US1055138A - Coin-changing machine. - Google Patents

Description

A. K. COLLINS.

COIN CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1911.

1,055, 1 38. Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

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COIN CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26. 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented M nagers. Serial No. 846,093.

To all'whom itmay concern: 4

Be itknoirn' that I, Annnn'r K. Oonpms, a citizen is the United States, residln at RockHill, in the county of York and tate of South Carolina, have invented, new, and useiiul Improvements in Coin-Changing Me,- of which the following is a specificatlon.

The general object of the invention is to make change or give the equivalent for a coin of relatively large denomination in coins of relatively small denominations; and

adapted for containing a number of coins for exchange and receiving the coins to be exchanged, andhaving means controlled by empty or the carrier the. coin received, or to be exchanged, for removing a predetermined numberof coms the coin. received.

objects willappear and be better understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a. perspective of one embodimeat cat the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section of the lower end portion of the device showing the coin carrier partly in section and also the hopper or contalner.

L Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section showing the position of the parts when the hopper is partially filled with coins. Fig. 4 isa detal elevation partly in section of the coin controlled device showing by full lines how the coin is retained until the device is operated and further showin by dotted Lines how the coin is removed from the lock. 5 1s a fragmentary detail elevation of the coin chute.

a indicates a suitable casin which is here in shown as transparent and ormed of lass. It is to be understood, however, thatl am not to be limited to the employment of glass since other material may be employed, such as woodor metal.

In the embodiment shown the device is adapted for changing coins of different denominations, such as nickels and uarters and is so constructed as to deliver ve one cent ieces when a nickel is deposited in one of this compartments, or to deliver five nickles when a quarter is deposited in the other compartment. It will, however, be understood that this particular construction is merely illustrative of one embodiment of Application fllecLAugust a, 1911.

-may be two quarters. Or, it

parts constructed so as either a. nickel, dime, etc. Save the time and labor usually required to .r

I opening through which. the whose combined values are the equivalent of arranged in the guide 7 and ;opening 5 and the invention and ii desired a third. com;

2 pertinent with, the mechanism heroin. shown:

as arranged in either of the compartmept provided and, a v ted, to. rece ve half-dollars and give n 8X0 tur he de med only.

t e d t e to s t c ng r one compartment, need 5. indicates. the delivery or outlet 0 and 6 a suitable base having a. suitable chap,

: ml or guide 7, a portion of which overlies the del very to this end the invention consists in a device openlng.

8. indicates the container or coin hopper let intoan opening in the base 6 and, out of alinement with. the delivery opening 5,

9 indicates a longitudinal slot in the hop;- per 8, one PUJFPOSQ of which. is to provide. an contents of he hopper may. be observed, and the quantity of coins therein ascertained by means ofthe graduations of a.

scale 10. Thegraduations in said. scale extendingirons one side oi the slot andbeing spaced. apart for a. dis ance correspondingto one dimension of a. coin which the hopper is adapted to receive.

11 indicates. the plunger or coin. carrier v .2 an open ng in the plunger or coin carrier which alinos alternately with the hopper 8 and delivery corresponds in diameter to the diameters of the hopper and delivery opening, whereby, a coin fallin into the said openingfrom the. hopper an when the carrier is in one position,

ee t ev ior,

will fall through the deliveryopening when the carrier is moved into another position.

13 indicates an operating rod extending from. one and of the.

plunger through an opening in the front of the casing a, and. 14,

14 represent shoulders on the carrier 11 which abut the wall of! the casing and limit the outward movement of the carrier under the action of a spring 15 connected to. any convenient portion of the device, such as an arm 16 carried by the base. The end poxtions. 17 of the spring bearin on one end of the plunger and base, (sai spring being adapted to return the carrier to its normal position after the same has been pressed inwardly to eject the change.)

' .18 indicates an arbor which supports the coin actuated lock mechanism. This lock mechanism may be constructed in an preferred manner and in the embo 'ment shown, comprlses a gravity latch bar 19 25 of the cross arm 22.

' gul'ar-shaped upper end, one

adapted to be received by a notch in the carrler 11, and actuated to do so automatically when the carrier moves outwardly under the action of its spring by. a weight 21 on one end of a cross arm 22, the opposite end of said cross arm being-adapted to receive the coin for exchange in a manner hereinafter described. a

23 indicates an upright connected so as to' move with the carrier 11 and having an anside 24 of which overlies thecoin receiving end 25 of and has a. notch 26 adapted to receive the com to be exchanged and is so to support the said coin against arranged as displacement on the end portion toppling "or 27 indicates the com receiving opening in v either of thecompartments shown in Fig. 1

and 28a closure for said opening which is connected and supported in any preferred manner such asby. a pivot 29 passing therethrough and connected to the casing. a; The

- to embrace the hop er, whereby, the latter 'f lower so as to extend contact with the .hent'ilow'er end pertionof v .upp v e pp r, p .rier' cannotbe moved to discharging posi- 50. gaged therefrom. This is oi importance,

, since. it"v'prevents complaint against the ma-- chines notdeliveri'ng'change or short changing which the machine might same" downwardly and tilt the-closure 'sealftheopening 27. q "When the closure justi 'describediby means acts as a guide for t e operating rod.

31' indicates a follower adapted to be loosely received by the hopper 8 and 32indicates anarm suitably1 connected to thefole t rough. the slot 9, and

theoperating rod, whereby, to mee -an is movedgiii the anner; of. the. answer-thelower 'endo'f the latter willextend' into' the opening; 12 I of i the "carrier and," "since the eri'endf'of the*folldwer is containedin it will be evident that the cartioneven though the latch bar be d1sen-.

be made to do in the following mannen- -Ordinarily-the wholenumber of coins contained in the hopper at. any one Now, ifit were intended to de osit one hundred coins in the hopper an through inadvertence only ninety-seven'were placed therein, it is manifest that only three coins will be delivered when the plunger is moved inwardly for the twentieth time. This of course, would cause complaint as beiore vents claiming or casing as" stri e the deflector 42 from time will be divisible by 1 the number which is to be given in exchange. upper end of the passage stated. By the however, this wi be seen that the follower will move into the opening of the carrier when a number of coins less than should be delivered falls thereinto. Moreover this structure rethat a coin for exchange had iprovision of the follower,

been deposited might be made by one who" held that'he forced a coin throngh the coin slot 27 and in the machine which claim be obviated, since it can cammed the closure thereof to open po'sition. If such claim'were false it would be easily detected upon opening or observing thecasing, deposited would be held on the receiving end 25.'

33 indicates an opening in the top of the casing .which alines with the hopper 8 and 'is adapted to receive a suitable tunnel or the like for directing a supply of coins into the hopper.

34 indicatesv a closure plug for the opening 33 and 35 a latch ivoted to one side of the center of one en of the plug so that when the latter is inserted into, the opening and the latch turned into one position, the

plug will belocked.

as to convey the coins from the delivery opening 5 to a point within easy reach of 'the hand of theoperator.

' 37 indicates the coin which is formed in one arranged on one side of the compartment the. case may be, The outer end of the assage to-recei ve' the closure moved as previously described. 40 and 41'f indicate coin passages communicating-"at their upper ends and converging into'thekpassag'e 37. Y

42 indicates'aefle'ctor on one side of the passage 37 and 43 a coiiperating deflector at passage or chute face of a plate 38 f since the coin if such had been 36 indicates a delivery chute which may be constructed in any preferred manner so I a 37 alines with one side ofthe opening 27 and a notch 39 is formed 28 when the latter is the junctureot the passages 40 and 41. The I so positioned that a coin of defl ectors passage 37 will are a pro er size enteringthe bcund onto one side of the deflector 43 and be directed thereby-into the passage 40 and finally. onto the coin receiving end 25, from which it will rewhence it will fall into a suitable compartment in'the receptacle 46. When asmaller coin than that just describedis inserted into the passage 37 it will not strike the deflector 42 and its velocity will enable it to pass the 40, .whereby, it will move intothe passage 41 and fall therefrom into another compartmentin-the receptacle 46. The deflectors 42 and 43 are referably of magnetized metal so that m the event of a blank'of magnetic material and of proper sage-37, it"will be held by either of the desize being inserted into the pas- Although I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention it is to be understood that I am not to be limited to the specific arrangement and construction of parts since various changes will be made, within the scope of the appended claim 1 without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any advantages of the invention.

What I claim as new is: In a device of the class described, the combination with a casing for a coin receiving opening and a delivery opening; of a base partially overhanging said delivery opening,

a coin hopper carried by said base, a reci rocating carrier havin a notch therein mounted in said base and adapted to receive a predetermined number of coins from said hopper and discharge the same into said delivery opening, means engagin the notch in said carrier for maintaining t e latter in a normal position, additional means controlled by the contents of the hopper for locking said carrier in its normal position, and an operating rod adapted for contact with the last named means for closing said coin receiving opening.

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

ALBERT K. COLLINS.

Witnesses:

A. DONEGAL, BURNE'rr S. JoNns.

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