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- Step-up mechanism which are presently used in marble pin ball game apparatuses are incapable of effecting more than one revolution of the contact wiper finger. This by reason of the fact that the ratchet wheel is limited in its rotation by a spring which serves to return the ratchet wheel to a starting position.
- a principal object of our invention is to provide in a step-up mechanism a ratchet wheel which is not thus limited, with the end result that we are able to register by illumination a higher score than that registered by illumination in game apparatuses employing the present type of step-up mechanisms, that is, one limited in its rotation by its return spring.
- a still further and equally important object of the invention is to provide a step-up mechanism of the class hereinafter described which will be simple and effective in use with the operating parts cooperating in a simple manner to facilitate their assembly in a single unitary structure.
- Fig. 1 is an elevational view of my improved step-up mechanism
- Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;
- Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the same
- Fig. 5 is a back view of the same taken substantially on line 5--5 of Fig. 2;
- Fig. 6 is a suggested circuit diagram illustrating one of the many uses of my step-up mechanism.
- a bracket I3 To the rear of the plate In and supported therefrom by a bracket I3 is a plate [4 of non-conductive material and having secured thereto in equal spaced relation with respect to each other contact heads [5 which are adapted to be connected in circuit with incandescent lamps hereinafter referred to.
- the plates Ill and I4 have formed therein aligned openings in which a shaft 16 is journaled.
- the inner end portion ll of the shaft It carries a wiper blade I8, the outer end IQ of which is adapted to successively engage the contact heads 15.
- Fixed to the outer end 20 of the shaft is a bushing 2!.
- This bushing 2i carries a ratchet wheel 22.
- a second ratchet wheel 23 is arranged in spaced confronting relation with respect to the ratchet wheel 22 and is secured in such spaced relation by means of bolts 24 projected through spacing sleeves 25.
- the teeth of the ratchet wheel 23 extend in a direction opposite to that of the teeth of the ratchet wheel 22. It is apparent that the ratchet wheels 22 and 23 rotate together in the same direction of rotation.
- the solenoid 29 of the step-up coil 21 is pivotally connected at 30 to a lever 31 in turn pivotally connected as at 32 to the plate It.
- is pivotally connected as at 33 to an arm 34.
- the outer end portion of this arm 34 provides a dog 35 adapted to engage successively the teeth of the ratchet wheel 22.
- Pivotally connected to this arm 34 as at 36 is the shank 3! of a closed cam frame 38, the top frame member of which is tapered downwardly and outwardly from the shank 31 as shown in Fi 4.
- Pivotally connected to the lever 3! as its point of pivotal connection with the plate In is an arm 39 providing a holding dog 40 which is adapted to engage the teeth of the wheel 22.
- is provided on a plate 42 and is adapted to be engaged by a finger 43 provided as an extension of the holding dog 40 to limit the pivotal movement of such dog by the action of a spring 44 having one end portion 45 connected to the arm 39 and an opposite end portion 46 connected to the plate 42.
- the outward movement of the solenoid 29 is limited by a head bearing adjustment screw 41.
- the solenoid 48 of the coil 28 is pivotally connected as at 49 to a lever 50 in turn pivotally connected as at 5
- the outward movement of the solenoid 48 is limited by a head bearing adjustment screw 48'.
- the upper end portion of this lever 50 is pivotally connected as at 51' to an arm 52 providing a reset dog 53 extending substantially at right angles with respect 3 to the arm 52 and normally resting upon the lower bar 54 of the cam frame 38.
- Pivo'tally connected as at 55 to the arm 52 is the shank 56 of a cam frame 5'! similar in construction to the cam frame 38 but having its top bar 58 extending downwardly away from the shank 56.
- the dog 35 extends through the frame 5? and normally rests on the lower bar59ithere'of.
- the .cam frames-38 and 51 are arranged inconfronting relation with respect to each other. Projecting through these frames at a point adjacent the apex of each frame is a pin 6
- dog 545 .into; zengagementtwith the teeth of the wheel 23 is under actionsiof a s'pring cifilchavingcone end portionatficonnected-to the .narmiti-liandzanlopposite end portion-t9 connected fingerzfiiand connecteditoithe: lever 50, asat l l.
- levers -31: and-tilieach provide an .upwardly :1. extending --;portion lZr. connected .together by. a
- nsuchstep up mechanism has beenespecially designed by us for the use in a circuit of a pin-ball .iplurality .of; incandescent lamps M; which; when 'tilluminated, .:illuminate.- a score: which has been .ra-ttained; bythe player.
- The-tcontact heads El -may represent different izlSCOlGrzVLlLlBS. 1The.:incandescentiamps M .reprev 4 the coil 21 will be energized and project the lever 3! so as to move the arm 34 to the left as viewed in Fig. 1. As this arm 34 is moved in such direction, the cam frame 38 moves therewith and, as the top bar thereof engages the pin 6
- each contact head A 5 has the .valuel'of .1?
- a step-up mechanism of the class described comprising a support, a shaft rotatably supported by said support, a disc bearing a plurality of contacts supported by said support, a wiper finger on one end of the shaft and adapted for successive engagement with the contacts of said disc, a first ratchet wheel on said shaft, a second ratchet wheel arranged in confronting spaced relation with respect to said first ratchet wheel, means for connecting said ratchet wheels in said spaced relation with respect to each other, the teeth of said first ratchet wheel extending in a direction opposite to that of the teeth of the second ratchet wheel, means for successively engaging the teeth of the first ratchet wheel to rotate said ratchet wheels in one direction, means for successively engaging the teeth of the second ratchet wheel for rotating said ratchet wheels in an opposite direc tion and means for holding one of said ratchet wheel rotating means while the other of said ratchet wheel rotating means is effective to rotate said ratchet wheels, said last-name
- a step-up mechanism of the class described comprising a support, a shaft rotatably supported by said support, a disc bearing a plurality of contacts supported by said support, a
- a step-up mechanism of the class described comprising a support, a shaft rotatably supported by said support, a disc bearing a plurality of contacts supported by said support, a wiper finger on one end of the shaft and adapted for successive engagement with the contacts of said'disc, a first ratchet wheel on said shaft, a second ratchet wheel arranged in confronting spaced relation with respect to said first ratchet wheel, means for connecting said ratchet wheels in said spaced relation with respect to each other, the teeth of said first ratchet wheel extending in a direction opposite to that of the teeth of the second ratchet wheel, electromagnetic means for successively engaging the teeth of the first ratchet wheel to rotate said ratchet wheels in one direction, electromagnetic means for successively engaging the teeth of the second ratchet wheel for rotating said ratchet wheels in an opposite direction and means for holding one of said ratchet wheel rotating means while the other of said ratchet Wheel rotating means is effective to rotate said ratchet wheels, said last-name
- a step-up mechanism of the class described comprising a support, a shaft rotatably sup ported by said support, a disc bearing a plurality of contacts supported by said support, a wiper finger on one end of the shaft and adapted for successive engagement with the contacts of said disc, a first ratchet wheel on said shaft, a second ratchet Wheel arrangedin confronting spaced relation with respect to said first ratchet wheel, means for connecting said ratchet wheels in said spaced relation with respect to each other, the teeth of said first ratchet wheel extending in a direction opposite to that of the teeth of the second ratchet wheel, electromagnetic means for successively engaging the teeth of the first ratchet wheel to rotate said ratchet wheels in one direction, holding means for said first ratchet wheel when said first ratchet wheel is rotated in said one direction, electromagnetic means for successively engaging the teeth of the second ratchet wheel for rotating said ratchet wheels in an opposite direction, holding means for said second ratchet wheel when
- a step-up mechanism of the class described comprising a support, a shaft rotatably supported by the support, a first ratchet wheel on said shaft, a second ratchet wheel arranged in confronting spaced relation with respect to said first ratchet wheel, means for connecting said ratchet wheels in said spaced relation with respect to each other, the teeth of said first ratchet wheel extending in a direction opposite to that of the teeth of the second ratchet wheel, means for successively engaging the teeth of said first ratchet wheel to rotate said ratchet wheel in one direction, means for successively engaging the teeth of the second ratchet wheel for rotating said ratchet wheels in an opposite direction, and means for holding one of said ratchet wheel rotating means while the other of said ratchet wheel rotating means is effective to rotate said ratchet wheels, said last-named means including cam frames extending from one end of each of said ratchet wheel rotating means and adapted to cam the ineffective ratchet wheel rotating means out of engagement with its
- a step-up mechanism of the class described asea'zee comprising: a. support, a shafit rotatabht snp ported by the support, a first ratchet wheet on saidv shaft, a. second ratchet wheel arranged: confronting spaced. relation. with respect. to said first ratchet wheel, means: for connecting said ratchet wheels. in said spaced relation. with respect to each other, the teeth on said first ratchet wheel extending in a direction oopnsite to that. of the teeth of the secondv ratchet whe l, electromagnetic means for suceessivelarengag; mg; the teeth of said first ratchet. wheel to rotate said: ratchet.
- a step-up mechanism or the class described comprising a support, a shaft, rotatahly' sup: ported. by the support, a. first ratchet wheel on said shaft, a. second ratchet wheelv arranged. in confronting spaced relation with respect to said first ratchet. wheel, means; tor connecting. said ratchet wheels in said spaced; relation; with respect to. each. other, the. teeth. of said. first ratchet wheel extending in a direction opposite to that of the. teeth. of the second ratchet wheel, holding means for said first ratchet wheel when said. first ratchet wheel is. rotated said one direction, means for successively engaging the teeth of said.
- first ratchet wheel to rotate said ratchet wheel. in one direction, holding means for. said second ratchet wheel when said second ratchet Wheel is rotated in said direction. op.- posite' tosaid one direction, means for successively engaging the teeth of. the second ratchet wheel for rotating said ratchet. wheels in an op posite direction, and means. for holding. one. of said ratchet wheel rotating means while the. other of said ratchet wheel rotating means is effective to rotate said ratchet wheels, said last-nam2d means including cam frames. extending from one endof each, of said ratchet wheel rotating. means and adapted to cam the ineffiective ratchet wheel rotating means out. of engagement with its respective ratchet wheel.
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May 19, 1953 M. J. BINKS EI'AL 2,633,789
STEP-UP MECHANISM Filed April 25, 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 19, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STEP-UP DIECHANISM ration, Chicago, 111.
Application April 25, 1951, Serial No. 222,912
' 7 Claims. 1
It is an object of the invention to provide such a mechanism which is simple in construction and economical in manufacture. Step-up mechanism which are presently used in marble pin ball game apparatuses are incapable of effecting more than one revolution of the contact wiper finger. This by reason of the fact that the ratchet wheel is limited in its rotation by a spring which serves to return the ratchet wheel to a starting position.
A principal object of our invention is to provide in a step-up mechanism a ratchet wheel which is not thus limited, with the end result that we are able to register by illumination a higher score than that registered by illumination in game apparatuses employing the present type of step-up mechanisms, that is, one limited in its rotation by its return spring.
A still further and equally important object of the invention is to provide a step-up mechanism of the class hereinafter described which will be simple and effective in use with the operating parts cooperating in a simple manner to facilitate their assembly in a single unitary structure.
Other objects will appear hereinafter.
The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:
Fig. 1 is an elevational view of my improved step-up mechanism;
Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the same;
Fig. 5 is a back view of the same taken substantially on line 5--5 of Fig. 2; and
Fig. 6 is a suggested circuit diagram illustrating one of the many uses of my step-up mechanism.
The several objects of the invention are accomplished by the preferred form of construction shown in the accompanying drawings. In these drawings a mounting plate is indicated at H]. By means of brackets l l extending from the four corners of this plate H], such plate is mounted to a stationary wall l2.
To the rear of the plate In and supported therefrom by a bracket I3 is a plate [4 of non-conductive material and having secured thereto in equal spaced relation with respect to each other contact heads [5 which are adapted to be connected in circuit with incandescent lamps hereinafter referred to.
The plates Ill and I4 have formed therein aligned openings in which a shaft 16 is journaled. The inner end portion ll of the shaft It carries a wiper blade I8, the outer end IQ of which is adapted to successively engage the contact heads 15. Fixed to the outer end 20 of the shaft is a bushing 2!. This bushing 2i carries a ratchet wheel 22. A second ratchet wheel 23 is arranged in spaced confronting relation with respect to the ratchet wheel 22 and is secured in such spaced relation by means of bolts 24 projected through spacing sleeves 25.
As particularly noted in Fig. 4, the teeth of the ratchet wheel 23 extend in a direction opposite to that of the teeth of the ratchet wheel 22. It is apparent that the ratchet wheels 22 and 23 rotate together in the same direction of rotation.
Secured by suitable brackets 26 to the plate 10 are two electromagnetic coils 21 and 28, the coil 21 being a step-up coil and the coil 28 a reset coil.
The solenoid 29 of the step-up coil 21 is pivotally connected at 30 to a lever 31 in turn pivotally connected as at 32 to the plate It. The upper end portion of the lever 3| is pivotally connected as at 33 to an arm 34. The outer end portion of this arm 34 provides a dog 35 adapted to engage successively the teeth of the ratchet wheel 22. Pivotally connected to this arm 34 as at 36 is the shank 3! of a closed cam frame 38, the top frame member of which is tapered downwardly and outwardly from the shank 31 as shown in Fi 4.
Pivotally connected to the lever 3! as its point of pivotal connection with the plate In is an arm 39 providing a holding dog 40 which is adapted to engage the teeth of the wheel 22. A finger 4| is provided on a plate 42 and is adapted to be engaged by a finger 43 provided as an extension of the holding dog 40 to limit the pivotal movement of such dog by the action of a spring 44 having one end portion 45 connected to the arm 39 and an opposite end portion 46 connected to the plate 42. The outward movement of the solenoid 29 is limited by a head bearing adjustment screw 41.
The solenoid 48 of the coil 28 is pivotally connected as at 49 to a lever 50 in turn pivotally connected as at 5| to the plate It). The outward movement of the solenoid 48 is limited by a head bearing adjustment screw 48'. The upper end portion of this lever 50 is pivotally connected as at 51' to an arm 52 providing a reset dog 53 extending substantially at right angles with respect 3 to the arm 52 and normally resting upon the lower bar 54 of the cam frame 38. Pivo'tally connected as at 55 to the arm 52 is the shank 56 of a cam frame 5'! similar in construction to the cam frame 38 but having its top bar 58 extending downwardly away from the shank 56. The dog 35 extends through the frame 5? and normally rests on the lower bar59ithere'of. As seen in' Fig. 4;"the .cam frames-38 and 51 are arranged inconfronting relation with respect to each other. Projecting through these frames at a point adjacent the apex of each frame is a pin 6|. This pin .ttisconnected as at 62 to the plate Ill.
Pivotally connected to the.aleve1u50;iat...its-,.point of pivotal connection 5l' to thei plate lil',.:iswan arm 63 providing a dog 65 adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel 23. .;.Like-l.the.-..dog All, this dog 64 is limited in its pivotal movement toward the teeth by a stop finger 65 adapted to engage a blocking finger 66. The pivotal move- :ccmentstotthea. dog 545 .into; zengagementtwith the teeth of the wheel 23 is under actionsiof a s'pring cifilchavingcone end portionatficonnected-to the .narmiti-liandzanlopposite end portion-t9 connected fingerzfiiand connecteditoithe: lever 50, asat l l.
:1. The: levers -31: and-tilieach provide an .upwardly :1. extending --;portion lZr. connected .together by. a
.i gspringfl which inormallyeretains the .levers. in
MJBIIQPOSitIOHYShOWIl inFig. 1. Our-1iimprovedistep npmechanismmay be. used ..-.=-to. control: :various:=. electric. circuits. However, nsuchstep up; mechanism has beenespecially designed by us for the use in a circuit of a pin-ball .iplurality .of; incandescent lamps M; which; when 'tilluminated, .:illuminate.- a score: which has been .ra-ttained; bythe player.
,; The-tcontact= heads El -may represent different izlSCOlGrzVLlLlBS. 1The.:incandescentiamps M .reprev 4 the coil 21 will be energized and project the lever 3! so as to move the arm 34 to the left as viewed in Fig. 1. As this arm 34 is moved in such direction, the cam frame 38 moves therewith and, as the top bar thereof engages the pin 6|, the cam frame 3%. will be pivoted in an upward direction, disengaging the dog 53 from the adja- .-.cent--too.th of the wheel"-:23.z-y'simultaneous with cthis movementof the framei38-thestop finger 4| 9 having been moved upon pivotal movement of Kathe lever 3! in an anti-clockwise direction from v...engag.ement with the finger 43, the dog 49 will be permitted to move into engagement with the iadjacentctoothz.ofnthe rear wheel 22, thus holdzljtirlggthe whels1z22 and 23 against movement in to; aw plate alt. formed as ran-i integral part of .vthe':
=-game .;.apparatus in which there. are. arranged a;
....mechanism:16. ..-'Ihis step upmechanism-is sub- .....stantially .-.-similar to-.-that:sho.wn .in United States Patent. No. 2,281,262, wherein. there =are..disclosed among other -.-things,- a. wiper. finger .ll, aCOIltBJJt .uheadsa'lma .step.+up .coil.l$ .and a .reset coilllSfl.
.cthecontact? heads 18. For...example,.-assuming.
that. each contact head A 5 has the .valuel'of .1?
tinasmuch .as every ninth. contacthead. of .the ACOIltB/Gt heads [5,. is...connected. in .circuit with a ....contactlhea'd"lt, the score-value ofthefirs't lamp ..;.of...the lamps 83. will. be 10, the second"20,r th..thirdf30, andso. on; 1 The vcircuit"illustrated inIFig". 6 is. to show one of .the, many uses of our invention. and it. is to beuhderstood that we are not to be limitedto such circuit;.' also while-we .have' shown but one rowtof 'contactjheads"'l5 and 1 one 'wiper'xfinger "18, there may be several such rows concentrically arranged'with respecttoeach otherand each engaged by a wiper finger.
"The operation'of'our improvedstep-up mechanismis'a's follows:
'."'.The wheels 22 and "223 are advanced step+byestepiin aclockwise direction through the step up dog "'35; .This. is accomplished as follows:
i. IW-hen the switch "84 .(which switch. may .repreesent a ball-actuated :switch .oiuthc .like is closed,
--&I1. '2 Ill'ri-'0100k-WiSe direction. Pivotal movement ...-.ot..the .lever 3l...in a clockwise direction will bear "the dog 35 against the adjacent tooth and rotate .zthewwh'eels 22 and 23 in a clockwise direction.
During this operatiom? the dog 64 has been held from engagement .withthe outenwheelZ 3: by the 1 .springi'i.
.-..Each.time the electromagneticcoil 2l..is=.energized, ,,-the..wheels. 22 and .23.. will .be. advanced step-by-step.
Each time. the electromagnetic ,coil .2 this energized by the closing of aswitchil l .(which switch .may .be a conventional .coin. slide .switchwhich conditions 1 the. game... apparatus for pl y) .the
ratchet. wheels. 22- and :23 willc berotated in an anti-clockwise. direction. .This .isaccornplished in "the following manners=Whencthetso1enoidi29cis moved. inwardly with respecttathe coil. 28,.. the levertii is. pivoted in aLclockwisedirection..; This permitsthedogM tomoveinto engagement with :the outerqwheel 23 ,torhold .theratchet -Wheels.-22 and 23 against rotation-in a.c1ockwise direction. As the. levertfiii .projects. .in. a. clockwise .direction,
.the. cam frame 51,.thereof pivots therewith and brings the. top. bar. ..5 3 thereof ..into.. engagement with. the in 6 I; .pivoting the frame;upwardlsmo hear, thebottombar .of .the frame .5T...against ,the
dog -3 5: to... pivot. vthe dog..upwardly-.from. engagement with-tha. adjacent. tooth .of., the wheel 22. At ,the, .same...time,. the. dog-531s .moved..-backwone ,tooth..to..engage..the nexttooth..Of..the..wheel..23.
When the lever '50 is 'pivoteddn a clockwisendi- .r.ection, by...the,spring 13, the wheels'Q22 land 23 Twill...be..ro.tated-.one step. in .an...anti=clockwise..di-
rectioncequivalent to..'..the.1.distance. .betweenllthe toothcf -the .wheeli23..;..Each..timef..the coil-3.28 is energized, the "wheels '22 and .23 lwillhemotated. in
7 an. anti-clockwise .direction,v .asviewed in'Eig. l,
gnilstep equivalent to"the"distance-.betWeBII'Ithe Inthe constructionfofour' stepeupmechanism we..do not limit the rotation "ofjthe. wheels 22..and "23 by any return spring. The wheels areftherefore free to be rotated stepby-step thrqughiseveral revolutions. ".1 This...is.;i important because. it permits the-uti1-ization-"-of a larger numberof contact heads; with the end" result. that a --larger score may-be registered"by iliumination than" is ordinarily registered, by theuse ,of step-up-mecha- -nism-now*commonly.inuse.
hile-we'have' "illustrated and'describ'ew-the pref erredformfofj constructiomfor carrying our =inventioninto effect; this is-capable of -va-riation and -modi-ficationwithout :departing from "the spirit of' the inVentioni-We, therefore? do not wish to be limited to the precisedetailsof-construc- 'tionset' forth; but desire to'avail'ourselves. of such variations .and modifications. as come "withinjithe. scopefo'f the. appendedlclaims.
Til-laying" thus described. our. invention, what... we
claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:
1. A step-up mechanism of the class described comprising a support, a shaft rotatably supported by said support, a disc bearing a plurality of contacts supported by said support, a wiper finger on one end of the shaft and adapted for successive engagement with the contacts of said disc, a first ratchet wheel on said shaft, a second ratchet wheel arranged in confronting spaced relation with respect to said first ratchet wheel, means for connecting said ratchet wheels in said spaced relation with respect to each other, the teeth of said first ratchet wheel extending in a direction opposite to that of the teeth of the second ratchet wheel, means for successively engaging the teeth of the first ratchet wheel to rotate said ratchet wheels in one direction, means for successively engaging the teeth of the second ratchet wheel for rotating said ratchet wheels in an opposite direc tion and means for holding one of said ratchet wheel rotating means while the other of said ratchet wheel rotating means is effective to rotate said ratchet wheels, said last-named means including cam frames extending from one end of each of said ratchet wheel rotating means and adapted to cam the ineffective ratchet wheel rotating means out of engagement with its respective ratchet wheel. v
2. A step-up mechanism of the class described comprising a support, a shaft rotatably supported by said support, a disc bearing a plurality of contacts supported by said support, a
wiper finger on one end of the shaft and adapted for successive engagement with the contacts of said disc, a first ratchet wheel on said shaft, a second ratchet wheel arranged in confronting spaced relation with respect to said first ratchet wheel, means for connecting said L ratchet wheels in said spaced relation with respect to each other, the teeth of said first ratchet wheel extending in a direction opposite to that of the teeth of the second ratchet Wheel, means for successively engaging the teeth of the first ratchet Wheel to rotate said ratchet wheels in one direction, holding means for said first ratchet wheel when said first ratchet Wheel is rotated in said one direction, means for successively engaging the teeth of the second ratchet wheel for rotating said ratchet wheels in an opposite direction, holding means for said second ratchet wheel when said second ratchet wheel is rotated in said direction opposite to said one direction, and means for holding one of said ratchet wheel rotating means while the other of said ratchet wheel rotating means is effective to rotate said ratchet wheels, said lastnamed means including cam frames extending from one end of each of said ratchet wheel rotating means and adapted to cam the ineffective ratchet wheel rotating means out of engagement with its respective ratchet wheel.
3. A step-up mechanism of the class described comprising a support, a shaft rotatably supported by said support, a disc bearing a plurality of contacts supported by said support, a wiper finger on one end of the shaft and adapted for successive engagement with the contacts of said'disc, a first ratchet wheel on said shaft, a second ratchet wheel arranged in confronting spaced relation with respect to said first ratchet wheel, means for connecting said ratchet wheels in said spaced relation with respect to each other, the teeth of said first ratchet wheel extending in a direction opposite to that of the teeth of the second ratchet wheel, electromagnetic means for successively engaging the teeth of the first ratchet wheel to rotate said ratchet wheels in one direction, electromagnetic means for successively engaging the teeth of the second ratchet wheel for rotating said ratchet wheels in an opposite direction and means for holding one of said ratchet wheel rotating means while the other of said ratchet Wheel rotating means is effective to rotate said ratchet wheels, said last-named means including cam frames extending from one end of each of said ratchet wheel rotating means and adapted to cam the ineffective ratchet wheel rotating means out of engagement with its respective ratchet wheel.
4. A step-up mechanism of the class described comprising a support, a shaft rotatably sup ported by said support, a disc bearing a plurality of contacts supported by said support, a wiper finger on one end of the shaft and adapted for successive engagement with the contacts of said disc, a first ratchet wheel on said shaft, a second ratchet Wheel arrangedin confronting spaced relation with respect to said first ratchet wheel, means for connecting said ratchet wheels in said spaced relation with respect to each other, the teeth of said first ratchet wheel extending in a direction opposite to that of the teeth of the second ratchet wheel, electromagnetic means for successively engaging the teeth of the first ratchet wheel to rotate said ratchet wheels in one direction, holding means for said first ratchet wheel when said first ratchet wheel is rotated in said one direction, electromagnetic means for successively engaging the teeth of the second ratchet wheel for rotating said ratchet wheels in an opposite direction, holding means for said second ratchet wheel when said second ratchet wheel is rotated in said direction opposite to said one direction, and means for holding one of said ratchet wheel rotating means while the other of said ratchet wheel rotating means is effective to rotate said ratchet wheels, said last-named means including cam frames extending from one end of each of said ratchet wheel rotating means and adapted to cam the ineffective ratchet wheel rotating means out of engagement with its respective ratchet wheel.
5. A step-up mechanism of the class described comprising a support, a shaft rotatably supported by the support, a first ratchet wheel on said shaft, a second ratchet wheel arranged in confronting spaced relation with respect to said first ratchet wheel, means for connecting said ratchet wheels in said spaced relation with respect to each other, the teeth of said first ratchet wheel extending in a direction opposite to that of the teeth of the second ratchet wheel, means for successively engaging the teeth of said first ratchet wheel to rotate said ratchet wheel in one direction, means for successively engaging the teeth of the second ratchet wheel for rotating said ratchet wheels in an opposite direction, and means for holding one of said ratchet wheel rotating means while the other of said ratchet wheel rotating means is effective to rotate said ratchet wheels, said last-named means including cam frames extending from one end of each of said ratchet wheel rotating means and adapted to cam the ineffective ratchet wheel rotating means out of engagement with its respective ratchet wheel.
6. A step-up mechanism of the class described asea'zee comprising: a. support, a shafit rotatabht snp ported by the support, a first ratchet wheet on saidv shaft, a. second ratchet wheel arranged: confronting spaced. relation. with respect. to said first ratchet wheel, means: for connecting said ratchet wheels. in said spaced relation. with respect to each other, the teeth on said first ratchet wheel extending in a direction oopnsite to that. of the teeth of the secondv ratchet whe l, electromagnetic means for suceessivelarengag; mg; the teeth of said first ratchet. wheel to rotate said: ratchet. wheel. in one; direction, electricmagnetic means for successively engaging the teeth of the. second ratchet: wheel for rotatin said ratchet. wheels in an opposite direction, andm-eans for holding. one of, said ratchet wheel rotating means while the other of said ratchet wheel. rotating means is effective to rotate said ratchet wheels, said last named means. including cam. frames extending from one end. of: cash. of said ratchet wheel rotati'ngimeans. and: adapted. to camv the ineffective ratchet wheel rotating means out of engagement with its: respective ratchet wheel;
7. A step-up mechanism or the class described comprising a support, a shaft, rotatahly' sup: ported. by the support, a. first ratchet wheel on said shaft, a. second ratchet wheelv arranged. in confronting spaced relation with respect to said first ratchet. wheel, means; tor connecting. said ratchet wheels in said spaced; relation; with respect to. each. other, the. teeth. of said. first ratchet wheel extending in a direction opposite to that of the. teeth. of the second ratchet wheel, holding means for said first ratchet wheel when said. first ratchet wheel is. rotated said one direction, means for successively engaging the teeth of said. first ratchet wheel to rotate said ratchet wheel. in one direction, holding means for. said second ratchet wheel when said second ratchet Wheel is rotated in said direction. op.- posite' tosaid one direction, means for successively engaging the teeth of. the second ratchet wheel for rotating said ratchet. wheels in an op posite direction, and means. for holding. one. of said ratchet wheel rotating means while the. other of said ratchet wheel rotating means is effective to rotate said ratchet wheels, said last-nam2d means including cam frames. extending from one endof each, of said ratchet wheel rotating. means and adapted to cam the ineffiective ratchet wheel rotating means out. of engagement with its respective ratchet wheel.
MELVIN J. BINKS. ALPHONSE A. SAMOLIS.
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