US690876A - Coin weighing and counting machine. - Google Patents

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No. 690,876. Patented Jan. 7, I902.

- C. W. REEVES.

COIN WEIGHING AND COUNTING MACHINE.

(Application filed Apr. 4, 1901.)

(No Model.) a

UNITED STaTns PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES \V. REEVES, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

COIN WEIGHING AND COUNTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,876, dated January 7, 1.902.

Application filed April 4, 1901. Serial No. 54,380. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, CHARLES W. REEVES, a citizen of the United States, residingat Oolumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin Weighing and Counting Machines, of which the following'is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in coin Weighing and counting machines, and is particularly adapted for use in connection With the weighing of gold coins.

The invention aims to construct a coin weighing and counting machine which will automatically Weigh and separate the heavy coins from the light ones, and, furthermore, operate a suitable means for tallying the nu mber of coins weighed or passed to the machine.

The invention further aims to construct a coin weighing and counting machine which shall be extremely simple and efficient in its operation, strong, and durable; and to this end the invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out inthe claims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 1, in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the coin-separating vane.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, 1 indicates the base of the machine, provided with a vertical support 2, having a V-shaped notch 3 in its upper end to receive the knife-edged lug 4:, formed integral with the lower face of the scale-beam 5 for supporting the latter.

The scale-beam 5 consists of an enlarged bar formed with the screw-threaded ends 6 6', upon which are mounted the adjusting nuts or poises 7 8. The scale-beam 5 is further provided atone side with a V-shaped projection 9, the function of which will be hereinafter referred to.

Secured to the screw-threaded end 6 of the scale-beamisadownwardly-extendinghanger 10, suitably connected at its lower end to the inclined Weight-pan 11, the latter adapted to receive the weight 12, which is retained upon a pan by means of the pin 12. Secured to the screw-threaded end 6' of the scale-beam 'is a downwardly-extending hanger 13, suitably connected at its lower end to the inclined coin pan 14, the latter adapted to receive the coin 15 for weighing the same. The hangers 10 13 are each braced by means of the brackets 15. These latter have a portion of their lower ends secured to the inner face of the hangers and aportion of their upper ends secured to the lower face of the scale-beam 6. Connected to and extending in the same plane as the screw-threaded end 6 of the scale-beam is a pivot-pin 16, upon which is loosely mounted the coin-separating vane 17. The latter is provided with a coinreceiving slot 13 and has extending from one side thereof the shifting pin 19. The outer upper corner of the vane 17 is cut away, so that if the coin is fed high to the vane it will readily enter the slot 18, or, in other Words, to prevent the coin from contacting with the upper portion of the vane 17.

Pivotally secured to the support 2, as at 20, is a release-lever 2i, connected by means of the link 22 to the supporting-lever 23 forthe weight-pan 11.- The lever 23 is provided at one end with a vertically-extending stud 24, adapted to engage and support the pan 11. The other end of the lever 23 is connected by means of the link 25 to the weighted end 25 of the supporting-lever 26 for the coin-pan 14. The free end of the lever 26 is provided with a vertically-extending stud 27, adapted to engage and support the pan 14. The referencenumerals 28 29 denote a pair of bearing-studs upon the base 1. The former has the lever 23 pivoted thereto and the latter the lever 26.

The support 2 is provided at one side thereof with a supporting-arm 30,ca-rryin g the rockshaft 31, to which is secured the crank-arm 32, pivotally connected to one end of theelongated operating-arm 33. Mounted upona-the rock-shaft 31 is a cam 34:, which engages and operates the release-lever 21 for operating the levers 23 26. Mounted upon the rock-shaft 31, at one side of the cam 34, is the scale-beam lifting or lowering arm 35, provided at its free end with a knife-edge projection 36, the latter being adapted to engage the upper face of the V-shaped projection 9 for lowering the scale-beam carrying the coin-pan or to ride against the lower face of the V-shaped projection 9 for elevating the end of the scalebeam carrying the coin-pan.

The reference-numeral 37 denotes a vertical standard mounted upon the base 1 at one side of the coin-separating vane 17. The stand ard 1 is provided with a screw-threaded upper end, as at 38, having mounted thereon a pair of stop-nuts 39 40, the operating-pin 19 for the vane extending between the two nuts 39 40.

Arranged at the front of the coin-pan 14 is a coin-chute 41, having the inner end formed with an inclined bottom 42, registering with the coin-pan 14. The forward end of the coinchute is provided with a slide 43, connected to the outer end of the elongated operatingarm 33. Mounted upon the chute, 41, at the inner end of the slide 43, is a feed-tube 44 for the coins. The slide 43 may be provided, if desired, with any preferred form of operating means instead of merely forcing the slide in by hand-as, for example, the extending of the shaft 31 to receive a gear-wheel 43, operated in any desired manner, or instead of the gearwheel43acrank-handletnaybeemployed. It is thought unnecessary to show various forms of operating means for the slide 43, as, as stated, any preferred form of operating means for the slide may be employed. Extending across the chute 41 ,near the inner end thereof, is a shaft 45, connected to any desirable form of tally mechanism and which is operated by means of the trip-arm 46, extending into the chute. The trip-arm 46 is operated by means of the passage of the coin through the chute, the coin contacting with the arm, elevating the same, and imparting movement thereby to the shaft 45.

The operation of the machine is as follows: Assuming that the coin is in the position as shown in Fig. 1, the slide 43 is pushed inwardly, forcing the coin upon the inclined bottom of the chute, sliding therefrom to the slot 18 of the coin-separating vane 17, the coin resting upon the coin-pan 14. During the passage of the coin to the pan 14 the former engages the trip-arm 46, elevates the same, rocks the shaft 45, operating thereby a suitable registering or tallying mechanism. It will be understood that the proper weight 12. has been placed upon the weight-pan 11 and that the pans 11 and 14 are supported upon the studs24 and 27 of the levers 23 and 26, respectively, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. When the slide 43 is forced in the chute, itcarries the operating-arm 33 therewith, rocking the shaft 31, owing to the connection of-the arm 33 with the crank-arm 32.

When the shaft 31 is rocked, the cam 34 therein will be rotated, forcing the end of the release-lever 21 downwardly, elevating thereby the links 22 25 and the inner ends of the levers 23 26, lowering the studs 24 27 from their engagement with the pans 11 14. Simultaneous with the operation of the levers 21 23 26 the shaft 31 will swing the lifting or lowering arm 35 upwardly to engage either the upper or lower face of the V-shaped projection 9 upon the scale-beam 5. When the coin fed to the coin-pan 14 is lighter than the weight 12, the latter will elevate the pan 14; but if the weight of the coin is greater than that of the weight 12 the former will lower the pan 14. When the pan 14 is elevated, the end of the arm 35 rides against the lower face of the V-shaped projection and assists in elevating the pan 14. YVhen the pan 14 is lowered, the end of the arm 35 engages with the upper face of the V-shaped projection 9 and assists in lowering the pan 14. The coins are separated in the following manner: When the end of the scale-beam carrying the pan 14 and vane 17 is lowered, the shifting pin 19 engages the nut 40, causing the vane 17, owing to it being loosely mounted upon the pin 16, to swing to the left, permitting the coin of proper weight to be discharged from the vane at the left side of the coin-pan. When the end of the scale-beam carrying the pan 14 and vane 17 is elevated, the shifting pin 19 engages the nut 39, causing the vane 17 to swing to the right, permitting the light coin to be discharged from the vane at the right side of the coin-pan.

It will be evident from the foregoing operation that as the coins are fed to the scalepan to be weighed the light coins will be automatically separated from the coins of proper weight, or vice versa, by the distributing of the coins in themanner above described. At each side of the coin-pan may be arranged a tallying mechanism, so as the coins are separated and fall upon the same a separate record may be kept of the number of light and proper weight coins weighed and that the aggregate number of the coins will indicate the number of the coins weighed.

It is thought the many advantages of my improved coin weighing and counting machine for separating light-weight from properweight coins as well as counting the number of coins weighed can be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and it will alsobe noted that various minorchanges may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- pans, means for supporting said pans, a coin separating vane, releasing means for said supporting means, and means for operating said vane for separating coins.

2. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, a coin separating vane pivotally connected thereto and means for oscillating said mechanism causing thereby the operation of said vane for separating coins.

3. In a machine ofthe character described, a weighing mechanism, a series of levers for supporting the same in an inoperative position, means for releasing said levers, means for operating said weighing mechanism when said levers are released, and pivotal means carried by said mechanism for separating coins when the weighing mechanism is oscillated.

4. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, means for supporting the same in an inoperative position, releasing mechanism for said supporting means, operating means for said releasing mechanism, an arm for oscillating said weighing mechanism, and means for separating coins when the weighing mechanism is operated.

5. In a machine of the character described, a Weighing mechanism, means for supporting the same in an inoperative position, releasing mechanism for said supporting means, operating means for said releasing mechanism, means for oscillating said weighing mechanism, a vane adapted to receive the coin to be weighed, and means for operating said vane for separating the coins when the weighing mechanism is operated.

6. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, means for supporting the same in an inoperative position, releasing mechanism for said supporting means, means for separating coins when the weighing mech anism is operated, a chute for the passage of the coins to said separating means, and means operated by the passage of the coins to the separating means for operating a suit-able registering mechanism. 7 7. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, means for separating coins pivotally connected to said mechanism, means contacting with said coin-separating means for operating the same, a chute for the passage-of the coins to said coin-separating means, mechanism for supporting the weighing mechanism in an inoperative position, and means for releasing said supporting mech anism.

8. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, a series of levers for supporting said mechanism in an inoperative position, a coin-separating vane pivotally connected to said weighing mechanism, a shifting pin carried by said vane, means contact ing with said pin for operating said vane, means for feeding coins to said vane, and means for releasing said levers when said feeding means is operated.

9. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, a series of levers for supporting said mechanism in an inoperative position, a standard, a pair of stop-nuts carried thereby, a coin-separating vane pivotally connected to said weighing mechanism, a shifting pin adapted to engage the nuts for operating the vane, means for feeding coins to said vane, and means for releasing said levers when said feeding means is operated.

'10. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, a series oflevers for supporting said mechanism in an inoperative position, a standard, a pair of stop-nuts carried thereby, a coinsepa'rating vane pivotally connected with said weighing mechanism, a shifting pin adapted to engage the nuts for operating the vane, an arm engaging said mechanism for oscillating the same, means for feeding coins to said vane, means operated by the passage of the coin to said vane for operating a suitable registering mechanism, and means operated by said coin-feeding means for releasing said levers and operating said arm.

11." In a device of the character described, a'weighing mechanism normally in an inoperative position, a coin-separating means pivotally connected to said mechanism, releasing means for said weighing mechanism, and means for operating said coin separating means in opposite directions.

12. In a device of the character described, a weighing mechanism normally held in an inoperative position, a coin-separatin g means pivotally connected to said mechanism, means for releasing said mechanism to permit of the operation thereof, and means for operating said coin-separating means when the weighing mechanism is released.

13. In a device of the character described, a weighing mechanism, a coinseparating means carried thereby, releasing means for said weighing mechanism, and a pair of stopnuts for operating said coin-separating means in opposite directions.

14. In a device of the character described, a weighing mechanism, means for retaining said mechanism in an inoperative position, a coin-separatin g means pivotally connected to said weighing mechanism, releasing means for said retaining means, and a pair of stopnuts for operating said coin-separating means in opposite directions.

15. In a device of the character described, a weighing mechanism normally in an inoperative position, means for releasing said weighing mechanism to permit of the operation thereof, a coin-separating means pivotally connected to said weighing mechanism, a pair of stop-nuts arranged in suitable relation to said coin=separating means, and a shifting pin carried by said coin-separating means and adapted to engage said stop-nuts for operating the coin-separating means.

16. In a device of the character described, a weighing mechanism, a coin-separating means, a releasing means for said weighing mechanism, a pair of stop-nuts mounted in suitable 'relation to said separating means, and a pin carried by said separating means and adapted to engage said nuts for operating the former.

17. In a device of the character described, a scale-beam provided with Weight and coin pans, means for supporting said pans, a coinseparating vane pivotally connected tolsaid scale-beam, releasing means for said supporting means, and a pair of stop-nuts for operating said vane for separating coins.

18. In a device of the character described, a scale-beam provided with weight and coin pans, means for supporting said pans, releasing mechanism for said supporting means, operating means for said releasing mechanism, an arm for oscillating said scale-beam, a coin-separating vane pivotally connectedto said scale-beam, a pin carried by said vane, and a pair of stop-nuts that may be engaged by the said pin for operating the said vane.

19. In a machine of the character described, a scale-beam provided with weight and coin pans, a projection connected to said beam, means for supporting said pans, releasing mechanism for said supporting means, operating means for said releasing mechanism, an arm engaging said projection for oscillating said beam, a coin-separating vane connected with said beam, a pin carried thereby, and a pair of stop-nuts engaged by the said pin for operating said vane.

20. In a machine of the character described, a scale-beam provided with Weight and coin pans, a projection connected thereto, means for supporting said pans, a cam, means engaged by said cam for releasing said supporting means, operating means for said cam, an arm engaging said projection for oscillating said Weighing mechanism, a coin-separating vane connected with said beam, and means for operating said vane for separating coins.

21. In a machine of the character described, a scale-beam provided with weight. and coin pans, a projection connected thereto, means for supporting said pans, a cam, means engaged by said cam for releasing said supporting means, operating means for said cam, an arm engaging said projection for oscillating said Weighing mechanism, a coin-separating vane connected with said weighing mechanism, a pin carried thereby, and means engaged by the said pin for causing the operation of the said vane.

22. In a machine of the character described, a scale-beam provided with weight and coin pans, a projection connected thereto, means for supporting said pans, a cam, means engaged by said cam for releasing said supporting means, operating means for said cam, an arm engaging said projection for oscillating said Weighing mechanism, a coin-separating vane pivotally connected to said beam, a pin carried by said vane, and a pair of stop-nuts mounted in suitable relation to said vane and adapted to be engaged by the said pin for operating the former.

23. In a machine of the character described, a scale-beam provided with weight and coin pans and a pair of adj usting-poises, a series of levers for supporting said pans, a coin-separating vane pivotally connected to the said beam, releasing means for said levers, and means for operating said vane for separating coins.

24. In a machine of the character described, a scale-beam provided with Weight and coin pans and adj usting-poises, a series of levers for supporting said pans, a coin-separating vane pivotally connected to said beam, means for releasing said levers, an arm engaging the said beam for oscillating the same, a pin connected to said vane, and a pair of stop-nuts mounted in suitable relation to said vane and engaged by said pin for operating the former.

25. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, means for separating coins pivotally connected to said mechanism, means contacting with said coin-separating means for operating the same, a chute for the passage of the coins to said separating means, a series of levers for supporting the weighing mechanism in an inoperative position, a cam, means engaged by said cam for releasing said levers, a rod for operating said cam, and a slide for forcing coins through the chute and for operating the said rod.

26. In a machine of the characterdescribed, a weighing mechanism, means for separating coins pivotally connected to said mechanism, means contact-ing with said coin-separating means for operating the same, a chute for the passage of the coins to said separating means, a series of levers for supporting the weighing mechanism in an inoperative position, a cam, means engaged by said cam for releasing said levers, an arm connected to said cam for oscillating said weighing mechanism, a rod for operating said cam, and a slide for forcing coins through the chute and for operating the said rod.

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

CHARLES W. REEVES. Witnesses:

LINooLN FRITTER, MATTIE M. HEADLEY.

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