US812200A - Coin-controlled clock and money-box. - Google Patents

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No. 812,200- PATBNTED FEB. 13, 1906. H. GILLBR.

G01N CONTROLLI-11) CLOCK AND MONEY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.7,1904.

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Imm/0725021' BATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

H. GILLER. COIN CONTRGLLBD CLOCK AND MONEY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7,1904.

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HUGOGILLER, or New YORK, N. Y. i

Com-CONTROLLED eLook AnohmoNeY-Box..

No. 812,200.l

Specification of Letters Patenti.

Patented Feb. 13, 190e,

Application filed November 7, 1904. Seriallo. 231.656. i

To ayZZ whom'it may concern:

Beit known that IJTHUGO GILLER, a citiz'enof the United States, residing-in the borough of Brooklyn, of the city of New York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements vinv Coin-Con.-

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. running of the clock is made t'o depend upon the deposit of a coin.'I In someother devices 'ofthis character it has been proposed to pro vide a stop l ing or braking mechanism whereby the cloc -train shall be'stoppedfl at a predetermined time unless in the meantimea 'coinf'has'been deposited for savings.v Such an arrangement isunsatisfactory that it requires the deposit ofthecoinb'efore a certain hour each day unless the .clock is to be permitted to stop and its accuracyand reliability as a timekee er thereby destroyed. It

` is not always possi lle for an individual to deposit the necessary coin before a certain hour .on every day of, the week, and it therefore must happen frequently with the arrange# ments referred to that the clock is stopped and must be set again. It is more desirable permitthe clock to run` until'dthas run down, if it so happens, and to'make the rewinding of the clock dependent upon the deposit of the required coin. This not only permits more leeway in the time of depositing the coin, but the rewinding of the clock and the depositing of the. coin being necessal-ily related act asa reminder each for the other, .so that the habit of Savin and the habit of, rewinding the clock are oth promoted, while the stopping of the clock and the destruction of its reliability as a timekeeper become lessv liable to happen by casual delay in the depositing of the coin. Y

It is the object of this invention, therefore, to provide an improved device of this characlter in which the of the clock iside-lv pendent upon'the de osit'of the .coins The invention will t e more 4fully de hereinafter with reference to the accompanyingdrawin s',inwhicha convenient and prac-A tical embo iment thereof is represented.

.inthe drawings, Figure -1 is .viewin sont".

elevation of a combined clockand moneybx having the invention appliedtherete Fig. 2 is a sidev view of. the vsame,p'artly broken out and in section, to` show. .details of.

construction. Fig. 3 is a-view rearfelevation with the back of thebox removed, some 'sented' parts Abeing shown also insectiollrand partly broken `out.- Fig. 4 isapartiallview slmilar to Fig. 3, but showing the parts inaI `diierentV position. y

The clock mechanism may be of any usual or suitable charaeten and the case thereof, which also forms the money-bx,iinay likewise have any desired-shape; j y y As shown in the'drawings, .they clock mech# anism, as represented at e by the face Vand hands thereof, is centrally located the case b, which may have in itsltop c laslot for the reception of the-coin f Some ortio'nof through which access maybe had to` therref oep tacle within to permit" ofremoval of the deposited coins. As 'shown in Fig. 2, the, en-

tire back e of the casing is so arranged ,as to\ be removable, being provided atits =lower end with lugs e', which may enterfslots in the bottom of the casing, and a lock e2 toyen gage the opposite end vofthe. casing. There isalso preferably arranged within the casing a partition 'bl` b2, whichA forms falseparate re.:

ceptac'le in which' the coins which are deposited may be allowedl to accumulate V,without liability of interferin withthe clockmechanism, even if the cloc should beoverturn'ed.

The lowerV portion b2 of'thelpartitionimay be f made removable to permit `aceess tothezinterior of the casingbeyondthe vcoin-receptacle when necessary, and suchlremovable parti# tion b2 may be provided 'with a flange bf? to co5,

ting oif the lower portion of` .the coin-receptathe passage of the coins from the coinchute. The back may be apertured in .line

` With the setting-arborf and with the Windf ro ing-arbor g to permitthe introduction of the setting-keyf andthe winding-key g.

lThe coin-operated devices, which permit or prevent the winding of the clock, are arranged to cooperate with the winding devices. In the present instance they are represented as cooperating directly with the windingfarbor g, which is provided', asshown in Figs. 3 andV 4,with one;or`more stops` or.A

lugsl or "arms g2". "Adjacent to the' windingarbor is mounted a stopflever lathe same being conveniently pivoted, upon .the settingarbor f. Itis provided with asruitable shouldei It for coperationwith the stops' g2 on the `1 wi'n'dingarbor and is pressed'normally toward the arbor, as by a spring h, yso that When the sibleto'wind theclock. f At the same time` the stop-lever yil'ds to permit the rotation of stop-lever his in normal position it is not posthe winding-arbor in the opposite directionas theI clockY runs'.v The stop-leveris arranged to bemoved intoabnormal position to permit the winding of the clock and, is held in such position for a sufficient length oi.y time to permit the'4 rewinding lof `the cloclr.' `The means whereby itis moved'to abnormal position and there ,held comprise'an arm h2', ar-

l 'ranged for coperation'with the coin, 'ashereyinafter described, v'and provided with a tooth 7b3 for engagement lwiththe'corresponding toothi of a latch i. Tlieilatch fi is counter,- 435 weighted or balanced, so that it-stands norma'lly ina position to engage thearrn h3, and thereby to hold the stop-lever 7Lv in abnormal 1 p0sition.` 'It is also arranged to be disengaged therefromwhen the clocl'has run for a short time; For this' purposey there is'pivotedupon thelatch t a doglc, having a toe kv 'for' coperation with the stops-or lugs g2 on i the windingarbor and cooperating with a stop k2 on the latch, During the Winding of the clock the dog Ic' swings 'freely on its pivot "as the stops g2 'strile'the toe kf; but as the ar- `bor rotates in'theop'posite direction the 'stop ,k2 prevents the yielding of 'the dog' 7c on' the latch fi, so 'thatthe latter isv swung upon its pivot and is madeto 'release the stop-lever 7L. 'In this'man'ner the parts are restored to their looking position and the Winding of theclock `isprevented, except'for a short time afterzthe A#introduction of a coin.

` The coinchut'e l, which receives the 'coin through the slot d, is suitably' formed to guide the coin into proximity tothe arm h2 ofthe {stop-lever 7L and is cut away at its lower end, adjacent to the arm h2, to permit the latter to project somewhat within the chute, as clearly indicated in Fig. 8, for the purpose of detaining the coin at this point until it has been made use of to effect the release of the winding mechanism, a lug or shoulder l being preferably provided at the opposite side of the chu'te to cooperate with the arm h2. jacentto the v'lower end of the coin-chute there is mounted in suitable ways m m a pusher having a stemfn, projected 'through theouter casing I).

which straddle the stop l andare suitably formed atth'eir ends, as, at n2, to'engage the coin, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. A spring 'n3 serves to draw backthe pusher after operation.

1 It will now be lunderstood that wheny a'cbin isiintroduo'ed through the slotl d it moves to the lower end of the coin-chute, Where it is rdetained byy theiarm h2 and the, stop Z, th` ese parts being' then in the position represented -in Fig. 3, which position ofthe armthe stop-lever 7L is in engagement with, the v.arms

g2 onthe Winding-arbor, so' that winding 4of the clock is impossible. Willen the coin has reached the position ust described, the pusher n is thrust forward, engaging the coin and carrying it forward against the arm 71,2, whereby the latter is also moved yforward and thestoplever k2 is moved out ofengagement With the windiiig-arborL If the pusheris now released,

itl returns to its normal position, and the coin drops into the receptacle below the end of the chute. The stop-lever, however, is held in its unlocking position through ythe engagenient of the arm hzvwith the latch i', sothat it y i This pusher is prefer. 'ably forked, as shown, ,having two arms n,

Adk is possible to Wind the clock. After a short'k ltime one of the lugs g? on the winding-arbor, yacting through the dogl c, swings the latch i `onits pivot, releasing the stopllever h and permitting it to vreturn to the locking 4position, whichis represented inl Fig. 3. Itis Ioo thereafter impossible to rewind the clockun- `ti l another coin is introduced. u Obviously various changes may be made in details of construction and arrangement of log.

the mechanism, andA it is to be `understood "that the invention is not restricted to the'pre- 'oise details of constructionarid arrangement fhereinlshown' and described. Y

I claim as my inventionf 1'. yThe combination with a clock mechanism, of'a lug on'the 'winding-arbor, a stop-leverA normally engaging said lug, means `to move the stop-lever into abnormal position,

"a latch' to hold said stop-lever iin abnormal v rio position, andadog pivoted on the latch 1in 'siamo jacent to the Winding-arbor to be operated by the movement of the lug thereon to disengage said stop-lever, substantially as described.

3. The combination With a clock mechanism, of a lug on the winding-arbor, a stop-lever pivoted adjacent to said arbor to engage said lug, means to move the stop-lever into abnormal position, a latch to hold said stop- Io lever in abnormal position and pivoted adjacent to the arbor,l and a dog pivoted on,

This speciicaton signed and witnessed :5

this 2d dajyvv of November, A. D.v 1904.

` HUG() GILLER. In presence olf- W. B. GREELEY, M. A. BRAYLEY.

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