Patent GB-190409768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cork Extractors.
Inventor: GAERTNER ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 9768. Imray, O., [Fairchild, C.]. April 28. Receipts, checking and recording; counting-apparatus.-A machine adapted to receive money, deliver change, indicate and register the amount of the transaction, and record the amount while delivering tally checks or tickets if required, is shown in perspective in Fig. 1, in vertical section in Fig. 7, and in part in Figs. 10 and 25. A coin or bill received in payment, or required to be changed, is inserted into one of the tubes 23 through its appropriate slot. These tubes can be inspected through the glass window 2, and discharge when full into a receptacle. Purchase levers 9, a change lever 11, and controller keys 7 project from the casing, and windows 12, 13 exhibit the ribbons 185, Fig. 7, or indicators of the purchase and change levers, while the window 14 shows the amount recorded on the totalizer. Each purchase lever has a release key 16. The main operating-crank 21, and the operator's individual key 18, are arranged at one side of the machine. A coin, when inserted into its slot, passes through the slot 27, Fig. 7, into position against a stop-piece, and lies over the plunger 29 by which it is raised into its tube. Supporting-fingers support the coin pile in position after the plunger 29 is retracted, the lowest coin then lying in the slot 47 of the ejecting-slide 48 which serves to project the coin into the receiving-trough 3. The coins may be pusbed out singly or in pairs ; when in pairs, the ejecting-slide is made in two parts. For handling paper money or bills, separate boxes 53 are placed in the chambers 50 through the apertures 52, the empty boxes 53 being fed through the guide-way 55 by the pivoted dog 104, which is connected to the controller lever 7 by the rod 102. The rod 102 carries the pawl 106 which locks the parts against operation when the chamber 50 is depleted. Slides 48<b> eject the bill boxes. The controller 7 cannot be depressed fully unless a coin is inserted, owing to the action of the lock hook 73, and the full stroke of the controller is ensured by the engagement with its stepped teeth 84 of the pawl 85. The plungers 29 are lifted by pin and cam slot gearings with the controllers 7. The amount of rotation of the discs which select through intermediate mechanism the money receptacle, from which a coin has to be ejected, is determined by the movements of the pinion 68 and the rack-bar 67. When the twentyfive cent controller is moved, the mechanism transfers movement both to the dime and the nickel selector groups. The selector discs are arranged in groups along the shaft 100, each group being carried by a separate sleeve 126, 126<a>, 126<b>, as shown in Fig. 27. These discs are notched appropriately, the notches controlling the selector tumblers 130 and the latches 139, so that,.when the ejector bar 142 is forced to the front of the machine, all the ejector slides 48 which are connected to the ejector bar by the latches 139 are thrown forwards to eject coins. Pawl-locking- mechanisms for the selector sleeves prevent the operation of ejectors corresponding to money of higher denomination than the amount deposited in the machine. Flat plates interposed in the path of the controllers prevent more than one controller from being operated at one time. These locking- plates are also used to lock the machine, when not in use, by means of a sliding locking-bar. By carrying from a lower to a higher selector cylinder or sleeve, the machine can deliver the change required for a particular total. In this carrying- mechanism, the sleeves 126, 126<a>, 126<b> have toothed discs 171, 171<a>, 171<b> engaging with ten-toothed wheels 172 172<a>, 172<b>, mounted loosely on the shaft 173. Connected with each ten-toothed wheel is a pinion 174 and a bevel-pinion 175, the pinion 174 engaging the operating-pinion 68, so that, for every revolution of a lower sleeve, that next above .is turned through one-tenth revolution. The selectors are prevented from over-running by the detent pawls 176, and by the escapement yokes 177. The purchase levers 9 are loose on the shaft 180, and have attached to them the toothed discs 183 for engaging the register and recorder mechanism. By depressing their respective release keys 16, the several purchase levers may be successively operated, and the discs 183 rotated, and the corresponding selector cylinders turned backwards to an extent equivalent to the amount of the purchase, so that the proper change is ejected. The ejecting-mechanism is driven from the crank 21. Forward movement of the lock-bolt engaging arm 219, Fig. 25, by the projections 221, 222, locks the lever 208, and the release and purchase keys. When the main shaft is rotated, the shaft 180 is rocked first in one direction, and then in the other. The purchase levers are re-set by this rocking movement. When the change lever is operated, no purchase lever can be pushed down, and the change lever is locked until the purchase levers are in their normal positions. Each purchase and change lever is connected by links with type bars, segments, or wheels of a recorder. In " exchange " and other positions of the change lever, the purchase levers are unlocked, so that the connections to the recorder type mechanism may be operated, but the cashier part of the machine may not be operated. The cashier part is therefore disconnected from the purchase levers and the register at these positions. The registering-mechanism or totalizer is shown, separated from the cashier parts, in Figs. 61 and 62. The register shafts 311 are driven by segmental racks 314 of the purchase levers 310 engaging with the pinions 312, and the auxiliary register shafts 315 are connected to the register shafts by means of the clutch pins 328 and the grooved collars 332. The indicator wheels 316, which have twenty numerals on the peripheries or teeth, are loosely mounted on the shaft 324, and are in mesh with the pinions 317 on the auxiliary register shafts. On the shaft 335 is a clutch plate with arms engaging the collars 329 attached to the collars 326 carrying the pins 328. After the purchase levers have been depressed and the register shafts operated, the turning of the main sbaft 302 allows the dog 345 to drop into the cut-away part of the cam 346, and the bar 340 to be released. The register - shaft clutches then engage, and the indicator wheels are set. The purchase levers are returned by the link 353 and the gears 354, 356. To effect carrying, the oscillating plates 361 on the shaft 360 have toothed dogs, engaging the indicator wheels, and adapted to be engaged by bell cranks when these are engaged by pins on the indicator wheels. Above each oscillating plate is a series of staggered cams on the main operating-shaft, to engage with the oscillating plates. A tooth or lug prevents the indicator wheel from moving more than one step in each carrying operation. To re-set the indicators to zero, the supporting-shaft 324 is provided with spring-urged clutch pins, which engage in notches cut in the collars of the indicator wheels, these pins being rendered operative, turning the indicator wheels backwards, when the zeroizing-key 385 is turned. In a modified construction of the machine, the keys controlling the coupling-mechanism are mounted with respect to the purchase levers in such a manner that a release key and its corresponding purchase lever can be operated conjointly by one hand. A positive stop device co-operating with a star-wheel prevents over-running of the mechanism in either direction, a safety device prevents the operating-crank from being turned unless all the purchase levers are definitely in purchase positions, and devices prevent the movement of the operating-crank unless all the controller levers are in their normal positions, and prevent the movement of any controller lever until the operating-crank has completed its movement.