Patent GB-491079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to coin-released mechanisms
IPC: G07F5/08
Filed: 1937-02-24
Abstract: 491,079. Coin-freed apparatus. SILLARS, J. V., and BRUCE, F. M. Feb. 24, 1937, Nos. 5573 and 27746. [Class 27] Coin action, mechanical-connection, with stationary coin forming abutment, and multiplecoin.-In coin-released mechanisms wherein a coin or one or more of a number of coins temporarily lodged on a coin rest intercept a movable member and prevent it from engaging a stop and thereby preventing the full actuation of a reciprocable member after an initial movement of the latter, the coin rest comprises a sloping land on to which the coins are delivered and down which they slide edge-on to rest against an abutment. As shown applied to a machine in which the reciprocable member is a delivery drawer 1, Figs. 1 and 3, the drawer 1 has a depending bracket 3 to which is attached an angle plate 4, the vertical slide 5 of which forms the coin abutment. The coins inserted through a slit 19 roll edge-on down a shoot 20 having an inclined base 21 which causes each coin to contact with a vertical side wall 6 of the machine casing. A channel plate 7 with the upper ends of its flanges sloping downwardly from the coin rest. A coin arriving on the rest slides down the inclines until its face rests against the plate 5. When the drawer is pulled, an abutment 15 thereon is released from a lever 9 which is rocked about its pivot 10 on the machine frame by a spring 14 to cause its nose 8 to engage the coin on the rest 7. The coin prevents the intercepter lever 9 from moving so far that its tail 12 would engage a stop 13 on the drawer to prevent its full actuation. A pawl and ratchet full-stroke mechanism 26, 27 is provided for the drawer. The plate 5 is moved with the drawer and allows the coin to drop to a money-box. The members 4, 7 are attached to their respective parts by screw and slot connections to allow adjustment. In a modification, Figs. 5 and 7, the released member is a delivery drawer 32 rockable about a pivot 33. A number of coins are inserted simultaneously in a slot 37 leading to a shoot 38 having a bottom 43 oppositely inclined to the slope of the coin rest 40 which is carried by a side plate 34 of the released member 32. The bunch of coins slide down the bottom 43 against the plate 34 and are separated into single file by the differences of the frictional braking effect. The last coin of the series on the rest 40 projects above the others in position to intercept the nose 46 of a lever 44 pivoted at 45 to the member 32 and controlled by a spring 52. When the member 32 is rocked, a projection 51 on the lever 44 is disengaged from a fixed stop 50 so that the nose 46 is pulled by the spring 52 into engagement with the last coin on the rest 40. This coin prevents the lever from being pulled so far that the tail 49 would engage with another fixed blocking stop 47. The coin shoot may be provided with an inclined side as shown in Fig. 10. When the machine is provided with a coin selector, the coin shoot is situated vertically above the coin rest. Two or more duplicate sets of coin slots, associated shoots, coin rests, and intercepters may be provided for each delivery drawer, the slots being provided for coins of different values, such as shillings and pennies.