US243451A - Automatic cash-carrier - Google Patents

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w. s. LAMSON. Automatic Cash Garrier.

No 243,45. Patented 'June 28, 1881.

" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo YVILLIAM S. LAMSON, OF LOYVELL, MASSAOHUSETTS.

AUTOMATIC' CASH-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 243,451, dated June 28, 1881.

Application filed February 14, 1881. (No model.) I

T 0 all 'whom 'it may concrn Be it known that I, WILLLAM S. LAMSON, of Lowell, in the County ot' Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Cash Carriers, of' which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in means for lessening the noise of the carriers traveling on their ways; also, in means for preventing the carriers from leaving their ways; also, in means for elevating' the carriers to the ways and discharging said carriers from said elevator upon said ways; also, in means for opening and closing said carriers; also, in means for rctaining in the center of said carriers money or other articles placed within them.

In the accompanying drawings, Figu'e 1 is a viewof one side of the interior of a store with cashier s desk, counter, ways, and elevators. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of an elevator and its box or shaft. Fig. 3 is an enlarged end View ofa treadle and pulleys, such as are shown in Fig. 1. rier. Figs. 5 and 7 are vertical sections of the hemispheres, respectively at right angles to the plane of opening. Figs. 6 and 8 are plans ot' the hemispheres respectively. Fig. 9 is a cross-section of one of the ways with a carrier resting upon such way.

j a e ashier s desk, and B is a counter.

From said desh A run as manyinclined ways C or-C as there are Stations for salesmen at the counter B, the upper ends of the ways being at the desk, and the lower end of each wayending at a salesman s station, X or X'. A single way, D, leading fromthe farther end of the counter or store, inclines downward toward and leads into the desk A. The amount of inoline is such as to cause the spherical carriers described below to roll when placed on either of said ways C, C', or D. A cross-section of either of said ways is shown in Fig. 9, and is seen to be provided with a groove, E E, along which are inserted strips F, of leather, rubber, or other similarly elastic material, leather being preferred. These strips F deaden the noise made by the rollin g of the'carriers on the ways. A guard on each side of the groove, and consisting of posts G, of wire, and a wire, H, strung through holes in said posts G, prevents the carriers from jumpin g the ways.

Fig. 4 is a plan of the car- In order that the ways O O' nay be inclined, it is desirable that the cashier s desk should be somewhat elevated above the Stations ot' the salesmen. This requires the end ot' the way D farthest from the cashier's desk to be some ways above the reach of the salesmen, in order to get a sufficient incline to roll the carriers into the cashier s desk where the store is a long one. Accordingly, at each station X, or at such stations as may benecessary, I erect a vertical sha-ft or box, I, in which I place an clevator, L, the same being the top, one side, and bottom of a box--or, in other words, a box with three sides removed. This elevator just fits the shaft I, and its bottom is made slan ting, as shown, so thatifa carrier of spherical form be placed in the elevator through the opening K in the shaft I, and the elevator be raised until the bottom of the same reaches the bottom of the opening J in said shaft I, the carrier will roll out into the way D and along said way D to the cashier s desk. The opening J is on the side of the shaft next the lowest edge of the bottom of the elevator in all cases, of course, and the opening K is on the side ofthe shaft nextto the side, in the last shaft, and on the same side in the others, in which the opening` J is made. Aiwcight, Q, causes the elevator to fall, and the elevator is raised by a cord, O, passing over a pulley, N, in the side of the shaft I, the cord being pulled by passing the hand into the ring P; or the ele- Vator may be raised by pressing the foot upon the treadle T, the cord 0 passing over the pulley N, as above described, and also through the pulley-block S, secured to the under side of the counter B, and through the movable pulley-block S' attached to the treadle T. The treadle T is secured by a hin ge at one end to the floor of the store, and the number of movable pulleysin the block .S is such that depressing the lever or treadleT is sufficient to raise the elevator the required distance. Stops 3 3 are provided, which limit the distance traversed by the elevator. These stops consist of cle'ats secured to the inner side of the shaft I.

The carrier used consist-s ot' a hollow sphere,

M M', one half or hemisphereM being provided with two grooves, U`U", at right angles to and leading into an internal annular groove, U, the latter groove, U, being parallel to the plane which separates the hemispheres, and

the other hemisphere, h being provided with a hollow cylindrical part, Z, which stands at right angles to said plane and has on its outer surface two ears, U' U', at diametrically opposite points. The cylindrical part Z of the hemisphere M' enters a cylindrical opening, V, in the otherhemisphere, M, the ears U' U' entering the grooves U" U" until the flat surfaces of the hemispheres, respectively, touch each other, at which time the ears U' U' are in the groove U, and the hemispheres, being turned slightly on each other, are securely locked together, and may, with their contents, be rolled over the way D to the cashier, or from the cashier to the salesman over the way G or C The hemispheres, being turned on each other until the ears U' U' enter the grooves U" U", may he separated and the box M M' emptied. In order that the center of gravity of the spherical box M M' and its contents may be as near the geometrical center ot' said box as possible, each hemisphere M M' is provided with a disk or follower, W W", supported upon a spring, V' V, one end of which spring is secured to the hemisphere at Y. These disks are small enough to enter freely the hollow of the cylindrical part Z ot' the hemisphere M', and when brought together hold anything placed between them (or rather on the outer face of either' one of them) in the center of the carrier. In order that the disks may have a firmer hold on the contents of the box, the disks are cushioned with wash-leather W W' or other suitable elastic material. The necessity ot' keeping the contents of the carrier at or near its center, in order that it may roll freely, is evident froni the fact that a large proportion of its contents will be specie, while the ball is made of Wood, hard rubber, or other comparatively light material.

1 claim as my invention 1. The combination of the way C, C', or D and strips of elastic material F, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The conbination, with the way O, C', or D, provided with grooves E E, of strips of elastic material F, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The conbination, with the way G, C', or D, provided with groovesE E,of strips of leather F, as and for the purpose specified.

4. In combination with the way C, G', or D, the guards Gr H, as and for the purpose specified.

5. The comhination of the way D and the elevator L, provided with a slopin g bottom, as and for the purpose specified.

G. The conbination of the inclied way' D, and the elevator L, provided with a sloping bottom, and means for raising said elevator L, as and for the purpose specified.

7. The carrier consisting of henispheres M M', one of said hemispheres,M, being provided with grooves U U" U", and the other, M', being provided with the central hollow projection Z, and the ears U' U', as and for the purpose specified.

S. The conbination of the in terlocking hemispheres M M', the springs V' V", and the disks W XV", as and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM S. LAMSON.

\Vitnesses:

ALBERT M. MOORE, H. P. YOUNG.

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