Patent GB-365733-A (GB)
Title: Automatic money changing apparatus which may also distribute tickets or goods
IPC: G07F5/24
Filed: 1930-12-05
Abstract: 365,733. Money-delivering apparatus ; coin-freed article delivery apparatus. VELAZQUEZ, F., 66, Rue de Seine, Paris. Dec. 5, 1930, No. 36720. Convention date, Dec. 12, 1929. [Classes 27 and 116.] Change - giving apparatus. - In coin - freed money-changing apparatus, which upon operation of one or more of a series of keys may also deliver goods or tickets in addition to change representing the difference in values of the inserted coin and the goods &c., separate ejectors are provided for each tube and are each controlled by electric relays controlled by contacts closed by the inserted coin, the number of ejectors actuated varying in relation to the value of the said coin. When goods &c. are to be delivered actuation of a key or keys actuates a change-over switch which breaks the circuit to the coin-ejector corresponding to coins equal in value to that of the goods &c. required. A coin inserted in one of five slits 29i .. 29m, Fig. 1, passes to the corresponding till by way of a sorting device 31, Fig. 2, and a conduit 33 ; rejected coins pass to an aperture 28 and in so doing operate a member 35 to close the circuit of a lamp 36. In passing to the till the coin depresses a member 37i .. 37m, Fig. 25, thus closing a circuit to energize the appropriate electromagnet 22a .. 22h, which attracts pivoted, spring-controlled levers 18a .. 18e, Fig. 3. to withdraw detents 21 from a series of wheels 7a .. 7e disposed below coin tubes a .. e. Each of the wheels 7a .. 7h has an edge comprising smooth and toothed portions 16, 15, Fig. 4, and apertures 8 .. 11, Fig. 5, adapted, on successive operations of the device, to move below a coin tube and carry the lowermost coin or coins outside a support c to be delivered to the aperture 28. The rotation of the wheel is effected by gearing driven by an electric motor 24, the circuit of which is closed when the corresponding lever 18a .. 18e is attracted by the appropriate electromagnet; the detent 21 riding on the smooth portion of the edge of the wheel and holding the motor circuit closed when the electromagnet 22a .. 22h is de-energized by the restoration of the part 37i .. 37m to its original position. The wheel rotates until the detent 21 enters one of four peripheral notches 17, thus breaking the motor circuit after the wheel has made a quarter of a revolution. Each coin tube has a slit 1, through which extends a projection 2 on a member 3, which, when the tube is empty, moves a pivoted member 4 to close the circuit of a lamp 5. The circuits shown in Fig. 25 are such that operation of a member 37i .. 37m by a coin of given value effects delivery from all the coin tubes of lower denomination. Ticket printing and like apparatus.-One or a combination of keys 62a .. 62h on axles 63, Fig. 11, is moved to bring the corresponding change-over switch 51a.. 51h in contact with a stop 642 and to lower one of a number of rods 66 which depend from the axle 63. A coin having been inserted and the lever 37i .. 37m thus depressed, an electromagnet 65 is energized to withdraw from a wheel 73, a detent on a lever which closes the circuit of the driving motor 74, the detent meanwhile riding on a smooth portion provided on the edge of the rotating wheel which has a member 71 fixed to its axis. The appropriate magnet of a series 105a .. 105h is also energized to attract one end of one 101a of a series of pivoted levers. One 67a of a series of printing rods which are normally supported by the slotted rods 66, by rods such as 101a and by the edge Y of the member 71, is therefore freed to fall and mark a paper strip 87, but is again raised by the edge X. The member 71 rotates a wheel 82 and through a belt 84 bobbins 85, 86 to feed the printed strip through a slot 106. The parts 66, 51a .. 51h, 62a .. 62h are restored to their normal positions by a member eccentrically mounted on a wheel 94 geared to the wheel 73. In an alternative device, Fig. 17, the printing rod 67a<1> is operated by one of a number of electromagnets arranged similarly to the magnets 105a .. 105h. The strip feeding mechanism is driven by a wheel 151 which is toothed over three-quarters of its circumference only so that the strip is stationary during the printing operation. Articles stored in piles.-When the apparatus is adapted to deliver goods in addition to change representing the difference in value between the purchase price and the coin tendered, a handle is operated to cause rotation of a wheel 108, Fig. 19, in the manner described in connection with the wheel 73. A hooked member operated from the wheel is rotated to remove the lowest of a number of articles stacked in a box 113. The operating handle is restored to its original position by means of a member 122 eccentrically mounted on a wheel 121 driven from the wheel 108. Each of the tills is provided with a counting device driven by a member operated by one of a series of electromagnets 140i .. 140m which is energized by the passage of a coin to the till. The magnet thus attracts a spring-controlled lever 135, Fig. 22, to rotate a wheel 129 through two teeth, the actuations of the device being recorded on counting mechanism 124, 126, Fig. 21, provided with figures in relief, from which an imprint may be obtained by placing a piece of paper under the resilient block 143 and depressing the lever 142.