US930667A - Coin-deposit apparatus. - Google Patents

Description

G. F. HESS.

COIN DEPOSIT APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 2a, 1908.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1908.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

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I e I To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. HESS, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO'THE BANK SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVA N IA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

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Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed June 26, 1908. Serial No. 440,554.

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. HEss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Deposit Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the 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 characters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to coin actuated token or coupon delivering apparatus such as is particularly designed for use as an auxiliary to savings bank institutions, the tokens or coupons being accepted by the bank as evidence that the holder is entitled to credit for an amount equal to the value of the coin deposited in the delivering apparatus.

The invention consists in certain novel. de tails of construction and combinations'and arrangements of parts all as will be now described and pointed out particularly in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a coin actuated coupon do: livering apparatus embodying the present invention, the rear wall of the casing being removed. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation in the plane of the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the coupon feeding and guiding mechanism, the adjustable guide being shown in dotted lines in. position for the insertion of the leading end of a strip of coupons. Fig. 4 is a detail section showing the coupon delivering chute and a portion of the feed wheel.

Similar characters of reference indicate the same parts in the'several views.

The casing A in which the working arts of the apparatus are housed is prefera ly rectangular with one wall (usually the rear wall) detachable to give access to the interior. A transverse shaft B journaled in the casing near the upper end and provided with an external handle C working between limiting stops, is adapted to carry the feeding and coin actuated p'arts. embody a disk D secured rigidly to the shaft, and a coin wheel E, stop wheel F, and coupon feed wheel G j ournaled on the shaft or on an axis coincident with the'axis of the shaft. Coin wheel E is provided with a plurality of radial coin slots e, adapted Whenin position As shown, these parts beneath the coin entrance chute e to receive a com of proper size. The coin projects beyond the side of the wheel in position to be engaged by a shoulder on the disk D and when the disk and shaft are advanced lock the shaft and coin wheel together for partial .forwarc" rotation in the now well understood wheel will drop into a vertically arranged, re-

movable tubular receiver H. For guiding the coins into the receiver a fixed funnel H may be mounted in the casing and adapted to accommodate the upper end of the receiver, the lower end of the receiver being held in a clip h. I

The coupons I adapted to be fed by the apparatus, are in the form 'of a strip with weakened severing lines between them and central apertures i. The strip is folded back andforth into a compact body adapted to be mounted on a holder I in the casing and to be led upwardly through a fixed guide K and beneath an adjustable flexible guide L to the feed wheel. The feed wheel is formed with "projections g properly spaced to enter the central a ertures in the coupons, the size of the whee of course, being such that each movement of the coin wheel will advance the feed wheel a distance corresponding to the length of a con on and the distance between projections. o facilitate the threading or positioning of the leading end of the strip the guide L may be sprung out to the position indicated in dotted lines, but normally the said guide hugs the feed wheel closely and has its lower end detachably secured to the fixed guide K. The uide L is centrally slotted for the passage 0 the projections on the wheel and is provided with a central bridge I and wings Z adapted to embrace the sides of the wheel and coupon strip. At the front end the said guide is secured to or merges in the top of the coupon dischar e chute M.

To insure the movement 0 the coupons awa from the feed wheel and through the discharge chute the feedwheel is rovided with peripheral grooves g into whic fingers m on the under wall of the chute extend so as to invariably pick up the leading end of the coupon'and guide the same out of the apparatus. The stop wheel 1 is provided with a plurality of peripheral notches f corresponding in number to the coin slots and projections on the feed wheel and a spring pressed retainer l!" cooperating with the notches prevents overthrow of the feed wheel and interp'oscs a considerable resistance to the inauguration of its movement. .When'a coupon has been projected through the discharge chute it ma be readily detached while the rotation of t e feed Wheel by a direct pull on the coupon is prevented by the retainer. Reverse or return movement of the operating shaft is caused by a spring P and a full movement in each direction is insured by a ratchet segment and reverse pawl Q of well known construction.

To prevent the operation of the ap aratus when the receiver is full of coins a ocking mechanism is provided which consists of a centrally ivoted lever R, one end of which projects t rough the wall of the coin receiver, near the top and the other end of which projects through the wall of the coin entrance chute. An arm (1 on the lever projects over the stop pawl or retainer F, whereby the coin chute will be closed when the retainer moves out of a notch, and if the receiver is full of coins the lower end of the lever will engage the top coins and prevent movement to open the coin chute until the receiver has been emptied.

It will be noted that the feed wheel is located close to the discharge opening of the coupon discharge chute, and consequently the coupon just within the casing or chute still occu ies its position around the projection on t e feed wheel, and hence it is impossible to detach more than one coupon for each coin deposited or for each movement of the feed wheel. vIt will also be noted that there is no possibility of the cou on strip becoming caught or tangled and t e bank representative who emptiesthe receiver, on noting that the coupon strip is nearly exhausted may lift the remaining portion ofthe folded stri place a new package beneath the same an by attaching the ends together the new strip will follow the revious strip without intermission or furt er attention by the bank representative.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters-Patent, is:

1. In a coupon delivering apparatus, the combination of the following instrumentalities, to-wit; a holder for a cou on strip, a coupon exit guide-way beyon which the free end of the strip may be projected imposition to be grasped before the cou on is separated from the strip, a coupon fee wheel having coupon engaging projections for preventing the independent feed movement of the strip, and means for advancing the feed wheel intermittently, said feed wheel being so located and the relative arrangement of the parts being such that each feed movement of the feed wheel will pro'ect a coupon through the exit guide-way w ile the next succeedingcoupon remains in en agement with its projection on the feed v$heel and held positively against being withdrawn when tension is applied to the projected cou pon.

2. In a coupon delivering apparatus, the combination of the following instrumentalities, to-wit; a coupon feed wheel having coupon engaging projections thereon, means for advancing the feed wheel intermittently a distance equal to the distance between projections, a coupon exit guide-way beyond which the free end of the strip may be projected in position to be grasped before the coupon is detached from the strip, and a coupon strip having weakened tea-ring lines between coupons and each coupon having therein an a erture for a projection on the feed wheel, t e relation of the feed wheel to the coupon exit opening being such that each feed movement of the feed wheel will project a coupon through the exit opening while the next succeedin coupon remains in en agement with its pro ection on the feed whee and held positively against being withdrawn or torn off when tension is applied to remove the projected coupon.

3. A coupon delivering apparatus embodying a coupon feed wheel having coupon engaging rojections thereon, means for advancing t e feed wheel intermittently, a flexible coupon guide having a free end adapted to be wra ped around and embracing a portion of the periphery of the feed wheel and having a slot for the passage of the projections and a con on delivering chute into which the fixed en of the guide merges, whereby the flexible guide may be turned away from the feed wheel to facilitate the insertion of the leading end of a coupon strip.

4. A coupon deliver-ing apparatus embodying a coupon feed Wheel having coupon engaging projections thereon, means for advancing t e wheel intermittently, a flexible coupon guide having a free end embracing a portion of the periphery of the wheel, a discharge chute into which the fixed end of the guide merges, a fixed coupon guide, and a detachable connection between the free end of the flexible guide and the fixed guide.

CHARLES F. HESS Witnesses:

D. L. PATTIE, PHILo OHESEBROUG'H.

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