US893582A - Savings-bank-deposit appliance. - Google Patents

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,582. PATENTED JULY 14, 1 908.

. G. F. HESS. SAVINGS BANK DEPOSIT APPLIANCE. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 27,1907. RENEWED MAY 11, 1008.

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ATTOR/l/E No. 893,532. PATENTED JULY 14, 1908. 0. F. HESS.

SAVINGS BANK DEPOSIT APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27,1907. RENEWED MAY 11, 1908.

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C. F. HESS.

SAVINGS BANK DEPOSIT APPLIANCE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 27.1907. RENEWED MAY 11, 190B.

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CHARLES FREDERICK HESS, OF SORANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE BANK SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- TION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SAVINGS-BANK-DEPOSIT AIPLIANCE.

Application filed May 27, 1907, Serial No. 375,936. Renewed May 11, 1908.

' To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. HESS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county of Laokawanna, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Savings- Bank-De osit Appliances; and I do hereby declare t e following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention 7 relates to appliances for extending the field of operations of savings bank institutions by providing a safe and convenient means whereby a de' positor may in return for a fractional coin take from suitable coin controlled apparatus a receipt or stamp of such form or character that when pasted in or properly associated with a proper deposit book, it will indicate the amount which will be credited or its cash value, when presented to the bank for credit or redemption.

The invention consists in the appliances and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and pointed out particularly in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation with the side wall of the casing removed, of an apparatus employed in carrying the present invention into practice. Fig. 2 is a similar elevation, from a point of view at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, illustrating parts omitted from Figs. 1 and 2 in order to avoid confusion of lines. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the stamp feed and cutter wheel together with its connected coin pocket wheel. Fig. 5 is a view looking at the parts shown in Fig. 4 from the left hand side and with parts broken away to show the stationary cutter. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the end of the stationary cutter. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are detail elevations of the full stroke mechanism and shoulder for cooperation with the coin. Figs. 9 and 10 are details of the positioning devices for the stamp feed and cutter wheel. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the operating shaft and handle and the sleeve for carrying the parts shown in Figs. 5 to 10. Figs. 12 and 13 are details of the lock for holding the shaft in place to hold the frame and working Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Serial No. 432,279.

parts in the casing. Fig. 14 is a detail'section on theline 14, Fig. 3. Fig. 15 is a view of one of the coupons or stamps. Fig. 16 is a view of a section of a card or book to which the coupons or stamps are to be afiixed for de osit or redemption.

ike letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

The apparatus illustrated for handling the coupons or stamps embodies a frame A in which the working parts are mounted, as will be presently described, said frame being adapted to be inserted endwise up into a square casing B, where it is held by a catchand by the operating shaft C which extends way through both the casing and frame and is locked in position by a bolt 0 controlled by a combination lock 0 or other appropriate locking mechanism. When the shaft is removed, the frame together with the parts held by it may be drawn out of the casing for ready inspection or repair or to give access to the deposited coins and coupons or stamps.

J ournaled in the frame is a sleeve or tubular shaft D (Fig. 11) its location in the frame being such that when the frame is in place in the casing the shaft 0 may pass through the sleeve and will be connected therewith for rotation or oscillation by a square or irregularly shaped portion C fitting a similarly shaped recess in the end of the sleeve.

The coupon or stamp feed and cutter E and its connected coin-pocket Wheel E (Figs. 4. and 5) are journaled on the sleeve D, but their rotation is restrained by a spring pressed roller F, cooperating with notches f in the periphery of a flange or annular projection F (Fig. 9) moving with the parts E E. The coin ocket Wheel'is of a construction now well nown, the pockets being radial and open at the periphery and one side whereby a coin. of proper size will be held in and project beyond the side of the wheel in position to engage with an operating arm or member. In the apparatus shown, this operating arm or member is in the form of a projection g (Figs. 6-8) on the face of a disk G mounted on the squared portion D of the sleeve D, whereby if a coin is in position, the forward rotation of the operating shaft will cause the projection to engage the coin and rotate the coin wheel and connected parts the desired distance. The movement of the operating shaft is limited by stops h h 7 against which the operatinghandle H strikes at each extreme of its movement and a full movement in each direction is insured, by the reversible pawl I cooperating with teeth t on a disk I mounted on the square portion 'of the angles or corners between the faces conrotation of the feed whee but having its end stitute movable cutting edges K adapted to cooperate with a relatively stationary cutting edge L, best seen in Figs. 1, 5- and 5 The stationary cutter is preferably in the form of a stifi s ring projectin in the direction of bent in to intersect, bear against or lie in cutting relation to the cutting edges on the feed wheel. In order to give a progressive or draw out the edge of the stationary cutter Fig. 5 and I path ofmovement of the edges on the wheel. 30

stam s, the feed wheel may have flanges 7c is preferably dia onal or inclined as shown in is substantially concentric to the or the purpose of guiding the coupons or and ight flexible fiat springs'k ]c are arrange to bear on the two faces K approachingrthe cuttingpoint. I

he coupons or stam s M are prepared in 1 theLfori'n of a strip'wit edge notches m for indicating. the division lines and reducing the work to be done by the cutters.

Each coupon or stamp has an elongated aperture therein which in its mechanical function is adapted toreceiveone of the tapered pins or pro ections N in the fiat faces K' of the feed wheel,whereby the said cou ons will always Y .be properly positioned for t e action of the cutters and-as a result, the cou ons will always be of the pro er size and s ape and.

no mutilation throug incorrect positioning can occur. The strip of coupons is preferably folded back and forth into a compact pile and mounted on a pin 0 in a receptacle O. in the frame from which it may be drawn through a guide 0 to the feed and cutter wheel.-

' By arranging the strip as described, '5. 6.,- folded backand forth the pile may be lifted atany time and the first coupon of a new pile attached to thelast coupon of'the old ile, thereby avoiding any inconvenience or oss in supplyin additional coupons before those 60 in .the mac ine have been completely ex hausted. Couponssevered from the strip are dischar ed through a chute P opening out at the rout of the casing and the coins from the coin-pocket wheel drop into a cylindrical receiver Q,.removably mounted in "slot.

7 guides q' in' the frame, in such manner that it or counterfeit inthe receiver, to determine for which coupon it was given and redemption or credlt on such coupon may be refused. Inasmuch as it is desirable that the apparatus should only accumulate a small sum of money between visits of the. collector .in order to reduce the temptation to break or steal the apparatus, provision is made for closing the coin entrance slot when coins of a redetermined value have been deposited.

.or this pur 'ose the receiver-rests on a lever I R connecte by rod R with a second lever R (Figs. 3 and 14) and the latter lever at one end carries a slide for closing the coin A counterbalance Weight R holds the receiver elevated until the desired weight of coin has been deposited, when the weight R will be overbalanced and the coin slot closed.

Each coupon orstamp is adapted to be pasted or secured in a book or'ona card for presentation to the bank for redemption or credit. .Such books or cards (a'section of one of which is shown in Fig. 16) arefurnished to customers by the bank and each bears in the place designed for the reception of each stam aword or figures denoting theamount for iiioh the stam will be redeemed, or the amount which will e' credited to the account of the customer. the book is positioned to show through the elongated aperture in the cou on or stamp. and the stamp itself, Fig. 15, has words indicating that it has a value only when affixed in the book or to a card issued by the bank and having the value indication thereon. In other words, the stamp must be associated with the card or book in order to indi-v cate the redemption or credit value. The cards'or books will each bear the name or other identification'of the person to whom issued and by keeping 'a record of such cards or books in connection with the numbered coupons or stamps andthe corresponding arrangemen't of the coins in-the receivers, the dan er of fraudulent ractices being suc- .cess ully carried out is practically elimi- 'nated.

In the coupon or stamp handling apparatus it will be noted that the feed and cutter wheel preserves the stamps in a flat condition, the bends in the strip only occurring at the points where the stri is severed and hence there is no danger o the coupons becoming wedged or caught in the ap aratus. When delivered they are flat and in s ape for being readily placed in or on the previously gummed book or card.

The value indication in Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination with a coupon delivering apparatus embodying a feed wheel having projections thereon for cooperation with apertures in the coupons, of coupons united in a strip and having intermediate lines for separating the same and apertures in the bodies of the coupons for cooperation with the projections on the wheel and a holder for the coupon strip embodying a guide pin on which the coupons are filed.

2. The combination with a coupon delivering apparatus embodying a feed wheel and means for intermittently rotating the same, of a coupon holder and coupons united in a strip with intermediate folding and separating lines, said strip being folded back and forth to form a compact pile adapted to be supported by the holder against lateral displacement,

Q 3. The combination with a coupon delivering apparatus embodying a feed wheel and means for intermittently rotating the same,

of coupons united in a strip folded on lines intermediate the coupons and each coupon having a central perforation, and a guide pin passing through the openings to support the stfliplin position for presentation to the feed w ee 4. The combination with the feed wheel of a coupon delivering apparatus having projections thereon, of a strip of coupons separated-by severing lines, each coupon having a central elongated aperture to cooperate with the projections on the wheel, and the strip being folded on said severing lines to form a compact pile and a guide pin on which the folded strip is filed in position for presen tation to the feed wheel.

5. The combination witha coupon ering apparatus embodying a feed wheel having substantially flat faces, of substantially flat coupons united in a strip and having intermediate severing lines spaced to substantially coincide with the edges of the feed wheel faces and means for severing the coupons along said severing lines at the angles between the I faces; substantially as described. I

6. The combination with a coupon delivering apparatus embodying a feed wheel having substantially flat faces and coupon positioning projections on said faces, of substantially flat coupons united in a strip and having intermediate severing .lines spaced to substantially coincide with the edges of the feed wheel faces and openings for the positioning projections and means for severing the coupons along said severing lines at the angles between the faces; substantially as described.

7. In a coupon delivering apparatus, the

deliv- I sure members for holding the coupons on said faces in advance of the cutting point.

9. In a coupon delivering apparatus, the combination with the feed wheel having substantially flat faces and cutting edges at the intersection of said faces, of a cutter adapted to cooperate with the cutting edges on the feed wheel in succession.

10. In a coupon deliverin apparatus, the combination with the fee wheel having substantially flat faces and cutting edges at the intersection of said faces, of a relatively fixed knife having a cutting edge adapted to cooperate successively with the cutting edges on the feed wheel.

D 11. In a coupon delivering apparatus, the combination with the feed wheel having substantially flat faces and cutting edges at the intersection of said faces, of a relatively fixed knife having diagonally arranged cutting edge adapted to cooperate successively with the cutting edge on the feed wheel.

12. In a coupon delivering apparatus, the combination with the feed wheel having substantially fiat faces and cutting edges at the intersection of said faces, of a relatively fixed knife having a diagonal cutting edge arranged substantially concentric with the path of movement of the cutting edges on the feed wheel and adapted to cooperate therewith.

13. In a coupon delivering apparatus, the combination with the frame, the feed wheel and sleeve on which said wheel is mounted, journaled in the frame, of the casing in which the frame is rem'ovably mounted, an operating shaft passing through the casing and cooperating with the sleeve and means for locking the shaft in place to retain the frame in the casing; substantially as described.

14. In a coupon delivering apparatus, the combination with the frame, the feed wheel and'sleeve on which said wheel is mounted journaled in the frame, of the casing open at one end and in which the frame is removably mounted, an operating shaft passing through apertures in the casing and through the sleeve and a lock for holding the'shaft in position to prevent the removal of the frame from the casing; substantially as described.

CHARLES FREDERICK HESS.

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NoRRIs S. SwIsHER, JOHN A. MADDEN.

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