US966741A - Money-changing device. - Google Patents

Description

E. D. HALE.

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APPLIOATIOI FILED SEPT 14; 1909 Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

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ELBERT D. HALE, 0F ENDICOTT, WASHINGTON.

MONEY-CHANGING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 14, 1909.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Serial No. 517,662.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELBERT D. HALE, citizen of the United States, residing at Endicott, in the county of Whitman and State of Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MoneyChanging Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention oomprehends certain new and useful improvements in money changing apparatus, and has for its primary object, a simple, durable and eflicient construction of coin handling device of this character by the use of which change may be easily and quickly made and practically avoid the ne cessity of computatlon.

WVith this and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invent-ion consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a money changing machine embodying the improvements of my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof, on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a top plan view with parts in section and other parts omitted; Fig. 4: is a front view with parts omitted and other parts broken away; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of some of the operating parts; Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of such parts; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of some of the coin ejecting slides; Fig. 8 is an inverted perspective view of a casting which forms part of the machine and which will be hereinafter specifically referred to; Fig. 9 is a side elevation of some ofthe parts of the actuating mechanism; and, Fig. 10 illustrates one group of yoke members arranged in juxtaposition to each other.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

The casing A of my improved money changing apparatus may be of any desired construction or design, but it preferably embodies a vertical front'a and inclined top 6.

Within the casing and at the front thereof is a slide supporting bar 1 which extends transversely as shown from one side of the openings.

j casing to the other and which is supported in any desired way as by screws passing inwardly through the sides of the easing into sockets formed in end pieces 2. Above the slide supporting bar 1 there is a casting which embodies a horizontally disposed shelf 3 which is formed at its rear with a series of openings 4 of varying sizes, segmental stacking boxes 5 extending upwardly from the shelf 3 and defining the rear walls of the These boxes 5 are designed to contain coins of different sizes and denominations, the coins being stacked within the respective boxes and, the lowermost coin of the stack resting upon the upper surface of the slide supporting bar 1. The bar 1 is formed with a plurality of longitudinally extending supporting webs or rails 6 designed to guide the coin ejecting slides 7 in their forward and backward movement. The

slides are of course provided with openings which are coextensive, and coincident, with the respective openings 4 of the shelf 3, and the bar 1 is formed in its front edge with a number of recesses 8 which respectively describe arcs of the circles corresponding to the openings 4 whereby when any one of the coin ejecting slides '7 is pushed forwardly, the lowermost coin in the corresponding stack will be permitted to drop into a trough or tray 9 the walls of which converge in a downward direction so that the coin or coins ejected may be easily and quickly collected and removed from the tray.

Each slide 7 is provided at its rear end with an upwardly projecting pin 10 over which is slipped an apertured ear 11 formed on or secured to the depending arm of a bell crank lever 12. These levers 12 (there being one lever for each slide) are all ful crumed at their elbows on a transversely extending rod 13 secured at its ends within the casing in any desired way above the coin ejecting slides 7, and the upper arms of the bell cranks extend upwardly and rearwardly in the normal position of the parts, as clearly illustrated in the drawings. Preferably the supporting rod 13 is braced at its middle by the obliquely extending brace bar 1 1.

For the sake of clearness, I deem it essential in the following description of the parts to divide the bell crank levers and their accessories into groups; group X designed for the ejection of five, ten, and twenty dollar gold pieces group Y being arranged for the ejection of silver dollars and group Z for the ejection of fractional currency. In addition to the above named groups, there is another lever designated N which is intended for the ejection of five-cent pieces commonly known as nickels. Furthermore, for the sake of clearness, I have provided the different levers so as to distinguish one from the other with different letters of reference from A to M in alphabetical order com mencing with the lever at the extreme right designed for the ejection of the nickels alone.

The coin ejecting slides for the X group are arranged singly as shown and the levers L and M for the ten and twenty dollar gold piece slides have their upper arms offset near their rear extremities so that one will lie one behind the other both of them being close to and alongside of the rear wardly and upwardly extending arm of the lever K which is designed to operate the slide for the five dollar gold pieces.

In order to depress the arm of the lever K, the same is straddled by a yoke 15 embodying two parallel rods, and a connecting head 16, one of said rods being extended upwardly from the head through an opening formed for it in the top I) and provided at its protruding upper extremity with a push button 17 displaying the numeral 5. The rear arm of the lever L is straddled by a corresponding yoke designated 18 the upper protruding extremity of which is capped by a push button displaying the numeral 10, while the rear arm of the lever M is straddled by a corresponding yoke 19 capped by a push button displaying the reference numeral 20. It will thus be understood by depressing any one of these buttons, the corresponding lever will be individually operated independently of the others so as to move its respective slide forwardly and eject the desired coin.

In order to combine the movements of the levers and eject a number of gold coins according to the amount desired, the rear arms of the levers K and L are both straddled by a yoke 20 comprising three arms one of which is extended upwardly and carries a push button with the numeral 15 displayed thereon while the rear extremities of the rear arms of the levers K and M are straddled by a corresponding yoke 21, which carries at its upper end a push button which displays the numeral 25. The rods of all of these yokes extend downwardly through openings formed in a guide plate 22 so as to properly guide the yokes and prevent them from accidental displacement.

From as much of the description as has preceded, it will be understood that in making change, when a five dollar gold piece is desired the push button of the yoke 15 will be depressed; for a ten dollar gold piece, the yoke for the lever L will be depressed, and if a twenty-dollar gold piece is desired, the yoke for the lever M will be depressed. Again, if for example, fifteen dollars in gold are desired, the yoke 20 will be depressed so as to actuate the levers K and L, and if twenty-five dollars in gold are desired, the yoke 21 will be depressed operating the levers M and K.

The next group of levers and concomitant parts to be described is the group Y con-- taining the levers G, H, I and J actuating the slides for ejecting silver dollars. It is to be particularly noted, that there are four of these slides arranged in superposed relation to each other. Each slide from the lowermost slide upwardly in the series is cut out at one corner as indicated at 23 to provide a clearance for the pin 10 of the slide underneath it so that the pin for the uppermost slide will actuate only that slide, while the pin for the next slide underneath will operate its slide and the slide above, the next pin will operate its slide and the two slides above and the next pin will operate all of the slides, the pins respectively engaging the rear edges of the slides above, when the pins are moved forwardly by their respec' tive levers.

The lever J has secured to its rear arm intermediate of the ends thereof a stirrup 24: which is pivotally connected thereto and which extends downwardly and around the lever I and up between the levers I and H. The lever I has secured to its rear arm a stirrup 25 which is pivotally connected thereto and which is provided with a laterally extending arm 26 projecting over the lever J. The lever H is provided with a corresponding stirrup 27 having a laterally projecting arm 28 extending over the levers I and J and the lever G is provided with a similar stirrup 29 having a laterally projecting arm 30 extending over the levels H, I and J. The upwardly projecting rods of all of these stirrups are arranged in a longitudinally alined series and all project upwardly throu h the top I) of the casing being respective y provided with push buttons which display the numerals 1 2 3 and at respectively. From this it will be understood that when the push button 1 is depressed, the lever J will be actuated to move one of the slides of the silver dollar column forwardly and eject one silver dollar. If the lever I is actuated, it will operate the lever J also not only by the laterally extending arm of the stirrup 25 but by the fact that the pin 10 which is connected to the depending arm of the lever I will. tend to engage the rear edge of the slide above it so that the two slides will be moved outwardly simultaneously and two silver dol lars ejected. If the lever H is actuated three silver dollars will be ejected and by the actuation of the lever Gr there will be four silver dollars discharged, the parts being manipulated according to the change and number of coins desired.

In the Z group of levers containing levers B,-C, D E and F, the slides are all arranged singly except the slides for ten cent pieces ofwhich there are two, one upon the other, one being cut out at its rear end as indicated at 31 so as to provide a clearance for the pin 10 of the slide underneath. In this group, there is a coin ejecting slide for fifty-cent pieces, or half dollars, one for twenty-five cent pieces or quarters, one for five-cent pieces, and, as above stated, two for ten-cent pieces. Commencing with the lever D which is connected to the lowermost tencent piece slide, it will be seen that it is straddled by a yoke 32 substantially like the other yokes above named and having a push button at its upper end displaying the numeral 10 The lever@ is straddled by a yoke 33 the push button of which shows the numeral 20 so that by depressing the last named push button, the levers C and D will be actuated and eject two dimes in change while the depressing of the first named push button will actuate only one of the ten-cent piece slides and eject only one dime.

In order that thirty cents may be ejected at one operation, the levers B and F are engaged by the outturned extremities of a W-shaped stirrup 34, so arranged that it will clear the intermediate levers C, D and E, the middle post or head of this stirrup extending up between the levers D and E, as do the posts of the yokes 32 and 33, so that all of the posts will be in longitudinal alinement with each other as will be understood from the drawings and other description in this regard. If forty cents is desired without the necessity of using three operations to eject first a twenty-five cent piece, a tencent piece and a five-cent piece, it is only necessary to depress the push button which shows the numeral 40 which is mounted on the upper end of a post 35 which is substantially of U-shape as shown and which is connected at one end to a W-shaped stirrup 36, the bent upper extremities of which take over the rear arms of the levers B, D and F, the downward movement of this stirrup effecting the simultaneous actuation of all three of these levers so as to eject at one and the same operation, the three coins above named.

In order to operate the lever E singly, when for instance, a fifty-cent piece is desired, the rear arm of this lever is straddled by a yoke 37, the upper extremity of which carries a push button with the numeral 5O on it, while to operate the levers D and E to eject a fifty-cent piece and a. dime simultaneously, the rear arm of these levers are straddled by a three-rod yoke 38, the push button of which shows the numeral 60. The Wshaped stirrup 39 engages the lever B and the levers E and F and has a push button showing the numeral 80, it being thus understood that by depressing this push button a fifty-cent piece, a twenty-five cent piece and a five-cent piece will all be ejected at the same time, to make the desired amount. And a three-rod yoke 40 straddles the rear ends of all of these levers except the lever C which terminates short thereof, so that by depressing the push button 9O of this yoke, the levers B, D, E and F will all be operated to eject a fifty-cent piece, a

twenty-five cent piece, a ten-cent piece and a five-cent piece making ninety cents in change.

All of the rods of the various stirrups and yokes for this group Z pass through openings formed in a guide plate 41 secured to and projecting forwardly from the inner wall of the back of the casing.

In view of the frequency with which coins of the five cent denomination are required in making change, the independent lever A is provided, the same being secured at its lower end to an ejecting slide as shown and having pivotally connected to its rearwardly extending arm, an actuating post 42 capped by a push button showing the numeral 5, and for a similar reason the lever F is pro vided with a branch arm 43 which has a corresponding post 44 pivotally connected to it, such post being capped by a push button showing the numeral 25. By this means, quarters and nickels may be ejected separately.

Guide brackets 45 are formed at their forward ends with forks by which they are adjustably connected to the lower face of the bar 1, the rear ends of the brackets extending upwardly as indicated at 46 and serving as stops for the ejecting slides at the limit of their rearward movement. Corresponding stops are formed by pins 47 on the lower face of the shelf 3, being designed to engage the front edges of the slides when the same are pushed forwardly. To return the parts to their normal position after being actuated, a series of springs 48 is provided, one for each slide, the rear ends of said springs being all connected to a transverse rod 49 connected to the casing at the back thereof, while the front ends of the springs are hooked around the respective pins 10.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawing, the operation of my improved money changing machine will be obvious. When any number of coins are required, according to the change wanted, it is only necessary to depress the push buttons and the corresponding slides will move forwardly so as to eject one or more coins as the case may be. It will be seen that the operation of making change may be very quickly accomplished by my machine, and that the parts thereof are of very simple construction and few in number in comparison with the varied character of the operations to be performed.

It is to be understood that my invention is susceptible to various modifications, without departing from the scope thereof as defined in the appended claims. For instance, it is of course manifest, that any of the arrangements of levers and correlated parts may be used to eject pennies, and that some of the levers and concomitant parts may be omitted owing to the particular requirements of the case. As an example, a machine might be made which embodied the invention as herein disclosed but omitting the elements for changing gold coins.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

1. In a money changing apparatus, a slide supporting bar, a plurality of coin ejecting slides mounted in superposed relation to each other upon said bar, said slides being formed at their rear ends with cut-out portions, each exposing a portion of the slide underneath it, pins secured to and projecting upwardly from the exposed rear ends of the respective slides, bell crank operating levers connected to the respective pins, an actuating stirrup connected to one of said levers and extending around the adjoining lever and up between said adjoining lever and the second lever from the one which is provided with the stirrup and provided at its upper end with a push button, a stirrup connected to the lever next to the one provided with the first-named stirrup, the second-named stirrup having a laterally projecting arm extending over the first-named lever and provided with a post in alinement with the upwardly projectingportion of the first-named stirrup, another stirrup connected to the next lever and having an arm extending over both of the previously mentioned levers, and a post in longitudinal alinement with the firstnamed post, said post being provided with a push button, and a corresponding stirrup connected to the remaining lever and having a laterally projecting arm extending over all of the other levers, the last-named stirrup being also provided with an upwardly projecting post in longitudinal alinement with the other post and provided at its upper end with a push button.

2. In a money changing apparatus, a slide supporting bar, a plurality of coin ejecting slides mounted one above the other on said bar and formed at their front ends with openings, a stacking box mounted above said slides in registry with the openings therein, said slides being formed at their rear ends with cut out portions each exposing a portion of the slide underneath it, pins secured to and projecting upwardly from the exposed rear ends of the respective slides, bell crank operating levers connected to the respective ins, an actuating stirrup connected to one of said levers, a stirrup connected to the next lever and having a laterally projecting arm extending over the first named lever, another stirrup connected to the next lever and having an arm extending over both of the previously mentioned levers, and a corresponding stirrup connected to. the remaining lever and having an arm projecting over all of the other levers.

3. In a coin changing apparatus, a slide supporting bar, a plurality of coin ejecting slides mounted one above the other on said bar and formed at their front ends with openings, a stacking box mounted above said slides in registry with the openings therein, said slides being formed at their rear ends with cut out portions each exposing a portion of the slide underneath it, pins secured to and projecting upwardly from the exposed rear ends of the respective slides, bell crank operating levers connected to the respective pins an actuating stirrup connected to one of said levers, a stirrup connected to the next lever and having a laterally projecting arm extending over the first named lever, another stirrup connected to the next lever and having an arm projecting over both of the previously men tioned levers, and a corresponding stirrup connected to the remaining lever and having an arm projecting over all of the other levers, each of said stirrups including an upwardly projecting rod provided at its upper end with a push button, all of said rods being in longitudinal alinement with each other.

4:. In a money changing apparatus, a slide supporting bar, coin ejecting slides mounted to move over said bar to eject the coins therefrom, stacking boxes mounted above said slides, and operating bell crank levers connected to sundry of said slides and embodying rearwardly extending arms, the rearwardly extending arms of one lever be ing straight, and the rearwardly extending arms of the two adjacent levers being ofl'set toward said first named lever with their rear extremities in longitudinal alinement with each other, and yokes straddling said levers, one of said yokes engaging the rear straight arm abovementioned, two others of said yokes engaging the offset extremities of the other two arms respectively, another yoke engaging said straight arm and one of said ofi'set extremities, and another yoke engaging said straight arm and the other of said ofiset extremities.

5. In a money changing apparatus, a slide supporting bar formed in its front edge with recesses, slides mounted on said bar and radius to the recesses, stacking boxes mounted over said slides and in vertical alinement with the openings therein in the normal position of the slides, the slides being provided at their rear ends with upwardly projecting pins, bell crank operating levers having a movable connection with said pins, retracting springs connected to said pins to draw the slides rearwardly, and guide brackets connected at their forward ends to the lower face of the slide supporting bar and projecting rearwardly and upwardlytherefrom, the rear upper ends of the guide brackets being arranged to engage the rear ends of the slides to limit the rearward movement thereof.

6. I11 a money changing apparatus, a slide supporting bar formed on its front edge with recesses, slides mounted on said bar and formed with openings corresponding in radius to the recesses, stacking boxes mounted over said slides and in vertical alinement with the openings therein in the normal position of the slides, the slides being provided at their rear ends with upwardly projecting pins, bell crank operating levers having a movable connection with said pins, retracting springs connected to said pins to draw the slides rearwardly, and guide brackets connected at their forward ends to the lower face of the slide supporting bar and projecting rearwardly and upwardly therefrom, the rear upper ends of the guide brackets being arranged to engage the rear ends of the slides to limit the rearward movement thereof, the forward ends of said guide brackets being forked and having an adjustable connection with the slide supporting bar.

7. In a money changing apparatus, a slide supporting bar formed in its front edge with recesses, slides mounted on said bar and formed with openings corresponding in radius to the recesses, stacking boxes mounted over said slides and in vertical alinement with the openings therein in the normal position of the slides, the slides being provided at their rear ends with upwardly proj ecting pins, bell crank operating levers having a movable connection with said pins, retracting springs connected to said pins to draw the slides rearwardly and guide brackets connected at their forward ends to the lower face of the slide supporting bar and projecting rearwardly and. upwardly therefrom, the rear ends of the guide brackets being arranged to engage the rear ends of the slides to limit the rearward movement thereof, the stacking boxes including a forwardly projecting and horizontally disposed shelf,

and pins projecting downwardly from the shelf and arranged to engage the front end of the slides to limit the forward movement thereof.

8. In a money changing apparatus, a plurality of coin ejecting slides, a support therefor, operating bell crank levers connected to the respective slides and including rearwardly projecting arms extending one along side of the other, yokes straddling sundry of said arms, and stirrups straddling others of said arms, some of said yokes straddling only one arm, and others more than one, and the stirrups embodying a plurality of rods which project upwardly from a common connecting point with bent extremities engaging other levers, whereby to avoid or clear the intervening levers.

9. In a money changing apparatus, a plurality of coin ejecting slides, a support therefor, operating bell crank levers connected to the respective slides and including rearwardly projecting arms extending one along side of the other, yokes straddling sundry of said arms, and stirrups straddling others of said arms, other of said yokes straddling only one arm, and others more than one, and the stirrups embodying a plurality of rods which project upwardly from a common connecting point with bent extremities engaging other levers, whereby to avoid or clear the intervening levers, said yokes and stirrups including upwardly projecting posts and provided at their upper ends with push buttons, said posts being in longitudinal alinement with each other, and one of said posts being of U-shape for the purpose specified.

10. In a money changing apparatus, the combination with coin ejecting slides, bell crank levers having one arm operatively connected to said slides respectively, one of said levers being formed with a main arm and a branch arm, means connected to the other lever and said main arm for simultaneously actuating both of the levers, and means connected to said branch arm for actuating one of the levers singly.

11. In a money changing apparatus, the combination of ejecting slides, bell cranks operatively connected to said slides and having arms arranged side by side, and a W- shaped stirrup having ends connected to sundry of said levers, and a post extending up between the levers.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELBERT D. HALE.

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