Patent GB-314647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with change-giving apparatus
IPC: G07D1/02
Filed: 1928-05-15
Abstract: 314,647. Clegg, G. R., and McIntire, C. S. May 15, 1928. Money-delivering apparatus.-A device for giving change for paper money is operable from either of two press-levers, one of which is operated for change for a 10/- note, the other, for change for a ú1 note, the note being inserted between endless bands which carry it to a glazed window in the casing. The next operation of a press-lever discharges the note to a drawer. Shafts 6, 7, extend across a casing 8 and carry pulleys 9, 10, 11 on which are mounted endless belts 12, the belts being positioned vertically between the pulleys 10, 11, and sloping forwards and downwards between the pulleys 9, 10. Shafts 13, 14, 15 extend across the front of the casing 8 and carry pulleys 16, 17, 18, the shaft 13 and pulley 16 being carried by a frame 19 pivoted to the shaft 14, Endless belts 20 pass round the pulleys 16, 17, 18, the portions of the belts 12, 20 between the shafts 13, 15 having frictional contact when the shaft 13 and pulley 16 are in the position shown in Fig. 2. The shafts 7, 15 are intergeared, and discs 23 on the shaft 7 are formed with spring-controlled pawls 24 which engage ratchet teeth on a disc 26 forming part of a toothed pinion 27 freely mounted on the shaft 7. Two levers 29, mounted on a shaft 28, are formed with arms 30 and carry toothed quadrants 31, which mesh with the pinion 27. Each lever 29 is linked to a bell-crank 33 which is linked to an arm 36 of a slide 37, positioned under a compartment 38, one at each side of the casing. The compartments 38 carry stacked change receptacles 39, and the slide 37, riding in lugs 40 and controlled by a spring 41, carries a lug 42 which rides in the bottom of the compartment 38 to engage and eject the bottom change receptacle 39. The casing front is formed with a glazed opening 44 for viewing the note, and, as shown in Fig. 4, openings 46, 48 for exhibiting the value of the note. Sliding on a glass sheet 49 behind the openings is a frame 51 with end plates 51<a> to cover the indications on the glass behind the openings 46, 48. Lugs 51b on the frame 51 are actuated by a bell-crank 52. To lock the doors 53 of the change compartments 38, an arm 55 pivoted to a guide 56 is formed with a pin 58 projecting in front of the door 53. On removal of the cash drawer 54, a spring 57 pushes over the arm 55 and withdraws the pins, allowing the doors 53 to be opened. To operate the mechanism, the frame 19 is lifted and a note placed on the bands 12. One lever 29 is then depressed, its quadrant 31 actuated its pinion 27 and, through the pawl 24 and ratchet 26, the belts are actuated and the note carried behind the opening 44. The pinion 27 on the other side of the casing is held fixed by its quadrant but the disc 23 rides over the ratchet 26. The depression of the lever 29 actuates the slide 37 to push out a receptacle 39. At the end of its stroke, the lever 29 engages the bell-crank 52 and moves over the frame 51 to expose the appropriate opening 46, 48. On the return of the lever 29, the pinion 27 and ratchet disc 26 run free on the shaft 7, and the slide 37 is repositioned. On the next actuation of a lever 29, the note on view is carried to the drawer 54.