US2593985A

US2593985A - Parking coin depository

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Publication number: US2593985A
Application number: US157156A
Authority: US
Inventors: Compton Henry Purl
Original assignee: SIMPLEX Co
Current assignee: SIMPLEX Co
Priority date: 1950-04-20
Filing date: 1950-04-20
Publication date: 1952-04-22
Anticipated expiration: 1969-04-22

Description

April 22, 1952 H. P. COMPTON 2,593,985

PARKING COIN DEPOSITORY Filed April 20, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET l ATTORNEYS A ril 22, 1952 H. PL COMPTON PARKING COIN DEPOSITORY 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 Filed April 20, 1950 z 8 l m H 9 a z m z 1 v a Q Q 3 M Z 0 M 7 7 /I 6 I I m\ P m HE. MM 7. W N Mm 74/ /fi/ /xw/x 2??? J 6 6 7 M z z 1 Compiqn Patented Apr. 22, 1952 UNITED stares rarest oriFIcE Henry Purl Compton, Abilene, Tex., assignor to The Simplex Company, Abilene, Tex.

Application April 20, 1959, Serial No. 157,155

This invention relates to parking meter.

An object of this invention is to provide a parking meter wherein a, coin which is initially deposited will not be exposed until. an authorized person inserts a key into thedevioe and turns the key in one direction. Upon return of the key to its original position, release and dropping of the coin into the receiver will be effected.

Another object of this invention is, to provide a parking meter which is so constructed and arranged that in the event the depositor of the initial coin unparks his vehicle before the end of the time period and a second vehicle enters the space, a second or any additional coin will bypass the first and not yet released coin and drop into the receiver. In this manner there will not be any jamming of'the mechanism caused by deposits of additional coins. before the first one has been released. l

A further object of this invention is to provide a parking meter which is of very simple construction so that it can be produced at relatively low cost and will not readily get out of order.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a detailed front elevation of a parking meter constructed according to an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 22 of Figure 3.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary elevation partly in section similar to Figure 2, but showing the coin release member in coin exposing position.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line i -5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 6-5 of Figure 2.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 1-! of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral Ill designates generally an upright housing which is formed with a cylindrical base H adapted to be secured by fastening means it to a supporting post l2. The housing Ill includes a rear wall I l and upwardly divergent side walls !5 which merge into an arcuate top wall 16.

A closure generally designated as H is hingedly secured as at 18a to the upper portion of the cylindrical base i l and comprises a front wall it formed with right angularly disposed and up wardly divergent side walls l9 having offset flanges 20 adapted to telescope over the sides and the top wall It. The top wall it is formed with a keeper 2| within which a locking bolt 22 i Claim. (01. 232-4) "adapted to engage, and the locking bolt 2 2.iis

secured to cylinder lock structure 23 of conven: tional construction. The cylinder lock. structure 23 is secured to the front wall it of the closure l'1.

The front wall it. of the closure ll is provided with a coin slot 24, and the wall it is outwardly offset as at 25 above the slot 2d so as to prevent water from entering the. slot 2 plate 25 is pivotally mounted on a pivot 23 carried by the inner side of the front wall l8, and the plate 26 is disposed at its upper portion in confronting relation to the coin slot 24 and extends downwardly therefrom. The plate 25 is provided'at a point below the coin slot with an outwardly extending lug 28 which forms a holder to initially support a coin 29. y

The front wall 18 on the inner side thereof is also provided with a projection 3d having a downwardly and inwardly inclined edge 34 which forms a guide for the coin when the latter is released by inward rocking of the plate 26. The front wall It is formed with a window 32 at a point laterally from the guide 38 for exposing a coin which is released from the holder orlug 23. A lower lug 33 is carried by the plate 26 adjacent the lower end thereof and below the guide 3E]. The lug 33 is adapted to support the coin 29 when the latter is in confronting position to the window 32 as shown in Figure 4.

The plate 26 is formed with a laterally offset arm 34, and a lug 35 projects from the terminal end portion of the arm 34. A second lug 36 projects from the plate 26, and a plate locking bolt 37 engages between the two

lugs

35 and 35. The bolt 31 is secured to a cylinder lock structure 38 which is carried by the front wall I8 of the cloure H. A V-shaped spring 39 bears against the inner side of the plate 26, and the apex portion of the spring 39 engages in a V-shapcd flange fill which projects from the closure IT.

The inner side of the closure 11 is formed with a rib 42 extending downwardly and inwardly from coin slot 24 so as to form a chute 43 with the adjacent wall IQ of closure ll. The chute 43 is wider than the diameter of a coin so that when the initial coin is held in the dotted position shown in Figure 2 by lug 28, a second or succeeding coin will upon striking the first coin roll inwardly and laterally by-passing the first coin and drop ping into the receiver I I.

A screw 4| secures the apex of the spring 39 within the V-shaped flange or keeper 48.

In the use and operation of this device, when a single coin is initially inserted through the slot 24, this coin drops down between the plate 26 andthe inner side of the closure wall [8. The coin 29 will engage the lug 28 which latter will hold the coin in a position above the window 32. At stated periods an authorized person will insert a key in the lock 38 turning the bolt 31 so as to swing the plate 26. When the plate 26 is swung to the left as viewed in Figure 2, coin 29 will drop downwardly rolling along inclined edge 3| of guide 30 and striking the lug 33.

The coin 29 will at this time be exposed through the window 32. In order to remove the key from the lock 38, bolt 31 must be returned to its normal upright position shown in full lines in Figure 2, and at this time plate 26 is swung to the right so that coin 29 may drop downwardly into a collector which may be formed in the base i I or at a point therebelow.

Assuming that an initial coin 29 is disposed in the meter and the vehicle i removed from the parking area before the end of the parking period when a second coin is inserted through the slot 24, this second coin will strike the first coin 29 which is held by lug 28 in the non-exposed position. The second coin will thereupon bypass the lug 28 passing downwardly to the left of this lug and then dropping down past the inoperative lug 33 into the receiver.

When the bolt 31 is turned at the end of the parking period, the initial coin 29. will become exposed through the window 32 so that the oilicer or authorized person will know that a proper coin has been deposited for use of the parking space.

With a meter as hereinbefore described where a number of vehicles enter a parking space within a'single parking time or period, the succeeding coins which are inserted into the meter will all bypass the first deposited coin.

What is claimed is:

In a parking meter having an upright housing formed with a hollow base, and a closure hinged to said housing and formed with a coin slot with a coin guiding and releasing plate pivotally car- 4 ried by the inner side of said closure and extending downwardly therefrom; means for stacking a plurality of coins and releasing said coins individually, comprising a coin supporting lug carried by said plate below said slot adapted in the normal position of said plate to cooperate with an adjacent portion of said closure in holding an initial coin against dropping into said base, an inner downwardly extending rib carried by said closure forming a by-pass chute, a downwardly and inwardly inclined guide fixed to said closure below said lug and adapted upon engagement of a released coin to effect inward movement thereof, said closure having a coin exposing window adjacent said guide, a second lug carried by the lower portion of said plate adapted upon inward rocking of said plate to support a coin released from said first lug in confronting position to said window, outward rocking of said plate to normal position efiecting release of the coin engaged with said second lug whereby the coin will drop into said base, said first lug being so positioned that when a coin is engaged therewith and a second coin is inserted in said slot, said second coin will strike said first coin and roll inwardly and downwardly to thereby bypass both of said lugs and drop into said base, and key actuated means for rocking said plate.

HENRY PURL COMPTON.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,267,576 Rhodes Dec. 23, 1941 2,431,229 Compton Nov. 18, 1947 2,509,480 Compton May 30, 1950