US532763A - carney - Google Patents

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T. OARNEY= COIN DISPLAYER.

No. 532,763. Patented Jan. 22, 1895.

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T. GARNEY. 00m DIS/PLAYER.

No. 532,763. Patented Jan. 22, 1895.

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T. CARNEY.

COIN DISPLAYER.

No. 532,763. Patented Jan. 22, 1895.

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T. OARNEY. COIN DISPLAYER.

No. 532,763. Patented Jan. 22, 1895 UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE,

THOMAS OARNEY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL OASH v REGISTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

'COlN-DISPLAYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 532,763, dated January 22, 1895.

Application filed May 11,1394- Serial No. 510,890. (No model.)

To all? whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS OARNEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ooin-Displayers, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention is intended for use in connection with cash registers and indicators and in the drawings it is shown applied to such a machine and arranged to co-operate with the cash drawer thereof, but it may be used independently of such machineor in combination with any other suitable mechanism. Its novelty will be hereinafter set forth and particulary pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cash register and indicator of familiar form having my coin-displayer attached to it; Fig. 2, an enlarged vertical section through the display receptacle; Fig. 3, a front elevation; Fig. 4, an elevation 2 of the right side of the displayer with the side of its casing removed, and the parts in normal position; Fig. 5, a corresponding view with the parts in different position, and Fig. 6 a detail view illustrating the means for op- 0 crating the displayer by the money-drawer of the cash register.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts in all the figures.

The casing of the displayer consists of a 3 5 flanged plate A and flat plate A adapted to fit against and be secured to the sides of the cash register and inclose the operating parts of the displayer, and a display receptacle 13 secured upon the left hand side of the plate A and having its front and rear sides composed of glass plates 0. The upper and lower ends of the displayer receptacle are open, the lower end terminating in a chute D extending through the plates A A and through the side of the casing of the cash register into position to deliver the coins into the moneydrawer thereof, while the upper end of the receptacle, of the shape shown in Fig. 2, is adapted to be opened and closed by the vibrating curved plate or lid E.

Within the displayer receptacle is mounted a series of pivoted plates or shelves F having studs or pins upon their outer ends fitted in bearings in the outer wall of the receptacle, and similar pins G upon their inner ends extending through the main plate of the casing A, Figs. 4 and 5. In the present instance there are four of the pivoted shelves F and the pins G of the three upper ones have fast upon their right hand ends, within the casing A, levers H having weighted front ends adapted to rest upon stop-pins I and yieldingly hold said shelves in approximately horizontal position. These weighted levers are provided upon their rear sides with studs J which are adapted to co-operate with spring-pressed pawls or trips K mounted in a longitudinal slot in a vertically reciprocating operating barL (approximately square in cross section) confined in guideways M M. The normal position of said bar is shown in Fig. 4, and when itis moved downward to its limit of movement, Fig. 5, the lower one of the three trips K will first contact with the stud J upon the lower one of 5 the three weighted levers H and rock its front end upward and tilt the corresponding shelf F to release any coin that may be resting upon it. After thislower trip has cleared the stud upon the lower lever the next trip above will actuate the middle lever in the same manner to tilt its shelf and release any coin resting upon it, and after the trip has cleared this and .the shelf returned to horizontal position the upper trip will tilt the upper shelf. The lower one of the four shelves, instead of being operated in the same manner as the upper three, has fast upon its pivot pin G a pinion or segment N to which is connected a coiled spring 0 tending to hold the lower shelf in horizontal position. The segment N meshes with a segment P upon the left hand end of a short lever Q whose right hand end stands in the path of a projection R upon the reciprocating operating bar L. 5 \Vhen said bar is in its upper normal position said projection holds the right hand end of the lever Q elevated and the lower shelf F tilted to vertical position. As soon as the bar L begins to move downward the spring 0 will roo throw the shelf to horizontal position, before the lower one of the three trips K tilts the shelf above it.

The pivotal supporting rod or pin of the Vibrating lid E has fast upon its right hand end inside the casing A a lever B. A coiled spring S connected to the left hand end of said lever tends to throw the lid to open po sition. Fast upon the right hand end of said lever is a pendent armT provided at its lower end with a stud U which, when the bar is slid to its lowermost position and the lower end of the arm T swung to the left by the spring S, Fig. 5, stands in the path of the upper end of the bar L. The latter is slightly beveled off or inclined from front to rear so that when it moves upward the engagement of its upper end with the stud U will swing the lower end of the arm T rearward until the stud passes behind the bar, whereupon the latter will move on upward in front of the stud and hold the parts in such tilted position with the lid E closed. In this manner thelid is closed at each upward movement of the operating bar and locked thereby in such position until the bar moves downward to its limit of movement. In the present instance the bar L is made heavy enough to drop by gravity, when released, and operate the various parts, but it might of course be made lighter and be operated by a spring. So, too, the levers H might be yieldingly held in and returned to normal position by springs instead ofhaving their front ends weighted as described.

The lower end of the bar L has its forward edge serrated and provided with two projecting studs V W' to co-operate with a toothed pawl X and spring latch Y to compel complete strokes of the in opposite directions in the usual manner.

The bar L may be actuated in any suitable manner according to the relation in which the coin-displayer is used. In the present instance, as before stated, it is actuated by the money-drawer of the cash register. To that end the lower end of the bar has projecting from it a stud Z Fig. 3 extending through avertical slot in the side of the casing of the cash register into the path of the front end of a lever A pivoted at its rear end to the side-frame of the machine, Fig. 6. This lever is provided upon its inner side near its front end with a stud B which co-operates with an inclined plate 0' secured upon the side of the money-drawer D. lVhen the drawer is pushed inward to closed position the plate 0' rides under the stud B and lifts the front end of the lever A, thereby lifting the operating bar L of the coin-displayer, and so long as the drawer remains in its closed position the bar is held in the upper position shown in Fig. l of the drawings. \Vhen the machine is operated and the drawer released and thrown open in the usual manner the plate 0. is withdrawn from the stud B, permitting the front end of the lever A and the operating bar L to drop and tilt the shelves of the coin-displayer and open the lid at its upper end in the manner described. Inasmuch as the lid at the top of the displayer is locked in closed position so long as the operating bar remains in its upper normal position, and inasmuch as the bar is held in this upper position by the drawer so long as the latter remains closed, it follows that the lid of the displayer cannot be opened without operating some key of the machine and releasing and opening the money-drawer, and no coin can therefore be dropped into the displayer until a key is so operated and the drawer released and opened.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that while the drawer remains closed the three upper shelves of the displayer remain in approximately horizontal position and support the coins which may be resting upon them, while the lowershelf stands in vertical position with no coin supported by it. Vhen the drawer is opened the lower shelf first moves to horizontal position, and then the next 01' second shelf is tilted to drop its coin upon the lower shelf. As soon as such coin is dropped the shelf resumes its horizontal position and then the third shelf is tilted, dropping its coin upon the second shelf, and then resuming horizontal position again, and then the fourth shelf is tilted, dropping its coin upon the third shelf and resuming horizontal position, and then, after all of the shelves have been thus tilted, the lid at the upper end of the displayer is opened by its spring, ready for a new coin to be dropped into the receptacle and rest upon the upper shelf thereof. Nhen the drawer is closed the lower shelf will be tilted to vertical position and the coin which had been resting upon it dropped into the chute D and delivered by the latter into the money-drawer.

Having thus fully described my invention, I elaim- 1. In a coin-displayer, the combination of a display-receptacle, a series of tilting shelves arranged therein, one above another, a vertically reciprocating operating rod, and a series of trips actuated by said rod and co-opcrating with the shelves to tilt them in succession from the lower to the upper one, substantially as described.

2. In a coin-displayer, the combination of a display-receptacle, a series of tilting shelves therein, one above another, a series of levers movable with the shelves, and a vertically reciprocating operating rod carrying a series of trips eo-operating with the respective levers to tilt the shelves in succession from the lower to the upper one, substantially as described.

3. In a coin-displayer, the combination of adisplay-receptacle, aseries of tilting shelves therein, one above another, aseries of weighted levers movable with the respective shelves and operating to yieldingly hold them in normal position, a reciprocating operating bar, and a series of spring-pressed trips carried thereby and co-operating with the respective lovers to tilt the shelves in succession from the lower to the upper one, substantially as described.

4. In a coin'displayer, the combination of a display-receptacle, a series of tilting shelves therein, one above another, a reciprocating operating bar carrying a series of trips co-opcrating respectively with all but the lowermost one of the shelves to tilt them in succession from the bottom upward as the bar moves in one direction, and means intermediate the bar and the lowermost shelf for causing it to tilt said shelf at its movement in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

5. In a coin-displayer, the combination of a display receptacle, a series of tilting shelves therein, one above another, means for yieldingly holding all of said shelves excepting the lowermostpne in approximately horizontal position, and means for holding the lowermost shelf in incline or vertical position, and a reciprocating operating bar and intermediate devices for tilting the lowermost shelf at the movement of the bar in one direction and for tilting theremaining shelves in succession from the bottom upward at the movement of the bar in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

6. In a coin-displayer, the combination of a display-receptacle having a movable lid, a series of tilting shelves within the receptacle, one above another, a reciprocating operating bar and connections for tilting said shelves in succession from the bottom upward at the movement of the bar in one direction, and means intermediate the bar and lid for closing the latter at the movement of the bar in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

7. In a coin-displayer, the combination of a display'receptacle having a movable lid, a

spring tending to throw the lid open, a series of tilting shelves within the receptacle, one above another, a reciprocating operating bar and connections for tilting the shelves in succession from the bottom upward at the movement of the bar in one direction, and means intermediate the bar and lid for permitting the spring to open the lid at the end of such operating movement of the bar and to cause the bar to close the lid at its movement in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

8. In a coin-displayer, the combination of a display-receptacle having a movable lid, a spring for throwing the same open, a series of tiltingshelves within the receptacle,one above another, all of said shelves excepting the lowermost one normally standing in position to support a coin, a reciprocating operating bar and connections for tilting all of the shelves except the lowermost one in succession from the bottom upward during the movement of the bar in one direction and permitting thelid to open and the lowermost shelf to move to position to support a coin, and means intermediate the lid and lowermost shelf and the operating bar for causing the latter to close the lid and tilt said shelf to release its coin at the movement of the bar in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

9. The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of a coin-displayer' 10. The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of a coin-displayer having a series of tilting shelves arranged within its display-receptacle, one above another, all of said shelves excepting the lowermost one normally resting in position to support a coin, and means intermediate the money-drawer and said shelves for causing the lowermost shelf to move to position to support a coin, and for tilting the shelves above it in succession, at the opening of the drawer, and means for tilting the lowermost shelf to release its coin at the closing of the drawer, substantially as described.

11. The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of a coindisplayer having a series of tilting shelves arranged within it, one above another, and a movable lid, and means intermediate the money-drawer and said shelves and lid for tilting said shelves in succession at the opening of the drawer and closing said lid at the closing of the drawer, substantially as described.

12, The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of a coin-displayer having a display-receptacle containing a series of tilting shelves, one above another, and having a movable lid, a spring tending to throw said lid open, and means intermediate the drawer and said shelves and lid for closing the lid at the closing of the drawer, and for permitting the spring to open it and for tilting the shelves in succession at the opening of the drawer, substantially as described.

13. The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of a coin-displayer having a display receptacle containing a series of tilting shelves, one above another, all of said shelves excepting the lowermost one normally resting in position to support a coin, and means intermediate said drawer and shelves for moving the lowermost shelf to position to supporta coin and successively tilting the shelves above it atthe opening of the drawer, and for tilting the lowermost shelf to release its coin at the closing of the drawer, substantially as described.

1 The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of a coin-displayer having a display-receptacle containing a series of tilting shelves, one above another, and allexcept the lowermost one normally resting in position to support a coin, a movable lid for said receptacle, and means intermediate the money-drawer and. said shelves and lid for movingthe lowermost shelf to supporting position, successively tilting the shelves above it and opening the lid, at the opening of the drawer, and for tilting the lowermost shelf and closing the lid at the closing of the drawer, substantially as described.

15. The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of a coin-displayer having a display-receptacle containing a series of tilting shelves, one above another, all of said shelves excepting the lowermost one normally resting in position to support a coin, means tending to move the lowermost shelf to supporting position, and means intermediate the money-drawer and said shelves for permitting the lowermost shelf to be moved to supporting position and successively tripping the shelves above it at the opening of the drawer, and for tilting the lowermost shelf to release its coin at the closing of the drawer, substantially as described.

16. The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of a coin-displayer having a display-receptacle containing a series of tilting shelves, one above another, and

having a movable lid, all of said shelves ex cept the lowermost one normally resting in position to support a coin, a spring tending to move the lowermost shelf to supporting position and another spring tending to open the lid, a reciprocating operating bar actuated by the money-drawer, a projection upon the bar operating to hold the lowermost shelf in tilted position while the money-drawer is closed and to permit its spring to move it to supporting position when the money'drawer is opened, means intermediate said bar and the lid for closing said lid at the closing of the drawer and permitting its spring to open it at the opening of the drawer, and means actuated by the bar to successively tilt all of the shelves excepting the lowermost one at the opening of the drawer, substantially as described.

THOMAS CARNEY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD Rno'ron, R. B. OAFFRAY.

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