US1758514A - Multiple-coin-controlled turnstile - Google Patents

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US1758514A US294954A US29495428A US1758514A US 1758514 A US1758514 A US 1758514A US 294954 A US294954 A US 294954A US 29495428 A US29495428 A US 29495428A US 1758514 A US1758514 A US 1758514A
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  • Ma'y13i 1930. is. E. GROVE? r 1,75 ,514.
  • This invention relates to coincontrolled turnstiles for use in regulating the passage of persons at the entry or exit of cars, stations, buildings, parks, etc.
  • Such devices are ordinarily cumbersome, occupying valuable space, particularly when the prepayment coins are entered at points remote from the axis of the turnstile as is usual, and in which case dependence is placed upon electrical contrivances to release the stile restraining mechanism.
  • a further feature is in the provision of. a purely mechanical apparatus, selectively receptive of suitable coins and utilizing the same to secure release of the restraining mechanism whereby the stile arms may be given a fractional forward turn, thereafter becoming locked until further prepayment coins are inserted, the operation being entirely automatic.
  • Another purpose is to produce a turnstile that is instantly responsive to the entry of the coins, no appreciable delay beinggencoun tered, and which returns coins entered in excessof the necessary number, also all irriproper, and registhin coins or substitutes, ters each full operation.
  • this device may be easily repaired or assembled, and if it is desired it can be made reversible for the exit of passes-ngers without the payment-of any coins.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the invention as completely assembled in position for operation.
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the structure with the housing, cover plate, and coin entrance escutcheon removed.
  • Figure 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view showing the main operative elements, looking from front to rear, on line 3-3 of Figure 2.
  • Figure l is a similar sectional view, taken in a plane at a right angle to Figure 3, on line 4+4 of Figure 2.
  • Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken approximately on line 55 of Figure l.
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view, partially in section, of the coin determining and release mechanism.
  • the turnstile as shown in Figure 1, comprises a hollow rectangular upright column 15 having an outwardly flanged bottom and being provided with a door 16 in one of its sides, the top of the column being fiat and containing a central opening.
  • a cylindrical base 17 is bolted on the column by corner lugs 18, the base having an inreaching annular flange 19, (see Figures3 and l) in the outer portion of which is a seat for the lower race element of an antifriction bearing 20.
  • the upper race of the bearing is secured in a similar seat in the underside of a flange 21 formed on the lower end of a swivel cylinder 22 surrounded by a band 23,.rigidly sec re ts it an having. ee p i o r l cent the raised front and side walls,
  • a semi-circular cover plate 32 IS'S'SCHIGCl to the wall 31, as is also a rectangular cover coin escutcheon plate '33, and rear plate 34, these plates together completely covering the opening in the top of the housing 27
  • the present disclosure is that of a mechanism controlledby two coins of unlike denominations, to'wit: a copper cent and a nickel five cent piece, the former'being entered' through the escutcheon slot 35, and the latter through the longer slot 36, offset slightly to the rear.
  • Each coin enters through its respective slot, passingmagnets 37 ,(see Figures 3 and 4) to be engaged by spring actuated coin shooters 38 39, which project the coins downwardly'and'angularly towards the center to enter apertures 40-41, in the convergent angular upper ends of a double coin chute 42, having a central partition 43 and containing angularly disposed runways 44- 45, crossing each other at their upper ends.
  • the copper coin now at the right side of the center of the chute, at the front, passes over the beveled face of a transverse guide 46 and the nickel coin correspondingly strikes the oppositely beveled face of a guide 47,
  • the conduit 54 extends opening in a frame 56 fixed in a circular recess in the top of the flange 19, of the base 17.
  • the frame 56 has four raised lugs, 57 57 at the front, and 58-585 ter, pair having secured to them the rear cupped edgeof the return coin chute 54, a
  • a ratchet ring 70 having an internal row of teeth 71, amongst which are four equally disposed spaces or teeth omissions 72, and fixed in the rim of the ring 7 O are four inreaching angular hardened cam plates 73 disposed approximately midway of the spaces 72, to engage a slide plate cam as will later be seen,
  • the several rings 64'6670 which will later be more fully described, are fixed in the interior of the upwardly to a plane level with its upper edge, coincident with the band 23, and immediately below the housing base ring 26, which is fixed on the lugs 5757, and 58 58 of the frame 5
  • the turnstile is brought into its finally adjusted position by a plunger 75 slidable at one end in the lug 63 and having at the other end a head77 containing a longitudinal slot 78 through which passes ascrew 79, set in the block 62, to guide the plunger in its movement, the plunger being urged outwardly by astrong encircling helical spring 76, (see Figure 5 abutting the head 77 and lug 63, respectively.
  • the outer end of the head 77 is bevelled on its opposite side edges and contains a recess '81 in which is rotatably mounted a roll 82, the same being forced outwardly by the spring 6 to engage the recesses 65 in the plunger ring 64, the effect being to resiliently retain the arms 24in any of their four positions.
  • the locking ring 66 has four uniformly curved inner cam surfaces 67, blending into straight portions reaching to the bottoms of recesses 69 having abrupt stop shoulders 68.
  • a locking bolt is slidably mounted'in a groove 86, in the upper portion of the block 61, and held therein by cover strips 87.
  • the bolt' has at its rear a post 88, carrying a trans verse pin 89, its extending ends engaging a pair of springs adapted to draw the bolt outwardly so that its end is held'incontact down through an with the cam 67, and enters the recesses 69 to abut the stops 68, one of the bolt end corners being square for that purpose while the opporide easily on the inclined surfaces of the recesses, opposite the stops when the rings are turning.
  • the bolt 85 is lie directly in --front.. of the post 88, and into outwardly, :bya spring actuated plunger 9&
  • the pawl is disposed in one of the spaces 7 2 of the ring when the turnstile arms are in their normal position, the purpose being to allow a moderate movement of the arms for operatin -the coin mechanism.
  • the bot-toms of the coin chute plates 95-96 V are spaced slightly above the edge of the bafile 50, which is pivoted at its lower side edges on pintles 100, carried in brackets 101 on the under side of the base plate 00, fixed on the lugs of the stationary frame 56, this plate also supporting footings 102 of the coin l chute,
  • the coin chute plates 95 96 and the central partition 43 have a central recess103, eX- tending upwardly from their lower edges, and a corresponding, registering recess 104 is formed in the bafile 50 (see Figures 4 and 6).
  • a bracket 105 is secured to the chute plate 96, the bracket having rear reaching arms between which is pivoted, at 106, a lever 107, having a forked lower end engaging apin 108, set in the bafiie to cross the recess 10 1, in which the lever operates in swinging the bafile upon its pintles.
  • a projecting arm 109 on the lever 107 above its pivot has fixed in it a transversely disposed wire 110, terininating'in curved right angularly bent ends 111, raised to enter notches in the tops of the apertures 97-98,
  • T b se plat 6 has on ts amp r snrt longitudinal guides 119 at its side edges, the same being -h igh er,' as at 119', midway V of th P ate-then those portions whi h xt n from the curved front end thereof, and-slidab y cunte l etwe thes gh dcs i asl d Pla 120, ha ng an ope ng 12 at ea h d cf, whi h ar c pairof spaced downreaching lugs 122, making contact at their front edges withthe inner end of the slide plate cam 118,,the same being provided with 124, by whi h p te 2 h idging h rear ofthe lugs 122, is secured. :The plate 125, hyw eas cfthescrews,
  • TliCl PlatB 120 is provided on its upner ur a e, with h .pe lflcf spaced nnclelzcnt guides 127, 111 which .15 opera v @lQQklDg l r lid 1 having a c c ae s -1 rec ptive cia P lEiQ, set th slide plate l 0,-tc, i,mi the rela iv i cvemcnt f the dcsa i r A pair of raised lugs 131 011 hh'e locking olcvc s ide 2 lsccn ccd c QQcivet/he locliing cvc 1 3, h vtcch thein ahd carry pin 132,engaging a slot 133 in the lever, 313,633;-
  • the guides 11.9 on the base plate GO have secured to them guide strips 135 Which-oven lie the forward side portions of the slide plate. 120, and extend into grooves in thei coin rackslide 136, movable therein]
  • the guide strips have inreachin'g hooklikehele inents 135 for a purpose later apparent.
  • Th'e'latoh projection 151 acts in the manner of a cam, on the beveled upper end of a post 154 set in the-fixed base plate 60 and eX- overcome, the end out this bolt being pressed tending upward through a slot 155 in the slide plate-120, the post -1 also acting as a stop for coin rack slide 136.
  • a further obstruction is encountered by the arm, consisting of the spring pressed roll 82.
  • the arms may be given an initial movement, due to the yielding of the spring 75, and limited by the dis tance between the lock boltedge and abutment 68.
  • elements -69- 7273 and 85 are so positioned and proportioned as to present an initial yielding movement of the stile arms, followed by a smooth and uniformly easy movement until a full quarter turn has been attained and that when the limit of the action is reached a cushioned effect ensues, rather than an abrupt shock.
  • This condition may be visually ascertained through the enlarging lens 99 in the wall of the cylinder 27, and is mechanically indicated in the following manner.
  • the detector pin 143 Upon the forward movement of the racks, the detector pin 143 meets no resistance, passing through space if no coin be entered or through the opening in a washer like substitute.
  • the other pin 142 contacts with the side of the cent in the opening 98, and as the slide 136 advances, causes the gear 144 to turn, thus permitting further forward movement of the slide 136 and the latch 150, the latch camming off by contact between its project-ion 151, with the beveled top of the fixed pin 154, thus releasing the coin rack slide 136, which is drawn back against the pin 154 by the spring 147.
  • the racks 140-141 are carried by the coin rack slide and make contact with the inreaching hooks 135 whereby they turn the gear 144 and attain the normal uniform position, but the slide 128, not having been retarded, the lever 113 will remain substantially upright and transmit no movement to the lock bolt 85.
  • the link 112 transmits a reverse motion to the lever 107, causing thebaffle to tilt and deposit the coins or other objects that are resting on its edge into the open end of the coin return conduit 54, to arrive in the coin return box 55.
  • Each operation of the turnstile is indicated on a counting register 160, visible through an opening in the panel 33, the register beingactuated by a crank 161 having a link 162, connecting a lever. 163, pivoted at 164 on a bracket 165, raised from the station-. ary base ring26;
  • The. lever is provided at its lower end, below the pivot, with an angular arm 166,
  • This device could also be adapted for use on entrances, cars or busses, where a transfer system is in operation, and where the usual fare calls for the deposit of but one coin.
  • This modified form threeslots could This delivere'dtoken would obviate the necessity for the delivery by the conductor or motor-man, or -other attendant of. a paper transfer slip and for this reason the modification would be of great value on cars or busses with butv one attendant, and at entranceswhere there was no attendant.
  • a com controlled turnstile comprising a support, a cylinder revoluble thereon, arms on said cylinder, a ring fixed in the cylinder having internal grooves.corresponding tothe arms, a lock bolt spring pressed to engage in the grooves to prevent turning ofthe cylinder, and means operable upon the deposit of a plurality of coins to retract said bolt.
  • a support In a coin controlled turnstile, a support, a cyllnder carrying st1le arms revoluble-on said support, a rigid frame extending into the cylinder from the support, a cover carried by'said stand, said cover having spaced entrances for a plurality of coins of unlike denominations, chutes into which each coin is projected, a pivoted bafile on which the edges of the coins come to rest, a coin returning conduit on one side of sand baffle, coin retaln- 'ing conduits on the opposite side, means to antomatically lock said cylinder, and means controlled by the coinson said baffle to permit operation on said stile arms.
  • a support In a coin controlled turnstile, a support, a cylinder carryingv stile arms revoluble on saidsupport, a rigid frame extending into the link connecting said levers, means on saidslide for mechanically actuating the levers whereby the suitability of the coins is. deter.- mined, and means combined therewith for retaining proper coins, rejecting improper coins and for retracting. said bolt 4.
  • a support In a coin controlled turnstile, a support, a cylinder carrying stile arms revoluble on said support, a rigid frame extending into the cylinder from the support, a bolt on said frame to lock the cylinder, a lower main slide on said frame, a lever pivoted therein and engaging said limit, a forward slide and a rear slide movable on the main slide, a tilta'hle 1 baffle to receive entered coins, a lever having toggle connections with the baffle, a link between said levers, coin detector elements inde pendently'movable on the forward slide, a
  • V spring pressed latchon the forward slide normally spacmg the rear slide, a cam on the frame to raise said latch upon an abnormal forward movement of the forward slide, such movement occurring upon failure of one or both of the detector elements to strike acoin, V
  • a support In a coin controlled turnstile, a support, a hollow cylinder rotatable thereon, stile arms carried by said cylinder, a frame on said support extending into the cylinder, a coin receiving baffle tiltable on said support, coin conduits at the sides ofsaid bafile for proper and improper coins respectively, a slide on said su sort means on said slide to verif the suitability'of each coin, means for tilting the baffle inaccordanee therewith, a spring pressed bolt looking the cylinder with said frame, and means permitting the retraction of said bolt upon the reception of proper coins, said means lbeinginoperative by imp-opeir comsor no coins.

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Ma'y13i 1930. is. E. GROVE? r 1,75 ,514.
MULTIPLE COIN CONTROLLED TURNSTILE Filed July 24, 1928 e "Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEY cs. E. GROVER MULTIPLE. CO-INYCONTROLLEDJURNSTILE May 13, 1930;
{ Filed July 24, 1928 e S h ee ts-Sheet 2 INVENTQR y f Mia/*2; ATTORNEY May l3, 1930; G. E. GROVER I Y 1,753,514
7 MULTIPLE COIN CONTROLLED TURNSTILE Filed July 24, 1928 Q 6 Sheets-Sheet 3 May 13, 1 930. L G. E. GROVER 1,753,514 MULTIPLE COIN CONTROLLED TURNSTILE Filed July 24, 1928 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 6 lain OR I BY May 13, 1930. G. E. GROVER v MULTIPLE COIN CONTROLL ED TURNS'I'ILE Filed July 24, 1928 6 Shee1;s-Sheet 5 INVENTOR 8 B i 3 (24A, 7 22,, V ATTORNEY May 13,1930." G. E. GROVER MULTIPLE COIN CONTROLLED flURNSTILE Filed July 24, 19 28 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 INVENTOR 6.51am
ATTORNEY Patented May 13, 1930 res GEORGE E. GROVEB, OF NEW YORK, N, Y., ASSIGNOR T or .irriee FREDERICK T. TOWZNE, OF
PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK, AND JAMES, S. HEDGES AND W. H. L. EDWARDS, OF
NEW YORK, N. v.
Application filed July 24, 1928. Serial No, 294,954.
This invention relates to coincontrolled turnstiles for use in regulating the passage of persons at the entry or exit of cars, stations, buildings, parks, etc.
Such devices are ordinarily cumbersome, occupying valuable space, particularly when the prepayment coins are entered at points remote from the axis of the turnstile as is usual, and in which case dependence is placed upon electrical contrivances to release the stile restraining mechanism.
Obviously such stiles are expensiveto install, notireadilyremovable, frequently fail to function, causing annoyance and loss of time, and require expert mechanical and electrical attention, and are therefore costly to maintain and operate; furthermore, all such mechanisms are devised for operation upon the entry of a single coin and consequently '29 are unavailable where two or more coins of different value are required as the passage price.
It is therefore an object of the present i-nvention to provide a light weight, easily portable prepayment turnstile directly receptive of two coins at a point essentially at the axis of its rotatable arms, convenient of access.
A further feature is in the provision of. a purely mechanical apparatus, selectively receptive of suitable coins and utilizing the same to secure release of the restraining mechanism whereby the stile arms may be given a fractional forward turn, thereafter becoming locked until further prepayment coins are inserted, the operation being entirely automatic.
Another purpose, is to produce a turnstile that is instantly responsive to the entry of the coins, no appreciable delay beinggencoun tered, and which returns coins entered in excessof the necessary number, also all irriproper, and registhin coins or substitutes, ters each full operation.
Other advant geou f a u es ar in th provision of yielding elements which serve to ushien th mpa te a r l-se aga n the stile arms, preventingbodily injury and also amage the me a m; in the d s g Qt an operative mechanism adapted for long wear ii under the severe service to which such mechanisms are subjected, and which can be removed, as :an entity, should occasion demand, and another substituted.
Asiwill be seen this device may be easily repaired or assembled, and if it is desired it can be made reversible for the exit of passe-ngers without the payment-of any coins.
These and other-important objects, which will become apparent as the description progresses, are attained by the novel design, construction and combination of parts as hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanyingzdrawings, the same constituting a material part of this disclosure, and in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the invention as completely assembled in position for operation.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the structure with the housing, cover plate, and coin entrance escutcheon removed.
- Figure 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view showing the main operative elements, looking from front to rear, on line 3-3 of Figure 2. Figure l is a similar sectional view, taken in a plane at a right angle to Figure 3, on line 4+4 of Figure 2.
Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken approximately on line 55 of Figure l.
Figure 6 is a perspective view, partially in section, of the coin determining and release mechanism. e
The turnstile, as shown in Figure 1, comprises a hollow rectangular upright column 15 having an outwardly flanged bottom and being provided with a door 16 in one of its sides, the top of the column being fiat and containing a central opening.
A cylindrical base 17 is bolted on the column by corner lugs 18, the base having an inreaching annular flange 19, (see Figures3 and l) in the outer portion of which is a seat for the lower race element of an antifriction bearing 20.
The upper race of the bearing is secured in a similar seat in the underside of a flange 21 formed on the lower end of a swivel cylinder 22 surrounded by a band 23,.rigidly sec re ts it an having. ee p i o r l cent the raised front and side walls,
arm brackets 24, between which are bolted the top of the housing, the inner wall 31 of the channel being spaced uniformly with the outer wall and is of equal helght therewith. A semi-circular cover plate 32 IS'S'SCHIGCl to the wall 31, as is also a rectangular cover coin escutcheon plate '33, and rear plate 34, these plates together completely covering the opening in the top of the housing 27 The present disclosure is that of a mechanism controlledby two coins of unlike denominations, to'wit: a copper cent and a nickel five cent piece, the former'being entered' through the escutcheon slot 35, and the latter through the longer slot 36, offset slightly to the rear.
Each coin enters through its respective slot, passingmagnets 37 ,(see Figures 3 and 4) to be engaged by spring actuated coin shooters 38 39, which project the coins downwardly'and'angularly towards the center to enter apertures 40-41, in the convergent angular upper ends of a double coin chute 42, having a central partition 43 and containing angularly disposed runways 44- 45, crossing each other at their upper ends. 4 Below the outer edges of-the runways the copper coin, now at the right side of the center of the chute, at the front, passes over the beveled face of a transverse guide 46 and the nickel coin correspondingly strikes the oppositely beveled face of a guide 47,
whereby both coins are moved into the same upon the upper exvertical plane and drop posed edge of a bafile 50'50 upon which the coins temporarily rest, this battle being later on more fully described. I
In the event that spurious coins have been deposited, or that proper coins fail to enter the runways, such coins will be received in the casing 42" 5152, which are connected at their lower ends, the connection being open at the bottom 53 permitting the coins to drop into a conduit 54 leading to a returnicoin cup 55, accessible through the side of the base 17 at the front, as ,best seen in Figures 1 and 4.
The conduit 54 extends opening in a frame 56 fixed in a circular recess in the top of the flange 19, of the base 17.
The frame 56 has four raised lugs, 57 57 at the front, and 58-585 ter, pair having secured to them the rear cupped edgeof the return coin chute 54, a
and follow the outer passages site corner of the bolt is rounded to at the rear, the latheld by screws to the tops ring ring 66 having four inner cam faces 67,
terminating in distinct stops 68 at the ends of recesses 69.
Above the ring 64 is a ratchet ring 70 having an internal row of teeth 71, amongst which are four equally disposed spaces or teeth omissions 72, and fixed in the rim of the ring 7 O are four inreaching angular hardened cam plates 73 disposed approximately midway of the spaces 72, to engage a slide plate cam as will later be seen,
The several rings 64'6670, which will later be more fully described, are fixed in the interior of the upwardly to a plane level with its upper edge, coincident with the band 23, and immediately below the housing base ring 26, which is fixed on the lugs 5757, and 58 58 of the frame 5 The turnstile is brought into its finally adjusted position by a plunger 75 slidable at one end in the lug 63 and having at the other end a head77 containing a longitudinal slot 78 through which passes ascrew 79, set in the block 62, to guide the plunger in its movement, the plunger being urged outwardly by astrong encircling helical spring 76, (see Figure 5 abutting the head 77 and lug 63, respectively. The outer end of the head 77 is bevelled on its opposite side edges and contains a recess '81 in which is rotatably mounted a roll 82, the same being forced outwardly by the spring 6 to engage the recesses 65 in the plunger ring 64, the effect being to resiliently retain the arms 24in any of their four positions.
The locking ring 66 has four uniformly curved inner cam surfaces 67, blending into straight portions reaching to the bottoms of recesses 69 having abrupt stop shoulders 68.
A locking bolt is slidably mounted'in a groove 86, in the upper portion of the block 61, and held therein by cover strips 87. The bolt'has at its rear a post 88, carrying a trans verse pin 89, its extending ends engaging a pair of springs adapted to draw the bolt outwardly so that its end is held'incontact down through an with the cam 67, and enters the recesses 69 to abut the stops 68, one of the bolt end corners being square for that purpose while the opporide easily on the inclined surfaces of the recesses, opposite the stops when the rings are turning.
provided with an opening 91 The bolt 85 is lie directly in --front.. of the post 88, and into outwardly, :bya spring actuated plunger 9&
set in the lug 57, to engage the, teeth 71 of the ratchet ring 70, and it is to be noted that the pawl is disposed in one of the spaces 7 2 of the ring when the turnstile arms are in their normal position, the purpose being to allow a moderate movement of the arms for operatin -the coin mechanism. 7
lteturning to the coins, which have previously been traced to rest upon the upper edge of the haffie 50, as may best be seen in Figures 1 and ,6, these coins being guided at their sides between the adjacent walls 96' of the chute 42, the walls each having apertures 97-98, otlesserdiameter than the coins, one side'of each coin being clearly visible from the outside of the mechanism through an enlarging lens 99, set in the housing 27, and it is to be noted that one side 51 of the battle is higher than the other to receive the cent and hold it so that its center is level with the center of the nickel on-t-he other, low side, when the coins are between the openings 9798.
The bot-toms of the coin chute plates 95-96 V are spaced slightly above the edge of the bafile 50, which is pivoted at its lower side edges on pintles 100, carried in brackets 101 on the under side of the base plate 00, fixed on the lugs of the stationary frame 56, this plate also supporting footings 102 of the coin l chute,
The coin chute plates 95 96 and the central partition 43 have a central recess103, eX- tending upwardly from their lower edges, and a corresponding, registering recess 104 is formed in the bafile 50 (see Figures 4 and 6). i
A bracket 105 is secured to the chute plate 96, the bracket having rear reaching arms between which is pivoted, at 106, a lever 107, having a forked lower end engaging apin 108, set in the bafiie to cross the recess 10 1, in which the lever operates in swinging the bafile upon its pintles.
A projecting arm 109 on the lever 107 above its pivot has fixed in it a transversely disposed wire 110, terininating'in curved right angularly bent ends 111, raised to enter notches in the tops of the apertures 97-98,
when .the lever is n ovedvto let the turnstile operate, these 'bent ends 111 serving to return a'fll'lcoins' entered during the operation.
Connected to the up per endofthe lever 107 is one of the forked ends of a link 112, its opposite end pivotally' engaging the upper end of a lock lever 113, the lower, semi-circulariend of which is loosely engaged in the slot 91 of thebol-t 85, as hest seen in Figure 3. "The fixed baseplatefiOis provided with an pen ng lh hits frchtpcrtichl-at the rear edge of which is dcwnwardlv 'EXFQILCll lug 1 and thcre pcir icnr c the a pair. of spaceddownreaching lugs be ween wh is gu de a s iderpl t cam ll8 ha ing a nvgingly b v led cut l adaptcdtc hgag the n z a hi ghc lccl cam 3 fired in the upper edge oi the ratchet ring 70.
T b se plat 6 has on ts amp r snrt longitudinal guides 119 at its side edges, the same being -h igh er,' as at 119', midway V of th P ate-then those portions whi h xt n from the curved front end thereof, and-slidab y cunte l etwe thes gh dcs i asl d Pla 120, ha ng an ope ng 12 at ea h d cf, whi h ar c pairof spaced downreaching lugs 122, making contact at their front edges withthe inner end of the slide plate cam 118,,the same being provided with 124, by whi h p te 2 h idging h rear ofthe lugs 122, is secured. :The plate 125, hyw eas cfthescrews,
ves t igid y lamp th slide-pla am 118, and slide plate 120, together asan operhhit, wh ch P e s d .cu vacd m tc cause engagement oftlleceln 18. and th 7.3;, by a elicel v QQ lQ lICOZILPIQSSiQQI spring 11 .6, th ends cf wh ch abut the bridge Jlate and1base plate lug 1 1,5 respectively.
" The: TliCl PlatB 120 is provided on its upner ur a e, with h .pe lflcf spaced nnclelzcnt guides 127, 111 which .15 opera v @lQQklDg l r lid 1 having a c c ae s -1 rec ptive cia P lEiQ, set th slide plate l 0,-tc, i,mi the rela iv i cvemcnt f the dcsa i r A pair of raised lugs 131 011 hh'e locking olcvc s ide 2 lsccn ccd c QQcivet/he locliing cvc 1 3, h vtcch thein ahd carry pin 132,engaging a slot 133 in the lever, 313,633;-
rnitting relative-movement, and acting as an auiriliary fulcrunifor the locking lever 128',
the lever extending through an opening 13% j in the slide towards its main 'fujlcr-tnn 1123. The guides 11.9 on the base plate GOhave secured to them guide strips 135 Which-oven lie the forward side portions of the slide plate. 120, and extend into grooves in thei coin rackslide 136, movable therein] The guide strips have inreachin'g hooklikehele inents 135 for a purpose later apparent.
' Independently slidable belowthe caps on the coin rack'slide 136 are ga pair of'raeks 140-441 having set in their front ends detector pins 142- 143, registerin with-the cen- .tersolt the apertures 97 98 5111" I djistancedibelow theopp'osed pins 111, the rear ends of the racks," when in their innermost position, 1139 v {making contact with the hook elements 137'.
These racks engage the-teeth on opposite sides of a spur gear l i iimounted to freely rotate on a stud "145set in the coin rack slide 136, and from thetop of the stud is a projection 146, to which isattached one end ofatension spring 1 17,"engaging the upper end of the lever 113, drawing the locking having a stepped end 150 and midway in its "length, on its under side, an angular projection 151, the latch being'pressed downwardly by a flat spring 152 and fixed to a bridge 153-connecting across the tops ofthe lugs148.
Th'e'latoh projection 151 acts in the manner of a cam, on the beveled upper end of a post 154 set in the-fixed base plate 60 and eX- overcome, the end out this bolt being pressed tending upward through a slot 155 in the slide plate-120, the post -1 also acting as a stop for coin rack slide 136.
, Theoperation ofthe mechanism will now be explained :Should coins inadvertently escape from the fingers of a person using the turnstile 1 and roll off the plates 32-3334,they are readily retrieved from the circuitous channel 30 at the top of the apparatus; a
When a cent has entered the escutcheon slot 3 5, and pressed to pass through the projectingdevice38, it isejected with some force and caused to take an angular path, inwardly towards the center, to enter the coin chute aperture 40, follow the passage 44, being deflected 'slightly rearward by the beveled face i of the guide 46 to=come to rest on the upper edge oftheraised'portion 50-of the baffle.
Similarlya nickel, passed through the slot 36 is projected downwardly at an angle to enterthe aperture 4l,guide d by the passage 45 over the guide 47, to come to rest on the "lower portion ofthe battle 50, the centers oftboth coins being essentially on the same I v The coins areheld upright by the walls 95- -96 of the chute and central with the wall openings9798, being guided at'their outer ,edges by inreaching angular blocks 19- 19 tion 43.
and at their inner-edges by the central parti- "Obviously, if an objectot greater dimensions be presented at the slots '3536, they caiinot s 'enteri; if smaller objects are entered .theyare notsubjectedto the action of the de- J vices: 38-39 and therefore drop into the wide open upperendof the casing 42, following the passages 5152,conduit 54, and come to rest in th'e return 001111301155. i
The same occursin the case of entry of obcoins will be delivered by gravity through the movement by engagement of the pawl 92 with theteeth 71 of the ratchet ring 70, fixed in the swivel cylinder 27., which, by reason not its rigid connection with the arm carrying band 23 is rotated by the stile arms.
A further obstruction is encountered by the arm, consisting of the spring pressed roll 82.
engaged in the depressions of the plunger ring 64, which is also rigid in the cylinder 27, the angular edges of the depression requiring moderate force to overcome, depending upon the yieldability of thespring 76.
There still remains the locking bolt 85 to normally held midway in the recesses to present an open space between its square corner and the recess abutment 68, this condition being due to the spring actuated, plunger carried roll 82, which adjusts the position of the arms after each operation, completing any deficiency and restoring them to position should they be given a slightly excessive movement.
Thus it willbe seen that the arms may be given an initial movement, due to the yielding of the spring 75, and limited by the dis tance between the lock boltedge and abutment 68.
One of the four equally spaced inreaching angular faced cams 73, carried by the ring 70, fixed in the cylinder, however, is in contact with the correspondingly angled end of the slide plate cam 118,'causing it to move in wardly, concurrently'with the initial move- I ment of the arms, against the pressure of the spring 126.
Such inward movement advances the slide plate 120, carrying the lever fulcrum 123 with it, and also the slides 128 and 136, together with the racks 140141, until the detector pins 142-143 have made contact with the coins resting on the baflie 50-50'. hen the coins prevent further forward movement of the racks, and the coin rack slide 136, carrying the gear 144:, meshed with the racks, the slide 128 is restrained from further forward movement through the intermediary of the latch150.
Thus the pivot 132 in the upper portion of the lever 113 becomes stationary, but as the pivot 123 continues to advance, the top of lever 1'13 tilts away'from the coin chute into an angular position, causing its lower rounded end to engage the post 88 and retract the lock bolt 85. y
As the lever 113 is tilted it actuates the link 112, tilting the lever 107 in the same direction, which action is transmitted to the baflie in an opposite direction, due to the toggle connections, permitting the coins towdrop off its iipper edgeand be received in the open upper' ends of coin conduits 158158, respectively for cents and nickels, whereby they are delivered to suitable separate receptacles in the cabinet base 15 accessible through the door 16.
Goincidently with tilting the bafifle to discharge coins into the chutes 158158, the wires 111, carried by the lever 107, are caused to enter the notches above the opening 97-98, but should coins be entered at such time as the interceptor wires 111 are in the notches, the coins will roll by gravity through the side passages 4445, over the guides 49-49',
into the return coin conduits 51-52 to be restored to the operator from the cup 55.
It is to be noted that elements -69- 7273 and 85 are so positioned and proportioned as to present an initial yielding movement of the stile arms, followed by a smooth and uniformly easy movement until a full quarter turn has been attained and that when the limit of the action is reached a cushioned effect ensues, rather than an abrupt shock.
For the purpose of illustration let it be assumed' that only a cent has been entered and no nickel, or that a washer corresponding in dimensions to a nickel be delivered on the baffle 50 at the opening 97.
This condition may be visually ascertained through the enlarging lens 99 in the wall of the cylinder 27, and is mechanically indicated in the following manner.
Upon the forward movement of the racks, the detector pin 143 meets no resistance, passing through space if no coin be entered or through the opening in a washer like substitute.
The other pin 142, however, contacts with the side of the cent in the opening 98, and as the slide 136 advances, causes the gear 144 to turn, thus permitting further forward movement of the slide 136 and the latch 150, the latch camming off by contact between its project-ion 151, with the beveled top of the fixed pin 154, thus releasing the coin rack slide 136, which is drawn back against the pin 154 by the spring 147.
The racks 140-141, are carried by the coin rack slide and make contact with the inreaching hooks 135 whereby they turn the gear 144 and attain the normal uniform position, but the slide 128, not having been retarded, the lever 113 will remain substantially upright and transmit no movement to the lock bolt 85.
The link 112 transmits a reverse motion to the lever 107, causing thebaffle to tilt and deposit the coins or other objects that are resting on its edge into the open end of the coin return conduit 54, to arrive in the coin return box 55.
The action of the coins from the instant they have been entered through the slots 35-36, is accelerated by the spring shooting devices 3839, on. their way to the battle, which is positioned but a short distance from the inlet, and no delay is encountered, release of the stile arms being so rapid as to be .practically' instantaneous with the entry of the proper-coins. V
Each operation of the turnstile is indicated on a counting register 160, visible through an opening in the panel 33, the register beingactuated bya crank 161 having a link 162, connecting a lever. 163, pivoted at 164 on a bracket 165, raised from the station-. ary base ring26;
The. lever is provided at its lower end, below the pivot, with an angular arm 166,
disposed in the path of the cams 73 and drawn'into position to operate upon contact with them by a tensionspring 167.
This device could also be adapted for use on entrances, cars or busses, where a transfer system is in operation, and where the usual fare calls for the deposit of but one coin. In this modified form threeslots could This delivere'dtoken would obviate the necessity for the delivery by the conductor or motor-man, or -other attendant of. a paper transfer slip and for this reason the modification would be of great value on cars or busses with butv one attendant, and at entranceswhere there was no attendant.
As changes of construction could be made within thescope of the invention, it is intend-' ed that all matter sustained in the foregoing description or shown-in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. 7
Having thus describedthe invention, what is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent, 1s a V c 1. A com controlled turnstile comprising a support, a cylinder revoluble thereon, arms on said cylinder, a ring fixed in the cylinder having internal grooves.corresponding tothe arms, a lock bolt spring pressed to engage in the grooves to prevent turning ofthe cylinder, and means operable upon the deposit of a plurality of coins to retract said bolt.
2. In a coin controlled turnstile, a support, a cyllnder carrying st1le arms revoluble-on said support, a rigid frame extending into the cylinder from the support, a cover carried by'said stand, said cover having spaced entrances for a plurality of coins of unlike denominations, chutes into which each coin is projected, a pivoted bafile on which the edges of the coins come to rest, a coin returning conduit on one side of sand baffle, coin retaln- 'ing conduits on the opposite side, means to antomatically lock said cylinder, and means controlled by the coinson said baffle to permit operation on said stile arms.
V3. In a coin controlled turnstile, a support, a cylinder carryingv stile arms revoluble on saidsupport, a rigid frame extending into the link connecting said levers, means on saidslide for mechanically actuating the levers whereby the suitability of the coins is. deter.- mined, and means combined therewith for retaining proper coins, rejecting improper coins and for retracting. said bolt 4. In a coin controlled turnstile, a support, a cylinder carrying stile arms revoluble on said support, a rigid frame extending into the cylinder from the support, a bolt on said frame to lock the cylinder, a lower main slide on said frame, a lever pivoted therein and engaging said limit, a forward slide and a rear slide movable on the main slide, a tilta'hle 1 baffle to receive entered coins, a lever having toggle connections with the baffle, a link between said levers, coin detector elements inde pendently'movable on the forward slide, a
spring pressed latchon the forward slide normally spacmg the rear slide, a cam on the frame to raise said latch upon an abnormal forward movement of the forward slide, such movement occurring upon failure of one or both of the detector elements to strike acoin, V
and means to advance the main slide upon the initial movement of said'arms.
5. In a coin controlled turnstile, a support, a hollow cylinder rotatable thereon, stile arms carried by said cylinder, a frame on said support extending into the cylinder, a coin receiving baffle tiltable on said support, coin conduits at the sides ofsaid bafile for proper and improper coins respectively, a slide on said su sort means on said slide to verif the suitability'of each coin, means for tilting the baffle inaccordanee therewith, a spring pressed bolt looking the cylinder with said frame, and means permitting the retraction of said bolt upon the reception of proper coins, said means lbeinginoperative by imp-opeir comsor no coins.
6. In acoin controlled turnstile, a support,
a hollow cylinder rotatable thereon, stile arms carried'by said cylinder, a frame on said support extending into'the cylinder, a coin receivingibaflle tiltajble on said support, a bolt spring pressed to lock said cylinder to the frame, a'main slide, a forward and a rear slide on the main slide, a gear pivoted on the forward slide, slidable racks engaging said gear on its opposite'sides, detector pins in the forward ends of said racks to contact with coins on said baflle, means to return said'ra'cks to their initial position after operation, a latch pivoted in the forward slide to normally abut the rear slide, means for camming off said latch upon excessive forward movement of the forward slide, a lever pivoted in the mainslide to retract said bolt, means to tilt said lever upon the advance of the rear slide, and means to transmit movement of said lever to said battle. 7
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.
GEORGE E. GROVER.
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