US790218A - Coin holding and delivering machine. - Google Patents

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COIN HULDING AND DELIVBRING MAUHINH.v

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J. W. UBAKER.

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I UNITED STATES l noma my 16,1905. PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN lV. MEAKER, OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T() CHARLES CLARENCE POOLE, TRUS'lTEPLvOF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.

.COIN HQI-DING AND DELIVERING MACHINE.

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IPEOIHOAHON forming part of Lettera Patent No. 790,218, dated Kay 10, 1905.y

' Application Ilul Illy 11,1904. Burial llo. 2l6.l48.

To all whom. it muy concern.:

Be itknown that l..lous W. lisant-m, acitizen of the United States. and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Coin llolding and Delivering Machines; and ido hereby declare that the following in a full, clear, and exact description nying drawings, and to the letters of rc ference marked thereon, which form a part' of this speclication.

his invention relates to a change-making machine of the kind having in usual practice. a -plurality of receptacles adapted to hohl stacks or piles of coins and having means for' delivering one or more coins from the lower ends of the several coin-piles into the hand of the operator used in working the keys.

'Ihe invention concerns the construction of the receptacles, both mlividually and as a series, the grouping of the receptacles, the coin-delivering mechanism, and the general and of its parts.

'Ihe ohject of the invention is to improve the construction, the o|u.ration. and the usefulnessof such machines; and the invention consists in the matterslminted out in the several claims appended to the followingdescription of the particular forln or forms of the invention selected for illustration thereof in the accompanying drawings. y

ln the drawings, Figure l is a plan view ot is a vertical cross-section thereof, taken upon line 2 2 of Fig. l. Figs. 3, 4, uml 5 are d ctail sections taken upon lines 3 3, -i 4, and Fig. ti is a detail section taken upon line 6 t', of Fig. 2. Fig. 't' is a sectional plan view looking upwardly toward the hottmn plate of the coin-delivering device, said ol' Fig. Q. Fig. 8 is a detail section through the lower ends of. the com-recclvlng grwvcs, taken upon the hue 8 8 of said Fig. 2. Fig.

9 is n sectional'view showing the topand hottom plates and corrugated front plateonly ot' i the machine illustrated in the foregoing ligi ures, together with a ditlerent construction in the means for joining said parts, the section heing taken upon line 9 .9 of Fig. l0. Fig. 10 is a fragmentary sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 9, taken upon the sectionline i() l0 of said Fig. t) looking downwardly. Fig. l1 is a perspective view of apart of the corru ted plate shown in Figs. t) and to. Fig. il; is a' perspective view of one of the connecting-platesshown in said Figs. .iand to.

llescrihing the particular machina. shown in the drawings as one emlxnlimentof lny iuvention, A A' indicate two vertical parallel end frame-planes which are joined hy crosspieces, one of which is indicated h vAt and which with the cross-pieces constitute. the main frame hy which the operative parts of the machine are supported.

Il designates a top frame-plate and (la hottoln f rame-plateof a secondary f rame for supporting a series of piles of. coins of various denominations. Said plates ll andi? extend across the front of the nmchinc lwtwecn the yend t'mme-plates A and A', with their t'ront margins horivlontal and parallel with each other, the plates heing inclined from their front n'lngins downwardly and rearwardly and the front margin ot' the. top plate heing (noA set hack farther than the front margin ot' the. n

hottom plate.

l)-indicates a vertically-corrugatml plate which extends across the frontof the machine between thesaid top plate l and bottom plate C, to which is secured the plate Il. having its grooves or. corrugutions extended lrotn its.

upper to its lower edge. and heiug inclined downwardly and forwardly from its upper to. 4its lower edge. 'l`he outwardly -it'aciug grooves in said plate i) constitute the coinholding grooves or receptacles ot'v the Inachine, the hottoms'ot' which, ou which are supported the piles or columns ol' coins placed in the said grooves. heing formed hy the front marginal part ot' the hottom plate .'l`he three plates li, C. and l), with their connecting means, constitute a rigid secondary frame which is titanic. separate from the lnain frame oi'v the machine. and which is adapted to lie inserted and suimorted iu place g j nome in said main frame. Asoneconvenient means of supporti said secondary frame in the main frame have shown the end margins of the corrugated plate D as having outwardlybent tlanges l if, Fig. 8, which lit against front-inclined edges of the plates A A' and rest at their lower ends upon suitable shoulders on said plates, the said plates A A' being additionalllv shown as having inwardly-extending stu s o a', Figs. 2 and 7,

which pro ect beneath the bottom of the rear lge of the dependin tlangc at the rcar edge of said plate. studs o a tlms removably hold the secondary frame limi in place w th the anges d d' in contact wi tthe front edges of the end plates A and A' of the main frame. The corrugated late l) is shown as attached to the top Piate y having at its upper edge studs d' d which extend through apertures in the said top plate, above which they are headed, and the top and bottom plates are shown as connected' by means of rods d', which are riveted at their ends to thc plates. The plate 1) is shown as held in'place with respect to the bottom plate by means hereinafter te be described.

The corrugated late l), aa shown in thc drawings, is shape( to form ten coin-receiving grooves or troughs, which face outwardly or toward the front of the machine and the bottoms of which are formed by the continuous bottom late C, extended forwardly far enough fort is purpose. The several coin grooves or receptacles, lettered in the drawings from D' to D", are made of varying sizes to receive coins of ditferent sizes and denominations. ln the machine shown, which is intended for United States coins, the grooves marked D' to D are respectively appropriated to silver dollars, half-dollars, twentytive-cent pieces, dimes. nickel live-cent pieces, and cents. The four grooves at the righthand side of the machine, marked D ll' D D", are respectively intended for the delivery of two one-cent. pieces at once,a single nickel iivecent piece,l four cents at once, and four nickels at once. the coin-holding grooves is designed to facilitate clnmge-making with a minimum number of motions by the delivery simultaneously from two or more receptacles of coins adapted to make varying sums and in such manner that the coins from a plurality of receptacles will fall together intothe hand of the operator used w operate the coin-ejecting devices, as will hereinafter more fully appear. 'lhe arrangement of the grooves for columns of coins and the ejecting capacities of the several ejecting devices may of course be varied.

Above and in contact with the forward part of the bottom plate C,between the several coinreceiving grqpves in the plate l), are located vertical partxtion-platcs E to E', which project forwardly from the salient angles ol' said v top lglate and in front of a This arrangement of' plate D and are provided with stop lugs or proectionml to e. which project laterally from sait plates E to E toward the center lines of the several grooves with which said plates E to E are associated and in front of the coin piles in 'said grooves. Said lugs or projections e to e are intended to prevent the delivery at one time from the lower ends of the frooves (by the action of the ejecting or deivery devices hereinafter described) of more than one or other desired number of coins. The lower edges of the stop projections e to e and e' belonging to these grooves from which it is desired to eject one coin only at a time are located at a distance above the top surface of the bottom plate` C equal to or slightly greater than the thickness of the single coins which the several grooves are intended to hold, while the sto projections c', e", and e are severally localci at a distance above the top surfaces of the bottom plate equal to or slightly greater than the combined thickness of the plural number of coins which arc to be ejected together from the several receptacles towhich they belong. ln the particular construction shown said bottom plate C is at the rear of the Plate l) bent upwardly and then rearwart ly, so as to form a rising part C' at about right angles tothe front and rear portions of said plate, and the partition-planas l to E extend through notehesd, formed in the hottom edge of the corrugated plate l) at the salient angles between the grooves therein and reach to the said rising part C' of the said bottom plate to which their rear ends are attached. Asa preferable construction and as clearly shown in Fig. 7 the plates E to E" are connected in pairs hy connecting arts which extend lengthwise of the bottom p ate, giving a sectionally U form to the arts forming the joined pairs of plates, and said connecting parts are secured to the rising part C' by means of rivets, as shown, or other fastening means. At the intersections of the partitionplates Eto E with the corrugated plate l) the is shown as having concave notches oplmsite the several coin-holding grooves, so that while sald bottom plate will ail'ord proper support for the piles ol' coins resting thereon rela tively short outv'ard movements of the lmve`r' most coin of any of the piles will release the same from the plate and permit it to drop.

Now referring to the keys shown for ejecting the coins from the several receptacles` these are alike in the case of thc several eoingrooves of the plate D and are leto in the drawings, with certain ex aa` will be hereinafter mentioned.

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main part of each sista of a pivoted lever K. Said levers K are arran in an upwardly and rearwardly inposition behind the several eoinreeep taeles and with their lower ends directed forwardly beneath the lower ends of said coinreceptacles, and they are pivotally supported at their upper ends with their pivotal axes horimntal and at a distance rearward from their lower ends, so that their lower ends are adapted to swing downwardly and rearwardly by their own" weight or gravity. At their said lower and forward ends tho levers K are provided with forwardly-direcled parts K', on which are formed or attached downwanllyextending linger-pieces K' for engagement by the lingers of the operator. On the free ends of said levers K are also mounted ejeetors l i, formed as levers and pivoted between their ends to the levers K by means of transverse horizontal pivot. ins l'. The ejectors (i have upwanlly-extendlng arms (1", provided with coin-engaginglingers 0, hicb project through slots c to c", which are formed in the bottom s plate C and extend inwardly from the forward edge of said lmttom plate to points hack of the inner edges of the coins in the superjacent grooves. 'lhe said levers (i, as here shown, are also provided with weights y' on their rear arms, which by their gravit, tend to hohl the forward arms l' pressed upwardly against the bottom platev l, with the ejecting-lingers f/ thereof extending through the slots in said bottom plate. 'lhe levers K have aswingiug or oscillatory movement through arcs limited by suitable stops nml are so arrangml that. when at the rearward limitI of their movement the lingers y on the ejectingdevers (i will rest in the rear ends of the slots e' to e" and behind the coins resting on the bottom platetl. W hen either key isdrawn forwardly, the linger ou the ejectiug-levtw thereof will be slid outwardly in the slot in which it runs until it is earried lai enough forward to free the bottom coin or number of coins engaged thereby from beneath the eoius above it. 'lu such forward movement of the ejectiug-lever its coin-ejecting linger (l will he restrained from rising too far by sliding contact of upwardly-fucing shoulders y* g" of the lever (i with the lower surface of the bottoni plate (l at either side of the slot therein. As soon as the bottom coin or group of coins of the pile has been ejected by .fhe linger from lameath those above it the pile remuiningdrops nml resta upon the bottom plate, nml as the key is allowed to drop backward the ejeeting-Iinger will freely recede beneath the coin--pile which has descended 'by its weight tothe bottom ol' tbe groove. Having missed the rear edge of the loweruumt coin, thel ejector-*linger 65 wlll again risemuler the action ol' the weight coin-ejecting key con- Y y into position to engage said coin or as many coins as it is intended to ejtct, this being the position of the parts illustrated in Fig. 2.

Referring now to certain illustrated details of construction in the parts above described, the key-levers K are shown as being each made of a strip of sheet metal having its aide edges bent upwardly at right angles to its middle portion, to the arm tbe necessary strength and rigidity. The top plate B near its rear edge is provided with a series of slots or apertures l, each ada ted for the passage of the up er end of one o the levers K, aml the severa levers working in these slots l are engaged with a single pivot-rod F. located above the top surface of the said top plate B and supported at its ends in lugs l1. Il', upturned at ,the outer margins of the end slots l; l. 'lhe said pi votrod F is shown as passing through bearingapertures formed in the side llanges ofthe levers K near the upper ends of the same, giving a desirable breadth of bearingon the pivot, and the side edges of the slots or apertu res/ l serve to'eonline the upper ends of the levers K from lateral movement on the pivot-rod l". The bottom plate C is also shown as having slots C'. C', through which the levers K pass near their lower ends, said slots having parallel sides forming lateral guide-surfaces for the said levers, by which they are heid from sidewise movement when they are operated. The ends of said slots t." C' are shown as forming stops to limit the swing of the said actuating-levers.

'l'he pivots l' for the ejeeting-levers (i are shown as being inserted through the vertical and as engaging lugs or ears formed upon the levers (i ley-lateral projections on the levers, which are bent at right angles to the Abody portions thereof, as clearly seen in Fig. li. .'lhe lower or rear ends of the arms (ie ol' the said ejectorlm'ers (i are shown as being dellected rearwardly, uml the weights y' are shown as secured to the arms uml as extending downwardly through longitudinal slots l", formed in the web portions of the levers K.

ln the case of the keys which are designed for the discharge. vof more tlum ouecoin the eoin-ejeeting lingers- 1; on the. levers (l are madeof such length that they will rise above the lm'tt-om plate (l fur enough number of coins desiretl to'bo discharged at one time from the coin-grimves. As shown for instance, in Fig. 4, which is. a sectional view of the lower eral ol' the eoilegroove l) from which two one-rout pieces are to he dt.-

ehurged ut once, said linger n is made long enough to engage the rear edgesof the two lowermost eoinsol' thc pile vestingen the botloin plate (l, so that when the aetualiugdever y (i is thrown forward Iwoeons will he l'oreed i together from beneath the pile restingin the groove, the slop |u'o petion"'i|| lhiseuse havso as to form llanges giving lianges of the parts K' of said key-levers l\'v to engage t-he.

ing its lower edge at adistance above the bottom plate C suitable to let two coins pass beneath it, as clearly seen in Fig. 4, but to stand in the way of and to hold from outward move- 5 ment the coin or coins immediately above the two that are to be ejected.

Fig. 8 ie a sectional view of the lower end of the groove D', which. aa here shown, is designed for the delivery of four one-cent pieces at once. ln this instance the linger y is long enough to engage the four lowermost coins of the pile and the stop projection e' has its lower edge at a distance above the top of the plate C equal to or slightly greater than the thickness of a pile of four one-cent coins.

The sectional view Fig. 5 shows the .lower part of the coin-groove' 1)", which. as here shown, is designed for holding nickel livecent pieces, of which four nickels are to be discharged atv once. The slots thereof are the same as those shown in Fig. 3, with :the ex,- ception of the necessary modilicaton in size required for nickels. l y f ln the case of each of the coin-grooves from which only a single Icoin is to be discharged at one time the lower edge of the corrugated plate l) at the parts thereof which form the side walls of the grooves and which are engaged by the laternl margins of the coins is cut away, as clearly seen in Fig. 2. so as, to form an opening above the bottom plate U slightly greater in vertical width than the thickness of the coin, the edges of the eutaway parte of the plate constituting down-A wardly-facing shoulders or ledges I2 Fig. 2. This is in order that when a single coin only is left onthe bottom plate it will slip or be jarred slightly backward, so that its rear edge will be caught beneath the shoulders rl", and thereby held from rising under the upward pressure of the retreating ejecting-linger, and will thus be held lmeitively in position to be engdged by said linger when the latter is next advanced. Such downwanlly-facing shoul ders are not necessary in case of `the grooves designed todeliver two or more coins at ence, because the weight of the pnral coins will always be sullicient to prevent them from being lifted by the upward pressure of the coin- 5o ejecting linger in its retreat beneath them.

ln Fig.- 3 l have shown an additional improvement embracing a downwardly and forwardly curved guide-arm ll, which is att-ached to or forms a continuation of the ejecting-lever G, and which, as said iever is bodily moved, is adapted to slide in contact with a stationary gnidc-plate ll', arranged with' its upper edge in position to engage said guidearm ll. the curvature of such arm ll being such that as the main key-lever K is swung outward and thevshonlders on the ejecting-levver slide along the bottom surface of the plato (l the surface of the guldoar|n ll willalways remain in contact with the edgeof the guide- 65 plate ll'. The purpose of this construction movements in rapid succession.

operating the keylever I ielonging to the v holding grooves l)" or 1)".

is to avoidpossibility of the forward end of the 'ejecting-lever (i being thrown so far downwardl in the back-wardswing of the key-lever that the ejecting-iingergwillnot have time toriee into ite proper position to 7- engage the lowermoat coin or coins when the he;l is again drawn forward, aa in the ease .Y when the same key is given two or morev The guidearm il when arranged in contact with the 15 guide-plate ll' in the manner described pre vents excessive downward movement of the forward end of the ejecting-levcr G in its rearward movement, and thereby insures the prompt return of the ejecting-lingerto its upward or engaging position when the actuating-lever reaches the rearward limit of its movement. y 1

The advantagegained by employing the fc-ur coimholding grooves D. D. 1)', and D", or asimilar mixed series, in addition to the series of coin-holdinggrooves at the left ofv these, which are designed for delivering single coins of the several denominations to be used, is to bring keys in juxtalmsition in various coin-value groups, and to thereby enable change in smaller sums to be delivered from the machine by .single or few movements of the hand,while enablingthe hand which is used to operate the key-levers for this purpose to receive the coins so discharged, and generallyv to enable the making of change to be aceomplished by a lessened number of movements of the hand. Y l

As hereinbefore stated, the groove D. as 10 here shown. is to held cents, and its accompanyingejector is adapted to discharge two coins at a time. Similarly. the groove l)" is for nickels, and its ejector is contrived todischarge the coins singly. The groove 1) is to hold cents and is to discharge four coins at a time, and the groove D" is for nickels and is to discharge four coins at one time. When two cents are desired, they are taken by once groove 1). lf three ce'ntsare desired. the l keys belonging'to the grooves D and 1) are operated at once. lf four cents are desired. the key belonging to the groove l) is operated. Five cents may be obtained by operation of the key of either one of the nickel- Six cents are obtained by actuating at the saillie time the adjacentv keys belonging to the grooves 1)" and 1)'. Seven cents are obtained by simultaneouslyoperating the adjacent keys belonging to the grooves 1) 1)". Eight cents are obtained by simultaneously operating the keys belonging to the three adjacent grooves l)", 1). and l". Nine centsare obtained by operating at the same time the keysbelonging to the adjacent grooves 1)" D. Eleven cents are obtained by operating the keys ofthe grooves l) and D, either simultanmmsly or successively, these keys being near enough together 13 '19eme to permit simultaneous operation', if desired. Twelve cents may be obtained by operating twice both the keys belonging to the grooves D and D'. To obtain thirteen cents. the four keys belonging to the grooves D, D. 1)', and

D' may be operated at the same time to deliver two nickels and three cents. or two kev movements may be made. one of the dime-column key and another of the keys belonging to grooves D' and ll' for the delivery of three cents. Fourteen cents may be obtained by twice simultaneously operating the two keys of the grooves land Dor by lirst discharging a dime and then four cents at once. Fi fl$ teen cents will be obtained by operating the keys of the grooves D' and l at one motion of the hand. Sixteen cents are obtained by operating at one motion of the hand the three keys belonging to the grooves l D", and l).

2 Seventeen cents may be conveniently obtained by o erating at the same time the two keys belong ng to the grooves D Dand separately the nearby key of ll. Nineteen cents will be obtained by only two movements. one of the two keysof grooves l )'and lYand anotherof-the key of groove D. 'lwenty cents are obtained by once operating the key belonging to the fournickel grooveD'b or. of course, bytwice operating the keyof the dime-groove D. Other 3 amounts from twenty cents to twentyfour cents are obtained bycombinations like those described, and the same is true when other odd amounts above twenty live cents are.

called for. it being obvious that by the use of auch or similar additional grooves D to D" larger sums maybe obtained in most cases by only two or three motionsof the hand, one motion in such cases being to deliver a larger coin. as a silver dollar, half-dollar, or quarterdollar, and another motion or two motions to deliver the fractional amount in minor coins. The coins delivered by neighborim,r simultaneously-actuated keys will be-receivcd in the same hand by which the keys are operatcd.

Since expedition with accuracy is a primary object of change-making machines. it is obviously a material advantage in auch devices to provide duplicates of some of the SQ smaller-coin receptacles in the series. to provide for the discharge of dillcrent numbers of coins from the duplicated receptacles, and to arrange the keys of the added receptacles in such relation us will furnish frm|nentlyde 5S sired combinations or value. groups of keys injuxtamsiton. because by these means fewer key movements are required in lnost changelnaking operations. 'lhe juxtnlmsitiomil order of the added receptacles uml their keys with respect toench other and to the main denominational series is nqiortunt. lamause it is from this that the uptnrned palm ol' the same hand by which the. operator lingers the keys is enabled to receive the coins from n 6S plurality of nrceptucles sinnlltnneonsly dis- Awhich operates the keys, and consequently vund facilitating. the assemblage nml the sepa- 'rationol' itsparts. v

charged by a single movement of the operators hand. and this advantage is fully secured in practice only by a mixed or irregular order of the duplicated and smaller-coin rece itacles. as, for example, herein shown. I be ieve l am the lirst to so mix a series of coin-receptacles having unequal discharging capacity in a machine to be manually oper-- ated and todclivcr the coins into the hand the iirst to obtain this highly-valuable practical resnlt. and inasmuch as such result does not call for the precise irregularity of denominational arrangement and the precise variation in discharging capacity of the dnplicate receptacles shown and above described l wish to lbroadly claim this feature without restriction .to the particular arrangement and capacity variation herein illustrated.

An important advantage is gained bythe 35 construction described. by which the series of coin holding receptacles is forlned by means of the corrugated plate shaped to form a series of coin-holding grooves, for the rea son that such a corrugated plate provides not only an exceedingly cheap and simple means of constructing such a series of coin-holding grooves. but also all'ords an exceedingly compact construction. being one in which the coin-columns may stand as close to eachother as posshle without actual contact of the coins in adjacent columns. 'lhe machincitself is thus made of narrow width in proportion to the number of coin-receptacles therein. and

the coins ejected from two or more adjacent receptacles fall so close together as to be readily received into the hand which operates the keys, either separately or in groups of two er possibly more.

An advantage is also gained by using the vertical partition-plaws arranged to 'project forwardly from the salient angles of thc corrugated plate to support the stop projections, which prevent the ldischarge of more than one or a desired number of co'ins'at once. because such plates occupy spaces not materially wider than those necessarily present between the coin piles or columns to prevent their contact with eachother. nud proper supporting menus for the stop projections is thereby provided in a very simple nml compact construction.

An important advantage is also gained ina l construction embracing n corrngaued plate. a top plate u, nml bottom plate` all secured together to form a secondary f rame by supporting the pivotsof the several key-levers from said secondary frame, for the reason that the keys in that ense are made a part of the inde.

. lmudeut secondary structure with the coin-receptacle ol' which Isaid keys nre to perform their function. thereby insuring |arnuu|ent accuracy ol' key egwlation. greatly simp|ifying the construction of the machine asa whole.l

yia. embed I Another advantage is also gained in point of simplicity and chea nessof construction by l providing the top p ate with slots to receive u per ends of the key-levers and hold the n pmperlyapaeed relation on the pivotrod F and likewise by extending the bottom plate rearwardly and providintherein gnide ve'a for the lower ends of e several keyvera.

A further and important advantalge is gained in the construction of the keyevera with aide danges, because said nanges not only give stiness to thelevers as a whole, but also allord simple and convenient means for making the ivotal connection of said levers with the mac ine-frame and with the coinejecting levers, auch pivotal joints being respectively ormed by pivots which pass through the said gea at the upper and lower ends of the ey-levers.

1- Another important feature of my invention ied -in the construction shown, by

which'thc keys which are moved by the opyeratora lingers in eifeetlng the discharge of the coin are retracted by gravity and are so pivoted that their free or moving ends arclocated beneath aml (when retracted) somewhat to the rear of the lower ends of the coin-holding grooves and are adapted to be drawn for wardly and u wardly to etlect the discharge of the coin, tiis feature of the construction having the advantage that when t-he lingers are -placed in position to engage and pull out-4 wardly on the keys the hand is brought into position palm upward to receive the ejected coin or coins. This construction and arrangement of thc'keys also has the advantage that the coin-ejecting lingers, which are operated through the movement of said keys in performing theircoin-discharging function, move in the same general direction as the key-levers, so that said ejeetiug-lingers may be directly connected with the forwanlly-projeeting lower ends of the keys, and thereby have the same extent of movement as the latter.

ln Figs. 9, 10, ll, and 12 l have shown a construction in means for connecting the top plate ll, the bottom plate C, and the corrugated front'plate l), which dill'ers from that shown in the hereinbefore-mentioned ligures of the drawings and which is designed to atlord a very silnple and inexpensive way of connecting said parts, as well as for connecting the vertical partition-plates Eto E with the other parts and sustaining them in position thereon.

As shown in Figs. 9 to ll, the plate l) is made as hereinbefore described, with the exception that ithns no attaching-lugsut its upperedgembut is provided at its forwardly-pro- ,lecting angles with apertures rl. Said corrugated plate l) and the top and bottom plates B and C are in this instance joined by means of connecting-plates J, arranged inv vertical planes extending from front to rear .of thel machine, (or parallel with the end frame-plates thereof.) their upper ends fitting against tbe lower surface of the forward part of the top plate and their lower ends against the top surface of the front marginal part of the bottom plate. Said plateaJ are behind the cormgated 1e convenienceal'e lettereda ike in said Figs. 9 to l2, although aseries of them are used. va- 8e 'ying in size to meet the requirements of the diilerent coin-piles, as are the several plates E to E hereinbefore described. The forwardly-projecting parts J are each provided with a a drawings.) which correspond in function with' the lugs or stop projections e to e heretofore described. At-the angle between the front edge of the plate J and the top edge of the projection J' is formed adow'nwardly-extending notehj', which interlocks with a notch d', extending upwardly from the lower margin of the plate l) at the salient angle of said plate in the same manner as do the corresponding notches or slots al. At their upper ends the plates J are provided with tongues j', which extend through-apen turcs in the top plate B and are upset r riveted at their upper ends to fasten said plates rigidly to the said top plate. At their loo lower ends the plates J are provided with similar tongues Jj, which extend downwanlly through apertures c e' In the bottom plate (2 and which are likewise riveted or upset atU i their ends to secure the plates J rigidly to los l said bottom plate.

lt will be obvious from the construction described that the. plates J, provided with holding lugs or tongues which are engaged with.

the top and bottom plates li and (land'the corno rugetcd plate l), serve to rigidly connect said several plates with each other. Moreover, as the forward projections J', bearing thestop projeetionj, ure made integral with the plates J said plates ulso serve as a means for rigidly vl I supporting said stop projections.

The plates J, with their projections J', may be readily formed by a stamping generation, and the entire structure, consisting of thetop plate ll, bottom plate (l, und eorrugxmd plate l), with the stop projections.(marked fie` Figs. t) to 12,) muy be very cheaply made and as v'.wmbled with small ex|wmliture of time and labor, giving Vgreat ulvnuulge in point of simplie-ity and cheupness of construction in the manufacture. of the machine.

l claim as my invention y l. The combination, with a receptacle for nu nutomnticully-demending pile of coins, adapted for the forward lischargeof one or more |36 The verticalV terallybent lug, (marked j in-the (shown in Figs. n e s.) 95

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. y mais coins from the lower end tliereof,'of a coinejecting kcy-comprisinga self-retracted membcrprovided with it linger-piece below the coinreceptacle and adapted tobe drawn forward by a linger of the operators upwardly-open hand, applied to said linger-piece, and an ciector vibratorily supported on the self-retracted member above its linger-piece. and adapted to engage and eject the lowerniost coin from the receptacle into said upwardly-open hand ofthe operator and, in the rearward movement of laid m-lf-retracted membvr, to pass freely beneath the remaining pile of coins.

2. The combination, with a receptacle for a gravity-desceialing pile of coina` adapted for the forward discharge of one or more coins from the lower eml thereof, of a coin-ejecting key embracing a gravity-retractml, pivoted lever liavinga linger-piece below the receptacle and adapted to be drawn forward bythe hand of the operator applied to the lingerpiece lo effect the discharge of the coin, and an ejector niovably sapinirted on the lever, said ejector being adapted to engage and eject the lowermost coin in the receptacle and. in the rearward movement of said lever, to pass freely beneath the descended pile of coins.

3. 'llie combination.' with a generally upright receptacle fora pileofcoinsadaptml for the forward discharge of one or more coins from tlie lower end thereof, of acoin-ejecting key comprising a pivoted gravity-retractml lever which extends behind the receptacle from an elevated pivot, said lever being provided with a linger-piece at its lower end beneath the receptacle by which said lever may be drawn forward by the hand of the operator applied thereto for the discharge of thc coin into the saine open hand that is used toopcrate the key, and a coin-ejector pivoted to and supported by the lever above the linger-piece of said lever whereby said ejector is adapted to engage and eject the lowerniost coin in tlic receptacle upon the forward movement of the lever and, in tlie rearward movement of said lever, to new freeJy beneath the descended pile of coins e 4. 'lliecombination. with acoin-liolding receptacle irovided with n forwardly and rear` wardly slotted bol-loin phde on which rcstthe coins therein, ol' voili-ejectiiig means eouiprisingn iliaiii forwardly and rearwardLil naivable member provided with a pivotwl unbal-v anced ejectiiig-leverhaving a coiii-i-.jm-ting lingl'il' atlaplril to projeet through the slot ill tlie bottom plate and also having au upwardlyl'aeing shoulder adapted for vguiding eoiitart with said bottom plate.

'lhecombination. withaeoinholdingrei ceptaelo provided willi a forwiirdLv and rear wardly slotted bottom plaie ou wliu-li rest the coins therein, of eoiii e iectiiig means couiprisinga nniiii lever pivotally supported a! the rear and above the levelol' the bottom'of said receptacle, said umili lever having atits forward cnd a pirated, '.inbalanced ejeetinglever provided with r. coin-ejecl-ing linger adapted to project through the slot in the bottom plate and having an upwardly-facing shoulder adapted forguidingeontact with said bottom plate. e

6. 'llic combination, willi a coiii-liolding receptacle provided with a bottoni platoon which rest the coins in'tlie receptacle, of coin-ejecting means comprising a main lever pivotally sii-pimrted at the rear and above the level` of the luittom of said retaiptaele, said main lever having, at its forward end,a linger-piece and a pivoted ejeeting-lever Vweighted at its rear cnd, provided at its forward end with acoinejecting linger and having` a curved ariii, said bottom plate of the receptacle having a slot tionary laaring-snrfaee with which the curved arni of the'ejecting-lever engages to liniit the downward niovementof the linger end of said ejectiii'g-lever in the rearward movement of the saine.

' 'i'. A change-making machine eomprisiiiga coin-holding receptacle adapted for the forward discharge of coins from the bottom thereof, of eoin-ejecting means embracing a main lever which is pivotally supported at the and which liasits lower enddirected forwardly beneath the bottom of the receptacle, and provided with a linger-piece, and an electing-ledireeted part ofilie main lever and having at normally lifted by the greater weight of its rear arni.

8. 'llie combination with a coin-holding receptacle adapted for the forward discliiirgeof coins from ils lower end, of coin -ejecting means comprising a main lever which is pivotallysupimrted at the rear of and above the bottoni of the receptacle, and'wliicli extends downwardly from its pivot with its lower end directed forwardly below the bottoni of the receptacle` anda weighted coiii-t-,jecting lever pivoted to thc forwardly-extending part of said main lever, said main lever consisting of a pieee of sheet melal having its side edges bent to l'oriii stilleiiing-llanges, and said ejectiiig-lever being pivot-ed to tlieiuaiu lever by a pivot-pin extending through the side lliinges of the sai-ne.v`

replavle adapted for the forward discharge ol' eoiu from its lower end, of eoiiieieeling iieans eoniprising'a uiiiiii'lever which is pivoted at llie rear of and above thel bottoni ol' the reeeplaele, said umili level' extending dowuwardly froni its pivot with rits lower end directed forwardly below the lower end of the receptie-le, and a eoiii-ojeetiiig level' pivoted to said main lever, said vmain lever consisting ol' a piece of sheet. metal having its side iuai'- a glas bent lo form still'ening-lhiuges between rear of and above the bottoni of the receptacle its front. end a coin-ejecting linger which is through which said linger projects, and a staver pivoted between its ends to the f orwardly- .l. Y'lhe combination with a eoiii-lioldiiu,r re.-

, which the'aaidactuating-lcvcria ivotethsaid meeting-lever having a rearward ,v-extendmg ward discharge ot coins from the lower end lend of the receptacle, and coin-ejccting means 'gated plate and the topedges of the partition-v arm and the said main 'lever having a slotbetween itstlanges through which said arm projects.

l0. A change-making machine comprising a coin-holding receptacle adapted for the for-` thereof, the bottom of which is formed b va plate wlnch extends rearwardly from the lower embracing a key-lever pivotally su pportcd at a point at the rear of vand above the bottom of said receptacle, and which extcndsdownwardLy from its pivotal point with its lower end below the level of the lower end `of the receptacle, the rearwardly-exwnding part of said bottom plate being provided with a guideslot for the key-lever.

ll. A change-making machine comprising a top plate, a bottom plate, a corrugated plate which extends between aml which isconnect? ed Awith said topand bottom plates to forma series of coin-holding receptacles, and coinejecting'meansembracing a series of main le vers pivoted to said top plateamlhaving their lower and `for'ward ends huraualbelow the bottom plate, aml provided at their said forward ends with linger-pieces.

l2. A change-.unikiug machine comprising a top plate, a bottom plate. and acorrugated plate forming a series of coin-holding grooves` and coin-ejecting. means enibraeing'a series'of key-levers, the said top plate lneingcxtended rearwardly from the top of the corrugatedplate and being provided with a seriesof gots for the passage of the upper ends'of'the', -iid key-levers and a pivot-rod located above said' top plate and engaging 4the upper ends of said levers. t

13. A change-making machine comprisingl a corrugated plate shaped to form a series of grooves, a bottom plate on which the coinsl rest and al series of parallel, transversely-arranged partition-plates projecting forwardly fronl thesalient angles of the corrugated plate a and provided with laterallyprojecting lugs at a distance above theJMttom plate and constituting coin-stops.

14. A change-making machine comprising f a corrugated plate adapted to form a series ot coin-holding grmives, a bottom plate which forms a support for-the coms in said grooves, and a series of vertical plates which projet-t forwardly from the corrugated plate and are providedwith lateralI v-projectiag lugs forming coin-stops; the bottom edgeof the corruplates being provided with notehes to all'ord lnterlltting connection of said plates.

l5. 'llu-.couilinutiou with a coinholding receptacle adapted l'or the forward disehargeof coins from the bottom thereof, and provided with a slot in its bottom wall, of a forwardly l groovesnnen..

and rearwardly movable member provided a main frame consisting of end plates land i.

means rigidly connecting the same, a'eorru, gated plate forming a series ol coin-.holding receptacles, top und bottoni, plates'securml to y said vcorrugated plate vand constituting withvv fraaie or structure separate fronrtl.|c|nain frame, and means on. the said main and vsccondary frames'adapual for interlocking cngagement, permitting the said secondary frame to be inserted` as a'whole into and removed f-rom the said main frame.

'17. A changemmking machine comprising a main fraaieeonsiatingof'eml plates andv means rigidly connecting the same,"a corrugated plate forlning a sel-ies of coinholding receptacles, top and bottoni plates secured to said corrugated vplate and constituting,with said top and bottom plates a rigidseeomlaev said-topand bottom plates a rigid sccondar,v.` I

frame or structurev separate from the main frame, key-levers pivoted to said secondary' frame, and'mmins on the said main and sec` ondary frames adapted lor interlmfking engagement, permitting the .said secondary frame .to be' inserted asa whole intoandl re-v moved f rom the said main fran-ne..v

1H. A changemaking machine eo-mprising4 topf andl lmttom p' erinediate corrugated ,rie of pa rallle.l,'' arranged vertici. A. p if projecti ng forwan l.l' v' from th-efsalientangl fof the corrugated plate and provided with laterally-projecting lngsat a distance above the bottom plate to constitute coin-stops` the several parts here enumerated being rigidly connected together to form a secondary frame adapted for support ina separate :nain frame of a money-changing ma- .Y

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I9. A coin-holdingdevice comprising a top plat-ent. bottom plate., a corrugated plate shaped to form a series o l' coin-holding grooves, and means for connecting said parts-.consisting ot strips extending from the top to the bottom plate behind |,lie'eorrn'gatei' plnteand |'n'ovided at their topand bottom ends with lugs inserted throi'gh and iiveted in apertures in said t'vp and bottom plates.

20. A changefmaking machine comprising a top plate, a bottom plate, a corrugated plate shaped to form a series of eoin holding grooves, and means l'or connecting said parts mnsistingol' stripsextending from the topio the bottom plate behind the corrugated plate and provided uttheirtomuul bottom ends willi lugs inserted through and riveted in apertures vin said top and bottom plates. said connectwith integral. forwardly-extending parts bnving lateral projections forming coin-stops.

2l. In a ehangumaking manchino having receptacles for stacks of coins of the various dc- 5 nominations tu be used.' and having a separate key for each receptacle, said keys being arranged in n row and in position to deliverthe coins fron'. the receptacle into the upwardly- 4open hand used ln operating them. additional l receptacles and keys' for denominational du- 2 22. ln achange-making machine having re-r plicatea arranged snllicientlyclose together to 1 ,permit of a simultaneous thscharge ofv coms l :from adjacent receptacles into-'the hand of the operator, said additional receptacles having I5 unequal discharging capacity. whereby coins may be simultaneously delivered into the operating-band equal to varyingdivisions of the larger denominations orto multiples of the lowest.

ceptaeles for stacks-of coins of the varionsdenominations to be used and having a se mrate delivery-key for each reeelitaele waitl being arranged in a row am l .25 liv-erthe coins from the receptacles into the npwanllymmn band used in operating them n series ot' add it tonal com-receptacles and keys fordenomilmtional du dientes of some of those of the main series am arranged ln Ime with 3 the latter, and in such close relation to each other as to permit of a simultaneous discharge into the handl of the operator of coins from adjacent receptacles, at least one of said additional receptacles being adapted to simultaneously tliscllar;- a'plurality of coins., and said receptacles being in part arranged in irregular denominational order, whereby additional value groups of adjacent receptacle-keys are formed. ca able of simuftaueous operation by a 4 reason of t ieirjuxtalmsltlon, and the number of key movements required in general changemaking is materially reduced. y

23. ln a cllange-nntking machine having reeeptacles for stacks of coins ol' the various denominations to be used, and a separate key for lreceptacles containing denominational Ilnd in such close kers. in position tode-k delivering from'each receptacle --the keys being arranged in a row and in position to deliver tbeccoins into the upwamlly-open hand used in operating them-said series of coinduplicates at least two of which are adapted to discharge a plurality of coins and being in part arranged in irregular denominational order. relation to each other as to permit ol' a simultaneous discharge of coins at rom adjacent receptacles into the hand of the io|mrator, whereby the number ofkey move- ,ments required m general change-making is materially yreducml.

24. In echange-making machine havinga series of coin-holding receptacles adapted-for coins of various denominations to be useth each provided with a hand-operated ejeetingkey'adapted to deliver n single coin. an additional number of receptacles one ol which is nrovided with an ejecting-ltoy adapted to deiver two coins ut n time. another lwith 'fn ejecting-lteyadapted to deliverone coin at a time, and a third with an ejecting-key adapted to deliverr'our coins at a time- -said keys being arranged in a row and in position to deliverl the coins into the upwardly-open JOHN W. lilllAlilllt.y

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