USRE13587E - Goin-contbiolled lock - Google Patents

Description

S. J. KELLY.

GOIN UONTBOLLBD LOCK.

APrLlloATloN FILED 001230. 1911.

Reissuea 1111541, 1913.

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Smau/bola S. .I. KELLY.

COIN GONTBOLLBD LOOK. PPLIUATIOI FILED OUT. 30, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SMUEL J- KELLY, QF WHlITE lLATINS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 AUTOSALES GUM .AND

Y .CHOCOLATE COMPANY, A CORPORATION 0F ANEW YORK I GOIN-CONTRDLLED LOCK.

Reissued J uy 1, 1.913.

,Original No.9,59,753, ated May 31, 1919, Serial `Np. 527,738. Application for reissue filed .October 30, 1911. Seria111p..657,687.

J. Karimi, .a

scribed and represented in the tollowing specification and the accompany-ing drawings, to-rmlng a par-t of the same.

.This invention relates to that class of .receptacles which is used to inc-lose a singlef package, and havin-g a coin-controlled lock@ which by the insertion of Va coin securesthe release of the pack-age, and leaves the coi-I1 I inclosed within the receptacle, from which?` it can onlybe released by a key.

The invention may be applied to any suitable part ot' the receptacle to retain .the

package therein and to release it by means l of a coin, and isso constructed that it may be readily embodied in the cover ot a receptacle, and so arranged that the insertion 1 of the coin and the manipulation 'of .a coi-nslide serve to unlocktfhe cover and permit the removal of the package.

In this application of `the invention, the cover of the receptacle is formed as a hollovs7 box with a bottom plate and a lid -fiXed permanently thereon, and provided with an aperture to insert the coin and with a boltearrier i-nanipulated by means 'of the coinslide to unlock the ,cover from the receptacle, the coin-slide being simultaneously secured with the cover 'by a llatch which prevents its retraction, or exposure of the coin, until a key is inserted to release the latch.

In the annexed drawing, the receptacle is only shown in a. part of the figures, 4and only its upper end shown'in Figure 3, as the nature of the receptacle itself is immaterial to the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a plan of :the receptacle with the cover having its lid or outer plate removed to expose the mechanism, andl the bolts `disengaged from their guard; F-lg. 2 is a plan of the cover with the bolts in the reverse position; Fig. ,3 is a .cross section'of the receptacle near the top end, with an .end view of the cover therein. These figures are drawn muelrenlarged to show the construction clearly. Fig. 4E shows tbe under side of the cover; 5 shows the receptacle with the. cover closed and locked; Fig. 6 shows the receptacle with the cover entirely open and t-he bolts held unlocked, as by the action of the coin in the coin-slide; Fig. 7 shows the top ofthe receptacle, .opposite the -hinge of the cover, with the cover in posi.- tion for closing by orcing the bolts Adown into the guards; Fig. 8 is a cross section on line 8..-.8 in Fig. 1; Fig. 9 is ,a cross section on -line 99 in Fig. 1; Fig. 1() is a plan of the .bOlt-earrier; Fig. 10*1 an end view of the san-ie; Fig. 1 a plan of the coin-slide; Fig. 12 a plan o the ke. and Fig. 1;?) an end view of the same.

As the cover forms a lock-case, it will be vso termed in lthe lfollowingY description.

It consists o1 a bottom pla-,te A, a lid B, and an intermediate -frame 1C' to which the bottom and lid are secured. The cover is hinged te the top vof the receptacle by pivots E, and the front edge .of the receptacle is formed with a guard-plate F havingnotches L to admit the bolts and shoulders af to retain the bolts in the notches, the end of the shoulder' being beveled so that the bol-ts when pressed into the guard may .be moved automatically.

Two bolts o are shown projecting from the front .edge of the cover in Figs. 6 and 7, each having a sloping face b to engage the slopingfface upon the shoulder of .the guard.

kThe bolt-carrier c is a Hat plate lying upon the. bottom A of the lock-case, as shown m Fig. 9, and t-Wo bolts b are projected from its edge through slots b2 in the front of the frame C. The i-nner edge of the carrier e-X- tends half Wray across the Width of the lock` ease as shown in Fig. 2. A channel c is for-med in the bottom A beneath onesedge yofthe bolt-carrier, to receive a spiral spring '(Z. This vedge of the bolt-carrier is formed with' a lange d 'fitting Within one edge of the slot to guide' the carrier inV 4its movenient. A partition-plate f fills the space within the frame C, over the bolt-carrier, and the coin-slide g lies .over the same, and is formed in the middle with a circular aperture g to receive a coin h', and with aeurved sloti' at one edgesof the aperture from which a passage jextends to one end oat the slide. This end of the slide is provided with a transverse' hook k' vto engage a ipa-tch, and at bolt-carrier is formed with a' notched shoullatch-bar in the lock-case. A slot s is formed coin-slide is pushed into the lock-case.

fwhen the roll is thus pushed outward, the

`lhighest point of the coin, and the moved2, and at the opposite end is attached to a stud Z2 upon the coin-slide, thus serving to hold the slot `normally underl the aperture the opposite end with a thumb-piece Z which projects through a slot m in the lid B.

Wrhen in 'position to receive the coin, the aperture gstands inline or beneath a similar aperture m in the-lid B. A latch-bar 0 is movable in one end ofthe lock-case and provided vwith'a latch o to engage the hook 7c upon the coin-slide,"and with a. notch in which one end of alatch-lever g is fit-teg The latch-lever is pivoted yto the bottom ',A/ by a screw g', and its opposite end is prgvided with a roller r to be actuated by t e edge of the coin h. Blocks u guide the in the partition f through which the roll passes as indicated at 1 in Fig. 9, the ro-ll passing into the slot in the coin-slide, in which slot it moves in a curved path by con- -t-act with the edge of the coin when the The latch-bar and latch-lever are held normally in the position shown in Fig. 2 by a spring t, and the roll then stands near enough to the center of the coin to be pushed' laterally when the coin-slide is moved, and into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1 and in dotted lines 7" in Fig.'2.

A bridge t shown in Figs. 1 and 11 is formed across theV end "of the slot y' in the coin-slide, and is grooved on'the under side for the roll to enter such slot.

The latch-bar is so proportioned that latcho falls below the hook l1: upon the coin-slide, and the coin-slide passes over it as itis moved forward.l

The slot z' in the slide passes beyond the ment of the slide permits the roll to move slightly in the reverse direction, after it passes the center of the coin, which engages thehook with the latch and locks the coinslide within the case.

To release the coin-slide,.the roll with the latch-lever must be shifted from the posi\ tion indicated by the letter 'l' into 'the position indicated by dotted lines and the letter r in/Fig. 2, and anyl key adapted to thus shift the lever inopposition to the spring t serves to release the coin-slide froml the latch. vThe spring 'd in vthe channel c is attached to one end of the channel by a shank m in the lid. The partition f is formed with a slot f to permit such movement of the stud cl2 as the spring'is expanded. The

der c2 which engages the stud when the spring is wholly retracted as shown in Fig. 2, and operates to retract the bolt-carrier whenever the same be pushed.y toward the left to unlock-the bolts from the guard'F. The. spring thus operates to hold the bolts normally engaged with the guard F when the coin-slide is under the aperture m', thus locking the cover on the receptacle.

The bolt-carrier is formed at its left hand` end with an upturned'lug u with which the end e ofthe coin-slide contacts when it is pushed linto engagement with lthe latch o", thus shifting the bolts into thev position indicated upon the cover in Fig. 6 and releasing them, if locked from their engagement with the guard F.

With thev slide and the coin thus pushed in,- the lid is unlocked, and the package H indicated in Fig. 6- can be removed from the receptacle, the receptacle having usually a spring in the bottom to push the package upwardly to be readily grasped.v

The keyhole u is shown as an oblong slot in Fig. 3 close to the bottom A, with a ward or tongue fv to engage a groove marked fw2 in Figs. 12 and 13 in the key, which is formed with two prongs lw, w', of di'erent lengths, forvthepurposeto be described.

Any keyhole in line with the latch-leverg would permit the insertion of an implement to actuate such lever, and to prevent such' 1the latch-lever and provided at one end with a inger a," to contact with the latch-lever, andupon the opposite end with a tumbler m2 to engagea notch in a locking-lever. The locking-lever y is pivoted adjacent, and 'provided with a notch yi adapted to admit the tumbler m2, but held normally in position to repel such tumbler by means' of a spring a operating upon the armof the lever y. A sloping seat z is shown upon the relettselever in line with one edge of the keyhole, and the end of the locking-lever is nearly in line with the :opposite edge. The prongs w, lw upon the key are separated 'by a slot v2 which embraces a pin v3 within the lockoase to guide the key, and the prongs are formed with sloping ends adapted successively to engage the locking-lever and the release-lever, throwing the first one into position where the tumbler can enter the notch y and then moving the release-leverso as to press the finger against the latch-lever,

so as to release the latch from the coin-slide.

So long as the key remains in contact with the'locking-lever and release-lever, it holds` them in such position in opposition to the spring a, during which time the coin-'slide' can be retracted and thekey then withdrawn from the keyhole. The spring t then throws the latch-bar upward and` thel roll r downward as in Fig. 2, which removes the release-lever and the locking-lever to the poi sition shown in that iigure. A

The retraction of the coin-slide to its-iniguard to prevent access to the bolts; but.

such projection is not shown in any of the other figures, as it would conceal the disposition of the bolts.

It will be observed that the coin remains' in the coin-slide when the cover is unlocked, and can only be recovered by retracting the slide to its initial position, which is effected by lthe 'action of the key upon the latch which locks the slide. This mechanism does not, therefore, require Aany receptacle toreceive the coins, nor any provision for discharging the coin from the coin-slide, as the receptacle is intended only to contain a single package, and provision is: only made in the locking mechanism to receive and store a single coin. After the coin is removed and a fresh package placed in the receptacle, the mechanism holds the bolts under spring control, so that the cover can be snapped shutwith'out the use of a key, thus securing a considerable saving of time on the part of the operator. The arrangement o-f the tumbler or release -mechanism between they latch-lever and the keyhole completely prevents the intrusion of any implement to pick the lock.

It will be understood that the operation of the coin upon the roller'rand the latchbar c lowers the latch just suflicient for the dog k upon the coin-slide to pass over it, the result of which construction isthat if any coin smaller than a nickel be placed in the coin-slide it will not actuate the roller and latch-bar sufficiently 'for the dog oto engage the hook on the slide. The outer side of the latch forms a sto-p 'to prevent the latching of the coin-slide.' .A

When the slide is released from the finger' it will, therefore, be returned to its initial position by the spring al and the coin can be removed by the person Who inserted it, instead of remaining in the machine, asin most other constructions. A safety-lug o4 is shown in Fig. 2 upon the lower end of the latch-bar, which operates if the latch is forced too far down by the insertion of any impro-per article Within the coin-slide, as a flat piece of-wood or met-al, to intercept the lug u -upon the bolt-carrier and thus prevent the moving ofthe bolt-slide far enough to engage the latch, The end e of the coin-slide would then be arrestedy by the lug u, which would prevent the unloeklng of the case and cause the bolt-slide to return to its initial position. The slide can only become locked and the bolt unlocked if a coin of nonna'l'size be used.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention what is claimed herein is:

l. In a coin-operated lock, the combination, with a bolt-carrier and a bolt projected therefrom, of a coin-Slide for shifting the carrier to unlock the bolt, a latch-bar having a latch engaged with the coin-slide when the latter is pushed `into the case with the coin, andthe case having a keyhole with a detachable key adapted to retract the latchbar from engagement with the coin-slide, whereby the coin-slide may be shifted to its initial position tov remove the coin.

2. In a-eoin-controlled lock, the combination, with a lock-case E having a movable bolt-carrier c with a bolt b projected therefrom and a spring d to hold the bolt norinallyrengaged v'vith its guard, ofa coinslide g movable over the bolt-carrier and actuated also by the said spring.y and having a'pocket g for the coin IL and a slot z' in the coin-slide at one side of the pocket and having a toe e operating at the end of its movement to shift the. bolt-carrier to retract and unlock the bolt,.and having a hook la to engage a latch, a latch-bar o` having the latch o to engage the hook 1, a pivoted latch-lever g jointed at one end to the latchbar and havingV a roll fr' projected into the slot z', the coinA operating upon the'roll to retract t-he V,latch-bar until the hook and latch Vbecome engaged, whereby the coinslide is locked within the case with the coin. 3. In a coin-controlled lock, thetcombination, with a case E having a movable boltcarrier c with a bo-ltb projected ltherefrom and a spring d to hold the bolt normally engaged with its guard, of a coin-slide g movable over the `bolt-carrier and actuated also by the s'aid spring, and having a pocket g for the coin e and a slot z' in the slide at one side of the pocket and having a toe e operating at the end of its movement to shift the bolt-carrier to retract and unlock .the bolt, and having a hook 7i: to engage a latch, -a latch-bar o Ahaving the latch 0 to engage the hook le, a pivoted latch-lever g l jointed at one end to the latch-bar and havingv a roll r projected into the slot z', the coin operating upon the nroller to retract the latch-bar until the hook` and latch become engaged, a tumbler actuated by the latch-lever, and the case having a keyhole with a key adapted to shift the tumbler, the latch-lever andwthe latch-bar. whereby the coin-slide maybe retracted to its initial position to remove the coin.

4:. In a coin-operated lock, the combination, with a bolt-carrier and a bolt projected therefrom, of a coin-slide for .shifting the said locking member isps? latter' is in locking position, and a pivoted lever having one end connected with said locking bar and the other end so arranged with respect to said slide that the deposited coin is held edgewise between said slide and said lever and is carried bodily by said slide into and out of operative engagement withl Said lever, whereby the coin rocks said lever to shift said locking bar out of the path of movement of said projection on the'slide.

14. In a coin-controlled .vending machine, the combination of a horizontally movable hand-operable slide adapted toengage and move the deposited coin into operative position, a locking member arranged to project ynormally into the path of movement of said .slide to prevent operation thereof, and 'a pivoted lever operatively connected with and having a portion so arranged with respect to said slide that the deposited co-in is held edgewise between said slideand said lever and is carried bodily `by said slide into and out of` p perativey engagement with said lever, whereby the coiny rocks said lever to move said locking member out of the path of movementof said slide. 1

15. In a coincontrolled vending machine, the combination of a horizontally movable move the deposited coin into operative position lto prevent operation of said slide, and a pivoted lever having at one end a loose connection with said locking member and having its other end so arranged with respect to saidl slide'that the. de osited coin is held edgewise between said side and said lever and is carried bodily Iby said slide into and out of operative engagement with said lever, whereby the coin rocks said lever to move said locking member into unlocking position. e

16. In a coin-controlledvending machine,`

the combination of a horizontally'mova'ble hand-o erable slide adapted to engage and move t e deposited coin into operative position, a Aslidable locking member arranged to project normally at one end into the path of movement of said slide to prevent operation thereof, and a pivoted lever having a loose connection with the rother end of said locking member and having a portion so ar'- ranged with respect to said slide that the deposited coin is heldedgewiseA between said slide and said lever and is carried bodily by said` slide into and out of operative engagement With'said lever, whereby the coin rocks said lever to move said locking member out of the path of'movement of said slide.

' 17 1 In a coin-controlled vendingr-machine, the Ycombination of a. horizontally movable hand-o erable slide adaptedY to engage and move t e deposited coin into operative position, a locking member arranged to project hand-operable slide adapted to engage and:

a locking member arranged normally i ative normally into the path of movement 'of said slide to prevent operation thereof, a pivoted lever operatively connected with said locking member and having a portion so` arranged with respect to said slide that deposited coin is held edgewise between said slide and said lever and is carried bodily by said slide into and out of operative engagement with said lever, whereby the coin rockssaid lever to move said vlocking member out of the path of movement of said slide, and

a spring for normally holding said lever and lookin!y member in locking position.

18. n a'coin-controlled vending machine having a casing, the combination of a horizontally movable slide adapted to engage and move thedeposited coin into operative position, a handle on said slide extending outside ofsaid casing to permit manual voperation of said slide, a slidable locking bar for said slide,' guiding means for said slidable bar, a projection on said slide arranged; to abutl against said bar when thelatter is in locking position, a pivoted lever having one end connected with said locking bar and the other end so arranged with respect to said slide that the deposited coin is held edgewise between said slide and said lever and 1s carried bodily by saidlslide into and out of operative engagement with said lever, whereby said lever is rocked to shift the locking lbar out of the path of movement of said projection on the slide, and a spring for normally holding said lever and locking bar in locking position.

19. In a coin-controlled vending machine, the combination of a horizontally movable hand-operable slide adapted to engage and move a tion, a slidable locking member arranged to project normallyinto the path of movement of said slide to prevent operation thereof, guiding means for saidslidable member, a pivoted lever operatively connected with said locking member and having a portion so arranged with respect to 'saidslidelthat the deposited coin is held edgewise between said slide and said lever and is carried bodily by saidslide into and out of operative engagement `wit-h said lever, whereby said lever is rocked to shift said locking member out of the path of movement of said slide, and a spring for normally holding said lever and locking member in locking position.

20. The combination with a suitable receptacle provided with a'hinged cover having a coin-opening, of a coin-slide mounted in said cover and adapted to receive Vthe deposited coin to carry the same into opercoin-slide from the 'outside of the receptacle, means for normally locking said slide lagainst operative movement, means operated by the coin in the'slide for moving said locking means into releasing position to perthe osition, means for operating saidl tuating said coin-sli e by hand, mechanism i 15 mit full movement of said slide and thereby release said cover, said coin-slide remaining locked in its operated position to retain the deposited coin, and key-controlled means operable from the outside of the receptacle to release said coin-slide for movement into initial position, lso that the deposited coin may be removed from -the coin-slide through said coin opening.

21. In a coin-operated lock, the combina; tion of a slidable coin-carrier adapt-ed t receive the deposited coin and carry `the same into operative osition, means for acfor normally lockingvsaid coin-slide against operative movement and adapted to be moved into releasing position by the coin in the carrier to permit full operative movement of the latter, said mechanism locking the carrier in operated position to retain the deposited coin, and means for operating said mechanism to release the operated coincarr'ier for movement back into initial position, s0 that the deposited coinmay be ex'- posed for withdrawal.'

In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 18th day of Oct. 1911.

f SAMUEL J. KELLY.

Witnesses:

A. J. EWING, E. H. ELMs'rn'rrEn.

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