US687008A - Toll-collecting machine for telephones. - Google Patents

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Patented N ov. I9, |90I.

W. A.u FSS` TOLL COLLECTING MACHINE FDR TELEPHONES.

(Application led Mar. 25, 1901.)

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W. A. FOSS. Tou. COLLECTING MAcHlNE Fon TELEPHONES.

(Application led Mar. 25, 1901.) (N0 Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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Ninn STATES 'FATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM A. FOSS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGN OR TO THE AMERICAN TOLL TELEPHONE COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OIIIO'.

TOLL-COLLECTING MACHINE FOR TELEPHONES.

SPECIFICATION for-ming part of Letters Patent No. 687,008, dated November 19. 1901- Application tiled March 25, 1901. Serial No. 52,794. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern: show the construction. Fig. III is aside ele- Beitknown that I, WILLIAM A. FOSS, aresivation, in central vertical section, of the updent of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and per portion of the machine and illustrates State of Ohio, have invented certain new and the tollfeeding slide in its inwardly-actuated 55 useful Improvements in Toll-Collecting Maposition and shows a toll-representing coin chines for Telephones; andI do hereby deor check having entered the toll-conducting Clare the following to bea full, clear, and exchannel of the machine. Fig. IV isv a side act description of the invention, such as will elevation, partly in section, of the lower porenable others skilled yin the art to which it tion of the toll-conducting channel and shows 6o :o pertains to make and use the same. the coin or check conducted by the said chan- My invention relates to improvements in nel in engagement with the lower arm of a toll-collecting machines for telephones. vertically-tilting guide for arresting the de- One object of the invention is to provide scent of another coin or check introduced improved means for preventing obstruction into the said channel before the lirst-menx 5 of or interference with a proper operation of tioned coin or check has been discharged the machine by introducing a pluralityr of from the channel. Fig. Visaside elevation, coins or checks in rapid succession into the largely in central vertical section,illnstrat machine; ing the coin-conducting channel, a coin or Another object of the invention is to procheck arrested at the lower end of the said 7o 2o vide, in addition to a downwardly-extending channel by mechanism instrumental in the toll-conducting channel and mechanism for production of a signal, and illustrating also arresting andl arranged to be operated by a the operation of other parts of the machine. proper toll-representing coin or check at the Fig. VI is a side elevation, partly in section, discharging end of the said channel and inillustrating the lower port-ion of the coin-con- 25 strumental in the production of a signal, ductingchannelandadjacent mechanism and means for preventing the return of the coin shows the coin or check arrested at the lower or check arrested by the said mechanism end of the said channel operating the mechand improved means for removing from the anism instrumental in the production of a channel another coin or check introduced signal. Fig. VII is a side elevation, partly 8o 3o into the channel before the lirst-mentioned in section, illustrating the operation of the coin or check, arrested as aforesaid, has permechanism employed in prevent-ing a backformed its operation. ward oscillation of the operating-shaft of the Another object of the invention is to pro-V machine during the operation of the machine. vide improved means whereby any operation Fig. VIII is a section on line VIII VIII, Fig. 3 5 of the toll-arresting mechanism instrumental VII, looking in the direction indicated by the in the production of the signal, as aforesaid, arrow. Fig. IX is a rear side elevation, in having been commenced must be completed vertical section, on line IX IX, Fig. I, and before another operation of the machine can portions are broken away in this figure to take place. more clearly show the construction. Fig. X 9o 4o With these objects in view and to the end is a section in detail on line X X, Fig. I, lookof realizing other advantages hereinafter aping in the direction indicated by the arrow. pearing the invention consists in certain Referring tothe drawings, @designates the features of construction and combinations of inclosing case of my improved machine, and parts hereinafter described, and pointed out b represents the top of the said case, which 45 in the claims. top has its rear portion raised or .elevated In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is above its forward portion, so as to form an a side elevation, mostly in central vertical upright wall b' between the upper and lower section, of a toll-collecting machine embodyportions of the top, as shown in Figs. I and ing my invention. Fig. 1I is a top plan in III. Thetopb rests nponthecorrespondinglyroo 5o section on line II II, Fig. I, and portions are shaped upper ends of the right-hand and leftbroken away in this figure to more clearly hand side walls of the case a and upon the forward wall of the said case and is held downwardly upon the said walls by mechanism within the case a and comprising a verticallyarranged screw c within the forward portion of the case d and provided at its lower end with a handle c' for turning the same. The screw c extends through and has lateral bearing in an arm or bracket a', secured to the ease a. The screw c has its upper end engaging a nut b3, formed upon a plate b2, which is secured to the under side of the top ZJ. The screw c is provided with an external annular shoulder or collar c2, engaging the under side of the arm or bracket a'. Obviously by this construction the turning of the screw in the one direction and to the extent required will result in disengaging the screw from the engaging nut and render the top b free to be removed, and by turning the screw inthe op posite direction the said top is drawn tightly upon the engaging walls of the case d.

The rear wall of the case a is formed, preferably, by the backboard d2 of the telephone provided with my improved toll-collecting machine, and the right-hand and left-hand side walls and the bottom of the case are secured, preferably, by means of screws a3 to the said backboard. The chamber of the case is enlarged upwardly, therefore, behind the wall ZJ', which is provided at or near its lower end with a horizontally-armnged slot b, which extends through the said wall. A horizontallyarranged table CZ rests upon the lower wall of the slot b4 and extends from the said wall into the case and outside of the case a suitable distance. A horizontally-arranged toll-feeding slide rests upon the table CZ and is slidable through the slot b4 endwise of the table. The slot b4 is therefore large enough vertitically to accommodate the location and operation of the slide The slide u: in its normal or outer position has the stop-forming lug a3', which is formed upon the innerend of the slide, engaging the inner side of the upright wall b' of the top ZJ, as shown in Figs. l and lll. The slide u: is provided at its outer end with a handle for convenience in manipulating the slide. The slidex a suitable distance from its inner extremity is provided with an aperture 003 for receiving the toll-representing coin or check employed in operating the machine. The table CZ is provided at the inner side of the upright wall b of the top Z) with a depending lug d and is secured to the top Z), preferably removably, by means of a screw d2, extending into the top through the lug CZ', as shown in Figs. I and lll. The table CZ is provided outside ofthe case a with an aperture d4, exten'ling vertically therethrough and smaller in dimensions than the tollereceiving aperture zu formed in the slide cc, and the arrangement of parts is such that the aperture m3 of the slide c shall in the outer position of the slide have its forward portion in registry with lthe aperture CZ of the slide, so that the toll-rep resentin g coin or check placed upon the table within the aperture of the slide 5o in the said position of the slide will rest upon the table around the rear portion of the tables aperture d4, which will afford the desired ac cess to the aperture w3 of the slide from below for the purpose of lifting or removing from the said aperture a coin or check which has been inadvertently placed therein or which it is desired to remove or avoid introducing into the machine.

The table CZ inside of the case a is provided with a toll-discharging aperture (Z3, extending vertically through the table. Rearward of the aperture @Z3 the table (Z is provided upon its upper side with a forwardly-facing shoulder d5, arranged to be engaged by the inner extremity of the slide a: in the in wardly-actuated position of the said slide, as shown in Fig. Ill, and the arrangement of parts is such that the aperture ac3 of the slide shall be in registry with the coin-discharging aperture d of the table in the inner position of the slide, as shown in the said figure.

A magnet m, preferably a permanent magnet, is arranged within and supported from the case between the wall b of the top b and the back of the case above the coin-discharging aperture d3 of the table and in such close proximity to the path of the slide x that the space between the said path and the magnet shall not belarge enough verticallyto accommodate the lifting by the magnet of a magnetic slug or counterfeit entirely out of the said aperture, so that the next outward movement of the slide shall result in the withdrawal of the slug or counterfeit.

The peculiar configuration and construe tion of the case, including its top Z), as here* inbefore described, accommodates the location and operation of the magnet m and slide m without materially enlarging the case and without an objectionable projection of the slide beyond the forward wall of the case in the outer position of the slide.

A horizontally-arranged vertically-tiltable shelf or s eat y normally engages the aperture (Z3 of the table CZ and is arranged to receive the coin or check conducted into the machine and below the magnet by the slide 0:. The shelf or seat g/ is capable of being tilted downwardly into the gradually upwardly enlarged end of a chute u, supported within and from the case a and extending downwardly and forwardly from the shelf or seat gj. The chute has its upper and toll-receiving end arranged, therefore, in registry with and below the coindischarging aperture (Z3 of the table CZ, as shown in Figs. I and III. The shelf or seat g/ in its upwardly-tilted and normal position has its upper surface flush with the upper surface ofthe table d, so that a magnetic slug attracted by the magnet shall not be prevented from being withdrawable by the slide af. The seat y is provided at the rear with a downwardly and rearwardly projecting arm y', pivoted, as at y2, horizontally and at right angles to the path of the slide w, to a lug or lugs CZ, depending from and formed upon the IOO IIO

table d, as shown in Figs. I and II. The seat y is provided also with a poise ya, which vmore than counterbalances the seat y and acts to retain the seat in its normal position, wherein a lug gft, formed upon the seat and projecting forwardly from the seat and in under the table, cooperates with the tablein forming a stop for limiting the return movement of the seat by the poise ys when the seat has been tilted downwardly by a proper toll-representing coin or check conducted thereon by the slide In the operation of the machine the seat y will be tilted downwardly only by a non-magnetic coin or check having the required predetermined weight. A magnetic coin or check will beattracted, as already indicated, by the magnet. A coin or check lighter than required to tilt the seat g/ will remain upon the said seat and be withdrawn by the slide no. The seat y will also assist the magnet in preventing the descent. into the chute u of a magnetic slug a trilie too heavy for the lifting capacity of the magnet. Fig. III shows a proper toll-representing coin or check t, having tilted the seat y against the action of the poise ys and passing adown the chute it.

The channel or passage-way u', formed by and extending through the chute u, registers, as already indicated, with the toll-discharging aperture d3 of the table d and has the dimensions required to render it capable of receiving the toll-representing coin or check from the said aperture and conducting the toll to and upon the two arms c and c of a forked lever c, which has its arms extending below the said channel or passage-Way and arranged such a distance apart as required to render the said arms capable of arresting a proper toll-representing coin or check conducted bythe chute and prevent the said coin or check dropping directly from the chute into the lower portion or toll-collectin g chamber of the case d, but permit a smaller coin or check to pass downwardly between them into the said chamber. The fork of the lever c normally has such position relative to the lower end of the chute that a coin or check lodging upon the lever shall not be out of the chute, as shown very clearly in Figs. V and IX, wherein t represents a coin or check arrested by the said lever.

The lever e is loosely mounted or fulcrumed at the forward end of the shank-forming porl tion of the levers fork a suitable distance forward of the lower end of the chute u upon a rod f, which is circular in cross-section and arranged horizontally and extends between and is supported from the left-hand and righthand side Walls of the cases a. The lever e in its normal position extends approximately horizontally rearwardly from the said rod. The lever c at its fulcrum is provided with a forwardly-extendingspring-hammer e2,which has the arrangement required to render it capable of striking and thereby sounding a gong g, secured in any approved manner to the forward wall of the case a. A suitablyapplied coil-springj, arranged forward of the chute u and having opposite ends thereof attached to the chute and to the lever e, respectively, acts to retain the said lever and the attached gong-sounding hammer in their normal position.

A simple and meritorious construction of the lever e comprises two registering ears e8 and e3, formed upon the forward end of the lever e and loosely or turnably embracing the rod f, (see Figs. I, II, and X,) and arranged thev distance apart required to accommodate a snug interposition between them of a collar f', which also embraces the rod and is secured to the rod by a set-screw f2. The collar f is placed in position between the ears c3 and e3 of the lever c and slipped with the said ears onto the rod before the rod is placed in position Within the case d. The said ears and collar prevent displacement of the lever e endwise of the rod f. A yoke e4 connects together and is formed integral with the two ears e3 and es, and the hammer c2 is secured to the said yoke.

An oscillating shaft h is arrangedhorizontally between and supported from the righthand and left-hand side walls of the case CL, preferably about centrally between the lower portion of the chute u and the rear wall a2 of the case ct. The shaft h extends through the right-hand side wall of the case a and at the outer side of the said wall is. provided with a crank h for operating the same. The shaft h next rearward of the chute u is provided with an upright arm h2, which in the normal position of the shaft inclines rearwardly. A suitably-applied spring la, (see Figs. I, V, and IX,) preferably a coil-spring, acts to retain the shaft h in its normal position. The spring la is arranged uprightly below the shaft, has its lower end attached to the case ct, and has its upper end attached to one end of a chain k', whose opposite end is attached to a collar h4, fixed upon the shaft, which chain leads from the spring to and over the rear side of the said collar and winds upon the collar, so as to place the spring under tension upon turning the shaft to the left or forwardly. The shaft h is free to be oscillated forwardly, and the arrangement of parts and the length of the shaft-.arm h2 are such that when a proper toll-representing coin or check has been conducted to and arrested by the toll-arresting arms or members of the lever e, as shown in Figs. V and IX, a forward oscillation of the shaft h against the action of the spring 7c will cause the arm h2 of the said shaft to descend upon and engage the upper edge of the said coin or check, and thereupon upon a continuation of the shafts oscillation in the same direction result in the depression of the said coin or check, and consequently in a downward tilting of the toll-bearing lever e, as shown in Fig. VI, until the said lever has been tilted downwardly far enough to permit the Y toll to pass rearwardly off the lever below the IOO IIO

chute and the shaft-arm h2 is long enough to render :it capable of extending through the chute during the toll-depressing and tollejecting operation of the said arm and enable the said arm to crowd the said coin or check reardwardly off the toll-bearing lever e. As soon as the toll arrested by the lever e has alighted from the lever, as hereinbefore described, the spring j promptly returns the lever into its normal position and the spring 7c insures a prompt return of the shaft h into its normal position upon the operators release of the said shaft after having operated it as required to operate the signal through the medium of the toll-representing coin or check. Obviously the gong-sounding hammer e2 is during the toll-ejecting operation of the shaft-arm h2 elevated or removed farther from the gong or sound-yielding body, andA upon the release of the said lever the action of the sprin g j results in forcibly throwing the aforesaid hammer against the said sound-yielding body and thereby signaling or notifying the telephone-exchange or central station that the proper toll has been introduced into the machine beyond the control of the person desiring to use the telephone provided with the said machine.

The forward and rear side walls of the chu te it are slotted, as at 15, (see Figs. I, II, V, and IX,) from the lower edges of the Walls upwardly to accommodate the location and operation of the shaft-arm h2. Preferably the rear slotted wall of the chute u is provided at the chutes lower end with two depending lugs 16 and 16. The lugs 16 and 16 are arranged at opposite sides, respectively, of but in close proximity to the sweep of the shaftarm 71.2 and between the arms e and e of the lever e.

The forward wall of the chute a is provided at its lower end and at one side of the sweep of the shaft-arm h2 with a depending guideforming arm 17, that extends in under the lower and discharging end of the chute u and is arranged to guide the coin or check discharged from the chute away from the chute, so that there is no liability of the coin or check during or after its discharge from interfering with the adjacent mechanism.

A sector-wheel h3 is operatively mounted upon the shaft Zz and preferably integral with the collar h4. In the normal position of the parts the sector-wheel h2 projects upwardly from the shaft, as shown in Figs. I, II, and IX. The sector-wheel has its periphery provided with an open-ended groove or recess h5, extending circumferen tially of the wheel and arranged concentrically of the wheels axis. The side walls of the groove or recess h5 diverge outwardly, as shown in Fig. VIII- that is, the said groove or recess is gradually enlarged in width outwardly.

A. vertically-tiltable wedge Z, that extends forwardly and rearwardly of the machine, is arranged approximately horizontally forwardly of the sector-wheel bearing portion of tion of the sector-wheel h3 the grooved or rel cessed periphery of the sector has its groove or recess h5 come into engagement with the wedge, and thereupon tilts the wedge downwardly against the action of the spring Z2, as shown in Figs. V, VII, and VIII, and the shaft cannot be returned into its normal position until the sector-Wheel has been oscillated far enough to become disengaged from the wedge after the toll introduced into the machine and employed in the operation of the gong-striking mechanism has fallen into the toll-collecting lower portion of the case a from the said mechanism. Obviously, also, during the rearward oscillation or return of the sector-wheel into its normal position the sector-wheel will again be engaged by the wedge, and thereupon tilts the wedge upwardly against the action of the spring Z2, so that the shaft cannot be returned into its normal position until the sector-wheel has been oscillated far enough to become disengaged from the wedge. This mechanism,that comprises the sector-wheel h3 and the Wedge Z, is largely instrumental in preventing tampering with the machine and obviously is noiseless in its operation.

Mechanism for obstructing the channel or passage-way a of the chute u a suitable distance above the discharging end of the chute, and preferably near the chutes upper end or a short distance below the sweep of the seat y, is provided and comprises, preferably, a horizontally-arranged oscillating shaft o,sup ported rearward of and from the upper portion of the rear side of the chute and extending transversely of the said side of the shaft. The shaft o is arranged, therefore, a suitable distance above the shaft Zt, preferably parallel with the said shaft ZL, as shown in Figs. I, III, V, and IX. The shaft ois provided centrally with a depending arm o', having a forwardly-projecting member o2, arranged to enter the chute u and obstruct the channel or passage-way a of the chute, as shown in Fig. V, when the shaft o is oscillated rearwardly. The shaft 0 is provided with another depending arm o3, which in the normal position of the parts extends downwardly and rearwardly from the shaft and has a member otL projecting rearwardly of and engaged by the arm h2 of the shaft hin the normalposition of the said shaft-arm h2. A spiral spring o5, having opposite ends attached to the arm of' and to the chute a, respectively, is normally under tension and acts to pull the said arm oS forwardly, and thereby oscillate the shaft o IOC IIO

inoperative against the action of the spring 05 by the arm h2 of the shaft h. The springv o5 is of course less powerful than the spring Ic. By the simple and meritorious construction hereinbefore described obviously any coin or check introduced into the machine after the member o2 has been rendered oper- -ative preparatory to the operation of the tollzo Vrested by the said member 02' until the opoperated signal-producing mechanism is areration of the last-mentioned mechanism has been completed and the said member 02 again -been rendered inoperative.

My improved machine comprises also mechanism or means for'diverting from the channel or passage-way ed of the chute u a coin` or check which has entered the chute and passed below the sweep of the arm 02 of the aforesaid chute-obstructing mechanism be fore the coin or check next previously introduced into the said channel or passage-way and resting'upon the lever e has been discharged from the chute, and the said diverting mechanism comprises, preferably, an inclined apron of", formed upon the upper end n3, formed upon the rear side of the chute, as shown in Figs. I, IV, V, VI, and IX. The

bar r is provided below its axis with a member rs, projecting normally into the channel or passage-way u of the chute a, as shown in Figs. I and IV, and having its upper surface beveled or sloping downwardly, as at r4, toward its free extremity, so that a coin or check in being conducted by the chute to the lever e shall come into engagement with the sloping surface r4 of the bar r, as shown in Fig. IV, and tilt .the bar 1" against the action of gravity in the direction required to move the apron 1" of the bar into its operative position, as shown in Fig. V, wherein the said apron obstructs the channel or passage-way a of the chute u. The chute is of course suitably slotted, as at a4, to accommodate the location and operation of the bar 1 and its members r' and r3, and the said apron in the machine illustrated has its upper surface sloping downwardly toward the left-hand side of the chute and in the direction of an aperture a5, (see Fig. IX,) formed in the lefthand side wall of the chute opposite the apron vand arranged to receive a coin or check diverted by the apron r and discharge the said coin or check laterally from the chute. It

channel or passage-way u of the chute. Varm s normally projects into and obstructs will be observed, therefore, that a coin or check resting upon the lever e has actuated the apron r' into its operative position, and the bar r has such arrangement relative to the lever e that the said coin or check shall engage the member r3 of the bar and retain the apron in its operative position until the said coin or check has been almost discharged from the chute u. As alreadyindicated, the bar 'r is retained by gravity in itsl normal position, wherein the apron r is outside of the passage-way u of the chute, and consequently inoperative, and wherein the member r2 of the said bar projects into the said chute and engages in the machine illustrated thel 'chutes forward side wall, which forms a stop to limit the movement of the bar r during its return from its operative to its normal and inoperative position. In Fig. V a coin or `check t rests upon the lever e and holds the bar r in its operative position. In Fig. VI the said coin or check has almost been discharged from the chute and has released the bar r, which has returned into its normal and inoperative position.

Means for preventing upward displacement of a coin or check lodged'upon the lever e is also provided and comprises, preferably, a forward and rearward arm s, tiltable in a vertical plane and pivoted a't its upper end, as ats', to the chute u outside of the The the said passage-way. The chute is slotted,

as at a6, to accommodate the location and operation of the arm s andl to4 render the arm capable of being swung outwardly outside of the channel or passage-way of the chute. The arm s is arranged between the upper and ylower ends'of the bar fr and is engaged and' swung outwardly by a coin or check passing down the chute to the lever e. The arm S is retained in its normal position by gravity and has such arrangement relative to the le- IOO IIO

ver c t-hat the coin or check, having tilted or Il swung the said arm outwardly, shall when arrested by the lever have disengaged the said arm, and thereby rendered the latter again free to return into its normal position and overhang the coin or check resting upon' the leveras shown in Fig. V, and effectually prevent displacement of the said coin or check upwardly from the lever.

That portion of the matter disclosed in this application and constituting a fraud-pre-r venting device, comprising the magnet m and the tiltable shelf or seat y, forms the subjectmatter of another application about to be filed in the United States Patent Office.

l. In a toll-conducting machine of the character indicated,a gong or sound-yielding body, a tiltable lever-capable of normally arresting a proper coin or check introduced into the machine and provided with a hammer arranged to strike the sound-yielding body, a rod bearing the said lever and circular in cross-section, means acting to retain the lever in its normal position, a suitably-operated oscillating arm having a sweep extending into the pat-h of the coin or check, a chute for conducting the coin or check to the lever and slotted to accommodate the operation of the aforesaid arm, and means for preventing displacement of the lever endwise of the aforesaid rod and comprising a collar mounted upon and secured to the rod and two ears loosely embracing the rod at opposite ends, respectively, of the collar and formed upon the lever.

2. In a toll-conducting machine of the character indicated, a tiltable lever capable of normally arresting a proper coin or checkintroduced into the machine, a rod bearing the said lever and circular in cross-section, means acting to retain the lever in its normal position, a suitably-operated oscillating arm having a sweep extending into the path of the coin or check, a chute for conducting the coin or check to the lever, means for preventing displacement of the lever endwse of the rod and comprising a collar mounted upon and secured to the rod and two ears formed upon the lever and loosely embracing the rod at opposite ends, respectively, of the collar, a yoke connecting the said ears together, a gong or soundyielding body, and a hammer secured to the aforesaid yoke and arranged to strike the sound-yieldintv body, all relatively arranged and operating substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

3. In a toll-conducting machine ofthe characterindicated,agongorsound-yielding body,

a tiltable lever capable of normally arresting a proper coin or check introduced into the machine and provided with a hammer arranged to strike the sound-yielding body, means acting to retain the lever inits normal position, a suitably-operated oscillating arm having a sweep extending into the path of the coin or check, the chute for conducting the coin or check to the lever and having its forward and rear Walls slotted to accommodate the operation of the oscillating arm, and an arm formed upon and depending from the lower end of the forward wall of the chute and extending in under the discharging end of the channel or passage-way formed by the chute and arranged to`be engaged by and guide the coin or check during the operation of the aforesaid lever through the medium of the coin or check.

4c. In a toll-collecting machine of the characterindicated,atoll-conductingchute,agong or sound-yielding body, a tiltable forked lever having the shank-forming portion of its fork provided with a hammer which is arranged as required to render it capable of striking the sound-yielding body, which lever has the arms of its fork arranged such a distance apart at and in such position relative to the chutes lower and discharging end as Will render them capable of normally arresting a proper toll-representing coin or check conducted downwardly by the chute, means acting to retain the lever in its normal position, a suitably-operated oscillating arm having a sweep extending through the chute and between the arms of the levers fork, registering slots in the forward and rear walls of the chute to accommodate the location and operation of the oscillating arm, and an arm depending from and rigid with the lower end of the forward Wall of the chute and extending downwardly between the arms of the fork of the lever inunder the lower and discharging end of the channel or passage-way formed by the chute.

5. A toll-collecting machine of the character indicated, comprising a chute or upright passage-Way for conducting the toll-representing coin or check, mechanism arranged to be operated by the coin or check at the discharging end of the said passage-way, a suitablysupported oscillating shaft provided with an arm arranged as required to render it capable of operating the aforesaid mechanism through the medium of the coin or check, a sector- Wheel operatively mounted upon the shaft and having its periphery provided with an open-ended groove or recess extending circumferentially of the Wheel, and a suitablysupported tiltable wedge normally arranged radially or approximately radially to the sweep of the sector-wheel, and means acting to retain the said Wedgein its normal position.

6. A toll-collecting machine of the character indicated, comprising a chute or upright passage-way for conducting the toll-representing coin or check, mechanism arranged to be operated by the coin or check at the discharging end of the said passage-Way, an oscillating shaft having an arm arranged as required to render it capable of operating the aforesaid mechanism through the medium of the coin or check, a sector-wheel operatively mounted upon the shaft and having its periphery provided with an open-ended groove or recess having its side walls diverging outwardly, and a suitablysupported tiltable Wedge arranged radially or approximately radially to the sweep of the sector-wheel, and means acting to retain the said wedge in its operative position.

7. A toll-collecting machine of the character indicated, comprising a chute or upright passage-Way for conducting the toll-representing coin or check, mechanism arranged to be operated by the coin or check at the discharging end of the said passage-Way, a suitably-supported oscillating shaft having an arm arranged as required to render it capable of operating the aforesaid mechanism through the medium of the coin or check, and mechanism arranged to enter and obstruct the said passage-way a suitable distance above the discharging end of the passage-Way and normally inoperative and arranged to be retained inoperative by the aforesaid shaftarm, means acting to render the said ol)- structing mechanism operative, and the arl IOS IIO

rangement of parts being such that the said obstructing mechanism shall be rendered operative during the oscillation of the aforesaid shaft-arm in the direction required to effect the operation of the toll-operated mechanism.

8. A toll-collecting machine of the character indicated, comprising a chute forconducting the toll-representing coin or check, mechanismarranged to be operated by the toll at the lower and discharging end of the chute, an oscillating shaft having an arm arranged as required to render it capable of operating the aforesaid mechanism through the medium of the toll, another oscillating shaft having an arm arranged to enter and obstruct the channel or passage-way formed by the chute a suitable distance above the chutes discharging end and normally inoperative,which last-mentioned shaft has another arm normally arranged to be engaged and detained by the arm of the first-mentioned shaft,means acting to oscillate the said' last-mentioned shaft in the direction required to render the chute-obstructing arm operative, and the arrangement of parts being such that the chuteobstructing mechanism shall be rendered op,- erative during the oscillation of the firstmentioned shaft in the direction required to effect the operation of the toll-operated mechanism.

9. Atoll-collecting machine o'f the character indicated, comprising a chute or uprightpassage-Way for cond ucting the toll-representing coin or check; mechanism arranged at the lower and discharging end of the said passageway in the position rcquired'to render it capable of being operated by the toll conducted by the chute; an upright bar tiltable in a vertical plane; which bar is provided, below its axis, with a member normally projecting into the aforesaid passage-way and has its upper end provided with an inclined apron arranged to enter the said passage-way, and va discharging-aperture formed in the wall of the said passage-way opposite the said apron, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

l0. A toll-collecting machine of the character indicated, comprising a chute for conducting the toll-representin g coin or check; mechanism arranged to arrest the coin or check at the lower end-of the chute and capable of being operated through themedium of the coin or check; an upright tiltable bar provided, below its axis, with a member normally projecting into the channel or passage way formed by the chute, which bar has its upper end provided with an inclined apron arranged to enter and thereby obstruct the said channel or passage way, a discharge aperture formed in the chute opposite the apron and arranged to receive a coin or check diverted by the apron, and the apron-bearin g bar having such arrangement relative to the aforesaid toll-arresting mechanism that the toll, in vits passage'to the said toll-arresting mechanism, shall not only tilt the apron-bearing bar in the direction required to render the apron operative but shall engage and hold the` bar in its operative position after its arrest by the aforesaid toll-arresting mechanism.

ll. A toll-collecting machine of the character indicated, comprising a chute for conducting thetoll-representing coin or check; mechp 'l anism arranged to arrest the coin or check at the lower and discharging end of the chute and capable of being operated through` the medium of the coin or check an upright tiltable bar r provided, at its upper end above its axis, with the inclined apron r and provided, below its axis, with a member r3 normally projecting into the channel or passageway formed by the chute and having the sloping surface r4, and the discharge-aperture a5 formed in the chute and arranged to receive the coiny or check diverted from the aforesaid passage-way by the aforesaid apron, all relatively ,arranged and operating, substantially y end from the chute' and tiltable in a vertical roo plane, which arm normally dependsinto the channel or passage-way of the chute and has such arrangement relative to the aforesaid toll operated mechanism that it shall be swung outwardly by the toll during the de- 105 scent of the toll to the said mechanism, but shall be disengaged bythe toll when the latter comes into engagement with the said mechanism.

Signed by meat Cleveland, Ohio, February I ro WILLIAM A. Foss.

Witnesses:

C. H. Donna, A. H. PARRATT.

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