US2610253A - Telephone coin collector - Google Patents

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US2610253A
US2610253A US770935A US77093547A US2610253A US 2610253 A US2610253 A US 2610253A US 770935 A US770935 A US 770935A US 77093547 A US77093547 A US 77093547A US 2610253 A US2610253 A US 2610253A
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Ma Catherine Henriette Berthe
Schreiber Louise Antoinette
Robert Alfons Jean Alb Beurden
Schreiber Paul Raoul
Lens Georges Xavier
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M17/00—Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems
    • H04M17/02—Coin-freed or check-freed systems, e.g. mobile- or card-operated phones, public telephones or booths
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M17/00—Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems
    • H04M17/02—Coin-freed or check-freed systems, e.g. mobile- or card-operated phones, public telephones or booths

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  • the object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of coin-insertion and delivery mechanism and improved means for preventing fraud.
  • a coin box in which a coin platform is arranged to occupy three possible positions viz. a refunding position in which inserted coins are returned to the user, a neutral position in which the coins are retained on the platform, and a collection position in which the coins are passed to a fee-container, and in which the coin platform is moved to the refund position upon hanging up the receiver, is characterised in that when the receiver hook is raised, the coin platform is put under the exclusive control of a mechanism which is arranged to be necessarily actuated during the insertion of the coin or coins, whereby the coin platform is moved into its neutral position during the coininserting movement.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a coin box mechanism in accordance with the invention.
  • Fig. 1 (a) is a perspective view of a portion of the coin box mechanism.
  • Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with parts omitted for clarity showing, in full lines the rest and'refund position, and inbreken lines the condition when the telephone receiver has been lifted; ⁇
  • Fig. 3 isa similar view showing, in full lines the condition when, .the receiver being olf its hook, .acoin has been insertedf and the coin slide allowed to return to normal, and in broken lines the condition with the coin slide depressed;
  • FIG. 4 is a similar viewshowing the collection position resulting from an electrical signal over the lines; @t
  • the mechanism comprises .twoside :plates ⁇ I and 2 which carry the mechanism and between which is arranged an oscillatingcoin-platform 3.
  • Fixed horizontally between the two side .plates is a cover 5 provided with twogrollers 4, one attheifront and one at the back, and also with .a central opening which serves for the reception of the coins.
  • Also fixed between the two supports I and 2 areltwo-plates 6, onebehindthe horizontalplate' and the other 12 Claims. (Cl.
  • the platform 3 can take three positions, viz. two in which it is held between ⁇ one pair of rollers only and the other in which it is held between both pairs, the first two being inclined and the other horizontal. These two inclined positions serve, as will be described, one for collecting the money and the other for returning it.
  • a projection on the rear side of the coin slide acts on a cranked lever 8, rotatable freely on a pivot 9 which is fixed in the plate I and in the support I0.
  • lever 8 to another lever I2which is fixed to the end of a shaft I3 freely journalled in the supports I and 2.
  • a tension spring I4 serves to bring these parts back to their rest positions as soon as the coin slide is released, the rest positions being, determined by the engagement of the lever I2 with astop ⁇ I5 fixed to the support I 0.
  • the other end of the shaft I3 carries freely a lever I6 for locking the switch hook of the telephone set; this lever I6 resting, under the in- ⁇ iiuence of a spring I'l, on a bent part I8 of an intermediate piece I9 fixed on the shaft I3.
  • a finger 20Aon the intermediate piece I9 engages a lever 2l ⁇ resting normally against a lever '22 under the influence of a coil spring 23 which tends to bring theA two together.
  • Another coilspring 24 is fixed at one end to a fixed stop 25, and at the other end to the lever 2l, so that 2l is drawn up against 22, and 22 in its turn against the stop 25.
  • Rotatable about a pivot 2liV is a retaining pawl '21 which under the action of a spring ⁇ 28 rests against a stop 29 riveted on the lever 22A and which serves to restrain the lever 22 when it reaches the end of that part of its movement necessary for putting the oscillating platform 3 into its horizontal position.
  • the platform 3 is mechanically connected tothe lever22 by means of alink 30, whichV is carried at one end on a pivot 3
  • th member 41 swings into the dash-line position of Fig. 2, allowing the pawl 39 to drop under the force ofits spring 4! into operative position.
  • the lever 2t continues its movement, thus Yloadinglthe spring V23 and further loading the spring-2.4, and is caught and held by the engagementoithe hooked'part 31 on the l'ever'withthe retaining pawl'39, duringfthereleasing movement ofthe coin slide after it has been to the bottom.
  • the clockwise movement of lever N22 is transmitted throughthe intermediaryof link 30, thesector33 andthe plate 35, to thelplatform,whichvis thusvbrought into a horizontal posi-tion.
  • theilever 22 isl retained by the paw-l 21. In this position the platform, closing V"fthe vopening fin theA plate 5, catches thecoin which -falls a few'nomentsfla-ter.
  • a telephone coin box comprising a l coin platform pivotally movable into three. positions of operation, a normal first position for refunding coins inserted in said box, asecond position for .retaining coins on said platform, ⁇ 'lad'third position for collectingr coins depositedlin; ⁇ said box,v receiver hook means operative to movefsaid platform from said second to said first .position upon replacing. the receiverbefore completion of a call, coin actuated means controlled by said hook means being operative to move said platform from said normal first position into said second position and retaining means connected to said coin actuated means for limiting the operation of said receiver hook when said coin means are actuated.
  • a telephone coin box comprising a coin platform movable into three positions, a first normal position for refunding coins inserted in the box, a second position for retaining coins on said platform, a third position for collecting coins in a coin receptacle, call connection responsive means, platform positioning mechanism operable to move said platform from said second position through said third position and from said second position to said first normal position in response to operation'of said call connection responsive means independently of operation of the receiver hook, coin actuated means controlled by the deposit in the box of a proper coin for moving said platform into said second position whereby coins inserted into said coin box will be retained on the platform and retaining means connected to said coin actuated means, operative to prevent operation of a receiver hook when said coin means is actuated.
  • a telephone coin box as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means for preventing the operation of said receiver hook comprises a lever having a catch formed integral therewith, said catch being operatively positioned to engage said receiver hook in one position of operation.
  • a telephone coin box comprising a coin platform movable into three positions, a first normal position for refunding coins inserted in the box, a second position for retaining coins on said platform, a third position for collecting coins in a coin receptacle, call connection responsive means, platform positioning mechanism operable to move said platform from said second position through said third position and said second po-4 sition to said first normal position in response to operation of said call connection responsive means independently of operation of the receiver hook, and coin actuated means controlled by the deposit in the box of a proper coin for moving said platform into said second position whereby coins inserted into said coin box will be retained on the platform.
  • a Atelephone coin :box comprising .aT coin platform movablelinto three positions, a iirst position ,for refunding coins inserted .in ⁇ the box. a secondpsiton forfretaining coins on said platform, a thirdposition for collecting coinsin' a coin receptacle, coinlactuated platformpositioning means'adapted to move saidplatform Afrom said first positionxtosaid second ,position upon theins'ertion of a coin; and means under the controlV of. the receiver hook' for rendering ⁇ said platform positioning means ineifectivewhenthe receiveris supported4 on thev receiver hook. l 6.
  • Atelephone coin box comprising a coin platform movable into three positions.
  • a first position. ⁇ for refunding coins inserted 'in the box a second position for ,retaining coins on said platform, a .third ⁇ position for ⁇ collecting coinsv in a coinreceptacle, coin actuated platform positioning means adapted. to. 'move said .platform from said..first position to said second position upon the insertion of ⁇ a coin in the box,- comprising a shaft rotated in response to the insertion of a coin in the box, apivotally mounted lever ro-4 tated with ⁇ said shaft, a second lever, resilient connecting means 'interconnecting said first'and second levers whereby movement of said first lever will cause movement of said second lever through said resilient means, and mechanical linkage means interconnecting said second lever and said platform.
  • Telephone coin box in accordance with claim 6 including stop means for said second lever limiting the travel thereof to a position wherein said platform is in said second position while permitting further movement of said rst lever to tension said resilient connecting means.
  • Telephone coin box in accordance with claim 8 and further comprises resilient means interconnecting said first lever and a stationary point, said last named resilient means being tensioned upon said first lever being rotated by said shaft and adopted to return said first and second levers upon release of said actuating means.
  • a telephone coin box comprising a coin platform movable into three positions, a first position for refunding coins inserted in the box, a second position for retaining coins on said platform, a third position for collecting coins in a coin receptacle, coin actuated platform positioning means including means for moving said platform from said normal first position to said second position upon the insertion of a coin, locking means for retaining said platform4 in said second position, a spring opposing said movement and tensioned thereby, receiver hook means adapted to release saidlocking means uponreplacement of said receiver prior to completion of a. connection to permit movement of said platform fromsaid second .position to said iirst position by the action of said tensioned spring.
  • .12..A- telephone coin box comprising a.V coin platform movable into three positions, a iirst position for refunding coins inserted in the box, a second position for retaining coins onsaidplatform, athird position .for collecting coins in a coin receptacle, coin actuated platform positioning means including means for moving said platform. fromsaid rst position tosaid second .position,l a ⁇ .return spring opposingA .such platform movement and .tensioned thereby, locking means forretaining saidv platform in said second. .posi.
  • a collection magnet tion against the tension of saidrs'pring, a collection magnet, an armature for said, magnet,- operatively associated with said platform means and under the control of said armature -forrmoving .said platform from said second position to said third .position and adaptedto .release Ysaid locking means upon energization .of said collection magnet, said tensioned return .spring be.- ng adapted to return said platform fromfsaid third position ,throughl ⁇ said second positionto said rst position upondeenergization of said.

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US3261443A (en) * 1964-01-06 1966-07-19 Seeburg Corp Price, credit, and change sensing apparatus for coin-responsive equipment
US7635059B1 (en) * 2000-02-02 2009-12-22 Imonex Services, Inc. Apparatus and method for rejecting jammed coins

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US1098673A (en) * 1913-11-25 1914-06-02 Western Electric Co Coin-collector.
US1730422A (en) * 1926-12-14 1929-10-08 Coin collecting means for telephone services and the like
US2206147A (en) * 1936-08-22 1940-07-02 Zimmermann Hanns Friedrich Coin actuated telephone apparatus
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US1098673A (en) * 1913-11-25 1914-06-02 Western Electric Co Coin-collector.
US1730422A (en) * 1926-12-14 1929-10-08 Coin collecting means for telephone services and the like
US2206147A (en) * 1936-08-22 1940-07-02 Zimmermann Hanns Friedrich Coin actuated telephone apparatus
US2289507A (en) * 1938-04-16 1942-07-14 Zwietusch E & Co Gmbh Telephone pay station

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US3261443A (en) * 1964-01-06 1966-07-19 Seeburg Corp Price, credit, and change sensing apparatus for coin-responsive equipment
US7635059B1 (en) * 2000-02-02 2009-12-22 Imonex Services, Inc. Apparatus and method for rejecting jammed coins

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