US655544A - Coin assorting, delivering, and recording apparatus. - Google Patents

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No. 655,544. Patented 'Aug. 7,- I900.

' s. s. BOYD;

COIN ASSORTING, DELIVERING, AND RECORDING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Apr. 5, 1900.)

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No. 655,544. Patented Aug. 7,1900.

8. S. BOYD.

(Application filed Apr. 5, 1900.)

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Nrrnn STATES ATENT =FFKQEQ SANFORD S. BOYD, OFLAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA;

bola AssosTme, DELIVERING, AND RECORDING APPARATUS;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,544, dated August '7, 1905. Application filed April 5, 1900. serial No. 11,755. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SANFORD S. BOYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Laurens,

in the county of Laurens and State of South Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin Assorting, Delivering,

and Recording Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for handling money, and has for one of its objects to provide a simple, ll1QX-' pensive, and highly-reliable apparatus for expeditiously assorting and delivering coins i of various denominations and other money,

and one which is calculated to record the re-% ception of each coin or other piece of money] and the discharge thereof, so as to enable the proprietor of a place of business to ascertain at the close of each business day or other desired period the amount of money placed? in and the amount removed from the apparatus.

Another object is to provide a money as--, sorting, delivering, and recording apparatus 1 the manipulating-keys of which are arranged E in a locked case, to which access can only be had by authorized persons who are provided with keys.

Another object is to provide a money assorting, delivering, and recording apparatus embodying means whereby when the case containing the manipulating-keys is Opened i by an employee the number or other designating character of such employee will be imprinted on the record'tape, so as to enable ain the record of money placed in and removed from the apparatus by the several employees.

Another object is to provide a coin assorting and delivering apparatus embodying means whereby the coins contained in the several tubes or columns may be readily discharged into a common closed receptacle con- COVGIS.

as shown.

designed to receive silver dollars, halves,

nected with said tubes or columns, hen de sired.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims, when taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken in the plane indicated by the broken line 2 f Fig. Fig. dis a detail vertical transverse section taken in the plane indicated by the broken line 3 f Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal section taken in the plane indicated by the line 4 at of Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views of the two coinejecting slides of the apparatus. Fig. 7 is a detail section taken in the plane indicated by the broken line 7 7 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a detail section taken in the plane indicated by the line 8 8 of Fig. 2. Fig. 9 is a detail section taken in the plane indicated by the line 9 9 of Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a detail horizontal section taken inthe plane indicated by the broken line 10 10 of Fig. 3. Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view illustrative of a portion of the mechanism for locking one of the case- Figs. 12 and 13, Sheet 3,'are detail sections illustrating a modification.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 11 thereof, A is the case of my improved apparatus, which is divided by a partition a into two compartments 1) c and is provided with a front panel cl, of glass, and also with hinged covers ef, and B, O, D, and E are hoppers which communicate with the interior of case A and rise from the upper horizontal wall g thereof, These hoppers B, O, D, and E are quarters, and dimes, respectivelyybut it is obvious that they may be adapted to receive other denominations of coins and that more or less of them and their appurtenances may be employed, as desired.

Arranged within the case A, at about the proportional distance illustrated from the several hoppers, are upright tubes or columns B, O, D, and E, which are open at their upper and lower ends and are designed to receive and hold silver dollars, half- ICO dollars, quarters, and dimes, respectively. The said tubes or columns are connected at their upper ends to and communicate with circular apertures in. the lower walls t' of horizontal guides j, (see Figs. 8 and 7,) and at their lower ends said tubes are connected to the upper walls 70 of horizontal guidesl and register with apertures m in said upper walls 7t, as shown. The upper walls a of the guidesj are provided with apertures 29, which register with the several hoppers, while the lower walls r of the lower guides Z are provided with apertures s, which register with discharge-spouts If, and are also provided with apertures it, which register with conduits 12, designed to lead to a locked receptacle which I have deemed it unnecessary to illustrate.

B C D and E are slides arranged in the guidesj in alinement with the tubes 13, C, D, and E, respectively, and B C D and E are slides arranged in the guides Lin alinement with the tubes B, O, D, and E, respectively. The upper slides are provided with circular openings 20, designed to receive coins, and hence are adapted to transfer coins from the hoppers to the tubes. The lower slides are also provided with circular openings (designated byzr) and are therefore adapted to receive coins from the upright tubes and transfer or shift the same to the spouts t.

Arranged below the slides 13 (J D in the lower guides Z are slides B, C", D, and E, respectively, which have openings 1 and are designed to receive coins from the tubes and transfer the same to the conduits 2;.

F designates four bell-crank levers fulcrumed at the apices of their angles on suitable supports 11 in the casing, as best shown in Fig. 3. These levers have upwardly and forwardly extending arms a, which extend loosely through apertures b in the upper slides, and they also have rearwardly-extending arms 6 which are connected by coiled springs d to the lower wall of the frame containing the guides j, and are also connected to manipulating-keys Lwhich extend through suitable guides e and rest below the eoverf of the casing, as shown.

J designates four bell crank levers which are arranged alternately with reference to the levers F on the supports H and are provided with depending arms f, which extend loosely through apertures g in the lower slides B C, D and E and are also provided with rearwardly-extendiug arms 7L, which are connected by springs d to the frame containing" the guides j and are also connected to the manipulating-keys K, which extend through guides e to a point below the casing-coverf. When one of the keys lthat for actuating the slide 13, for instanceis depressed and its lever F isrocked in the direction indicated by arrow in Fig. 3, a dollar which has been received in the circular aperture 2/ of said slide 13 will be carried to and dropped in the column B, while when one of the keys K that for actuating the slide B, for instanceis depressed and its lever J is rocked in the direction indicated by arrow in Fig. 3 the silver dollar which has been received in the circular aperture 00 of said slide 13 will be carried to and dropped into one of the spouts t. The spouts t are adapted to drop coins in the hand of the operator, and hence are very convenient for making change.

L L designate four manipulating keys, which are fulcrumed on brackets (L2 extending from the back wall of the case A and are normally held in and returned to the position shown in Fig. by coiled springs h, which connect their lower arms and the back wall of the casing, as shown. The lower ends of these levers or keys rest in apertures c in the slides 13 0 D E", and hence it will be seen that when one of thelevers or keystha t for actuating the slide 13, for instance-is rocked in the direction indicated by arrows in Fig. 3 the slide B will be moved forwardly, so as to cause its aperture 1 to register with the aperture 00 in slide B and the tube 13 and receive a silver dollar therefrom, and will then be moved rearwardly, so as to carry the silver dollar to and drop it in one of the conduits o.

It will be readily appreciated from the foregoing that it is simply necessary for the operator in order to deposit coins of various denominations in their respective tubes to place said coins in the proper hoppers and then actuate the keys 1 until the hoppers are discharged of their contents, while to remove coins the operator has but to actuate the keys K, when the lowermost coins in the apertures 20 of the slides will be carried to and dropped in the discharge-tubes 6, from whence they may fall into the hand of the operator, so as to enable him to readily make change. It will also be appreciated that by actuating the keys or levers L the operator is enabled to partially or wholly discharge the several tubes of their contents and cause the coins to drop into proper compartments in a locked receptacle, which, as before stated, I have deemed it unnecessary to illustrate.

lll (see Figs. 2 and S) is a drum fixed on a shaft a N, arest or support; P, a drum fixed on a shaft U; Q, a strip or ribbon of paper designed to be wound off the drum M and on drum P; R, an inked ribbon arranged above the strip of paper and designed to move with the same off drum M and on drum P; S, a coiled spring surrounding the shaft 1/ and connected at one end to the same and at its opposite end to the casing; T, a gear-wheel loose on the shaft Z) and connected by a train of gearing with a shaft 0", bearing a fly-fan d"; U, a ratchet fast on the shaft Z), and V a pawl pivotaily connected to the gear-wheel T and arranged to engage the ratchet. It

follows from the foregoing that when the shaft Z)" is turned with a key in the direction indicated by arrow in Fig. 2 the spring S will be compressed or wound up and that when the shaft is released, as will be presently de scribed, the spring by tending to expand will rotate the shaft b inthe direction opposite to that indicated by'arrow, so as to wind the paper strip and superposed inked ribbon or other duplicating medium off the drum M and on drum P.

Fixed-on the shaft 6 of the before-mentioned train of gearing and arranged in the compartment 0 of case A is a cam-wheel V,

having an abrupt shoulder f, as best shown in Fig. 8. The said shoulder f is designed to be engaged by a lateral lug g on a vertically-movable rod WV, which has T-heads h i at its upper and lower ends designed to be engaged by cranks 7' on upper rock-shafts X and lower rock shafts Y, respectively. There are four of the shafts X, and each has an arm Z (see Fig. 3,) which extends through an opening in the lower wall of the guideframej and a slot m in one of the upper coinmoving slides, so as to be swung in the direction indicated by arrow in Fig. 3 by a coin in the aperture of said slide when the slide is moved to carry the coin from one of the hoppers to one of the tubes. When the arms l of the shafts X are swung, as stated, it follows that the shafts will be rocked and the rod W raised, so as to release the cam-Wheel V from the lug g and permit said cam-wheel to make one complete revolution and the superposed paper and duplicating medium to be moved to a slight extent off the drum M and on drum P. There are also four of the shafts Y, and each is provided with an arm a which extends through an opening in the upper wall of the guide-frame l and a slot 19 in one of the upper coin-ejecting slides, so as to be swung in the direction indicated by a coin in the circular aperture of the slide when said slide is moved to carry the coin from one of the upright tubes to one of the dischargespouts t. The shafts Yrock with their arms 71 and hence itfollows that the rod W will also be raised, for the purpose before described, when one of the slides B with a coin therein, is moved to carry the coin to one of the discharge-spouts t.

It will be clear from the foregoing that incident to the placing of a coin in any one of the upright tubes and incident to the removal of a coin from any one of the said tubes the record-strip of paper and the duplicating medium above the same will be moved a slight distance in the direction indicated by arrow in Fig. 8 over the rest or support N, this in order to enable the record-strip to receive the entries of coins placed in and removed from the apparatus in regular order as the same are made by means which will now be described.

Z designates four lovers which are fulcrumed at an intermediate point of their length on hangers depending from the top wall of the case and have their forward arms connected by coil-springs a to said wall, and Z designates four similarly-mounted levers connected by springs a to the top wall of the lating-keys I.

case. Each of the levers Z'has its rear arm connected by a cord 12 or other suitable driving connection with one of the manipulatingkeys K, and each of the levers Z has its rear arm connected by a cord 0 or other suitable driving'connection with one of the manipu- The levers Z are also provided at their forward ends with types at, bearing different inscriptions-such, for instance, as tsl I, 500, I, 250. I,- and 10c. I, respectivelywhile the levers Z are provided with types 6 bearing different inscriptions-such, for instance, as $1 0, 50c. O, 250. O, and 10c. 0, respectively. The lever Z bearing the $1 I type is connected with the key I for actuating the upper dollarslide, the lever Z bearing the 500. I type is connected with the key I for actuating the upper fifty-cent slide, the lever Z bearing the 25c. I type is connected with the key I for actuating the upper twenty-five-cent slide, and the lever Z bearing the 100. I type is connected with the key I for actuating the upper ten-cent slide, while the lever Z bearing the $1 0 type is connected with the keyKfor actuating the lower dollar-slide, the lever Z bearing the 500. O-type is connected with the key K for actuating the lower fifty-cent slide, the lever Z bearing the 250. O type is connected with the key K for actuating the lower twenty-five-cent slide, and the lever Z bearing the 10c. 0 type is connected with the key K for actuating the lower ten-cent slide. From this it follows that when one of the keys I-that for actuating the upper dollar-slide, for instance-is depressed and a dollar is transferred from the hopper B the record-strip and duplicating medium will first be moved a slight distance, in the manner before described, and the inscription $1 I will be printed on the record-strip, indicating that one dollar has been received in the apparatus. It also follows that when one of the keys K-that for actuating the lower dollar-slide, for instance-4s depressed and a dollar is removed from the tube B and discharged into its complementary spout t the record-strip and duplicating medium will first be moved a slight distance, as before described, and the inscription $1 0 will be printed on the recordstrip, indicating that one dollar has been removed from the apparatus.

In the manner stated an exact account of all money placed in and removed from the apparatus is automatically kept, and hence the proprietor of a place of business is enabled to readily ascertain at the close of any desired period the amount of money received and paid out during such period.

Access can only be had to the keys I and K by unlocking and raising the cover f of the case A, and in order to enable the proprietor to ascertain by which employee the cover fis unlocked and the keys I and L manipulated and certain entries made on the record-strip the mechanism best shown in Figs. 3, 7, S, and 11 is provided.

Referring more particularly to the abovementioned figures, M is an arrow-head catch arranged on the coverf and extending down into a supplementary case N fixed on case A.

P is an endwise-movable rod arranged in the case N and having one of its ends arranged in a socket a on one end wall of the case and its other end connected by a coiled spring b to the opposite end wall of the case, and R is an endwise-movable rod arranged in the case and parallel to rod P and having one of its ends arranged in asocket 0" on one end of the case and its opposite end connected by a spring to the other end of the case. The rod P is provided with an upwardly and laterally extending arm 0", designed to normally rest over one side of the arrow-head of the catch M as shown in Figs. 7'and 9, so as to hold the coverfin its closed position, and is also provided with four depending projectionsf, designed to be engaged by keys, presently described, for moving the rod in the direction indicated by arrow in Fig. 7, and thereby unlocking said cover f. The rod R is provided with an upwardly and laterally extending arm g designed to be engaged by the arrow-head of the catch M after the 1nanner shown in Fig. 11, when the cover j" is closed, and is also provided with four downwardly and laterally extending arms h, de signed to engage the keys presently described.

S designates four wheels journaled on short journals t'flextending inwardly from the back wall of the case N and having elongated openings or slots j to receive the inner ends of keys.

T designates four levers similar to the levers Z Z,with the exception that the types 7a, which they bear, are provided with the numerals 1, 2, 3,and 4-, respectively, or other characters for identifying the several clerks or employees.

W designates four connections, preferably cords, bet-ween the wheels or drums S and the levers T.

V designates five slidable panels which are arranged in suitable guideways Z and constitute the front wall of the case N and Q designates four individual keys for opening the coverf and actuating the wheels or drums S and the type-levers T The inner ends of the several keys are of different shapes, as are also the elongated openings or slots 7' of the wheels 8*, so that each key has its complementary wheel and can be inserted in and used in conjunction with no other. This provision is obviously made for the purpose of preventing one employee from opening the cover f by actuating the lever T which bears the identification character of another employee. The keys Q are each provided at an intermediate point with a notch m", which when the key is inserted and turned is designed to receive one of the arms 71 of the rod B after the manner shown in Fig. 11, for a purpose presently described.

The endwise-movable panels V have their contiguous ends beveled, as indicated by n in Fig. 9, and also have such contiguous beveled ends arranged in position approximately opposite the wheels S and the spaces between the arms a and 7t5 of the rods P and R respeetively. From this it follows that when one key (E -that, for instance, for operating the wheel S to the right-is inserted between the contiguous beveled edges of the two panels to the right the beveled edges of the panels to the left of the inserted key are moved close together, so that no key can be inserted between the same. It also follows that when a key is inserted between the contiguous beveled edges of any two of the panels V a key cannot be inserted between any other two of the panels. lVhen the inserted key Q is turned toward the left or into the position shown in Fig. 11, it partially rotates its complementary wheel S in the direction indicated by arrow and by winding the cord V on the wheel aetuates one of the levers T and thereby prints the number or other identificationmark of the employee using the key on the record-strip. V hen turned as stated, the key also acts against one arm of the rod P and thereby moves said rod endwise in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 9 and disengages the arm e of said rod from the arrow-head catch M so as to permit of the coverf being raised and access gained to the manipulating-keys I K. When the coverf is raised, the arrowhead catch lVP by moving upwardly releases the arm of the rod R so as to enable said rod to move endwise toward the left and carry one of its arms into the notch m of the key, and thereby prevent withdrawal of the key. However, when the coverf is closed the arrow-head catch M moves downwardly and acting against the arm of rod R presses the said rod R toward the right, and thereby carries the Vertical portion of the arm 7L5 out of the notch m of the key Q and the horizontal portion of said arm 7L5 from beneath the key, so as to permit of the key being re turned to its original vertically-disposed position and withdrawn from the case. The downward movement of the arrow-head catch M also operates by engaging the arm 6 of rod P to move said rod endwise toward the left, so as to enable the horizontal portion of the said arm 0 to return to its original position above the arrow-head of the catch and thereby lock the cover fin its closed position.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that before an employee can gain access to the manipulating-keys I K for the purpose of assorting and placing money in the apparatus or removing change therefrom he must first unlock the cover f, and by the act of opening the said cover f he necessarily actuates the lever T complementary to his individual key, and thereby prints his identification-mark on the record-strip, so that he is held responsible for all money subsequently entered on the record-strip as placed in or removed from the apparatus until the cover f is closed and he is able to removehis individual key. When the key of one employee is in the case N the key of another employee cannot be introduced. When, however, the case N is closed and the key of the first-nam ed employee is removed from the case, the key of another employee may be introduced,when the identification-mark of such other employee will be printed on the record-strip, so that he will be held responsible for entries made of money placed in and removed from the apparatus until the cover f is again closed and locked. After opening the case N and actuating one or more of the manipulating-keys to place money in or remove money from the apparatus each employee is expected to close the case and remove his individual key. This each employee will be careful to do in order to avoid being charged with money placed inor removed from the apparatus by another employee. By reason of this the proprietor of a place of business is enabled to readily ascertain the specific amount of money placed in and removed from the apparatus by each of his employees, which is an important advantage and a desideratum in this class of devices. It will also be observed that when the cover f is locked only those provided with keys can gain access to the manipulatingkeys I K, and hence it is impossible for an unauthorized person to place moneyin or remove money from the apparatus, which is an important advantage.

Notwithstanding the fact that my improved apparatus is calculated to save much time and labor in the handling of money and is also adapted to keep a record of all money received and paid out and prevent dishonesty on the part of employees it will be observed that it is simple and compact in construction and embodies no delicate parts such as are likely to get out of order after a short period of use.

When it is desired to adapt the apparatus to receive paper money, one or more hoppers B lower and upper slides, such as B and tubes B such as shown in Figs. 12 and 13,

will be provided in the apparatus, and in conjunction therewith telescopic receptacles B will be used, each piece of paper money being placed in one receptacle and said receptacle dropped into the hopper, as shown in Fig. 12. Of course complementary manipulating-keys I K and registering means, such as described, will also be employed in conjunction with the hopper B", slides B tube B and receptacle B.

I have entered into a specific description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exact understanding of the same. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to such specific construction and arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In an apparatus for-handling money, the combination of a casing having outlets for pieces of money, a holder contained in the casing and adapted to receive pieces of money, a slide for transferring pieces of money from the holder to one outlet, a second slide superposed on the first-mentioned slide and adapted to transfer pieces of money from the holder to the other outlet, and means for operating the slides.

22. In an apparatus for handling money, the combination of a casing having an inlet and two outlets for pieces of money, an upright tube contained in the casing and open at its opposite ends, a slide for receiving pieces of money from the inlet and transferring the same to the tube, a slide for receiving pieces of money from the tube and conveying the same to one outlet, a slide for receiving pieces of money from the tube and conveying it to the other outlet, and a manipulating-key for each slide; said keys being connected with the slides, substantially as specified.

3. In an apparatus for receiving, delivering and registering pieces of money, the combination of a casing having an inlet and two outlets for pieces of money, a holder, for pieces of money, contained in the casing and open at its upper and lower ends, an upper slide for transferring pieces of money from the inlet to the holder, a lower slide for transferring pieces of money from the holder to one outlet, and a second lower slide superposed on the first-mentioned slide and adapted to transfer pieces of money from the holder to the other outlet, means connected and adapted to operate in concert with the upper slide for registering the pieces of money placed in the holder, and means connected and adapted to operate in concert with one of the lower slides for registering the pieces of money removed from the holder, through the mediu m of said lower slide.

t. In an apparatus for receiving and registering pieces of money, the combination of a casing having an inlet, a holder for pieces of money arranged in said casing, a slide for transferring pieces of money from the inlet to said holder, a record-strip, mechanism for moving said strip, a stop normally engaging said mechanism and controlling the move* ment of the record-strip, means, arranged to be actuated by a piece of money in the slide, for disengaging the stop from said mechanism, and means connected and adapted to operate in concert with the slide for registering on the record-strip the pieces of money placed in the holder.

5. In an apparatus for delivering and registering pieces of money, the combination of a casing having an outlet, aholder for pieces of money arranged in said casing, a slide for transferring pieces of money from the holder to the outlet, a record-strip, mechanism for moving said strip, a stop normally engaging said mechanism and controlling the movement of the record-strip, means, arranged to be actuated by a piece of money in the slide, for disengaging the stop from said mechanism, and means connected and adapted to operate in concert with the slide for registering on the record-strip the pieces of money removed from the holder.

6. In an apparatus for assorting and delivering pieces of money, the combination of a casing, a plurality of hoppers for pieces of money of different denominations arranged upon and communicating with the interior of the same, a series of discharge-conduits for pieces of money of different denominations leading from the under side of the easing, a plurality of upright tubes arranged in the casing and open at their upper and lower ends, slides interposed between the upper ends of the tubes and the hoppers for transferring pieces of money from thelatter to the former, superposed slides interposed between the lower ends of the tubes and the two series of discharge-comluits for transferring pieces of money from the former to the latter, manipulating-keys connected with the upper slides, manipulating-keys connected with the upper of the superposed slides, and manipulating-keys connected with the lower of the superposed slides, substantially as specified.

7. In a money receiving and registering apparatus, the combination of a casing having an inlet and an outlet for pieces of money, a tube contained in the casing and open at its lower and upper ends, a slide for transferring pieces of money from the inlet to the tube, aslide for transferring pieces of money from the tube to the outlet, manipulatingkeys for actuating the slides, a record-strip and a printing medium wound upon and stretched between two drums, a support for the record-strip and printing medium arranged below the same at a point intermediate of the two drums, spring-actuated mechanism for winding the record-strip and printing medium off one drum and on the other, astop controlling themovement of the recordstrip and printing medium, means, arranged to be actuated by pieces of money in the slides for disengaging the stop from the mechanism for moving the record-strip and printing medium, and printing devices connected with the manipulating-keys and adapted to strike against the printing medium, substantially as specified.

S. In an apparatus for receiving and registering pieces of money, the combination of a casing having an inlet, a tube contained in the casing, a slide for transferring pieces of money from the inlet to the tube; said slide having an aperture and a slot, a manipulatingkey connected with the slide, two drums, a

record-strip and a printing-ribbon wound upon and stretched between the two drums, a support or bed arranged between the drums and below the record-strip and printing-ribbon, spring-actuated mechanism connected with one of the drums for moving the recordstrip and printing-ribbon, a rotary cam connected and movable with said spring-actuated mechanism and having a shoulder, a vertically-movable rod having a lateral lug ar ranged toen gage the shoulder of the cam and also having a head, a rock-shaft having a crank arranged to engage the under side of the head and also having an arm resting in the slot of the slide and arranged to be engaged by the piece of money in said slide, a lever fulcrumed at an intermediate point of its length and provided with a type adapted to strike against the printing-ribbon, and a suitable connection between said leverand the manipulating-key, substantially as specified.

9. In an apparatus for receiving, delivering and registering pieces of money, the combination of a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a holder for pieces of money arranged in said casing, a slide for transferring pieces of money from the inlet to the holder, a slide for transferring pieces of money from the holder to the outlet, a record-strip, mechanism for moving said-strip, a stop normally engaging said mechanism and controlling the movement of the record-strip, means, arranged to be actuated by a piece of money in one slide, for disengaging the stop from said mechanism, means, arranged to be actuated by a piece of money in the other slide, for disengaging the stop from the stripmoving mechanism, means connected and adapted to operate in concert with one slide for registering on the record-strip the pieces of money placed in the holder, and means connected and adapted to operate in conjunction with the other slide for registering on the recordstrip the pieces of money removed from the holder.

10. In a money asserting, delivering and registering apparatus, the combination of a casing, a plurality of hoppers for pieces of money of different denominations arranged upon the casing and connected with the interior thereof, a plurality of conduits for tie} discharge of pieces of money of different denominations depending from the casing and connected with the interior thereof,a plurality of upright tubes for pieces of money of different denominations arranged in the casing, slides provided with apertures and slots and adapted to transfer pieces of money from the hoppers to the tubes, slides having apertures and slots and adapted to transfer pieces of money from the tubes to the discharge-conduits, manipulatingkeys connected with the slides, two drums, at record-strip and a print ing-ribbon wound upon and stretched between the two drums, a support or bed arranged be tween the drums and below the record-strip and printing-ribbon, spring-actuated mech- IIO anism connected with one of the drums for moving the record-strip and printing-ribbon, a rotary cam connected and movable with said spring-actuated mechanism and having a shoulder, a vertically-movable rod having a lateral lug arranged to engage the shoulder of the cam and also having heads at its upper and lower ends, upper and lower series of rock-shafts having cranks arranged to engage the under sides of the heads and also having arms resting in the slots of the upper and lower slides and arranged to be engaged by pieces of money in said slides, levers fulcrumed at intermediate points of their length and having type at one end, and connections between the other ends of the levers and the manipulatin g-keys,substantiall y as specified.

11. In an apparatus for assorting, delivering and registering pieces of money, the combination of a casing provided with a plurality of openings for the reception of pieces of money 'of different denominations and a plurality of openings for the discharge of pieces of money of different denominations, a plurality of holders for pieces of money of different denominations arranged in the casing, means for transferring pieces of money from the inlet-openings in the casing to the holders, means for transferring pieces of money from the holders to the discharge-openings in the casing; said means comprising manipulatingkeys, means for recording the placing of each piece of money in and the removal of each piece of money from the holders, a cover inclosing the manipulating-keys,a lock for said cover, a plurality of individual keys for unlocking the cover, and means for recording the number or other mark of identification of the key by which the cover is unlocked, substantially as specified.

12. In an apparatus for the purpose described, the combination of the casing A having the cover f provided with an arrow-head catch, the supplementary casing having a front wall made up of slidable panels, the contiguous edges of which are beveled, a superposed record-strip and printing-strip arranged over a suitable bed in the casing A, levers fulcru med in the casing A and having type at one end adapted to strike against the printing-ribbon, wheels arranged in the supplementary casing and having individual keyholes, connections between said wheels and the levers bearing type, the endwise-movable rod P arranged in the supplementary casing and having an arm adapted to engage the arrow-head catch on the cover, and also having a plurality of arms f" the endwise-movable rod R arranged in the supplementary casing and having the arm adapted to be engaged by the arrow-head catch and also having the arms if, and individual keys adapted to be inserted between the edges of the panels into the keyholes of the wheels and having notches to receive the arms 77. of the rod R substantially as specified.

13. In an apparatus for receiving, delivering and registering pieces of money, the combination of a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a holder for pieces of money in said casing, a slide arranged between the inlet and the upper end of the holder and having an aperture to receive a coin and a slot communicating therewith, a slide arranged between the outlet and the lower end of the holder and having an aperture to receive a coin and a slot communicating therewith, a record-strip, mechanism for moving said strip comprising a cam-wheel having a shoulder, a verticallymovable rod having a lug normally engaging the shoulder of said cam-wheel and having T-heads at its ends, rock-shafts having arms arranged to engage the upper and lower heads, respectively, of said rod and also having portions extending through the slots of the slides, means connected and adapted to operate in concert with one slide for registering on the record-strip the pieces of money placed in the holder, and means connected and adapted to operate in concert with the other slide for reg= istering on the record-strip the pieces of money removed from the holder.

let. In an apparatus for delivering and reg istering pieces of money, the combination of a casin g, a plurality of holders for pieces of money of different denominations arranged in the casing, means for removing pieces of money from the holder; said means compris ing manipulating-keys, means for registering the removal of each piece of money from the holder, a cover inclosing the manipulatingkeys, a lock for said cover, a plurality of manipulating-keys for unlocking the cover,

and means for registering the number or other mark of identification of the key by which the cover is unlocked, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SANFORD S. BOYD.

Witnesses:

T. E. TODD, P. A. SIMPSON.

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