US3576245A - Coin sorter cradle lock - Google Patents

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US3576245A
US3576245A US851931A US3576245DA US3576245A US 3576245 A US3576245 A US 3576245A US 851931 A US851931 A US 851931A US 3576245D A US3576245D A US 3576245DA US 3576245 A US3576245 A US 3576245A
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
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  • Kocovsry Attorney-Smart & Biggar ABSTRACT lmproved locking means for the cradle of a coin sorter, which cradle has two arms extending across a coin path defined between two plates, the locking means preferably being in the form of a flat member pivotally mounted near its upper end between said plates and normally occupying a position in which a slot or notch in said flat member engages one of the cradle arms to lock the cradle against rocking movement until such time as a coin of predetermined size seats in the cradle and engages and displaces a lower portion of the member to release the cradle arm from the slot.
  • Such cradles are adapted to receive. and'be rocked by a downwardly. falling-coin of a predetermined size, so as to dermsit such a coin on a laterally and downwardly extending runway, coins of a lesser size being dle, with the result that such coin is led into the path intended,
  • the invention provide in a coinsorter having a cradle adapted'to be rocked from a normal position by a: coin of predetennined size, said. cradle having two arms ex-' tending across a corn pathdefinedby two plates, one of which arms initially moves arcuately upward when the cradle is moved from said normal position, the improvement comprising a locking member movably mounted betweenrsaid plates, having upper and lower portionsand beingbiassed to a position in which said upper portion thereof overlies said one arm to prevent upward movement thereof except when said lower portion of. the locking, member is displaced a certain amount by a coin seated in saidcradle.
  • said locking member comprises a vertically member pivotally mounted at its upper end the plates and passes through the member near one side edge thereof, the lower end of the member having a. laterally ex- ;tending slot defined by said upper and lower portions and open at saidone side edge. of the member, said lower portion extending beyond the. upper portion at said one side edge.
  • FIG, I is a fragmentary view of a plate of a coin sorter have ing'a cradle and the improved locking means of the present in V vention mounted thereon;
  • FIG. 2. is a section on the-linelI-II of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. I but showing a coin seated in the cradle and the locking means displaced by said coin to free the cradle;
  • FIG.4 is a fragmentary view of shown in FIG. I.
  • a coin sorter has two plates 1 and,2 which between them definea path for coins falling downwardly from an entry chute 3;
  • a cradle 4 is shown mounted on platel and for the purposes of the present description it will be assumed that it is a nickel" cradle, i.e. that it-is adapted to receive and be rocked by nickels while allowing fpennies" and"dimes-' to pass freelytherethrough. It will be. understood, of course, that the invention is not restrictedto nickel cradles but applies also to quarter cradles, etc.
  • Thecradle 4' compn'ses a plate 5, pivotally mounted on pin 6 securedv to plate 1, abiassing weight 7 and two arms 8 and 9 which extend through slots 10 and II, respectively, in plate I,
  • the plate I has a flange 12 extending towards the plate 2 and a locking member 13 is mounted adjacent said flange on a pivot pin I4. secured to the plate 1 and'passing through the locking member at the upper end and near the inner edge thereof, the result being that the locking member is biassed toward the position shown in FIG. I.
  • the locking member has a laterally extending slot 15 therein between an upper portion I6. andalower portion I7 of the locking member, the lower portion extending beyond beyond the upper portion. It will be apparent that the upper portion 16, with the cradle and locking member in their normal positions as shown in FIG. 1, willjprevent the arm 8zfrom moving arcuately upward in the slot '10.
  • the cradle will not rock but rather the arm 9'will divert the dime back between the arms and thence downwardly as intended. If the dime initially strikes the locking member'and accidentally frees arm8, the cradle willlnot rock since it is .biassed into the position shown.
  • a niekel entering the coin path via chute 3 falls on the cra-. dle and a portion thereof, of course, passes-betweenthe arms 8 and v9 to engage and displace the lower portion 17 of the locking member to the position shown in FIG. 3.
  • Such dis placement is sufiicient to displace the upper portion 16 to free the arm 8 therefrom, whereby the cradle is allowed to rock, under the influence of the weight of the nickel, to deposit the nickel N on runway 18 to be guided through. the sorter in known manner.
  • the locking means of the present invention takes up a minimum of space, is inexpensive to manufacture, does. not interfere with the normal functioning of the sorter and is highly efficient inoperation.
  • a coin sorter having a cradle adapted to be rocked from a normal position by a coin of predetermined size, said cradle havingtwo arms extendingacross a coin path defined by two plates, one of which arms initially moves arcuately upwardwhen the cradle is moved from said normal position, the improvement comprising a locking member movably mounted between said plates, having upper and lower portions and beingbiassed to a position inwhich said upper portion thereof overlies said one arm, to prevent upward movement thereof except when said lower portion of thelocking member is displaced a certain amount by'a coin seated insaid cradle.
  • said. locking member comprises a vertically elongated flat member pivotally mounted at its upper end between said plates by a pivot pin which is secured to one of the plates and passes through the member near one side edge thereof, the lower end of the member having a laterally extending slot defined by said upper and lower portions and open at said one side edge of the member, said lower portion extending beyond the upper portion at said one side edge.
  • a coin sorter having a cradle adapted to be rocked from a normal position by a coin ofpredeterrnined size and having two anns extending across a coin path defined between two plates, one of which arms initially moves arcuately upward when the cradle is moved from said normal position
  • improved locking means for locking said cradle unless released by a said coin of predetennined size
  • said locking means comprising a member having a substantially horizontal slot therein, means mounting said member between said two plates for movement parallel to said plates towards and away from that side of said one arm which trails during initial movement of the arm means biassing said member to a position in which said one arm is seated within said slot with an upper portion of said member above the slot preventing such initial movement of the arm, a lower portion of said member below the slot ex tending beyond the open end of the slot an amount sufficient to ensure release of the arm when said lower portion is dis placed by a said coin of predetermined size seated in the eradle.
  • a coin sorter having two plates defining between them a path for downwardly falling coins, a cradle pivotally mounted on the outside of one of said plates and having two arms extending through slot means in said plate to bridge said path. said anns being spaced apart a predetermined distance whereby they will engage a coin of a predetermined size and prevent passage of said coin therebetween but will permit coins of a lesser size to pass freely therebetween and continue their downward falling movement, said cradle being biassed to a normal coin-intercepting position and adapted to be rocked by a said coin of predetermined size to a coin-discharging position whereby a said coin will be diverted from its original path, and locking means for locking said cradle against accidental rocking by a said coin of lesser size, said locking means comprising a member pivotally mounted between said plates, normally biassed to a locking position and having a slot therein adapted to receive one of the arms of said cradle when the latter is in its normal position, said arm being the trailing arm when the

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