operating said vending device and set up by said holding relay upon energization as aforesaid, and further energized by said control switch' upon actuation of the latter by a coin, electrical means for moving said shuttle in one direction and energized by said holding relay energized, switch means for deenergizing said electrical moving means and breaking the actuating circuit for said vending device, circuit breaker means for releasing said locking circuit upon each operation of the vending device as aforesaid, and means yieldably urging said shuttle into a normal starting position.

3. A coin control comprising a bed, a shuttle reciprocable in said bed, means yieldably urging said shuttle into a normal position, means operable to withdraw said shuttle from normal to an advanced position, a coin receiving passage in said shuttle, a coin sustaining ledge on the bed to sustain a coin in said receiving passage when the shuttle is in normal position, a coin passage in said bed and displaced from said receiving Hpassage in the direction of advance movement of the shuttle away from normal position, a control device 0perated by a coin and situated beneath said passage in th'e bed, a coin sustaining part on the shuttle disposed above said control device and beneath the aforesaid passages when the shuttle is advanced from normal position, a coin exit passage in said shuttle offset in advancing direction from the rst-mentioned passage therein, a coin eXit passage in said bed registering with said exit passage in the shuttle when the latter is in said advanced position, whereby a coin deposited in said receiving passage with the shuttle in normal or advanced position will be deposited in operative engagement with said control device consequent upon movement of the shuttle from normal to advanced position and back to normal position, and said coin in engagement with the control device will thereafter be dislodged through said exit passages upon a subsequent advance of the shuttle from normal position.

4. A coin control unit comprising a bed, a shuttle reciprocable on said bed, spring means urging said shuttle into a normal position, electromagnetic means for advancing said shuttle from normal to advanced position, a plurality of coin receiving blocks on said shuttle and each corresponding to a separate coin handling section of the unit, coin passages in said bed and shuttle and adapted to register in certain normal and advanced positions of the shuttle, there being a separate series of said passages corresponding" to each said section, coin sustaining parts in the bed and shuttle in each said section to sustain a coin with' respect to certain of said passages in certain advanced and Vnormal conditions of the shuttle, a coin actuated device associated with a certain coin passage in each said section, said blocks being adapted to receive a coin in either normal or advanced condition of the shuttle, all aforesaid being constructed and arranged so that a, coin deposited in any of said blocks in either normal or advanced position of the shuttle will be transported into operative engagement with the corresponding control device responsive to disposed :in

Vshuttle shelf Ybe moved out of operative engagement with the control deviceresponsive to an advance iof `the shuttle from normal position following reciprocation as set forth. l

,A coin control compising a shuttle including upper and lower shelves spaced-,apart vertically,.a bed mounting said shuttle for reciprocationand including a bottomgand a shelf spaced apartV vertically with said shelfv disposed between said shelves in theshuttle, a coin pass'agein the upper sheli of theshuttle, V a first coinpassage in said bed shelf and displaced trein said passage in the shuttle shelf inthe Idirection of movement of theshuttle from a normal position in which said stationary bed shelf., is substantially fully between'the upper and lower shelves of the'shuttle, ka, lsecond; coin passage in the 4lower shelf of 'the-shuttle offset from the rst passage therein, ,a` coin ractuated `control member disposed forl operation by ,a coin in l.said second shuttle passage when the lshuttle is ,in .normal po,- sitiona coin sustaining portion on said lower to sustain a coin in saidrst bed passage when theshuttleis in advanced position, whereby a coin deposited .in said passage in the upper shuttle shelf, with the shuttle lin normal position, will. rest on said rbed shelf, saidcoin moving onto said sustaining portion von the lower shuttle shelf .upon movement of the shuttle to advanced position, said coin,dropping int0 operative engagement withsaidrcontrol device upon return .of the shuttlev to normal position, said coin ,being moved. out of operative engagement-as aforesaid by the next subsequent, advance of Vthe shuttle. A

6. Coin Acontrolapparatus'for an-elec'trical delivery circuit, comprising a bed, a shuttle reciprocable--in saidV bed, coin-actuated means for reciprocating said shuttle` coin passages in saidbed Y-andshuttle arrangedto eiFect Vpassage, of a coin deposited in acertainrone -o'f said passages by a succession of ,movements of said shuttle to an intermediate position, thence `to' discharge said coin,-.a controlrswitch'atsaid intermediate position, and,delivery-effectingelectrical means in circuit-*with said .switchfsuch that the presence of coinatsaid intermediate position is required toe-render said `switch eiective for actuation of Y said delivery-eiecting means. Y

'i'.A coin control including `a 'recipro'cable shuttle comprising a :pair of tiered parallel plates interleavingl with a bedhaving tiered, spaced levels, said pla-tes and levels all provided with cooperative coin passages including a receiving passage, an exitL passage, and an intermediate coin station arranged such -that a reciprocation ofsaid shuttle from. a normal position willeffect transit` oflla coin from said receivingpassage to av posi-tionv of restat saidv intermedi-ate station, switch means including'an actuating extension at said intermediate stationrfor control cooperation with a coin thereat, said switch'means being adapted for connection in Va delivery control circuit rendered operable dependently upon the presence Vorabsence of a coin at said intermediate station, said coin being removed from said intermediate Vstation to; said exit passage by a subsequent `movement of the shuttle following the aforesaid reciprocation thereof.

8. AV coin control including. a reciprocable shuttle andbe'd therefor, both provided with cooperative `coin passages, including ra' receiving passage, anV exit passage, and an intermediate .operate the same v Vat said station in amanner to prevent operative coin station, arranged'such that a pluralityof reciprocations of said shuttlefrom a normal position will effect transit of a coin from said receiving .passage to said intermediate station, at which the coin is permitted to rest after a rst reciprocation, and thence tosaid exit by a second reciprocal movement` of the shuttle, switch lmeans including an actuating extension dis- :mou'ntedto be moved by said shuttle away from said intermediate station' to Ipermit `movement of a coin by the shuttlerjela'tiveto .said Station.

10. A control devicei comprising a bed, Y a shuttle reciprocable inf said bed,y said bedfa'nd shuttle'having cooperative Acoin passages adapted toeffect transit'of acoin' from a receiving positonto an *intermediate station responsive' to movement `or .the shuttle, .a coin-receiving block ,movable with said shuttleand adapted to receive coins in' a plurality of positions of the kshuttle Vfor delivery into a certain oneof said passages,

a control extension atv said intermediate station,

a-movable feeler normallyf and' yieldably'j'urged intov engagement with said control extension `to and adapted'to engage a 'coin engagement with said extension, said 'feeler' being movedby said shuttle, in certainfrnotions of the latter, away 'from said station to permit movementsofa coin relative to the station, vsaid coin blockY having a slot formation yinpwlfiich said `feelerV mayk move as `aforesaid,re'spons'ivle to movementsof .the shuttle. Y v Y 11,v Coin control means including a stationary member and` a reciprocable `member movable Abaclsandforth.relative to the stationary lmembei, bothY said members havingfadjacen't coinsustaining and coin-passage portions disposed inlthe line', of. rec'ipr'ocationy of vthe -reciprocable member and placed ,toeffectmove'mentrof a -coin deposited in a passage .portioninto a control station on` a stationary. sustaining portion responsive to one ,complete ciprocable member, andv to effect discharge of said coin from said .station responsive to, a movement of the reciprooable .member subsequent to complete reciprocation thereofas aforesaid,l and switch means operably,controlled'by presence-,and

' absence of acoin at said station, said last-mentioned means adapted to control opera-tioniof an Vassociated instrumentality, said switch', means having an operating element disposedA at said station, and a yieldably, urged switch-actuating member .normally 'disposedtoY engage lsaid operating element when there is vno kcoin 'at saidstation and actuate said switch in [predetermined manner, and blocked from actuating ,the` switch means by acoin at'said station. Y

12. Inacoinpontrol, aipair ofzstationary platesA spaced-apart Vone :abovefanothen a shuttle inf cludingva pair ofsimlarly.- Vspaced ,plates jointly 'movable inl intertting relation with saidstationary plates, the uppermost shuttle plate over- -llying the upper-most stationary platefsaid shuttle recip'rocation of the readapted to reciprocate relative the stationary plates, a coin entrance in the uppermost shuttle plate, a coin exit in the lowermost stationary plate and oiset in line of reciprocation from said entrance, a coin passage in the lowermost shuttle plate and offset similarly from said entrance passage, a coin operated control member underlying said passage in the lowermost shuttle plate When the latter is inwardly disposed in the stationary plates, said. passages related spatially such that one complete reciprocation of the shuttle following deposit of a coin in said entrance passage will lodge said coin in operative engagement with Said control member, said coin being dislodged therefrom into register with said 15 14 exit passage by a subsequent outward movement of the shuttle.

SAM MAY. REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date l0 2,102,372 M1115 Dec. 14, 1937 2,183,611 Goodman n Dec. 19, 1939 2,088,253 Williams et a1 July 27, 1937 1,972,185 Coats Sept. 4, 1934 2,125,236 Edgeworth 1 July 26, 1938

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