US320965A - Cash-carrying apparatus - Google Patents

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,965, dated June 30, 1885.

Application tiled May 27, 18L`5. (o modeLl To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that l, DAVID HALL Rien, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Cash-Carrying Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cash-carrying apparatus; and it consists in certain improvements in the elevators for tracks and carriers shown in the Letters Patent No. 314,264, granted to me March 24, 1885, and in an improved receptacle or basket for receiving the carriers from the track, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure lis aside elevation of a portion of the track and an elevator provided with my improvements with the carrier partly in section. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same from the section-line A A of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of the same on the line B B of Fig. l with the elevator in the position of delivering the carrier upon the track. Fig. 4 is the same view with the elevator in position after having delivered the carrier to receive another from the operator. side view of my improved basket receiver for the carrier. Fig. 6 is an end view of the same.

A is the track lformed of two rails in the form of round rods, and being supported by frames c* a2, and stayed by horizontal braces or bars c c'. In this track are interposed two pivoted rail-sections, a a, in the path of the elevator-carriage to allow the carrier to be passed between them onto the track, as described in my said former patent. All of the above parts are well understood, and their further description is unnecessary.

On the opposite sides of the frames a2 a2, I attach two horizontal flat bars, b b, and upon these afiix collars b b', iitted to receive the vertical rods b2 b2, which depend from the ceiling of the room and pass through these collars, which thus steady the rods. These rods eX- tend downward to within easy reach of an attendant, and are tied together at their lower ends by the cross-bar b3. On these rods is mounted a vertically-sliding gate, b4, by four collars, as shown, having on each side of the two upper ones eyelets to fasten cords upon to raise the gate. Upon the latter is xed a cup,

b5, formed of a segment of a circular piece of metal, of a curvature to' it the outer periph- V. Fig. o is aY ery of the carrier and hold it while being elevated. This cup is made narrower transversely than the space between the rail-sections c c, and has its edge over which the ball is to be delivered to the track made lower than the opposite one, which comes up behind the carrier above its center to hold it securely upon that side and prevent its being thrown out by another carrier if struck by it while the elevator is above the track-level. On this side of the cup b5 is attached an extension of it, b, which curves around the carrier still farther, and then projects forward and upward in a wider curve and terminates in a vertical upward projection at its free end, like a finger or vertical bar. The purpose of this wider curve of b6 is to form a deilector tolling the ball foret bly out of the cup b5 upon the track, as hereinafter described, and the purpose of its vertical iinger end is to throw another carrier,v

which may be passing along the track in the path of the elevator as it is raised, out of the way, as hereinafter described, both of which objects are accomplished by the conformation described in relation to the cup b5.

As each'carrier has a circumferential groove, c, around it, I afiix in the interior of the cup b5, in proper position to register with this groove, a curved spline, bl, which aids in holding the carrier in the cup b5.

The cross-bar b3 is extended laterally upon curate delivery of the latter between them to the cup and its being tipped out of the latter sidewise. These side rods may be extended upward to the track, if desired, and where the spline b1 is not used should do so. proper distance from their lower ends tw'o short horizontal rods, b b, project from them in the direction toward which the ball is delivered and parallel to the track-sections a c, and beyond the path of the carrier when raised in the elevator. rlhe outer ends of these horizontal rods are tied together by the transverse bar b1, also outside of this path of the carrier, and from the center of this transverse bar extendsV vertically upward, parallel with said path, the fixed rod bu, havingv its upper end Atabent toward and xed in the contiguous frame a, as shown. The function of this rod bm, like bs 128, is to prevent the accidental falling of the carrier from the cup b5 while being elevated to the track.

Around the rods b2 b2 and below the collars b b are attached spiral springs b13 b, as shown, by their upper ends being fixed in the collars.

Depending from the upper bar a', on each side of the path of the carrier over the track, are flat side guides, a3, with their lower ends terminating above the path of the pivoted railsections a a, while to the track-rails on the same side of the elevator are attached t-wo other at guide-plates, a* a4. The function of these guide-pieces is to oblige the carrier as it is flung from the cup b5 to drop upon the track without cramping or binding.

Suitable cords and pulleys having been attached to the ceiling and the ears of the gate b4, the elevator is operated as follows: The carrier is rolled into the cup b5 between the rods bE which guide its groove onto the spline b". The elevator is then raised quickly until the collars of the gate b* compress the flexible springs b13 I)13 against the fixed collars b b', when the sudden stopping ofthe cup b5 throws the carrier upward and it strikes against the deilector b6 and is deilected forward, falling upon the track outside the cup b5 and rolling away with the momentum thus acquired. Should, however, the gate b be raised slowly until the springs 513 are thus compressed and it then be released-the track sections a a having dropped beneath the wheel-treads of the carrier-the springs b13 Z113 will throw the gate quickly downward and bring the deflec- -tor b against the back side of the carrier, thus giving it a momentum over the track.

It thus becomes impossible to raise the elevator either quickly or slowly without causing the detlector to project the carrier upon its path.

Above the cross-bar b3 rubber collars b1* b1* are placed upon the rods b2 b2 to prevent any shock by the gate b4 in falling, which the gate does by its own weight.

In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown my improved receiving-basket for the carrier. I provide the -V frames a a, between which the open space or trap is left in the track for the carrier to drop through, with guide-bars a5 a5, one on each side ofthe hole, projecting inward far enough to obligeA the carrier to drop directly downward between them. Over this space and the track I tix the spring defleetor d, which directs the carrier downward through the space. This deflector is made to press upon the top of the carrier slightly before it has left the track and thus check its momentum without stoppingA it, or preventing its falling through the space. To the frames a2 a2, I attach four rods, d d', bent inward and then carried directly downward under the space or trap in such relation to it and each other as to allow the carrier to slide freely down between them. A hoop or band, d2, of proper shape to allow the carrier to pass.

through it, connects the lower ends of these rods. A flat side guidestrip, cl3 d3, is also attached on each side of the trap to the bars a5 a5, and extends downward and is attached to the band d2 to which it is attached.

It will be observed that the edge of the carrier projects outside of the rods d d as it falls downward between them. On the outside faces of the guide-bars a5 a5, I pivot bars d4 d", two on each side, so as to turn freely on their pivots, and these bars extend downward, so that the lower end of one of them on one guide-bar a5 projects one way outside of the adjacent rod d', and of the other one projects in the opposite direction outside of the opposite adjacent rod, while those on the other guide-bar project downward in like manner, .so that their lower ends come opposite those of the first pair. these bars d4 cl* are then connected across outside the rods d d to each other and to other bars d* d* by the cross-rods d5 d5, so as to be pivoted thereon and articulate said bars d4 d" d* d4 together. being thus articulated to the first pair on each side are carried` downward and across the rods d d on that side in opposite directions until their lower ends project .beyond said rods, and where the said pair cross each other on each side they are pivoted together by a pivot, d. The opposite ends of these second bars d4 d* are then connected across by rods d5 d5 to each other, and to a third set of bars d4 d4, so as to pivot freely thereon and together. The lower ends of each pair of these third rods d* d* are then brought together downward on each side and connected to each other and to the opposite ends of a dependent bail, dl, by a pivot, d, so that they and the bail will turn freely thereon. This latter pivot projects into a slot, d8, in the vertical guidestrip d on each side of the receiver, so as to play freely up and down in said slot. The series of articulated bars d* d* d* d* d4 d* and their cross-rods d5 d5 d5 di' thus form with the side guide-strips, d, a receiver in which the latter, by means of the slots d8 da in them and the pivots d d, which work up and down in the slots, cause the rods d5 d5 to be brought a proper distance apart and allow them to be separated by lifting on these pivots d d in proportion to the length of the slots.

The rods d d or strips d d may be used with this articulated basket, or either said rods or said strips may be dispensed with and the other of .them used, as either alone form convenient supports for the band d2 and present a smooth surface upon the inside of the basket, and also regulate the distance apart of the bars d5 d5.

The upper pair of rods Z5 d5, Fig. 6, are adjusted to the proper distance apart to allow the carrier falling through them to separate them by the pressure of its opposite curved sides and descend to the second pair of rods d5 d5. When another carrier falls upon the upper pair of rods and opens them, the car- The second pair of bars d* d The opposite lower ends of IOO IIC

rier already in the basket has its supporting rods also expanded and drops into the bail (Z7, while the second one is caught by the rods it has just left. Thus a second carrier dropping into the basket always automatically lowers the one already there to the next rods below or to the bail J7. This bail is provided with a handle, di", and if it is desired to bring a carrier down which has dropped upon the bars d5 d5 in the basket the operator takes hold of this handle and lifts slightly upon'the bail, which raises the pivots d d and expands the bars d5 d5, allowing the carrier to drop down into the bail. The bail contains a con-v cave platform, d, which prevents it from swinging away from beneath the carrier by the dropping of the latter upon it; but the bail may be swung away by hand and the carrier removed at any time. The bail i7 may be dispensed with and the carriers caught by hand as they are released from the bars d5 d5,- but the bail is an important addition to the basket.

This articulated basket is connected to the track A', and is made to receive the carriers sent by the elevator mechanism before described, and the form of the two is adapted to operate the same carrier; but the basket may be used with another form of elevator or track and carrier by the proper changes in its form.

What I claim as new and of my invention 1sl. In combination with the track A', the lelevator-cup b5, provided with the defiector b, bent over the cup with such a curve and at such a distance as to cause the carrier to strike against it when the cup is elevated and suddenly stopped and the carrier to be deflected out of said cup, and appliances for elevating and stopping said cup suddenly, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the guide-rods b2 b2, the cup b5, sliding thereon and provided with the deflector bs, curved over said cup, the pivoted track-sections aa, and one or more springs, b1, adjusted to throw the cup and detlector quickly downward after the trapsections have dropped beneath the carrier in the cup and thus give an impulse to the carrier on the track, substantially as described.

8. The combination ofthe track A', provided with pivoted track-sections a a, the vertically rising and falling elevator-cup b5, provided with the arm bs, projecting upward above the carrierseat in said cup in position to pass between said track-sections in advance of the carrier being elevated and push aside another carrier traversing the said track, and mechanism for elevating said cup, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the elevator-cup b, provided with the spline Z, and the carrier provided with the groove c, registering therewith when the carrier is in position inthe cup, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the track A', the elevator-cup b5, adapted to pass freely through which the carrier is introduced into the cup,

and mechanism for elevating said cup, substantially as described.

7. The combination of the track vA', having a trap or space therein or connected therewith for the passage of the carrier downward, and the articulated basket formed of the series of pivoted side bars, d* dt, their opposite connecting-rods d5 d5, and one or more supportingpieces for said side bars, adjusted to regulate the distance which said opposite rods da d5 can approach each other while allowing them to recede from each other, substantially as described.

8. In combination with the articulated basket formed of the pivoted side bars, dA1 d4, and opposite connecting-rods d5 d5, and one or more supporting-pieces forsaid side bars, adjusted toregulate the distance which said opposlte rods d5 d5 can approach each other while allowing them to recede from each other, the piv-A oted bail dl, substantially as described.

9. The combination of the track provided with a space or trap for the passage of thecarrier downward and a receiver beneath said trap provided with a swinging bottom part pivoted to the receiver by side bars, and pivots Z9 d9 above the lower end of the same, and adapted to be swung from under the carrier and allow the latter to drop downward out of the receiver, substantially as des Jribed.

DAVID HALL RICE.

W'itnesses:

WILLIAM P. BLAKE, N. I. OCKINGTON.

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