US288714A - Jeremiah lockwood ant - Google Patents

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(No Model) 1 I J. LOOKWOOD & UMoINTIRB.

MONEY CHANGING CABINET.

Patented Nov 20, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JEREMIAH LOGKIVOOD AND CHARLES MOINTIRE, OF SULLIVAN, INDIANA.

MONEY-CHANGING CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,714, dated November 20, 1883. Application filed February 24, 1883. (No model.)

T a, whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JEREMIAH LOCK- woon and CHARLES MOINTIRE, citizens of the United States, residing at Sullivan, in the county of Sullivan and State of Indiana, have to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective.

view of our device. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view, and Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

This invention has relation to money-changing cabinets,- and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a box or cabinet, which is usually made with a drawer, B, in its lower portion, and a receptacle, 0, in the back part of the upper portion. D represents the lid or cover. In the box is rigidly fastened a longitudinal frame, E, the upper and lower bars, F and G, of which are perforated, to form the upper and lower bearings of tubes H, which are of different diameters, being designed to receive coins of different sizes. The upper ends of the tubes H are flanged, to bear on the upper bar F. The under surface of the lower bar, G, is recessed under each tube, the recesses is having, respectively, depth equal to the thickness of the coin designed to be placed in the different tubes, and serving to form bearings for flat slides L, of similar depth. The lower bearings for the slides L are formed by the shelf N, which is formed with parallel guidegrooves, Z, and with notches in its front edge, as indicated at n. The shelf N projects forward under the tubes, and forms the bottom or under wall of the recess k, under each tube.

A horizontal slide, L, is provided for each coin-tube, each slide having an aperture, m, of sufficient size to permit the passage of a coin from the tube under which it is located.

Each slide is formed with arear arm or guide, 9, and with a front arm, h, in line with said rear arm. The front arms, h, project through perforations 10, in the front wall of the main case,-and are provided with heads h. The perforations p are formed with lateral slotoffsets p, of sufficient extent to permit the slides L to be entirely withdrawn from the box when necessary for repairs or other purpose. The rear arms, 9, engage the perforations of a guide-bar, I, arranged in rear of the shelf N, and are provided with springs s, opcrating against bearing-pins T, which are inserted in the arms 9, and are removable. These pins r form stops, limiting the forward movement of the slides,'but allowing them to be moved by the springs sufficiently to carry their apertures m forward, clear of the shelf N. The rearward movement of each slide is limited by a stop, 11, whereby the position of its aperture at exactly under the tube is ascertained.

WVhen the slide is pushed back, a coin from the tube above it falls into the opening an and on the shelf N, remaining there until, by the return movement of the slide, it is carried forward and falls through the notch it upon the sloping wall w of the inside hopper or discharging-chamber Z, which extends along the front portion of the case, under the slides, and

'is provided with a discharging-spout, .2, which extends through a central slot, z, in the front wall of the case. In the lid or cover D is made,

. over each tube, a slot, a, of proper size to allow the passage of a coin designed to be deposited in the tube below. These slots are therefore of different sizes, and figures are marked on the lid, in order to indicate particularly the coin which is to be fed through each aperture; Figures should also be marked on the front of the box in juxtaposition to the heads of the slides, indicating the respective coins which will be discharged when the slides are operated.

The drawer B, in the lower portion of the case, is designed to be used as a receptacle for bank-notes, and the box 0, in the back of the upper portion of the case, may be used for the same purpose.

Both cover and drawer are designed to be secured by means of locks.

Having described this invention, what we IOO claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A money-changing cabinet having the series of coin-tubes, H, the recessed bearing-bar G, the grooved and notched shelf N, the perforated guide-bar I, the fiat slides L, having apertures m, front and rear arms, h g, and springs s, and the slotted lid or cover D, substantially as specified.

2. A money-changing cabinet having a .cover formed with feeding-slots over a series of tubes within the case, the recessed base-bar holding the lower ends of the tubes, and the notched and grooved shelf below it, the reciprocating spring-slides, having arms extending through the front -wall of the case, and the inside hopper discharging through a slot in said front Wall, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JEREMIAH LOCKWVOOD. CHARLES MOINTIRE.

\Vitnesses:

WM. T. CRAWFORD, J AMES KENEDY.

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